List of war films and TV specials

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This list of war films are films depicting aspects of historical wars.

2nd Sino-Japanese War

• Empire of the Sun (1987)

al-Aqsa Intifada

• Paradise Now (2005)

Algerian War of Independence

• Marcia O Crepia/The Legion's Last Patrol/Commando (1962)
• Battle of Algiers (1966) (La Battaglia di Algeri)
• Chronique des années de braise
• L'Honneur d'un Capitaine
• Lost Command (1966)
• Le Petit Soldat (1960)
• RAS (1973)
• La trahison (2005)

American Civil War

(Also see American Civil War films)

• Andersonville (1996) made for TV
• Battle of Gettysburg (1913)
• Battle of Gettysburg (1956)
• The Beguiled (1971)
• Birth of a Nation (1915), first epic film
• Cold Mountain (2003), depiction of the Battle of the Crater
• The General (1927), a comedy starring Buster Keaton
• Gettysburg (1993), depiction of the Battle of Gettysburg
• Gods and Generals (2003)
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
• Glory (1989)
• Gone with the Wind (1939)
• The Horse Soldiers (1959)
• North and South (TV miniseries, 1985-1986) - Book II episodes, depictions of the battles of Bull Run I, Antietam, Wilderness and Petersburg III
• The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
• The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
• Ride with the Devil (1999)
• Shenandoah (1965)
• The Hunley (1997)
• They Died with Their Boots On

American Revolutionary War

• 1776 (1972) from the musical of the same name
• The Battle of Bunker Hill (1911)
• Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor (2002) A&E film
• The Crossing (2000) A&E film
• Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
• Johnny Tremain (1957)
• The Patriot (2000) - depiction of the Battle of Camden
• Revolution (1985)
• Valley Forge (1975) made for TV
• April Morning (1982) made for TV - Starring Tommy Lee Jones

Ancient Greece

• Helen of Troy (1956)
• Helen of Troy (2003)
• Troy (2004)
• 300 (2007)
• 300 Spartans, The (1962)

Anglo-Saxon invasion of England

• King Arthur (film) (2004) - depiction of the Battle of Mons Badonicus

Anglo-Zulu War

• Zulu (1964), depiction of the battle of Rorke's Drift
• Zulu Dawn (1979), depiction of the battle of Isandlwana

Battle of the Ice

• Alexander Nevsky (1938)

Bosnian War

• Before the Rain (1994)
• Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (1996)
• Underground (1996)
• Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)
• Savior (1998)
• Shot Through the Heart (1998)
• No Man's Land (2001)
• Behind Enemy Lines (2002)
• Grbavica (2006)
• The Perfect Circle (film) (1997)
• Warriors (1999)

Boxer Rebellion

• 55 Days at Peking (1963)
• Boxer Rebellion (1976)

Cambodian Civil War

• The Killing Fields (1984)

Chechen war

• Prisoner of the Mountains(1996)
• The War (2002)
• The Storm Gate (2006) (TV miniseries)

Chinese Civil War

• High Road to China (1983)
• The Sand Pebbles (1966)
• Assembly (2007)

Cold War

(Also see Cold War films)

• Crimson Tide (1995)
• The Day After (1983) (TV)
• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
• Fail-Safe (1964)
• A Gathering of Eagles (1963)
• The Hunt for Red October (1989)
• Jet Pilot (1957)
• K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
• The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
• On the Beach (1959)
• Red Dawn (1984)
• Seven Days in May (1964)
• Thirteen Days (2000)
• Threads (1984) (TV)
• Top Gun (1986)
• The War Game (1965)
• WarGames (1983)
• Telefon (1977)

Colonial conflicts in Northern Africa

• Beau Geste (1926), starring Ronald Colman
• Beau Geste (1939), starring Gary Cooper
• Beau Geste (1966), starring Guy Stockwell
• The Battle of Algiers (1966)
• Wind and the Lion, The (1975)
• March or Die (1977)
• Lion of the Desert (1981)
• Legionnaire (1998)

Crimean War

• Charge of the Light Brigade, The (1936) - US version directed by Michael Curtiz, depiction of the Battle of Balaclava
• Charge of the Light Brigade, The (1968) - British version directed by Tony Richardson, depiction of the Battle of Balaclava

Croatian War of Independence

• Harrison's Flowers (2000)

