# The best World War I movies

Trenches, deserters and a single unbroken take: the best films about the Great War, ranked from Looper, whatNerd and the Doughboy Foundation.

- 51 votes · 14 items
- Jul 10, 2026 · Meghan L.
- https://even.best/en/l/4172/the-best-world-war-i-movies

## Top 10

1. **1917 (2019)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Two soldiers carry a message across no man's land, in what looks like one take.
2. **All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — The German adaptation that won four Oscars.
3. **Paths of Glory (1957)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — A colonel defends three soldiers accused of cowardice, by Kubrick.
4. **La Grande Illusion (1937)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — French officers in a German prison camp, by Jean Renoir.
5. **Gallipoli (1981)** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Two Australian sprinters at the Dardanelles, by Peter Weir.
6. **Lawrence of Arabia (1962)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — T.E. Lawrence and the Arab Revolt, by David Lean.
7. **Joyeux Noël (2005)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — The Christmas truce of 1914.
8. **King & Country (1964)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — A British soldier tried for desertion, by Joseph Losey.
9. **All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)** (2 · ▲4 ▼2) — German schoolboys sent to the front: Best Picture Oscar.
10. **They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Restored, colourised archive footage, by Peter Jackson.
11. **War Horse (2011)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — A farm horse sent to the front, by Spielberg.
12. **Westfront 1918 (1930)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Four infantrymen in the last year of the war, by G.W. Pabst.
13. **A Very Long Engagement (2004)** (0 · ▲2 ▼2) — A young woman searches for her fiancé after the war, by Jean-Pierre Jeunet.
14. **Sergeant York (1941)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The pacifist farmer who became a war hero, with Gary Cooper.

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