War is never easy, it brings about a lot of bloodshed, conflicts psychological misalignments, and many more things. However, when you put all of that into a movie and also add a love story to it, you end up creating the best war movies in Australia ever made.
We have compiled a large list of 100 war movies that you will find best of all. These movies will not only gain you a better perspective on life and death but also develop a sense of patriotism and sympathy inside you. Many of these movies are based on patriots, traitors, the helpless, and the unsung heroes.
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You can get ahead of the game by jumping at any familiar or intriguing name from the index given below and also skim through the titles to see what interesting and modern war movies we have in for you.
1. Grand Illusion (1937)
Director- Jean Renoir
Writer- Jean Renoir, Charles Spaak
Cast- Marcel Dalio, Dita Parlo, , Sylvain Itkine, Gaston Modot, Jean Gabin, Erich von Stroheim, Pierre Fresnay Jacques Becker, Jean Dasté, Julien Carette, Georges Péclet, Werner Florian
Genre- Drama
IMDB rating- 8.1/10
Runtime- 1 hour and 53 minutes
Two combat soldiers are shot down by Germans during World War I. They are imprisoned at a war camp where they meet a wealthy Lieutenant who frequently shares his food with them sent by his family.
The three of them try to escape the camp through many attempts like digging up a hole and such but fail every time. They are then sent to a fortress with immaculate security and escape proof. However, the men are determined to get out of this prison too.
2. Dunkirk (2017)
Director- Christopher Nolan
Writer- Christopher Nolan
Cast- Barry Keoghan, Harry Styles, Fionn Whitehead, Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jack Lowden, Aneurin Barnard, James D’Arcy, Bradley Hall, Damien Bonnard
Genre- Drama
IMDB rating- 7.8/10
Runtime- 1 hour and 46 minutes
This is the story of the battle during World War II, where allied soldiers from the British Empire, Belgium, Canada, and France are surrounded by the German army on the beach. This tale talks about all the hardships they face trying to face the battalion and break free.
Dunkirk is one of the best War Movies in Australia you must watch. It dramatizes the retreat of the British forces in the 1940s at the breach of France and Belgium.
3. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Director- Lewis Milestone
Writer- Del Andrews, George Abbott, Maxwell Anderson
Cast- Arnold Lucy, Ben Alexander, Scott Kolk, William Bakewell, Richard Alexander, Harold Goodwin, Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, John Wray, Pat Collins, Owen Davis Jr., Walter Browne Rogers, Slim Summerville, Russell Gleason
Genre- War
IMDB rating- 8.1/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 32 minutes
Not like the usual modern war movies, but this one is the story of 7 young enthusiastic youth males who are preached about the fascinations of war by their professor.
They eagerly join the German army in hopes of experiencing this glory firsthand but soon enough they realize the horrors involved in this bloodshed and terror which aren’t small enough to ignore.
4. Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Director- Stanley Kubrick
Writer- Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern, Peter George
Cast- George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, James Earl Jones, Peter Bull, Tracy Reed, Jack Creley, Glenn Beck, Shane Rimmer, Paul Tamarin, Gordon Tanner, Peter Sellers, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens, Robert O’Neil, Roy Stephens
Genre- Comedy, War
IMDB rating- 8.4/10
Runtime- 1 hour and 35 minutes
An American general gets the wrong idea that the Russians are about to infiltrate America and order bombings on the Soviet Union. A dark comedy where you get to see the hustle and bustle of important politicians in the war room where they try to make a pact with the Russians and try to stop these unnecessary bombings.
5. The Hurt Locker (2008)
Director- Kathryn Bigelow
Writer- Mark Boal
Cast- David Morse, Christian Camargo, Evangeline Lilly, Sam Redford, Sam Spruell, Jeremy Renner, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Desante, Malcolm Barrett, J.J. Kandel, Kristoffer Ryan Winters, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce
Genre- Drama, Thriller, War, Action
IMDB rating- 7.5/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 11 minutes
James is sent off to Iraq as a new sergeant for the bomb disposal team. The riskiest job in the world asks for the most elite of men whom he meets during the Iraq War. When the whole city is set under bombings, James is set off to prove his worth along with his team.
His reckless approach and set ideologies for the job rises his conflicts with his subordinates.
6. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Director- David Lean
Writer- Robert Bolt, Michael Wilson
Cast- Claude Rains, Arthur Kennedy, José Ferrer, Donald Wolfit, I.S. Johar, Peter O’Toole, Omar Sharif, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Quinn, Anthony Quayle, Gamil Ratib, Michel Ray
Genre- Drama, Adventure, War
IMDB rating- 8.3/10
Runtime- 3 hours and 38 minutes
A prodigy working in the British intelligence is sent off to Cairo to meet with the prince and ally of the British during World War II. He soon impresses the prince with his vast knowledge of the Arab culture and is allowed to work with him showing his potential heroic nature. He then leads the Arab tribes into one so that they can help in fighting against the Turks.
7. Apocalypse Now (1979)
Director- Francis Ford Coppola
Writer- John Milius, Francis Ford Coppola
Cast- Sam Bottoms, Albert Hall, Laurence Fishburne, Harrison Ford, Dennis Hopper, Martin Sheen, Aurore Clément, Cynthia Wood, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, G.D. Spradlin, Christian Marquand
Genre- Drama, War
IMDB rating- 8.5/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 27 minutes
Colonel Kurtz has gone nuts and is taking hundreds of innocent lives in Vietnam. Creating a whole kingdom for himself in the forest, he is considered to become insane. Captain Willard is given the task to take him down and relieve the people of his terror.
This movie is based on his journey amongst his troops to find Kurtz and all the instances he has in between.
8. The Deer Hunter (1978)
Director- Michael Cimino
Writer- Deric Washburn
Cast- Robert De Niro, George Dzundza, Chuck Aspegren, Amy Wright, Joe Grifasi, Rutanya Alda, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep, John Savage, John Cazale Shirley Stoler, Mady Kaplan, Richard Kuss, Paul D’Amato
Genre- War, Drama
IMDB rating- 8.1/10
Runtime- 3 hours and 3 minutes
A group of coworkers and friends witness the Vietnam war with their own eyes. Coming from Pennsylvania working in a steel mill, they had never imagined all the horrors which will bring a drastic change to their lives forever.
The Deer Hunter is highly recommended as one of the best war movies of all time in Australia.
9. The Thin Red Line (1998)
Director- Terrence Malick
Writer- Terrence Malick
Cast- Elias Koteas, Ben Chaplin, Dash Mihok, Woody Harrelson, Sean Penn, Jim Caviezel, Nick Nolte, Miranda Otto, Jared Leto, Will Wallace, John Cusack, Adrien Brody, John C. Reilly
Genre- War
IMDB rating- 7.6/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 50 minutes
The story is set in 1942, during the second world war. American troops land on Guadalcanal to take the island back from the Japanese but become a little steady when they realize what the Japanese have done to those who came here before them.
They are reluctant to let any more losses prevail and the story brings forward the clashes of morals, loyalty, and leadership.
10. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Director- Steven Spielberg
Writer- Robert Rodat
Cast- Adam Goldberg, Jeremy Davies, Vin Diesel, Ted Danson, Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Max Martini, Dennis Farina, Matt Damon, Barry Pepper, Giovanni Ribisi, Paul Giamatti
Genre- War
IMDB rating- 8.6/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 49 minutes
A brave soldier parachutes into France during the invasion of France and ends up losing three of his brothers in this war. A group of soldiers is assigned to find and save this young man so he may be sent back home to provide for his family because they cannot be deprived of all its male members.
The movie sets out with these determined soldiers, who fight through the odds to get to private Ryan.
11. Ran (1985)
Director- Akira Kurosawa
Writer- Akira Kurosawa, Masato Ide, Hideo Oguni
Cast- Masayuki Yui, Kenji Kodama, Toshiya Ito, Daisuke Ryû, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Hisashi Igawa, Kazuo Katô, Norio Matsui, Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Pîtâ, Mieko Harada
Genre- War, Drama
IMDB rating- 8.2/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 42 minutes
A Japanese warlord plans to finally retire from his duties and tries to divide his kingdom into three parts for his three sons. However, he is soon devastated by seeing how his sons are fighting with each other over total control and are even adamant about turning upon him if assurance prevails.
More like a story of every kind but this one is set during the lifetime of the father.
12. Platoon (1986)
Director- Oliver Stone
Writer- Oliver Stone
Cast- Charlie Sheen, John C. McGinley, Chris Pedersen, Tony Todd, Dale Dye, Francesco Quinn, Richard Edson, Reggie Johnson, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Kevin Dillon, Forest Whitaker, Johnny DeppKeith David, David Neidorf, Mark Moses
Genre- War
IMDB rating- 8.1/10
Runtime- 2 hours
This movie is an orientation of the true face of brutality and warfare that the Vietnamese had to face during the war.
The story starts with a young lad who is newly recruited in the jungles of Vietnam. He is hesitant at first, trying to adjust to the bitter life of the jungle with snakes and leeches. However, there are two groups with two distinct leaders.
