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Top War Movies Under 120 Minutes

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Grave of the Fireflies Poster

#1. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

★ 8.4/10 6,745 votes

In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.

The Great Dictator Poster

#2. The Great Dictator (1940)

★ 8.3/10 3,790 votes

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

Paths of Glory Poster

#3. Paths of Glory (1957)

★ 8.3/10 3,359 votes

A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.

For Sama Poster

#4. For Sama (2019)

★ 8.2/10 319 votes

A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her. Her camera captures incredible stories of loss, laughter and survival as Waad wrestles with an impossible choice– whether or not to flee the city to protect her daughter’s life, when leaving means abandoning the struggle for freedom for which she has already sacrificed so much.

Innocent Voices Poster

#5. Innocent Voices (2005)

★ 8.2/10 530 votes

A young boy, attempting to have a normal childhood in 1980s El Salvador, is caught up in a dramatic fight for his life when he desperately tries to avoid the war that is raging all around him.

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Poster

#6. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

★ 8.1/10 6,300 votes

After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop it.

Full Metal Jacket Poster

#7. Full Metal Jacket (1987)

★ 8.1/10 11,710 votes

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.

20 Days in Mariupol Poster

#8. 20 Days in Mariupol (2023)

★ 8.1/10 311 votes

As the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting the war's atrocities.

Saga of Tanya the Evil: The Movie Poster

#9. Saga of Tanya the Evil: The Movie (2019)

★ 8.1/10 211 votes

The time is UC 1926. The Imperial Army's 203rd Air Mage Battalion led by Major Tanya Degurechaff has won the battle to the south against the Republic's stragglers. They expected to be given a vacation after returning victorious, but instead receive special orders from Staff HQ as soon as they get home. They are told that there were signs of a large-scale deployment near the Empire-Federation border. Faced with the prospect of a new major enemy, the desperate Empire fans the flame of war. Meanwhile, an international volunteer army spearheaded by the Commonwealth set foot in Federation territory. As they say, the enemy of an enemy is your friend. They suffer through misfortune purely out of national interest, and among them is a young girl. She is Warrant Officer Mary Sue, and she takes up arms hoping to bring the Empire, who killed her father, to justice.

Ayla: The Daughter of War Poster

#10. Ayla: The Daughter of War (2017)

★ 8.0/10 404 votes

In 1950, amidst the ravages of the Korean War, Sergeant Süleyman stumbles upon a a half-frozen little girl, with no parents and no help in sight and he risks his own life to save her, smuggling her into his army base and out of harm’s way.

Rome, Open City Poster

#11. Rome, Open City (1945)

★ 8.0/10 996 votes

During the Nazi occupation of 1944 Rome, Resistance leader Giorgio Manfredi is pursued by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a means of escape.

The Fifth Seal Poster

#12. The Fifth Seal (1976)

★ 8.0/10 104 votes

In 1944 Budapest, a watchmaker, a book seller and a carpenter are drinking in a bar with the owner, when they are joined by a stranger. The watchmaker poses a hypothetical that will change their lives forever.

1917 Poster

#13. 1917 (2019)

★ 8.0/10 13,845 votes

At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.

The Imitation Game Poster

#14. The Imitation Game (2014)

★ 8.0/10 18,365 votes

Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.

Jojo Rabbit Poster

#15. Jojo Rabbit (2019)

★ 8.0/10 10,646 votes

Jojo, a lonely German boy during World War II has his world shaken when he learns that his single mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home. Influenced by a buffoonish imaginary version of Adolf Hitler, he begins to question his beliefs and confront the conflict between propaganda and his own humanity.

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