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War and Peace (1968) | Ranked Top 10% · CriticCrunch

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War and Peace

Movie1968·422 min

War and Peace

Directed by Sergey Bondarchuk

History Drama War Romance

An Academy Award-winning history drama film directed by Sergey Bondarchuk. Winner of Best Int'l Feature, with 1 additional Oscar nomination.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 10%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.6

About War and Peace

The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.

Pacing: Slow-burn (1 of 9)
Tone: Bittersweet (4 of 9)
Intensity: Intense (7 of 9)
Complexity: Layered (6 of 9)
Humor: Serious (1 of 9)
Scale: Epic (9 of 9)
Spirit: Earnest (5 of 9)
Texture: Gritty, Contemplative
Story Tags: forbidden love, sacrifice duty, survival of spirit, 18th 19th century, historical event, action combat, russia, warzone, romantic partners, battlefield combat, war homefront, ensemble, everyman, tragedy arc, nonlinear flashback, sweeping romance

/10

171 ratings

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Details

Director: Sergey Bondarchuk
Language: Russian

Cast

Ludmila Savelyeva, Sergey Bondarchuk, Vyacheslav Tikhonov

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Awards

🏆Oscar Winner — Best Int'l Feature (1968)◆Oscar Nominee — Best Production Design (1968)

How War and Peace Ranks

All movies

Top 10%

1960s movies

Top 18%

History movies

Top 14%

Top 10% All movies.

the vibe

War and Peace Vibe

What it feels like

slow-burnbittersweetintenselayeredseriousepicearnestgrittycontemplative

What it's about

pacing

slow-burn 1/9slow-burn 1/9

tone

texture

grittygritty

tragedy arc

nonlinear flashback

forbidden love

sacrifice duty

survival of spirit

ensemble

everyman

romantic partners

historical event

action combat

battlefield combat

war homefront

sweeping romance

russia

warzone

18th–19th century

bittersweet 4/9wistful 4/9

intensity

intense 7/9intense 7/9

complexity

layered 6/9layered 6/9

humor

serious 1/9serious 1/9

scale

epic 9/9epic 9/9

spirit

earnest 5/9earnest 5/9