Helena (1924)
Helen of Troy (1956)
The Trojan Horse (1961)
L'ira di Achille (1962)
The Trojan Women (1971)
Helen of Troy (2003)
Troy (2004)
La battaglia di Maratona (1959)
The 300 Spartans (1962)
300 (2006) Battle of Thermopylae
Last Stand of the 300 (2007) TV documentary/reenactment which premièred on The History Channel
300: Rise of an Empire (2014) Battle of Marathon, Battle of Artemisium, Battle of Salamis
The Emperor's Shadow (1996)
The Emperor and the Assassin (1999)
Hero (2002)
A Battle of Wits (2006)
Wheat (2009)
Sacrifice (2010)
Little Big Soldier (2010)
The Warring States (2011)
Wars of Alexander the Great (338–325 BC)
Alexander the Great (1956)
Goliath e la schiava ribelle (1963)
Alexander (2004), depictions of the Battles of Gaugamela and Hydaspes
Il Colosso di Rodi (1961)
Asoka
Mulan (1998), animated film
Brennus, Enemy of Rome (1963), the first Gallic invasion of Italy
Rome (TV series) (2005/2007)
Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire (2010) TV miniseries about St Augustine set during the Vandal invasion
Dragon Blade (2015)
Cabiria (1914)
Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal (1937)
Annibale (1960), the Second Punic War
Carthage in Flames (1960), the Third Punic War
Siege of Syracuse (1960)
Hannibal – Rome's Worst Nightmare (2006), TV depiction of the Second Punic War
Sins of Rome (1953)
Spartacus (1960), the Third Servile War
The Slave (1962)
Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators (1964)
Marcantonio e Cleopatra (1913)
Cleopatra (1934)
Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
Julius Caesar (1953)
Legions of the Nile (1959)
Cleopatra (1963), Battle of Actium
Julius Caesar (1970)
Antony and Cleopatra (1972)
Imperium: Augustus (2003)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Ben Hur (1959)
King of Kings (1961)
Masada (1981)
Ben Hur (2016)
Risen (2016)
Caesar the Conqueror (1962)
Giants of Rome (1964)
Asterix animated films based on the comic book character and the Gallic Wars
Druids (a.k.a. Vercingétorix) (2001), the Gallic Wars
Boudica (2003), fictionalized story of Boudicca, Queen of the Iceni of Britain and the revolt against Roman occupation.
Centurion (2010), Roman ninth Legion in 2nd century Britain
The Eagle (2011), Roman centurion in 2nd century Britain
Dacii (1967), the Domitian's Dacian War
The Column (1968), the Trajan's Dacian Wars
The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), the Marcomanni War
Gladiator (2000), the Marcomanni War
Constantine and the Cross (1961), chronicle of emperor Constantine's life including the famous Battle of the Milvian Bridge
Katherine of Alexandria (2014)
Attila (1954), European campaign of Attila the Hun
Sign of the Pagan (1954)
Attila (2001), TV miniseries of the European campaign of Attila the Hun
The Last Legion (2007)
Red Cliff (2008)
Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon (2008)
The Lost Bladesman (2011)
The Assassins (2012)
Theodora, Slave Empress (1954)
Revenge of the Barbarians (1960)
Kampf um Rom (1968)
King Arthur (2004), depiction of the Battle of Mons Badonicus
Orlando e i Paladini di Francia (1956)
I paladini - Storia d'armi e d'amori (1983)
Charlemagne, le prince à cheval (1993)
Mohammad, Messenger of God (1976)
Al Qadisiyya (1981)
Hussein Who Said No (2014)
Muhammad: The Messenger of God (2015)
El Cid (1961)
I cento cavalieri (1964)
King Conqueror (2009)
The Viking (1928)
The Vikings (1958)
Erik the Conqueror (1961)
The War Lord (1962)
Alfred the Great (1969)
The White Viking (1991)
Valhalla Rising (2009)
Vikings (TV) (2013-present)
Northmen: A Viking Saga (2014)
Norman conquest of England (1066–1076)
1066 The Battle for Middle Earth (2009)
Richard the Lion-Hearted (1923)
The Crusades (1935), a Cecil B. De Mille production, starring Henry Wilcoxon as Richard Lionheart
The Saracen Blade (1954)
King Richard and the Crusaders (1954)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
La Gerusalemme liberata (1958)
El Naser Salah el Dine (1963)
Robin and Marian (1976)
Ivanhoe (1982) (TV)
Hearts and Armour (1983)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Rytsarskiy roman (2000)
I cavalieri che fecero l'impresa (2001)
Kingdom of Heaven (2005), depiction of the Battle (Siege) of Jerusalem
Arn (2007)
Alexander Nevsky (1938)
Knights of the Teutonic Order (1960)
Kazimierz Wielki (1976)
Alexander – Battle of the Neva (2008)
Genghis Khan (1950) a Filipino film Directed by Manuel Conde
The Conqueror (1956)
Genghis Khan (1965)
Genghis Khan (1992)
Musa the Warrior (2001)
Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea (2007)
Mongol (2007)
Ironclad (2011), The film chronicles the siege of Rochester Castle by King John in 1215.
