Everybody Go Home!
1960 · TMDB 7.6/10 · 122 votes
When Italy surrenders to the Allies, part of the Italian army is dispersed and soldiers begin to return to their homes. 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.
Essential Killing
2010 · TMDB 5.9/10 · 175 votes
A Taliban soldier struggles to survive after he escapes his captors and flees into the Polish countryside. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Dawns Here Are Quiet
1972 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 156 votes
In a remote village in Karelia, Sergeant Vaskov commands an anti-aircraft unit that protects a rail depot. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Journey into Fear
1943 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 104 votes
An American ballistics expert in Turkey finds himself targeted by Nazi agents. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Werewolf
2019 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 108 votes
Summer of 1945. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Ghazi Attack
2017 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 105 votes
India’s first underwater war film tries to decode the mystery behind the sinking of Pakistani submarine PNS Ghazi during the Indo-Pak war of 1971. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Rainbow: A Private Affair
2017 · TMDB 6.2/10 · 155 votes
Summer 1943, Piedmont, Italy. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Big Parade
1925 · TMDB 7.6/10 · 131 votes
The story of an idle rich boy who joins the US Army's Rainbow Division and is sent to France to fight in World War I, becomes friends with two working class men, experiences the horrors of trench warfare, and finds love with a French girl. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Brothers
2004 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 114 votes
A Danish officer, Michael, is sent away to the International Security Assistance Force operation in Afghanistan for three months. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Officers' Ward
2001 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 101 votes
The first days of WWI. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Donbass
2018 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 116 votes
In the historic Donbass region of eastern Ukraine, despite the cruel war that has been raging since 2014 between the self-proclaimed People's Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk and the Ukrainian government, people try to survive in the rotten heart of chaos, where violence disguises itself as peace, propaganda becomes univocal truth and hatred reigns in the name of love. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Forgive Us Our Trespasses
2022 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 115 votes
Targeted by Nazis as they hunt down and murder people with disabilities, a boy with a limb difference makes a daring decision while running for his life. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Taxi for Tobruk
1961 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 148 votes
During World War II, French Commandos join forces with a German officer in order to survive the African desert. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
A Self-Made Hero
1996 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 115 votes
Set in France at the end of World War II Albert Dehousse finds out his father wasn't a war hero and his mother is a collaborator. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Devil's Rock
2011 · TMDB 5.6/10 · 129 votes
Set in the Channel Islands on the eve of D Day, two Kiwi commandos, sent to destroy German gun emplacements to distract Hitler's forces away from Normandy, discover a Nazi occult plot to unleash demonic forces to win the war. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Many Wars Ago
1970 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 143 votes
Time after time, soldiers of the Italian Army are forced to leave their mountain trenches in attempts to storm an enemy fortress, always with the same disastrous results. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Battle for Haditha
2007 · TMDB 6.2/10 · 132 votes
An investigation of the massacre of 24 men, women and children in Haditha, Iraq allegedly shot by 4 U.S. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Olga
2004 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 204 votes
Based upon the true story of Olga Benário, the German-born wife of Brazilian communist leader Luís Carlos Prestes. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Outside the Law
2010 · TMDB 6.6/10 · 205 votes
After losing their family home in Algeria in the 1920s, three brothers and their mother are scattered across the globe. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Breath
2009 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 144 votes
A small task force of the Turkish army have to defend a relay station in the middle of nowhere against a possible terrorist raid. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.