Crusades

• The Crusades (1935), a Cecil B. De Mille production, starring Henry Wilcoxon as Richard Lionheart)
• Hearts and Armour (1983)
• Kingdom of Heaven (2005), depiction of the battle (siege) of Jerusalem
• Arn (2007)

El Salvador Civil War

• Salvador (1986)
• Voces inocentes (2004) ('Innocent Voices' in English)

English Civil War

• Cromwell (1970), depictions of the battles Edgehill and Naseby
• Witchfinder General

Estonian War of Independence (1918-1920)

• Nimed Marmortahvlil (Names in Marble) (2002)
• Noored Kotkad (The Young Eagles) (1927)

Falklands War

• Tumbledown (1988) (TV)
• Resurrected (1989)
• An Ungentlemanly Act (1992) (TV)
• Iluminados Por El Fuego (Blessed by Fire) (2005) (Film)

Finland's Continuation War (1941-1944)

• Tali-Ihantala 1944 (2008)
• Rukajärven tie (Ambush) (1999)
• Etulinjan Edessä (Beyond Front Line) (2004)
• Lupaus (Promise) (2006)
• Tuntematon Sotilas (The Unknown Soldier) (1985)

First Arab-Israeli War

• Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)

Franco-Mexican War

• Vera Cruz (1954)
• Major Dundee (1965)
• Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)

Franco-Prussian War

• Champ d'honneur (Field of Honor) (1987)

French Revolutionary Wars

• Hornblower (1998 - 2003 TV series) - first four episodes (The Duel, The Fire Ships, The Duchess and the Devil, The Wrong War)
• Napoleon (2002) (TV mini-series) - early half of first episode showing Napoleon's first Italian campaign and the Battle of Arcole
• Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story (1987) (TV mini-series) - early segment of mini-series showing Napoleon's Egyptian campaign

Great Northern War

• Sluga Gosudarev (The Sovereign's Servant) (2007) (СЛУГА ГОСУДАРЕВ in Russia)

Greco-Turkish War

• You Can't Win 'Em All (1970)

Gulf War

(Also see Gulf War films)

• The Finest Hour (1992)
• Courage Under Fire (1996)
• The One That Got Away (1996) (TV)
• Thanks of a Grateful Nation (1998) (TV)
• Bravo Two Zero (1999) (TV)
• Three Kings (1999)
• Live From Baghdad (2002) (TV)
• Jarhead (2005)

Hundred Years' War

• Joan of Arc (1948)
• Joan of Arc (1999), directed by Christian Duguay and starring Leelee Sobieski
• Passion of Joan of Arc, The (1928)
• Messenger, The: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999), directed by Luc Besson and starring Milla Jovovich, depiction of the Siege of Orléans
• Henry V (1944) - a film adaptation of Shakespeare's play, directed by Laurence Olivier
• Henry V (1989) - a film adaptation of Shakespeare's play, directed by Kenneth Branagh
• Saint Joan (1957)

Hussite Wars

• Jan Žižka (1955)
• Proti vsem (Against all) (1957)
• Jan Hus (1954)

Indian Rebellion of 1857 and subsequent colonial conflicts in India

• Mangal Pandey: The Rising (about the 1857 mutiny)
• Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935, about suppressing rebellious Indians towards the end of the 19th century)
• Wee Willie Winkie (1936, features British forces suppressing Indian rebels, but the focus on child star Shirley Temple may cause many to exclude this film from a 'war film' category)
• Gunga Din (suppression of the Thugees and local rebellions)

US Indian Wars

• Buffalo Soldiers (TV, 1997)
• The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer (TV, 1977)
• Crazy Horse (1996)
• Custer of the West (1967)
• Custer's Last Stand (1936)
• Dances with Wolves (1990)
• Geronimo: An American Legend (1994)
• Little Big Man (1970), depiction of the Battle of Little Big Horn
• She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
• Son of the Morning Star (1991)
• They Died with Their Boots On (1941), depiction of the Battle of Little Big Horn
• Soldier Blue (1970)
• Rio Grande (1950)
• Ulzana's Raid (1972)
• Fort Apache (1948)
• Hidalgo (2004), the early part of the movie depicts the 1890 Battle of/Massacre at Wounded Knee.
• Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee (made for TV movie by TNT in 1994), about the 1973 confrontation at Wounded Knee, South Dakota between the American Indian Movement (AIM) and the FBI, US Marshals, Bureau of Indian Affairs Police and the South Dakota National Guard.
• Major Dundee (1965)