One of them consists of superiors and whites and the other is led by a free-spirited man. Conflicts arise between the two groups and now the young man must pick sides with whom he wants to be.
13. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Director- David Lean
Writer- Michael Wilson, Carl Foreman
Cast- William Holden, Geoffrey Horne, Peter Williams, John Boxer, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Harold Goodwin, Ann Sears, Heihachiro Okawa, James Donald, Sessue Hayakawa, André Morell, Percy Herbert
Genre- Adventure, War
IMDB rating- 8.2/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 41 minutes
The Japanese forced their British prisoners of war to build a railway bridge to get to occupied Burma to rescue their men. However, one of the prisoners escapes and informs the British officer in command in Australia about the whereabouts of this architecture in the process.
He instantly gives the orders to destroy it while the prisoners in that area are desperately trying to complete their work.
14. Schindler’s List (1993)
Director- Steven Spielberg
Writer- Steven Spielberg
Cast- Liam Neeson, Jonathan SagallMichael Schneider, Joachim Paul Assböck, Branko Lustig, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Götz Otto, Embeth Davidtz, Norbert Weisser, Martin S. Bergmann, Mark Ivanir, Malgorzata Gebel, Shmuel Levy
Genre- Drama
IMDB rating- 9/10
Runtime- 3 hours and 15 minutes
The story of exceptional morality and conscience when a businessman who originally tries to make money from the rising power of Nazis begins to develop sympathy towards the Jews. In the beginning, he deprives his labor of any pay and brings in many workforces to ensure he keeps making money.
However, he soon realizes that keeping these workers in his company is providing to keep them away from death camps and alive. By the end of the war, he manages to save the lives of more than a thousand people by bribing the Nazis and losing all the money he had made.
15. Patton (1970)
Director- Franklin J. Schaffner
Writer- Francis Ford Coppola, Edmund H. North
Cast- Stephen Young, Michael Bates, George C. Scott, Frank Latimore, Morgan Paull, Jack Gwillim, Edward Binns, Peter Barkworth, Karl Malden, Michael Strong, James Edwards, Karl Michael Vogler
Genre- Drama, War
IMDB rating- 7.9/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 52 minutes
The movie is based on the life of General George S. Patton. It revolves around his journey as a true fighter who had immense love for America that he personally traced down his enemies shot directly at fighter planes, and created poetry and whatnot.
His zeal was associated with the way he treated his men and overall a complex structure of how he behaved during the time he served America.
16. 1917 (2019)
Director- Sam Mendes
Writer- Sam Mendes, Krysty Wilson-Cairns
Cast- Colin Firth, Dean-Charles Chapman, Mark Strong, Richard Madden, Andrew Scott, Daniel Mays, Adrian Scarborough, Jamie Parker, George MacKay, Benedict Cumberbatch, Nabhaan Rizwan, Justin Edwards, Gerran Howell
Genre- Drama, War
IMDB rating- 8.2/10
Runtime- 1 hour and 59 minutes
A brave story of two young soldiers who are given an impossible task. As 1600 men track towards a deadly trap on the 6th of April in 1917, they must be stopped. These two have to deliver the message to stop them from coming right into the enemy’s pit within an unimaginable time frame as one of them even has a brother in that battalion.
17. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Director- Stanley Kubrick
Writer- Gustav Hasford, Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr
Cast- Arliss Howard, Sal López, John Stafford, Matthew Modine Dorian Harewood, Kevyn Major Howard, Ed O’Ross, Gary Landon Mills, , Vincent D’Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, Adam Baldwin, Kieron Jecchinis, Ngoc Le, Papillon Soo Soo, Bruce Boa
Genre- Drama, War
IMDB rating- 8.3/10
Runtime- 1 hour and 56 minutes
Yet another one of the movies during the Vietnam War. The brutality and bloodshed that boroughs deep inside the troops who are trained severely at a camp in Parris Island. A U.S marine is stunned to his core when he observes the amount of oblivion his fellow recruits have been trained for in terms of the events taking place in the war zone.
18. Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
Director- Guillermo del Toro
Writer- Guillermo del Toro
Cast- Doug Jones, Ariadna Gil, Álex Angulo, José Luis Torrijo, Ivan Massagué, César Vea, Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Federico Luppi, Roger Casamajor, Fernando Tielve, Pepa Pedroche
Genre- Fantasy, Thriller, Drama
IMDB rating- 8.2/10
Runtime- 1 hour and 58 minutes
A young girl moves to a small village with her pregnant mother during the third year of peace after the second world war. The girl’s stepfather is a very cruel man and is stationed in this village. He plans to erase all forms of life in the mountains.
One night the young girl discovers a labyrinth where she finds an odd creature who claims her to be their lost princess and the last offspring of the bloodline. The girl must go through a series of 3 phases before a full moon to pass the tests.
19. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Director- Quentin Tarantino
Writer- Quentin Tarantino
Cast- Brad Pitt, Eli Roth, Til Schweiger, B.J. Novak, August Diehl, Christoph Waltz, Mélanie Laurent, Diane Kruger, Michael Fassbender, Daniel Brühl, Mike Myers, Omar Doom, Sylvester Groth
Genre- Comedy, War, Action
IMDB rating- 8.3/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 33 minutes
Two US Jewish soldiers are given a chance to prove their loyalty by being sent on a mission to finish off some Nazi leaders.
After the second world war, a bachelorette faces immense trauma when her family is murdered at the hands of Nazi leaders. Both the US soldiers and this young cinema owner form a pact to seek vengeance and complete the mission together.
20. Barry Lyndon (1975)
Director- Stanley Kubrick
Writer- Stanley Kubrick
Cast- Ryan O’Neal, André Morell, Diana Körner, Marisa Berenson, Leon Vitali, Patrick Magee, Marie Kean, Philip Stone, Murray Melvin, Frank Middlemass, Arthur O’Sullivan, Leonard Rossiter, Hardy Krüger, Gay Hamilton, Wolf Kahler, Steven Berkoff
Genre- Drama
IMDB rating- 8.1/10
Runtime- 3 hours and 5 minutes
The story of Barry Lyndon who lives in Ireland and faces their fate after his father’s death. Being in love with his cousin, he challenges her fiancé to a duel and wins. He escapes to Dublin and falls for a young widow. Marries her and takes her late husband’s position as an aristocrat.
21. Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Director- Oliver Stone
Writer- Oliver Stone
Cast- Tom Cruise, Caroline Kava, Kyra Sedgwick, Bryan Larkin, Willem Dafoe, Vivica A. Fox, Frank Whaley, Jerry Levine, Lili Taylor Raymond J. Barry, Stephen Baldwin, Bruce McVittie, Tom Sizemore
Genre- Drama, War
IMDB- 7.2/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 25 minutes
A young teen enthusiastically volunteers to fight in the Vietnam war but ends up becoming a veteran by being paralyzed from the chest down. He realizes the brutal extent of war when he returns to his country and experiences vast differences from the past. He develops a hatred for war and bloodshed.
He then continues on becoming an activist and a politician to serve human rights.
22. Rescue Dawn (2006)
Director- Werner Herzog
Writer- Werner Herzog
Cast- Christian Bale, Evan Jones, Craig Gellis, Toby Huss, Zach Grenier ,Steve Zahn, François Chau, Marshall Bell, Jeremy Davies, Pat Healy
Genre- War, Adventure, Drama
IMDB- 7.3/10
Runtime- 2 hours
This story brings life to struggle and affirmation of life. A US soldier is shot down in Laos just before the Vietnam war during a secret mission. He relentlessly tries to survive after being imprisoned in the jungle but does not lose hope in his nation.
23. From Here to Eternity (1953)
Director- Fred Zinnemann
Writer- Daniel Taradash
Cast- Burt Lancaster, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Warden, Philip Ober, Mickey Shaughnessy Montgomery Clift, Donna Reed, Harry Bellaver, John Dennis, Merle Travis, George Reeves, Deborah Kerr, Frank Sinatra
Genre- Drama, Romance
IMDB- 7.6/10
Runtime- 1 hour and 58 minutes
Private Prewitt is stationed in Hawaii and the captain in charge over there finds out about his talent in boxing. He tries to convince the Private to fight for the boxing, but he denies it and refuses to go pack in his last days of boxing. However, he does not realize that his denial will prompt for him to be mistreated and targeted.
24. The Great Dictator (1940)
Director- Charles Chaplin
Writer- Charles Chaplin
Cast- Charles Chaplin, , Grace Hayle, Henry Daniell, Carter De Haven Maurice Moscovitch, Billy Gilbert, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Reginald Gardiner
Genre- Comedy
IMDB- 8.4/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 5 minutes
Hynkel is a cruel dictator who is trying to take over the world and even has a doppelganger who is a barber. When a Nazi commander become friends with that barber when he had previously saved his life.
However, they are arrested for being on good terms with each other as they are Jews and Nazis. They are sent to a prison camp where they plan to escape and the barber dares to give a speech in place of the dictator.
25. Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
Director- Ridley Scott
Writer- William Monahan
Cast- Orlando Bloom, Edward Norton, Michael Sheen, Marton Csokas, Ghassan Massoud, Eva Green, Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson, Iain Glen, Alexander Siddig, Velibor Topic, Liam Neeson, David Thewlis
Genre- Romance, Adventure
IMDB- 7.2/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 42 minute
A young peasant becomes a successful knight and ends up saving a whole kingdom. He then falls in love with a princess and tries to win her over with his valor, bravery, and heroism.
Kingdom of heaven is based on historical fiction and is one of the best war movies of all time in Australia.
26. Air Force (1943)
Director- Howard Hawks
Writer- Dudley Nichols
Cast- John Ridgely, Ward Wood, Ray Montgomery, Gig Young, Arthur Kennedy, Charles Drake, John Garfield, James Brown, Stanley RidgesHarry Carey, George Tobias, Willard Robertson, Moroni Olsen, Edward Brophy, Richard Lane
Genre- Action, War, Drama
IMDB- 7/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 4 minutes
After the horrible Japanese attack, an air bomber from the force arrives in Pearl Harbor, however, he is soon sent off to Manila to fight with the help of a crew of Manila.
It follows the PASKAU team story which was led by Captain Adib. It is among the must-watch best war movies in Australia.
27. Paths of Glory (1957)
Director- Stanley Kubrick
Writer- Stanley Kubrick, Jim Thompson, Calder Willingham
Cast- Kirk Douglas, Richard Anderson, Timothy Carey, Peter Capell, George Macready, Adolphe Menjou, Bert Freed, Emile Meyer Ralph Meeker, Wayne Morris, Joe Turkel, Christiane Kubrick
Genre- Drama, War
IMDB- 8.4/10
Runtime- 1 hour and 28 minutes
A battle commander is in charge of the west front when he is encountered by a general who plans on attacking the enemy. He demands to take out the Ant Hill within the next 48 hours. However, the soldiers refuse this command and they are supported by the commander in charge.
They are all accused of being cowardly members of the force while their commander stands with them.
28. We Were Soldiers (2002)
Director- Randall Wallace
Writer- Randall Wallace
Cast- Greg Kinnear, Chris Klein, Barry Pepper, Keri Russell, Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Sam Elliott Ryan Hurst, Marc Blucas, Desmond Harrington, Jon Hamm
Genre- Action, War
IMDB- 7.1/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 18 minutes
A story that rocked many to the core, 400 men fighting in the war of Vietnam in 1965, the most brutal phase of that battle. The US soldiers were surrounded by 2000 Vietnamese soldiers.
They try to fight the battle with utmost valor and bravery while their wives fret anxiously at the first news either good or bad.
29. Midway (1976)
Director- Jack Smight
Writer- Donald S. Sanford
Cast- Charlton Heston, Robert Mitchum, Cliff Robertson, Robert Wagner, Robert Webber, Henry Fonda, James Coburn, Glenn Ford, Hal Holbrook, Toshirô MifuneEd Nelson, James Shigeta, Christina Kokubo
Genre- War
IMDB- 6.7/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 12 minutes
Set right before the Pacific war, this movie narrates the events that took place during a naval force attack between the US army and the Japanese soldiers.
The Japanese make a plan to capture Midway Island and lure the American soldiers into their own despair by setting a trap. However, the US forces answer back with the same valor as they try to defend themselves through air carriers and numerous escort ships.
30. Black Crab (2022)
Director- Adam Berg
Writer- Adam Berg, Pelle Rådström
Cast- Noomi Rapace, Erik Lönngren, Cecilia Säverman, Martin Hendrikse, Aliette Opheim, Jakob Oftebro, Dar Salim, Ardalan Esmaili
Genre- Thriller, Action, Adventure
IMDB- 5.6/10
Runtime- 1 hour and 54 minutes
One of the Modern war movies ¸this is set after a horrific apocalypse where a group of soldiers is sent off with a mysterious package. They must risk their lives in order to deliver this package by skating across a whole land of ice unaware of the contents of that box.
The only thing they know is that they need to deliver it in time to end the world war.
31. Das Boot (1981)
Director- Wolfgang Petersen
Writer- Wolfgang Petersen
Cast- Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch, Otto Sander, Martin May, Heinz Hoenig, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Claude-Oliver Rudolph, Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Martin Semmelrogge, Bernd Tauber, Erwin Leder, Jan Fedder
Genre- War
IMDB- 8.4/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 29 minutes
This movie is rather different from the other war movies we have discussed. It is the story on the other side. The side of the Germans during the second world war.
While the Germans are on the weaker side here and the British have created a rather powerful network, they must find a way out. They try to avoid attacks and get to Portugal, but they must reimburse more bravery in themselves to finally get to their port in the South of France.
32. The Big Red One (1980)
Director- Samuel Fuller
Writer- Samuel Fuller
Cast- Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Siegfried Rauch, Kelly Ward, Charles Macaulay, Alain Doutey, Stéphane AudranMaurice Marsac, Guy Marchand ,Robert Carradine, Bobby Di Cicco , Serge Marquand
Genre- Drama, War
IMDB- 7.1/10
Runtime- 1 hour and 53 minutes
The movie decorates the ultimate battles a US Sergeant had within himself while training a fleet of soldiers in the same infantry from which he fought during the first World War. He tries to educate and train these young men while also witnessing the severe brutalities of war with his trainees along the way to Germany.
33. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
Director- Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Writer- Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Cast- Ursula Jeans, Deborah Kerr, David Hutcheson, John Laurie, Roland Culver, James McKechnie, Roger Livesey, Anton Walbrook, Patrick MacNee
Genre- Comedy, War, Drama
IMDB- 8/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 43 minutes
The life story of General Clive as he was in his years of youth. While he was trying to achieve more and more in the British army, he also had relationships with three women during different courses of time.
He also rises above and beyond with his utmost valor, grace, and dignity. The giddy and old plump man was known as officer ‘Sugar’ Candy in his golden times which is what this movie portrays.
34. Come and See (1985)
Director- Elem Klimov
Writer- Elem Klimov, Ales Adamovich
Cast- Alexei Kravchenko, Vladas Bagdonas, Victor Lorents, Olga Mironova, Liubomiras Laucevicius
Genre- Drama, War
IMDB- 8.4/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 22 minutes
Warzones are no child’s play. This movie portrays how a child’s mind can be destroyed when he witnesses the terrors and bloodshed in war and that too when he is fighting for society against the Germans.
Without any proper equipment or moral support, he is terrorized when highly armed Germans kill and massacre in front of his eyes.
35. The Burmese Harp (1956)
Director- Kon Ichikawa
Writer- Natto Wada
Cast- Rentarô Mikuni, Hiroshi Hijikata, Sanpei Mine, Yôji Nagahama, Yoshiaki Kato, Shoji Yasui, Jun Hamamura, Taketoshi Naitô, Kô Nishimura, Sojiro Amano, Eiji Nakamura, Shojiro Ogasawara
Genre- Drama, War
IMDB- 8/10
Runtime- 1 hour and 56 minutes
A Burmese soldier plays the lute to keep up the spirits of the Japanese army. They are trying to get away from the enemy, but they get stuck at the mountain dig so that they can survive any attacks.
However, the young soldier and lute player is sent to convince them into surrendering because there seems to be no other way to save lives. The army men deny a result causing many deaths.
The soldiers have reason to believe that the lute player also died with the other men, but he is well alive and disguises as a bushiest monk to recruit his fellow soldiers in Mudon.
However, he finds many bodies and bones of the dead along his route and vows his life to the religious entity, and helps the ones who are brutally murdered.
36. The Chimes at Midnight (1965)
Director- Orson Welles
Writer- Orson Welles
Cast- Orson Welles, Keith Baxter Marina Vlady, Norman Rodway, Alan Webb, Fernando Rey, John Gielgud, Jeanne Moreau, Margaret Rutherford, Walter Chiari, Andrew Faulds, Michael Aldridge, Julio Peña
Genre- War, Drama, Comedy
IMDB- 7.7/10
Runtime- 1 hour and 55 minutes
The story is set in old medieval England, where the King’s son becomes friends with a plump, comedic, and carefree falsifier known as Sir John Falstaff. Sir John, become the eyes of the audience in this movie and shows his perspective on the rise and fall of King Henry IV and again when his son takes over as King Henry V.
37. The Great Escape (1963)
Director- John Sturges
Writer- James Clavell, W.R. Burnett
Cast- Lawrence Montaigne, Nigel Stock, Steve McQueen, James Coburn, James Donald, Donald Pleasence, David McCallum, James Garner, Charles Bronson, Richard Attenborough, Gordon Jackson, Angus Lennie, Hannes Messemer, John Leyton
Genre- Adventure, Drama
IMDB- 8.2/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 52 minutes
The German army tries to contain all the extra sharp and experts at escaping prisoners of war into a camp that is specifically designed for such instances. The moment these prisoners arrive at the camp, they become allies and start working in tunnels according to each of their specialties.
