Au Revoir les Enfants
1987 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 736 votes
Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
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War Movies
Discover popular and highly rated war movies. This page focuses on useful, popular choices for viewers in the United States.
Updated 2026-08-04 · Ratings from TMDB
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Eligible titles are ranked using TMDB popularity, audience rating, and vote count. Streaming availability and ratings can change over time.
Sisters in Arms
2019 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 151 votes
Kenza and Yaël are two young French women who go to Syria to fight alongside the Kurdish forces. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Diplomacy
2014 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 234 votes
On the night of August 24, 1944, the fate of Paris rests with General von Choltitz, who plans to destroy the city on Hitler's orders. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Napoleon
1927 · TMDB 7.8/10 · 221 votes
A biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign) to his flight from Corsica, through the French Revolution (where a real storm is intercut with a political storm) and the Terror, culminating in his triumphant invasion of Italy in 1797. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Admiral
2008 · TMDB 6.2/10 · 166 votes
This is a story of a great love facing the greatest drama of the history of Russia. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
In the Land of Blood and Honey
2011 · TMDB 5.8/10 · 157 votes
During the Bosnian War, Danijel, a soldier fighting for the Serbs, re-encounters Ajla, a Bosnian who's now a captive in his camp he oversees. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Shock Waves
1977 · TMDB 4.9/10 · 138 votes
Visitors to a remote island discover that a reclusive Nazi commandant has been breeding a group of zombie soldiers. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Gold Run
2022 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 143 votes
Fredrik isn’t the bravest of men, but now he is faced with a great responsibility and an enormous task - to get the entire Norwegian gold reserve away from the Nazis during the invasion of Norway. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Aśoka
2001 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 164 votes
A young Prince Asoka works to perfect his skills in battle and also deals with family conflict. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Max
2002 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 113 votes
In 1918, a young, disillusioned Adolf Hitler strikes up a friendship with a Jewish art dealer while weighing a life of passion for art vs. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Breaker Morant
1980 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 160 votes
During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Mosul
2019 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 351 votes
When ISIS took their homes, families and city, one group of men fought to take it all back. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
White Tiger
2012 · TMDB 5.7/10 · 110 votes
WWII, 1945. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
War Pigs
2015 · TMDB 4.8/10 · 123 votes
A rag tag unit of misfits known as the War Pigs must go behind enemy lines to exterminate Nazis by any means necessary. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Timbuktu
2014 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 518 votes
Just outside of the Malian city of Timbuktu, now occupied by militant Islamic rebels who impose the Sharia on civilians and inconvenience their daily life, a cattleman kills a fisherman. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Big Red One
1980 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 342 votes
A veteran sergeant of World War I leads a squad in World War II, always in the company of the survivor Pvt. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Max Manus: Man of War
2008 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 280 votes
Max Manus is a Norwegian 2008 biographic war film based on the real events of the life of resistance fighter Max Manus (1914–96), after his contribution in the Winter War against the Soviet Union. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Last Metro
1980 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 525 votes
In occupied Paris, an actress wed to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Slaughterhouse-Five
1972 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 256 votes
Billy Pilgrim, a veteran of the Second World War, finds himself mysteriously detached from time, so that he is able to travel, without being able to help it, from the days of his childhood to those of his peculiar life on a distant planet called Tralfamadore, passing through his bitter experience as a prisoner of war in the German city of Dresden, over which looms the inevitable shadow of an unspeakable tragedy. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Twelve O'Clock High
1949 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 162 votes
In the early days of daylight bombing raids over Germany, General Frank Savage must take command of a 'hard luck' bomber group. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.