Editing The War Game (section)

== Reception and legacy ==
The film holds a [[Rotten Tomatoes]] rating of 93% based on 14 reviews, with an average score of 8.46/10.<ref>{{Citation|title=The War Game (1966)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_war_game_1966|language=en|access-date=2019-02-26}}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] gave the film a perfect score, calling it "[o]ne of the most skillful documentary films ever made." He praised the "remarkable authenticity" of the firestorm sequence and describes its portrayal of bombing's aftermath as "certainly the most horrifying ever put on film (although, to be sure, greater suffering has taken place in real life, and is taking place today)." "They should string up bedsheets between the trees and show "''The War Game''" in every public park" he concludes, "It should be shown on television, perhaps right after one of those half-witted war series in which none of the stars ever gets killed."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-war-game-1967 |title=The War Game Movie Review & Film Summary (1967) |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |website=rogerebert.com |access-date=2019-02-26 }}</ref> David Cornelius of ''[[DVD Talk]]'' called it "one of the most disturbing, overwhelming, and downright important films ever produced." He writes that the film finds Watkins "at his very best, angry and provocative and desperate to tell the truth, yet not once dipping below anything but sheer greatness from a filmmaking perspective [...] an unquestionable masterpiece of raw journalism, political commentary, and unrestrained terror."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/23132/war-game-culloden-the/|title=The War Game / Culloden|website=DVD Talk|language=en|access-date=2019-02-26}}</ref>

===Accolades===
The film won the 1967 [[Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature]].<ref>[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ztllDW2GtOw Documentary Winners: 1967 Oscars]</ref>

In a list of the [[100 Greatest British Television Programmes]] drawn up by the [[British Film Institute]] in 2000, voted for by industry professionals, ''The War Game'' was placed 27th. ''The War Game'' was also voted 74th in Channel Four's 100 Greatest Scary Moments.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.channel4.com/film/newsfeatures/microsites/S/scary/results_80-71_2.html |title=100 Greatest Scary Moments: Channel 4 Film |publisher=Channel 4 |access-date=8 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091216172825/http://www.channel4.com/film/newsfeatures/microsites/S/scary/results_80-71_2.html |archive-date=16 December 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>