War Movies

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

2003

star 7.1
After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh his commitment to duty and ferocious pursuit of glory against the safety of his devoted crew, including the ship's thoughtful surgeon, his best friend.
star 7.1

We Were Soldiers

2002

We Were Soldiers

2002

star 7.1
The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.
star 8.1

Full Metal Jacket

1987

Full Metal Jacket

1987

star 8.1
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
star 6.5

Hot Shots! Part Deux

1993

Hot Shots! Part Deux

1993

star 6.5
Topper Harley is found to be working as an odd-job-man in a monastery. The CIA want him to lead a rescue mission into Iraq, to rescue the last rescue team, who went in to rescue the last rescue team—who went in to rescue hostages left behind after Desert Storm.

Finding Jack

0000

Based on the existence and abandonment of more than 10,000 military dogs at the end of the Vietnam War.
star 7.4

Lone Survivor

2013

Lone Survivor

2013

star 7.4
Four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level Taliban operative must make an impossible moral decision in the mountains of Afghanistan that leads them into an enemy ambush. As they confront unthinkable odds, the SEALs must find reserves of strength and resilience to fight to the finish.
star 7.9

Downfall

2004

Downfall

2004

star 7.9
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his generals and advisers to fight to the last man. When the end finally does come, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender.
star 7.3

The Hurt Locker

2008

The Hurt Locker

2008

star 7.3
During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
star 7.3

12.12: The Day

2023

12.12: The Day

2023

star 7.3
After the assassination of President Park, martial law has been declared. A coup d’état bursts out by Defense Security Commander Chun Doo-gwang and a private band of officers following him. Capital Defense Commander Lee Tae-shin, an obstinate soldier who believes the military should not take political actions, fights against Chun Doo-gwang to stop him. The conflict between the two grows while military leaders are holding their decision and Defense Minister is gone. In the midst of chaos, the spring of Seoul that everyone longed for heads to unexpected direction.
star 6.8

Outlaw King

2018

Outlaw King

2018

star 6.8
Forced into exile by the English after being crowned King of Scotland, legendary warrior Robert the Bruce fights to reclaim the throne.
star 7.8

The Wind Rises

2013

The Wind Rises

2013

star 7.8
A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M World War II fighter plane.
star 7.4

Enemy at the Gates

2001

Enemy at the Gates

2001

star 7.4
A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.

The Last of the Mohicans

1992

star 7.4
In war-torn colonial America, in the midst of a bloody battle between British, the French and Native American allies, the aristocratic daughter of a British Colonel and her party are captured by a group of Huron warriors. Fortunately, a group of three Mohican trappers comes to their rescue.
star 7.5

Balkan Line

2019

Balkan Line

2019

star 7.5
After the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, the Yugoslav army pulls out of Kosovo region, leaving Serbian people at the mercy of the Albanian UCK. A small band of soldiers must take over the Slatina airport, and hold it until the Russian peacekeepers arrive.
star 7.3

War Horse

2011

War Horse

2011

star 7.3
On the brink of the First World War, Albert's beloved horse Joey is sold to the Cavalry by his father. Against the backdrop of the Great War, Joey begins an odyssey full of danger, joy, and sorrow, and he transforms everyone he meets along the way. Meanwhile, Albert, unable to forget his equine friend, searches the battlefields of France to find Joey and bring him home.
star 7.5

Doctor Zhivago

1965

Doctor Zhivago

1965

star 7.5
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.
star 4

Meet the Spartans

2008

Meet the Spartans

2008

star 4
The heroic Leonidas, armed with nothing but leather underwear and a cape, leads a ragtag group of 13 Spartans to defend their homeland against the invading Persians (whose ranks include Ghost Rider, Rocky Balboa, the Transformers, and a hunchbacked Paris Hilton). No one is safe when the Spartans take on the biggest icons in pop culture!
star 6.3

Biloxi Blues

1988

Biloxi Blues

1988

star 6.3
Eugene, an aspiring writer from Brooklyn, is drafted into the US Army during the final months of World War II. For his basic training, the Army sends him to Camp Shelby in Mississippi, where toil, bad food, and antisemitic jibes await. Eugene takes refuge in his sense of humor and in his diary, but they won't protect him in a battle of wills with an unstable drill sergeant.
star 7.4

Legends of the Fall

1994

Legends of the Fall

1994

star 7.4
An epic tale of three brothers and their father living in the remote wilderness of 1900s USA and how their lives are affected by nature, history, war, and love.
star 7.8

Emancipation

2022

Emancipation

2022

star 7.8
Inspired by the gripping true story of a man who would do anything for his family—and for freedom. When Peter, an enslaved man, risks his life to escape and return to his family, he embarks on a perilous journey of love and endurance.