Indochina War

• La 317éme section
• Diên Biên Phú
• The Quiet American (2002)
• Jump Into Hell (1954)
• Rogue's Regiment (1948)
• China Gate(1957)
• Haqeeqat (1964)

Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts (1947-1999)

• Hindustan Ki Kasam (1973)
• Border (1997)
• LOC Kargil (2003)
• Lakshya (2004)
• Haqeeqat (1964)
• Upkaar (1967)

Irish War of Independence and Irish Civil War

• Beloved Enemy (1936)
• Ryan's Daughter (1970)
• Michael Collins (1996)
• The Wind That Shakes The Barley (2006)

Invasion of Grenada

• Heartbreak Ridge (1986)

Iran-Iraq War

• Alhodood Almultahebah (The Flamed Borders) (1987)
• Kilomètre Zéro (Kilometer Zero) (2005)

Karen insurgency

• Rambo (2008)

Khmelnytsky Uprising

• With Fire and Sword

Korean War

(Also see Korean War films)

• Battle Hymn (1957)
• The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
• A Hill in Korea (1956)
• Hold Back the Night (1956)
• The Hunters (1958)
• Korea Patrol (1951)
• MacArthur (1977)
• Marines Let's Go (1960)
• MASH (1970)
• Men In War (1957)
• Men of the Fighting Lady (1954)
• One Minute to Zero (1952)
• Pork Chop Hill (1959)
• Taegukgi (2005)
• Retreat, Hell! (1952)
• The Steel Helmet (1951)

Kosovo War

• Sniper 2
• Guerreros

Latvian War of Independence (1918-1920)

• Rigas Sargi (Defenders of Riga) (2007)

Lebanese Civil War

• The Delta Force (1986)
• Navy SEALs (1990)
• Zozo (2005)

Mahdist Sudanese War

• Four Feathers, The (1939)
• Four Feathers, The (1972)
• Four Feathers, The (2002)
• Khartoum (1966)
• Young Winston (1972)

Mau Mau Revolt

• The Kitchen Toto (1987)
• Mau-Mau (1955)
• Safari (1956)
• Simba (1955)
• Something of Value (1957)

Mercenaries in the Third World

See also Mercenaries in popular culture: Films

• Geschwader Fledermaus (BAT SQUADRON), 1957
• Madeleine und der Legionär (MADELEINE AND THE LEGIONARY),1958
• CERNY PRAPOR (The Black Battalion/Das schwarze Bataillon/Bataillon des Teufels), 1958
• Kommando 52 (COMMANDO 52), 1965
• Der lachende Mann. Bekenntnisse eines Mörders (THE LOUGHING MAN. CONFESSIONS OF A KILLER), 1966
• Africa Addio/Africa-Blood and Guts (1966)
• PS zum lachenden Mann (PS TO THE LOUGHING MAN), 1967
• Der Fall Bernd K. (THE CASE OF BERND K.), 1967
• Dark of the Sun/The Mercenaries (1968)
• Seduto Alla Sua Destra/Black Jesus (1968)
• The Last Mercenary (1968)
• Sette Baschi Rossi/The Red Berets (1969)
• The Last Grenade (1970
• Immer wenn der Steiner kam (ALWAYS WHEN THE STEINER CAME; not released) 1976
• High Velocity (1976)
• The Wild Geese (1978)
• Scorticateli Vivi/Wild Geese Attack/Skin 'Em Alive (1978)
• The Dogs of War (1981)
• Code Name: Wild Geese (1984)
• Commando Leopard (1985)
• Men of War (1994)

Mexican-American War

• North and South (TV miniseries, 1985-1986) - depiction of the Battle of Churubusco
• One Man's Hero (1999) - starring Tom Berenger and focusing on Batallón de San Patricio during American invasion of Mexico

Mexican Revolution

• Viva Villa! (1934)
• Viva Zapata! (1952)
• Villa Rides (1968)
• The Wild Bunch (1969)
• Fistful of Dynamite, A (1971)
• And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (made for TV movie by HBO in 2003)

