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. La bola negra (2026) · Q 9.5
2. Inglourious Basterds (2009) · Q 9
3. Apocalypse Now (1979) · Q 9
4. Jojo Rabbit (2019) · Q 9
5. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) · Q 9
6. Schindler's List (1993) · Q 9
7. Saving Private Ryan (1998) · Q 8.5
8. Braveheart (1995) · Q 8.5
9. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024) · Q 8.5
10. Full Metal Jacket (1987) · Q 8.5
11. 2000 Meters to Andriivka (2025) · Q 8.5
12. 20 Days in Mariupol (2023) · Q 8.5
13. For Sama (2019) · Q 8.5
14. The Cranes Are Flying (1957) · Q 8.5
15. 1917 (2019) · Q 8
16. All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) · Q 8
17. Virunga (2014) · Q 8
18. Civil War (2024) · Q 8
19. The Wind Rises (2013) · Q 8
20. Barry Lyndon (1975) · Q 8
21. Five Broken Cameras (2011) · Q 8
22. Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie (1995) · Q 8
23. The General (1926) · Q 8
24. Battleship Potemkin (1925) · Q 8
25. Dunkirk (2017) · Q 8
26. In This Corner of the World (2016) · Q 8
27. Lessons of Darkness (1992) · Q 8
28. The Last Samurai (2003) · Q 8
29. They Shall Not Grow Old (2018) · Q 8
30. Lone Survivor (2013) · Q 7.5

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