Fave Military and War Flicks

I enjoy war and military films, and I’m always looking for other, interesting flicks. Here’s the list in my current collection (latest additions in red)- any other suggestions welcome.

9th Company (Soviet Afghanistan, 2005)
12 Strong (Afghanistan, 2018)
13 Hours (Benghazi, 2016)
21 Brothers (WW1, 2011) – MILNEWS.ca Amazon review
49th Parallel (WW2, 1941)
’71 (Northern Ireland, 2014)
The 317th Platoon (Fr. Indochina, 1965)
1917 (WW1, 2019)
Against the Sun (WW2, 2014)
Above Us the Waves (WW2, 1955)
Afghan Knights (Afghanistan/fantasy, 2007)
Afghan Luke (Afghanistan, 2011)
Akwarium (Cold War, Soviet GRU, 1996) – MILNEWS.ca Amazon review
Alamo Bay (post-Vietnam, 1985)
All Quiet on the Western Front (WW1, 1930)
Ambush (Finland-Russia war, 1999)
American Sniper (Iraq, 2014)
Antwone Fisher (contemporary US Navy, 2002)
Apocalypse Now (Vietnam, 1979)
Appointment with Venus; aka Island Rescue (WW2, 1951)
Ardennes Fury (WW2, 2014)
Armadillo (Afghanistan/Helmand, Dutch troops, 2010) – MILNEWS.ca haiku review – MILNEWS.ca Amazon review
Army of Crime (WW2, 2009)
Army of Shadows (WW2, 1969)
The Ascent (WW2/Russian partisans, 1977) – MILNEWS.ca Amazon review
Assault on Entebbe (Entebbe raid, 2007)
Assembly (Chinese Civil War/Communist Revolution, 2007)
Attack on Leningrad (WW2, 2009)
Ballad of a Soldier (WW2, 1959)
The Bang Bang Club (South Africa, township conflicts, 2010)
Battle Circus (Korean War, 1953)
Battle Hymn (Korea, 1957)
The Battle for Marjah (documentary, Afghanistan, 2010) – MILNEWS.ca Amazon review
Battle for Sevastapol (WW 2, Russian, 2015)
Battle Ground: The German Frontier (WW2, documentary, 2008)
The Battle of Algiers (Algeria, urban warfare, 1966)
The Battle of El Alamein (WW2, 1969)
Battle of the Bulge (WW2, 2018)
Battle of Britain (WW2, 1969)
Battle of Jangsari (Korean War, 2019)
Beaufort (Israel, 2007) – MILNEWS.ca Amazon review
The Beast (Soviet Afghanistan, 1988)
Beau Geste (French Foreign Legion/Africa, 1939)
Beau Travail (French Foreign Legion/Djibouti, current, 1999) – MILNEWS.ca Amazon review
Behind Enemy Lines (Bosnia, 2001)
Bengal Brigade (Indian Rebellion of 1857, 1954)
The Big Parade (WW1, 1925)
The Big Red One (WW2, 1980)
Birdy (post-Vietnam, 1984)
Black Book (Netherlands resistance, WW2, 2006)
Black Hawk Down (Somalia, 2001)
Blessed by Fire (Argentine Falklands, 2005) – MILNEWS.ca Amazon review
Bloody Sunday (Northern Ireland, 2002)
The Book Thief (WW2, 2013)
Bravo Two Zero (British, Iraq, 1999)
Breaker Morant (Australia, Boer War, mil justice, 1980)
Brest Fortress (aka Bretskaya Krepost, WW2, Soviet Union, 2010) – MILNEWS.ca Amazon haiku review
Bridge of Spies (Cold War, Francis Gary Powers, 2015)
The Bridge (WW2, Germany, 1959) – MILNEWS.ca haiku review
The Bridge on the River Kwai (WW2, 1957)
A Bridge Too Far (Operation Market Garden, Arnhem bridge, WW2, 1977)
By Dawn’s Early Light (Cold War, 1990)
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (WW2, Greece, 2001)
Captains of the Clouds (WW2, 1942) – MILNEWS.ca Amazon review
Carry On up the Khyber (Victorian India, 1968) – recommended here
Carter’s Army (aka Black Brigade, WW2, 1970)
Casablanca Express (WW2, 1989)