Napoleonic Wars

• Austerlitz (1960), depiction of the Battle of Austerlitz
• Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951) - Naval warfare
• Hornblower (1998 - 2003 TV series) - last four episodes (Mutiny, Retribution, Loyalty, Duty)
• Hussar Ballad (1962) ("Гусарская баллада" in Russia) - musical comedy set in Napoleon's invasion of Russia
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) Naval warfare
• Napoléon (1927), depiction of the Siege of Toulon
• Napoleon (2002) (TV mini-series) - from latter half of first episode and onwards
• Sharpe's Rifles (1993-1997 TV series)
• War and Peace (1956, USA)
• War and Peace (1968, USSR) ("Война и мир" in Russia)
• Waterloo (1970), depiction of the Battle of Waterloo
• Kolberg (1945, German film about the siege of Kolberg in 1807)

Nicaraguan Civil War

• Under Fire (1983)

Operation Entebbe

• Victory at Entebbe (1976) (TV)
• Raid On Entebbe (1977) (TV)
• Mivtsa Yonatan (1977)

Opium Wars

• Huo shao yuan ming yuan (The Burning of the Imperial Palace) (1983) (TV mini-series) - Second Opium War
• The Opium War (1997) - First Opium War

Partisan War in Lithuania (1944-1953)

• Vienui Vieni (Utterly Alone) (2004)

Partisan War in Ukraine (1940s-1950s)

• Neskorenyj (The Undefeated) (2000)
• The Company of Heroes (2004)

Rhodesian Bush War

• Whispering Death (1976)

Russian Revolution of 1917 and Russian Civil War

• The End of St. Petersburg (1927)
• October: Ten Days That Shook the World (1927)
• The Battleship Potemkin (1925)
• Dr. Zhivago (1965)
• Reds (1981)
• Top secret (1945)

Russo-Japanese War

• Battle of Tsushima, The (1975), depiction of the battle of Tsushima
• 203 kochi (Port Arthur) (1980), depiction of the battle of Port Arthur

Rwandan Civil War

• Hotel Rwanda (2004)
• Shooting Dogs (2005)
• Sometimes in April (2005)
• Shake Hands with the Devil (2007) (documentary)

Satsuma Rebellion

• The Last Samurai (2003)

Scanian War

• Snapphanar

Second Anglo-Boer War

• Ohm Kruger (1942)
• Untamed (1955)
• Young Winston (1972)
• Breaker Morant (1980)
• Torn Allegiance (1984)

Second Liberian Civil War

• Lord of War (2005)

Second Northern War (The Deluge in Polish History)(1655-1661)

• Ogniem i Mieczem (With Fire and Sword) (1999)
• Potop (The Deluge) (1974)
• Pan Wolodyjowski (Colonel Wolodyjowski) (1969)

Sengoku Period

• Kagemusha (The Shadow Warrior ) (1980)
• Ran (1985)
• Shōgun (1980)

Seven Years' War and French and Indian War

• Northwest Passage (1940)
• Barry Lyndon (1975)
• Last of the Mohicans, The (1920)
• Last of the Mohicans, The (1932)
• Last of the Mohicans, The (1936)
• Last of the Mohicans, The (1992)
• The Battle of the Brave (2004)

Sierra Leone Civil War

• Blood Diamond (2006)

Sino-Xiongnu War

• Mulan (animated, 1998)

Spanish Civil War

• For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
• The Angel Wore Red (1960)
• Viva la Muerte (1971)
• Land and Freedom (1995)
• Libertarias (1996)
• El Viaje de Carol (2002)
• Head in the Clouds (2004)
• Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

Somali Civil War

• Black Hawk Down (2001)

Soviet war in Afghanistan

• The Beast of War (1988)
• Rambo III (1988)
• Afghan Breakdown (1991)
• Spetsnaz (2002) (TV miniseries)
• 9th Company (2005)
• Charlie Wilson's War (2007)

Spanish-American War

• Tearing Down the Spanish Flag - first war movie ever made, in 1898.
• The Rough Riders (TV, 1997), depiction of the battle of San Juan Hill

Spanish Reconquest

• El Cid (1961)

St. Bartholomew's Day massacre

• La Reine Margot (1994 film) (aka Queen Margot in English speaking countries)

