# The best war films of the 1970s

Apocalypse Now, The Deer Hunter, Duck, You Sucker!, The Old Gun, Waterloo and Johnny Got His Gun: the 1970s war films rated highest by AlloCiné viewers.

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- May 30, 2023 · A. Guerin
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## Top 15

1. **Apocalypse Now (1979)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Francis Ford Coppola.
2. **The Deer Hunter (1978)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Michael Cimino.
3. **Duck, You Sucker! (1971)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Sergio Leone.
4. **The Old Gun (1975)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Robert Enrico.
5. **Waterloo (1970)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Sergueï Bondartchouk.
6. **Johnny Got His Gun (1971)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Dalton Trumbo.
7. **The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Vittorio De Sica.
8. **The Desert of the Tartars (1976)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Valerio Zurlini.
9. **Cross of Iron (1977)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Sam Peckinpah.
10. **Patton (1970)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Franklin J. Schaffner.
11. **Lacombe, Lucien (1974)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Louis Malle.
12. **The Duellists (1977)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ridley Scott.
13. **Le Train (1973)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Pierre Granier-Deferre.
14. **Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku et Toshio Masuda.
15. **Kelly's Heroes (1970)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Brian G. Hutton.

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