Florante at Laura (1939), depicting the history the war between the Byzantine Empire and Ottoman Empire
Tirante el Blanco (2006)
Fetih 1453 (Conquest 1453) (2012), Siege and Fall of Constantinople in 1453, marking the end of the Roman Empire
Banović Strahinja (1981)
Battle of Kosovo (1989)
Put ružama posut (Rose covered road) (2013 TV)
The Testament of Aga Koppanyi (1967)
Egri Csillagok (Stars of Eger) (1968)
Flavia the Heretic (1974)
Michael the Brave (1970)
Colonel Wolodyjowski (1969)
September Eleven 1683 (2012)
Sve ce to narod pozlatiti (1995) (TV)
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
Admiral Nakhimov (1947)
Heroes of Shipka (1955)
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
The Turkish Gambit (2005)
Balkan Wars 1912-1913 (2016), Turkish documentary available on the official Youtube channel (with English subtitles) [1].
Kumanovska bitka (2012), Serbian documentary about the Battle of Kumanovo available on Youtube (in Serbian) [2]
You Can't Win 'Em All (1970)
Kurtulus (1994)
(1922) (1978)
Stone Mektep (2013)
The Water Diviner (2014)
Braveheart (1995), depictions of the Battles of Stirling and Falkirk
The Bruce (1996), depiction of the Battle of Bannockburn (1314)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Henry V (1944)
Joan of Arc (1948)
Saint Joan (1957)
Henry V (1989)
Joan the Maiden (1994)
Joan of Arc (1999, TV miniseries)
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999), depiction of the Siege of Orléans
Warriors of Faith (1947)
Jan Hus (1954)
Jan Žižka (1955)
Against All (1957)
Skanderbeg's rebellion (1443–1468)
The Great Warrior Skanderbeg (1954)
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
The Seven Samurai (1954)
Ran (1985)
Kagemusha (The Shadow Warrior) (1980)
Shōgun (1980)
Heaven and Earth (1990)
The Seven Samurai (2014)
Condottieri (1937)
The Violent Patriot (1956)
Flesh and Blood (1985)
The Profession of Arms (2001)
Ignacio de Loyola (2016)
Lapu Lapu (1955)
Lapu Lapu (2002)
La Reine Margot (1954)
La Reine Margot (Queen Margot) (1994)
Henri 4 （2010）
La princesse de Montpensier （2010）
Dagohoy (1953)
Diego Silang (1951)
Gabriela Silang (1971)
La Kermesse Héroique (1935)
De vliegende Hollander (1995)
Alatriste (2006)
Kenau (2014)
Anno Domini 1573 (1975)
Blades of Blood (2010)
The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014)
Immortal Admiral Yi Sun-sin (2004)
Minin and Pozharsky (1939)
Boris Godunov (1954)
Boris Godunov (1986)
Boris Godunov (1989)
1612 (2007)
Alatriste (2006), depiction of the Battle of Rocroi
The Last Valley (1970)
Custer's Last Stand (1936)
They Died with Their Boots On (1941), depiction of the Battle of Little Big Horn
Fort Apache (1948)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
Rio Grande (1950)
Only the Valiant (1951)
The Battle at Apache Pass (1952)
Arrowhead (1953)
Seminole (1953), Rock Hudson stars as an American officer who must battle his former friend, the Seminole war chief, Osceola, played by Anthony Quinn.
