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

Contents 1 2nd Sino-Japanese War 2 al-Aqsa Intifada 3 Algerian War of Independence 4 American Civil War 5 American Revolutionary War 6 Ancient Greece 7 Anglo-Saxon invasion of England 8 Anglo-Zulu War 9 Battle of the Ice 10 Bosnian War 11 Boxer Rebellion 12 Cambodian Civil War 13 Chechen War 14 Chinese Civil War 15 Cold War 16 Colonial conflicts in Northern Africa 17 Crimean War 18 Croatian War of Independence 19 Crusades 20 El Salvador Civil War 21 English Civil War 22 Estonian War of Independence (1918-1920) 23 Falklands War 24 Finland's Continuation War (1941-1944) 25 First Arab-Israeli War 26 Franco-Mexican War 27 Franco-Prussian War 28 French Revolutionary Wars 29 Great Northern War 30 Greco-Turkish War 31 Gulf War 32 Hundred Years' War 33 Hussite Wars 34 Indian Rebellion of 1857 and subsequent colonial conflicts in India 35 US Indian Wars 36 South East Asian Wars Excluding The Vietnam War 37 Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts (1947-1999) 38 Indo-Sino War (19620 39 Irish War of Independence and Irish Civil War 40 Invasion of Grenada 41 Iran–Iraq War 42 Karen insurgency 43 Khmelnytsky Uprising 44 Korean War 45 Kosovo War 46 Latvian War of Independence (1918-1920) 47 Lebanese Civil War 48 Mahdist Sudanese War 49 Mau Mau Revolt 50 Mercenaries in the Third World 51 Mexican-American War 52 Mexican Revolution 53 Napoleonic Wars 54 Nicaraguan Civil War 55 Operation Entebbe 56 Opium Wars 57 Partisan War in Lithuania (1944-1953) 58 Partisan War in Ukraine (1940s-1950s) 59 Rhodesian Bush War 60 Russian Revolution of 1917 and Russian Civil War 61 Russo-Japanese War 62 Rwandan Civil War 63 Satsuma Rebellion 64 Scanian War 65 Second Anglo-Boer War 66 Second Liberian Civil War 67 Second Northern War (The Deluge in Polish History)(1655-1661) 68 Sengoku Period 69 Seven Years' War and French and Indian War 70 Sierra Leone Civil War 71 Sino-Xiongnu War 72 Spanish Civil War 73 Somali Civil War 74 Soviet war in Afghanistan 75 Spanish-American War 76 Spanish Reconquest 77 St. Bartholomew's Day massacre 78 Texas War of Independence 79 Thirty Years' War 80 Turkish Invasion of Hungary (1532) 81 Vietnam War 82 War of 1812 83 Wars of Alexander the Great 84 Wars of the Roman Republic/Empire 85 Wars of Scottish Independence 86 Winter War 87 World War I 88 World War II 88.1 Battle of Britain 88.2 Battle of Iwo Jima 89 War on Terrorism 89.1 September 11, 2001 attacks 89.2 War in Afghanistan (2001–present) 89.3 War on Terrorism in Pakistan 89.4 Operation Enduring Freedom - Philippines 89.5 Islamic insurgency in Algeria (2002-present) 89.6 Iraq War 89.7 Insurgency in Saudi Arabia 89.8 Covert special operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, etc. 89.9 Joint Chiefs of Staff operations 90 See also

2nd Sino-Japanese War

• Empire of the Sun (1987)

al-Aqsa Intifada

• Paradise Now (2005)

Algerian War of Independence

• The 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)
• Marcia O Crepia (1962) (The Legion's Last Patrol, Commando)
• R.A.S. (1973)
• La trahison (2005)
• Ennemi intime (2007)

American Civil War

(Also see American Civil War films)

• Andersonville (1996), made for TV
• The Battle of Gettysburg (1913)
• The 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)
• The Hunley (1997)
• 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)
• They Died with Their Boots On (1941)

American Revolutionary War

• 1776 (1972), from the musical of the same name
• April Morning (1982), made for TV
• The Battle of Bunker Hill (1911)
• Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor (2002), A&E film
• The Crossing (2000), A&E film
• The Deserter (2003)
• 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

