List of war films
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This is a list of war films.
[edit] Trojan War
- Helen of Troy (1956)
- Troy (2004)
[edit] Greco-Persian Wars
- 300 (2007)
- The 300 Spartans (1962)
[edit] Second Punic War
[edit] Sino-Xiongnu War
[edit] Third Servile War
- Spartacus (1960)
[edit] Gallic Wars
- Asterix movies
[edit] Crusades
- Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
[edit] Wars of Scottish Independence
- Braveheart (1995)
[edit] Hundred Years' War
- Joan of Arc (1999)
- The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
- Henry V (1944 film), a film adaptation of Shakespeare's play, directed by Laurence Olivier.
- Henry V (1989 film), a film adaptation of Shakespeare's play, directed by Kenneth Branagh.
[edit] Hussite Wars
- Jan Žižka (1955)
[edit] French and Indian War
- The Last of the Mohicans (1920) & (1936) & (1992)
[edit] American Revolutionary War
- 1776 (1982) 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)
- Revolution (1985)
- Valley Forge (1975) made for TV
[edit] Napoleonic Wars
- Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951)
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
- Napoléon (1927)
- War and Peace (1956, USA)
- War and Peace (1968, USSR)
- Waterloo (1970)
[edit] Crimean War
- The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936 and 1968)
[edit] Texas War of Independence
- The Alamo (1936)
- The Alamo (1960)
- The Alamo (2004)
- The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory (1987)
[edit] American Civil War
(Also see American Civil War films)
- Andersonville (1996) made for TV
- Battle of Gettysburg (1913)
- Battle of Gettysburg (1956)
- Birth of a Nation (1915), first epic film
- Cold Mountain (2003)
- The General (1927), a comedy starring Buster Keaton
- Gettysburg (1993)
- Gods and Generals (2003)
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
- Glory (1989)
- Gone with the Wind (1939)
- The Horse Soldiers (1959)
- The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
- The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
- Ride With The Devil (1999)
- Shenandoah (1965)
- The Hunley (1997)
[edit] Indian Wars
- Buffalo Soldiers (1997) (TV)
- The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer (1977) (TV)
- 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)
- She Wore A Yellow Ribbon (1949)
- Son of the Morning Star (1991)
- They Died With Their Boots On (1941)
- Soldier Blue (1970)
[edit] Spanish-American War
- Tearing Down the Spanish Flag - first war movie ever made, in 1898.
- The Rough Riders- 1997 TV movie
[edit] Satsuma Rebellion
- The Last Samurai (2003)
[edit] Anglo-Zulu War
- Shaka Zulu (1986) (TV)
- Zulu (1964)
- Zulu Dawn (1979)
[edit] Anglo-Boer War
- Ohm Kruger (1942)
- Untamed (1955)
- Breaker Morant (1980)
[edit] Battle of Abu Klea
- The Four Feathers (2002)
[edit] World War I
(Also see World War I films)
- The African Queen (1951)
- All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
- The Big Parade (1925)
- The Blue Max (1966)
- The Dawn Patrol (1930 and 1938)
- The End of St. Petersburg (1927)
- A Farewell to Arms (1932)
- Gallipoli (1981)
- Hell's Angels (1930)
- In Love and War (1996)
- Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
- King of Hearts (1966), a comedy
- La Grande Illusion (1937)