They work endlessly for a year and try to disrupt the German systems in order to complete a successful escape.
38. Starship Troopers (1997)
Director- Paul Verhoeven
Writer- Edward Neumeier
Cast- Neil Patrick Harris, Michael Ironside, Patrick Muldoon, Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Clancy Brown, Jake Busey, Dean Norris, Brenda Strong, Matt Levin, Anthony Ruivivar, Rue McClanahan, Marshall Bell, Amy Smart, Steven Ford, Neil Patrick Harris, Michael Ironside, Patrick Muldoo
Genre- Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Action
IMDB- 7.3/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 9 minutes
Johnny and Carmez live in a world where you have to pass a military combat test in order to attain citizenship. They undergo brutal and harsh training which proves to be fruitful when an alien ship emerges out of the galaxy ready to attack them.
Along with others, they travel to the home planet of these aliens where they discover that the enemy is heavily armed and killing humans in large groups at once.
39. Army of Shadows (1969)
Director- Jean-Pierre Melville
Writer- Jean-Pierre Melville
Cast- Jean-Pierre Cassel, Paul Crauchet, Serge Reggiani, Lino Ventura, Simone Signoret, Paul Meurisse, Claude Mann, Christian Barbier
Genre- Drama
IMDB- 8.1/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 25 minutes
A movie based on the resistance of the French when France was occupied by the Nazis, when a French Resistance chief is betrayed by a traitor, he is sent off to one of the prison camps set up by the Nazis. However, he manages to escape and joins his forces operating underground. He also manages to get the traitor executed.
40. The Tomorrow War (2021)
Director- Chris McKay
Writer- Zach Dean
Cast- Chris Pratt, Keith Powers, Jasmine Mathews, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Edwin Hodge, Yvonne Strahovski, J.K. Simmons, Betty Gilpin, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Sam Richardson, Seychelle Gabriel, Felisha Terrell, Stacy Johnson
Genre- Action, Sci-Fi
IMDB- 6.5/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 18 minutes
A man has the ability to go back into the past and foresee it and act within it. He is recruited by the military to sustain a war by using his abilities.
41. Fires on the Plain (1959)
Director- Kon Ichikawa
Writer- Natto Wada
Cast- Eiji Funakoshi, Kyû Sazanka, Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, Osamu Takizawa, Mickey Curtis, Mantarô Ushio
Genre- Drama, War
IMDB- 8/10
Runtime- 1 hour and 48 minutes
Set in the Philippines in 1945, a Japanese army is forced to resort to a jungle with minimal modes of survival. In the midst of all the chaos and hunger, some of the men choose to suicide and some become victims of cannibalism.
Even though there is so much brutality around, Private Tamura gives his best performance while trying to survive without giving up on any kind of morality.
42. Sergeant York (1941)
Director- Howard Hawks
Writer- Abem Finkel, Sam Cowan, Howard Koch, Harry Chandlee, John Huston
Cast- Margaret Wycherly, Stanley Ridges, Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, George Tobias, Joan Leslie, Elisha Cook Jr., Gig Young, Ward Bond, Noah Beery Jr., Pat Flaherty, June Lockhart, Arno Frey
Genre- War, Drama
IMDB- 7.7/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 14 minutes
Alvin is a young carefree lad who loves to go hunting and belongs to a poor family. He falls in love with a beautiful girl named Gracie but is turned down by her due to his financial state.
He works endlessly to buy farmland so he can impress her, but the land ends up getting sold to his rival instead. He is struck by lightning on his way to kill his rival, but something within him changes.
He becomes religious and starts attending church. However, when World War I begin, he denies recruiting in the military due to the reasons for killing.
He is persuaded by other officers of the noble cause he would be contributing towards since they are aware of his shooting potential and soon enough he becomes part of the troops leading to France.
43. MASH (1970)
Director- Robert Altman
Writer- Ring Lardner Jr.
Cast- Donald Sutherland, Jo Ann Pflug, Rene Auberjonois, Bud Cort, Fred Williamson, John Schuck, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman, Robert Duvall, Gary Burghoff
Genre- Drama, Comedy, War
IMDB- 7.4/10
Runtime- 1 hour and 56 minutes
An army surgical hospital is filled with crackheads in the name of surgeons. They commit humorous acts and idiotic atrocities which help them keep themselves sane. They would go to any extent to keep themselves away from the horrors of war and its terrors.
MASH is an American movie based on black comedy. It has a combination of humor with horrifying wars.
44. The Imitation Game (2014)
Director- Morten Tyldum
Writer- Graham Moore
Cast- Benedict Cumberbatch, Matthew Beard, Allen Leech, Tuppence Middleton, Keira Knightley, Steven Waddington, Alex Lawther, Mark Strong, Charles Dance, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Tom Goodman-Hill, Hannah Flynn
Genre- Drama, Thriller
IMDB- 8/10
Runtime- 1 hour and 54 minutes
A race against time, when Allan Turing presented the task to break the Enigma code of the Nazis in Germany. He was a British Mathematician who worked to a limitless extent in order to break the code.
He was also the designer and developer of the Turing machine which helped him in providing victory against the Nazis. He goes through a series of events with his team and also faces troubles in his life due to his homosexuality which he tries to keep a secret.
45. First They Killed My Father (2017)
Director- Angelina Jolie
Writer- Loung Ung, Angelina Jolie
Cast- Sareum Srey Moch, Heng Dara, Sarun Nika , Tharoth Sam, Mun Kimhak, Khoun Sothea, Phoeung Kompheak, Sveng Socheata
Genre- Drama
IMDB- 7.1/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 16 minutes
The horrific story of a child who faced endless terrors and brutality under the rule of a ruthless dictator. This movie is portrayed from a novel that human rights activist Loung Ung recalls from her childhood.
While watching First they killed my father, you will feel the goosebumps on your skin.
46. Ghosts of War (2020)
Director- Eric Bress
Writer- Eric Bress
Cast- Brenton Thwaites, Shaun Toub, Matthew Reese, Alexander Behrang Keshtkar, Theo Rossi, Nathan Cooper, Laila Banki, Kaloyan Hristov, Skylar Astin, Kyle Gallner, Alan Ritchson, Billy ZaneShannon McKain, Yanitsa Mihailova
Genre- Thriller, Horror, War
IMDB- 5.5/10
Runtime- 1 hour and 34 minutes
Five American Soldiers are in for a battle by holding a French Chateau in their hands. It’s almost the finishing season of the second world war and the Nazis go mad that their previous occupation is now being controlled by the US.
However, in the midst of battles against the Nazis, the soldiers also have to face a supernatural enemy which is far more terrifying and violent to take over.
47. Sand Castle (2017)
Director- Fernando Coimbra
Writer- Chris Roessner
Cast- Nicholas Hoult, Henry Cavill, Sam Spruell, Neil Brown Jr., Osy Ikhile, Navid Negahban, Glen Powell, Tommy Flanagan, Beau Knapp, Logan Marshall-Green, Sammy Sheik, Gonzalo Menéndez, Sope Dirisu, Parker Sawyers, Nabil Elouahabi
Genre- Drama, War
IMDB- 6.3/10
Runtime- 1 hour and 53 minutes
A young soldier is sent off to Iraq to fight in the war. The 2003 invasion causes him to experience such brutality and terrors of the war that he ends up protecting a small village.
We recommend this movie as one of the best war movies in Australia because it is based on a true story and bears witness to all the disasters.
48. Kajaki: The True Story (2014)
Director- Paul Katis
Writer- Tom Williams
Cast- Grant Kilburn, Andy Gibbins, Mark Stanley, Ali Cook, Bryan Parry, Scott Kyle, Jon-Paul Bell, Malachi Kirby, David Elliot, Paul Luebke
Genre- Drama, Adventure, War
IMDB- 7.1/10
Runtime- 1 hour and 48 minutes
The story of British soldiers who set out to overlook the Kajaki Dam in Afghanistan. They are on their way through a riverbed covered by mines which are some 25 years old.
However, when one of them is countered with a mine the others rush to help him but are terrified to realize that they have to count their every move because the place is covered with those little bombers.
49. Jarhead: Law of Return (2019)
Director- Don Michael Paul
Writer- Don Michael Paul
Cast- Yael Eitan, Devon Sawa, Robert Patrick, Ori Pfeffer, Jeff Pierre, Udi Razzin, Nicholas Aaron, Ben Cross, Tsahi Halevi, Liron Levo, Diana Lyubenova, Amaury Nolasco, Adi Alamo, Reymonde Amsallem, Shanti Ashanti
Genre- War
IMDB- 5.6/10
Runtime- 1 hour and 43 minutes
Ronan Jackson gets shot down in Syrian Airspace and gets captured by their military men. Being part of Israeli Air forces and the son of a US senate, a team of rescuers is sent off for him immediately.
