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The Best PG-13 War Movies

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List of PG-13 war movies, ranked from best to worst with movie trailers when available. Looking for a war movie to stream right now? Check out these best action movies on Amazon Prime and Netflix Instant lists and these best drama films on Amazon Prime and Netflix Instant lists to see what's currently streaming for your enjoyment.

This list takes the best PG-13 war movies and pits them against each other to see once and for all what the greatest PG-13 War movie of all time is. This list of popular PG-13 war movies includes information like who directed the film, when it was released and which actors starred in the movie. If you think the top PG-13 War movie isn't as high as it should be then be sure to vote it up so it can take its rightful place among the other great PG-13 War films on this list.

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Forrest Gump
Tom Hanks, Sally Field
Released: 1994
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
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The Tuskegee Airmen
John Lithgow, Cuba Gooding Jr.
Released: 1995
Directed by: Robert Markowitz
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War Horse
Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hiddleston
Released: 2011
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
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Battleship
Rihanna, Brooklyn Decker
Released: 2012
Directed by: Peter Berg
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Unbroken
Garrett Hedlund, Domhnall Gleeson
Released: 2014
Directed by: Angelina Jolie
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Red Dawn
Charlie Sheen, Patrick Swayze
Released: 1984
Directed by: John Milius
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Seven Years in Tibet
Brad Pitt, David Thewlis
Released: 1997
Directed by: Jean-Jacques Annaud
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Asa Butterfield, Jack Scanlon
Released: 2008
Directed by: Mark Herman
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Hope and Glory
Sarah Miles, Colin Higgins
Released: 1987
Directed by: John Boorman, Lasse Hallström
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Dances with Wolves
Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell
Released: 1990
Directed by: Kevin Costner
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Hot Shots!
Charlie Sheen, Kristy Swanson
Released: 1991
Directed by: Jim Abrahams
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U-571
Matthew McConaughey, Jon Bon Jovi
Released: 2000
Directed by: Jonathan Mostow
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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany
Released: 2003
Directed by: Peter Weir
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Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Robert De Niro, Robin Williams
Released: 1987
Directed by: Bill Couturié
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Life Is Beautiful
Roberto Benigni, Horst Buchholz
Released: 1997
Directed by: Roberto Benigni
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Little Big Man
Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway
Released: 1970
Directed by: Arthur Penn
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Operation Crossbow
Sophia Loren, George Peppard
Released: 1965
Directed by: Michael Anderson
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All the Queen's Men
Matt LeBlanc, Eddie Izzard
Released: 2001
Directed by: Stefan Ruzowitzky
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Saints and Soldiers
Larry Bagby, Kirby Heyborne
Released: 2003
Directed by: Ryan Little
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Hot Shots! Part Deux
Charlie Sheen, Martin Sheen
Released: 1993
Directed by: Jim Abrahams
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Major Dundee
Charlton Heston, Richard Harris
Released: 1965
Directed by: Sam Peckinpah
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Sarah's Key
Kristin Scott Thomas, Aidan Quinn
Released: 2010
Directed by: Gilles Paquet-Brenner
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Patton
George C. Scott, Karl Malden
Released: 1970
Directed by: Franklin J. Schaffner
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Kundun
Sonam Phuntsok, Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong
Released: 1997
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
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Anzio
Robert Mitchum, Peter Falk
Released: 1968
Directed by: Edward Dmytryk, Duilio Coletti
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