Texas War of Independence

• The Alamo (1936)
• The Alamo (1960)
• The Alamo (2004)
• The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory (1987)
• Texas (1994) (TV film) - starring Patrick Duffy as Stephen Austin and Stacy Keach as Sam Houston
• Two for Texas (1998)

Thirty Years' War

• Alatriste (2006), depiction of the battle of Rocroi
• Last Valley, The (1970)

Turkish Invasion of Hungary (1532)

• Egri Csillagok (Stars of Eger) (1968)

Vietnam War

(Also see Vietnam War films)

• 84C MoPic (1989)
• A Better Tomorrow 3 (1989)
• A Bright Shining Lie (1998)
• A Rumor of War (1980) (TV)
• Air America (1990)
• Apocalypse Now (1979)
• Bat*21 (1988)
• Birdy (1985)
• Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
• Braddock: Missing in Action III (1988)
• Bullet in the Head (1990)
• Casualties of War (1989)
• Combat Shock (1986)
• Coming Home (1978)
• Dead Presidents (1995)
• The Deer Hunter (1978)
• Distant Thunder (1988)
• Faith of My Fathers (2005)
• Father Xmas (2001)
• Firehawk (1993)
• Flight of the Intruder
• Forrest Gump (1994)
• Free The Army tour (1972)
• Full Metal Jacket (1987)
• Gamma Squad (2004)
• Gardens of Stone (1987)
• Go Tell the Spartans (1978)
• Going Back (2001)
• Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
• Hamburger Hill (1987)
• Heaven & Earth (1993)
• Hell on the Battleground (1987)
• Heroes without a Cause (1998)
• How Sleep the Brave
• The Iron Triangle (1989)
• Jacob's Ladder (1990)
• Journey from the Fall (2007)
• The Last Man (2008)
• Long Tan (2008)
• The Losers (1970)
• Missing In Action (1984)
• Missing In Action II: The Beginning (1985)
• Nam's Angels (1970)
• Off Limits (1988)
• Operation C.I.A. (1965)
• Operation Dumbo Drop (1995)
• Platoon (1986)
• Platoon Leader (1988)
• R-Point (2004)
• Rescue Dawn (2007)
• Rolling Thunder (1977)
• Some Kind of Hero (1982)
• To the Shores of Hell (1965)
• The Anderson Platoon (1967)
• The Ballad of Andy Crocker (1969)
• The Boys in Company C (1978)
• The Foot Shooting Party (1994)
• The Green Berets (1968)
• The Iron Triangle (1989)
• The Lost Platoon (1991)
• The Hanoi Hilton (1987)
• The Odd Angry Shot (1979)
• The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1989)
• The Uncounted Enemy (1982)
• The Walking Dead (1995)
• The War at Home (1996)
• The Quiet American (2002)
• Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except (1987)
• Tigerland (2000)
• Tour of Duty (1989 / 1990)
• Uncommon Valor (1983)
• We Were Soldiers (2002)
• White Badge (1992)
• Word of Honor (2003)
• A Yank in Viet-Nam (1964)
• Tunnel Rats (2008)

War of 1812

• The Buccaneers (1956), depictions of the Battle of New Orleans

Wars of Alexander the Great

• Alexander (2004), depictions of battles of Gaugamela and Hydaspes
• Alexander the Great (1956)

Wars of the Roman Republic/Empire

• Annibale (1960) - Second Punic War
• Asterix animated films based on the comic book character (background, the Gallic Wars)
• Attila (1954) - European campaign of Attila the Hun
• Attila (TV miniseries, 2001) - European campaign of Attila the Hun
• Brenno il nemico di Roma (1963) - first Gallic invasion of Italy
• Ben Hur (1959)
• Cleopatra (1963) - Battle of Actium
• Druids (a.k.a. Vercingétorix) (2001) - the Gallic Wars
• Fall of the Roman Empire, The (1964) - Marcomanni War
• Gladiator (2000) - Marcomanni War
• Hannibal - Rome's Worst Nightmare (TV, 2006) - Second Punic War
• Hannibal the Conqueror (in production, 2008) - Second Punic War
• Rome (TV series)- Caesar's civil war
• Spartacus (1960) - Third Servile War
• Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (USA: Battle for Rome) (TV series: BBC IN UK, Discovery in USA) -- by episode: "Tiberius" (about Tiberius Gracchus) features the Third Punic War and the Numantine war; "Caesar" features the siege of Alesia and the civil war; "Vespasian" features the Jewish wars and the siege of Jerusalem; "Constantine" features the Battle of the Milvian Bridge and the war against Licinius; "The Fall" features Alaric's sack of Rome.
• Warrior Queen (2003) - Fictionalized story of Boudicca, Queen of the Iceni of Britain and the revolt against Roman occupation.
• Warrior Queen (1978) - a British television series made for ITV in 1978 about Boudicca chronicling her efforts to fight the Romans.

