List of war films and TV specials

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This list of war films and TV specials that are films and television series such as Documentaries, TV mini series and drama serials depicting aspects of historical wars.

Trojan War (1194–1184 BC)

• Helen of Troy (1956)
• Helen of Troy (2003)
• Troy (2004)

Greco-Persian Wars (499–450 BC)

• The 300 Spartans (1962)
• 300 (2006)-Battle of Thermopylae
• Last Stand of the 300 (2007) - TV documentary/reenactment which premièred on The History Channel
• 300: Rise of an Empire(2014)- Battle of Marathon, Battle of Artemisium, Battle of Salamis

Warring States period (476–221 BC)

• The Emperor's Shadow (1996)
• The Emperor and the Assassin (1999)
• A Battle of Wits (2006)

Wars of Alexander the Great (338–325 BC)

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

Asoka the Great's conquests (ca. 304–232 BC)

• Asoka

Han–Xiongnu War (133 BC – AD 89)

• Mulan (1998), animated film
• Mulan (2009), Chinese film

Wars of the Roman Republic/Empire

• Attila (1954), European campaign of Attila the Hun
• Ben Hur (1959)
• Spartacus (1960), the Third Servile War
• Annibale (1960), the Second Punic War
• Carthage in Flames (1960), the Third Punic War
• Constantine and the Cross (1961), chronicle of emperor Constantine's life including the famous Battle of the Milvian Bridge
• King of Kings (1961)
• Brennus, Enemy of Rome (1963), the first Gallic invasion of Italy
• Cleopatra (1963), Battle of Actium
• The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), the Marcomanni War
• Dacii (1967), the Domitian's Dacian War
• The Column (1968), the Trajan's Dacian Wars
• Asterix animated films based on the comic book character and the Gallic Wars
• Gladiator (2000), the Marcomanni War
• Druids (a.k.a. Vercingétorix) (2001), the Gallic Wars
• Attila (2001), TV miniseries of the European campaign of Attila the Hun
• Boudica (2003), fictionalized story of Boudicca, Queen of the Iceni of Britain and the revolt against Roman occupation.
• Hannibal – Rome's Worst Nightmare (2006), TV depiction of the Second Punic War
• Rome (TV series) (2005/2007)
• Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire (2010) TV miniseries about St Augustine set during the Vandal invasion
• Centurion (2010), Roman ninth Legion in 2nd century Britain
• The Eagle (2011), Roman centurion in 2nd century Britain
• The Last Legion

Wars of the Three Kingdoms (220–280)

• Red Cliff (2008)
• Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon (2008)

Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain

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

War during the Middle Ages (450–1350)

• The Vikings (1958)
• The War Lord (1962)
• 1066 The Battle for Middle Earth (2009), television series depicting the Battle of Stamford Bridge and the Battle of Hastings
• Vikings (TV) (2013)

Campaigns of Muhammad (622–632)

• Mohammad, Messenger of God (1976)

Spanish Reconquest (718–1492)

• El Cid (1961)

Crusades (1095–1272)

• The Crusades (1935), a Cecil B. De Mille production, starring Henry Wilcoxon as Richard Lionheart
• The Seventh Seal (1957)
• Robin and Marian (1976)
• Ivanhoe (1982 film) (1982) (TV)
• Hearts and Armour (1983)
• Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
• Kingdom of Heaven (2005), depiction of the Battle (Siege) of Jerusalem
• Arn (2007)
• Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic (2010)
• Season of the Witch (2011)

Mongol conquests (1206–1324)

• Musa the Warrior (2001)
• Genghis Khan (1950) a Filipino film Directed by Manuel Conde
• Genghis Khan (1965)
• Genghis Khan (1992)
• The Conqueror (1956)
• Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea (2007)
• Mongol (2007)

First Barons' War (1215–1217)

• Ironclad (2011), The film chronicles the siege of Rochester Castle by King John in 1215.

Battle of the Ice (1242) / Battle of the Neva (1240)

• Alexander Nevsky (1938)
• Alexander – Battle of the Neva (2008)

Byzantine–Ottoman Wars (1265–1479)

• Fetih 1453 (Conquest 1453) (2012), Siege and Fall of Constantinople in 1453, marking the end of the Roman Empire
• Florante at Laura (1939), depicting the history the war between the Byzantine Empire and Ottoman Empire

Wars of Scottish Independence (1296–1328), (1332–1357)

• Braveheart (1995), depictions of the Battles of Stirling and Falkirk
• The Bruce (1996), depiction of the Battle of Bannockburn (1314)

Hundred Years' War (1337–1453)

• Henry V (1944)
• Henry V (1989)
• Joan of Arc (1948)
• Joan of Arc (1999, TV miniseries)
• 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)

Turkish Invasion of Serbia (1371–1459)

• Banović Strahinja (1981)
• Battle of Kosovo (1989)
• Put ružama posut (Rose covered road) (2013 TV)

Hussite Wars (1419–1434)

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

Sengoku Period (1467–1573)

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

Turkish invasion of Otranto (1480–1481)

• Flavia the Heretic (1974)

Battle of Mactan (1521)

• Lapu Lapu (1955)
• Lapu Lapu (2002)

Turkish Invasion of Hungary (1552)

• Egri Csillagok (Stars of Eger) (1968)

Philippine Revolts Against Spain (1567–1872)

• Dagohoy (1953)
• Diego Silang (1951)
• Gabriela Silang (1971)

Eighty Years' War (1568–1648)

• La Kermesse Héroique (1935)
• Alatriste (2006)
• De vliegende Hollander (1995)

St. Bartholomew's Day massacre (1572)

• La Reine Margot (Queen Margot) (1994)
• Henri 4 (Henri IV)(2010)

Long Turkish War (1593–1606)

• Michael the Brave (1970)

Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98)

• Blades of Blood (2010)
• The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014)
• Immortal Admiral Yi Sun-sin (2004)

Polish–Muscovite War (1605–1618)

• 1612 (2007)

Thirty Years' War (1618–1648)

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

American Indian Wars (1622–1898)

• Custer's Last Stand (1936)
• They Died with Their Boots On (1941), depiction of the Battle of Little Big Horn
• Fort Apache (1948)
• She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
• Rio Grande (1950)
• Only the Valiant (1951)
• The Battle at Apache Pass (1952)
• Arrowhead (1953)
• Seminole (1953), Rock Hudson stars as an American officer who must battle his former friend, the Seminole war chief, Osceola, played by Anthony Quinn.
• Major Dundee (1965)
• Custer of the West (1967)
• Little Big Man (1970), depiction of the Battle of Little Big Horn
• Soldier Blue (1970)
• Ulzana's Raid (1972)
• The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer (1977) (TV)
• Dances with Wolves (1990)
• Son of the Morning Star (1991), depiction of the Battle of Little Big Horn (TV)
• Geronimo: An American Legend (1994)
• Crazy Horse (1996) (TV)
• Buffalo Soldiers (1997), (TV)
• The Miracle Men (2002), (TV)
• Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
• Hidalgo (2004), the early part of the film depicts the 1890 Battle of/Massacre at Wounded Knee
• Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007), Battle of the Little Bighorn, and the Wounded Knee Massacre

First Manchu invasion of Korea (1627) and Second Manchu invasion of Korea (1636–1637)

• War of the Arrows

English Civil War (1642–1651)

• Cromwell (1970), depictions of the Battles of Edgehill and Naseby
• To Kill a King
• Witchfinder General
• The Devil's Whore, numerous battles and skirmishes of the Civil War and the harrying of Ireland

Ukraino-Russian Liberation War from Poland (1648–1654)

• With Fire and Sword (1999)
• Bohdan-Zinovii Hmelnytskyi (2007)

Polish Commonwealth Wars (1648–1672)

• Ogniem i Mieczem (With Fire and Sword) (1999) civil war – Cossaks revolt 1648–1651
• Potop (The Deluge) (1974) Second Northern War 1655–1660
• Pan Wolodyjowski (Colonel Wolodyjowski) (1969) 1660–1672 – skirmishs with Tartars and the beginning of Turkish – Polish Commonwealth war 1672–1676

Scanian War (1675-1679)

• Snapphanar

Great Northern War (1700–1721)

• Karl XII (1925)
• Pyotr perviy (Petr the First) (1937–1938) (Петр первый in Russia)
• Kalabaliken i Bender (1983)
• Sluga Gosudarev (The Sovereigns Servant) (2007) (СЛУГА ГОСУДАРЕВ in Russia)

War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748)

• Fanfan la Tulipe (2003 film) (2003)

Seven Years' War (1756–1763) and French and Indian War (1754–1763)

• The Deerslayer and Chingachgook (1920) German silent film
• The Last of the Mohicans (1920) American film
• The Last of the Mohicans (1920) German film
• The Last of the Mohicans (1932), serial
• The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
• Leatherstocking serial, silent
• Northwest Passage (1940)
• Unconquered (1947)
• Barry Lyndon (1975)
• The Last of the Mohicans (1992), depiction of the Battle of Fort William Henry
• Nouvelle-France (The Battle of the Brave) (2004)

American Revolutionary War (1775–1783)

• 1776 (1972), from the musical of the same name
• April Morning (1988), made for TV
• The Battle of Bunker Hill (1911)
• Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor (2002), A&E film
• Beyond the Mask (2015)
• The Crossing (2000), A&E film depicting the 1776 Crossing of the Delaware and Battle of Trenton
• The Devil's Disciple (1959)
• Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
• John Adams (2008)
• Johnny Tremain (1957)
• Mary Silliman's War (1995)
• The Patriot (2000), depiction of fictional battles with elements similar to the Battle of Camden, Battle of Elizabeth town, Siege of Yorktown, Militia actions and Battle of Cowpens
• Sons of Liberty (2015)
• Turn: Washington's Spies (2014–present)
• Revolution (1985)
• Valley Forge (1975), made for TV

French Revolutionary Wars (1792–1802)

• La Revolution francaise,(1989)
• 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
• The War of the Vendee (2002), a children's movie with an all-youth cast about the 1793 royalist revolt and civil war in the Vendée

First Barbary War (1801–1805)

• To the Shores of Tripoli (1942), depiction of the Battle of Derne

Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815)

• 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)
• Napoleon and Love (1974) Napoleons relationships with his women as a backdrop to his rise and fall.
• Sharpe (1993–2006) (TV series)
• War and Peace (1956, USA)
• War and Peace (1966–67, USSR) (Война и мир in Russia)
• Waterloo (1970), depiction of the Battle of Waterloo
• The Duellists (1978) Napoleonic war film
• The Emperor's New Clothes (2001 film) Adaptation of the novel 'The Death of Napoleon'. A what if tale of Napoleon's exile at St. Helena.
• Monsieur N (2003) Depicts Napoleon's life while imprisoned on St Helena, an investigating British officer later begins to doubt the official story.
• The Pride and the Passion (1957) Napoleonic war film

First Serbian Uprising (1804–1813)

• Život i dela besmrtnog vožda Karađorđa (1911)
• Pesma sa Kumbare (1955)
• Vuk Karadžić (1987) (TV series)
• Bitka na Čegru (2006)

War of 1812

• The Buccaneer (1938)
• The Buccaneer (1958), depiction of the Battle of New Orleans
• Mutiny! (1952), depiction of naval warfare
• North and South in 1812,
• The King's Rifles, British and Canadians defend Canada from American invasion

Second Serbian Uprising (1815–1817)

• Vuk Karadžić (1987) (TV series)

Texas War of Independence (1835–1836)

• The Alamo (1936)
• The Alamo (1960)
• The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory (1987)
• The Alamo (film) (2004), depiction of the siege of the Alamo and ensuing defeat of Santa Anna at Battle of San Jacinto
• Texas (1994), television film
• Heroes of the Alamo (1937)
• The Last Command (1955)
• Two for Texas (1998)
• Texas Rising (2015)

Opium Wars: First Opium War (1839–1842) Second Opium War (1856–1860)

• 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

Mexican–American War (1846–1848)

• 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
• Ravenous (1999), fictional horror film set against the backdrop of the Mexican–American War.
• The Mexican American War (a History Channel Production), Description and/or Narration of all Battles Of the Mexican–American War.

Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864)

• The Warlords (2007)

Crimean War (1853–1856)

• 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

Indian Rebellion of 1857 and subsequent colonial conflicts in India (1857)

• Gunga Din (1939), suppression of the Thugees and local rebellions
• Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935), about suppressing rebellious Indians towards the beginning of the 20th century
• Bengal Brigade (1954) (Rock Hudson), details the beginning of the mutiny, focusing on a disgraced English Captain and his sepoy troops
• Mangal Pandey: The Rising (2005), about the 1857 mutiny
• Jhansi Ki Rani (1956) about the 1857 mutiny
• Kranti, drama about the 1857 war of independence
• Junoon (1979) about the 1857 mutiny
• Shatranj Ke Khilari (1977) 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
• Anand Math (1950), about the revolt of sanyasis
• Swaraj (1998) A DD TV Series on Indian struggle of independence

American Civil War (1861–1865)

(Also see American Civil War films, Cinema and television about the American Civil War)

• The Battle of Gettysburg (1913)
• Birth of a Nation (1915), first English Language epic film
• The General (1927), a comedy starring Buster Keaton
• Gone with the Wind (1939)
• The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
• The Battle of Gettysburg (1956)
• The Great Locomotive Chase (1956), Andrews' Raiders
• The Horse Soldiers (1959), depiction of Grierson's Raid
• Johnny Shiloh (1963), Wonderful World Of Disney
• Advance to the Rear (1964)
• Major Dundee (1965)
• Shenandoah (1965), a family tries and fails to remain out of the conflict in the Shenandoah Valley
• Alvarez Kelly (1966)
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
• The Undefeated (1969)
• The Andersonville Trial (1970), made for TV
• The Beguiled (1971)
• The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), Missouri guerilla goes on the run in 1865
• North and South (TV miniseries, 1985–86) – Book II episodes, depictions of the battles of Bull Run I, Antietam, Wilderness and Petersburg III
• Glory (1989), depictions of the Battle of Antietam and the Second Battle of Fort Wagner
• Dances with Wolves (1990), early scenes
• Gettysburg (1993), depiction of the Battle of Gettysburg
• Class of '61 (1993)
• Enemy Gold (1993), opening Scene
• Pharaoh's Army (1995), a Union mounted infantry patrol in Kentucky
• Andersonville (1996), made for TV, Union POWs in Andersonville Prison Camp
• The Hunley (1997), depiction of the Confederate submarine in Charleston Harbor
• Ride with the Devil (1999)
• Gods and Generals (2003), depictions of the First Battle of Bull Run, the Battle of Antietam, the Battle of Fredericksburg, and the Battle of Chancellorsville.
• Wicked Spring (2003), the Battle of the Wilderness
• Cold Mountain (2003), depiction of the Battle of the Crater
• The Colt (2005)
• Sahara (2005), opening scene
• Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Stories (2006), depiction of "Bitter Bierce" and a dramatization of three Civil War tales
• The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams (2007)
• Dog Jack (2010)
• Lincoln (2012)
• Saving Lincoln (2013)

Franco-Mexican War (1861–1867)

• Vera Cruz (1954)
• Major Dundee (1965)
• The Undefeated (1969)
• Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)
• Cinco de Mayo: La batalla (2013)

Paraguayan War (1864–1870)

• Argentino hasta la muerte (1971)
• Cerro Cora (1978)
• Netto perde sua alma (2001)

Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871)

• Field of Honor (1987) In French: Champ d'honneur

Satsuma Rebellion (1877)

• The Last Samurai (2003)

Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)

• Heroes of Shipka (1955)
• The Turkish Gambit (2005)

Anglo-Zulu War (1879)

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

First Boer War (1880–1881)

• Majuba (1968)

Colonial conflicts in Northern Africa (1880s–1931)

• Beau Geste (1926), starring Ronald Colman
• Beau Geste (1939), featuring Gary Cooper
• Beau Geste (1966), with Guy Stockwell
• The Wind and the Lion (1975), Ion Perdicaris
• March or Die (1977), Rif War
• Lion of the Desert (1981), Italian attempt to colonialize southern Libya
• Legionnaire (1998), Rif War

Mahdist Sudanese War (1881–1899)

• The Four Feathers (1939)
• The Four Feathers (1972)
• The Four Feathers (2002)
• Khartoum (1966), depiction of the Battle of Khartoum
• Young Winston (1972), depiction of the Battle of Omdurman

First Matabele War (1893–1894)

• Major Wilson's Last Stand (1899)
• Shangani Patrol (1970)

First Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895)

• Dugo sa Kapirasong Lupa 血の土地のプロット (1930) – A pre-war Filipino film depicts the Japanese Campaign in Battle of Jiuliancheng, Battle of Lushunkou and the Battle of Pyongyang.
• Empress Myeongseong (2001)
• The Sword with No Name (2009)
• Saka no Ue no Kumo (2009)
• Deng Sichang: The Martyr (2012) – a Chinese film about the Battle between Beiyang Fleet and Imperial Japanese Navy.

First Italo-Ethiopian War (1895–1896)

• Adwa (1999)

Philippine Revolution (1896–1898)

• Aguila (1980)
• Alyas Sakay (1961)
• Andres Bonifacio: Ang Supremo (1963)
• Ang Buhay at Pag Ibig ni Dr. Jose Rizal (1956)
• Bayaning Pilipino (2000)
• El Filibusterismo (1962)
• El Presidente (2012)
• Elias, Basilio at Sisa (1972)
• Emilio Aguinaldo (2000)
• Diwa (2002)
• Dugo ng Katipunan (1949)
• Dugo at Pag Ibig sa Kapirasong Lupa (1975)
• José Rizal (1998)
• Supremo (2012)
• El Presidente (film) (2012)
• Bonifacio: Ang Unang Pangulo (2014)

Spanish–American War (1898) – Cuban War of Independence (1895–1898)

• Tearing Down the Spanish Flag (1898), first war film ever made
• A Message to Garcia (1916/1936), (Cuban war of independence 1895–1898)
• Héroes del 95 (1947), (Cuban war of independence 1895–1898) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQhAHsLPvpM&feature=related
• Posse (1993)
• The Rough Riders (1997), television film, depiction of the Cuban Campaign and specifically the Battle of San Juan Hill
• El Presidente (film)
• Mambí (1998), (Cuban war of independence 1895–1898) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcI5oD2p5cA
• Elpidio Valdés (1974–2003), animation series (Cuban war of independence 1895–1898) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0ssvcSg9Ds

Philippine–American War (1899–1902/1913)

• Heneral Luna (2015)
• El Presidente (film) (2012)
• Amigo (2010), American troops occupy a Philippine village
• Cavalry Command (1963)
• Diwa (2002)
• Hen. Gregorio del Pilar – Bayani sa Pasong Tirad (1949)
• Philippino War Dance (1903)
• Sakay (1937)
• Sakay (1993)
• The Real Glory (1939)
• This Bloody Blundering Business (1975)
• Tirad Pass: The Story of Gen. Gregorio del Pilar (1997)

Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901)

• Alarm in Peking (1937)
• The Marked Woman (D: O.A.C. Lund, USA 1914)
• Foreign Devils ( D: W.S. Van Dyke, USA 1928)
• 55 Days at Peking (1963), depiction of the 1900 Battle of Peking
• Boxer Rebellion (1976)
• Once Upon a Time in China IV (1993)
• Boxer Rebellion (D: Celia Cotelo, 1994) (Doku)
• The Boxer Rebellion (Gefangen in Peking – Aufstand der Boxer, R: Tilman Remme, DEU 2009) (Doku)

Second Boer War (1899–1902)

• Arende (TV mini series)
• Ohm Kruger (1942)
• Untamed (1955)
• Young Winston (1972)
• Breaker Morant (1980), Australian soldiers on trial for murder
• Torn Allegiance (1984)
• Commando (2007)

Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905)

• Port Arthur (1936)
• Kreiser Varyag (1946)
• Nichiro sensô shôri no hishi: Tekichû ôdan sanbyaku-ri (1957)
• Meiji tennô to nichiro daisenso (1958)
• Nihonkai daikaisen (1969)
• The Battle of Tsushima (1975) [documentary], depiction of the naval Battle of Tsushima
• 203 kochi (1980), depiction of the Battle of Port Arthur
• Nihonkai daikaisen: Umi yukaba (1983)
• Lime-iro Senkitan (2003)
• Bogatstvo (2004)
• Saka no Ue no Kumo (2009) Japanese TV series

Taiwanese rebellions against Japanese rule (1907–1930)

• Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale (2011)

Mexican Revolution (1910–1920) and Cristero War (1926–1929)

• 100 Rifles (1969)
• And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003) HBO made-for-television film
• A Bullet for the General (Quien Sabe?) (1966)
• A Fistful of Dynamite (1971)
• For Greater Glory (2012)
• The Last Christeros (2011) Chronicling Cristero rebels who fought the Mexican government into the early 1930s
• The Mercenary (1968)
• Old Gringo (1989)
• Sucedió en Jalisco (Los cristeros) (1947)
• Sucedió en Jalisco (1972) Remake of the 1947 film
• They Came to Cordura (1959)
• Villa Rides (1968)
• Viva Villa! (1934)
• Viva Zapata! (1952)
• The Wild Bunch (1969)
• Zapata (1970) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065688/)

Chinese Revolution / Chinese Civil War (1911–1949)