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- Merry Christmas (2005)
- Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
- Paths of Glory (1957)
- Regeneration (Behind the Lines) (1997)
- Sergeant York (1941)
- A Very Long Engagement (2004)
- What Price Glory (1926)
- Wings (1927)
- The Lost Battalion (1919)
- The Lost Battalion (2001)
- Black and White in Color (1976)
- Flyboys (2006)
- The Lighthorsemen (1987)
[edit] Russian Revolution
- The End of St. Petersburg (1927)
- October: Ten Days That Shook The World (1927)
- Battleship Potemkin (1925)
- Dr. Zhivago (1965)
- Reds (1981)
- Top secret (1945)
[edit] Anglo-Irish War
[edit] Spanish Civil War
- El Viaje de Carol (2002)
- For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
- Land and Freedom (1995)
[edit] World War II
(Also see World War II films)
- Angels One Five (1952)
- Anzio (1968)
- L'Armée des ombres (1969)
- Atentat (1964)
- Attack! (1956)
- Attack Force Z (1981)
- Attack on the Iron Coast (1967)
- Ballad of a Soldier (1959) ("Баллада о солдате" in Russia)
- Band of Brothers (2001 TV mini series)
- La Bataille du rail (1945)
- Battleground (1949)
- Battle of Britain (1969)
- Battle of the Bulge (1965)
- Battle of the River Plate (1956)
- The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
- The Big Red One (1980)
- Black Book (2006)
- The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
- A Bridge Too Far (1977)
- The Bunker (1980 TV movie)
- Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)
- Captains of the Clouds (1942)
- The Captive Heart (1946)
- Casablanca (1941)
- Catch-22 (1970)
- The Colditz Story (1954)
- Come and See (1985) ("Иди и смотри" in Russia)
- Command Decision (1951)
- Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
- Corvette K-225
- The Cranes Are Flying (1957) ("Летят журавли" in Russia)
- Cross of Iron (1977) ("Steiner – Das Eiserne Kreuz" in Germany)
- The Cruel Sea (1953)
- D-Day the Sixth of June (1956)
- The Dam Busters (1954)
- Danger Within (1958)
- Dark Blue World (2001)
- Das Boot (1981)
- Decision Before Dawn
- Downfall (2004) ("Der Untergang" in Germany)
- The Dirty Dozen (1967)
- Dunkirk (1958)
- The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
- Empire of the Sun (1987)
- To End All Wars (2001)
- Enemy at the Gates (2001)
- The Enemy Below (1957)
- The Fighting Sullivans (1942)
- Flying Tigers (1942)
- Flags of our Fathers (2006)
- Force Ten from Navarone (1978)
- Forty-Ninth Parallel (1941)
- From Here to Eternity (1953)
- La Grande Vadrouille (1966)
- The Great Raid (2005)
- Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
- The Great Escape (1963)
- The Guns of Navarone (1961)
- Hangmen Also Die (1943)
- Hart's War (2002)
- Hell Is For Heroes (1962)
- Hope and Glory (1987)
- Ill Met By Moonlight (1957)
- In Which We Serve (1942)
- In Harm's Way (1965)
- Kelly's Heroes (1970)
- Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
- The Longest Day (1962)
- Malaya (1949)
- Memphis Belle (1990)
- Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
- A Midnight Clear (1992)
- The Mountain Road (1961)
- My Name is Ivan (1963) ("Иваново детство" in Russia)
- The Naked and the Dead (1958)
- The Next of Kin (1942)
- 1941 (1979)
- Operation Daybreak(1975)
- Operation Pacific (1951)
- Otoko-tachi no Yamato 2005
- Paris brule-t-il ? (Is Paris Burning?)