Wars of Scottish Independence

• Braveheart (1995), depictions of battles of Stirling and Falkirk
• Rob Roy (1995)

Winter War

• Ski Patrol (1940)
• Talvisota (1989)

World War I

• Aces High (1976), air warfare
• African Queen, The (1951)
• All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
• All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
• Anzacs (1985) mini-series following Australian and New Zealand troops from recruitment, to Gallipoli and to the Western Front.
• Battle of Ypres (1925)
• Big Parade, The (1925)
• Biggles: Adventures in Time (1986), air warfare
• Black and White in Color (1976)
• Blue Max, The (1966), air warfare
• Capitaine Conan (1996)
• Canakkale Arslanlari (The Lions of Gallipoli War) (1964)
• Company K (2004)
• Darling Lili (1970)
• Dawn Patrol, The (1930), air warfare
• Dawn Patrol, The (1938), air warfare
• Deathwatch (2002) - related genre: horror
• End of St. Petersburg, The (1927)
• Farewell to Arms, A (1932)
• Farewell to Arms, A (1957)
• Fighting 69th (1940)
• Flyboys (2006), air warfare
• Fräulein Doktor (1969), spy drama from the German point of view
• Gallipoli (1981), depiction of the Battle of Gallipoli
• Grande guerra, La (1959)
• Hell's Angels (1930)
• Hell Below (1933)
• In Love and War (1958) version
• In Love and War (1996) version
• Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
• King of Hearts (1966) - related genre: comedy
• Grande Illusion, La (1937)
• Lawrence of Arabia (1962), depiction of the Battle of Aqaba
• Lighthorsemen, The (1987), depiction of the Battle of Beersheba
• Lost Battalion, The (1919)
• Lost Battalion, The (2001)
• Lost Patrol, The (1934)
• March on the Drina (1964)
• Merry Christmas (2005)
• Morgenrot (1933)
• Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
• Pack Up Your Troubles (1932) - comedy
• Paths of Glory (1957)
• Red Baron, The (Von Richthofen and Brown) (1971), air warfare
• Regeneration (Behind the Lines) (1997)
• Road Back, The (1937)
• Sergeant York (1941)
• Shoulder Arms (1918) - comedy
• Shout at the Devil (1976)
• The Spy in Black (1939)
• Trench, The (1999), depiction of the Battle of the Somme
• Very Long Engagement, A (2004)
• Westfront 1918 (1930)
• What Price Glory (1926)
• Wings (1927), air warfare
• Zeppelin (1971), air warfare
• Gallipoli (documentary) (2005)

World War II

(Also see World War II films)

