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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.
2001 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 7,091 votes
The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2025 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 425 votes
During the Vietnam War, a recon unit ventures to an isolated jungle valley to uncover the fate of a missing platoon. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2023 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 3,178 votes
An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2003 · TMDB 7.6/10 · 7,659 votes
Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2019 · TMDB 8.0/10 · 13,711 votes
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2017 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 9,832 votes
Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1987 · TMDB 8.1/10 · 11,601 votes
A pragmatic U.S. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2022 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 4,803 votes
Paul Baumer and his friends Albert and Muller, egged on by romantic dreams of heroism, voluntarily enlist in the German army. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2000 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 4,406 votes
After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1939 · TMDB 7.9/10 · 4,425 votes
The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2010 · TMDB 8.1/10 · 3,379 votes
A mother's last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to Middle East in search of their tangled roots. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2023 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 2,675 votes
The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1981 · TMDB 8.1/10 · 2,562 votes
A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2008 · TMDB 7.8/10 · 7,755 votes
When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2023 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 3,266 votes
After an ambush, Afghan interpreter Ahmed goes to Herculean lengths to save US Army Sergeant John Kinley's life. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2024 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 1,966 votes
During World War II, the British Army assigns a group of competent soldiers to carry out a mission against the Nazi forces behind enemy lines... This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2013 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 4,817 votes
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. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2008 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 4,334 votes
In Thailand, ex-Green Beret John James Rambo joins a group of mercenaries to venture into war-torn neighboring Myanmar to rescue a group of Christian aid workers who have been kidnapped by a ruthless local infantry unit. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1985 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 4,386 votes
John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2014 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 13,764 votes
U.S. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.