Ancient Greece

• 300 (2007)
• The 300 Spartans (1962)
• Alexander (film) (2005)
• Helen of Troy (1956)
• Helen of Troy (2003)
• Troy (2004)

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

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

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 Storm Gate (2006) (TV miniseries)
• The War (2002)

Chinese Civil War

• Assembly (2007)
• High Road to China (1983)
• The Sand Pebbles (1966)
• Blood Alley (1955)

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)
• Telefon (1977)
• Thirteen Days (2000)
• Threads (1984) (TV)
• Top Gun (1986)
• The War Game (1965)
• WarGames (1983)

Colonial conflicts in Northern Africa

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

Crimean War

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

Croatian War of Independence

• Harrison's Flowers (2000)

Crusades

• Arn (2007)
• 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

El Salvador Civil War

• Salvador (1986)
• Voces inocentes (2004) (Innocent Voices)

English Civil War

• Cromwell (1970), depictions of the Battles of 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

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

Finland's Continuation War (1941-1944)

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

* Tuntematon Sotilas (The Unknown Soldier) (1954)

First Arab-Israeli War

• Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)

Franco-Mexican War

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

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 miniseries 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)

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

Hundred Years' War

• Henry V (1944)
• Henry V (1989)
• Joan of Arc (1948)
• Joan of Arc (1999)
• The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999), depiction of the Siege of Orléans
• The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
• Saint Joan (1957)

Hussite Wars

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

Indian Rebellion of 1857 and subsequent colonial conflicts in India

• Gunga Din (film) (1939), suppression of the Thugees and local rebellions
• Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935), about suppressing rebellious Indians towards the end of the 19th century
• Mangal Pandey: The Rising, about the 1857 mutiny
• 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)

US 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)
• Fort Apache (1948)
• Geronimo (1993)
• Geronimo: An American Legend (1994)
• Hidalgo (2004), the early part of the movie depicts the 1890 Battle of/Massacre at Wounded Knee
• Little Big Man (1970), depiction of the Battle of Little Big Horn
• Rio Grande (1950)
• She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
• Soldier Blue (1970)
• Son of the Morning Star (1991)
• They Died with Their Boots On (1941), depiction of the Battle of Little Big Horn
• Ulzana's Raid (1972)

South East Asian Wars Excluding The Vietnam War

• La 317éme section (1965)
• China Gate (1957)
• Dien Bien Phu (1992)
• Jump Into Hell (1954)
• The Quiet American (2002)
• Rogue's Regiment (1948)

Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts (1947-1999)

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

Indo-Sino War (19620

• Haqeeqat (1964)

Irish War of Independence and Irish Civil War

• Beloved Enemy (1936)
• Michael Collins (1996)
• Ryan's Daughter (1970)
• 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)
• Retreat, Hell! (1952)
• The Steel Helmet (1951)
• Taegukgi (2005)

Kosovo War

• Guerreros (2002)
• Sniper 2 (2003)

Latvian War of Independence (1918-1920)

• Rigas Sargi (Defenders of Riga) (2007)

Lebanese Civil War

• The Delta Force (1986)
• Navy SEALs (1990)
• West Beirut (1998)
• Zozo (2005)

Mahdist Sudanese War

• The Four Feathers (1939)
• The Four Feathers (1972)
• The Four Feathers (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

• Africa Addio (Africa - Blood and Guts) (1966)
• Cerný prapor (The Black Battalion/Das schwarze Bataillon/Bataillon des Teufels) (1958)
• Code Name: Wild Geese (1984)
• Commando Leopard (1985)
• Dark of the Sun/The Mercenaries (1968)
• The Dogs of War (1981)
• Der Fall Bernd K. (The Case of Bernd K.) (1967)
• Geschwader Fledermaus (Bat Squadron) (1957)
• High Velocity (1976)
• Immer wenn der Steiner kam (Every Time Steiner Came) (1976), not released
• Kommando 52 (Commando 52) (1965)
• Der lachende Mann - Bekenntnisse eines Mörders (The Laughing Man - Confessions of a Killer) (1966)
• The Last Grenade (1970)
• The Last Mercenary (1968)
• Madeleine und der Legionär (Madeleine and the Legionary) (1958)
• Men of War (1994)
• PS zum lachenden Mann (PS to the Laughing Man) (1967)
• Scorticateli Vivi (Wild Geese Attack/Skin 'Em Alive) (1978)
• Seduto Alla Sua Destra (Black Jesus) (1968)
• Sette Baschi Rossi (The Red Berets) (1969)
• The Wild Geese (1978)

