Best new War & Military movies in 2024 & 2023 (Netflix, Prime, Hulu & Cinema List)



List of the latest war movies in 2024 and the best war movies of 2023 & the 2010's. Top war movies to watch on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Disney+ & other Streaming services, out on DVD/Blu-ray or in cinema's right now.

New war movies in 2024 in Cinema & on VOD

Top movies up for release in 2024 in cinema and on VOD


  • One Life

    DIRECTOR: James Hawes
    CAST: Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Flynn & Helena Bonham Carter
    Nicholas Winton was a humanitarian who answered the call when the innocent needed him most. As World War II is soon to break out across Europe, Winton uses all his connections and skills to save as many children as possible. With the Nazi threat looming ever closer, he races against time to ensure that kids do not become victims of this gruesome war. Based on a true story, this dramatic tale comes from director James Hawes (Slow Horses, Black Mirror) with a script by Lucinda Coxon and Nick Drake. The cast includes the all-star talents of Anthony Hopkins, Romola Garai, Helena Bonham Carter, and Jonathan Pryce. Read more

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  • Konvoi

    DIRECTOR: Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken
    CAST: Tobias Santelmann, Anders Baasmo Christiansen & Heidi Ruud Ellingsen
    A convoy of cargo ships make their way through the tough and icy waters of the arctic. But it’s the worst time for them to make this journey as it is the summer of World War II and the Nazi fleet is on the move. It’s up to a band of ordinary sailors to find a way to safely make their trip across the globe and find a way to outsmart the vicious nature of the encroaching German fleet of ships. This action-drama taking place during World War II is directed by Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken with a cast that includes Tobias Santelmann, Adam Lundgren, Anders Baasmo, Jakob Fort, Heidi Ruud Ellingsen, Jon Ranes, Preben Hodneland, and Fredrik Stenberg Ditlev-Simonsen. Read more

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  • Civil War

    DIRECTOR: Alex Garland
    CAST: Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura & Cailee Spaeny
    Writer/director Alex Garland (Men, Annihilation, Ex-Machina) takes on the decay of American society with this dystopian future of a splintered United States. With the nation having grown more distrustworthy with the government and the concept of America itself, a war breaks out between the states. Violence and prejudice lead to a brutal fight for survival in this civil war that reflects the dark nature of America’s tendency to fall under the pressure of ideals. This epic action-war picture with political implications features an all-star cast that includes the talents of Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Cailee Spaeny, Jesse Plemons, and Nick Offerman. Read more

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Best war movies on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Disney+ or DVD in 2024

2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 and the 2010's best rated war movies out on DVD, Bluray or streaming on VOD (Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Disney+ & More).
  • The Zone of Interest

    DIRECTOR: Jonathan Glazer
    CAST: Christian Friedel, Sandra Hüller & Medusa Knopf
    Rudolf Höss is the commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp. Seeking a good life for his wife, he builds a home, garden, and family just outside of the camp. But how can such beauty exist when death and terror exist so close by? Loosely based on the 2014 novel by Martin Amis, this historical drama comes from director Jonathan Glazer (Under the Skin) and stars the talents of Sandra Hüller, Christian Friedel, Daniel Holzberg, Sascha Maaz, and Max Beck. Read more

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  • Lee

    DIRECTOR: Ellen Kuras
    CAST: Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard & Andrea Riseborough
    Elizabeth 'Lee' Miller was a woman going through quite a career change. Initially a fashion model, her skills out of the studios and into wartorn areas during World War II to snap Vogue magazine's most important photos. But being a war correspondent is not easy, as Lee finds herself navigating places of great tragedy and violence. Based on a true story, this biographical war film comes from director Ellen Kuras (The Betrayal – Nerakhoon, The Umbrella Academy) and screenwriters Lem Dobbs, Marion Hume, John Collee, and Liz Hannah. The cast includes Kate Winslet, Andy Samberg, Alexander Skarsgård, Josh O'Connor, Andrea Riseborough, and Marion Cotillard. Read more