Major Dundee (1965)
Custer of the West (1967)
Little Big Man (1970), depiction of the Battle of Little Big Horn
Soldier Blue (1970)
Ulzana's Raid (1972)
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer (1977) (TV)
Dances with Wolves (1990)
Son of the Morning Star (1991), depiction of the Battle of Little Big Horn (TV)
Geronimo: An American Legend (1994)
Crazy Horse (1996) (TV)
Buffalo Soldiers (1997), (TV)
The Miracle Men (2002), (TV)
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
Hidalgo (2004), the early part of the film depicts the 1890 Battle of/Massacre at Wounded Knee
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007), Battle of the Little Bighorn, and the Wounded Knee Massacre
First Manchu invasion of Korea (1627) and Second Manchu invasion of Korea (1636–1637)
War of the Arrows
Cromwell (1970), depictions of the Battles of Edgehill and Naseby
To Kill a King (2003)
Witchfinder General
The Devil's Whore, numerous battles and skirmishes of the Civil War and the harrying of Ireland
Ukraino-Russian Liberation War from Poland (1648–1654)
Taras Bulba (2009)
With Fire and Sword (1999)
Bohdan-Zinovii Hmelnytskyi (2007)
Taras Bulba (2009)
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
Snapphanar
Karl XII (1925)
Pyotr perviy (Petr the First) (1937–1938) (Петр первый in Russia)
Kalabaliken i Bender (1983)
Sluga Gosudarev (The Sovereigns Servant) (2007) (СЛУГА ГОСУДАРЕВ in Russia)
Fanfan la Tulipe (2003)
Seven Years' War (1756–1763) and French and Indian War (1754–1763)
The Deerslayer and Chingachgook (1920) German silent film
The Last of the Mohicans (1920) American film
The Last of the Mohicans (1920) German film
Leatherstocking (1924) American silent serial
Fanfan la Tulipe (1925) French film
Das Flötenkonzert von Sans-souci (1930)
The Last of the Mohicans (1932), serial
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
Northwest Passage (1940)
Unconquered (1947)
Fanfan la tulipe (1952)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992), depiction of the Battle of Fort William Henry
Fanfan la tulipe (2003)
Nouvelle-France (The Battle of the Brave) (2004)
The War that Made America (2006) PBS documentary
1776 (1972), from the musical of the same name
April Morning (1988), made for TV
The Battle of Bunker Hill (1911)
Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor (2002), A&E film
Beyond the Mask (2015)
The Crossing (2000), A&E film depicting the 1776 Crossing of the Delaware and Battle of Trenton
The Devil's Disciple (1959)
Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
George Washington (1984)
John Adams (2008)
Johnny Tremain (1957)
Mary Silliman's War (1995)
The Patriot (2000), depiction of fictional battles with elements similar to the Battle of Camden, Battle of Elizabeth town, Siege of Yorktown, Militia actions and Battle of Cowpens
Sons of Liberty (2015)
Turn: Washington's Spies (2014–present)
Revolution (1985)
Valley Forge (1975), made for TV
La Marseillaise (1938)
Danton (1983)
Adieu Bonaparte (1985)
Chouans! (1988)
La Revolution francaise (1989)
Passion in the Desert (1997)
War in the Highlands (1999)
Hornblower (1998–2003 TV series) first four episodes (The Duel, The Fire Ships, The Duchess and the Devil, The Wrong War)
Napoleon (2002) (TV mini-series), early half of first episode showing Napoleon's first Italian campaign and the Battle of Arcole
Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story (1987) (TV mini-series), early segment of miniseries showing Napoleon's Egyptian campaign
The War of the Vendee (2002) a children's movie with an all-youth cast about the 1793 royalist revolt and civil war in the Vendée
Tripoli (1950), depiction of the Battle of Derne
Napoléon (1927), depiction of the Siege of Toulon
Kolberg (1945), German film about the siege of Kolberg in 1807
Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951), naval warfare
War and Peace (1956, USA)
The Pride and the Passion (1957) napoleonic war film
Austerlitz (1960), depiction of the Battle of Austerlitz
Hussar Ballad (1962) ("Гусарская баллада" in Russia), musical comedy set in Napoleon's invasion of Russia
War and Peace (1966–67, USSR) (Война и мир in Russia)
Waterloo (1970), depiction of the Battle of Waterloo
Napoleon and Love (1974) Napoleons relationships with his women as a backdrop to his rise and fall.