• MODERN WARFARE IN CHINA 1924–1925 (documentary) (1925) http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060008287
• Shanghai Express (1932)
• The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)
• The Painted Veil (1934)
• China Seas (1935)
• West of Shanghai (1937)
• Kamay na Bakal (1946) A Filipino Film.
• Blood Alley (1955)
• Yangtse Incident (1957) Story of the gunboat HMS Amethyst in 1949
• The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)
• The Sand Pebbles (1966) Tells the story of a U.S. Navy gunboat crew in revolutionary China the mid-1920s
• The Roots of Madness (documentary) (1967)
• China: A Century of Revolution 1911–1949 (documentary) (2007) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg-PgXt8Tkc
• The Warlord (大军阀) (1972)
• High Road to China (1983)
• Peking Opera Blues (1986)
• Clash of the Warlords (直奉大战) (1987)
• A Home Too Far (1990) Shows the 1949 exodus of the Kuomintang 93rd Division to the Burmese border to escape persecution by the Communists
• Decisive Engagement (大决战) (1991)
• To Live (1994) Depicts a man struggling to keep his family together through the Chinese Civil War, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution
• The Painted Veil (2006)
• Assembly (2007) Depicts the People's Liberation Army in one of the final battles of the Chinese Civil War as well as the People's Volunteer Army in the Korean War
• The Founding of a Republic (2009) Depicts the major battles and political episodes in the Chinese Civil War from the end of World War II in 1945 to the proclamation of the People's Republic of China in 1949
• Axis of War: The First of August (2010) The first in a trilogy of films promoting the PLA. Depicts the Northern Expedition and 1927 Nanchang Uprising.
• Axis of War: My Long March (2010) Second film in the Axis of War trilogy. Depicts the 1934–35 Long March.
• 1911 (2011) Depicts the revolutionary war that overthrew the Emperor and began the Republic of China
• The Founding of a Party (2011) Depicts Chinese revolutionary violence and political intrigue leading to the founding of the Chinese Communist Party in 1921
• Shaolin (2011) Depicts a fictional struggle in the Warlord Era
• The Crossing (2014)

US Intervention in Nicaragua / Nicaraguan Civil War (1912–1933)

• Sandino (1990) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY0xQCp8Kjw

World War I (1914–1918)

(See also: List of World War I films and 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)
• All the King's Men (1999), British troops disappear during the Gallipoli campaign
• Anzacs (1985), mini-series following Australian and New Zealand troops from recruitment to Gallipoli and the Western Front
• Beneath Hill 60 (2010), Australian tunneling engineers
• Berge in Flammen (1931)
• The Big Parade (1925)
• Biggles: Adventures in Time (1986), air warfare
• Black and White in Color (1976)
• Blackadder Goes Forth (1989), comedy-mini-series following a couple of British Soldiers in a trench in Flanders
• The Blue Max (1966), air warfare
• Branio sam 'Mladu Bosnu' (I defended the 'Young Bosnia') (2014), true story of Rudolf Cestler, who defended members of the 'Young Bosnia' in court
• Canakkale Arslanlari (The Lions of Gallipoli War) (1964), Turkish view of the Gallipoli campaign
• Capitaine Conan (1996), French soldiers in Salonika and Bulgaria
• Company K (2004), US Marines in France
• Darling Lili (1970)
• Panalangin ang Sandata(1935) A Filipino Film Depicts the Germans in Eastern Front
• The Dawn Patrol (1930), air warfare
• The Dawn Patrol (1938), air warfare
• Deathwatch (2002)
• Distant Bridges (1999)
• Dr. Zhivago (1965), depiction of war on the Eastern Front and Russian Civil War
• The End of St. Petersburg (1927)
• A Farewell to Arms (1932)
• A Farewell to Arms (1957)
• Fighting 69th (1940)
• Flyboys (2006), air warfare
• Forbidden Ground (2013)
• Forty Thousand Horsemen (1940)
• Fräulein Doktor (1969), spy drama from the German point of view
• Gallipoli (1981), depiction of young Australian soldiers in the Battle of Gallipoli
• Gallipoli (2005), documentary
• Deadline Gallipoli (2015)" TV mini-series depicting the Gallipoli Campaign from the point of view of war correspondents
• Gallipoli (miniseries) (2015)" TV mini-series adapted from the book by Les Carlyon
• The Great Dictator (1940) set during World War I and the inter-war period.
• La Grande guerra (1959)
• Jericho (1937)
• Haber (2008), the life of Fritz Shimon Haber and his contribution to the development of chemical warfare during World War I
• Hedd Wyn (1992)
• Hell's Angels (1930)
• Hell Below (1933)
• In Love and War (1958)
• In Love and War (1996)
• Joyeux Noël (Merry Christmas) (2005), depicting the unofficial Christmas truce of 1914
• Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
• King of Hearts (1966)
• Kolubarska bitka (1990), Serbia's victory against Austria-Hungary in the Battle of Kolubara in November 1914
• La France (2007)
• La Grande Illusion (1937)
• The Lafayette Escadrille (Documentary) 2010, Flying and Fighting for France, April, 1916 - December, 1917.
• Lawrence of Arabia (1962), depiction of the Battle of Aqaba and campaigns in Arabia
• Legends of the Fall (1994), American brothers go off to war with the Canadian Army
• The Lighthorsemen (1987), depiction of Australians at the Battle of Beersheba
• The Lost Battalion (1919)
• The Lost Battalion (2001), American battalion during the Argonne Forest battle
• The Lost Patrol (1934)
• March on the Drina (1964), Serbian victory over Austria-Hungary in the Battle of Cer in August 1914
• Morgenrot (1933)
• My Boy Jack (2008), story of Rudyard Kipling's soldier son Jack
• Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
• Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
• Passchendaele (2008), Canadian troops in Flanders
• Paths of Glory (1957), French troops are sacrificed in pointless battles
• The Red Baron (film) (2008), depiction of Manfred Von Richtofen
• Regeneration (1997), British medical staff deal with PTSD
• The Road Back (1937)
• The Road to Glory (1936)
• Sergeant York (1941), story of MOH recipient Alvin York
• Shoulder Arms (1918)
• Shout at the Devil (1976)
• The Spy in Black (1939)
• Tell England (1930)
• The Trench (1999), depiction of British troops in the Battle of the Somme
• Ultimatum (1938), the backdrop of the July Crisis, between the assassination of Archduke and the beginning of the First World War
• Verdun, visions d'histoire (1928), depiction of the Battle of Verdun
• A Very Long Engagement (2004)
• Von Richthofen and Brown (1971), air warfare
• War Horse (film) (2011), a horses journey through the Western Front
• Westfront 1918 (1930)
• What Price Glory (1926)
• What Price Glory (1952)
• Where the Yellow Lemon Blooms (2006), Serbia's exodus after a joint offensive by Germany, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria in the winter of 1915/16
• Wings (1927), air warfare
• Ypres (film) (1925)
• Zeppelin (1971), air warfare

Russian Revolution (1917) and Russian Civil War (1917–1922)

• The Battleship Potemkin (1925)
• Dr. Zhivago (1965)
• The End of St. Petersburg (1927)
• The Forty-First (1927 film) (1927)
• October: Ten Days That Shook the World (1927)
• Arsenal (1928)
• Tommy (1931)
• Chapaev (1934)
• The Three Women (1936)
• Friends (1938)
• Lenin in 1918 (1939)
• Shchors (1939)
• Mga Huling Sandali ni Tsar Nicolas (1933) A Filipino Film
• The Forty-First (1956 film) (1956)
• Miles of Fire (1957)
• Comissar (1967)
• Two Comrades Were Serving (1968)
• The Adjutant of His Excellency (1969 miniseries)
• White Sun of the Desert (1969)
• Bumbarash (1971)
• The Flight (1970)
• Kuko ng Agila (1970) A Filipino Film about the Russian Revolution
• Dauria (1971)
• Reds (1981)
• Admiral (2008)
• Doctor Zhivago (2002) Television mini series
• it (2006)

Finnish Civil War (1918)

• Under the North Star (1968)
• Lunastus (1997)
• Raja 1918 (2007)
• Tears of April (2008)
• Under the North Star (2009)

Estonian War of Independence (1918–1920)

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

Latvian War of Independence (1918–1920)

• Rigas Sargi (Defenders of Riga) (2007)

Irish War of Independence (1919–1921) and Irish Civil War (1922–1923)

• Beloved Enemy (1936)
• Michael Collins (1996)
• Ryan's Daughter (1970)
• The Wind That Shakes The Barley (2006)
• Shake Hands With The Devil (1959)
• The Informer (1935)

Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)

• You Can't Win 'Em All (1970)
• Kurtulus (1994)
• (1922) (1978)
• Stone Mektep (2013)
• The Water Diviner (2014)

Cristero War (1926–1929)

• For Greater Glory (2012)

Chaco War (1932–1935)

• Storm Over the Andes (1935)
• Hijo de Hombre (1961)
• Hamaca paraguaya (2006)

Spanish Civil War (1936–1939)

• España 1936 (1937)
• The Spanish Earth (Joris Ivens (1937)
• Defenders of the Faith (1938)
• L'Assedio dell' Alcazar (1940)
• Raza (1942)
• For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
• The Fallen Sparrow (1943)
• Man's Hope (1945)
• The Angel Wore Red (1960)
• Five Cartridges (Fünf Patronenhülsen, GDR 1960)
• Behold a Pale Horse, (1964)
• Granada, Granada, My Granada (Granada, Granada, Granada maja), (1967)
• Viva la Muerte (1971)
• The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
• The Guernica Tree (1975)
• La Colmena (1982)
• Bicycles Are for the Summer (1984)
• The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War (1984)
• The Heifer (1985)
• The Spanish Civil War (1987)
• Si Te Dicen Que Cai (1989)
• ¡Ay, Carmela! (1990)
• Belle Époque (1992)
• Land and Freedom (1995)
• À la vie, à la mort! (1995)
• Fiesta (1995)
• Libertarias (1996)
• Amor y Venganza (1996)
• Vivir la Utopia (1998)
• La hora de los valientes (1998)
• Butterfly's Tongue (1998), same as: La Lengua de las Mariposas (1999)
• El Mar (2000)
• El Portero (2000)
• The Devil's Backbone (2001)
• Soldados de Salamina (2002)
• Carol's Journey (2002)
• Head in the Clouds (2004)
• Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
• An Anarchist's Story (2007)
• The Last Circus (2010)
• There Be Dragons (2011)
• Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012)

Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)

• Axis of War: Night Raid (2010) The third film in the Axis of War trilogy promoting the PLA.
• Black Sun: The Nanking Massacre (1995) Japanese occupation of the City of Nanking China
• Caterpillar (2010)
• The Children of Huang Shi (2008)
• Chocolate and Soldiers (1938)
• City of Life and Death (2009)
• Death and Glory in Changde (2010)
• Devils on the Doorstep (2000)
• Don't Cry, Nanking (1995)
• Empire of the Sun (1987)
• Evening Bell (1988)
• The Flowers of War (2011)
• The Human Condition (film trilogy) (1959–1961)
• John Rabe (2009)
• Legend of Tank Commander Nishizumi (1940)
• Letter with Feather (1954)
• Lover's Grief over the Yellow River (1999)
• Men Behind the Sun (1988)
• Mud and Soldiers (1939)
• My Home Village (1949)
• Nanking (2007), film about the 1937 Nanking Massacre committed by the Japanese army in the former capital city Nanjing, China
• On the Mountain of Tai Hang (2005)
• One and Eight (1983)
• Purple Sunset (2001)
• Red Sorghum (1987)
• The Resistance (2011 Chinese film)
• Tunnel War (1965)

World War II (1939–1945)

Because World War II was a major war, it is also recommended to see List of World War II films for a more detailed list of films. (Also see World War II films)

