Kanal
1957 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 161 votes
In the last few days of the Warsaw Uprising during World War II, a modest group of Resistance members remains. 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
How we chose these titles
Eligible titles are ranked using TMDB popularity, audience rating, and vote count. Streaming availability and ratings can change over time.
Father & Soldier
2023 · TMDB 6.0/10 · 262 votes
1917. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Ethel & Ernest
2016 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 131 votes
This hand drawn animated film, based on the award winning graphic novel by Raymond Briggs, is an intimate and affectionate depiction of the life and times of his parents, two ordinary Londoners living through extraordinary events. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Far from Men
2015 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 193 votes
A French teacher in a small Algerian village during the Algerian War forms an unexpected bond with a dissident who is ordered to be turned in to the authorities. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Lakshya
2004 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 124 votes
An aimless, jobless, irresponsible grown man joins the army and matures into a battlefield hero. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Welcome to Sarajevo
1997 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 125 votes
Follow a group of international journalists into the heart of the once cosmopolitan city of Sarajevo—now a danger zone of sniper and mortar attacks where residents still live. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Land and Freedom
1995 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 301 votes
Summer 1936: young unemployed communist David Carr leaves Liverpool to join the fight against fascism in Spain. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Paisan
1946 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 360 votes
Six stories unfold in various regions, from Sicily to the northern Po Valley as American military personnel interact with a variety of Italian locals over eighteen months in the push north during the Italian Campaign of WWII as German forces retreat. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Lebanon
2009 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 240 votes
During the First Lebanon War in 1982, a lone tank and a paratroopers platoon are dispatched to search a hostile town. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Atlantic Wall
1970 · TMDB 6.2/10 · 112 votes
1944. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
General Della Rovere
1959 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 150 votes
In WWII-Italy, the Gestapo blackmails a con man to impersonate a dead partisan commander in order to extract information from his fellow inmates. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Red Sands
2009 · TMDB 4.3/10 · 107 votes
A group of U.S. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Alexander Nevsky
1938 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 235 votes
When German knights invade Russia, Prince Alexander Nevsky must rally his people to resist the formidable force. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The White Sun of the Desert
1969 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 178 votes
The setting is the east shore of the Caspian Sea (today's Turkmenistan) where the Red Army soldier Fyodor Sukhov has been fighting the Civil War in Russian Asia for a number of years. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The White Helmets
2016 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 213 votes
As daily airstrikes pound civilian targets in Syria, a group of indomitable first responders risk their lives to rescue victims from the rubble. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Hope and Glory
1987 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 218 votes
A middle-aged man recalls his childhood growing up in and around London during World War II. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Champion
2021 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 217 votes
It is 1940. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Naked Among Wolves
2015 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 138 votes
Taking place at the Concentration camp Buchenwald at the end of March 1945, prisoner Hans Pippig discovers in a carrying case of an incoming prisoner a Jewish child. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Closely Watched Trains
1966 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 274 votes
At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to liberate himself from his virginity. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Senso
1954 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 253 votes
A troubled and neurotic Italian Countess betrays her entire country for a self-destructive love affair with an Austrian Lieutenant. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.