Best War Cinematography in Film — Rated 4/4 on Quartile

Quartile rates every film 1–4 across Plot, Acting, Cinematography, Novelty and Ending. These war films earned a 4 — Well Above Average — for Cinematography, ranked by their overall Q score.

1. Apocalypse Now (1979) — Q 9
2. Inglourious Basterds (2009) — Q 9
3. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) — Q 9
4. Braveheart (1995) — Q 9
5. Jojo Rabbit (2019) — Q 9
6. Schindler's List (1993) — Q 9
7. Saving Private Ryan (1998) — Q 8.5
8. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024) — Q 8.5
9. Full Metal Jacket (1987) — Q 8.5
10. 2000 Meters to Andriivka (2025) — Q 8.5
11. For Sama (2019) — Q 8.5
12. The Cranes Are Flying (1957) — Q 8.5
13. 20 Days in Mariupol (2023) — Q 8.5
14. 1917 (2019) — Q 8
15. All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) — Q 8
16. Virunga (2014) — Q 8
17. Civil War (2024) — Q 8
18. The Wind Rises (2013) — Q 8
19. Barry Lyndon (1975) — Q 8
20. Five Broken Cameras (2011) — Q 8
21. Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie (1995) — Q 8
22. The General (1926) — Q 8
23. Battleship Potemkin (1925) — Q 8
24. Dunkirk (2017) — Q 8
25. In This Corner of the World (2016) — Q 8
26. Lessons of Darkness (1992) — Q 8
27. The Last Samurai (2003) — Q 8
28. They Shall Not Grow Old (2018) — Q 8
29. Lone Survivor (2013) — Q 7.5
30. Enemy at the Gates (2001) — Q 7.5

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