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  • Golda

    DIRECTOR: Guy Nattiv
    CAST: Helen Mirren, Camille Cottin & Rami Heuberger
    Based on a true story, Golda tells the story of Golda Meir and her rise to power. During the Yom Kippur War of 1973, she assumed power as the Prime Minister of Israel. Her time in office was so notable that she earned the title of Iron Lady of Israel. Her controversial choices in her daring career are covered in this intense drama based on this iconic figure of Isreal politics. Directed by Guy Nattiv (Strangers, Skin) with a script by screenwriter Nicholas Martin, this stirring political drama stars the talents of Helen Mirren, Camille Cottin, Rami Heuberger, Lior Ashkenazi, Dominic Mafham, and Liev Schreiber. Read more

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  • Oppenheimer

    DIRECTOR: Christopher Nolan
    CAST: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt & Matt Damon
    J. Robert Oppenheimer was one of the leaders behind the development of the atomic bomb, one of the most destructive weapons developed for war. The American scientist endured the internal struggles of developing this ultimate weapon that changed World War II and reshaped wars for decades. Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk, Tenet) is the director behind this stirring historical drama centering on war with a towering score composed by Ludwig Göransson. The film features an all-star ensemble cast that includes Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Rami Malek, Florence Pugh, Benny Safdie, Michael Angarano, Josh Hartnett, and Kenneth Branagh. Read more

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  • Plane

    DIRECTOR: Jean-François Richet
    CAST: Gerard Butler, Mike Colter & Yoson An
    A commercial flight finds itself being flung into the most rocky of turbulence. Brodie Torrance is commercial pilot who makes the tough choice to perform an emergency landing amid a dangerous storm. He lands the plane on Jolo Island in the Philippines which turns out to be a very hostile place. When the passengers are taken hostage by the local militants, Brodie relies on a fugitive of his flight to help him save the day. Packed with exciting action sequences, this explosive thrill ride comes from director Jean-François Richet (The Emperor of Paris) and stars Gerard Butler, Mike Colter, Yoson An, and Tony Goldwyn. Read more

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  • The Ambush

    DIRECTOR: Pierre Morel
    CAST: Marwan Abdullah, Khalifa Al Jassem & Mohammed Ahmed
    Set in the United Arab Emirates during the Yemen War in 2018, three soldiers find themselves in the most dangerous of situations and in need of help. Facing heavy gunfire, the men are trapped in a remote canyon where escape seems impossible. It’s up to a rescue team to weather a chaotic mission with a low chance of survival when venturing into hostile territory. Directed by Pierre Morel (District 13, From Paris with Love, Taken), this action-packed war picture is based on a true story and stars the talents of Marwan Abdulla Saleh, Khalifa Al Jassem, and Mohammed Ahmed as Sergeant Al Hindasi. Read more

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  • Devotion

    DIRECTOR: J.D. Dillard
    CAST: Jonathan Majors, Glen Powell & Christina Jackson
    Set during the Korean War, Jesse Brown and Tom Hudner are two elite pilots serving in the US military and taking on the most dangerous of missions. They’ll soon find themselves handling the toughest battles in the skies as the war intensifies for the US Navy during this chaotic time, where devotion will truly by tested. Based on the biographical book Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice by Adam Makos and directed by J. D. Dillard (Sleight, Sweetheart), this war drama stars the talents of Jonathan Majors, Glen Powell, Christina Jackson, Joe Jonas, Thomas Sadoski, Serinda Swan, and Daren Kagasoff. Read more

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  • Father & Soldier

    DIRECTOR: Mathieu Vadepied
    CAST: Omar Sy, Alassane Diong & Jonas Bloquet
    It is World War I and French soldiers are sent off to a dangerous war. Bakary Diallo is a father who is enlisting but less so because of serving his country and more to be with his 17-year-old son Thierno that was unwillingly recruited into the army. The two of them are sent off to the frontlines of the French colony of Senegal where they will see combat. But Bakary and Thierno will face it together as a family. This war epic comes from the director Mathieu Vadepied and stars Omar Sy, Alassane Diong, and Jonas Bloquet. Read more