The Duellists (1978) Napoleonic war film
Sharpe (1993–2006) (TV series)
Hornblower (1998–2003 TV series) – last four episodes (Mutiny, Retribution, Loyalty, Duty)
The Emperor's New Clothes, adaptation of the novel 'The Death of Napoleon'. A what if tale of Napoleon's exile at St. Helena.
Napoleon (2002) (TV mini-series)
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), naval warfare
Monsieur N (2003), depicts Napoleon's life while imprisoned on St Helena, an investigating British officer later begins to doubt the official story.
Sangre de mayo (2008)
Lines of Wellington (2012)
Život i dela besmrtnog vožda Karađorđa (1911)
Pesma sa Kumbare (1955)
Vuk Karadžić (1987) (TV series)
Bitka na Čegru (2006)
The Buccaneer (1938)
The Buccaneer (1958), depiction of the Battle of New Orleans
Mutiny! (1952), depiction of naval warfare
North and South in 1812,
The King's Rifles, British and Canadians defend Canada from American invasion
Vuk Karadžić (1987) (TV series)
Red Shirts (1952)
Senso (1954)
Garibaldi (1961)
The Italian Brigands (1962)
The Leopard (1963)
In the Name of the Sovereign People (1990)
Noi credevamo (2010)
The White Devil (1930)
The White Warrior (1959)
The Alamo (1936)
The Alamo (1960)
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory (1987)
The Alamo (2004), depiction of the siege of the Alamo and ensuing defeat of Santa Anna at Battle of San Jacinto
Texas (1994), television film
Heroes of the Alamo (1937)
The Last Command (1955)
Two for Texas (1998)
Texas Rising (2015)
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
North and South (TV miniseries, 1985–1986), depiction of the Battle of Churubusco
One Man's Hero (1999), starring Tom Berenger and focusing on the Batallón de San Patricio (Saint Patrick's Battalion) during the American invasion of Mexico
Ravenous (1999), fictional horror film set against the backdrop of the Mexican–American War.
The Mexican American War (a History Channel Production), Description and/or Narration of all Battles Of the Mexican–American War.
The Cemetery of the Eagles (1939) The battles of Churubusco and Chapultepec were recreated.
