War Movies
Body of War 7.8 1h 27min Documentary about Tomas Young, a 25 year old veteran who got paralyzed in Iraq and became an peace activist.
The Last Legion 5.4 1h 42min As the Roman empire crumbles, young Romulus Augustus flees the city and embarks on a perilous voyage to Britain to track down a legion of supporters.
Nanking 7.7 1h 28min The story of the rape of Nanking, one of the most tragic events in history. In 1937, the invading Japanese army murdered over 200,000 and raped tens of thousands of…
Chicago 10 7.4 1h 50min Archival footage, animation, and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who were put on trial following the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
Letters from Iwo Jima 7.8 2h 21min The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
300 7.6 1h 56min Based on Frank Miller’s graphic novel, ”300” is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians; the…
Flags of Our Fathers 7.1 2h 15min There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the story of three of…
Flyboys 6.5 2h 18min The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country’s first fighter pilots.
Rescue Dawn 7.3 2h A US Fighter pilot’s epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.
Black Book 7.7 2h 25min In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.
Second in Command 4.9 1h 31min Armed insurgents attempt a coup d’etat in a troubled Eastern European country, and the president flees to the U.S. embassy for protection. When the U.S. ambassador is murdered by the…
The Wind That Shakes the Barley 7.5 2h 7min In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O’Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend’s farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in the Irish Republican Army, but political events are soon set in motion that tear the brothers apart.
Joyeux Noel 7.7 1h 56min In 1914, World War I, the bloodiest war ever at that time in human history, was well under way. However on Christmas Eve, numerous sections of the Western Front called…
The Crusades: Crescent & the Cross 7.4 3h The Crusades: Crescent & the Cross presents the epic battle between two superpowers of the Middle Ages: the Christian Crusaders and the Muslims. Fought over two centuries, the conflict decided…
Jarhead 7.0 2h 3min Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up with an arduous boot camp, Swofford and his unit are sent to…
The Great Raid 6.6 2h 12min As World War II rages, the elite Sixth Ranger Battalion is given a mission of heroic proportions: push 30 miles behind enemy lines and liberate over 500 American prisoners of…
Welcome to Dongmakgol 7.6 2h 13min Based on the long running play by Jang Jin, the story is set in Korea during the Korean War in 1950. Soldiers from both the North and South, as well…
Martial Law 9/11: Rise of the Police State 7.1 2h 36min Evil has spread across the land. Martial Law: 9/11 Rise of the Police State exposes the high-tech control grid that is being set up across America Out of the ashes…
Kingdom of Heaven 7.2 2h 24min After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.
The Second Front 3.9 1h 28min In the midst of World War 2, intelligence services from England, Germany and Russia collided in a fierce fight for the mind of Nicky Raus, a genius German Jewish scientist…
In Enemy Hands 6.0 1h 34min At the height of Hitler’s infamous U-boat war, the crew of the U.S.S. Swordfish were heading home after months at sea. They never made it. Now prisoners of war aboard…
Alexander 5.6 2h 55min Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then known world, venturing farther than any…
Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War 7.7 56min Interviews with varied U.S officials and experts offer a deconstruction on the Bush administration’s case for war in Iraq in the wake of 9/11.
A Very Long Engagement 7.6 2h 13min In 1919, Mathilde was 19 years old. Two years earlier, her fiancé Manech left for the front at the Somme. Like millions of others he was ”killed on the field…
ScaredSacred 7.1 A documentary that searches for glimmers of hope within humanity’s darkest moments.
Hotel Rwanda 8.1 2h 1min Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the…
King Arthur 6.3 2h 6min The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the ’Sarmatian hypothesis’ which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops stationed in Britain, and…
Fahrenheit 9/11 7.5 2h 3min Michael Moore’s view on what happened to the United States after September 11; and how the Bush Administration allegedly used the tragic event to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Troy DC 7.3 2h 43min In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and…
The Alamo 6.0 2h 17min Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna’s forces at the Alamo in…
The Fallen 5.1 1h 46min THE FALLEN is a three-sided story about German, Italian, and American soldiers, set in Northern Italy during the final weeks of the World War II. On the one side, a…
Cold Mountain 7.2 2h 34min In this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named W.P. Inman deserts his unit and travels across…
The Last Samurai 7.8 2h 34min Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that…
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 7.5 2h 18min After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to…
Beyond Borders 6.4 2h 7min Beyond Borders is an epic tale of the turbulent romance between two star-crossed lovers set against the backdrop of the world’s most dangerous hot spots. Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie…
The Nazi Officer’s Wife 7.3 1h 30min Edith Han was an young woman that was studying law in Vienna when the German forced Edith and her mother into a Jewish ghetto.