Casualties of War (Vietnam, 1989)
Catch-22 (WW2, satire, Italy, 1970)
The Charge of the Light Brigade (Crimean, 1968)
Charlie Wilson’s War (Soviets in Afghanistan, 2007)
China Beach (Vietnam, TV, 1988)
Cold War Killers (Cold War, 1986)
Come and See (WW2, Belarus, 1985)
Commandos (WW2, 1968)
Company of Heroes (WW2, 2013)
Conspiracy (WW2, plan for “final solution”, 2001)
Convoy (WW2, 1940)
Courage Under Fire (Iraq-1, 1996)
Crimson Tide (U.S. nuke sub mutiny, 1995)
Cross of Iron (WW2, 1977)
The Cuckoo (WW2, Finland, 2002) – MILNEWS.ca Amazon review
Cup Final (Israel-Lebanon, 1991) – MILNEWS.ca Amazon review
D-Day (WW2, 2019)
D-Day: Normandy 1944 (WW2, 2014)
The Dancer Upstairs (Peru, urban guerillas, 2002)
Das Boot (WW2, 1981)
Dauntless: The Battle of Midway (WW2, 2019)
Day of the Jackal (Terrorist assassination, 1973)
Days of Glory, a.k.a. Indigènes (WW2, 2006)
The Day will Dawn; aka The Avengers (WW2, 1942)
Decision Before Dawn (WW2, 1951)
The Deer Hunter (Vietnam, 1978)
Demony wojny (Bosnia, Polish forces, 1998)
The Desert Rats (WW2, 1953)
Dieppe (WW2, 1993)
Die Wannseekonferenz/The Final Solution: The Wannsee Conference (WW2, 1984)
The Dirty Dozen (WW2, 1967)
Dr. Strangelove (Cold War, 1964)
Dresden (WW2, 2006)
Dunkirk (WW2, 2017)
The Eagle and the Hawk (WW1, 1933)
The Eagle has Landed (WW2, 1976)
Edge of Tomorrow (Live-Die Repeat, contemporary war against aliens, 2014)
El Alamein – The Line of Fire (WW2. Italy/N.Africa, 2002) – MILNEWS.ca Amazon review
Enemy at the Gates (WW2, 2001)
Escape from Sobibor (WW2, 1987)
Eye in the Sky (War on Terror/UAV, 2015)
Firefox (Cold War, 1982)
The Flemish Farm (WW2, 1943)
Full Metal Jacket (Vietnam, 1987)
Fail Safe (Cold War, 1964)
Fail Safe (Cold War, 2000)
The Fallen (WW2, Italy, 2004)
A Few Good Men (Marine military law, 1992)
Field of Lost Shoes (American Civil War, 2014)
The Fighting 69th (WW1, 1940)
Five Minutes of Heaven (Northern Ireland, 2009)
Flags of Our Fathers (U.S. view, Pacific, 2006)
Fly Boys (WW1, Lafayette Escadrille, 2006)
For The Moment (WW2, flight training in Canada, 1993)
Force 10 from Navarone (WW2, 1978)
Fort Bliss (Afghanistan, 2014)
Fortress of War (WW2, USSR, 2010)
The Four Feathers (British, Mahdist Revolt (Sudan), 1939)
The Four Feathers (British, Mahdist Revolt (Sudan), 2002)
The Front Line (Korean War, 2011)
Front Lines (documentary, WW1, 2008)
Gallipoli (WW1, 1981)
Gardens of Stone (Vietnam, 1987)
G.I. Jane (SEAL training, 1997)
Gettysburg (American Civil War, 1993)
The Gleiwitz Case (pre-WW2, 1961) – MILNEWS.ca Amazon review
Gods and Generals (American Civil War, 2003)
Good Kill (War on Terror/UAV, 2014)
The Good Soldier Schweik (WW1, satire, 2005)
The Good Soldier Schweik 2: Beg to Report Sir (WW1, satire, 2005)
Go For Broke! (WW2, 1951)
Go Tell the Spartans (Vietnam, 1978)
The Great Escape (WW2, 1963)
The Great Santini (USMC aviation, 1979)
The Great War of Archimedes (WW2, Japanese navy, 2019)
Green Zone (Iraq, 2010)
Gray Lady Down (nuclear sub rescue,1978)
The Green Berets (Vietnam, 1968)
Gunga Din (India, 1939)
‘Gung Ho!’: The Story of Carlson’s Makin Island Raiders (WW2, 1943)
Guns at Batasi (British colonial Africa, 1964)
The Guns of Navarone (WW2, 1961)
Hacksaw Ridge (WW2, 2016)
