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.

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[edit] Anglo-Saxon invasion of England

[edit] Burmese insurgency

[edit] Mercenaries in the Third World

See also Mercenaries in popular culture: Films

[edit] Scanian War

[edit] Spanish Reconquest

[edit] Trojan War (1194BC–1184 BC)

[edit] Greco-Persian Wars (499 BC – 450 BC)

[edit] Warring States Period (476 BC – 221 BC)

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

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

  • Mulan (1998), animated film

[edit] Wars of the Roman Republic/Empire

[edit] Wars of the Three Kingdoms (220–280)

[edit] Campaigns of Prophet Muhammad (622–632)

[edit] Crusades (1095–1272)

[edit] Mongol conquests (1206–1324)

[edit] Battle of the Ice (1242)

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

[edit] Hundred Years' War (1337–1453)

[edit] Hussite Wars (1419–1434)

[edit] Sengoku Period (1467–1573)

[edit] Battle of Mactan (1521)

[edit] Turkish Invasion of Hungary (1532)

[edit] Philippine Revolts Against Spain (1567–1872)

[edit] Eighty Years' War (1568-1648)

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

[edit] Polish–Muscovite War (1605–1618)

[edit] Thirty Years' War (1618–1648)

[edit] American Indian Wars (1622–1898)

[edit] English Civil War (1642–1651)

[edit] Khmelnytsky Uprising (1648–1654)

[edit] 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

[edit] Great Northern War (1700–1721)

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

[edit] American Revolutionary War (1775–1783)

[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] Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815)

[edit] War of 1812

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

[edit] Opium Wars (1839–1842, 1856–1860)

[edit] Mexican–American War (1846–1848)

[edit] Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864)

[edit] Crimean War (1853–1856)

[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 beginning of the 20th century
  • 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
  • The Chess Players (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 indipendance

[edit] American Civil War (1861–1865)

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

[edit] Franco-Mexican War (1861–1867)

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

[edit] Satsuma Rebellion (1877)

[edit] Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)

[edit] Anglo-Zulu War (1879)

[edit] First Boer War (1880–1881)

[edit] Colonial conflicts in Northern Africa (1880s–1931)

[edit] Mahdist Sudanese War (1881–1899)

[edit] Philippine Revolution (1896–1898)

[edit] Spanish-American War (1898) - Cuban War of Independence (1895–1898)

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

[edit] Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901)

[edit] Second Boer War (1899–1902)

[edit] Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905)

[edit] Mexican Revolution (1910–1920)

[edit] Chinese Revolution / Chinese Civil War (1911–1949)

[edit] World War I (1914–1918)

(See also: World War I films)

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

[edit] Finnish Civil War (1918)

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

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

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

[edit] Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)

[edit] Spanish Civil War (1936–1939)

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

[edit] 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)

[edit] Battle of Britain (1940)

(Also see Battle of Britain films)

[edit] Battle of Iwo Jima (1945)

[edit] Burma Campaign (1942–1945)

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

[edit] Winter war (1939–1940)

  • Ski Patrol (1940)
  • Talvisota (1989) (available on Youtube with subtitles)
  • Lupaus (Promise) (2005)

[edit] Continuation War (1941–1944)

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

[edit] Indonesian National Revolution (1945–1949)

[edit] Cold War (1945–1991)

(Also see Cold War films)

[edit] Hukbalahap Insurgency (1946-1954)

[edit] First Indochina War (1946–1954)

[edit] Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts (1947–present)

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

[edit] Korean War (1950–present)

(Also see Korean War films)

[edit] Mau Mau Uprising (1952–1960)

[edit] Cuban Revolution (1953–1959)

[edit] Vietnam War (1959–1975)

(Also see Vietnam War films)

[edit] Sino-Indian War (1962)

[edit] Rhodesian Bush War (1964–1979)

[edit] Cambodian Civil War (1967–1975)

[edit] Communist Insurgency of the Philippines (1969–Present)

[edit] Islamic Insurgency of the Philippines (1970–present)

[edit] Sino-Vietnamese War (1979)

[edit] Nicaraguan Civil War (1979 - 1992)

all the sharpe films

[edit] Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990)

[edit] Operation Entebbe (1976)

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

[edit] Salvadoran Civil War (1980–1992)

[edit] Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988)

[edit] Falklands War (1982)

[edit] 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)

[edit] Sri Lankan Civil War (1983–2009)

[edit] US Invasion of Grenada (1983)

[edit] Somali Civil War (1988–present)

[edit] United States invasion of Panama (1989--1990)

[edit] Gulf War (1990–1991)

(Also see Gulf War films)

[edit] Rwandan Civil War (1990–1993)

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

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

[edit] Bosnian War (1992–1995)

[edit] First Chechen War (1994–1996)

[edit] Kosovo War (1998–1999)

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

[edit] War on Terrorism (2001-present)

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

[edit] Insurgency in Saudi Arabia (2003–present)

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

[edit] Joint Chiefs of Staff operations

  • E-Ring (2005–2006) (TV series)

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

[edit] September 11 attacks (2001)

[edit] Terrorist Sleeper cells

[edit] War on Terror in Pakistan

[edit] War in Afghanistan (2001–present)

[edit] Iraq War (2003-2011)

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Philippino War Dance (1903), imdb.com. ( [sic]—The correct term is "Filipino")
  2. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0398093/
  3. ^ http://www.mrqe.com/movies/m100008276?s=1
  4. ^ http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=D6144D28E123CE6D&search_query=the+hamburg+cell+movie
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