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Discover popular and highly rated war movies. This page focuses on useful, popular choices for viewers in the United States.
Updated 2026-08-03 · Ratings from TMDB
Eligible titles are ranked using TMDB popularity, audience rating, and vote count. Streaming availability and ratings can change over time.
2017 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 826 votes
With the Third Reich at its peak in 1942, the Czech resistance in London plans the most ambitious military operation of WWII – Anthropoid. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2023 · TMDB 7.8/10 · 242 votes
After being expelled from Beecher Prep for his treatment of a classmate with a facial deformity, Julian has struggled to fit in at his new school. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2016 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 1,680 votes
In 1863, Mississippi farmer Newt Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1984 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 840 votes
New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran and American photojournalist Al Rockoff. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1956 · TMDB 6.6/10 · 280 votes
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. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1975 · TMDB 6.0/10 · 390 votes
Ilsa, a warden at a Nazi death camp that conducts experiments on prisoners, strives to prove that women can withstand more pain and suffering than men, and therefore should be allowed to fight on the frontlines. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1987 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 119 votes
A motley group of Chinese prisoners held in the US is sent on a covert mission with the promise of a pardon: to go deep into Vietnam and destroy a secret depot of missiles that the US left behind during the pull-out. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2022 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 813 votes
In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a corpse with false papers off the coast of Spain would fool Nazi spies into believing the Allied forces were planning to attack by way of Greece rather than Sicily. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1996 · TMDB 6.6/10 · 1,076 votes
A US Army officer, who made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up, has been reassigned to a desk job. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2017 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 874 votes
Set during the occupation of Iraq, a squad of U.S. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2019 · TMDB 8.1/10 · 207 votes
The time is UC 1926. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2014 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 1,345 votes
In 1919, Australian farmer Joshua Connor travels to Turkey to discover the fate of his three sons, reported missing in action. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2019 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 1,556 votes
England, early 20th century. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2007 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 782 votes
The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan, a slave who went on to conquer half the world in the 11th century. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1926 · TMDB 7.9/10 · 1,430 votes
During America’s Civil War, Union spies steal engineer Johnny Gray's beloved locomotive, 'The General'—with Johnnie's lady love aboard an attached boxcar—and he single-handedly must do all in his power to both get The General back and to rescue Annabelle. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1981 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 552 votes
Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1993 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 642 votes
A German Platoon is explored through the brutal fighting of the Battle of Stalingrad. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2000 · TMDB 6.2/10 · 807 votes
A Marine Colonel is brought to court-martial after ordering his men to fire on demonstrators surrounding the American embassy in Yemen. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1964 · TMDB 7.8/10 · 481 votes
Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2015 · TMDB 6.2/10 · 291 votes
A Chinese special force soldier with extraordinary marksmanship is confronted by a group of deadly foreign mercenaries who are hired to assassinate him by a vicious drug lord. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.