Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
2021 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 2,764 votes
An elite Navy SEAL uncovers an international conspiracy while seeking justice for the murder of his pregnant wife. 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 2026-08-03 · 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.
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
1999 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 1,622 votes
In 1429, a French teenager stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she would defeat the world's greatest army and liberate her country from its political and religious turmoil. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Green Zone
2010 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 2,416 votes
During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller and his team of Army inspectors are dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Red Dawn
1984 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 900 votes
It is the dawn of World War III. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Emperor
2012 · TMDB 6.2/10 · 286 votes
As the Japanese surrender at the end of WWII, Gen. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Hotel Rwanda
2004 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 3,217 votes
Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Outlaw King
2018 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 1,716 votes
Forced into exile by the English after being crowned King of Scotland, legendary warrior Robert the Bruce fights to reclaim the throne. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Doctor Zhivago
1965 · TMDB 7.6/10 · 1,287 votes
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Jarhead
2005 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 3,217 votes
Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Eight Hundred
2020 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 345 votes
In 1937, eight hundred Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Where Eagles Dare
1968 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 1,006 votes
World War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostage in the Schloss Adler, a Bavarian castle that's nearly impossible to breach. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Patton
1970 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 1,232 votes
"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Empire of the Sun
1987 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 2,166 votes
Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Dear John
2010 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 4,317 votes
While Sergeant John Tyree is home on two weeks leave from Germany, he meets Savannah after he dives into the ocean to retrieve Savannah's purse that had fallen off a pier. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957 · TMDB 7.8/10 · 2,407 votes
The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Monuments Men
2014 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 3,854 votes
Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on seven over-the-hill, out-of-shape museum directors, artists, architects, curators, and art historians who went to the front lines of WWII to rescue the world’s artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their rightful owners. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
El Cid
1961 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 307 votes
Epic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz ("El Cid" to his followers), who, without compromising his strict sense of honour, still succeeds in taking the initiative and driving the Moors from Spain. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Good Morning, Vietnam
1987 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 3,049 votes
A disk jockey goes to Vietnam to work for the Armed Forces Radio Service. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Hot Shots! Part Deux
1993 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 2,101 votes
Topper Harley is found to be working as an odd-job-man in a monastery. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Kandahar
2023 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 1,281 votes
After his mission is exposed, an undercover CIA operative stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding elite enemy forces and foreign spies tasked with hunting them down. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.