- Patton (1970)
- Pearl Harbor (2001)
- The Pianist (2002)
- Reach for the Sky (1956)
- Roma, città aperta
- Run Silent, Run Deep (1956)
- Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
- Saints and Soldiers (2003)
- Saving Private Ryan (1998)
- Schindler's List (1993)
- The Sea Wolves (1980)
- Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973 Soviet TV mini series) ("Семнадцать мгновений весны" in Russia)
- Sink the Bismarck (1960)
- Soldier of Orange (1977)
- 633 Squadron (1963)
- Stalag 17 (1953)
- Stalingrad (1993)
- The Star (2002) ("Звезда" in Russia)
- The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
- The Thin Red Line (1998)
- Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
- This Land Is Mine (1943)
- To Hell and Back (1955)
- Too Late the Hero (1970)
- Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
- The Train (1964)
- Tuskgee Airmen(2000)
- Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
- U-571 (2000)
- The Way Ahead (1944)
- Windtalkers (2002)
- Went the Day Well? (1942)
- When Trumpets Fade (1998)
- Where Eagles Dare (1969)
- The Wooden Horse (1950)
- The Young Lions (1958)
- Murphy's War (1971)
[edit] Indochina War
- La 317éme section
- Diên Biên Phú
- The Killing Fields (1984) (Cambodia)
- The Quiet American (2002)
[edit] Korean War
(Also see Korean War films)
- The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
- A Hill in Korea (1956)
- Macarthur (1977)
- M*A*S*H (1970)
- Men of the Fighting Lady (1954)
- Pork Chop Hill (1959)
- Taegukgi (2005)
- Retreat, Hell! (1952)
[edit] Mau Mau Revolt
- Something of Value
[edit] Algerian War of Independence
- Battle of Algiers (1965) (La Battaglia di Algeri)
- Chronique des années de braise
- L'Honneur d'un Capitaine
- Lost Command (1966)
- RAS
- Le Petit Soldat (1960)
[edit] Cambodian Civil War
[edit] Vietnam War
(Also see Vietnam War films)
- Air America (1990)
- Apocalypse Now (1979)
- Bat*21 (1988)
- Birdy (1985)
- Born On the Fourth of July (1989)
- The Boys In Company C (1978)
- A Bright Shining Lie (1998)
- Casualties of War (1989)
- The Deer Hunter (1978)
- 84C MoPic (1989)
- Flight of the Intruder
- Full Metal Jacket (1987)
- Gardens of Stone (1987)
- Go Tell the Spartans (1978)
- Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
- The Green Berets (1968)
- Hamburger Hill (1987)
- Heaven & Earth (1993)
- How Sleep the Brave
- Missing In Action (1984)
- The Odd Angry Shot (1979)
- Operation Dumbo Drop (1995)
- Platoon (1986)
- A Rumor of War (1980) (TV)
- The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1987)
- Tigerland (2000)
- Uncommon Valor (1983)
- The Walking Dead (1995)
- We Were Soldiers (2002)
[edit] 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 (1990)
- Thirteen Days (2000)
- K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
- The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
- Red Dawn (1984)
- Threads (1984) (TV)
- Top Gun (1986)
- The War Game (1965)
- On The Beach (1959)
[edit] Lebanese Civil War
- Zozo (2005)
[edit] Soviet war in Afghanistan
- 9th Company (2005)
- The Beast of War
- Spetsnaz (2002, a TV miniseries)
- Rambo III
[edit] Falklands War
- Resurrected (1989)
- Tumbledown (1988) (TV)
- An Ungentlemanly Act (1992) (TV)
[edit] Invasion of Grenada
- Heartbreak Ridge (1986)
[edit] First Gulf War
(Also see Gulf War films)
- Bravo Two Zero (1999) (TV)
- Courage Under Fire (1996)
- The Finest Hour (1992)
- Jarhead (2005)
- Live From Baghdad
- The One That Got Away (1996) (TV)
- Thanks of a Grateful Nation (1998) (TV)
- Three Kings (1999)
[edit] Somalia
- The Flight of the Wild Geese
- Black Hawk Down (2001)
[edit] Rwandan Civil War
[edit] Bosnian War
- Behind Enemy Lines (2002)
- No Man's Land (2001)
- Savior (1998)
- Shot Through The Heart (1998)
- Underground (movie) (1996)
- Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)
- Grbavica (2006)
[edit] Second Liberian Civil War
[edit] Operation Enduring Freedom - Philippines
[edit] Iraq War
- Saving Jessica Lynch (2003) (TV)
- Over There (2005) (TV series)
- Valley of the Wolves Iraq (2006)
- Home of the Brave (2006)
