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The best war films of the 1960s

The top 3 according to 236 votes from people: Army of Shadows (1969) · War and Peace (1966) · The Hill (1965). (Updated May 24, 2022.)

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.

florian_strasbourg · · 15 items · 236 votes · 1 comment

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Top 15

  1. 1

    Army of Shadows (1969)

    Jean-Pierre Melville.

    ▲ 28 ▼ 1

    27
  2. 2

    War and Peace (1966)

    Sergueï Bondartchouk.

    ▲ 24 ▼ 2

    22
  3. 3

    The Hill (1965)

    Sidney Lumet.

    ▲ 19 ▼ 1

    18
  4. 4

    The Great Escape (1963)

    John Sturges.

    ▲ 15 ▼ 3

    12
  5. 5

    Ivan's Childhood (1962)

    Andreï Tarkovski.

    ▲ 14 ▼ 2

    12
  6. 6

    The Battle of Algiers (1966)

    Gillo Pontecorvo.

    ▲ 13 ▼ 1

    12
  7. 7

    The Longest Day (1962)

    Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton et Bernhard Wicki.

    ▲ 14 ▼ 3

    11
  8. 8

    Doctor Zhivago (1965)

    David Lean.

    ▲ 13 ▼ 2

    11
  9. 9

    The 317th Platoon (1965)

    Pierre Schoendoerffer.

    ▲ 12 ▼ 5

    7
  10. 10

    Spartacus (1960)

    Stanley Kubrick.

    ▲ 9 ▼ 2

    7
  11. 11

    Taxi for Tobruk (1961)

    Denys de La Patellière.

    ▲ 9 ▼ 2

    7
  12. 12

    The Dirty Dozen (1967)

    Robert Aldrich.

    ▲ 8 ▼ 1

    7
  13. 13

    Dr. Strangelove (1964)

    Stanley Kubrick.

    ▲ 9 ▼ 3

    6
  14. 14

    The Train (1964)

    John Frankenheimer.

    ▲ 8 ▼ 2

    6
  15. 15

    The Leopard (1963)

    Luchino Visconti.

    ▲ 7 ▼ 4

    3

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madamevalise · Français

L'Armée des ombres, je l'ai découvert tard et ça m'a laissé KO. Ventura, Signoret, Meurisse… quel casting.

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