The Round-Up (1966)
Flowers of Reverie (1984)
The Warlords (2007)
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936), American version directed by Michael Curtiz, depiction of the Battle of Balaclava
Admiral Nakhimov (1946)
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968), British version directed by Tony Richardson, depiction of the Battle of Balaclava
Eureka Stockade (1907)
Eureka Stockade (1949)
Eureka Stockade (1984), television mini-series
Indian Rebellion of 1857 and subsequent colonial conflicts in India (1857)
Gunga Din (1939), suppression of the Thugees and local rebellions
Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935), about suppressing rebellious Indians towards the beginning of the 20th century
Bengal Brigade (1954) (Rock Hudson), details the beginning of the mutiny, focusing on a disgraced English Captain and his sepoy troops
Mangal Pandey: The Rising (2005), about the 1857 mutiny
Jhansi Ki Rani (1956) about the 1857 mutiny
Kranti, drama about the 1857 war of independence
Junoon (1979) about the 1857 mutiny
Shatranj Ke Khilari (1977) about the 1857 mutiny
Wee Willie Winkie (1936), features British forces suppressing Indian rebels, but the focus on child star Shirley Temple may cause many to exclude this film from a 'war film' category
Anand Math (1950), about the revolt of sanyasis
Swaraj (1998) A DD TV Series on Indian struggle of independence
(Also see American Civil War films, Cinema and television about the American Civil War)
The Battle of Gettysburg (1913)
Birth of a Nation (1915), first English Language epic film
The General (1927), a comedy starring Buster Keaton
Gone with the Wind (1939)
The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
The Battle of Gettysburg (1956)
The Great Locomotive Chase (1956), Andrews' Raiders
The Horse Soldiers (1959), depiction of Grierson's Raid
Johnny Shiloh (1963), Wonderful World Of Disney
Advance to the Rear (1964)
Major Dundee (1965)
Shenandoah (1965), a family tries and fails to remain out of the conflict in the Shenandoah Valley
Alvarez Kelly (1966)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
The Undefeated (1969)
The Andersonville Trial (1970), made for TV
The Beguiled (1971)
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), Missouri guerilla goes on the run in 1865
North and South (TV miniseries, 1985–86) – Book II episodes, depictions of the battles of Bull Run I, Antietam, Wilderness and Petersburg III
Glory (1989), depictions of the Battle of Antietam and the Second Battle of Fort Wagner
Dances with Wolves (1990), early scenes
Gettysburg (1993), depiction of the Battle of Gettysburg
Class of '61 (1993)
Enemy Gold (1993), opening Scene
Pharaoh's Army (1995), a Union mounted infantry patrol in Kentucky
Andersonville (1996), made for TV, Union POWs in Andersonville Prison Camp
The Hunley (1997), depiction of the Confederate submarine in Charleston Harbor
Ride with the Devil (1999)
Gods and Generals (2003), depictions of the First Battle of Bull Run, the Battle of Antietam, the Battle of Fredericksburg, and the Battle of Chancellorsville.
Wicked Spring (2003), the Battle of the Wilderness
Cold Mountain (2003), depiction of the Battle of the Crater
The Colt (2005)
Sahara (2005), opening scene
Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Stories (2006), depiction of "Bitter Bierce" and a dramatization of three Civil War tales
The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams (2007)
Dog Jack (2010)
Lincoln (2012)
Saving Lincoln (2013)
Juarez (1939)
Vera Cruz (1954)
Major Dundee (1965)
The Undefeated (1969)
Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)
Cinco de Mayo: La batalla (2013)
Argentino hasta la muerte (1971)
Cerro Cora (1978)
Netto perde sua alma (2001)
Bismarck (1940)
1864 (2014), TV series
Bismarck (1940)
Die Gans von Sedan (1959)
Field of Honor (1987) In French: Champ d'honneur
Thundering Mountains (1963)
The Last Samurai (2003)
Zulu (1964), depiction of the Battle of Rorke's Drift
Zulu Dawn (1979), depiction of the Battle of Isandlwana
Shaka Zulu (1986)
Majuba (1968)
Beau Geste (1926), starring Ronald Colman
Beau Geste (1939), featuring Gary Cooper
Beau Geste (1966), with Guy Stockwell
The Wind and the Lion (1975), Ion Perdicaris
March or Die (1977), Rif War
Lion of the Desert (1981), Italian attempt to colonialize southern Libya
Legionnaire (1998), Rif War
The Four Feathers (1921)
The Four Feathers (1929)
The Four Feathers (1939)
Khartoum (1966), depiction of the Battle of Khartoum
The Four Feathers (1972)
Young Winston (1972), depiction of the Battle of Omdurman
The Four Feathers (2002)
Major Wilson's Last Stand (1899)
Shangani Patrol (1970)
Adwa (1999)
Arende (TV mini series)
Ohm Kruger (1942)
Untamed (1955)
Young Winston (1972)
Breaker Morant (1980), Australian soldiers on trial for murder
Torn Allegiance (1984)
Commando (2007)
Timočka buna (1983)
Arms and the Man (1958)
Dugo sa Kapirasong Lupa 血の土地のプロット (1930) – A pre-war Filipino film depicts the Japanese Campaign in Battle of Jiuliancheng, Battle of Lushunkou and the Battle of Pyongyang.