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  • Our Men

    DIRECTOR: Rachel Lang
    CAST: Louis Garrel, Camille Cottin & Aleksandr Kuznetsov
    Nika, a woman in her 20s, will go wherever love takes her as she follows her boyfriend Vlad out of the Ukraine. Her journey with her boyfriend takes her to a military base in Corsica, where he serves as a soldier. It is there where she forms a bond with Céline, the wife of Commander Maxime. Together, they may be able to keep up her spirits during her time abroad. Written and directed by Rachel Lang, this heartfelt drama stars Louis Garrel, Camille Cottin, Ina Marija Bartaité, and Aleksandr Kuznetsov. Read more

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  • The Conference

    DIRECTOR: Matti Geschonneck
    CAST: Philipp Hochmair, Johannes Allmayer & Maximilian Brückner
    On the morning of 20 January 1942, in a villa on the lakefront of the Wannsee in Berlin, leading members of the Nazi regime came together. The sole topic on the agenda that morning was what the Nazis... Read more

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  • Operation Mincemeat

    DIRECTOR: John Madden
    CAST: Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen & Johnny Flynn
    World War II was a desperate time that required desperate measures. The British wanted to find a way to keep hidden the Allied invasion of Sicily. This would lead to the covert Operation Mincemeat, an elaborate scheme cobbled together by two intelligence officers involving falsified documents and corpses. Based on a true story, this historical thriller comes from director John Madden (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) and stars Colin Firth, Kelly Macdonald, Matthew Macfadyen, Penelope Wilton, Johnny Flynn, and Jason Isaacs. Read more

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  • The Contractor

    DIRECTOR: Tarik Saleh
    CAST: Chris Pine, Ben Foster & Gillian Jacobs
    James Harper used to be a Marine but that career came to an end when he was involuntarily discharged for his action. Now that he’s out of military service, he joins up with a paramilitary organization as a means of trying to support your family. The organization sends him on a black-ops mission to Poland with an elite team of mercenaries for a mysterious purpose. It isn’t long before he finds himself compromised and fighting for survival on his own in Eastern Europe. Directed by Tarik Saleh (Westworld) and written by J.P. Davis (Fighting Tommy Riley), this thrilling action picture features a cast that includes Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Gillian Jacobs, and Eddie Marsan. Read more

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  • Outside the Wire

    DIRECTOR: Mikael Håfström
    CAST: Anthony Mackie, Damson Idris & Emily Beecham
    In the near future, robots have become the favored weapon of war, be they android or drones. A drone pilot serving in the military finds himself paired up with an andoird ally. The duo is tasked with stopping an evil plot for a nuclear attack but they’ll encounter some of the most dangerous high-tech weapons in existence, threatening the peace of the world. This dystopian sci-fi action picture was directed by Mikael Håfström and stars Anthony Mackie, Pilou Asbæk, and Emily Beecham. Read more

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  • The Forgotten Battle

    DIRECTOR: Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.
    CAST: Gijs Blom, Susan Radder & Jamie Flatters
    Taking place amid the historical Battle of the Scheldt, three individuals caught up in the war seek a way out of such a dark situation. The story follows a British glider pilot, a Dutch boy fighting for the Germans, and a Dutch female resistance member as they struggle to fight for their freedom during a chaotic time. Directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr., this war epic loaded with intensity and drama stars Gijs Blom, Jamie Flatters, and Susan Radder. Read more

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  • Sergio

    DIRECTOR: Greg Barker
    CAST: Wagner Moura, Ana de Armas & Garret Dillahunt
    UN diplomat Sergio Vieira de Mello has been in many impossible situations, negotiating deals with war criminals, politicians and revolutionaries alike. Before he’s about to spend his life with Carolina (Ana de Armas, who will be in the new James Bond movie later this year), Sergio has to do one last assignment in Baghdad, Iraq. What is supposed to be a quick job however, turns into a nightmare when a bomb goes off in the UN office. Read more

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  • Greyhound

    DIRECTOR: Aaron Schneider
    CAST: Tom Hanks, Elisabeth Shue & Stephen Graham
    Tom Hanks stars in this nerve-wrecking WWII thriller about an American navy officer who has the impossible task to take his ship across the Atlantic while there is the constant threat of German U-boats. Read more