Halls of Montezuma (WW2, 1950)
Hamburger Hill (Vietnam, 1987)
Harrison’s Flowers (former Yugoslavia, 2000)
Hart’s War (WW2, 2002)
Heartbreak Ridge (Grenada, 1986)
Hearts of the World (WW1, 1918)
The Hill (military prison, WW2, 1965)
Home of the Brave (post-Iraq, 2006)
The Hornet’s Nest (Afghanistan, 2014)
The Hunt for Red October (Cold war, 1980)
The Hurt Locker (Iraq, IED handling, 2008)
Hyena Road (Afghanistan, 2015)
In Enemy Country (WW2, 1968)
In Harm’s Way (WW2, 1965)
In Harm’s Way (WW2, 2017)
I Was Nineteen (WW2, 1968) – MILNEWS.ca Amazon review
In the Loop (Iraq 1, politics, comedy/satire, 2009)
In the Valley of Elah (post-Iraq, 2007)
Indochine (French in Indochina, 1992)
Intimate Enemies (Algeria, mountains, 2007) – MILNEWS.ca Amazon review
Into the White (WW2, 2012)
In Tranzit (WW2, 2008)
In Which We Serve (WW2, 1942)
Iron Sky (post-WW2 sci-fi/satire, 2012) – MILNEWS.ca Amazon haiku review
Japan’s Longest Day (WW2, 1967) – MILNEWS.ca Amazon review
Jarhead (Iraq, 2005)
Jet Pilot (Cold War, 1957) – MILNEWS.ca Amazon haiku review
Joyeux Noel (World War 1, 2005)
Judgment at Nuremburg (WW2, 1961)
Jump Into Hell (Dien Bien Phu, 1955)
K-19: The Widowmaker (Soviet sub, contemporary, 2002)
Katyn (WW2, 2007)
Kedma (2002, Israeli War of Independence)
Kelly’s Heroes (WW2, comedy, 1970)
Killer Elite (US/UK special forces, 2011)
Kilo Two Bravo (Afghanistan, 2014)
King & Country (WW1, mil justice, 1964)
Kippur (Yom Kippur war, 2000)
Kings go Forth (WW2, 1958) – MILNEWS.ca Amazon.com review
Korengal (Afghanistan, 2014)
Lancaster Skies (WW2, 2019)
La France (WW1, 2007)
Land of Mine (post-WW2, 2015)
Last Best Chance (contemporary, nuclear weapon theft, 2005)
The Last Castle (military prison, 2001)
The Last Detail (U.S. navy/prisoner, 1973)
The Last Outpost (WW1, 1935)
Last Resort (SEALS, TV series, 2012-13)
Lawrence of Arabia (WW1, 1962)
Lebanon (Israel-Lebanon, 2009) – MILNEWS.ca Amazon review
Legends of Air Combat: Fighters of World War 2 (2008)
Legion of Honor (aka Deserter, French Foreign Legion, modern, 2002)
Letters from Iwo Jima (WW2, Pacific, Japanese view, 2006)
Lieutenant Suvorov (WW2, Russian, 2009)
Life and Nothing But (WW1, 1989)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1949, Boer/WW1/WW2)
The Lighthorsemen (WW1 Palestine, 1987)
Lone Survivor (Afghanistan, 2013)
The Longest Day (WW2, Normandy invasion, 1962)
Lord of War (contemporary arms dealing, 2005)
Lost Command (Indochina/Algeria, 1966)
The Lost Outpost (WW1, 1935)
The Malta Story (WW2, 1953)
The Man Who Never Was (WW2, Operation Mincemeat, 1956)
MASH (Korea, comedy, 1972)
Megan Leavy (Iraq, 2016)
Memphis Belle (WW2, 1990)
Men in War (WW2, 1957)
Men of Honor (contemporary, U.S. Navy, 2000)
The Messenger (Iraq/Afghanistan, 2009)
Midway (WW2, 2019)
Miracle at St. Anna (WW2, 2008)
Mission of Honour, aka Hurricane (WW2, 2018)
The Monuments Men (WW2, 2014)
Munich (Post-Munich Olympic massacre, 2005)
My Boy Jack (WW1, Kipling’s son in battle, 2007) – MILNEWS.ca Amazon review
Navy Seals (mid-east terrorism, 1990)
No Man’s Land (Bosnia, 2001)
Northern Limit Line (contemporary Korea, 2015)
The Odd Angry Shot (Vietnam, Australia, 1979) – MILNEWS.ca Amazon review