• 08/15 (1954)
• 08/15 - Part two (1955)
• 08/15 - Back home (1955)
• Action in the North Atlantic (1943) depiction of the Battle of the Atlantic
• Air Force (1943) depiction of Attack on Pearl Harbor
• Ambush (1999)
• American Guerilla in the Philippines (1950)
• Angels One Five (1952) depiction of the Battle of Britain
• Anzio (1968), depiction of the Battle of Anzio
• L'Armée des ombres (1969), depiction of the French Resistance
• Atentat (1964), depiction of the Operation Anthropoid
• Atonement (film) (2007), depiction of Dunkirk before the evacuation
• Attack! (1956)
• Attack Force Z (1981) depiction of a battle involving the Z Special Unit
• Attack on the Iron Coast (1967)
• Back to Bataan (1945)
• Ballad of a Soldier (1959) ("Баллада о солдате" in Russia)
• Band of Brothers (2001 TV mini series)
• Bataan (1943)
• La Battaglia di El Alamein (1969)
• La Bataille du rail (1945)
• Battle At Bloody Beach (1961)
• Battleground (1949)
• Battle of Britain (1969), depiction of the Battle of Britain
• Battle of the Bulge (1965), depiction of the Battle of the Bulge
• Battle of the River Plate (1956)
• Beach Red (1967)
• The Best of Enemies (1962)
• The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
• The Big Red One (1980)
• Black Book (2006)
• Black Brigade (1970)
• Blood Oath (1990; also known as Prisoners of the Sun)
• The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
• The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
• A Bridge Too Far (1977), depiction of the Battle of Arnhem/Operation Market Garden
• The Bunker (1980 TV movie)
• The Caine Mutiny (1954)
• Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)
• Captains of the Clouds (1942)
• The Captive Heart (1946)
• Casablanca (1941)
• Castle Keep (1969)
• Catch-22 (1970)
• The Children of Huang Shi (2008)
• The Colditz Story (1954)
• Come and See (1985) ("Иди и смотри" in Russia)
• Command Decision (1948)
• Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
• Corregidor (film) (1943)
• Corvette K-225
• The Cranes Are Flying (1957) ("Летят журавли" in Russia)
• Crash Dive (1943)
• Cross of Iron (1977)
• The Cruel Sea (1953)
• The Dam Busters (1954)
• Danger Within (1958)
• Dark Blue World (2001)
• Das Boot (1981)
• Days of Glory (2006)
• D-Day the Sixth of June (1956)
• Decision Before Dawn
• The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)
• The Desert Rats (1953)
• Destination Tokyo (1943)
• Dieppe (1993) (TV film) - by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
• The Dirty Dozen (1967)
• Downfall (2004) ("Der Untergang" in Germany)
• Dunkirk (1958)
• The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
• El Alamein - La linea del fuoco (2002)
• Empire of the Sun (1987)
• To End All Wars (2001)
• Enemy at the Gates (2001), depiction of the Battle of Stalingrad
• The Enemy Below (1957)
• Escape from Sobibor (1987)
• Etulinjan edessä
• Father Goose (1964)
• The Fighting Seabees (1944)
• The Fighting Sullivans (1942)
• Flags of Our Fathers (2006), depiction of the Battle of Iwo Jima
• Flying Leathernecks (1951)
• Flying Tigers (1942)
• For Those We Love (2007)
• Force Ten from Navarone (1978)
• Foreign Correspondent (1940)
• Forty-Ninth Parallel (1941)
• The Frogmen (1951)
• From Here to Eternity (1953), depiction of the Attack on Pearl Harbor
• La Grande Vadrouille (1966)
• Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
• The Great Escape (1963)
• The Great Raid (2005)
• Guadalcanal Diary (1943)
• Gung Ho! (1943)
• The Guns of Navarone (1961)
• Halls of Montezuma (1950)
• Hangmen Also Die (1943)
• Hart's War (2002)
• Hell Is for Heroes (1962)
• The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
• Hope and Glory (1987)
• Ill Met By Moonlight (1957)
• Inimesed sõdurisinelis (1968)
• In Which We Serve (1942)
• In Harm's Way (1965)
• Is Paris Burning? (1966), depiction of the Liberation of Paris
• Katyn (2007)
• Kelly's Heroes (1970)
• Letters from Iwo Jima (2006), depiction of the Battle of Iwo Jima
• Little Iron Men (2008), depiction of the 442nd Infantry Regiment
• The Liberation (1971) ("Освобождение" in Russia)
• The Longest Day (1962), depiction of the Battle of Normandy
• Malaya (1949)
• Man Hunt (1941)
• Marine Raiders (1944)
• The McKenzie Break (1970)
• Memphis Belle (1990)
• Merrill's Marauders (1962)
• Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
• A Midnight Clear (1992)
• Midway (1976), depiction of the Battle of Midway
• Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
• The Mountain Road (1961)
• Mussolini and I (1985) (TV mini-series)
• Mussolini: Ultimo atto (Mussolini: The Last Four Days) (1974)
• My Name is Ivan (1963) ("Иваново детство" in Russia)
• The Naked and the Dead (1958)
• The Next of Kin (1942)
• The Night of the Generals (1967)
• The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982)
• 1941 (1979)
• No Man Is An Island (1962)
• The North Star (1943)
• One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)
• Only the Brave (2005), depiction of 100th Infantry Battalion
• Operation Daybreak (1975)
• Operation Pacific (1951)
• Operation Petticoat (1959)
• Otoko-tachi no Yamato (2005)
• Patton (1970), depiction of the Battle of El Guettar
• Pearl Harbor (2001), depictions of the Battle of Britain and the Attack on Pearl Harbor
• The Pianist (2002)
• PT 109 (1963)
• The Purple Heart (1944)
• Prisoners of the Sun (1990)
• Raid On Rommel (1971)
• Reach for the Sky (1956)
• Rengo kantai shirei chôkan: Yamamoto Isoroku (Admiral Yamato) (1968) - starring Toshiro Mifune
• Roma, città aperta
• Run Silent, Run Deep (1956)
• Sahara (1943)
• Sands of Iwo Jima (1949), depiction of the Battle of Iwo Jima
• Saints and Soldiers (2003)
• Saving Private Ryan (1998), depiction of the Battle of Normandy
• Schindler's List (1993)
• The Sea Wolves (1980)
• Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973 Soviet TV mini series) ("Семнадцать мгновений весны" in Russia)
• Sinimäed (2006)
• Sink the Bismarck (1960)
• 633 Squadron (1963)
• So Proudly We Hail! (1943)
• Soldier of Orange (1977)
• Stalag 17 (1953)
• Stalingrad (1993), depiction of the Battle of Stalingrad
• The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
• Surnupealuu sõdurid (2004)
• Talvisota (The Winter War) (1989) - The Winter War in Finland
• The Tanks are Coming (1951)
• They Fought for the Motherland (1975) ("Они сражались за родину" in Russia)
• They Were Expendable (1945)
• The Thin Red Line (1998), depiction of the Battle of Guadalcanal
• 13 Rue Madeleine (1947)
• Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
• This Land Is Mine (1943)
• To Hell and Back (1955)
• To Live in Peace (1947)
• Too Late the Hero (1970)
• Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), depiction of the Attack on Pearl Harbor
• The Train (1964)
• Tobruk (1967)
• The Burmese Harp (1956)
• The Tuskegee Airmen (1995)
• Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
• U-571 (2000)
• Tuntematon sotilas (1955 and 1985)
• Ühe metsa pojad (2007)
• Von Ryan's Express (1965)
• Võõra nime all (1984)
• Wake Island (1942)
• The Way Ahead (1944)
• Went the Day Well? (1942)
• When Trumpets Fade (1998), depiction of the Battle of Hurtgen Forest
• Where Eagles Dare (1969)
• Windtalkers (2002), depiction of the Battle of Saipan
• The Wings of Eagles (1957)
• The Wooden Horse (1950)
• The Young Lions (1958)
• The Battle of Neretva (1969)
• The Star (2002) ("Звезда" in Russia)