50. Black Hawk Down (2001)
Director- Ridley Scott
Writer- Ken Nolan
Cast- Eric Bana, Ewan McGregor, Brendan Sexton III, Jeremy Piven, Brian Van Holt, Carmine Giovinazzo, Josh Hartnett, Tom Sizemore, William Fichtner, Sam Shepard Ewen Bremner, Ron Eldard, Kim Coates
Genre- Action, War
IMDB- 7.7/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 24 minutes
The story of a war that wreaked havoc after the Vietnam war. It was in October 1993, when US soldiers were supposed to capture two officers of a warlord in Somalia. They realize the extent of the danger they have landed themselves in when they see heavily armed Somalian forces waiting for them to fight an intense battle.
51. Siege of Jadotville (2016)
Director- Richie Smyth
Writer- Kevin Brodbin
Cast- Jamie Dornan, Sam Keeley, Robert Hobbs, Conor MacNeill, Fionn O’Shea, Alexander Tops, Jordan Mifsud, Guillaume Canet, Mark Strong, Emmanuelle Seigner, Jason O’Mara, Mikael PersbrandtMichael Bodie, Leon Clingman, Michael McElhatton, Fiona Glascott
Genre- Action, War
IMDB- 7.2/10
Runtime- 1 hour and 48 minutes
An Irish commander leads troops in the Congo wars against France and Belgium during the 1960s. It is a production of Irish-South African and a total of 300 enemies died in this and 1000 were wounded. On the contrary, only 16 Irish soldiers were wounded with 0 deaths.
52. Fury (2014)
Director- David Ayer
Writer- David Ayer
Cast- Brad Pitt, Scott Eastwood, Branko Tomovic, Adam Ganne, Jim Parrack, Laurence Spellman, Logan Lerman, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Bernthal, Michael Peña, Jason Isaacs, Xavier Samuel, Brad William Henke
Genre- Action, War
IMDB- 7.5/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 15 minutes
During the end of the second world war, a tank commander orders 5 men to make a last attempt at taking out the Nazis. They go off on a deadly mission which is hard to accomplish and filled with deadly traps.
Fury is an action-war movie that would keep you on your toes all the time while watching.
53. The Command (2018)
Director- Thomas Vinterberg
Writer- Robert Rodat
Cast- Matthias Schoenaerts, Léa Seydoux, Michael Nyqvist,August Diehl, Matthias Schweighöfer, Fedja Stukan, Miglen Mirtchev, Jehon Gorani, Magnus Millang, Peter Simonischek, Martin Brambach, Colin Firth, Max von Sydow, Guido De Craene, Geoffrey Newland
Genre- Drama
IMDB- 6.6/10
Runtime- 1 hour and 57 minutes
A submarine disaster took place in the year 2000 and the government did nothing to save the soldiers.
The movie Is about the struggles faced by soldiers on the submarine to survive till the last breath and their families trying to fight back any kind of problems thrown their way and trying to reach the government to do something about the situation.
54. A Man Escaped (1956)
Director- Robert Bresson
Writer- Robert Bresson
Cast- François Leterrier, Maurice Beerblock, Jacques Ertaud, Roland Monod, Charles Le Clainche
Genre- Drama
IMDB- 8.3/10
Runtime- 1 hour and 41 minutes
A young member of the French resistance is held by the Gestapo in order to interrogate him. However, since it is during the days of World War ii and the Nazis are not going to rest after they have turned every stone. He learns that he might be executed, and thus plans an escape.
55. Spartacus (1960)
Director- Stanley Kubrick
Writer- Dalton Trumbo
Cast- Peter Ustinov, Charles Laughton, Herbert Lom, John Ireland, John Dall, Charles McGraw, Joanna Barnes, Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, John Gavin, Nina Foch
Genre- Drama, Adventure, Action
IMDB- 7.9/10
Runtime- 3 hours and 17 minutes
The story is about a slave who rises to glory after initiating a violent war against the Roman empire. He is brutally trained to become a brave gladiator which enables him to lead hundreds of men to their homes at the south of Italy. His heroic act spreads so fast that he has a lot of people like him willing to take power in their own hands.
56. Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Director- Kathryn Bigelow
Writer-Mark Boal
Cast- Jason Clarke, Edgar Ramirez, Jessica Chastain, Chris Pratt, James Gandolfini, Stephen Dillane, Mark Duplass, Joel Edgerton, Taylor Kinney, Kyle Chandler, Jennifer Ehle, Mark Strong, Harold Perrineau
Genre- Drama, Action, Thriller
IMDB- 7.4/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 37 minutes
The movie narrates the scenarios which led to the execution of Al-Qaeda’s leader, Usama Bin Ladin in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Many teams had been trying to reach him since the 9/11 airplane crash in New York, but it took them a decade to finally take him out. This is the story of Agent Maya’s work towards attaining this goal through the Navy SEAL team 6.
57. Eye in the Sky (2015)
Director- Gavin Hood
Writer- Guy Hibbert
Cast- Helen Mirren, Carl Beukes, Richard McCabe, Tyrone Keogh, Babou Ceesay, Alan Rickman, Aaron Paul, Lex King, Daniel Fox, Barkhad Abdi, Iain Glen, Phoebe Fox, James Gracie
Genre- Drama, Thriller
IMDB- 7.3/10
Runtime- 1 hour and 42 minutes
A Colonel is on the chase to target terrorists living in a safe house in Kenya. She tries to direct a mission to kill these terrorists while leading a team of experts in drone attacks. However, her mission has put to a halt when she witnesses a 9-year-old girl enter the killing zone.
She is confused in executing the mission or not and takes advice from the politicians and militants to plan her next move.
58. The Boat (1981)
Director- Wolfgang Petersen
Writer- Wolfgang Petersen
Cast- Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch, Otto Sander, Martin May, Heinz Hoenig, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Claude-Oliver Rudolph, Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Martin Semmelrogge, Bernd Tauber, Erwin Leder, Jan Fedder
Genre- War
IMDB- 8.4/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 29 minutes
This movie is rather different from the other war movies we have discussed. It is the story on the other side. The side of the Germans during the second world war.
While the Germans are on the weaker side here and the British have created a rather powerful network, they must find a way out. They try to avoid attacks and get to Portugal, but they must reimburse more bravery in themselves to finally get to their port in the South of France.
59. Stalag 17 (1953)
Director- Billy Wilder
Writer- Billy Wilder, Edwin Blum
Cast- William Holden, Don Taylor, Sig Ruman, Michael Moore, Peter Baldwin, Robinson Stone, Robert Shawley, Otto Preminger, Robert Strauss, Harvey Lembeck, Richard Erdman, Peter Graves, Neville Brand
Genre- Drama, War
IMDB- 8/10
Runtime- 2 hours
In prison, for war two men try to escape, however, are soon caught even before getting to the outside. The jail mates start doubting Stephan’s loyalty towards them since he is always exchanging things for extra food and has no intention or wish to escape.
He seems like the perfect candidate for being an informant, but he blatantly denies it. The prisoners still don’t trust him so he must find out who the real informant is.
60. Operation Mincemeat (2021)
Director- John Madden
Writer- Michelle Ashford.
Cast- Colin Firth, Hattie Morahan, Simon Russell Beale, Paul Ritter, Lorne MacFadyen, Pedro Casablanc, Markus von Lingen, Matthew Macfadyen, Mark Gatiss, Johnny Flynn, Kelly MacDonald, Penelope Wilton, Jason Isaacs
Genre- Drama, War
IMDB- 6.6/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 8 minutes
The ultimate story of the betrayal of allied forces when the intelligence forces try to stop a potential and brutal massacre by the German control group. Firepower must be stopped and for that two officers are instilled with responsibility. With the help of a corpse and some misleading papers, they try to complete this mission without any losses.
61. Waltz with Bashir (2008)
Director- Ari Folman
Writer- Ari Folman
Cast- Ari Folman , Shmuel Frenkel , Zahava Solomon , Dror Harazi , Miki Leon, Ron Ben-Yishai , Ronny Dayag , Ori Sivan
Genre- War, Animation, Drama
IMDB- 8/10
Runtime- 1 hour and 30 minutes
Ari meets a young lad in the night bar, and they immediately click with each other. While discussing their dreams, the young man reveals that he dreams of being chased by 26 dogs every night which is a very concerning connection to the Israeli mission.
Ari then tries to think hard of the days he fought in the Lebanon war during the 80s He is left with no memory thus, he then decides to interview his fellow comrades and the soldiers that were present during that time. He discovers horrible truths when he digs deeper.
62. The Pianist (2002)
Director- Roman Polanski
Writer- Ronald Harwood
Cast- Adrien Brody, Julia Rayner, Jessica Kate Meyer, Thomas Kretschmann, Maureen Lipman, Ed Stoppard, Emilia Fox, Frank Finlay
Genre- Drama
IMDB- 8.5/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 30 minutes
This story is based on the life and memories of a Polish Jew named Wladyslaw Szpilman. He talks about how he was cast away from his beloved family during the Nazi invasion.
How he loves to play the piano, but he can only play the last of the music he heard on the radio before the forces took over brutally. Explains the hardships he faced during his survival in a ghetto.