An Officer and a Gentleman (Officer training, 1982)
Of Gods and Men (1996 Algeria assassination of monks, 2010)
Omagh (Northern Ireland, 2004)
Once an Eagle (WW1 – Vietnam, 1976-1977)
The One that Got Away (WW2, 1957)
The One that Got Away (Iraq, 1996) – MILNEWS.ca Amazon review
On The Road to Berlin (Дорога на Берлин – WW2, 2015) – YouTube Link to movie
Operation Amsterdam (WW2, 1959)
Operation Red Sea (Modern day, China, 2018)
Operation Thunderbolt (Entebbe raid, 1977)
Overlord (WW2, Normandy invasion, 1975)
The Pacific (WW2, 2010-)
Panfilov’s 28 (WW 2, Russian, 2016)
Paradise Now (Israel/Palestine, suicide bombers, 2005)
Passchendaele (WW1, 2008)
Paths of Glory (WW1, mil justice, 1957)
Patton (WW2, 1970)
The Last Days of Patton (post-WW2, 1986)
The Pentagon Wars (Development of Bradley AFV, 1998)
Phantom (Soviet sub, contemporary, 2013) – MILNEWS.ca Amazon review
Platoon (Vietnam, 1986)
Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (Former Yugoslavia, 1996)
Prisoner of the Mountains (Caucasus, Soviet, 1996)
Privates on Parade (Malaya, comedy, 1983)
A Private War (contemporary, war correspondent, 2018)
Raid on Entebbe (Entebbe raid, 1976)
Raid on Rommel (WW2, 1971)
Red Dawn (Invasion of U.S. by USSR, Cuba, 1984)
Red Dawn (Invasion of U.S. by North Korea, Russia, 2012) – MILNEWS.ca Amazon review
Regeneration (aka Behind the Lines, WW 1, 1997)
Rescue Dawn (Vietnam, 2006)
The Resistance Fighter (Polish Uprising WW2, 2019)
Restrepo (Afghanistan, 2010)
Richard III (Shakespeare in WW2 setting, 1995)
Rome: Free City (post-WW2, 1946)
The Royal 22e Regiment: A Glorious Centennial (documentary, 2014)
Run Silent, Run Deep (WW2, 1958)
Rush to War (Iraq, documentary, 2004)
Saving Private Ryan (WW2, 1998)
Savior (Yugoslavia, 1998)
Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal (Second Punic War, 1937)
Sea of Sand (WW2, 1958)
The Second Civil War (satire, 1997)
Secret Mission (WW2, 1942)
Seven Thunders; aka The Beasts of Marseille (WW2, 1957)
Severe Clear (Iraq, 2009)
Shadow Company (documentary, private military contractors, 2006)
Shot Through the Heart (former Yugoslavia, 1998)
The Silent Mountain (WW1, 2014)
Six (contemporary, SEAL Team 6, 2017-18)
Sky Fighters/Les chevaliers du ciel (current, terrorist steals fighter, 2005) – MILNEWS.ca Amazon review
The Small Back Room (WW2, IED specialists, 1949)
Sniper: Special Ops (Afghanistan, 2016)
Sobibor (WW2, TV movie, 1987)
Soldier of Orange (WW2, Dutch resistance, 1977)
Spitfire (aka The First of the Few, WW2, 1942)
Squadron 303 (WW2, Battle of Britain, Polish pilots, 2018)
Stalag 17 (WW2, 1953)
Stalingrad (WW2, 2013)
The Star (WW2, USSR, 2002) – MILNEWS.ca Amazon review
Starship Troopers (Sci-fi, 1997)
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (Sci-fi, 2004)
Starship Troopers 3: Maurader (Sci-fi, 2008)
Starship Troopers: Invasion (Sci-fi, animated, 2012)
The Steel Claw (WW2, 1961)
Summer Tree (Vietnam, 1971)
Sword of Gideon (Post-Munich Olympic massacre, 1986)
T-34 (WW2, 2018)
Taking Chance (Iraq 2, 2009)
Tali-Ihantala (WW2/Finland, 2007)
Taps (military academy, 1981) – MILNEWS.ca Amazon review
Tears of the Sun (SEAL rescue mission in Africa, 2003)
Testa di sbarco per otto implacabili (a.k.a. Hell in Normandy, WW2, 1968)
