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

Contents 1 Arab–Israeli conflict (1948-present) 2 Algerian War of Independence (1954–1962) 3 American Civil War (1861–1865) 4 American Indian Wars (1622–1898) 5 American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) 6 Ancient Greece (1100 BC-146 BC) 7 Anglo-Saxon invasion of England 8 Anglo-Zulu War (1879) 9 Battle of the Ice (1242) 10 Battle of Mactan (1521) 11 Bosnian War (1992-1995) 12 Boxer Rebellion (1899-1901) 13 Cambodian Civil War (1967–1975) 14 Chinese Civil War (1927-1950) 15 Cold War (1945-1991) 16 Colonial conflicts in Northern Africa (1880s-1914) 17 Continuation War (1941–1944) 18 Crimean War (1853–1856) 19 Croatian War of Independence (1991–1995) 20 Crusades (1095-1272) 21 English Civil War (1642-1651) 22 Estonian War of Independence (1918-1920) 23 Falklands War (1982) 24 First Arab-Israeli War (1948-1949) 25 First Boer War (1880-1881) 26 First Chechen War (1994-1996) 27 First Indochina War (1946-1954) 28 Franco-Mexican War (1861-1867) 29 Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871) 30 French Revolutionary Wars (1792–1802) 31 Great Northern War (1700–1721) 32 Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) 33 Gulf War (1990-1991) 34 Hundred Years' War (1337-1453) 35 Hussite Wars (1419-1434) 36 Indian Rebellion of 1857 and subsequent colonial conflicts in India (1857) 37 Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts (1947-1965-1971-1999) 38 Irish War of Independence (1919–1921) and Irish Civil War (1922–1923) 39 Invasion of Grenada (1983) 40 Iran–Iraq War (1980-1988) 41 Japanese occupation of the Philippines (1941-1945) 42 Burmese insurgency 43 Khmelnytsky Uprising (1648–1654) 44 Korean War (1950-1953) 45 Kosovo War (1998-1999) 46 Latvian War of Independence (1918-1920) 47 Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990) 48 Lebanon War (1982) 49 Mahdist Sudanese War (1881-1899) 50 Mau Mau Uprising (1952-1960) 51 Mercenaries in the Third World 52 Mexican–American War (1846-1848) 53 Mexican Revolution (1910-1928) 54 Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) 55 Nicaraguan Civil War 56 Operation Entebbe (1976) 57 Opium Wars (1839-1842, 1856-1860) 58 Partisan War in Lithuania (1944-1953) 59 Philippine–American War (1899 - 1902/1913) 60 Philippine Revolution (1896-1898) 61 Rhodesian Bush War (1964–1979) 62 Russian Revolution (1917) and Russian Civil War (1917–1921) 63 Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905) 64 Rwandan Civil War (1990-1993) 65 Salvadoran Civil War (1980–1992) 66 Satsuma Rebellion (1877) 67 Scanian War 68 Second Boer War (1899–1902) 69 Second Korean War (1966-1976) 70 Second Liberian Civil War (1999-2003) 71 Second Northern War (The Deluge in Polish History) (1655-1661) 72 Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) 73 Sengoku Period 74 Seven Years' War (1756–1763) and French and Indian War (1754–1763) 75 Sierra Leone Civil War (1991-2002) 76 Sino-Indian War (1962) 77 Sino-Vietnamese War (1979) 78 Sino-Xiongnu War (133 BC–AD 89) 79 Somali Civil War (1988-present) 80 Soviet war in Afghanistan (1979-1989) 81 Spanish-American War (1898) 82 Spanish Reconquest 83 St. Bartholomew's Day massacre (1572) 84 Texas War of Independence (1835-1836) 85 Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) 86 Turkish Invasion of Hungary (1532) 87 Vietnam War (1959-1975) 88 War of 1812 89 Wars of Alexander the Great (338 BC-325 BC) 90 Wars of the Roman Republic/Empire 91 Wars of Scottish Independence (1296–1328), (1332–1357) 92 World War I (1914-1918) 93 Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) 94 World War II (1939-1945) 94.1 Winter war (1939–1940) 94.2 Battle of Britain (1940) 94.3 Battle of Iwo Jima (1945) 94.4 Battle for Burma (1945) 95 War on Terrorism 95.1 Covert special operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, etc. 95.2 Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002-present) 95.3 Islamic Insurgency of the Philippines (1970 - Present) 95.4 Iraq War (2003) 95.5 Joint Chiefs of Staff operations 95.6 Operation Enduring Freedom - Philippines (2002-present) 95.7 September 11 attacks (2001) 95.8 Insurgency in Saudi Arabia (1995-present) 95.9 War in Afghanistan (2001-present) 95.10 War on Terrorism in Pakistan 96 See also