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 the Batallón de San Patricio (Saint Patrick's Battalion) during the American invasion of Mexico

Mexican Revolution

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

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
• Kolberg (1945), German film about the siege of Kolberg in 1807
• 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)
• 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

Nicaraguan Civil War

• Under Fire (1983)

Operation Entebbe

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

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)

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

Rhodesian Bush War

• Whispering Death (1976)

Russian Revolution of 1917 and Russian Civil War

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

Russo-Japanese War

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

Rwandan Civil War

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

Satsuma Rebellion

• The Last Samurai (2003)

Scanian War

• Snapphanar

Second Anglo-Boer War

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

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)
• Pan Wolodyjowski (Colonel Wolodyjowski) (1969)
• Potop (The Deluge) (1974)

Sengoku Period

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

Seven Years' War and French and Indian War

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

Sierra Leone Civil War

• Blood Diamond (2006)

Sino-Xiongnu War

• Mulan (1998), animated film

Spanish Civil War

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

Somali Civil War

• Black Hawk Down (2001)

Soviet war in Afghanistan

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

Spanish-American War

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

Spanish Reconquest

• El Cid (1961)

St. Bartholomew's Day massacre

• La Reine Margot (1994 film) (Queen Margot) (1994)

Texas War of Independence

• The Alamo (1936)
• The Alamo (1960)
• The Alamo (2004)
• The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory (1987)
• Texas (1994), TV film
• Two for Texas (1998)

Thirty Years' War

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

Turkish Invasion of Hungary (1532)

• Egri Csillagok (Stars of Eger) (1968)

Vietnam War

(Also see Vietnam War films)

• 84C MoPic (1989)
• The Anderson Platoon (1967)
• The Ballad of Andy Crocker (1969)
• 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)
• The Boys in Company C (1978)
• 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 (1991)
• The Foot Shooting Party (1994)
• 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)
• The Green Berets (1968)
• Hamburger Hill (1987)
• The Hanoi Hilton (1987)
• Heaven & Earth (1993)
• Hell on the Battleground (1987)
• Héroes de Otra Patria (Heroes without a Cause) (1998)
• How Sleep the Brave (1981)
• The Iron Triangle (1989)
• Jacob's Ladder (1990)
• Journey from the Fall (2007)
• The Last Man (2008)
• Long Tan (2008)
• The Losers (1970)
• The Lost Platoon (1991)
• Missing In Action (1984)
• Missing In Action II: The Beginning (1985)
• Nam's Angels (1970)
• The Odd Angry Shot (1979)
• Off Limits (1988)
• Operation C.I.A. (1965)
• Operation Dumbo Drop (1995)
• Platoon (1986)
• Platoon Leader (1988)
• The Quiet American (2002)
• R-Point (2004)
• Rescue Dawn (2007)
• Rolling Thunder (1977)
• The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1989)
• Some Kind of Hero (1982)
• Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except (1987)
• Tigerland (2000)
• To the Shores of Hell (1965)
• Tunnel Rats (2008)
• The Uncounted Enemy (1982)
• Uncommon Valor (1983)
• The Walking Dead (1995)
• The War at Home (1996)
• We Were Soldiers (2002)
• White Badge (1992)
• Word of Honor (2003)
• A Yank in Viet-Nam (1964)

War of 1812

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

Wars of Alexander the Great

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

Wars of the Roman Republic/Empire

• Annibale (1960), the Second Punic War
• Asterix animated films based on the comic book character and the [[Gallic Wars
• Attila (1954), European campaign of Attila the Hun
• Attila (2001), TV miniseries of the European campaign of Attila the Hun
• Brenno il nemico di Roma (1963), the first Gallic invasion of Italy
• Ben Hur (1959)
• Cleopatra (1963), Battle of Actium
• Druids (a.k.a. Vercingétorix) (2001), the Gallic Wars
• The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), the Marcomanni War
• Gladiator (2000), the Marcomanni War
• Hannibal - Rome's Worst Nightmare (2006), TV depiction of the Second Punic War
• Spartacus (1960), the Third Servile War
• Warrior Queen (2003), fictionalized story of Boudicca, Queen of the Iceni of Britain and the revolt against Roman occupation.

