Best War Movies & TV Series of the 1940s

3eyedraven's 133 top-rated War movies and TV series of the 1940s — ordered by how strongly audiences rate them and how many actually voted, so the ranking reflects real consensus. Full details on each.

The Great Dictator 1940 ★ 8.3

Rome, Open City 1945 ★ 8.0

To Be or Not to Be 1942 ★ 7.8

The Best Years of Our Lives 1946 ★ 7.7

Paisan 1946 ★ 7.5

To Have and Have Not 1945 ★ 7.5

Waterloo Bridge 1940 ★ 7.5

Lifeboat 1944 ★ 7.4

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1943 ★ 7.4

The Silence of the Sea 1949 ★ 7.5

Enamorada 1946 ★ 7.9

Nazi Concentration Camps 1945 ★ 7.7

Sergeant York 1941 ★ 7.2

Sahara 1943 ★ 7.2

Night Train to Munich 1940 ★ 7.3

Mrs. Miniver 1942 ★ 7.1

Twelve O'Clock High 1949 ★ 7.2

Went the Day Well? 1942 ★ 7.2

Let There Be Light 1946 ★ 7.3

Hail the Conquering Hero 1944 ★ 7.1

This Land Is Mine 1943 ★ 7.1

Five Graves to Cairo 1943 ★ 7.0

I Was a Male War Bride 1949 ★ 7.0

The Search 1948 ★ 7.0