[edit] Arab–Israeli conflict (1948-present)

• Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)
• Paradise Now (2005)
• Munich (film) (2005)
• Beaufort (film) (2007)
• You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)
• Waltz with Bashir (2008)
• Exodus (film) (1960)

[edit] Algerian War of Independence (1954–1962)

• 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)

[edit] 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 epic film
• The General (1927), a comedy starring Buster Keaton
• Gone with the Wind (1939)
• They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
• The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
• The Battle of Gettysburg (1956)
• The Great Locomotive Chase (film) (1956) Andrews' Raider
• The Horse Soldiers (1959)
• Johnny Shiloh (1963) Wonderful World Of Disney
• Shenandoah (1965)
• Alvarez Kelly (1966)
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
• The Undefeated (1969)
• The Andersonville Trial (1971) made for TV
• The Beguiled (1971)
• The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
• North and South (TV miniseries, 1985-1986) - Book II episodes, depictions of the battles of Bull Run I, Antietam, Wilderness and Petersburg III
• Glory (1989)
• Dances with Wolves (1990), early scenes
• Gettysburg (1993), depiction of the Battle of Gettysburg
• Andersonville (1996), made for TV
• The Hunley (1997)
• Ride with the Devil (1999)
• Gods and Generals (2003)
• Cold Mountain (2003), depiction of the Battle of the Crater

[edit] 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)
• 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
• Geronimo (1993)
• Geronimo: An American Legend (1994)
• Crazy Horse (1996)
• Buffalo Soldiers (1997), TV
• Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
• Hidalgo (2004), the early part of the movie depicts the 1890 Battle of/Massacre at Wounded Knee

[edit] American Revolutionary War (1775–1783)

• 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)
• The Devil's Disciple (1959)
• Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
• John Adams (TV miniseries) (2008)
• Mary Silliman's War (1995)
• Johnny Tremain (1957)
• The Patriot (2000), depiction of the Battle of Camden
• Revolution (1985)
• Valley Forge (1975), made for TV

[edit] Ancient Greece (1100 BC-146 BC)

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

[edit] Anglo-Saxon invasion of England

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

[edit] Anglo-Zulu War (1879)

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

[edit] Battle of the Ice (1242)

• Alexander Nevsky (1938)

[edit] Battle of Mactan (1521)

• Lapu Lapu (1955)
• Lapu Lapu (2002)

[edit] Bosnian War (1992-1995)

• Behind Enemy Lines (2002)
• Before the Rain (1994)
• Demons of War (1998)
• 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)

[edit] Boxer Rebellion (1899-1901)

• 55 Days at Peking (1963)
• Boxer Rebellion (1976)

[edit] Cambodian Civil War (1967–1975)

• The Killing Fields (1984)

[edit] Chinese Civil War (1927-1950)

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

[edit] Cold War (1945-1991)

(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)
• The Spy who Came In From the Cold (1965)
• Telefon (1977)
• Thirteen Days (2000)
• Threads (1984) (TV)
• Top Gun (1986)
• The War Game (1965)
• WarGames (1983)
• Buffalo Soldiers (2001)
• Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
• Firefox (1981)

[edit] Colonial conflicts in Northern Africa (1880s-1914)

• 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)

[edit] Continuation War (1941–1944)

• Etulinjan Edessä (Beyond Front Line) (2004)
• Lupaus (Promise) (2006)
• Sissit (1963)
• Rukajärven tie (Ambush) (1999)
• Tali-Ihantala 1944 (2008)
• Käki (The Cuckoo) (2001)
• Tuntematon Sotilas (The Unknown Soldier) (1954)
• Tuntematon Sotilas (The Unknown Soldier) (1985)

[edit] Crimean War (1853–1856)

, 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

[edit] Croatian War of Independence (1991–1995)

• Harrison's Flowers (2000)

[edit] Crusades (1095-1272)

• The Crusades (1935), a Cecil B. De Mille production, starring Henry Wilcoxon as Richard Lionheart
• Robin and Marian (1976)
• Hearts and Armour (1983)
• Kingdom of Heaven (2005), depiction of the Battle (Siege) of Jerusalem
• Arn (2007)

[edit] 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

[edit] Estonian War of Independence (1918-1920)

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

[edit] 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)

[edit] First Arab-Israeli War (1948-1949)

• Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)

[edit] First Boer War (1880-1881)

• Majuba (1968)

[edit] First Chechen War (1994-1996)