Wars of Scottish Independence

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

Winter War

• Ski Patrol (1940)
• Talvisota (1989)

World War I

(See also: World War I films)

• Aces High (1976), air warfare
• The African Queen (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 the Western Front
• Battle of Ypres (1925)
• The Big Parade (1925)
• Biggles: Adventures in Time (1986), air warfare
• Black and White in Color (1976)
• The Blue Max (1966), air warfare
• Canakkale Arslanlari (The Lions of Gallipoli War) (1964)
• Capitaine Conan (1996)
• Company K (2004)
• Darling Lili (1970)
• The Dawn Patrol (1930), air warfare
• The Dawn Patrol (1938), air warfare
• Deathwatch (2002)
• The End of St. Petersburg (1927)
• A Farewell to Arms (1932)
• A Farewell to Arms (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
• Gallipoli (2005), documentary
• La Grande guerra (1959)
• Hell's Angels (1930)
• Hell Below (1933)
• In Love and War (1958)
• In Love and War (1996)
• Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
• King of Hearts (1966)
• La Grande Illusion (1937)
• Lawrence of Arabia (1962), depiction of the Battle of Aqaba
• The Great Dictator (1940) set during WWI and the inter-war period.
• The Lighthorsemen (1987), depiction of the Battle of Beersheba
• The Lost Battalion (1919)
• The Lost Battalion (2001)
• The Lost Patrol (1934)
• March on the Drina (1964)
• Merry Christmas (2005)
• Morgenrot (1933)
• Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
• Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
• Passchendaele (2008)
• Paths of Glory (1957)
• Von Richthofen and Brown (1971), air warfare
• Regeneration) (1997)
• The Road Back (1937)
• Sergeant York (1941)
• Shoulder Arms (1918)
• Shout at the Devil (1976)
• The Spy in Black (1939)
• The Trench (1999), depiction of the Battle of the Somme
• A Very Long Engagement (2004)
• Westfront 1918 (1930)
• What Price Glory (1926)
• Wings (1927), air warfare
• Zeppelin (1971), air warfare

World War II

(Also see World War II films)

• 08/15 (1954)
• 08/15 - Part two (1955)
• 08/15 - Back home (1955)
• 13 Rue Madeleine (1947)
• 1941 (1979)
• 633 Squadron (1963)
• 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 Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950)
• 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 miniseries)
• Bataan (1943)
• La Battaglia di El Alamein (1969)
• La Bataille du rail (1945)
• Battle At Bloody Beach (1961)
• Battle of the Bulge (1965), depiction of the Battle of the Bulge
• Battleground (1949)
• 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)
• The Red Ball Express (1952) Military truck drivers kept the Allied armies supplied in Europe during WW2.
• 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 (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)
• 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)
• 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
• Katyń (2007)
• Kelly's Heroes (1970)
• 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)
• 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
• 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)
• 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)
• 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
• 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)

Battle of Britain

• Angels One Five (1952) depiction of the Battle of Britain
• Battle of Britain (1969), depiction of the Battle of Britain
• Pearl Harbor (2001), depictions of the Battle of Britain and the Attack on Pearl Harbor

Battle of Iwo Jima

• Flags of Our Fathers (2006), depiction of the Battle of Iwo Jima
• Letters from Iwo Jima (2006), depiction of the Battle of Iwo Jima
• Sands of Iwo Jima (1949), depiction of the Battle of Iwo Jima

War on Terrorism

September 11, 2001 attacks

• DC 9/11: Time of Crisis (2003) (TV)
• Flight 93 (2006) (TV)
• The Path to 9/11 (2006) (TV)
• United 93 (2006)
• 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 for 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)
• In the Valley of Elah (2007)
• Redacted (2007)
• Grace Is Gone (2007)
• The Mark of Cain (2007) (TV)
• Battle For Haditha (2007)