63. Major Dundee (1965)
Director- Sam Peckinpah
Writer- Harry Julian Fink, Oscar Saul, Sam Peckinpah
Cast- Charlton Heston, L.Q. Jones, Mario Adorf, Brock Peters, Ben Johnson, Richard Harris, James Coburn, Jim Hutton, Senta Berger, Warren Oates, Michael Anderson Jr.
Genre- Western
IMDB- 6.7/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 3 minutes
Devastated by the Apache raids from Mexico City, a union officer draws a plan to go over the border illegally and destroy these Apache. He creates an army of prisoner of war confederates, some scouts, mercenaries who are now civilians, and union troops to battle with his command.
64. Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)
Director- Clint Eastwood
Writer- Paul Haggis, Iris Yamashita
Cast- Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Nae, Takashi Yamaguchi, Eijiro Ozaki, Toshi Toda, Sonny Saito, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryo Kase, Shido Nakamura, Yuki Matsuzaki, Takumi Bando, Hiroshi Watanabe
Genre- War
IMDB- 7.9/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 21 minutes
The story of two brave army men from the Japanese side who vowed to defend an island from the outnumbering US army comrades who kept on pouring in. As the soldiers try to fight back hard, two close friends witness the deaths and injuries of all the soldiers they had known.
Even when their manpower is dying effectively, the Japanese keep their morals high.
65. Braveheart (1995)
Director- Mel Gibson
Writer- Randall Wallace
Cast- Patrick McGoohan, Angus MacFadyen, Brian Cox, James Cosmo, Alun Armstrong, Ian Bannen, Sean McGinley, Catherine McCormack, Brendan Gleeson, David O’Hara, Tommy Flanagan, Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau
Genre- Drama, Adventure
IMDB- 8.4/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 58 minutes
An amateur but content hero from Scotland who is determined to overthrow King Edward from his tyrannical and brutal occupation of the Scottish throne.
When the woman that William lives with faces unimaginable tyranny from the English forces, William is angered to the extent that he creates an army of rebels who are ready to fight against the English army.
Although they may be outnumbered and inexperienced they are still having the determination inside of them which is being lit by the loss of their families.
66. Cold Mountain (2003)
Director- Anthony Minghella
Writer- Anthony Minghella
Cast- Ray Winstone, Giovanni Ribisi, Jena Malone, Eileen Atkins, Kathy Baker, James Gammon, Donald Sutherland, Natalie Portman, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger, Brendan Gleeson
Genre- Drama, Romance, War
IMDB- 7.2/10
Runtime- 2 Hours and 34 minutes
A wounded confederate soldier tries to reunite with his lover when the Civil War is at its ending days. He complies to a long and hard journey towards Cold Mountain, North Carolina.
During his journey, he meets a lot of different people but all of them have lost their determination toward the confederacy. On the other hand, his lover, Ada tries to survive by taking up the responsibilities of her father’s farmland.
67. Greyhound (2020)
Director- Aaron Schneider
Writer- Tom Hanks
Cast- Jimi Stanton, Joseph Poliquin, Tom Hanks, Karl Glusman, Tom Brittney, Alex Kramer, Bill Martin Williams, Stephen Graham, Elisabeth Shue, Rob Morgan, Manuel García-Rulfo, Josh Wiggins, Lee Norris
Genre- War
IMDB- 7/10
Runtime- 1 hour and 31 minutes
The story of an amateur navy officer who must conquer his fears when he is instructed to lead convoys of ships. Int the year 1942, when the US had just entered its second world war, this man was trusted with the leadership of being a US destroyer.
He must be careful because the German wolfpacks have been prying on every convoy that passes through the waters.
68. The Forgotten Battle (2020)
Director- Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.
Writer- Paula van der Oest, Reinier Smit
Cast- Tom Felton, Gijs Blom, Jan Bijvoet, Richard Dillane, Scott Reid, Robert Naylor, Justus von Dohnanyi, Dylan Smith, Pit Bukowski, Mark van Eeuwen, Susan Radder, Jamie Flatters, Theo Barklem-Biggs, Marthe Schneider, Gordon Morris
Genre- Drama, War
IMDB- 7.1/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 4 minutes
The story of freedom of three people. A British glider, a Dutch woman, and a Dutch soldier, all are stuck in a war in Scheldt, Netherlands. They have different modes of choice towards their goal, but they all have the same goal. Their struggle in their perspective codes of conduct is the essence of this movie.
69. The Patriot (2000)
Director- Roland Emmerich
Writer- Robert Rodat
Cast- Mel Gibson, Rene Auberjonois, Tom Wilkinson, Lisa Brenner, Gregory Smith, Logan Lerman, Donal Logue, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson, Jason Isaacs, Chris Cooper, Tchéky Karyo, Leon Rippy
Genre- Drama, Adventure, War
IMDB- 7.2/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 45 minutes
A farmer who loves his family dearly is forced to take up the position of leading a rebellious army against the British when they arrive in South Carolina endangering the peaceful life he had built.
Previously a war hero, he had vowed to end any kind of massacre from his life but when his children’s lives are threatened, he has no choice but to fight for his family’s life and retaliate.
70. Resistance (2020)
Director- Jonathan Jakubowicz
Writer- Jonathan Jakubowicz
Cast- Jesse Eisenberg, Ed Harris, Vica Kerekes, Karl Markovics, Géza Röhrig, Aurélie Bancilhon, Félix Moati, Edgar Ramirez, Clémence Poésy, Alicia von Rittberg, Bella Ramsey, Matthias Schweighöfer, Karina Beuthe
Genre- Drama
IMDB- 6.4/10
Runtime- 2 hours
The hard work and struggle of a mime who works with a group of young boys. They are part of the French resistance organization, which aims to save and protect the lives of 10,000 orphans during the second world war.
71. G.I. Jane (1997)
Director- Ridley Scott
Writer- Danielle Alexandra, David Twohy
Cast- Demi Moore, Kevin Gage, David Warshofsky, Jim Caviezel, John Michael Higgins, David Vadim, Morris Chestnut, Josh Hopkins, Viggo Mortensen, Anne Bancroft, Jason Beghe, Daniel Von Bargen, Boyd Kestner
Genre- War, Drama
IMDB- 6/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 5 minutes
A female is recruited to train for the Navy Seals to fight all odds. Despite the fact that she is the only woman in training, she is treated harshly and given a series of tasks that are armored to drain her physically and emotionally.
All the while her counterparts and seniors count on her to fail, she comes out stronger than ever succeeding in this force where more than half of her male colleagues fail.
72. Pearl Harbor (2001)
Director- Michael Bay
Writer- Randall Wallace
Cast- Ben Affleck, Colm Feore, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Matthew Davis, Ewen Bremner, Jaime King, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale, Cuba Gooding Jr., Alec Baldwin, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Dan Aykroyd
Genre- Action, Romance, War, Drama
IMDB- 6.2/10
Runtime- 3 hours and 3 minutes
Two aviation pilots who grew up together join the US army Air Corps when the second world war begins. One of the two men falls in love with a brave nurse while serving the army.
However, as a consequence of deciding to battle alongside the British army in the war Britain, he leaves his beautiful lover and devoted friend behind. Unknowing o the dangers about to prevail, new relationships sprout, and friendships elaborate.
73. Lincoln (2012)
Director- Steven Spielberg
Writer- Tony Kushner
Cast- Daniel Day-Lewis, James Spader, Lee Pace, Hal Holbrook, Gulliver McGrath, David Costabile, Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-LevittMichael Stuhlbarg, Peter McRobbie, Jared Harris
Genre- Drama
IMDB- 7.3
Runtime- 2 hours and 30 minutes
It’s the year 1865 and America is having its civil war. President Lincoln faces a great deal of despair when he deals with his conscience to make a tough decision.
He wants to gather votes from his cabinet so that he can end slavery before peace arrives in the country. He has no time left and he can only choose between ending the war or ending slavery.
74. Lone Survivor (2014)
Director- Peter Berg
Writer- Peter Berg
Cast- Mark Wahlberg, Jerry Ferrara, Scott Elrod, Yousuf Azami, Ali Suliman, Taylor Kitsch, Ben Foster, Emile Hirsch, Alexander Ludwig, Eric Bana,Rohan Chand, Dan Bilzerian
Genre- Action, War, Drama
IMDB- 7.5/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 1 minute
A failed mission and four team members. In 2005, a mission was comprised to kill the Taliban leader Ahmed Shah, which failed due to numerous reasons. However, during that time all the officers died except for one. The story revolves around his survival.
75. The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Director- Robert Aldrich
Writer- Nunnally Johnson, Lukas Heller
Cast- Telly Savalas, Jim Brown, Lee Marvin, Ralph Meeker, Donald Sutherland, Richard Jaeckel, Trini Lopez, Charles Bronson, John Cassavetes, Ernest Borgnine, George Kennedy, Robert Ryan, Clint Walker, Robert Webber
Genre- War
IMDB- 7.7/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 30 minutes
Leading 12 men to raid a chateau full of German officers to kill as many as they can is the new task given to a troubling Army Major. However, this task is not like the ordinary, the 12 men are all murderers and convicts, and the army major must instill in them the habit of working as a group.