• Prisoner of the Mountains (1996)
• House of Fools (2002)
• The War (2002)
• The Storm Gate (2006) (TV miniseries)

[edit] First Indochina War (1946-1954)

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

[edit] Franco-Mexican War (1861-1867)

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

[edit] Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)

• Champ d'honneur (Field of Honor) (1987)

[edit] French Revolutionary Wars (1792–1802)

• 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

[edit] Great Northern War (1700–1721)

• Sluga Gosudarev (The Sovereign's Servant) (2007) (СЛУГА ГОСУДАРЕВ in Russia)

[edit] Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)

• You Can't Win 'Em All (1970)

[edit] Gulf War (1990-1991)

(Also see Gulf War films)

• 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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] Hussite Wars (1419-1434)

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

[edit] 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 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)

[edit] Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts (1947-1965-1971-1999)

• Border 1971 war (1997)
• Hindustan Ki Kasam 1971 war (1973)
• Lakshya Kargil war(2004)
• LOC Kargil Kargil war(2003)
• Upkaar 1965 war(1967)
• Mission Kashmir Kashmir struggle()
• Aakraman 1971 war drama ()
• Prem Pujari 1965 war (1965)

[edit] 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)

[edit] Invasion of Grenada (1983)

• Heartbreak Ridge (1986)

[edit] Iran–Iraq War (1980-1988)

• Alhodood Almultahebah (The Flamed Borders) (1987)
• Kilomètre Zéro (Kilometer Zero) (2005)
• Persepolis (2007)
• Sea Clamor (1987)

[edit] Japanese occupation of the Philippines (1941-1945)

• Aguila (1980)
• Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita (2004)
• Alab ng Lahi (2003)
• American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950)
• Bataan (1943)
• Back of Bataan (1945)
• Back Door to Hell (1964)
• Comfort Women: A Cry for Justice (1989)
• Corregidor (1943)
• Cry of Battle (1963)
• Dugo at Pag Ibig sa Kapirasiong Lupa (1975)
• Gatas... Sa dibdib ng kaaway (2001)
• Intramuros (1964)
• Lost Battalion (1961)
• Manila Calling (1942)
• Manila, Open City (1968)
• Markova: Comfort Gay (2000)
• Oro, Plata, Mata (1982)
• Panaghoy sa Suba (2004)
• Pilipinas Kong Mahal (1965)
• Pinakamagang Hayop sa Daigdig (1963)
• Roman Rapido (1983)
• Tatlong taong walang Diyos (1976)
• The Great Raid (2005)
• The Raiders of Leyte Gulf (1963)
• The Ravangers (1965)
• Yamashita: The Tiger's Treasure (2001)

[edit] Burmese insurgency

• Rambo (2008)

[edit] Khmelnytsky Uprising (1648–1654)

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

[edit] Korean War (1950-1953)

(Also see Korean War films)

• Batalyon Pilipino sa Korea (1953)
• Battle Hymn (1957)
• Battle on Shangganling Mountain (1956)
• The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
• A Hill in Korea (1956)
• Korea (1952)
• 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 (2004)

[edit] Kosovo War (1998-1999)

• Guerreros (2002)
• Sniper 2 (2003)
• The Hunted (2002)

[edit] Latvian War of Independence (1918-1920)

• Rigas Sargi (Defenders of Riga) (2007)

[edit] 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)

[edit] Lebanon War (1982)

• Waltz with Bashir (2008)

[edit] 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

[edit] Mau Mau Uprising (1952-1960)

• Guns at Batasi (1964) depicts an unnamed uprising in a nameless African country but obviously based on Mau Maus
• The Kitchen Toto (1987)
• Mau-Mau (1955)
• Safari (1956)
• Simba (1955)
• Something of Value (1957)

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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

[edit] Mexican Revolution (1910-1928)

• 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)

[edit] Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815)

• Austerlitz (1960), depiction of the Battle of Austerlitz
• The Brother's Grimm (film) (2005)
• 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
• The Duellists (Film) (1978) Napoleonic war movie

[edit] Nicaraguan Civil War

• Under Fire (1983)

[edit] Operation Entebbe (1976)

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

[edit] Opium Wars (1839-1842, 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

[edit] Partisan War in Lithuania (1944-1953)

• Vienui Vieni (Utterly Alone) (2004)

[edit] Philippine–American War (1899 - 1902/1913)

• The Real Glory (1939)
• Tirad Pass: The Story of Gen. Gregorio del Pilar (1997)

[edit] Philippine Revolution (1896-1898)

