The 20 best War movies of the 1970s

1. 1

   Apocalypse Now (1979)

   directed by Francis Ford Coppola · 196 min · 8.3 9,347 votes

2. 2

   The Deer Hunter (1978)

   directed by Michael Cimino · 182 min · 8.0 4,372 votes

3. 3

   Patton (1970)

   directed by Franklin J. Schaffner · 172 min · 7.4 1,251 votes

4. 4

   Kelly's Heroes (1970)

   directed by Brian G. Hutton · 144 min · 7.4 852 votes

5. 5

   A Bridge Too Far (1977)

   directed by Richard Attenborough · 175 min · 7.2 970 votes

6. 6

   Johnny Got His Gun (1971)

   directed by Dalton Trumbo · 112 min · 7.5 426 votes

7. 7

   The Duellists (1977)

   directed by Ridley Scott · 100 min · 7.2 654 votes

8. 8

   Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

   directed by Toshio Masuda · 145 min · 7.2 622 votes

9. 9

   Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to? (1973)

   directed by Robert Lamoureux · 95 min · 7.3 394 votes

10. 10

    Cross of Iron (1977)

    directed by Sam Peckinpah · 133 min · 7.1 498 votes

11. 11

    M*A*S*H (1970)

    directed by Robert Altman · 112 min · 6.9 1,188 votes

12. 12

    The Tin Drum (1979)

    directed by Volker Schlöndorff · 142 min · 7.0 551 votes

13. 13

    The Beguiled (1971)

    directed by Don Siegel · 105 min · 7.0 517 votes

14. 14

    Macbeth (1971)

    directed by Roman Polanski · 141 min · 7.1 302 votes

15. 15

    The Night Porter (1974)

    directed by Liliana Cavani · 118 min · 6.7 395 votes

16. 16

    The Eagle Has Landed (1976)

    directed by John Sturges · 135 min · 6.7 395 votes

17. 17

    Catch-22 (1970)

    directed by Mike Nichols · 122 min · 6.7 367 votes

18. 18

    Midway (1976)

    directed by Jack Smight · 132 min · 6.6 338 votes

19. 19

    Force 10 from Navarone (1978)

    directed by Guy Hamilton · 126 min · 6.2 359 votes

20. 20

    1941 (1979)

    directed by Steven Spielberg · 118 min · 5.8 730 votes

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Method: TMDb audience rating weighted by vote count, with a vote floor per list. No position is editorial opinion; it is the catalogue, ordered.

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