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  • The Kill Team

    DIRECTOR: Dan Krauss
    CAST: Nat Wolff, Alexander Skarsgård & Adam Long
    Andrew Briggman (Nat Wolff) is an American soldier serving in dangerous areas of Afghanistan. When his new superior, Sergeant Deeks (Alexander Skarsgård), takes a colder approach to handling civilians, Briggman starts to have serious doubts about the morality of his military unit that thinks nothing of gunning down unarmed citizens. But when Deeks becomes threatening, Briggman fears there is no moral way out of this tough situation. Dan Krauss directs this military thriller semi-based on the Maywand District murders. Read more

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  • Jojo Rabbit

    DIRECTOR: Taika Waititi
    CAST: Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie & Taika Waititi
    Jojo Rabbit is about a young boy living during World War II. His only escapism is through his imaginary friend, an ethnically inaccurate version of Adolf Hitler, who pushes the young boy's naive... Read more

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  • Midway

    DIRECTOR: Roland Emmerich
    CAST: Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson & Luke Evans
    Between the 4th and 7th of June 1942, The Battle of Midway was fought at the Pacific. Told from different perspectives, this movie shows how the Battle became a pivotal moment in the Second World War. Read more

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  • 1917

    DIRECTOR: Sam Mendes
    CAST: George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman & Mark Strong
    After directing two James Bond films, director Sam Mendes returns with a WW1 flick this december. The thrilling story evolves around two British soldiers on a dangerous mission: to prevent hundreds of soldiers from getting killed, they have to deliver a message behind enemy lines. Read more

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  • The Red Sea Diving Resort

    DIRECTOR: Gideon Raff
    CAST: Chris Evans, Haley Bennett & Ben Kingsley
    Inspired by remarkable true life rescue missions, this is the incredible story of a group of Mossad agents and brave Ethiopians who in the early 80s used a deserted holiday retreat in Sudan as a front... Read more

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  • The Last Full Measure

    DIRECTOR: Todd Robinson
    CAST: Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Irvine & Christopher Plummer
    Based on a true story, this Vietnam war drama film evolves around a military investigator who helps veterans build a case for the posthumous award of the Medal of Honor to, an Air Force medic who saved more than 60 people during the war. Read more

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  • The Aftermath

    DIRECTOR: James Kent
    CAST: Keira Knightley, Alexander Skarsgård & Jason Clarke
    Right after WWII, a British colonel and his wife move into an old house in Hamburg. The house is assigned to them, but they decide to share the house with its previous owner, a German widower and his daughter. Soon tensions rise between the three of them. Read more

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  • A Private War

    DIRECTOR: Matthew Heineman
    CAST: Rosamund Pike, Jamie Dornan, Tom Hollander, Stanley Tucci
    Rosamund Pike is Mary Colvin, a New York Times war journalist working in dangerous areas of the world. Despite her struggles with post-traumatic stress, she is determined to carry on with her work. Based on a true story, this is Rosamund Pike's most impressive role so far. Read more

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  • Overlord

    DIRECTOR: Julius Avery
    CAST: Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, Mathilde Ollivier, Pilou Asbæk
    D-Day, Normandy 1944. A band of American paratroopers set out the destroy a German communication centre in an old castle. They stumble upon something dark they couldn't possibly anticipate. 'Overlord' is a rare movie combining war movie heroism with supernatural horror. Read more

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  • Journey’s End

    DIRECTOR: Saul Dibb
    CAST: Paul Bettany, Sam Claflin, Stephen Graham, Tom Sturridge
    It's not quite as sensational as the equally British Dunkirk, but Journey's End is a war drama in it's own right. Taking place in a dugout in Aisle during the first war, it is the story of a group of British officers, led by a mentally disintegrating officer as they await what is to come. Read more

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  • Transit

    DIRECTOR: Christian Petzold
    CAST: Franz Rogowski Paula Beer Godehard Giese
    After 'Phoenix', acclaimed German director returns with 'Transit', a movie evolving around a 27 year old German fleeing nazi-German, using the identity of a deceased author. When he arrives in France, he finds out the author committed suicide. Read more

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    RATING: 86/100

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  • Ruin

    DIRECTOR: Justin Kurzel
    CAST: Gal Gadot
    Ruin, starring Wonder Woman's Gal Gadot, is about a former Nazi SS captain who wants to atone for his terrible sins during the Second World War. He hunts down the members of the death squad working under him. Read more