• 08/15 (1954)
• - Part two (1955)
• - Back home (1955)
• 13 Rue Madeleine (1947)
• 36 Hours (1965)
• 1941 (1979)
• 633 Squadron (1963)
• A Walk In The Sun (1945), American platoon at the 1943 Salerno landing
• Action in the North Atlantic (1943) depiction of the Battle of the Atlantic
• Air Force (1943) depiction of Attack on Pearl Harbor
• Ambush (1999), Finnish Contiunation War
• Anzio (1968), depiction of the Battle of Anzio
• L'Armée des ombres (1969), depiction of the French Resistance
• Atentát (1964), depiction of the Operation Anthropoid
• Atonement (film) (2007), depiction of Dunkirk before the evacuation
• Attack! (1956), American squad in the Battle of the Bulge
• Attack Force Z (1981), depiction of a commando raid involving Australian/New Zealand Z Special Unit
• Attack on the Iron Coast (1967)
• Australia (2008) depiction of the Bombing of Darwin
• Band of Brothers (2001 TV miniseries), the story of E Company, 506th of the 101st Airborne
• Barefoot Gen (Hadashi no Gen) (1976), depiction of the dropping of Little Boy on Hiroshima, Japan
• 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), 101st Airborne Division at Bastogne
• Battle of the River Plate (1956), 1939 pursuit of the Graf Spee
• The Battle of El Alamein (1969)
• Beach Red (1967), US Marines storm a Japanese held island
• The Best of Enemies (1962)
• The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), US veterans return home
• The Big Red One (1980), follows a squad of the 1st Infantry Division from 1942–45
• Black Book (2006), Dutch resistance
• Black Brigade (1970)
• Blood Oath (1990) also known as Prisoners of the Sun), Japanese war crimes trial
• The Bridge (Die Brücke) (1959), teenage German soldiers defend a bridge in 1945
• The Bridge at Remagen (1969), depiction of the 1945 battle
• The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Commonwealth prisoners of the Japanese build a bridge
• A Bridge Too Far (1977), depiction of the Battle of Arnhem/Operation Market Garden
• The Bunker (1980 television film), Hitler's final days
• The Burmese Harp (1956)
• The Caine Mutiny (1954), fictional US Navy "mutiny"
• Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
• Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001), Italian occupation of Kefallonia, Greece
• Captains of the Clouds (1942)
• The Captive Heart (1946)
• Carve Her Name With Pride (1958)
• Casablanca (1943)
• Castle Keep (1969)
• Catch-22 (1970), American B-25 crewmen trying to survive the war in Italy
• Charlotte Gray (2001)
• The Children of Huang Shi (2008)
• The Colditz Story (1954)
• Cold Steel (2011)
• Command Decision (1948)
• Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942)
• Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
• Corvette K-225
• Crash Dive (1943)
• The Cruel Sea (1953)
• The Dam Busters (1954), depiction of the RAF 1943 raid
• Danger Within (1958)
• Dark Blue World (2001), Czech pilots in the Battle of Britain
• Das Boot (1981), story of a German U-Boat crew
• Days of Glory (2006), North African soldiers in the French Army
• D-Day the Sixth of June (1956)
• Decision Before Dawn (1951), German spies working with the Allies in 1945
• The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)
• The Desert Rats (film) (1953)
• Destination Tokyo (1943)
• The Devil's Brigade (film) (1968), story of the 1st Special Service Force
• Dieppe (1993) (television film) – by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), depiction of the Dieppe raid
• The Dirty Dozen (1967), American Army criminals sent on a pre D-Day mission
• Downfall (2004) (Der Untergang), the final 10 days of Hitler and his rule over the Third Reich
• Dunkirk (1958)
• The Eagle Has Landed (1976), German paratroopers attempt to kidnap Winston Churchill
• El Alamein – The Line of Fire (2002), Italian soldiers in the Alamein campaign
• The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (1987), Japanese war documentary film
• Empire of the Sun (1987), a young British boy in a Japanese internment camp
• To End All Wars (2001), British POWS in Japanese captivity
• The Edge Of Love
• The Enemy Below (1957), US Navy destroyer engages a German U-boat
• Escape from Sobibor (1987), depiction of 1943 breakout from Sobibor death camp
• Escape to Victory (1981), Allied POWS play soccer(football) against their German captors
• Etulinjan edessä (English: "Beyond The Frontline", Original title in Swedish: "Framom främsta linjen")
• Everyman's War (2009), Battle of the Bulge
• Father Goose (1964), a Coastwatcher in the South Pacific protects a nun and her charges
• The Fifth Day of Peace (1969)
• The Fighting Seabees (1944)
• The Fighting Sullivans (1942), story of the Sullivan brothers, all lost in the sinking of the USS Juneau
• Fires On the Plain (1959), Japanese troops in the Philippines 1945
• Fist of the Reich (2010)
• Flags of Our Fathers (2006), story of the Iwo Jima flag raising
• Flying Leathernecks (1951)
• Flying Tigers (1942)
• Forbidden Games (1952) depiction of the Battle of France
• Flame & Citron (2008), Danish resistance
• Foreign Correspondent (1940)
• 49th Parallel (1941)
• The Frogmen (1951)
• From Here to Eternity (1953), depiction of the Attack on Pearl Harbor
• Fury (2014)
• Go for Broke! (1951)
• Good (2008)
• La Grande Vadrouille (1966)
• Gränsen (2011), Swedish film depicting Swedish insurgencies into occupied Norway
• Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
• The Great Escape (1963), depiction of the 1943 allied escape from Stalg Luft III
• The Great Raid (2005), depiction of the 1945 Cabanatuan raid to free US prisoners of war
• Guadalcanal Diary (1943), depiction of the Marines on Guadalcanal
• Gung Ho! (1943)
• The Guns of Navarone (1961), British commandos raid an Aegean island
• Halls of Montezuma (1950)
• Hangmen Also Die (1943)
• Hart's War (2002), American POWS in a German camp hold a murder trial
• Hell in the Pacific (1968), Japanese and American castaways battle each other on a deserted island
• Hell Is for Heroes (1962), an American squad faces the Siegfried Line
• Hellcats of the Navy (1957), movie starring Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy Davis
• The Heroes of Telemark (1965), Norwegian resistance
• Hitler (1962)
• Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971), Allied POWS make fools of the Germans on a weekly basis
• Hope and Glory (1987)
• Hubal (1973) the story of Polish hero Henryk Dobrzanski
• Ike: Countdown to D-Day (2004), Tom Selleck portrays General Dwight D. Eisenhower, US Army, popularly known by his nickname of "Ike". The film deals with the difficult decisions he made leading to up to D-Day.
• Ill Met By Moonlight (1957)
• Inimesed sõdurisinelis (1968)
• In Which We Serve (1942)
• Inglourious Basterds (2009)
• In Harm's Way (1965)
• Is Paris Burning? (1966), depiction of the Liberation of Paris
• Islands in the Stream (film) (1977)
• I Was Monty's Double (film) (1958)
• Jakob the Liar (1999), The movie is set in 1944 in a ghetto in German-occupied Poland during the Holocaust.
• Kanal (1956), depiction of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising
• Katyń (2007), depiction of the Katyn massacre
• Kelly's Heroes (1970)
• Kokoda (2006), Australian troops in New Guinea
• Last Days of Mussolini (1977)
• La vita è bella (1997), an Italian Jew faces the Holocaust
• Little Iron Men (2008), depiction of the 442nd Infantry Regiment
• The Longest Day (1962), depiction of the Battle of Normandy
• The Malta Story (1953)
• Malaya (1949)
• A Man Called Sarge (1990), comedy involving the Second Battle of El Alamein
• Man Hunt (1941)
• Marine Raiders (1944)
• Max Manus (film) (2008), Norwegian resistance hero
• The McKenzie Break (1970), German POWs stage a breakout
• Memphis Belle (1990), final mission of a B-17 crew
• Merrill's Marauders (1962), American troops behind Japanese lines in Burma
• Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983), British POWS in a Japanese camp
• A Midnight Clear (1992), American squad in the Battle of the Bulge
• Midway (1976), depiction of the Battle of Midway
• Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
• The Monuments Men (2014)
• Morituri (1965 film)
• The Mountain Road (1961)
• Murphy's War (1971)
• Mussolini and I (1985) (TV mini-series)
• Mussolini: Ultimo atto (Mussolini: The Last Four Days) (1974)
• My Way (2011), Japanese and Korean soldiers trek from Mongol to Normandy
• The Naked and the Dead (1958)
• The Next of Kin (1942)
• The Night of the Generals (1967), homicide investigator on the track of an SS General
• The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982)
• No Man Is an Island (1962)
• None but the Brave (1965), US Marines and Japanese soldiers fight for possession of an island where they are marooned
• 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), comedy about a US Navy submarine
• Ore wa, kimi no tameni koso (2007), (For Those We Love in English). Japanese Kamikaze pilots in 1945.
• Otoko-tachi no Yamato (2005)
• The Pacific (2010) depiction US Marines in the Pacific War
• Paradise Road
• Patton (1970), depiction of the Battle of El Guettar and the campaigns of Patton
• Pearl Harbor (2001), fictionalized account of the Pearl Harbor attack
• The Pianist (2002), a Jewish man hides in Warsaw to escape the Holocaust
• PT 109 (1963), the story of President Kennedy in WWII
• The Purple Heart (1944)
• The Purple Plain (1954)
• Prisoners of the Sun (1990)
• Raid on Rommel (1971)
• The Railway Man (2013)
• Reach for the Sky (1956), biopic of RAF hero Douglas Bader
• The Red Ball Express (1952) Military truck drivers kept the Allied armies supplied in Europe during World War II Starring Sidney Poitier.
• Red Tails (2012), the story of the Tuskegee Airmen.
• Rengō Kantai Shirei Chōkan: Yamamoto Isoroku (Admiral Yamato) (1968), starring Toshiro Mifune
• Roma, città aperta
• Run Silent, Run Deep (1956)
• Sahara (1943)
• Saigo no Tokkōtai (最後の特攻隊, The Last Kamikaze in English), (1970), starring Koji Tsuruta, Ken Takakura and Shinichi Chiba.
• Saints and Soldiers (2003)
• Saving Private Ryan (1998), depiction of the Battle of Normandy
• Schindler's List (1993), German businessman helps save Jewish lives during the Holocaust
• The Sea Wolves (1980), British agents attack German shipping in the Indian Ocean
• Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973 Soviet TV mini series) ("Семнадцать мгновений весны" in Russia)
• Shining Through (1992)
• Silent Night (2002), American and German soldiers come together on Christmas Eve 1944
• Sinimäed (2006)
• Sink the Bismarck (1960), depiction of the hunt for the Bismark
• So Proudly We Hail! (1943)
• Soldaat van Oranje (Soldier of Orange) (1977), Dutch resistance
• Stalag 17 (1953), American POWS stage an escape
• Stauffenberg (film) (2004), (English: Operation Valkyrie), Germano–Austrian TV film about Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg and the 20 July 1944 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler
• The Story of G.I. Joe (1945), biopic of correspondent Ernie Pyle
• Surnupealuu sõdurid (2004)
• Talvisota (The Winter War) (1989), the Winter War in Finland
• The Tanks Are Coming (1941)
• The Tanks are Coming (1951)
• They Were Expendable (1945)
• The Thin Red Line (1998), depiction of the US Army at the Battle of Guadalcanal
• Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944), depiction of the Doolittle Raid and aftermath
• This Land Is Mine (1943)
• To Have and Have Not (film) (1944)
• To Hell and Back (1955) Story of Audie Murphy
• To Live in Peace (1947)
• Too Late the Hero (1970), British troops on a mission in South Asia
• Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), depiction of the Attack on Pearl Harbor
• The Train (1964)
• Tobruk (1967)
• Tobruk (2008), Czech soldiers in the Tobruk campaign
• The Tuskegee Airmen (1995), depiction of the all-black 99th Pursuit Squadron
• The Two Colonels (1962), B&W comedy about Italian and British troops facing off on the Greek-Albanian border in 1943
• Twelve O'Clock High (1949), the lives of 8th Air Force bomber crews in England
• U-571 (2000), entirely fictional depiction of mission to recover Enigma machine from U-Boat
• The Unknown Soldier (1955 and 1985)
• Ühe metsa pojad (2007)
• Uprising (2001) TV movie depicting the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
• Valkyrie (film)(2008) 20 July Plot of 1944
• Von Ryan's Express (1965), Allied POWs stage an escape from a train in Italy
• Võõra nime all (1984)
• Weekend at Dunkirk (1964)
• Wake Island (1942)
• The Way Ahead (1944)
• Went the Day Well? (1942)
• Westerplatte (1967), Polish defenders in the Battle of Westerplatte
• What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966)
• 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)
• Memorial Day (2011 film) (2011)

