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. Paths of Glory (1957) — Q 9
  2. Grave of the Fireflies (1988) — Q 9
  3. Schindler's List (1993) — Q 9
  4. Braveheart (1995) — Q 8.5
  5. Full Metal Jacket (1987) — Q 8.5
  6. Kagemusha (1980) — Q 8.5
  7. Ivan's Childhood (1962) — Q 8.5
  8. Barry Lyndon (1975) — Q 8.5
  9. The Breadwinner (2017) — Q 8.5
  10. Gone with the Wind (1939) — Q 8.5
  11. Hacksaw Ridge (2016) — Q 8.5
  12. The Battle of Algiers (1966) — Q 8.5
  13. All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) — Q 8
  14. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024) — Q 8
  15. The Wind Rises (2013) — Q 8
  16. Dunkirk (2017) — Q 8
  17. In This Corner of the World (2016) — Q 8
  18. The General (1926) — Q 8
  19. Battleship Potemkin (1925) — Q 8
  20. My Way (2011) — Q 8
  21. Red Cliff II (2009) — Q 8
  22. Civil War (2024) — Q 8
  23. Five Broken Cameras (2011) — Q 8
  24. The Shadow in My Eye (2021) — Q 8
  25. 1917 (2019) — Q 7.5
  26. Enemy at the Gates (2001) — Q 7.5
  27. War Horse (2011) — Q 7.5
  28. The Last of the Mohicans (1992) — Q 7.5
  29. Sisu (2022) — Q 7.5
  30. Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms (2023) — Q 7.5

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