• Aguila (1980)
• Alyas Sakay (1961)
• Andres Bonifacio: Ang Supremo (1963)
• Ang Buhay at Pag Ibig ni Dr. Jose Rizal (1956)
• Baler (2008)
• El Filibusterismo (1962)
• Elias, Basilio at Sisa (1972)
• Emilio Aguinaldo (2000)
• Dugo at Pag Ibig sa Kapirasong Lupa (1975)
• Ganito Kami Noon, Paano Kayo Ngayon (1976)
• Heneral Paua (1956)
• Hen. Gregorio del Pilar (1949)
• Himagsik (1956)
• Ito Ang Pilipino (1966)
• Jose Rizal (1998)
• Lupang Kayumanggi (1955)
• Noli Me Tangere (1961)
• Rizal sa Dapitan (1997)
• Sisa (1952)
• Tandang Sora (1947)

[edit] Rhodesian Bush War (1964–1979)

• Whispering Death (1976)
• A Game for Vultures (1979)

[edit] Russian Revolution (1917) and Russian Civil War (1917–1921)

• The Battleship Potemkin (1925)
• Dr. Zhivago (1965)
• The End of St. Petersburg (1927)
• October: Ten Days That Shook the World (1927)
• Reds (1981)
• Admiral (2008)

[edit] Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)

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

[edit] 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)

[edit] Salvadoran Civil War (1980–1992)

• Under Fire (film) (1983)
• Salvador (1986)
• Voces inocentes (2004) (Innocent Voices)

[edit] Satsuma Rebellion (1877)

• The Last Samurai (2003)

[edit] Scanian War

• Snapphanar

[edit] Second Boer War (1899–1902)

• Breaker Morant (1980)
• Ohm Kruger (1942)
• Torn Allegiance (1984)
• Untamed (1955)
• Young Winston (1972)
• Arende (TV mini series)
• Commando (2007)

[edit] Second Korean War (1966-1976)

• Silmido (2003)

[edit] Second Liberian Civil War (1999-2003)

• Lord of War (2005)

[edit] 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)

[edit] Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)

• The Children of Huang Shi (2008)
• City of Life and Death (2009)
• Devils on the Doorstep (2000)
• Don't Cry, Nanking (1995)
• Empire of the Sun (1987)
• Evening Bell (1988)
• Lover's Grief over the Yellow River (1999)
• Men Behind the Sun (1988)
• On the Mountain of Tai Hang (2005)
• One and Eight (1983)
• Red Sorghum (1987)
• Tunnel War (1965)

[edit] Sengoku Period

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

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

• Barry Lyndon (1975)
• The Deerslayer and Chingachgook (1920) German silent film
• 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)
• Leatherstocking serial, silent
• Northwest Passage (1940)
• Nouvelle-France (The Battle of the Brave) (2004)

[edit] Sierra Leone Civil War (1991-2002)

• Blood Diamond (2006)

[edit] Sino-Indian War (1962)

• Haqeeqat (1964)
• Khamoshi (1969)

[edit] Sino-Vietnamese War (1979)

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

[edit] Sino-Xiongnu War (133 BC–AD 89)

• Mulan (1998), animated film

[edit] Somali Civil War (1988-present)

• Black Hawk Down (2001)

[edit] Soviet war in Afghanistan (1979-1989)

• The Living Daylights (1987)
• Rambo III (1988)
• The Beast of War (1988)
• Afghan Breakdown (1991)
• Spetsnaz (2002), TV miniseries
• 9th Company (2005)
• Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
• The Kite Runner (2007)

[edit] Spanish-American War (1898)

• Tearing Down the Spanish Flag (1898), first war movie ever made
• The Rough Riders (1997), TV film, depiction of the Cuban Campaign and specifically the Battle of San Juan Hill
• Mambi (1998),(cuban war of independence 1895-1898)

[edit] Spanish Reconquest

• El Cid (1961)

[edit] St. Bartholomew's Day massacre (1572)

• La Reine Margot (Queen Margot) (1994)

[edit] Texas War of Independence (1835-1836)

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

[edit] Thirty Years' War (1618–1648)

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

[edit] Turkish Invasion of Hungary (1532)

• Egri Csillagok (Stars of Eger) (1968)

[edit] Vietnam War (1959-1975)

(Also see Vietnam War films)

• A Yank in Viet-Nam (1964)
• Operation C.I.A. (1965)
• To the Shores of Hell (1966)
• The Anderson Platoon (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)
• Apocalypse Now (1979)
• The Odd Angry Shot (1979)
• A Rumor of War (1980) (TV)
• How Sleep the Brave (1981)
• Some Kind of Hero (1982)
• The Uncounted Enemy (1982)
• Uncommon Valor (1983)
• Missing In Action (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)
• The Hanoi Hilton (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)
• 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)
• We Were Soldiers (2002)
• The Quiet American (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)
• Long Tan (2008)
• Sunny (2008)