Battle of Britain (1940)

(Also see Battle of Britain films)

• Angels One Five (1952)
• Battle of Britain (1969)
• Piece of Cake TV series (1988), RAF pilots in the Battle of Britain
• Eagles Over London (1970)
• Reach for the Sky (1956), biopic of RAF hero Douglas Bader
• The One That Got Away (1957), true story of the only Luftwaffe pilot to escape captivity and return to Germany.
• Hope and Glory (1987)

Battle of Iwo Jima (1945)

• Flags of Our Fathers (2006), story of the flag raising
• Letters from Iwo Jima (2006), Japanese defenders of Iwo Jima
• The Outsider (1961), the story of Ira Hayes
• Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)

Burma Campaign (1942–1945)

• Objective Burma (1945)
• Lalkar (1972)
• Hum Dono (1961)
• Merrill's Marauders (1962)
• Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero (2005)

Japanese occupation of the Philippines (1941–1945)

• Aguila (1980)
• Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita (2004)
• Alab ng Lahi (2003)
• Ambush Bay (1966)
• American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950)
• Bataan (1943)
• Back to Bataan (1945)
• Back Door to Hell (1964)
• Bangkay Kaming Hahakbangan (1961)
• Batalyon Trece (1949)
• Comfort Women: A Cry for Justice (1989)
• Corregidor (1943)
• Cry of Battle (1963)
• Death March (1946)
• Diwa (2002)
• Dugo at Pag Ibig sa Kapirasiong Lupa (1975)
• Gatas... Sa dibdib ng kaaway (2001)
• Guerilyera (1946)
• Iginuhit ng Tadhana (1965)
• Intramuros (1964)
• Kalibre .45 (1980)
• Lost Battalion (1962)
• Mga Kanyon ng Corregidor (1964)
• Manila Calling (1942)
• Manila, Open City (1968)
• Mapuputing Kamay (1950)
• Markova: Comfort Gay (2000)
• Oro, Plata, Mata (1982)
• Panaghoy sa Suba (2004)
• Pilipinas Kong Mahal (1965)
• Pinakamagang Hayop sa Daigdig (1963)
• Pipo (1970)
• The Raiders of Leyte Gulf (1963)
• The Ravagers (1965)
• Roman Rapido (1983)
• Sierra Madre (1963)
• Sigaw ng Digmaan (1963)
• Tatlong Taong Walang Diyos (1976)
• Yamashita: The Tiger's Treasure (2001)

Winter war (1939–1940)

• Ski Patrol (1940)
• Talvisota (1989) (available on YouTube with subtitles)
• Lupaus (Promise) (2005)
• Fire and Ice: The Winter War of Finland and Russia (2006) (Documentary)

Eastern Front (World War II) (1941–1945)

• 1941 (2009 film) (2009 TV)
• Apostol (TV series) (The Apostle) (2008)
• Attack on Leningrad (2009)
• Ballad of a Soldier (1959) ("Баллада о солдате" in Russia), Russian infantryman travels home on leave
• Battle of Moscow (1985)
• The Battle of Stalingrad (1949)
• The Boy from Stalingrad (1943)
• The Brest Fortress (2010, Russian), opening stages of Operation Barbarossa in 1941
• Burnt by the Sun 2 (2010)
• Come and See (1985) ("Иди и смотри" in Russia), German atrocities in Russia
• The Cranes Are Flying (1957) ("Летят журавли" in Russian)
• Cross of Iron (1977), German infantrymen on the Eastern Front
• The Dawns Here Are Quiet (1972)
• Defiance (2008), Jewish partisans in Belarus
• Enemy at the Gates (2001), depiction of the Battle of Stalingrad
• First Squad: The Moment of Truth (2009)
• The Island (2006)
• It Happened in the Donbass (1945)
• The Liberation (1971) ("Освобождение" in Russia)
• The Misfit Brigade (1987), war story of the 27th Panzers, Hitler's heavy-duty combat regiment composed of prisoners
• My Name is Ivan (1963) ("Иваново детство" in Russia)
• The North Star (1943)
• Only Old Men Are Going to Battle (1973)
• Secret Agent (1947)
• Shtrafbat (2004 TV mini-series)
• Siberiade (1979)
• Soldiers of Freedom (1977)
• Song of Russia (1944)
• Spy (2012)
• Stalingrad (1993), depiction of the Battle of Stalingrad
• Stalingrad (2013)
• They Fought for Their Country (1975) ("Они сражались за родину" in Russia)
• Twenty Days Without War (1976)
• In june '41 ("В июне '41го" in Russian) (2008)
• Ukraine in Flames (1943), documentary ("Битва за нашу Советскую Украину" in Russian)
• The Unknown War (1978), documentary series
• White Tiger (2012)
• The Star (2002) ("Звезда" in Russian)

World War II in Yugoslavia (1941–1945)

• Badnje veče 1943 (2007 TV), story of two brothers in rival resistance groups, one Partisan, other a Chetnik, who come together for a family meeting
• Balkan Ekspres (1983), petty criminals trying to make some money under the disguise of musical band in Nazi-occupied Serbia
• Battle for the Railway (1978), a duel between Partisans on one side, and the joint force of German Wehrmacht and Bulgarian troops on the other - over the railway in southern Serbia and Macedonia
• The Battle of Neretva (1969), Yugoslav Partisans
• The Battle of Sutjeska (film) (1973), Yugoslav Partisans
• Boško Buha (1979), a young Yugoslav Partisan who turned to be one of the greatest icons of World War II in the former Yugoslavia
• Braća po materi (1988), depiction of Croatian Ustaše atrocities
• Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas (1943)
• Čovek iz hrastove šume (1965), a Chetnik executioner finds his human side after falling in love with a partisan girl, however she betrays him
• The Dagger (1999), story of hatred and violence in Bosnia, spanning from World War Two to the Bosnian War, told through a story of a Serb child raised to be a Muslim
• Daleko je sunce (1953), Yugoslav Partisans
• Desant na Drvar (1963), Yugoslav Partisans protecting Josip Broz Tito face a full-scale airborne assault by the SS
• Force Ten from Navarone (1978), OSS mission in Yugoslavia
• How I Was Stolen by the Germans (2011)
• Igmanski marš (1983), partisans face a devastating march across mount Igman
• Kapetan Leši (1960), Yugoslav Partisans in German-occupied areas of Kosovo
• Koraci kroz magle (1967), while wounded partisans retreat through foggy marshlands, Germans quietly start a manhunt while anticipating their physical and mental exhaustion
• Kozara (film) (1962), Yugoslav Partisans in battle for Kozara mountain
• Krvava bajka (1969), Nazi massacre of children in Kragujevac, Serbia
• Kuda idu divlje svinje (1971 TV series), two groups of smugglers in Croatia during Ustaše regime
• Occupation in 26 Pictures (1978), depiction of Croatian Ustaše atrocities
• Otpisani (1974 TV series), partisan saboteurs in Nazi-occupied Belgrade
• Partizanska eskadrila (1979), heavily fictionalized story of the first Yugoslav Partisan air force unit
• Pogled u zjenicu sunca (1966), a gritty story of a small group of partisans left behind in the mountains, who face cold, starvation, typhus and, ultimately, hallucinations, and a young partisan who volunteered to retrieve them
• Provereno nema mina (1965), a Soviet-Yugoslav co-production set just after the liberation of Belgrade
• Ravna Gora (2013 TV series), story of Serbian Chetnik resistance fighters
• The Republic of Užice (1974), partisans establish a liberated territory in and around a small Serbian town of Užice, in autumn of 1941
• Salaš u Malom Ritu (1975 TV series), children face Nazi atrocities in a small village in Serbia
• Silent Gunpowder (1990), story of a Serbian village in the mountains of Bosnia and its villagers who found themselves divided along two opposing ideological lines, represented by the Chetniks and the Partisans
• The Ninth Circle (1960), depiction of Croatian Ustaše atrocities
• The Secret Invasion (1964), British intelligence sends five convicted criminals into Yugoslavia to rescue an Italian General and convince him to turn his troops against the occupying Nazi forces
• Šolaja (1955), Serb rebellion against Ustaše genocide
• Undercover (1943), Yugoslav guerrilla movement in German-occupied Yugoslavia loosely based on the Chetnik resistance movement
• Underground (1995), epic story spanning from Nazi invasion of Yugoslavia to Yugoslav wars of the 1990s
• In the mountains of Yugoslavia (Russian title: В горах Югославии) (1946), first post-war film to be filmed in Yugoslavia, a Soviet-Yugoslav coproduction
• Vuk sa Prokletija (1968), ethnic Albanians in Italian-occupied areas of Kosovo
• Walter Defends Sarajevo (1972), somewhat fictionalized story of a Yugoslav war hero Vladimir Perić Valter

Continuation War (1941–1944)

• The Unknown Soldier (The Unknown Soldier) (1955)
• Sissit (1963)
• Tuntematon Sotilas (The Unknown Soldier) (1985)
• Rukajärven tie (Ambush) (1999)
• Käki (The Cuckoo) (2002)
• Etulinjan Edessä (Beyond The Front Line) (Original title in Swedish:"Framom främsta linjen" ) (2004)
• Lupaus (Promise) (2005)
• Tali-Ihantala 1944 (2007)

Partisan War in Lithuania (1944–1953)

• Vienui Vieni (Utterly Alone) (2004)

Indonesian National Revolution (1945–1949)

