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 2017 25 great titles Best: Ayla: The Daughter of War
  2. #2 2019 25 great titles Best: For Sama
  3. #3 2023 25 great titles Best: 20 Days in Mariupol
  4. #4 2016 25 great titles Best: Hacksaw Ridge
  5. #5 2021 25 great titles Best: The Shadow in My Eye
  6. #6 2022 25 great titles Best: All Quiet on the Western Front
  7. #7 2018 25 great titles Best: Where Hands Touch
  8. #8 1959 25 great titles Best: The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
  9. #9 2015 25 great titles Best: Land of Mine
  10. #10 2014 25 great titles Best: The Imitation Game
  11. #11 2020 25 great titles Best: Persian Lessons
  12. #12 2008 25 great titles Best: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
  13. #13 2001 25 great titles Best: Devils on the Doorstep
  14. #14 2025 25 great titles Best: Dead to Rights
  15. #15 1965 25 great titles Best: Doctor Zhivago
  16. #16 2024 25 great titles Best: The Six Triple Eight
  17. #17 1957 25 great titles Best: Paths of Glory
  18. #18 2012 25 great titles Best: Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
  19. #19 2010 25 great titles Best: Incendies
  20. #20 1970 25 great titles Best: Patton
  21. #21 2004 25 great titles Best: Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
  22. #22 2011 25 great titles Best: My Way
  23. #23 2005 25 great titles Best: Innocent Voices
  24. #24 1943 25 great titles Best: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
  25. #25 1958 25 great titles Best: Ashes and Diamonds
  26. #26 2002 25 great titles Best: The Pianist
  27. #27 2006 25 great titles Best: Pan's Labyrinth
  28. #28 1966 24 great titles Best: Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
  29. #29 1944 25 great titles Best: Lifeboat
  30. #30 1969 24 great titles Best: Army of Shadows
  31. #31 2007 24 great titles Best: The Counterfeiters
  32. #32 1967 23 great titles Best: The Dirty Dozen
  33. #33 2009 23 great titles Best: Inglourious Basterds
  34. #34 2013 22 great titles Best: Cinco de Mayo: The Battle
  35. #35 1964 21 great titles Best: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
  36. #36 1942 21 great titles Best: To Be or Not to Be
  37. #37 1956 20 great titles Best: The Burmese Harp
  38. #38 1998 19 great titles Best: Saving Private Ryan
  39. #39 1989 19 great titles Best: Glory
  40. #40 2003 19 great titles Best: The Last Samurai