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World War 1 on Film

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  • All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

    1. All Quiet on the Western Front

    19302h 32mApproved91Metascore
    8.1 (70K)
    A German youth eagerly enters World War I, but his enthusiasm wanes as he gets a firsthand view of the horror.
    DirectorLewis MilestoneStarsLew AyresLouis WolheimJohn Wray
  • All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)

    2. All Quiet on the Western Front

    19792h 30mPGTV Movie
    7.1 (11K)
    A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I.
    DirectorDelbert MannStarsRichard ThomasErnest BorgnineDonald Pleasence
  • Felix Kammerer in All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)

    3. All Quiet on the Western Front

    20222h 28mR76Metascore
    7.8 (274K)
    A young German soldier's terrifying experiences and distress on the western front during World War I.
    DirectorEdward BergerStarsFelix KammererAlbrecht SchuchAaron Hilmer
  • The Blue Max (1966)

    4. The Blue Max

    19662h 36mApproved
    7.1 (7.9K)
    A young pilot in the German air force of 1918, disliked as lower-class and unchivalrous, tries ambitiously to earn the medal offered for 20 kills.
    DirectorJohn GuillerminStarsGeorge PeppardJames MasonUrsula Andress
  • Ricky Schroder in The Lost Battalion (2001)

    5. The Lost Battalion

    20011h 32mTV-14TV Movie
    7.0 (8.6K)
    Fact-based war drama about an American battalion of over 500 men which gets trapped behind enemy lines in the Argonne Forest in October 1918 France during the closing weeks of World War I.
    DirectorRussell MulcahyStarsRicky SchroderPhil McKeeJamie Harris
  • Joseph Fiennes, Til Schweiger, Lena Headey, and Matthias Schweighöfer in The Red Baron (2008)

    6. The Red Baron

    20081h 46mPG-13
    6.3 (13K)
    German biopic loosely based on the World War I fighter ace Manfred Von Richthofen, nicknamed the Red Baron by friend and foe alike.
    DirectorNikolai MüllerschönStarsMatthias SchweighöferLena HeadeyTil Schweiger
  • Von Richthofen and Brown (1971)

    7. Von Richthofen and Brown

    19711h 37mPG-13
    6.0 (1.5K)
    The story of Manfred von Richthofen, the German air ace during World War I and his struggle with the enemy aces and some jealous German officers.
    DirectorRoger CormanStarsJohn Phillip LawDon StroudBarry Primus
  • James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, and George Brent in The Fighting 69th (1940)

    8. The Fighting 69th

    19401h 30mApproved
    6.6 (2.1K)
    Although loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy, the regimental chaplain, has faith that he'll prove himself in the end.
    DirectorWilliam KeighleyStarsJames CagneyPat O'BrienGeorge Brent
  • Errol Flynn in The Dawn Patrol (1938)

    9. The Dawn Patrol

    19381h 43mApproved
    7.5 (3.5K)
    British flying aces in World War I contend with the harsh realities of war.
    DirectorEdmund GouldingStarsErrol FlynnBasil RathboneDavid Niven
  • Gallipoli (1981)

    10. Gallipoli

    19811h 50mPG65Metascore
    7.4 (43K)
    Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey during World War I.
    DirectorPeter WeirStarsMel GibsonMark LeeBill Kerr
  • Hedd Wyn (1992)

    11. Hedd Wyn

    19922h 3mUnrated
    7.0 (477)
    A young poet living in the North Wales countryside competes for the most coveted prize of all in Welsh Poetry - that of the chair of the National Eisteddfod, a tradition dating back a hundred years. Before the winner is announced Hedd Wyn gets sent to fight with the English in the trenches of the First World War
    DirectorPaul TurnerStarsHuw GarmonCatrin FychanCeri Cunnington
  • Johnny Got His Gun (2008)

    12. Johnny Got His Gun

    20081h 15m41Metascore
    6.8 (357)
    A filmed live theater performance starring Ben McKenzie of the Off-Broadway stage monologue adapted from Dalton Trumbo's classic anti-war novel. The story of a young American soldier hit by an artillery shell on the last day of the First World War. The film takes place in the mind of a quadruple amputee who has also lost his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. Regaining consciousness, 20 year-old Joe Bonham slowly discovers that while his brain is healthy and able to reason, the rest of his body is irreparably shattered, leaving him forever trapped within the confines of his own imagination. He struggles valiantly to find some way to communicate with the outside world. Tapping his head in Morse code he breaks through and pleads with his caretakers to be put on display as a living example of the cost of war.
    DirectorRowan JosephStarsMatty FerraroRowan JosephMeredith Kendall
  • Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, and Joan Leslie in Sergeant York (1941)

    13. Sergeant York

    19412h 14mApproved
    7.7 (21K)
    A Tennessee farmer and marksman is drafted in World War I, and struggles with his pacifist inclinations before becoming one of the most celebrated war heroes.
    DirectorHoward HawksStarsGary CooperWalter BrennanJoan Leslie
  • King of Hearts (1966)