• Darah dan Doa (1950)
• Enam Djam di Djogdja (1951)
• Kopral Djono (1954)
• Pedjuang (1960)
• Daerah Tak Bertuan (1963)
• Perawan di Sektor Selatan (1972)
• Mereka Kembali (1972)
• Bandung Lautan Api (1974)
• Janur Kuning (1979)
• Kereta Api Terakhir (1981)
• Serangan Fajar (1981)
• Pasukan Berani Mati (1982)
• Lebak Membara (1982)
• Film Dan Peristiwa (1985)
• Nagabonar (1986)
• Tjoet Nja' Dhien (1988)
• Soerabaja'45 (1990)
• Oeroeg (1993)
• Merah Putih (2009)
• Merah Putih II: Darah Garuda (2010)
• Laskar Pemimpi (2010)
• Merah Putih III: Hati Merdeka (2011)

Cold War (1945–1991)

(Also see Cold War films)

• The Third Man (1949)
• Jet Pilot (1957)
• On the Beach (1959)
• Rocket Attack U.S.A. (1961)
• The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
• A Gathering of Eagles (1963)
• The Bedford Incident (1963)
• Seven Days in May (1964)
• Fail-Safe (1964)
• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
• Rendezvous With a Spy ("Spotkanie ze Szpiegiem" in Polish) (1964)
• The War Game (1965)
• The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
• The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966)
• Ice Station Zebra (1968)
• The Kremlin Letter (1970)
• Night Flight from Moscow (1973)
• The Mackintosh Man (1973)
• Starling and Lyre ("Скворец и Лира" in Russian) (1974)
• Telefon (1977)
• Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
• The Sandbaggers (1978–1980) (TV series)
• Firefox (1982)
• Incident at Map Grid 36-80 (1982)
• The Soldier (1982)
• World War III (1982) (TV miniseries)
• Enigma (1982)
• Gorky Park (1983)
• The Day After (1983) (TV)
• WarGames (1983)
• Red Dawn (1984)
• TASS Is Authorized to Declare... (1984) (TV miniseries)
• Threads (1984) (TV)
• Spies Like Us (1985)
• The Detached Mission (1985)
• The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
• Defence of the Realm (1986)
• Top Gun (1986)
• The Fourth Protocol (1987)
• Honor Bound (1988)
• Red Scorpion (1988)
• The Hunt for Red October (1989)
• By Dawn's Early Light (1990)
• The Fourth War (1990)
• Company Business (1991)
• Crimson Tide (1995)
• Hostile Waters (1997) (TV)
• The Assignment (1997)
• Cold War (1998) (TV documentary series)
• Thirteen Days (2000)
• Buffalo Soldiers (2001)
• K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
• Silmido (2003)
• Breach (2007)
• The Good Shepherd (2006)
• The Company (2007) (TV miniseries)
• A Lonely Place for Dying (2009)
• Carlos (2010) (miniseries)
• The Debt (2011)
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
• Phantom (2013)
• The Americans (2013) (TV series)
• Despite the Falling Snow (2014)
• Jack Strong (2014)
• Bridge of Spies (2015)
• Deutschland 83 (2015) (TV series)

Hukbalahap Insurgency (1946–1954)

• Huk sa Bagong Pamumuhay (1953)
• Huk! (1956)
• Patayin Si Sec. Magsaysay (1957)

First Indochina War (1946–1954)

• Rogues' Regiment (1948)
• Jump into Hell (1954)
• China Gate (1957)
• The Black Battalion (Cerný prapor) (1958) Czech soldiers in the Foreign legion
• Five Gates to Hell (1959)
• La 317éme section (1965)
• Lost Command (1966)
• Indochine (1992)
• Dien Bien Phu (1992)
• The Quiet American (2002)
• The Indian (2011)

Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts (1947–present)

• Prem Pujari 1965 war (1965)
• Upkaar 1965 war (1967)
• Hindustan Ki Kasam 1971 war (1973)
• Aakraman 1971 war (1975)
• Vijeta 1971 war (1982)
• Border 1971 war (1997)
• Operation Dwarka Based on naval operation commenced by the Pakistan Navy to attack the Indian coastal town of Dwarka on 7 September 1965 (1998)
• Mission Kashmir Kashmir struggle (2000)
• LOC Kargil Kargil war (2003)
• Lakshya Kargil war (2004)
• Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo (2004)
• Tango Charlie (2005)
• Gadar: Ek Prem Katha India& Pakistan partition of 1947 (2001)
• Border Hindustan Ka (2003)
• Param Vir Chakra (1990) DD Special Episodes on Indian war heroes and Martyrs.
• Nishan-e-Haider Series PTV Special Plays.
• Alpha Bravo Charli PTV drama serial.

First Arab-Israeli War (1948–1949)

• Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)
• Exodus (1960)
• O Jerusalem (film) (2006)

Burmese insurgency (1948-present)

• Beyond Rangoon (1995)
• Burma VJ (2009 documentary)
• Rambo (2008)
• The Lady (2011)

Malayan Emergency (1948-1960)

• The 7th Dawn (1964)
• The Planter's Wife (1952)
• The Virgin Soldiers (1969)
• Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers (1977)
• Windom's Way (1957)

Korean War (1950–1953) and Korean DMZ Conflict (1966–present)

(Also see Korean War films)

• 71: Into the Fire (2010)
• Air Strike (1955)
• Assembly (2007) A Chinese communist soldier fights in the Chinese Civil War and Korean War before searching for the bodies of his fallen men
• The Bamboo Prison (1954)
• Batalyon Pilipino sa Korea (1953)
• Battle Flame (1959)
• Battle Hymn (1957)
• Battle Taxi (1955)
• Battle Zone (1952)
• Battle on Shangganling Mountain (1956)
• Big Fish (2003) Reminiscences from the life of a story teller include his service as a paratrooper in the Korean War
• The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
• Cease Fire (1953) (3-D)
• Combat Squad (1953)
• Crossing the Line (2006) Documentary film about an American soldier at the DMZ who defected to North Korea in the 1960s
• Dragonfly Squadron (1954)
• Field of Honor (1986), the Netherlands Battalion in Korea
• Flight Nurse (1953)
• Fixed Bayonets (1951)
• The Frontline (2011)
• Hell's Horizon (1955)
• A Hill in Korea (1956)
• Hold Back the Night (1956)
• The Hook (1963)
• The Hunters (1958)
• I Want You (1951)
• Inchon (1982)
• The Interview (2014)
• The Iron Angel (1964)
• Jet Attack (1955)
• Joint Security Area (2000) An investigation of a DMZ skirmish that resulted in the deaths of two North Korean soldiers
• Korea (1952)
• Korea Patrol (1951)
• Legend of the Patriots (2010) (TV Series), remake of Comrades
• MacArthur (1977)
• Marines, Let's Go (1960)
• The Marines Who Never Returned (1963)
• MASH (1970) Dark comedy highlighting the antics of army battlefield surgeons in wartime Korea
• M*A*S*H (1972–83) Comedy TV series loosely based on the 1970 film MASH
• Men in War (1957)
• Men of the Fighting Lady (1954)
• Mr Walkie Talkie (1952)
• No Man's Land (1964)
• The Nun and the Sergeant (1962)
• One Minute to Zero (1952)
• Operation Dames (1959)
• Pork Chop Hill (1959)
• Prisoner of War (1954)
• The Rack (1956)
• Red Dawn (2012) In the remake of the 1984 alternate history film, North Korea invades the United States with the help of a secret weapon
• The Reluctant Heroes (1971)
• Retreat, Hell! (1952)
• Road No. 1 (2010) (TV Series)
• Sabre Jet (1953)
• Secret Reunion (2010) Action thriller about North Korean and South Korean spies hunting each other in Seoul
• Seoul 1945 (2006) (TV Series) Childhood friendships are forged during the Japanese occupation of Korea and shattered by the Korean War
• Sergeant Ryker (1963)
• Silmido (2003) Story of a team of elite soldiers trained to assassinate Kim Il Sung in the 1960s
• Sky Commando (1953)
• Sniper's Ridge (1961)
• The Steel Helmet (1951)
• Submarine Command (1951)
• Taegukgi (2004)
• Take the High Ground (1953)
• Tank Battalion (1959)
• Target Zero (1955)
• This is Korea! (1951)
• Time Limit (1957)
• Torpedo Alley (1953)
• War Hunt (1962)
• A Yank in Korea (1951)
• The Young and The Brave (1963)
• The Forgotten War (2009) – Story of the 10th BCT,Philippine Expeditionary Forces To Korea members sent to Korea,from Inchon Landings to Battle of Yultong.

Mau Mau Uprising (1952–1960)

• Africa Addio (1966), documentary
• Guns at Batasi (1964)
• The Kitchen Toto (1987)
• The Mark of the Hawk (1957)- ambiguous setting, based on the events in Kenya.
• Mau-Mau (1955)
• Safari (1956)
• Simba (1955)
• Something of Value (1957)

Cuban Revolution (1953–1959)

• Cuba (1979)
• Havana (1990)
• Fidel (2002) (TV)
• Dreaming of Julia (2003)
• 638 Ways to Kill Castro (2006) (TV Documentary)
• Che: Part 1 (2008)

Algerian War (1954–1962)

• Lost Command (1966)
• The Battle of Algiers (1966)
• Intimate Enemies (2007)
• Far from Men (2014)

Hungarian Revolution of 1956

• Children of Glory (2006)
• The Journey (1959)
• The Company (2007) Miniseries

Second Arab–Israeli War (1956)

• Nasser 56 (1996)

Vietnam War (1959–1975)

(Also see Vietnam War in film and Vietnam War films)

• A Yank in Viet-Nam (1964)
• Hanoi Hilton (1987)
• The Ten Thousand Day War (TV mini-series 1980)
• Hearts and Minds (1974)
• Operation C.I.A. (1965)
• To the Shores of Hell (1966)
• The Anderson Platoon (1967)
• Philcag in Vietnam (1967)
• The Green Berets (1968)
• The Ballad of Andy Crocker (1969)
• The Losers (1970) – see Nam's Angels
• Free The Army tour (1972)
• Rolling Thunder (1977)
• The Deer Hunter (1978)
• Go Tell the Spartans (1978)
• The Boys in Company C (1978)
• Coming Home (1978)
• Cease Fire (1985)
• Apocalypse Now (1979)
• The Odd Angry Shot (1979)
• A Rumor of War (1980) (TV)
• The Last Hunter (1980)
• How Sleep the Brave (1981)
• Some Kind of Hero (1982)
• The Uncounted Enemy (1982)
• Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder (1982)
• Streamers (film) (1983)
• Uncommon Valor (1983)
• Missing In Action (1984)
• Purple Hearts (1984)
• Missing In Action II: The Beginning (1985)
• Birdy (1985)
• Platoon (1986)
• Combat Shock (1986)
• Full Metal Jacket (1987)
• Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
• Hamburger Hill (1987)
• Tour of Duty (TV series) (1987–1990)
• Gardens of Stone (1987)
• Hell on the Battleground (1987)
• Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except (1987)
• Bat 21 (1988)
• Braddock: Missing in Action III (1988)
• China Beach (TV series) (1988–1991)
• Off Limits (1988)
• Platoon Leader (1988)
• Distant Thunder (1988)
• Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
• Casualties of War (1989)
• The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1989)
• The Iron Triangle (1989)
• 84C MoPic (1989)
• A Better Tomorrow 3 (1989)
• Air America (1990)
• Bullet in the Head (1990)
• Jacob's Ladder (1990)
• Flight of the Intruder (1991)
• The Lost Platoon (1991)
• White Badge (1992)
• White Ghost (1988)
• Heaven & Earth (1993)
• Firehawk (1993)
• Forrest Gump (1994)
• The Foot Shooting Party (1994)
• Operation Dumbo Drop (1995)
• Dead Presidents (1995)
• The Walking Dead (1995)
• The War at Home (1996)
• A Bright Shining Lie (1998)
• Héroes de Otra Patria (Heroes Without a Cause) (1998)
• Tigerland (2000)
• Father Xmas (2001)
• Going Back (2001)
• Green Dragon (2001)
• Under Heavy Fire (2001)
• We Were Soldiers (2002)
• Word of Honor (2003)
• Gamma Squad (2004)
• R-Point (2004)
• Faith of My Fathers (2005)
• American Gangster (2007)
• Rescue Dawn (2007)
• Journey from the Fall (2007)
• 1968 Tunnel Rats (2008)
• Sunny (2008)
• Long Tan (2011)

