# The best war films of the 1950s

Paths of Glory, The Cranes Are Flying, A Time to Love and a Time to Die, Forbidden Games, The Bridge on the River Kwai and The Bridge: the 1950s war films rated highest by AlloCiné viewers.

- 35 votes · 14 items
- Mar 17, 2023 · brezel.bayrisch
- https://even.best/en/l/4786/the-best-war-films-of-the-1950s

## Top 14

1. **A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Douglas Sirk.
2. **Paths of Glory (1957)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Stanley Kubrick.
3. **Senso (1954)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Luchino Visconti.
4. **Stalag 17 (1953)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Billy Wilder.
5. **Forbidden Games (1952)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — René Clément.
6. **The African Queen (1951)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — John Huston.
7. **Attack (1956)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Robert Aldrich.
8. **The Caine Mutiny (1954)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Edward Dmytryk.
9. **Violent Summer (1959)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Valerio Zurlini.
10. **The Young Lions (1958)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Edward Dmytryk.
11. **The Cranes Are Flying (1957)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Michail Kalatosow.
12. **The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — David Lean.
13. **The Bridge (1959)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Bernhard Wicki.
14. **Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957)** (-1 · ▲2 ▼3) — John Huston.

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