Empress Myeongseong (2001)
The Sword with No Name (2009)
Saka no Ue no Kumo (2009)
Deng Sichang: The Martyr (2012) – a Chinese film about the Battle between Beiyang Fleet and Imperial Japanese Navy.
Last Stand in the Philippines (1945)
Dugo ng Katipunan (1949)
Ang Buhay at Pag Ibig ni Dr. Jose Rizal (1956)
Alyas Sakay (1961)
El Filibusterismo (1962)
Andres Bonifacio: Ang Supremo (1963)
Elias, Basilio at Sisa (1972)
Dugo at Pag Ibig sa Kapirasong Lupa (1975)
Aguila (1980)
José Rizal (1998)
Bayaning Pilipino (2000)
Emilio Aguinaldo (2000)
Diwa (2002)
El Presidente (2012)
Supremo (2012)
Bonifacio: Ang Unang Pangulo (2014)
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery (2016)
Tearing Down the Spanish Flag (1898), first war film ever made
A Message to Garcia (1916 / 1936)
The Rough Riders (1927)
Last Stand in the Philippines (1945)
Héroes del 95 (1947)
Elpidio Valdés (1974–2003)
Posse (1993)
The Rough Riders (1997), television film, depiction of the Cuban Campaign and specifically the Battle of San Juan Hill
Mambí (1998)
El Presidente (2012)
Philippino War Dance (1903)
Sakay (1937)
The Real Glory (1939)
Hen. Gregorio del Pilar – Bayani sa Pasong Tirad (1949)
Cavalry Command (1963)
This Bloody Blundering Business (1975)
Sakay (1993)
Tirad Pass: The Story of Gen. Gregorio del Pilar (1997)
Diwa (2002)
Amigo (2010), American troops occupy a Philippine village
El Presidente (2012)
Heneral Luna (2015)
Alarm in Peking (1937)
The Marked Woman (D: O.A.C. Lund, USA 1914)
Foreign Devils ( D: W.S. Van Dyke, USA 1928)
55 Days at Peking (1963), depiction of the 1900 Battle of Peking
Boxer Rebellion (1976)
Once Upon a Time in China IV (1993)
Boxer Rebellion (D: Celia Cotelo, 1994) (Doku)
The Boxer Rebellion (Gefangen in Peking – Aufstand der Boxer, R: Tilman Remme, DEU 2009) (Doku)
To the Hilt (2014)
Port Arthur (1936)
Kreiser Varyag (1946)
Nichiro sensô shôri no hishi: Tekichû ôdan sanbyaku-ri (1957)
Meiji tennô to nichiro daisenso (1958)
Nihonkai daikaisen (1969)
The Battle of Tsushima (1975) [documentary], depiction of the naval Battle of Tsushima
203 kochi (1980), depiction of the Battle of Port Arthur
Nihonkai daikaisen: Umi yukaba (1983)
Lime-iro Senkitan (2003)
Bogatstvo (2004)
Saka no Ue no Kumo (2009) Japanese TV series
Seediq Bale (2011)
Mexican Revolution (1910–1920) and Cristero War (1926–1929)
100 Rifles (1969)
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003) HBO made-for-television film
A Bullet for the General (Quien Sabe?) (1966)
A Fistful of Dynamite (1971)
For Greater Glory (2012)
The Last Christeros (2011) Chronicling Cristero rebels who fought the Mexican government into the early 1930s
The Mercenary (1968)
La negra Angustias (1950)
Old Gringo (1989)
Sucedió en Jalisco (Los cristeros) (1947)
Sucedió en Jalisco (1972) Remake of the 1947 film
They Came to Cordura (1959)
Villa Rides (1968)
Viva Villa! (1934)
Viva Zapata! (1952)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Zapata (1970) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065688/)
MODERN WARFARE IN CHINA 1924–1925 (documentary) (1925) http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060008287
Shanghai Express (1932)
The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)
The Painted Veil (1934)
China Seas (1935)
West of Shanghai (1937)
Kamay na Bakal (1946) A Filipino Film.
