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Best War Movies of 1979

This collection ranks 81 war movies released in 1979. The list is ranked using a weighted combination of audience ratings, vote volume and popularity data, so movies with only a handful of votes never outrank widely acclaimed films. At the top of the list is Apocalypse Now.

81 qualifying moviesRanked using a weighted combination of ratings, vote volume and popularity data

  4. 4

    Siberiade

    1979· 4h 35m· ru

    7.146
  6. 6

    Zulu Dawn

    1979· 1h 57m· en

    6.1113
  7. 7

    1941

    1979· 1h 58m· en

    5.8718
  10. 10

    Yanks

    1979· 2h 18m· en

    5.965
  11. 11

    G.I. Samurai

    1979· 2h 19m· ja

    5.936
  16. 16

    Henry V

    1979· 2h 50m· en

    6.04
  17. 17

    Charleston

    1979· 1h 38m· en

    —0
  19. 19

    The Passage

    1979· 1h 39m· en

    6.055
  25. 25

    Riel

    1979· 2h 27m· en

    8.02
  27. 27

    Cuba

    1979· 2h 2m· en

    5.554
  30. 30

    Elegia

    1979· 1h 24m· pl

    —0

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Frequently asked questions

How many qualifyingmovies are in this list?

81 movies with real rating data match this collection.

How are these movies ranked?

By a weighted score combining audience ratings, vote volume and popularity. Movies with very few votes are statistically shrunk toward the global average, so they cannot dominate the top of the list.

Which movie is ranked #1?

Apocalypse Now currently holds the top position in this collection.

How often is this list updated?

Rankings are recalculated whenever the underlying movie data changes.