    14. King of Hearts

    19661h 42mNot Rated
    7.3 (4.6K)
    During World War I, a British private, sent ahead to a French town to scout for enemy presence, is mistaken for a King by the colorful patients of an insane asylum.
    DirectorPhilippe de BrocaStarsAlan BatesGeneviève BujoldPierre Brasseur
  • Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)

    15. Oh! What a Lovely War

    19692h 24mG
    7.0 (3.4K)
    The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.
    DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsWendy AllnuttColin FarrellMalcolm McFee
  • Many Wars Ago (1970)

    16. Many Wars Ago

    19701h 40mNot Rated
    7.6 (2.1K)
    On the Italian/Austrian front during World War I, a disastrous Italian attack upon the Austrian positions leads to a mutiny among the Italian troops.
    DirectorFrancesco RosiStarsMark FrechetteAlain CunyGian Maria Volontè
  • Kirk Douglas in Paths of Glory (1957)

    17. Paths of Glory

    19571h 28mApproved90Metascore
    8.4 (226K)
    A colonel defends three of his soldiers in a court-martial after they abandon a suicidal attack.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsKirk DouglasRalph MeekerAdolphe Menjou
  • Caroline Dhavernas and Paul Gross in Passchendaele (2008)

    18. Passchendaele

    20081h 54mR
    6.4 (9K)
    The lives of a troubled veteran, his nurse girlfriend and a naive boy intersect first in Alberta and then in Belgium during the bloody World War I battle of Passchendaele.
    DirectorPaul GrossStarsPaul GrossMichael GreyeyesJames Kot
  • Jonny Lee Miller and Tanya Allen in Behind the Lines (1997)

    19. Behind the Lines

    19971h 36mR
    7.0 (2.6K)
    Based on Pat Barker's novel of the same name, "Regeneration" tells the story of soldiers of World War One sent to an asylum for emotional troubles. Two of those soldiers are England's most important WW1 poets.
    DirectorGillies MacKinnonStarsJonathan PryceJames WilbyJonny Lee Miller
  • Alicia Vikander and Kit Harington in Testament of Youth (2014)

    20. Testament of Youth

    20142h 9mPG-1376Metascore
    7.2 (31K)
    A British woman recalls coming of age during World War I - a story of young love, the futility of war, and how to make sense of the darkest times.
    DirectorJames KentStarsAlicia VikanderKit HaringtonTaron Egerton
  • Westfront 1918 (1930)

    21. Westfront 1918

    19301h 15mNot Rated
    7.3 (2.6K)
    A group of German solders fight on the front line in France at the end of World War I.
    DirectorGeorg Wilhelm PabstStarsFritz KampersGustav DiesslHans-Joachim Möbis
  • Audrey Tautou and Gaspard Ulliel in A Very Long Engagement (2004)

    22. A Very Long Engagement

    20042h 13mR76Metascore
    7.6 (77K)
    Tells the story of a young woman's relentless search for her fiancé, who has disappeared from the trenches of the Somme during World War One.
    DirectorJean-Pierre JeunetStarsAudrey TautouGaspard UllielJodie Foster
  • An Accidental Soldier (2013)

    23. An Accidental Soldier

    20131h 32mNot RatedTV Movie
    7.0 (474)
    Based on the novel, Silent Parts, by John Charalambous, An Accidental Soldier is about an Australian soldier who flees the carnage of the Western Front and finds refuge with a French woman in a remote farmhouse. Harry Lambert is a shy, thirty five year old Australian soldier, working as a baker behind the lines. He is a gentle man, a reluctant soldier, but a man like many who has been shamed by his local community into joining up. But when he is called into the front line Harry decides to run, finding refuge in a farmhouse owned by Colombe Jacotot, a Frenchwoman in her forties whose husband has abandoned her and whose son has recently been killed. Forced to work in an ammunitions factory, Colombe too is trenchant about the war. Through her Harry will learn true courage. Through him Colombe will learn beauty. Together they will discover a love so strong that each is willing to give their life for it. An accidental soldier is a tender, at times gripping love story between two people who find passion, in all its joy and hurt, at an age when they thought love has passed them by. It is a story of unexpected bravery of countless men and women who would not give up their lives for abstracts like glory, or country. Those who wanted to live for love and life.
    DirectorRachel WardStarsMarie BunelDan SpielmanJulia Zemiro
  • The Lost Battalion (1919)

    24. The Lost Battalion

    19191h 10m
    6.2 (156)
    A battalion of the U. S. Army's 77th Division penetrates deep into the Argonne Forest of France during the First World War. The battalion becomes surrounded and holds out for six long days, awaiting reinforcement and rescue.
    DirectorBurton L. KingStarsRobert AlexanderGeorge G. McMurtryCharles W. Whittlesey
  • Shoulder Arms (1918)

    25. Shoulder Arms

    191836mPassedShort
    7.3 (7.7K)
    Charlie is a boot camp private who has a dream of being a hero who goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines.
    DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceSyd Chaplin

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