Tears of the Sun 6.6 2h 1min Navy SEAL Lieutenant A.K. Waters and his elite squadron of tactical specialists are forced to choose between their duty and their humanity, between following orders by ignoring the conflict that…
Hornblower: Duty 7.9 1h 36min The Hornblower series is based on C.S. Forester’s classic maritime adventures – the story of one young man’s struggle to become a leader of men. Set against the back drop…
Hornblower: Loyalty 8.0 2h 5min Hornblower is given a dangerous mission to deliver an emigre French nobleman to a secret rendezvous near Brest while coping with enemy agents in his own ranks.
Noam Chomsky: Rebel Without a Pause 7.1 1h 14min Linguist, intellectual and activist, Noam Chomsky discusses and reflects on the state of world events including the War in Iraq, September 11th, the War on Terror, Media Manipulation and Control,…
The Quiet American 7.0 1h 41min A stylish political thriller where love and war collide in Southeast Asia. Set in early 1950s Vietnam, a young American becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle when he falls…
Deathwatch 5.9 1h 34min In the brutal trench fighting of the First World War, a British Infantry Company is separated from their regiment after a fierce battle. Attempting to return to their lines, the…
The Pianist 8.5 2h 30min The true story of pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman’s experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
The Four Feathers 6.5 2h 12min The story, set in 1875, follows a British officer (Heath Ledger) who resigns his post when he learns of his regiment’s plan to ship out to the Sudan for the…
K-19: The Widowmaker 6.7 2h 18min When Russia’s first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.
Windtalkers 6.1 2h 14min Joe Enders is a gung-ho Marine assigned to protect a ”windtalker” – one of several Navajo Indians who were used to relay messages during World War II because their spoken…
Power Elite 3.9 1h 34min The President of the United States, Jonathan Caine, prepares to sign a treaty banning chemical weapons. This signature, hoped for many years, is eagerly awaited. However, this gesture for peace…
We Were Soldiers 7.2 2h 18min The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.
Hart’s War 6.3 2h 5min Fourth-generation Army Col. William McNamara is imprisoned in a brutal German POW camp. Still, as the senior-ranking American officer, he commands his fellow inmates, keeping a sense of honor alive…
Delta Force One: The Lost Patrol 2.7 1h 36min An elite commando unit must rescue a captured peacekeeping force from a ruthless international arms dealer.
Safe Conduct 6.9 2h 50min The film is about the French film industry from 1942 to 1944 during the Nazi occupation. The film focuses on assistant director and resistance fighter Jean Devaivre and screenwriter Jean…
Black Hawk Down 7.7 2h 25min When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy…
The Lost Battalion 7.0 1h 32min Fact-based war drama about an American battalion of over 500 men which gets trapped behind enemy lines in the Argonne Forest in October 1918 France during the closing weeks of…
Behind Enemy Lines 6.4 1h 46min While flying a routine reconnaissance mission over Bosnia, fighter pilot Chris Burnett photographs something he wasn’t supposed to see and gets shot down behind enemy lines, where he must outrun…
All the Queen’s Men 4.8 1h 39min A mismatched team of British Special Services agents led by an American must infiltrate, in disguise, a female-run Enigma factory in Berlin and bring back the decoding device that will…
The Grey Zone 7.0 1h 48min A Nazi doctor, along with the Sonderkomando Jews – who are forced to work in the crematoria of Auschwitz against their fellow-Jews – find themselves in a moral grey zone.
Buffalo Soldiers 6.7 1h 38min Set just before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Sgt. Ray Elwood is an American soldier stationed at a German army camp. A soldier because a judge gave…
To End All Wars 7.0 1h 48min Based on a real-life story, this drama focuses on a small group of Allied soldiers in Burma who are held captive by the Japanese. Capt. Ernest Gordon (Ciaran McMenamin), Lt….
Suchwiin bulmyeong 7.2 1h 57min Romances end in blood and the frail hopes of individuals are torn apart in a vile karmic continuity of colonialism, civil war and occupation. After surviving Japanese colonization, Korea became…
Pearl Harbor 6.2 3h 3min The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval…
Dark Blue World 7.1 1h 52min Lt. Franta Slama is a top pilot in the Czech Air Force who is assigned to train a promising young flier, Karel Vojtisek, and they soon become friends. When Nazi…
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin 5.9 2h 11min When a Greek fisherman leaves to fight with the Greek army during WWII, his fiancee falls in love with the local Italian commander. The film is based on a novel…
Hornblower: Retribution 8.2 1h 38min Hornblower and the other officers of the Renown must return to Jamaica to face a court-martial and possible execution for their actions in relieving their unstable captain.