[edit] War of 1812

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

[edit] Wars of Alexander the Great (338 BC-325 BC)

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

[edit] 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
• Brenno il nemico di Roma (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 first Roman-Dacian War
• 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

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

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

[edit] World War I (1914-1918)

(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)
• Legends of the Fall (1994)
• Hell's Angels (1930)
• Hell Below (1933)
• In Love and War (1958)
• In Love and War (1996)
• Joyeux Noël (Merry Christmas) (2005)
• 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)
• Morgenrot (1933)
• Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
• Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
• Passchendaele (2008)
• Paths of Glory (1957)
• The Red Baron (film) (2008)
• Regeneration) (1997)
• Von Richthofen and Brown (1971), air warfare* 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

[edit] Spanish Civil War (1936–1939)

• For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
• The Angel Wore Red (1960)
• Viva la Muerte (1971)
• Land and Freedom (1995)
• Libertarias (1996)
• The Devil's Backbone (2001)
• El Viaje de Carol (2002)
• Head in the Clouds (2004)
• Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

[edit] World War II (1939-1945)

(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 commando raid involving 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 Starring Sidney Poitier.
• Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)
• Captains of the Clouds (1942)
• The Captive Heart (1946)
• Casablanca (1943)
• 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)
• Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942)
• 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 (film) (1953)
• Destination Tokyo (1943)
• The Devil's Brigade (film) (1968)
• 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)
• "Flags of Our Fathers" (2006)
• 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
• Good (2008)
• 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 in the Pacific (1968)
• 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)
• Inglourious Basterds (2009)
• In Harm's Way (1965)
• Is Paris Burning? (1966), depiction of the Liberation of Paris
• Islands in the Stream (film) (1977)
• Katyń (2007)
• Kelly's Heroes (1970)
• Kokoda (2006) (TV series)
• Last Days Of Mussolini (1977)
• 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)
• 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 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 (1941)
• 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 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)
• 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)
• Valkyrie (film)(2008) 20 July Plot of 1944
• Von Ryan's Express (1965)
• Võõra nime all (1984)
• Weekend At Dunkirk (1964)
• 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)

[edit] Winter war (1939–1940)

• Ski Patrol (1940)
• Talvisota (1989) (available on Youtube with subtitles)

[edit] Battle of Britain (1940)

• Angels One Five (1952)
• Battle of Britain (1969)
• A Piece of Cake TV series
• Eagles Over London (1970)
• The One That Got Away (1957), true story of the only Luftwaffe pilot to escape captivity and return to Germany.
• Pearl Harbor (2001), depictions of the Battle of Britain and the Attack on Pearl Harbor

[edit] Battle of Iwo Jima (1945)

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

[edit] Battle for Burma (1945)

• Objective Burma (1945)
• Lalkar (1972)
• Hum Dono (1961)

[edit] War on Terrorism

[edit] Covert special operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, etc.

• The Unit (2006-2009) (TV series)

[edit] Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002-present)

• Rendition (2007)

[edit] Islamic Insurgency of the Philippines (1970 - Present)

• Bagong Buwan (2001)

[edit] Iraq War (2003)

• 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)
• The Four Horsemen (2007)
• Stop Loss (2008)
• Generation Kill (2008) (TV series)
• Time Bomb (2008)
• The Hurt Locker (2008)
• Body of Lies (2008)
• Green Zone (2009)
• No True Glory: Battle for Fallujah (2011)

[edit] Joint Chiefs of Staff operations

• E-Ring (2005-2006) (TV series)

[edit] Operation Enduring Freedom - Philippines (2002-present)

• Operation Balikatan (2003)
• The Hunt for Eagle One (2006)
• The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point (2006)

[edit] September 11 attacks (2001)

• DC 9/11: Time of Crisis (2003) (TV)
• Tiger Cruise (2004) (TV)
• Flight 93 (2006) (TV)
• The Path to 9/11 (2006) (TV)
• United 93 (2006)
• World Trade Center (2006)

[edit] Insurgency in Saudi Arabia (1995-present)

• Syriana (2005)
• The Kingdom (2007)

[edit] War in Afghanistan (2001-present)

• Osama (film) (2003)
• Fire Over Afghanistan (2003)
• Lions for Lambs (2007)
• Ironman (film) (2008)
• The Objective (2008)
• Lone Survivor (2010)

[edit] War on Terrorism in Pakistan

• A Mighty Heart (2007)

[edit] See also

• War film
• Battles in film

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