Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 609 votes
In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. 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 Final Countdown
1980 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 681 votes
During routine manoeuvres near Hawaii in 1980, the aircraft-carrier USS Nimitz is caught in a strange vortex-like storm, throwing the ship back in time to 1941—mere hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Emancipation
2022 · TMDB 7.8/10 · 1,282 votes
Inspired by the gripping true story of a man who would do anything for his family—and for freedom. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
War Machine
2017 · TMDB 5.6/10 · 1,252 votes
A rock star general bent on winning the “impossible” war in Afghanistan takes us inside the complex machinery of modern war. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Defiance
2008 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 1,924 votes
Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Battleship Potemkin
1925 · TMDB 7.6/10 · 1,312 votes
A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
2012 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 924 votes
In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Heartbreak Ridge
1986 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 1,139 votes
A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Kelly's Heroes
1970 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 834 votes
A misfit group of World War II American soldiers goes AWOL to rob a bank behind German lines. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Escape to Victory
1981 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 1,017 votes
A group of POWs in a German prison camp during World War II play the German National Soccer Team in this powerful film depicting the role of prisoners during wartime. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Rob Roy
1995 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 717 votes
In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy cattle to herd to market. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Dirty Angels
2024 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 392 votes
During the United States' 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, a group of female soldiers posing as medical relief are sent back in to rescue a group of kidnapped teenagers caught between ISIS and the Taliban. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Black Book
2006 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 1,257 votes
Israel, 1956: Jewish teacher Rachel Stein rather unexpectedly meets an old friend at the kibbutz. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Red Cliff
2008 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 900 votes
In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite all of China was to declare war on the kingdoms of Xu in the west and East Wu in the south. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Flags of Our Fathers
2006 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 2,047 votes
There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die
2023 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 866 votes
In the wake of King Edward's death, Uhtred of Bebbanburg and his comrades adventure across a fractured kingdom in the hopes of uniting England at last. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Red Tails
2012 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 723 votes
The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Beast of War
2025 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 136 votes
When their boat sinks while crossing the Timor Sea during World War II, a troop of young Australian soldiers must find a way to survive the harsh seas on a quickly shrinking raft. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Sniper: Ghost Shooter
2016 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 299 votes
Elite snipers Brandon Beckett and Richard Miller are fighting extremists in the Middle East when the Colonel gives them a new mission: to protect a gas pipeline stretching from the Republic of Georgia to Western Europe from extremists eager to make a political statement. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
2016 · TMDB 5.9/10 · 667 votes
The harrowing true story of the crew of the USS Indianapolis, who were stranded in the Philippine Sea for five days after delivering the atomic weapons that would eventually end WWII. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.