Enemy at the Gates 7.5 2h 11min Enemy at the Gates is a war film from Jean-Jacques Annaud from 2001 that takes place during the battle of Stalingard in World War II between the Russians and the…
Enigma 6.4 1h 59min A romantic thriller based around the World War 2 project to crack the codes behind the Enigma machine, used by the Germans to encrypt messages sent to their submarines.
War Photographer 7.9 1h 36min Documentary about war photographer James Nachtwey, considered by many the greatest war photographer ever.
Thirteen Days 7.3 2h 25min Dramatisation of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missle bases established on the Soviet allied island of Cuba….
Tigerland 6.9 1h 41min A group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana’s infamous Tigerland, last stop before Vietnam for tens of thousands of young men in 1971
The Man Who Cried 6.1 1h 36min A young refugee travels from Russia to America in search of her lost father and falls in love with a gypsy horseman.
The Patriot 7.2 2h 45min After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a…
U-571 6.6 1h 56min In the midst of World War II, the battle under the sea rages and the Nazis have the upper hand as the Allies are unable to crack their war codes….
Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq 8.1 1h 15min An analysis of the effect of economic sanctions on Iraq.
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc 6.4 2h 38min In 1429 a teenage girl from a remote French village stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she would defeat the world’s greatest army…
Three Kings 7.1 1h 54min A group of American soldiers stationed in Iraq at the end of the Gulf War find a map they believe will take them to a huge cache of stolen Kuwaiti…
Sunshine 7.5 3h 1min The film follows a Jewish family living in Hungary through three generations, rising from humble beginnings to positions of wealth and power in the crumbling Austro-Hungarian Empire. The patriarch becomes…
Regret to Inform 7.3 1h 12min In this film made over ten years, filmmaker Barbara Sonneborn goes on a pilgrimage to the Vietnamese countryside where her husband was killed. She and translator (and fellow war widow)…
The Thin Red Line 7.6 2h 51min Based on the graphic novel by James Jones, The Thin Red Line tells the story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and…
Legionnaire 5.5 1h 38min Alain Lefevre is a boxer paid by a Marseille mobster to take a dive. When he wins the fight he attempts to flee to America with the mobster’s girlfriend Katrina….
Hornblower: The Even Chance 8.1 1h 40min The Hornblower series is based on C.S. Forester’s classic maritime adventures – the story of one young man’s struggle to become a leader of men. Set against the back drop…
Kidô senshi Gandamu: Dai 08 MS shôtai – Mirâzu ripôto 6.3 55min In a future war, a young battle robot pilot suspected of being a spy must face court martial. Meanwhile, the home village of a friend of his is threatened by…
Saving Private Ryan 8.6 2h 49min As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are…
When Trumpets Fade 7.0 1h 35min In WWII Western Germany, Private David Manning reluctantly leaves behind a mortally wounded fellow soldier and searches for survivors from his platoon, only to learn from commanding officer Captain Pritchett…
The Postman 6.1 2h 58min In 2013 there are no highways, no I-ways, no dreams of a better tomorrow, only scattered survivors across what was once the Unites States. Into this apocalyptic wasteland comes an enigmatic drifter with a mule, a knack for Shakespeare and something yet undiscovered: the power to inspire hope.
G. I. Jane 6.0 2h 5min A female Senator succeeds in enrolling a woman into Combined Reconnaissance Team training where everyone expects her to fail.
Behind Enemy Lines 4.2 1h 29min An ex-marine returns to Vietnam when he learns his former mercenary partner whom he thought was killed is being held by a sadistic general.
Welcome to Sarajevo 6.7 1h 43min Follow a group of international journalists into the heart of the once cosmopolitan city of Sarajevo—now a danger zone of sniper and mortar attacks where residents still live. While reporting…
The Truce 6.5 1h 52min Although liberated from Auschwitz on January 27, 1945, Levi did not reach Turin until October 19 of that year. After spending some time in a Soviet camp for former concentration…
The English Patient 7.4 2h 42min In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent…
Carla’s Song 6.8 2h 5min A Glasgow man (Robert Carlyle) visits war-torn Nicaragua with a refugee (Oyanka Cabezas) tormented by her memories.
Michael Collins 7.1 2h 12min Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but becomes vilified by those hoping to create a completely independent Irish republic.