The Top 250 Highest Rated War Narrative Feature Films on Letterboxd, as defined by Letterboxd.
Last updated: June 6th, 2026
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Film eligibility criteria:
-- Must have a minimum of 1,000 ratings on Letterboxd.
-- Cannot be a short film (minimum 40 minutes).
-- Cannot be a television miniseries.
-- Cannot be a compilation of short serials.
-- Cannot be a documentary.
-- Cannot be a non-narrative project (paint drying for 10 hours, a timelapse of the construction of a building, abstract images, etc).
-- Cannot be a recording of a live performance (stand-up specials, recordings of live theater, concert films, etc).
-- Cannot be a television special episode, though feature film…
The Top 250 Highest Rated War Narrative Feature Films on Letterboxd, as defined by Letterboxd.
Last updated: June 6th, 2026
Check out more of the lists I update regularly!
Film eligibility criteria:
-- Must have a minimum of 1,000 ratings on Letterboxd.
-- Cannot be a short film (minimum 40 minutes).
-- Cannot be a television miniseries.
-- Cannot be a compilation of short serials.
-- Cannot be a documentary.
-- Cannot be a non-narrative project (paint drying for 10 hours, a timelapse of the construction of a building, abstract images, etc).
-- Cannot be a recording of a live performance (stand-up specials, recordings of live theater, concert films, etc).
-- Cannot be a television special episode, though feature film spin-offs from television shows are allowed.
-- Feature film spin-offs from television shows must contain original material, not just recap or compilation of existing material.
-- Entries that have scores inflated because they share a name with a popular television show are removed, as I notice them.
The ten most appearing directors:
Stanley Kubrick: 5
Andrzej Wajda: 3
Nobuhiko Obayashi: 3
Miklós Jancsó: 3
Andrew Grieve: 3
Masaki Kobayashi: 2
Steven Spielberg: 2
Jean-Pierre Melville: 2
Zoltán Fábri: 2
Emeric Pressburger: 2
The ten most appearing actors:
Tatsuya Nakadai: 3
Tatsuya Ishiguro: 3
Taiji Tonoyama: 3
Lajos Őze: 3
Zoltán Latinovits: 3
Velimir Živojinović: 3
Jun Hamamura: 3
Osamu Takizawa: 3
Wakaba Irie: 3
Toshie Negishi: 3
The ten most appearing decades:
1960: 47
1980: 33
1970: 31
2000: 31
2010: 28
1950: 23
1990: 23
1940: 13
2020: 8
1930: 7
The Ten Most Appearing Genres (Excluding War):
Drama: 149
History: 52
Action: 20
Romance: 19
Comedy: 17
Adventure: 13
Thriller: 12
Animation: 7
TV Movie: 6
Science Fiction: 5
The ten most appearing studios:
Mafilm: 6
Paramount Pictures: 6
20th Century Fox: 6
United Artists: 5
Warner Bros. Pictures: 5
Universal Pictures: 5
Mosfilm: 5
BBC: 4
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: 4
Amblin Entertainment: 3
The ten most appearing languages:
English: 94
German: 54
French: 42
Russian: 28
Japanese: 23
Italian: 13
Polish: 11
Chinese: 10
Spanish: 10
Hungarian: 8
The ten most appearing countries:
USA: 53
France: 36
UK: 33
Germany: 19
Italy: 18
Japan: 17
Poland: 9
Hungary: 8
Spain: 8
Yugoslavia: 7
Have a great day!