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Top War Movies / TV

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  • Full Metal Jacket (1987)

    1. Full Metal Jacket

    19871h 56mR78Metascore
    8.2 (828K)
    A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsMatthew ModineR. Lee ErmeyVincent D'Onofrio
  • Das Boot (1985)

    2. Das Boot

    19853 epsTV-MATV Mini Series
    8.8 (37K)
    A World War II German U-Boat crew have a terrifying patrol mission in the early days of the war.
    StarsJürgen ProchnowHerbert GrönemeyerKlaus Wennemann
  • Robert De Niro in The Deer Hunter (1978)

    3. The Deer Hunter

    19783h 3mR90Metascore
    8.1 (378K)
    An in-depth examination of the ways in which the Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of several friends in a small steel mill town in Pennsylvania.
    DirectorMichael CiminoStarsRobert De NiroChristopher WalkenJohn Cazale
  • Mel Gibson in Braveheart (1995)

    4. Braveheart

    19952h 58mR68Metascore
    8.3 (1.1M)
    Scottish warrior William Wallace leads his countrymen in a rebellion to free his homeland from the tyranny of King Edward I of England.
    DirectorMel GibsonStarsMel GibsonSophie MarceauPatrick McGoohan
  • Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, and Edward Burns in Saving Private Ryan (1998)

    5. Saving Private Ryan

    19982h 49mR91Metascore
    8.6 (1.6M)
    Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose comrades have been killed in action.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsTom HanksMatt DamonTom Sizemore
  • Julie Graham, Rachael Stirling, Crystal Balint, and Chanelle Harquail-Ivsak in The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco (2018)

    6. The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco

    20188 epsTV-14TV Series
    6.9 (3.4K)
    Two female British code breakers team with American cryptographers to solve a series of murders in San Francisco.
    CreatorLaura GoodStarsCrystal BalintRachael StirlingChanelle Harquail-Ivsak
  • Alec Guinness, William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, Geoffrey Horne, and Ann Sears in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

    7. The Bridge on the River Kwai

    19572h 41mPG88Metascore
    8.1 (244K)
    British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.
    DirectorDavid LeanStarsWilliam HoldenAlec GuinnessJack Hawkins
  • Ralph Fiennes and Kristin Scott Thomas in The English Patient (1996)

    8. The English Patient

    19962h 42mR86Metascore
    7.4 (210K)
    At the close of World War II, a young nurse tends to a badly burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.
    DirectorAnthony MinghellaStarsRalph FiennesJuliette BinocheWillem Dafoe
  • The Four Feathers (1939)

    9. The Four Feathers

    19392h 9mApproved
    7.4 (6.9K)
    A British Army officer resigns, burning his last-day summons to war in the Sudan. Accusing him of cowardice, his girlfriend and three friends give him white feathers. To gain redemption, he shadows his friends to save their lives.
    DirectorZoltan KordaStarsJohn ClementsRalph RichardsonC. Aubrey Smith
  • Robin Williams in Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)

    10. Good Morning, Vietnam

    19872h 1mR67Metascore
    7.3 (161K)
    In 1965, an unorthodox and irreverent DJ named Adrian Cronauer begins to shake up things when he is assigned to the U.S. Armed Services radio station in Vietnam.
    DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsRobin WilliamsForest WhitakerTom T. Tran
  • Tommy Lee Jones and Charlize Theron in In the Valley of Elah (2007)

    11. In the Valley of Elah

    20072h 1mR65Metascore
    7.1 (77K)
    A retired military investigator works with a police detective to uncover the truth behind his son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq.
    DirectorPaul HaggisStarsTommy Lee JonesCharlize TheronJonathan Tucker
  • Benedict Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game (2014)

    12. The Imitation Game

    20141h 54mPG-1371Metascore
    8.0 (858K)
    During World War II, the English mathematical genius Alan Turing tries to crack the German Enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians while attempting to come to terms with his troubled private life.
    DirectorMorten TyldumStarsBenedict CumberbatchKeira KnightleyMatthew Goode
  • Caroline Dhavernas and Paul Gross in Passchendaele (2008)

