War's Greatest Years, Ranked

When was the golden age of War? We ranked every year by the accumulated weighted rating of its best War titles — a year rises when it delivered many strongly-rated entries, not just a lone classic. Data from 3eyedraven's catalog.

  1. #1 2019 25 great titles Best: For Sama
  2. #2 2017 25 great titles Best: Ayla: The Daughter of War
  3. #3 2021 25 great titles Best: The Shadow in My Eye
  4. #4 2016 25 great titles Best: Hacksaw Ridge
  5. #5 2018 24 great titles Best: Where Hands Touch
  6. #6 2023 23 great titles Best: Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
  7. #7 2025 23 great titles Best: Dead to Rights
  8. #8 2024 21 great titles Best: The Six Triple Eight
  9. #9 2008 21 great titles Best: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
  10. #10 2022 20 great titles Best: All Quiet on the Western Front
  11. #11 2020 17 great titles Best: Greyhound
  12. #12 2005 17 great titles Best: Innocent Voices
  13. #13 2014 16 great titles Best: The Imitation Game
  14. #14 2001 16 great titles Best: Devils on the Doorstep
  15. #15 2010 16 great titles Best: Incendies
  16. #16 2015 16 great titles Best: Beasts of No Nation
  17. #17 2012 16 great titles Best: Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
  18. #18 1966 14 great titles Best: Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
  19. #19 2006 14 great titles Best: Pan's Labyrinth
  20. #20 2011 14 great titles Best: My Way
  21. #21 2002 13 great titles Best: The Pianist
  22. #22 2004 12 great titles Best: Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
  23. #23 1969 12 great titles Best: Army of Shadows
  24. #24 1957 11 great titles Best: Paths of Glory
  25. #25 1965 11 great titles Best: Doctor Zhivago
  26. #26 2009 11 great titles Best: Inglourious Basterds
  27. #27 1970 10 great titles Best: Patton
  28. #28 1987 10 great titles Best: Full Metal Jacket
  29. #29 2003 10 great titles Best: The Last Samurai
  30. #30 1979 10 great titles Best: Apocalypse Now
  31. #31 1977 10 great titles Best: The Ascent
  32. #32 1959 9 great titles Best: The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
  33. #33 1984 9 great titles Best: The Killing Fields
  34. #34 1968 9 great titles Best: Where Eagles Dare
  35. #35 1944 9 great titles Best: The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
  36. #36 1993 8 great titles Best: Schindler's List
  37. #37 1988 9 great titles Best: Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest Is the Sea of Stars
  38. #38 1962 8 great titles Best: Lawrence of Arabia
  39. #39 1998 8 great titles Best: Saving Private Ryan
  40. #40 1995 8 great titles Best: Braveheart