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  • 12 Strong

    DIRECTOR: Nicolai Fuglsig
    CAST: Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Peña
    After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, an inexperienced captain and his Special Forces elite team is sent to Afghanistan. Over there, they need to find a warlord and fight the Taliban. But obviously, things do not work out the way the should. Fast-paced and entertaining, but one sometimes wonder to what extent this movie is actually based on the true events. Read more

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    RATING: 70/100

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  • Miasto 44

    DIRECTOR: Jan Komasa
    CAST: Józef Pawlowski, Zofia Wichlacz Anna Próchniak
    The story is based in 1944, in the middle of Warsaw uprising; the beautiful spirit of love and friendship is tested against the daunting backdrop of violence and... Read more

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    RATING: 67/100

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  • Kajaki (Kilo Two Bravo)

    DIRECTOR: Paul Katis
    CAST: David Elliot Mark Stanley Scott Kyle
    The excruciating story is based on a dire but also true situation where soldiers of Kilo Two Bravo battalion were stranded on a dry river bed that was an active mine... Read more

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    RATING: 71/100

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  • Simindis Kundzuli

    DIRECTOR: George Ovashvili
    CAST: Ilyas Salman Mariam Buturishvili Irakli Samushia
    A beautiful depiction of contrast between nature's gifts and human tendency of exploitation, here portrayed by a small island created in a river that separates an... Read more

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    RATING: 77/100

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  • American Sniper

    DIRECTOR: Clint Eastwood
    CAST: Bradley Cooper Sienna Miller Kyle Gallner
    When 'American Sniper' came out in 2014, it divided both audiences and critics. To some, Clint Eastwood's biopic about America's most deadly marksman (255 kills during the Iraqi War) Chris Kyle was the purest example of shameless patriotism and war glorification. Others thought Eastwood only intention was to show the sheer pointlessness of it all. Whatever you might think of this films's true meaning, 'American Sniper' is a riveting portrait of modern warfare. Read more

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    RATING: 77/100

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  • Anthropoid

    DIRECTOR: Sean Ellis
    CAST: Jamie Dornan Cillian Murphy Brian Caspe
    Perhaps one of the lesser known prominent Nazi leaders, Reinhard Heydrich was nevertheless one of the most bloodthirsty and notorious. His effective and and heartless way of getting rid of the Czecho-Slovakian resistance alarmed Allied intelligence service and they decided to assassinate Heydrich. Operation Anthropoid was born. A nerve-wrecking WWII thriller, portraying one of its lesser known chapters. Read more

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    RATING: 79/100

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  • The Siege of Jadotville

    DIRECTOR: Richie Smyth
    CAST: Jamie Dornan Mark Strong Jason O'Mara
    After the success of 'Beasts of No Nation', Netflix returns with another solid war movie set in Africa. 'The Siege of Jadotville' tells the mostly forgotten story of an Irish military regiment under siege during the Congo crisis in 1961. For 6 days in a row, 150 Irish soldiers on a UN mission trying to hold back a 3000 man army of mercenaries. A solid war movie, once again based on the classic David vs. Goliath theme. Read more

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    RATING: 82/100

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  • Fury

    DIRECTOR: David Ayer
    CAST: Brad Pitt Shia LaBeouf Logan Lerman
    If you want to know what it is like to be packed in with 5 other tough swearing soldiers in a claustrophobic Second World War tank, then this film might be something for you. Fury is even a little silly at times (like when Brad Pitt loses his shit with a Nazi POW), but it is also a great and captivating account of tank warfare. It could not get more manly with each character outperforming the other in terms of bravado and toughness. Apparently the actors even had fistfights on set to determine the alpha-male and let loose some testosteron. Read more

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    RATING: 80/100

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  • Son of Saul

    DIRECTOR: László Nemes
    CAST: Géza Röhrig Levente Molnár Urs Rechn
    Sickening and deeply impressive portrait of a man (Saul) who, as a prisoner of destruction camp Auschwitz, is forced to help with the burnings of the bodies. When it turns out he has to burn the body of his sworn godson, Saul is determined to save the body and to give him a decent Jewish burial. 'Son of Saul' is a war drama unlike anything you have seen so far. Almost like a fly on the wall, the viewer follows Saul; every single movement in an inferno-like decor. Read more