Thank You For Your Service (post-IRQ, 2017)
Theirs is the Glory (WW2, Re-enactment of World War 2 Battle of Arnhem, 1946) – MILNEWS.ca Amazon review
The Way Ahead (a.k.a. Immortal Battalion, WW2, 1944)
They Raid By Night (WW2, 1942)
They Shall Not Grow Old (WW1, 2018)
The Thin Red Line (WW2, Pacific, 1998)
This is the Army (WW2, 1943)
Tigerland (Vietnam, 2000)
Time of Favor (2000, Israel/settlements)
Time to Kill (Italy in Ethiopia pre-WW2, 1989)
To Hell and Back (WW2, 1955)
Top Gun (Current, 1986)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (WW2, 1970)
Triumph of the Will (pre-WW2, 1935)
Tunes of Glory (post-WW2 regimental life, Scotland, 1960)
Two Thousand Women (WW2, 1944)
U-571 (WW2, Enigma, 2000)
Ulzana’s Raid (U.S. Army against U.S. Indians 1880’s, 1972)
Uncommon Valor (Vietnam, 1983)
The Unforgiving (Yugolsavia, 1993)
An Ungentlemanly Act (Falklands, British side, 1992)
Unknown Soldier (aka Tuntematon Sotilas, WW2, 2017)
Unpublished Story (WW2, 1942)
Valkyrie (WW2, 2008)
Varian’s War (ww2, 2001)
Victory at Entebbe (Entebbe raid, 1976)
Von Ryan’s Express (WW2, 1965)
Wag the Dog (Current, comedy, “made up war” with Albania, 1997)
Wake Island (WW2, 1942)
Waltz with Bashir (ISR invasion of LBN, animated, 2008)
A War (DNK tps in Afghanistan, 2015)
War Horse (WW1, 2011)
War, Inc. (Current, central Asia, comedy/satire, 2008)
Waterfront (WW2, 1944)
The Way to the Stars (WW2, 1945)
Went the Day Well? (WW 2/UK, 1942)
The West Point Story (West Point musical, 1950)
We Were Soldiers (Vietnam, 2002)
White Material (recent French colonial Africa, 2009)
White Tiger/Belyy tigr (WW2, Russian, 2012)
Who Dares Wins, a.k.a. The Final Option (1980’s terrorism/disarmament movement, 1982)
Wolf Warrior (Modern day, China, 2015)
Wolf Warrior 2 (Modern day, China, 2017)
Wooden Crosses (WW1, 1932)
The Wild Geese (Africa, 1985)
The Wind Cannot Read (WW2, 1958)
Windtalkers (WW2, 2008)
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (Irish War of Independence, COIN, 2006)
Wing and a Prayer (WW2, 1945)
Wings (post WW2/Russia, 1966) – MILNEWS.ca Amazon review
The Winter War (Finland-Russia war, 1989) – MILNEWS.ca Amazon review
Winter in Wartime (WW2, Dutch resistance, 2008)
Wolf Warrior (Chinese military, contemporary, 2015)
Wolf Warrior 2 (Chinese military, contemporary, 2017)
World War 2 in HD (documentary, History Channel, 2010)
Wunderland (aka “Battle of the Bulge) (WW2, 2018)
A Yank In Libya (WW2, 1942)
A Yank in the R.A.F. (WW2, 1941)
Yanks (WW2, 1979)
The Young Lions (WW2, 1958)
Zero Dark Thirty (Bin Laden raid, 2012)
Zero Motivation (IDF, contemporary, 2014)
Zulu (Anglo-Zulu War, 1964)
Zulu Dawn (Anglo-Zulu War, 1979)

3 thoughts on “Fave Military and War Flicks”

Ian Parenteau says:

19 September 16 at 18:41

I’ve only seen a few on your list, but you should try the made for TV Lost Battalion https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PyJwtC8kwJM

1. milnews.ca says:
  
  19 September 16 at 21:44
  
  Thanks for the tip – will have to check it out.
  
Scott Earl Smith says:

28 December 16 at 7:08

check out “A Midnight Clear” WW2 movie

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