Things get out of hand and he has no choice but to present this training as a war game to the prisoners and place the choice of going back to the prison or going into battle for them.
76. The Battle of Algiers (1966)
Director- Gillo Pontecorvo
Writer- Franco Solinas, Gillo Pontecorvo
Cast- Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Mohamed Ben Kassen, Michele Kerbash, Tommaso Neri, Brahim Haggiag, Fusia El Kader, Samia Kerbash, Ugo Paletti
Genre- Drama, War
IMDB- 8.1/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 1 minute
Two sides of a horrendous war between the Algerians and the French as they fight with torture and use of bombs. The French already have Vietnam in defeat and are looking to prove themselves while the Algerians are just looking for their independence.
The movie shows the consequences and brutalities of war everyone has to face.
77. The Steel Helmet (1951)
Director- Samuel Fuller
Writer- Samuel Fuller
Cast- Gene Evans, Sid Melton, Richard Monahan, Harold Fong, Neyle Morrow, William Chun, Steve Brodie, Robert Hutton, James Edwards, Richard Loo, Lynn Stalmaster
Genre- Drama, War
IMDB- 7.4/10
Runtime- 1 hour and 25 minutes
The story of two men during the Korean war. One of them is orphaned and the other tired and bad-tempered by the whole situation team up and join the US forces when they stumble upon an empty Buddhist temple. To their surprise, a battle with Communists troops awaits them at that time when they are just getting settled in.
78. Gallipoli (1981)
Director- Peter Weir
Writer- David Williamson
Cast- Mel Gibson, Mark Lee, Gerda Nicolson, Reg Evans, Steve Dodds, Dane Peterson, Bill Hunter, Robert Grubb, Tim McKenzie, David Argue, Bill Kerr, Harold Hopkins, John Murphy
Genre- Drama, War
IMDB- 7.4/10
Runtime- 1 hour and 50 minutes
Two friends face a harsh fate when they experience the atrocities of World War One on the Turkish fronts. Their friendship is the only thing sustaining their abilities and their sanity.
79. Paisan (1946)
Director- Roberto Rossellini
Writer- Federico Fellini, Roberto Rossellini, Sergio Amidei
Cast- Dots M. Johnson, Maria Michi, William Tubbs, Dale Edmonds, Gar Moore, Carmela Sazio, Harriet Medin
Genre- War, Drama
IMDB- 7.6/10
Runtime- 2 hours
The story of 6 vignettes as they follow the allied forces in Italy and try to build and socialize in Italy during the first world war. They are a group of soldiers and nurses who try their best to maintain everything during this time period.
80. Ride with the Devil (1999)
Director- Ang Lee
Writer- James Schamus
Cast- Tobey Maguire, Mark Ruffalo, Skeet Ulrich, Jewel Kilcher, Jeffrey Wright, Tom Wilkinson, Jim Caviezel, Simon Baker, Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Genre- Drama, Romance, War, Western
IMDB- 6.7/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 18 minutes
The powerful story of two friends who join the confederates during the American Civil war. The era when women and blacks had zero to no rights. Along the way one of them falls in love with a young widow and also leads her to safety when danger prevails. They also meet a black man whose freedom has been bought by someone else.
They need to decide which side to pick as their friends die one after the other and they are confused about saving their honor.
81. The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Director- Michael Mann
Writer- Christopher Crowe, Michael Mann
Cast- Wes Studi, Jodhi May, Russell Means, Eric Schweig, Pete Postlethwaite, Daniel Day-Lewis, Steven Waddington, Maurice Roeves, Patrice Chéreau, Edward Blatchford, Terry Kinney, Colm Meaney, Madeleine Stowe
Genre- Action, Adventure, Romance
IMDB- 7.7/10
Runtime- 1 hour and 52 minutes
During the war in colonial times in the US, there were two sisters who planned a journey toward their father’s side. However, along the way they meet Mohicans who are a group of 3 one of them being white but also brought up by Mohicans.
Although everyone tries to stay out of any conflict and protect these women during the war, problems arise when the elder sister falls for the white Mohican.
82. The Train (1964)
Director- John Frankenheimer
Writer- Franklin Coen, Frank Davis
Cast- Burt Lancaster, Howard Vernon, Suzanne Flon, Charles Millot, Wolfgang Preiss, Albert Rémy, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau, Michel Simon
Genre- War, Mystery, Drama
IMDB- 7.8/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 13 minutes
Nazis are about to blow off the remaining museums in Paris and a man named Oberst von Waldheim wants to do everything in his power to save the valuable art. He convinces his superiors to let him take the paintings through and informs a railway official to stop the train for him.
The railway official does not agree because he is afraid of losing human lives if he stops any train for longer but changes his mind when his best friend is shot by the Germans and tries to delay the train until Waldheim reaches a time.
83. Courage Under Fire (1996)
Director- Edward Zwick
Writer- Patrick Sheane Duncan
Cast- Denzel Washington, Matt Damon, Seth Gilliam, Bronson Pinchot, Regina Taylor, Meg Ryan, Lou Diamond Phillips, Scott Glenn, Michael Moriarty, Zeljko Ivanek, Tim Guinee, Tim Ransom, Sean Astin
Genre- Drama, War
IMDB- 6.6/10
Runtime- 1 hour and 56 minutes
Glimpsing back on the horrors of war and his own assistance towards it, a Colonel tries to investigate the candidacy of a nominee after she dies. He comes across many investigations which leave him reminiscing about the things he experienced during the time.
84. Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
Director- Mervyn LeRoy
Writer- Dalton Trumbo
Cast- Spencer Tracy, Stephen McNally, Tim Murdock, Don DeFore, Van Johnson, Robert Walker, Robert Mitchum, Phyllis Thaxter, Scott McKay
Genre- War
IMDB- 7.2/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 18 minutes
A young Lieutenant leaves his wife and unborn child to volunteer for a mission. However, he is unaware of the fact that it is a bombing mission over Japanese land.
They have to fly over the Japanese soil to drop bombs on specific areas. Then they must rocket toward an area in China that is not under the control of the Japanese government. The story goes on about how the team ‘Ruptured Duck “make it through their mission and land riskily in China.
85. Germany Year Zero (1948)
Director- Roberto Rossellini
Writer- Carlo Lizzani, Max Colpet, Roberto Rossellini
Cast- Edmund Moeschke, Alexandra Manys, Erich Gühne, Ernst Pittschau, Barbara Hintz, Franz-Otto Krüger
Genre- Drama
IMDB- 7.8/10
Runtime- 1 hour and 18 minutes
The story of a young boy Edmond, whose childhood is completely destroyed when he is forced to think like an adult and provide for his family at such a young age.
The second World war has brought only devastation in his life. He tries to get food for his family, by all means, he can try so they can barely survive. One day he meets his old teacher who seems to be helpful toward him but he doesn’t know his real intentions.
86. War Machine (2017)
Director- David Michôd
Writer- David Michôd
Cast- Nicholas Jones, Will Poulter, Brad Pitt, Anthony Hayes, John Magaro, Anthony Michael Hall, RJ Cyler, Alan Ruck, Lakeith Stanfield, Emory Cohen, Topher Grace, Daniel Betts, Aymen Hamdouchi,
Genre- Comedy, Drama
IMDB- 6/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 2 minutes
A comedy movie is full of sarcasm that relates to the operation under a 4-star colonel in Afghanistan. How he leads the NATO forces to perform and how he is exposed by a journalist.
87. Black Book (2006)
Director- Paul Verhoeven
Writer- Gerard Soeteman, Paul Verhoeven
Cast- Carice van Houten, Christian Berkel, Peter Blok, Michiel Huisman, Matthias Schoenaerts, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn, Sebastian Koch, Waldemar Kobus Frank Lammers, Ronald Armbrust, Derek de Lint, Dolf de Vries
Genre- Drama, War, Thriller
IMDB- 7.7/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 25 minutes
A Jewish singer who lives in the Netherlands becomes part of the Dutch resistance when the second world war is struck upon them. She takes a cover-up and starts spying to report to the Dutch rebels.
However, by the end of the war, someone tries to set her up for being a double spy and also reveals her truth in front of everyone. She must find out the real culprit behind the accusation against her.
88. Attack (1956)
Director- Robert Aldrich
Writer- James Poe
Cast- Jack Palance, Buddy Ebsen, Jon Shepodd, Peter van Eyck, Jimmy Goodwin, Steven Geray, Jud Taylor, Eddie Albert, Lee Marvin, William Smithers, Robert Strauss, Richard Jaeckel, Louis Mercier
Genre- War
IMDB- 7.4/10
Runtime- 1 hour and 47 minutes
During the battle of Bulge, two men are assigned to lead their men. One of them is competent and determined, however the other is more or less of a coward who has only been appointed due to his references and ties.
They both have disputes with each other, but the real matter of tension is outing the lives of the men they are leading in jeopardy.