War on Terrorism

September 11, 2001 attacks

• DC 9/11: Time of Crisis (2003) (TV)
• Flight 93 (2006) (TV)
• United 93 (2006)
• The Path to 9/11 (2006) (TV)
• World Trade Center (2006)

War in Afghanistan (2001–present)

• Lions for Lambs (2007)
• Lone Survivor (2009)

War on Terrorism in Pakistan

• A Mighty Heart (2007)

Operation Enduring Freedom - Philippines

• The Hunt of Eagle One (2006)
• The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point (2006)

Islamic insurgency in Algeria (2002-present)

• Rendition (2007)

Iraq War

• Saving Jessica Lynch (2003) (TV)
• Over There (2005) (TV series)
• The Tiger and the Snow (2005)
• American Soldiers (2005)
• Valley of the Wolves Iraq (2006)
• A Line in the Sand (2006) (TV)
• Home of the Brave (2006)
• Redacted (2007)
• Grace Is Gone (2007)
• The Mark of Cain (2007) (TV)
• Battle For Haditha (2007)
• The Four Horsemen (2007)
• Stop Loss (2008)
• The Hurt Locker (2008)
• War, Inc. (2008)
• Green Zone (2009)
• No True Glory: Battle for Fallujah (2009)

Insurgency in Saudi Arabia

• Syriana (2005)
• The Kingdom (2007)

Covert special operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, etc.

• The Unit (2006-) (TV series)

MI5 counter-terrorism operations

• Spooks (2002-) (TV series)

See also

• War film
• Battles in film