Sands of Iwo Jima
1950 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 173 votes
Haunted by personal demons, Marine Sgt. 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.
49th Parallel
1941 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 125 votes
In the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Seven Beauties
1975 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 155 votes
Pasqualino Frafuso, known in Naples as "Pasqualino Seven Beauties" is a petty thief who lives off of the profits of his seven sisters while claiming to protect their honor at any cost, Pasqualino is arrested for murder and later sent to fight in the army after committing sexual assault. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
There Be Dragons
2011 · TMDB 5.1/10 · 143 votes
Arising out of the horror of the Spanish Civil War, a candidate for canonization is investigated by a journalist who discovers his own estranged father had a deep, dark and devastating connection to the saint's life.While researching the life of Josemaria Escriva, the controversial founder of Opus Dei, the young journalist Robert uncovers hidden stories of his estranged father Manolo, and is taken on a journey through the dark, terrible secrets of his family’s past. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
A Time to Love and a Time to Die
1958 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 101 votes
A German soldier home on leave falls in love with a girl, then returns to World War II. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Run Boy Run
2014 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 199 votes
A true story of Jurek, an eight-year-old boy, who escapes from the Warsaw ghetto, then manages to survive in the woods and working as a farmhand, disguising himself as a Polish orphan. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Days of Glory
2006 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 407 votes
1943. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Before the Rain
1994 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 189 votes
The circularity of violence seen in a story that circles on itself. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Kajaki
2014 · TMDB 6.6/10 · 322 votes
British soldiers guarding the Kajaki Dam set out to rescue a three-man team after one of them loses a leg to a landmine. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Soldier of Orange
1977 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 180 votes
The lives of Erik Lanshof and five of his closest friends take different paths when the German army invades the Netherlands in 1940: fight and resistance, fear and resignation, collaboration and high treason. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Rescue Under Fire
2017 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 163 votes
The crew of a medical helicopter suffers an accident when helping a joint force of USA and United Nations troops under Spanish command division in Afghanistan. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Promise at Dawn
2017 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 511 votes
From his childhood in Poland to his adolescence in Nice to his years as a student in Paris and his tough training as a pilot during World War II, this tragi-comedy tells the romantic story of Romain Gary, one of the most famous French novelists and sole writer to have won the Goncourt Prize for French literature two times. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Twice Born
2012 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 475 votes
Full-throttle melodrama about an ill-starred romance set against the backdrop of the siege of Sarajevo. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Cromwell
1970 · TMDB 6.6/10 · 104 votes
Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Wife of a Spy
2020 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 103 votes
It’s 1940, and the population of Japan is divided over its entry into World War II. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Revenant
2009 · TMDB 6.2/10 · 276 votes
A horror movie/buddy comedy about Joey and his undead friend Bart who comes back from the dead as a revenant: an articulate zombie that needs to drink blood to arrest the decomposition of his body. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Age of Heroes
2011 · TMDB 5.4/10 · 212 votes
The true story of the formation of Ian Fleming's 30 Commando unit, a precursor for the elite forces in the U.K. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Fires on the Plain
1959 · TMDB 7.6/10 · 125 votes
In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his company and left to wander the Philippine island of Leyte. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
1943 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 272 votes
General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Conference
2022 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 132 votes
On January 20, 1942, the Wannsee Conference takes place in Berlin, a meeting that had only one item on the agenda: The Final Solution, the organization of the systematic mass murder of eleven million European Jews. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.