Congo Crisis (1960–1966)

• Dark of the Sun (1968)
• Lumumba (2000)
• Mister BOB (2011) (TV)

Eritrean War of Independence (1961–1991)

• Heart of Fire (2008)

Sino-Indian War (1962)

• Haqeeqat (1964)
• Khamoshi (1969)

Rhodesian Bush War (1964–1979)

• Albino (1976)
• A Game for Vultures (1979)
• Blind Justice (1988)

Indonesian killings of 1965–66

• Gie (2005)
• The Act of Killing (2012), Documentary
• The Year of Living Dangerously (film) (1982)

Namibian War of Independence (1966–1990)

• Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation (2007)

Cambodian Civil War (1967–1975)

• The Killing Fields (1984)

Naxalite–Maoist insurgency in India (1967–present)

• The Naxalites (1980)
• Aranyakam (1988)
• Red Alert: The War Within (2010)
• Chakravyuh (2012)

Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970)

• Tears of the Sun (2003)
• Half of a Yellow Sun (2013)

Communist Insurgency of the Philippines (1969–present)

• Ama Namin (1998)
• Huk (1956)
• Ex-Army
• Ultimatum Ceasefire (1987)

The Troubles in Northern Ireland (1969–2005)

• A Prayer for the Dying (1987)
• Patriot Games (1992)
• The Crying Game (1992)
• In the Name of the Father (1993)
• Blown Away (1994)
• The Devil's Own (1997)
• The Boxer (1997)
• Bloody Sunday (2002)
• Battle of the Bogside documentary film (2004)
• Johnny Was (2006)
• Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008)
• Hunger (2008)
• '71 (2014)

Islamic Insurgency of the Philippines (1970–present)

• Mistah (Mga Mandirigma) (1994)
• Bagong Buwan (2001)

Yom Kippur War (1973–1974)

• The bullet is still in my pocket (1974)
• Kippur (2000)

Turkish invasion of Cyprus (1974)

• Under the Stars (2001)

Indonesian invasion of East Timor (1975–1976)

• Balibo (2009)
• Beatriz's War (2013)

Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990)

• The Delta Force (1986)
• Witness in the War Zone (1987)
• Navy SEALs (1990)
• al-I'sar [in Arabic] (~1992)
• West Beirut (1998)
• Zozo (2005)

First Lebanon War (1982)

• Ricochets (Shtei Etzbaot Mi'Tzidon) (1986)
• Time for Cherries (Onat Haduvdevanim) (1991)
• Cup Final (1991)
• Beaufort (2007)
• Waltz with Bashir (2008)
• Lebanon (2009)

War of the Camps (1985-1988)

• Spy Game (2001)

Operation Entebbe (1976)

• Mivtsa Yonatan (1977)
• Raid On Entebbe (1977) (TV)
• Victory at Entebbe (1976) (TV)
• The Last King of Scotland (2006)

Sino-Vietnamese War (1979)

• Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain (1984)
• Dove Tree (1985)

Nicaraguan Civil War (1979–1992)

• Under Fire (1983)
• Latino (1985)
• Carla's Song (1997)

Chadian–Libyan conflict (1978–1987)

• In the Army Now (1994)

Soviet war in Afghanistan (1979–1989)

• The Living Daylights (1987)
• All Costs Paid (1988), TV miniseries
• Rambo III (1988)
• The Beast of War (1988)
• Gruz 300 (Cargo 300) (1989)
• Afghan Breakdown (1991)
• Peshavar Waltz (1994), Russian war film on Afghanistan
• Spetsnaz (2002), TV miniseries
• 9th Company (2005)
• Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
• The Kite Runner (2007)
• Ohotniki za karavanami (The Caravan Hunters) (2010), TV miniseries

Salvadoran Civil War (1980–1992)

• S.A.S. à San Salvador (1983)
• Salvador (1986)
• Romero (film) (1989)
• Voces inocentes (2004) (Innocent Voices)

Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988)

• Alhodood Almultahebah (The Flaming Borders) (1987)
• Sea Clamor (1987)
• The Human Shield (1992)
• Kilomètre Zéro (Kilometer Zero) (2005)
• Ekhrajiha (2007)
• Persepolis (2007)
• Ruz-e-sevom (The Third Day) (2007)
• Dar Chashm-e Baad (In the Wind's Eyes) (2008), TV series
• che (2014 film)
• Track 143 (2014)

Falklands War (1982)

• Los Chicos De La Guerra (1984)
• Tumbledown (1988) (TV)
• Resurrected (1989)
• An Ungentlemanly Act (1992) (TV)
• Iluminados Por El Fuego (Blessed by Fire) (2005)
• 1982, Estuvimos ahí (1982, We were there) (2004)
• The Iron Lady (2011)

Second Sudanese Civil War (1983–2005)

• Machine Gun Preacher (2011)

Sri Lankan Civil War (1983–2009)

• Kannathil Muthamittal (2002)
• Sengadal (2010, not yet released, banned in India and Sri Lanka
• Madras Cafe (2013)

US Invasion of Grenada (1983)

• Heartbreak Ridge (1986)

South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000)

• Beaufort (2007)

Al-Anfal Campaign (1986–1989)

• Jiyan (2002)
• Kilomètre Zéro (Kilometer Zero) (2005)
• Sirta la gal ba (2009)
• Triage (2009)

First Intifada (1987–1993)

• Rock the Casbah (2012)

Nagorno-Karabakh War (1988–1994)

• Aram (2002)
• A Trip to Karabakh (2005)
• Chakatagir (Destiny) (2006)
• A Story of People in War and Peace (2007), documentary
• Yaddaş (The Memory) (2010)
• If Only Everyone (2012)

Somali Civil War (1988–present)

• Black Hawk Down (2001)

First Liberian Civil War (1989-1997)

• Freetown (film) (2015)

United States invasion of Panama (1989–1990)

• The Panama Deception (1992) (documentary)
• Invasion (2014) (documentary)

Gulf War (1990–1991)

(Also see Gulf War films)

• Hot Shots! (1991)
• The Heroes of Desert Storm (1991)
• Lessons of Darkness (1992)
• The Human Shield (1992)
• The Finest Hour (1992)
• Courage Under Fire (1996)
• The One That Got Away (1996) (TV)
• Thanks of a Grateful Nation (1998) (TV)
• Three Kings (1999)
• Bravo Two Zero (1999) (TV)
• Live From Baghdad (2002) (TV)
• Jarhead (2005)
• The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
• Dawn of the World (2008)
• House of Saddam (2008) (TV)
• The Devil's Double (2011)

1991 uprisings in Iraq

• Three Kings (1999)
• Dawn of the World (2008)

Rwandan Civil War (1990–1993)

• Hotel Rwanda (2004)
• Shooting Dogs (2005)
• Sometimes in April (2005)
• Beyond The Gates (2005)
• A Sunday in Kigali (Un dimanche à Kigali) (2006)
• Shake Hands with the Devil (2007)

Algerian Civil War (1991–2002)

• Barakat! (2006)

Sierra Leone Civil War (1991–2002)

• Cry Freetown (2000), documentary
• Blood Diamond (2006)
• Ezra (2007)
• La vita non perde valore (2012), documentary

Yugoslav Wars (1991–1999)

• The Death of Yugoslavia (1995), documentary
• Yugoslavia: The Avoidable War (1999), documentary
• The Weight of Chains (2010), documentary

Ten-Day War in Slovenia (1991)

• Sivi kamion crvene boje (Red Coloured Grey Truck) (2004)

Croatian War of Independence (1991–1995)

• Dezerter (1992)
• Say Why Have You Left Me (1993)
• Vukovar poste restante (1994)
• How the War Started on My Island (1997)
• The Wounds (1998)
• Celestial Body (2000)
• Harrison's Flowers (2000)
• Witnesses (2003)
• Mathilde (2004)
• Oluja nad Krajinom (Storm over Krajina) (2005), documentary
• Sinovci (2006)
• The Recollection Thief (2007)
• Will Not End Here (2008)
• Zapamtite Vukovar (2008)
• The Blacks (2009)
• The Ghosts of Medak Pocket (2011), documentary
• Vir (The Whirl) (2012)
• Number 55 (2014)

Bosnian War (1992–1995)

• Before the Rain (1994)
• Underground (1995)
• Složna braća (1995), TV miniseries
• Ulysses' Gaze (1995)
• Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (1996)
• Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)
• The Perfect Circle (1997)
• Demons of War (1998)
• Savior (1998)
• Shot Through the Heart (1998)
• Tactical Assault (1998)
• The Dagger (1999)
• Warriors (1999)
• No Man's Land (2001)
• Behind Enemy Lines (2002)
• Where Eskimos Live (2002)
• Fuse (2003)
• Life Is a Miracle (2004)
• Grbavica (2006)
• Nafaka (2006)
• The Fourth Man (2007)
• The Hunting Party (2007)
• Živi i mrtvi (2007)
• The Tour (2008)
• ZOS: Zone of Separation (2008), TV miniseries
• Sono stato Dio in Bosnia. Vita di un Mercenario (I was a God in Bosnia: Life of a Mercenary) (2010), Documentary
• The Whistleblower (2010)
• A town betrayed (2011), documentary
• Neprijatelj (The Enemy) (2011)
• Sarajevo Ricochet (2011), documentary
• Circles (2013)
• Isteni műszak (Heavenly Shift) (2013)
• No One's Child (2014)
• So Hot Was the Cannon (2014)
• A Perfect Day (2015)
• L'Angelo di Sarajevo (2015), TV miniseries
• The Last Panthers (2015), TV series

Kosovo War (1998–1999)

