War Movies
On Our Own Land

On Our Own Land

On Our Own Land
IMDb: 6.9
110

Set in a Slovenian coastal town in WW2, the film tells a story about villagers who help partisans to get rid of Italian, and later German authorities that ruled the…

Genre: War
Homecoming

Homecoming

Homecoming
IMDb: 6.8
113

Self-absorbed Dr. Lee Johnson enlists with the Army medical corps during World War II, more out of a feeling that it’s “the thing to do” rather than deep-seated patriotism. On…

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Fighter Squadron

Fighter Squadron

Fighter Squadron
IMDb: 6.2
96

During World War II, an insubordinate fighter pilot finds the shoe on the other foot when he’s promoted.

Genre: Action, War
Elizabeth of Ladymead

Elizabeth of Ladymead

Elizabeth of Ladymead
IMDb: 6
97

Four generations of a British family live through their experiences in the Crimean War, Boer War, WWI and WWII.

Genre: Drama, War
Command Decision

Command Decision

Command Decision
IMDb: 7.3
112

High-ranking officers struggle with the decision to prioritize bombing German factories producing new jet fighters over the extremely high casualties the mission will cost.

Genre: Drama, War
Against the Wind

Against the Wind

Against the Wind
IMDb: 6.3
96

A disparate group of volunteers are trained as saboteurs and parachuted into Belgium to blow up an office containing important Nazi records and to rescue a prominent S.O.E. agent, who…

Genre: Action, Drama, War
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow

Between Yesterday and Tomorrow

Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
IMDb: 7.2
107

A group of people gathers back in the post-war ruins of a luxurious Munich hotel they inhabited at one point or another years before; each trying to cope with the…

Genre: Drama, War
Le Silence de la mer

Le Silence de la mer

Le Silence de la mer
IMDb: 7.6
87

In a small town in WWII France, a German officer is billeted in the house of an elderly man and his niece who resist the occupation by refusing to interact…

Genre: Drama, War
San Demetrio London

San Demetrio London

San Demetrio London
IMDb: 6.7
97

Based on the true story of the 1940 rescue of the tanker MV San Demetrio by parts of her own crew after she had been set afire in the middle…

Genre: Action, Drama, War
The Damned

The Damned

The Damned
IMDb: 7
105

A group of Nazis and sympathizers board a submarine bound for South America in the hopes of finding shelter.

Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
High Barbaree

High Barbaree

High Barbaree
IMDb: 6.4
91

After his plane is downed in the South Pacific, a Navy flier recounts his life to a co-pilot while awaiting rescue.

Genre: Action, Drama, War
Frieda

Frieda

Frieda
IMDb: 7.1
98

An RAF pilot who was shot down during WWII returns home to his English village with his new bride. The trouble is that she is the German lady who helped…

Genre: Drama, War
The Fabulous Texan

The Fabulous Texan

The Fabulous Texan
IMDb: 6.5
95

A couple of Confederate soldiers, returning home from the Civil War, find Texas transformed into an armed camp with a quasi-dictator gathering up land and power as fast as he…

Genre: War, Western
Desire Me

Desire Me

Desire Me
IMDb: 6.1
91

A war widow falls in love with the man who informed her of her husband’s death.

Genre: Romance, War
The Beginning or the End

The Beginning or the End

The Beginning or the End
IMDb: 6.5
112

The research, development, and deployment of the first atomic bomb, as well as the bombing of Hiroshima, are detailed in this docudrama.

Till the End of Time

Till the End of Time

Till the End of Time
IMDb: 6.7
105

Three former marines have a hard time readjusting to civilian life. Perry can’t deal with the loss of the use of his legs. William is in trouble with bad debts….

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
School for Secrets

School for Secrets

School for Secrets
IMDb: 6.5
108

Wartime tale of a group of British scientists efforts to develop the first radar system. They did it just in time for it to be used in the Battle of…

Genre: Drama, War
Rome, Open City

Rome, Open City

Rome, Open City
IMDb: 8
104

During the Nazi occupation of 1944 Rome, Resistance leader Giorgio Manfredi is pursued by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a means of escape.

Genre: Drama, War
Piccadilly Incident

Piccadilly Incident

Piccadilly Incident
IMDb: 6.5
100

A newly married WREN, presumed drowned when her ship is torpedoed, spends three years on a tropical island before returning to England to find her husband remarried with a baby…

Genre: Drama, War
Paisan

Paisan

Paisan
IMDb: 7.6
125

Six stories unfold in various regions, from Sicily to the northern Po Valley as American military personnel interact with a variety of Italian locals over eighteen months in the push…

Genre: Drama, War
O.S.S.

O.S.S.