    13. Passchendaele

    20081h 54mR
    6.4 (9.1K)
    The lives of a troubled veteran, his nurse girlfriend and a naive boy intersect first in Alberta and then in Belgium during the bloody World War I battle of Passchendaele.
    DirectorPaul GrossStarsPaul GrossMichael GreyeyesJames Kot
  • The Lucky Ones (2008)

    14. The Lucky Ones

    20081h 55mR53Metascore
    6.8 (15K)
    Three different soldiers - a woman and two men - return from war and facing the peaceful life's problems of each other.
    DirectorNeil BurgerStarsRachel McAdamsTim RobbinsMichael Peña
  • Stana Katic, Radhika Apte, and Sarah Megan Thomas in A Call to Spy (2019)

    15. A Call to Spy

    20192h 3mPG-1365Metascore
    6.7 (9.8K)
    In the beginning of WWII, with Britain becoming desperate, Churchill orders his new spy agency - SOE - to recruit and train women as spies.
    DirectorLydia Dean PilcherStarsSarah Megan ThomasStana KaticRadhika Apte
  • Operation Finale (2018)

    16. Operation Finale

    20182h 2mPG-1358Metascore
    6.6 (52K)
    A team of secret agents sets out to track down the Nazi officer who masterminded the Holocaust.
    DirectorChris WeitzStarsOscar IsaacBen KingsleyMélanie Laurent
  • Johan Heldenbergh, Jessica Chastain, and Timothy Radford in The Zookeeper's Wife (2017)

    17. The Zookeeper's Wife

    20172h 7mPG-1357Metascore
    7.0 (48K)
    Keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Antonina and Jan Zabinski, must save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion in WWII Poland.
    DirectorNiki CaroStarsJessica ChastainJohan HeldenberghDaniel Brühl
  • Alone in Berlin (2016)

    18. Alone in Berlin

    20161h 43mR52Metascore
    6.5 (10K)
    After a Nazi German working class couple loses their son in World War II, they decide to retaliate by secretly leafletting handwritten cards in Berlin denouncing their government.
    DirectorVincent PerezStarsLouis HofmannEmil von SchönfelsKatrin Pollitt
  • Gary Oldman in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

    19. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

    20112h 7mR85Metascore
    7.0 (221K)
    In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet Agent within MI6.
    DirectorTomas AlfredsonStarsGary OldmanColin FirthTom Hardy
  • Ralph Fiennes, Kate Winslet, and David Kross in The Reader (2008)

    20. The Reader

    20082h 4mR58Metascore
    7.6 (270K)
    Post-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.
    DirectorStephen DaldryStarsKate WinsletRalph FiennesBruno Ganz
  • Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker (2008)

    21. The Hurt Locker

    20082h 11mR95Metascore
    7.5 (487K)
    During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
    DirectorKathryn BigelowStarsJeremy RennerAnthony MackieBrian Geraghty
  • Leonardo DiCaprio and Djimon Hounsou in Blood Diamond (2006)

    22. Blood Diamond

    20062h 23mR64Metascore
    8.0 (611K)
    A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.
    DirectorEdward ZwickStarsLeonardo DiCaprioDjimon HounsouJennifer Connelly
  • Bill Nighy, Gemma Arterton, and Sam Claflin in Their Finest (2016)

    23. Their Finest

    20161h 57mR76Metascore
    6.8 (22K)
    A former secretary, newly appointed as a scriptwriter for propaganda films, joins the cast and crew of a major production while the Blitz rages around them.
    DirectorLone ScherfigStarsGemma ArtertonSam ClaflinBill Nighy
  • George MacKay and Dean-Charles Chapman in 1917 (2019)

    24. 1917

    20191h 59mR78Metascore
    8.2 (736K)
    April 6th, 1917. As an infantry battalion assembles to wage war deep in enemy territory, two soldiers are assigned to race against time and deliver a message that will stop 1,600 men from walking straight into a deadly trap.
    DirectorSam MendesStarsDean-Charles ChapmanGeorge MacKayDaniel Mays
  • 22 July (2018)

    25. 22 July

    20182h 23mR69Metascore
    6.8 (39K)
    A three-part story of Norway's worst terrorist attack in which over seventy people were killed. 22 July looks at the disaster itself, the survivors, Norway's political system and the lawyers who worked on this horrific case.
    DirectorPaul GreengrassStarsAnders Danielsen LieJonas Strand GravliJon Øigarden

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