89. Kanal (1957)
Director- Andrzej Wajda
Writer- Jerzy Stefan Stawinski
Cast- Teresa Izewska, Tadeusz Janczar, Wienczyslaw Glinski, Zofia Lindorf, Vladek Sheybal, Janina Jablonowska, Maria Kretz, Jan Englert, Tadeusz Gwiazdowski, Stanislaw Mikulski, Teresa Berezowska, Emil Karewicz
Genre- Drama, War
IMDB- 7.9/10
Runtime- 1 hour and 31 minutes
Resisting against the Nazis pays a very high price when three platoons are gunned down by the enemies and only a few survivors are left. When all of them have given their goodbyes and made love, they are on the run trying to escape. Warsaw’s underground sewer system is only their last chance at any means of freedom.
90. Too Young the Hero (1998)
Director- Buzz Kulik
Writer- Calvin Graham, David J. Kinghorn, Gary Thomas
Cast- Rick Schroder, John Linton, Markus Flanagan, David Gianopoulos, Jon DeVries, Debra Mooney, Rick Warner, Tom Wood, Christopher Curry, Shelley Reid, Christopher Yohe
Genre- War, Drama
IMDB- 6.7/10
Runtime- 1 hour and 40 minutes
The story of war hero Calvin Graham who was the youngest patriot in the US army. Being just a mere 12-year-old, he got into the military and even won a purple heart for his acts of bravery during the battle in Guadalcanal.
However, when he is on leave, he gets reported as a deserter which creates huge misunderstandings and horrors for him to receive when reports back to his unit.
91. Green Zone (2010)
Director- Paul Greengrass
Writer- Paul Greengrass
Cast- Matt Damon, Jason Isaacs, Khalid Abdalla, Yigal Naor, Said Faraj, Antoni Corone, Greg Kinnear, Brendan Gleeson, Amy Ryan, Raad Rawi
Genre- Action, War, Thriller
IMDB- 6.8/10
Runtime- 1 hour and 55 minutes
Two officers working together are assigned the task to find deadly weapons in the Iraqi desert by their superiors. While they and their men try to save themselves from one booby trap to another, they find something so intrusive that it changes the goal of their whole mission.
They must try to solve this riddle in order to stop a potential war or the whole place from blowing up.
92. 12 Strong (2018)
Director- Nicolai Fuglsig
Writer- Peter Craig, Doug Stanton, Ted Tally
Cast- Chris Hemsworth, Trevante Rhodes, Elsa Pataky, Numan Acar, Austin Stowell, Jack Kesy, Laith Nakli, Michael Shannon, Navid Negahban, Michael Peña, Ben O’Toole, Fahim Fazli, Kenny Sheard
Genre- War
IMDB- 6.5/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 10 minutes
When the attacks on the World Trade Center hit on 9/11, the CIA got suspicious and sent a team of 12 CIA agents to Afghanistan. Their purpose was to locate and target the Taliban leader and take him down. These men take the help of an Afghan Warlord to complete their mission.
93. Beasts of No Nation (2015)
Director- Cary Joji Fukunaga
Writer- Cary Joji Fukunaga
Cast- Abraham Attah, Grace Nortey, David Dontoh, Idris Elba, Richard Pepple, Opeyemi Fagbohungbe, Ama K. Abebrese
Genre- War, Drama
IMDB- 7.7/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 17 minutes
A young boy is left with no choice when the school is shut, and he is dragged out of his hut only to be beaten up to death. He chooses to fight. He chooses his life even if he has to fight in a war where there is no government or a name of the country. Just a civil war that gives him horrible experiences in life.
94. Hitler- A Career (1977)
Director- Joaquim Fest, Christian Herrendoerfer
Writer- Joaquim Fest
Cast- Adolf Hitler, Albert Speer, Benito Mussolini, Eva Braun , Josef Goebbels, Hermann Göring, Rudolf Hess, Heinrich Himmler
Genre- Documentary
IMDB- 7.5/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 30 minutes
Stephen Murray narrates the life of Adolf Hitler through a series of untapped footage from archives. He portrays his personality as a person who takes advantage of other people’s weaknesses, someone who is a master of the human psyche, and the way he managed to kill thousands of people without any remorse.
The rise and fall of his career and the whole journey are explained vividly.
95. The Outpost (2020)
Director- Rod Lurie
Writer- Eric Johnson, Paul Tamasy
Cast- Scott Eastwood, Will Attenborough, Kwame Patterson, Caleb Landry Jones, Orlando Bloom, Milo Gibson, Taylor John Smith, Aleksandar Aleksiev, Celina Sinden, Cory Hardrict, Alexander Arnold, Bobby Lockwood, Jacob Scipio
Genre- Drama, War
IMDB- 6.8/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 3 minutes
The true story of the war in Afghanistan against the Taliban. The battle of Kamdesh was inaugurated into a set of real events in the form of a movie. Where US soldiers fight against a hoard of enemies while they are dug deep inside the mountains and valleys of Afghanistan.
To this date, this battle remains one of the most horrific and deadliest ones during the Afghan invasion of the US.
96. American Sniper (2014)
Director- Clint Eastwood
Writer- Jason Hall
Cast- Bradley Cooper, Sienna, MillerOwain Yeoman, Keir O’Donnell, Eric Close, Sam Jaeger, Brian Hallisay, Marnette Patterson, Cory Hardrict, Eric Ladin, Luke Grimes, Jake McDorman, Kyle Gallner,
Genre- Drama, War
IMDB- 7.3/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 13 minutes
Chris Kyle is a pro at shooting snippers when he was recruited by the US Navy SEAL to go to Iraq and protect the other soldiers in battle. He earns the badge of being called a ‘Legend” after becoming popular amongst the soldiers and the enemies.
He also tries to be a good father and a loving husband to his family while being so far away from home. However, when he comes back to the safety of his country and his family, he still gets thoughts about the war zone and can’t seem to leave it behind.
97. A Very Long Engagement (2004)
Director- Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Writer- Guillaume Laurant, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Cast- Audrey Tautou, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Denis Lavant, Dominique , Marion Cotillard, Jodie Foster, Ticky Holgado, Jean-Paul Rouve, Gaspard Ulliel, Dominique Pinon, Chantal Neuwirth, André Dussollier, Albert Dupontel, Bettenfeld
Genre- Romance, Drama, War
IMDB- 7.6/10
Runtime- 2 hours and 13 minutes
When five men shoot themselves to save themselves from going to war, they are decided to get thrown in the crossfire to face the consequences of Martial Law.
It seems that they must have died in that zone but one day a message is given to one of those men’s fiancés which makes her suspect the life of her soon-to-be husband. The search for her fiancé leaves that young woman trotting in exceptional troubles but not giving up.
98. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1962)
Director- Robert Enrico
Writer- Robert Enrico
Cast- Roger Jacquet, Pierre Danny, Louis Adelin, Anne Cornaly, Anker Larsen, Stéphane Fey, Jean-François Zeller
Genre- Drama
IMDB- 8.1/10
Runtime- 28 minutes
A civilian is being punished for sabotaging the railways. He is being executed from a bridge. However, the consequences of this hanging do not turn into death rather the rope breaks and the man escapes. He tries to run towards his freedom, towards the place he calls home.
99. Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)
Director- Robert Wise
Writer- John Gay
Cast- Clark Gable, Joe Maross, Mary LaRoche, Eddie Foy III, John Gibson, Ken Lynch, Rudy Bond, Jimmy Bates, John Bryant, Burt Lancaster, Jack Warden, Brad Dexter, Don Rickles, Nick Cravat, John Close, Joel Fluellen
Genre- Drama, War
IMDB- 7.3/10
Runtime- 1 hour and 33 minutes
A submarine captain would go to any lengths to destroy a Japanese ship when he is given another chance at serving in the waters after being at a desk job. Previously he was also adamant about this pursuit but now he is ready to take on conflicts with his First officer to complete this task at all costs.
100. Che (2008)
Director- Steven Soderbergh
Writer- Peter Buchman
Cast- Alfredo De Quesada, Jsu Garcia, Armando Riesco, Ramon Fernandez, Vladimir Cruz, Unax Ugalde, Rodrigo Santoro, Oscar Isaac, Yul Vazquez, Edgar Ramirez, Julia Ormond, Benicio del Toro, Demian Bichir, Elvira Mínguez, Jorge Perugorría, Catalina Sandino Moreno
Genre- Action, Drama
IMDB- 7.3/10
Runtime- 1 hour and 33 minutes
During the Cuban revolution, a hero rises up from the ship that is sailing with 80 rebels to fight the battles. Originally a doctor, Che is adamant about becoming a fighter. He learns the guerilla warfare art and becomes a hero in the eyes of the Cuban people while trying to overthrow the cruel dictatorship.
Conclusion
Reading about all these exemplary war movies might be making you confused as to what to choose first. All of the movies listed in this article are one of a kind and complement the essence of true warfare in each and every ounce of their screen time.
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Hopefully, you have a handful of recommendations that you would like to watch with your friends and family, and salute those heroes who are out there battling their lives for the sake of your protection.
Chris Mack
