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War Movies Audiences Rated Higher Than Critics
32 war films in our catalog have at least 10,000 IMDb votes and a score that is higher with audiences than with critics by 15 points or more. The widest gap: Legends of the Fall (1994), 7.5 on IMDb against 45 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Legends of the Fall '1994 | Drama / Western / Romance / War | 7.5 | - | 45 | 7.4 | Edward Zwick | +30 |
| 2 | The Greatest Beer Run Ever '2022 | Drama / Comedy / War | 6.8 | 42% | 39 | 7.5 | Peter Farrelly | +29 |
| 3 | Tora! Tora! Tora! '1970 | War / Drama | 7.5 | 57% | 46 | 7.2 | Toshio Masuda | +29 |
| 4 | Kelly's Heroes '1970 | Comedy / War | 7.6 | 79% | 50 | 7.4 | Brian G. Hutton | +26 |
| 5 | Battle of Britain '1969 | War / Action / Drama | 7.0 | 67% | 44 | 6.8 | Guy Hamilton | +26 |
| 6 | 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi '2016 | Action / War / Thriller | 7.3 | 51% | 48 | 7.3 | Michael Bay | +25 |
| 7 | 300 '2007 | Action / War | 7.6 | 61% | 52 | 7.2 | Zack Snyder | +24 |
| 8 | Rambo '2008 | Action / Thriller / War | 7.0 | 38% | 46 | 6.7 | Sylvester Stallone | +24 |
| 9 | The Last Samurai '2003 | Drama / Action / War | 7.8 | 65% | 55 | 7.6 | Edward Zwick | +23 |
| 10 | 1941 '1979 | Comedy / War / Action | 5.7 | 37% | 34 | 5.8 | Steven Spielberg | +23 |
| 11 | The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas '2008 | Drama / War | 7.7 | 65% | 55 | 7.8 | Mark Herman | +22 |
| 12 | Enemy at the Gates '2001 | War | 7.5 | 53% | 53 | 7.4 | Jean-Jacques Annaud | +22 |
| 13 | Rambo III '1988 | Action / Thriller / War | 5.8 | 39% | 36 | 6.2 | Peter MacDonald | +22 |
| 14 | Force 10 from Navarone '1978 | Drama / War | 6.4 | 68% | 42 | 6.3 | Guy Hamilton | +22 |
| 15 | Jojo Rabbit '2019 | Comedy / War / Drama | 7.9 | 81% | 58 | 8.0 | Taika Waititi | +21 |
| 16 | Dear John '2010 | Drama / Romance / War | 6.3 | 28% | 43 | 6.8 | Lasse Hallström | +20 |
| 17 | The Delta Force '1986 | Action / Thriller / War | 5.7 | 14% | 37 | 6.0 | Menahem Golan | +20 |
| 18 | Midway '1976 | Action / Drama / War | 6.8 | 39% | 48 | 6.6 | Jack Smight | +20 |
| 19 | Pearl Harbor '2001 | Drama / War | 6.3 | 24% | 44 | 6.9 | Michael Bay | +19 |
| 20 | Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence '1983 | Drama / War | 7.2 | 86% | 53 | 7.3 | Nagisa Ōshima | +19 |
| 21 | Tears of the Sun '2003 | War / Action / Drama | 6.6 | 34% | 48 | 6.9 | Antoine Fuqua | +18 |
| 22 | Rambo: First Blood Part II '1985 | Action / Thriller / War | 6.5 | 33% | 47 | 6.7 | George P. Cosmatos | +18 |
| 23 | Tom Clancy's Without Remorse '2021 | Action / Thriller / War | 5.8 | 45% | 41 | 6.9 | Stefano Sollima | +17 |
| 24 | King Arthur '2004 | War / Action / Drama | 6.3 | 30% | 46 | 6.3 | Antoine Fuqua | +17 |
| 25 | Alexander '2004 | War / Action / Drama / Romance | 5.6 | 15% | 40 | 6.0 | Oliver Stone | +16 |
| 26 | The Final Countdown '1980 | War / Action / Sci-Fi | 6.7 | 52% | 51 | 6.6 | Don Taylor | +16 |
| 27 | Lone Survivor '2013 | War / Action / Drama | 7.5 | 75% | 60 | 7.4 | Peter Berg | +15 |
| 28 | Inglourious Basterds '2009 | Drama / Thriller / War | 8.4 | 89% | 69 | 8.2 | Quentin Tarantino | +15 |
| 29 | Valkyrie '2008 | Drama / Thriller / War | 7.1 | 62% | 56 | 7.0 | Bryan Singer | +15 |
| 30 | Braveheart '1995 | Drama / War | 8.3 | 74% | 68 | 7.9 | Mel Gibson | +15 |
| 31 | Empire of the Sun '1987 | Drama / War | 7.7 | 75% | 62 | 7.5 | Steven Spielberg | +15 |
| 32 | Heartbreak Ridge '1986 | War / Drama | 6.8 | 63% | 53 | 6.9 | Clint Eastwood | +15 |
Gap is IMDb score times 10 minus Metacritic score, in points. Only films with at least 10,000 IMDb votes and both scores are included, and only gaps of 15 points or more. This list is ordered by the size of the gap, not by quality. Scores shown are the raw ones.
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