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    RATING: 88/100

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  • Krigen

    DIRECTOR: Tobias Lindholm
    CAST: Alex Høgh Andersen Pilou Asbæk Tuva Novotny
    Leave it to the Danish to make exceptionally naturalistic and gripping drama. Krigen ('A War') is an utterly poignant war movie about a commander making a horrible decision (with the best intentions) during a mission in Afghanistan. Krigen painfully shows how an army career deeply affects family life too. A film that will haunt for a few days after you have watched it. Read more

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    RATING: 85/100

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  • ’71

    DIRECTOR: Yann Demange
    CAST: Jack O'Connell Sam Reid Sean Harris
    Upcoming British star Jack O’Connell seems to be in dozen of films released at the same time. Last year he starred in another war film, Angelinga Jolie’s horrifying WW2 epic Unbroken. ’71 is from an entirely different order though; a raw and authentic looking war thriller about a British soldier (O’Connell) abandoned by his unit during a patrol in war zone Belfast. During the height of the Troubles, he’s left to his own devices in unfriendly neighbourhood (to say the least) and has to make it alive through the night while various people are hunting him. Read more

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    RATING: 84/100

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  • The Wall

    DIRECTOR: Doug Liman
    CAST: Aaron Taylor-Johnson John Cena Laith Nakli
    An American sharpshooter is trapped in a standoff with an Iraqi sniper. Read more

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    RATING: 74/100

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  • Dunkirk

    DIRECTOR: Christopher Nolan
    CAST: Tom Hardy Cillian Murphy Mark Rylance
    Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire, Canada, and France are surrounded by the German army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II. Read more

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    RATING: 92/100

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  • Die Wannseekonferenz

    DIRECTOR: Matti Geschonneck
    CAST: Philipp Hochmair, Johannes Allmayer & Maximilian Brückner
    It is 1942 and a meeting is underway between the National Socialist Reich government and the SS authorities. The two of them meet with the intent to answer the big question of what to do with the Jews of Europe during World War II. It was a meeting so secret that few documents of it remain today. This historical drama based on a true story is directed by Matti Geschenneck (In Times of Fading Light) and stars Simon Schwarz, Fabian Busch, and Philipp Hochmair. Read more

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  • All Quiet on the Western Front

    DIRECTOR: Edward Berger
    CAST: Daniel Brühl, Albrecht Schuch & Sebastian Hülk
    Based on the book of the same title by Erich Maria Remarque, this period war drama depicts the life of a German soldier during World War I. The young man finds himself disillusioned by the nationalistic pride of such a violent war and tries to handle his conflicting emotions on a chaotic battlefield of Europe. Directed by Edward Berger, the film features a cast that includes Daniel Brühl, Albrecht Schuch, Felix Kammerer, Moritz Klaus, Aaron Hilmer, Edin Hasanovic, Devid Striesow, and Sebastian Hülk. Read more

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  • Darkest Hour

    DIRECTOR: Joe Wright
    CAST: John Hurt Lily James Gary Oldman
    Winston Churchill leads a charge against Adolf Hitler's army in the early days of World War II. Read more

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    RATING: 82/100

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Related: Best new action movies in 2024 & 2023 (Netflix, Prime, Hulu & Cinema List) Sad as it may be, there are and always will be gripping war stories to tell. Troops are perhaps no longer fully deployed in Iraq or Afghanistan, and the First and Second World Wars are far behind us, but that does not mean nothing is going on, for example in places like the Middle-East that we should know about. We can learn much from the news and fine war journalism, but we see so many of those images that they become devoid of meaning. Filmmakers in the field of the warfare genre should tell the tales of people living in warzones like Syria. Make them intensely personal so that we, who live in peace, may in some way grasp what it means to live there. Sure, it's Hollywood so these films must also entertain us with bombs, shootings, and romantic heroism, but filmmakers should not forget the severity of their topic. Fortunately, a number of great new war flicks found a perfect balance between the need for entertainment and the necessity to inform. In very different ways, these movies all tell important and poignant stories that need to be heard.