# The best war films of the 1960s

War and Peace, Army of Shadows, The Hill, The Great Escape, The Battle of Algiers and The 317th Platoon: the 1960s war films rated highest by AlloCiné viewers.

- 236 votes · 15 items
- May 24, 2022 · florian_strasbourg
- https://even.best/en/l/4747/the-best-war-films-of-the-1960s

## Top 15

1. **Army of Shadows (1969)** (27 · ▲28 ▼1) — Jean-Pierre Melville.
2. **War and Peace (1966)** (22 · ▲24 ▼2) — Sergueï Bondartchouk.
3. **The Hill (1965)** (18 · ▲19 ▼1) — Sidney Lumet.
4. **The Great Escape (1963)** (12 · ▲15 ▼3) — John Sturges.
5. **Ivan's Childhood (1962)** (12 · ▲14 ▼2) — Andreï Tarkovski.
6. **The Battle of Algiers (1966)** (12 · ▲13 ▼1) — Gillo Pontecorvo.
7. **The Longest Day (1962)** (11 · ▲14 ▼3) — Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton et Bernhard Wicki.
8. **Doctor Zhivago (1965)** (11 · ▲13 ▼2) — David Lean.
9. **The 317th Platoon (1965)** (7 · ▲12 ▼5) — Pierre Schoendoerffer.
10. **Spartacus (1960)** (7 · ▲9 ▼2) — Stanley Kubrick.
11. **Taxi for Tobruk (1961)** (7 · ▲9 ▼2) — Denys de La Patellière.
12. **The Dirty Dozen (1967)** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — Robert Aldrich.
13. **Dr. Strangelove (1964)** (6 · ▲9 ▼3) — Stanley Kubrick.
14. **The Train (1964)** (6 · ▲8 ▼2) — John Frankenheimer.
15. **The Leopard (1963)** (3 · ▲7 ▼4) — Luchino Visconti.

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