War Movies

Types of War Movies in our list:

  • Ancient Wars
  • American Revolutionary War
  • U.S. Indian Wars
  • American Civil War
  • World War I
  • World War II
    – European theater
    – Pacific theater
  • Korean War
  • Vietnam Conflict
  • Cold War
  • GWOT
    – Iraq
    – Afghanistan
    – Africa
  • War / Military Documentaries
  • Movies about Post Traumatic Stress
  • Military Comedies
  • Worst War Movies
  • Sci-Fi War Movies

Ancient Wars

  • Lawrence of Arabia
  • 300
  • Braveheart
  • Ben Hur
  • Gladiator
  • Troy
  • Master & Commander (2003)

American Revolutionary War

  • The Patriot
  • The Crossing
  • Liberty! The American Revolution
  • Last of the Mohicans

Spanish Indian War

  • Rough Riders

U.S. Indian Wars

  • Dances With Wolves

American Civil War

  • Glory
  • Gettysburgh
  • Gone With the Wind
  • The Red Badge of Courage
  • Outlaw Josey Wales

World War I

  • All Quiet on the Western Front
  • The Lost Battalion
  • Farewell to Arms
  • The Dawn Patrol
  • Sergeant York
  • A Very Long Engagement
  • Gallipoli
  • Lawrence of Arabia
  • African Queen
  • Flyboys
  • Paths of Glory

World War II European theater

  • Band of Brothers
  • Saving Private Ryan
  • The Longest Day
  • Patton
  • Das Boot
  • Inglorious Basterds
  • Casablanca
  • Schindler’s List
  • The Great Escape
  • Guns of Navarone – 10 from Neveron
  • The Cross of Iron
  • A Bridge Too Far
  • The Black Book (foreign language)
  • Enemy at the Gate
  • The Thin Red Line (1998)
  • Where Eagles Dare
  • u-571
  • Stalag 17
  • To Hell And Back
  • Valkyrie
  • The Tuskegee Airmen
  • Red Tails
  • Memphis Belle
  • The Caine Mutiny (1954)
  • In Harm’s Way
  • The Pianist
  • Fury (2014)
  • Their Finest (2016)
  • Dunkirk (2017)

World War II – Pacific theater

  • Windtalkers (2002)
  • Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
  • Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
  • the Pacific (HBO Series) (2010)
  • Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)
  • Tora! Tora! Tora!
  • Empire of the Sun
  • From Here to Eternity
  • The Bridge Over the River Kwai
  • The Thin Red Line (1998)
  • 30 Seconds Over Tokyo
  • Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
  • Fat Man and Little Boy
  • Midway
  • The Wind Rises (2013)

Korean War

  • M*A*S*H
  • Pork Chop Hill
  • The Bridges at Toko-Ri
  • Macarthur
  • Manchurian Candidate (old)
  • The Hunters

Vietnam Conflict

  • The Green Berets
  • Platoon
  • Full Metal Jacket
  • Apocalypse Now
  • The Deer Hunter
  • Good Morning Vietnam
  • We Were Soldiers
  • Forrest Gump
  • Born on the Fourth of July
  • Uncommon Valor
  • Rescue Dawn
  • Tigerland
  • Birdy
  • Gardens of Stone
  • The Killing Fields
  • Hamburger Hill
  • The Quiet American
  • Da 5 Bloods (2020)

Cold War

  • The Hunt for Red October
  • K-19 – The Widowmaker
  • Crimson Tide
  • Top Gun
  • A Few Good Men
  • Dr. Strangeglove
  • Strategic Air Command
  • Tears of the Sun
  • No Man’s Land
  • Sniper
  • Iron Eagle – all of them
  • GI Jane
  • Navy Seals
  • Hotel Rwanda (2004)

GWOT – Iraq

  • Three Kings (1999)
  • Courage Under Fire
  • Manchurian Candidate (new)
  • Uncovered: The War on Iraq (2004)
  • Control Room (2004)
  • Jarhead (2005)
  • Why We Fight (2005)
  • Iraq for Sale: War Profiteers (2006)
  • My Country, My Country (2006)
  • Body of War (2007)
  • Redacted (2007)
  • Generation Kill – Mini Series (2008)
  • The Hurt Locker (2008)
  • No End in Sight (2008)
  • Standard Operating Procedure (2008)
  • The Messenger (2009)
  • Green Zone (2010)
  • The Devil’s Double (2011)
  • American Sniper (2014)
  • Sand Castle (2017)
  • War Machine (2017)

GWOT – Afghanistan

  • Osama (2003)
  • Road to Guantanamo (2006)
  • Charlie Wilson’s War (2007)
  • Taxi to the Dark Side (2007)
  • Lions for Lambs (2007)
  • The Tillman Story (2010)
  • Restrepo (2010)
  • Armadillo (2010) = Danish Soldiers POV
  • Lone Survivor (2013)
  • Zero Dark Thirty (2013)
  • Dirty Wars (2013)
  • Korengal (2014)
  • Kilo Two Bravo (2015)

GWOT – Africa

  • Black Hawk Down (2001)
  • Good Kill (2014)
  • 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)

GWOT – Misc

  • Act of Valor (2012)

War / Military Documentaries

  • Ken Burns’ Civil War
  • The War: A Ken Burns Film
  • Restrepo (2010)
  • Korengal (2014)

Movies about Post Traumatic Stress

  • The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
  • Twelve O’Clock High (1949)
  • Coming Home (1978)
  • The Deer Hunter (1978)
  • First Blood (1982)
  • Jackknife (1989)
  • In-Country (1989)
  • Born on the 4th of July (1989)
  • Hurt Locker (2008)

Military Comedies

  • Stripes
  • Buffalo Soldiers
  • Stalag 17
  • Major Payne
  • In The Army Now
  • Private Benjamin
  • Down Periscope
  • How I Won the War
  • Tropic Thunder
  • The Men Who Stare at Goats

Worst War Movies

Sci-Fi War Movies

  • Starship Troopers
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