O.S.S.
IMDb: 6.6
107

The (O)ffice of (S)trategic (S)ervices’ Cmdr. Brady (Patric Knowles) forms Operation “Applejack” (based on a composite of actual incidents during WWII) and sends Lt. (j.g.) Philip Masson, U.S.N.R. aka John…

Let There Be Light

Let There Be Light

Let There Be Light
IMDb: 7.4
58

The final entry in a trilogy of films produced for the U.S. government by John Huston. Some returning combat veterans suffer scars that are more psychological than physical. This film…

Genre: Documentary, War
Journey Together

Journey Together

Journey Together
IMDb: 6.5
95

Two Englishmen train with the Royal Air Force, ending with a bombing raid on Berlin.

Genre: Drama, War
Johnny Frenchman

Johnny Frenchman

Johnny Frenchman
IMDb: 6.3
100

The fisherman from a Cornish village have a friendly rivalry with the fishermen (and one formidable woman) from a French port. Then war comes and they must all rethink their…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
From This Day Forward

From This Day Forward

From This Day Forward
IMDb: 6.3
95

A young American soldier, with an honorable discharge, returns home from World War II to his bride, whom he married after a short courtship and has not seen for several…

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
The Fleet That Came to Stay

The Fleet That Came to Stay

The Fleet That Came to Stay
IMDb: 6.7
21

A propaganda short film produced by the US Navy in 1945 about the naval engagements of the invasion of Okinawa.

Genre: Documentary, War
Cloak and Dagger

Cloak and Dagger

Cloak and Dagger
IMDb: 6.6
106

Italian partisans help a professor sent by the OSS to find an atomic scientist held by Nazis.

Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
The Captive Heart

The Captive Heart

The Captive Heart
IMDb: 7
104

A series of stories about the lives and loves of men in a Prisoner of War camp over five years. The main story is of Hasek (Redgrave) a Czech soldier…

Genre: Drama, War
The Battle of the Rails

The Battle of the Rails

The Battle of the Rails
IMDb: 7
85

A dramatized account of the French Resistance, this wartime film depicts how railway workers sabotaged German trains to disrupt troop movements and supply lines during the Nazi occupation. Blending documentary…

Genre: Drama, War
I See a Dark Stranger

I See a Dark Stranger

I See a Dark Stranger
IMDb: 6.9
112

Proud Irishwoman Bridie Quilty journeys to Dublin while World War II rages across Europe. During her travels, she encounters J. Miller, who recruits her as a Nazi spy. She acquires…

Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
13 Rue Madeleine

13 Rue Madeleine

13 Rue Madeleine
IMDb: 6.9
95

Bob Sharkey, an instructor of would-be spies for the Allied Office of Strategic Services, becomes suspicious of one of the latest batch of students, Bill O’Connell, who is too good…

Genre: Thriller, War
The Way to the Stars

The Way to the Stars

The Way to the Stars
IMDb: 7.3
109

Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join in the bomber…

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
A Walk in the Sun

A Walk in the Sun

A Walk in the Sun
IMDb: 6.9
117

In the 1943 invasion of Italy, one American platoon lands, digs in, then makes its way inland to attempt to take a fortified farmhouse, as tension and casualties mount.

Genre: Drama, War
A Friend Will Come Tonight

A Friend Will Come Tonight

A Friend Will Come Tonight
IMDb: 6.3
125

Commander Gerard and his band of guerrillas have found the ideal hideout: a nursing home in the Alps where, along with the mentally ill, are also hiding a Jewish girl…

Genre: Drama, War
This Man’s Navy

This Man’s Navy

This Man’s Navy
IMDb: 6.3
100

During World War II, Chief Aviation Pilot Ned Trumpet is in charge of an airship at Lakehurst, New Jersey naval base. Trumpet orders an unauthorized and premature attack on a…

Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
They Were Expendable

They Were Expendable

They Were Expendable
IMDb: 7.2
135

After a demonstration of new PT boats, navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat, leaving Lt. “Rusty” Ryan frustrated. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, however, Ryan…

Genre: Drama, War
Story of G.I. Joe

Story of G.I. Joe

Story of G.I. Joe
IMDb: 7.2
108

War correspondent Ernie Pyle joins Company C, 18th Infantry as this American army unit fights its way across North Africa in World War II. He comes to know the soldiers…

Genre: Drama, War
Pride of the Marines

Pride of the Marines

Pride of the Marines
IMDb: 7.3
119

Marine hero Al Schmid is blinded in battle and returns home to be rehabilitated. He readjusts to his civilian life with the help of his soon to be wife.

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Objective, Burma!

Objective, Burma!

Objective, Burma!
IMDb: 7.3
142

A group of men parachute into Japanese-occupied Burma with a dangerous and important mission: to locate and blow up a radar station. They accomplish this well enough, but when they…

Keep Your Powder Dry

Keep Your Powder Dry

Keep Your Powder Dry
IMDb: 6.4
93

A debutante, a serviceman’s bride and a girl from a military family join the Women’s Army Corps.

Genre: Drama, War