The 30 best War movies of the 2000s

1. 1

   The Pianist (2002)

   directed by Roman Polanski · 150 min · 8.4 10,408 votes

2. 2

   Inglourious Basterds (2009)

   directed by Quentin Tarantino · 152 min · 8.2 24,706 votes

3. 3

   Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

   directed by Guillermo del Toro · 118 min · 7.8 11,706 votes

4. 4

   The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)

   directed by Mark Herman · 94 min · 7.8 7,813 votes

5. 5

   Downfall (2004)

   directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel · 156 min · 7.9 4,435 votes

6. 6

   The Last Samurai (2003)

   directed by Edward Zwick · 154 min · 7.6 7,749 votes

7. 7

   Hotel Rwanda (2004)

   directed by Terry George · 122 min · 7.7 3,264 votes

8. 8

   Black Hawk Down (2001)

   directed by Ridley Scott · 145 min · 7.4 6,561 votes

9. 9

   Enemy at the Gates (2001)

   directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud · 131 min · 7.4 4,164 votes

10. 10

    Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

    directed by Clint Eastwood · 141 min · 7.5 2,380 votes

11. 11

    Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004)

    directed by Kang Je-kyu · 148 min · 8.0 794 votes

12. 12

    The Hurt Locker (2008)

    directed by Kathryn Bigelow · 131 min · 7.3 6,348 votes

13. 13

    Waltz with Bashir (2008)

    directed by Ari Folman · 90 min · 7.7 1,084 votes

14. 14

    Innocent Voices (2005)

    directed by Luis Mandoki · 120 min · 8.2 530 votes

15. 15

    Brothers (2009)

    directed by Jim Sheridan · 105 min · 7.3 4,024 votes

16. 16

    300 (2007)

    directed by Zack Snyder · 116 min · 7.2 15,059 votes

17. 17

    Black Book (2006)

    directed by Paul Verhoeven · 145 min · 7.5 1,273 votes

18. 18

    The Patriot (2000)

    directed by Roland Emmerich · 165 min · 7.2 4,465 votes

19. 19

    Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

    directed by Peter Weir · 138 min · 7.2 3,647 votes

20. 20

    Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

    directed by Ridley Scott · 144 min · 7.1 5,202 votes

21. 21

    A Very Long Engagement (2004)

    directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet · 133 min · 7.3 1,366 votes

22. 22

    Joyeux Noel (2005)

    directed by Christian Carion · 116 min · 7.4 952 votes

23. 23

    We Were Soldiers (2002)

    directed by Randall Wallace · 139 min · 7.1 2,353 votes

24. 24

    The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)

    directed by Ken Loach · 127 min · 7.3 926 votes

25. 25

    The Counterfeiters (2007)

    directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky · 98 min · 7.4 713 votes

26. 26

    No Man's Land (2001)

    directed by Danis Tanović · 98 min · 7.5 519 votes

27. 27

    Valkyrie (2008)

    directed by Bryan Singer · 123 min · 7.0 4,197 votes

28. 28

    Pearl Harbor (2001)

    directed by Michael Bay · 183 min · 6.9 7,157 votes

29. 29

    Red Cliff II (2009)

    directed by John Woo · 141 min · 7.3 506 votes

30. 30

    Conspiracy (2001)

    directed by Frank Pierson · 96 min · 7.3 502 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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