- Anvilicious: The scene of a British soldier who has a breakdown in the middle of the battle, throws down his weapon, and starts screaming, "We've never seen each other! How can we kill one another?! Why do we?! Why?!" seems to serve nothing but to deliver a rather unsubtle "War Is Hell" message.
- Base-Breaking Character: Is Rod Steiger's portrayal of Napoleon flamboyant yet nuanced, or embarrassingly hammy? Critics and fans who feel the latter are fairly common.
- Spiritual Successor: To 1960's Austerlitz. Both films focus on a specific battle of The Napoleonic Wars (Austerlitz is about Napoléon Bonaparte's greatest victory, Waterloo is about his final defeat). Amusingly, Orson Welles had a role in both (and in 1955's Napoléon as well).
- Tear Jerker: Napoleon bidding adieu to his guard in the court of Fontainbleau.
- Tough Act to Follow: The Battle of Waterloo from this film is still considered the best live-action rendition of a battle from The Napoleonic Wars to this day. Even with some inaccuracies, it still greatly renders the sheer scale, sequence of events and formations.
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