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Top War Movies Under 120 Minutes

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War Poster

#1. War (1911)

★ 9.5/10 22 votes

In the gray dawn of an October day, as the inhabitants of a village street in Tripoli are engaged in the enjoyment of their several pursuits of life, an Arab rushes upon the peaceful scene, announcing that Italy has declared war against Turkey and that the Italian warships are now in the harbor, shelling the city.

WAR Poster

#2. WAR (2023)

★ 9.4/10 21 votes

A war veteran tells his personal experience in “The War” to a psychiatrist, as a part of a social experiment. But nothing is as it seems…

Fatal Mission Poster

#3. Fatal Mission (1990)

★ 9.0/10 36 votes

A CIA Agent must rely on reluctant help from a female spy in the North Vietnam jungle in order to pass through enemy lines.

Fireflies at El Mozote Poster

#4. Fireflies at El Mozote (2025)

★ 8.6/10 39 votes

A boy seeks revenge after surviving El Mozote massacre in El Salvador, where government forces killed his family and destroyed his village - the deadliest civilian massacre in modern Latin America.

Band of Brothers: Legacy Poster

#5. Band of Brothers: Legacy (2026)

★ 8.6/10 20 votes

This tribute to the groundbreaking series that helped preserve the story of Easy Company and deepened public appreciation for the sacrifices of the Greatest Generation features new interviews with cast members Damian Lewis, Ron Livingston, Michael Cudlitz, Capt. Dale Dye, USMC (Ret.), David Schwimmer, and more. Through personal reflections and behind-the-scenes stories, participants revisit the experience of making the series and explore its lasting cultural resonance, and also includes never-before-seen archival footage and photographs of Easy Company and World War II.

Grave of the Fireflies Poster

#6. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

★ 8.5/10 6,933 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

#7. The Great Dictator (1940)

★ 8.3/10 3,858 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

#8. Paths of Glory (1957)

★ 8.3/10 3,425 votes

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

Innocent Voices Poster

#9. Innocent Voices (2005)

★ 8.2/10 559 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.

For Sama Poster

#10. For Sama (2019)

★ 8.2/10 323 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.

Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War Poster

#11. Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War (1993)

★ 8.2/10 41 votes

Reinhard von Müsel and Yang Wen-li return to their respective homes, one victorious and the other defeated. While Reinhard earns the new name Lohengramm, Yang and his friends celebrate some welcome news.

Argentine Soldier Only Known by God Poster

#12. Argentine Soldier Only Known by God (2017)

★ 8.2/10 39 votes

The story is centered on the human drama of three young people from a small town in Traslasierra, Córdoba, who from very different ideological places, are forever transformed by the war in Malvinas Argentinas (Falkland Islands).

Full Metal Jacket Poster

#13. Full Metal Jacket (1987)

★ 8.1/10 11,905 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.

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

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

★ 8.1/10 6,449 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.

Hell Boats Poster

#15. Hell Boats (1970)

★ 8.1/10 23 votes

A war drama of motor torpedo boats which did much unsung work in WW2, but the naval battles merely provide an exciting story in which an even more special romantic drama is wrapped up.

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