• Sky Hook (2000)
• The Valley (2000), documentary
• War Live (2000)
• Guerreros (2002)
• Sniper 2 (2003)
• The Hunted (2003)
• Falling in the Paradise (2004)
• California Dreamin' (2007)
• Sniper Valley (2007)
• Stolen Kosovo (2008), TV documentary
• Kosovo: Can You Imagine? (2009), documentary
• My Beautiful Country (2012)
• Enclave (2015)
• The Sky Above Us (2015)

Afghan Civil War (1992–96)

• Kandagar (2010)

Civil war in Tajikistan (1992–1997)

• Margi begunokh (The Death of the Innocent) (2013)

War in Abkhazia (1992–93)

• Gagma Napiri (The Other Bank) (2009)
• Mandariinid (Tangerines) (2013)

War of Transnistria (1992)

• Transnistria... Durere şi Speranţă (Transistria... Pain and Hope) (1992 documentary)

First Chechen War (1994–1996)

• Prisoner of the Mountains (1996)
• Damned and Forgotten (1997), documentary ("Прокляты и забыты" in Russian)
• Purgatory (1997 film) (1997) ("Чистилище" in Russian)
• Checkpoint (1998 film) (1998) ("Блокпост" in Russian)
• Proof of Life (1998)
• House of Fools (2002)
• The Storm Gate (2006) (TV miniseries)
• 12 (2007)

Second Congo War (1998–2003)

• Children of Congo: From War to Witches (2008), documentary

East Timorese crisis (1999)

• Answered by Fire (2006) (TV)

Kargil War (1999)

• LOC Kargil (2003)
• Lakshya (film) (2004)

Second Chechen War (1999–2000)

• War (2002)
• It is an honor (2004 film) ("Честь имею" in Russian) (2004)
• Breakthrough (2006 film) ("Прорыв" in Russian) (2006)
• Alexandra (2007)
• Russian sacrifice ("Русская жертва" in Russian) (2008)
• The Search (2014)

Second Liberian Civil War (1999–2003)

• Lord of War (2005)
• Johnny Mad Dog (2008)

Second Intifada (2000–2005)

• Private (2004)

Insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia (2001)

• Bal-Can-Can (2005)

War on Terrorism (2001–present)

Covert special operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, etc.

• The Unit (2006–2009) (TV series)
• Body of Lies (2008)
• Forces spéciales (2011)
• Soldiers of Fortune (2012)

Insurgency in Saudi Arabia (2003–present)

• Syriana (2005)
• The Kingdom (2007)

Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)

• Rendition (2007)

Joint Chiefs of Staff operations

• E-Ring (2005–2006) (TV series)

Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines (2002–present)

• Operation Balikatan (2003)
• The Hunt for Eagle One (2006)
• The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point (2006)
• Act of Valor (2012)

September 11 attacks (2001)

• DC 9/11: Time of Crisis (2003) (TV)
• Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) (documentary)
• FahrenHYPE 9/11 (2004) (documentary)
• Hamburg Cell (2004) (TV)
• Tiger Cruise (2004) (TV)
• Flight 93 (2006) (TV)
• The Path to 9/11 (2006) (TV)
• United 93 (2006)
• World Trade Center (2006)
• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2012)

Terrorist Sleeper cells

• The Siege (1998)
• Sleeper Cell (TV miniseries) (2005–2006)
• Traitor (2008)
• Four Lions (2010)

War on Terror in Pakistan

• A Mighty Heart (2007)
• Forces spéciales (2011)
• Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden (2012) (TV)
• Waar (2012)
• Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

War in Afghanistan (2001–present)

• Hooligans At War (2011)
• Kandahar (2001)
• Osama (2003)
• Fire Over Afghanistan (2003)
• September Tapes (2004)
• Brødre (2004)
• Lions for Lambs (2007)
• Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden? (2008), documentary
• Iron Man (2008)
• The Objective (2008)
• Red Sands (2009)
• Brothers (2009)
• Restrepo (2010) Oscar Nominee
• Armadillo (2010)
• Combat Hospital (TV Series)
• My Name is Khan (2010)
• Essential Killing (2010)
• Dear John (2010)
• Hell and Back Again (2011) Oscar Nominee
• Afghan Luke (2011)
• Young Soldiers (2011) (TV Series)
• Our War (2011–2014) (TV Series), documentary about British soldiers first hand experience of the war in Afghanistan
• Forces spéciales (2011)
• Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
• Deutschland is a good country (2012) (documentary) more on http://www.goodcountry.de
• Bluestone 42 (2013) (TV Series)
• The Patrol (2013)
• Lone Survivor (2014) Based on Marcus Luttrell's book Lone Survivor
• Korengal (2014) documentary on soldiers' experiences of war in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan.
• Inbetween Worlds (2014) (Zwischen Welten) Screened in main competition 64th Berlin Film Festival.

Central African Republic Bush War (2003–2012)

• The Ambassador (2011), documentary

Iraq War (2003–2011)

• Saving Jessica Lynch (2003) (TV)
• Ghayr Saleh (Under Exposure, alternate title: Invalid) (2004)
• Gunner Palace (2004), documentary
• The Dreams of Sparrows (2005), documentary
• Occupation: Dreamland (2005), documentary
• Over There (2005) (TV series)
• The Tiger and the Snow (2005)
• American Soldiers (2005)
• Baghdad ER (2006), documentary
• Djihad (2006) (TV)
• Home of the Brave (2006)
• Iraq in Fragments (2006)
• My Country, My Country (2006)
• The Situation (2006)
• Valley of the Wolves Iraq (2006)
• The War Tapes (2006), documentary
• In the Valley of Elah (2007)
• Body of War (2007)
• No End In Sight (2007), documentary
• Redacted (2007)
• Grace Is Gone (2007)
• The Mark of Cain (2007) (TV)
• Battle For Haditha (2007)
• The Four Horsemen (film) (2007)
• Stop Loss (2008)
• W. (film) (2008)
• House of Saddam (2008) (TV)
• Generation Kill (2008) (TV series)
• Body of Lies (2008)
• Time Bomb (2008)
• Standard Operating Procedure (film) (2008), documentary
• A Line in the Sand (2009)
• Brothers at War (2009), documentary
• Taking Chance (2009)
• The Hurt Locker (2009)
• The Messenger (2009)
• The Triangle of Death (2009), documentary
• Occupation (TV series) (2009)
• Baker Boys: Inside the Surge (2010) (TV miniseries)
• Farewell Baghdad (2010)
• Green Zone (2010)
• Shadows in Paradise (2010)
• Fair Game (2010)
• No True Glory: Battle for Fallujah (2011)
• Homeland (TV series) (2011)
• Memorial Day (2011 film) (2011)
• Allegiance (film) (2012)
• Boys of Abu Ghraib (2014)
• American Sniper (film) (2014)

War in Darfur (2003–present)

• The Devil Came on Horseback (2007)
• Darfur Diaries: Message from Home (2006), documentary
• Google Darfur (2007), documentary
• On Our Watch (2007), documentary
• Darfur (2009)

Kivu conflict (2004–2013)

• Blood Coltan (2008), documentary
• Sniper: Reloaded (2011)

Chadian Civil War (2005–10)

• Daratt (2006)
• A Screaming Man (2010)

Mexican Drug War (2006–present)

• Breaking Bad (TV Series) (2008–2013)
• El Sicario, Room 164 (2010), A documentary about an anonymous Ciudad Juárez Sicario known to have killed hundreds
• Miss Bala (2011), A beauty contestant is kidnapped by a cartel and forced to do drug missions in wartorn Mexico
• Savages (2012), Small-time pot growers search for their lover, kidnapped by a cartel they refused to work with
• Snitch (2012), His son arrested, a concerned father makes a deal with a US attorney to infiltrate a Mexican cartel and ends up trapped in a war zone
• End of Watch (2012), The Sinaloa Cartel declares war on 2 LAPD officers arrest who raid a safe house
• The Last Stand (2013), A border-town Sheriff's Department takes on a powerful drug lord and his private army
• The Mexican Mormon War (2012), Vice documentary on the Mormon vigilante militia fighting a drug cartel in Chihuahua
• Narco Cultura (2013), A documentary film that explores the cultural glorification of modern drug traffickers
• El Velador/The Night Watchman (2013), A documentary portraying the quieter, less obvious impact of the drug war
• Sicario (2015), An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by an elected government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico

Second Lebanon War (2006)

• Under the Bombs (2007)

South Ossetia War (2008)

• Olympus Inferno (2008)
• 5 Days of War (2011)
• August Eighth (2012)

Second Ivorian Civil War (2010–2011)

• Le Crime Invisible (The Invisible Crime) (2011 documentary)
• L’Autre Côte d’Ivoire (The Other Côte d'Ivoire) (2013 documentary)
• Run (2014)

Libyan Civil War (2011)

• Benghazi Rising (2011), documentary
• Qaddafi: Our Best Enemy (2011), documentary
• First to Fall (2014), documentary
• War Story (2014)

Syrian Civil War (2011–present)

• Ladder to Damascus (2013)
• Return to Homs (2013), documentary
• #chicagoGirl: The Social Network Takes on a Dictator (2013)
• Ghosts of Aleppo (2014), VICE News documentary
• Rojava: Syria's Unknown War (2014), VICE News documentary
• Sniper: Legacy (2014)
• Her War: Women Vs. ISIS (2015), documentary

Central African Republic conflict (2012–present)

• The Devil Tried to Divide Us (2014), documentary

Tuareg rebellion (2012)

• Timbuktu (2014)

War in Donbass (2014–present)

• War correspondent (2014 film) ("Военный корреспондент" in Russian) (2014)
• The Guard (2015 TV series) ("Хвардия" in Ukrainian) (2015), TV series

Mercenaries in the Third World

See also Mercenaries in popular culture: Films

• Geschwader Fledermaus (Bat Squadron) (1957)
• Cerný prapor (The Black Battalion/Das schwarze Bataillon/Bataillon des Teufels) (1958)
• Madeleine und der Legionär (Madeleine and the Legionary) (1958)
• Kommando 52 (Commando 52) (1965)
• Der lachende Mann – Bekenntnisse eines Mörders (The Laughing Man – Confessions of a Killer) (1966)
• Africa Addio (Africa – Blood and Guts) (1966)
• Der Fall Bernd K. (The Case of Bernd K.) (1967)
• PS zum lachenden Mann (PS to the Laughing Man) (1967)
• The Last Mercenary (1968)
• Seduto alla sua destra (Black Jesus) (1968)
• Dark of the Sun/The Mercenaries (1968)
• Sette Baschi Rossi (The Red Berets) (1969)
• The Last Grenade (1970)
• Immer wenn der Steiner kam (Every Time Steiner Came) (1976), not released
• High Velocity (1976)
• Scorticateli Vivi (Wild Geese Attack/Skin 'Em Alive) (1978)
• The Wild Geese (1978)
• The Dogs of War (1981)
• Code Name: Wild Geese (1984)
• Commando Leopard (1985)
• Men of War (1994)
• Mister BOB (2011) (TV)
• Soldiers of Fortune (2012)

See also

• War film
• Battles in film
• List of films set in the Interwar period
• List of historical drama films
• List of costume drama films
• Middle Ages in film
• List of World War II films
• Period piece