Blood Alley (1955)
Yangtse Incident (1957) Story of the gunboat HMS Amethyst in 1949
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)
The Sand Pebbles (1966) Tells the story of a U.S. Navy gunboat crew in revolutionary China the mid-1920s
The Roots of Madness (documentary) (1967)
China: A Century of Revolution 1911–1949 (documentary) (2007)
The Warlord (大军阀) (1972)
High Road to China (1983)
Peking Opera Blues (1986)
Clash of the Warlords (直奉大战) (1987)
A Home Too Far (1990) Shows the 1949 exodus of the Kuomintang 93rd Division to the Burmese border to escape persecution by the Communists
Decisive Engagement (大决战) (1991)
To Live (1994) Depicts a man struggling to keep his family together through the Chinese Civil War, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution
The Painted Veil (2006)
Assembly (2007) Depicts the People's Liberation Army in one of the final battles of the Chinese Civil War as well as the People's Volunteer Army in the Korean War
The Founding of a Republic (2009) Depicts the major battles and political episodes in the Chinese Civil War from the end of World War II in 1945 to the proclamation of the People's Republic of China in 1949
Axis of War: The First of August (2010) The first in a trilogy of films promoting the PLA. Depicts the Northern Expedition and 1927 Nanchang Uprising.
Axis of War: My Long March (2010) Second film in the Axis of War trilogy. Depicts the 1934–35 Long March.
1911 (2011) Depicts the revolutionary war that overthrew the Emperor and began the Republic of China
The Founding of a Party (2011) Depicts Chinese revolutionary violence and political intrigue leading to the founding of the Chinese Communist Party in 1921
Shaolin (2011) Depicts a fictional struggle in the Warlord Era
The Crossing (2014)
Flight (1929)
Sandino (1990)
(See also: List of World War I films and World War I films)
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
Haber (2008), the life of Fritz Shimon Haber and his contribution to the development of chemical warfare during World War I
Shoulder Arms (1918)
The Lost Battalion (1919)
Ypres (1925)
The Big Parade (1925)
What Price Glory (1926)
Verdun, visions d'histoire (1928), depiction of the Battle of Verdun
Westfront 1918 (1930)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Hell on Earth (1931)
The Road to Glory (1936)
The Road Back (1937)
La Grande Illusion (1937)
Fighting 69th (1940)
The Great Dictator (1940) set during World War I and the inter-war period.
Sergeant York (1941), story of MOH recipient Alvin York
What Price Glory (1952)
Paths of Glory (1957), French troops are sacrificed in pointless battles
King and Country (1964)
King of Hearts (1966)
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
Fräulein Doktor (1969), spy drama from the German point of view
All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
Blackadder Goes Forth (1989), comedy-mini-series following a couple of British Soldiers in a trench in Flanders
Hedd Wyn (1992)
Legends of the Fall (1994), American brothers go off to war with the Canadian Army
Regeneration (1997), British medical staff deal with PTSD
The Trench (1999), depiction of British troops in the Battle of the Somme
The Lost Battalion (2001), American battalion during the Argonne Forest battle
Deathwatch (2002)
Company K (2004), US Marines in France
A Very Long Engagement (2004)
Joyeux Noël (Merry Christmas) (2005), depicting the unofficial Christmas truce of 1914
La France (2007)
Passchendaele (2008), Canadian troops in Flanders
My Boy Jack (2008), story of Rudyard Kipling's soldier son Jack
Beneath Hill 60 (2010), Australian tunneling engineers
War Horse (2011), a horse's journey through the Western Front
Birdsong (2012)
Forbidden Ground (2013)
An Accidental Soldier (2013)
Testament of Youth (2014)
La peur (2015)
Outskirts (1933)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Forest of the Hanged (1964)
Josef (2011)
Berge in Flammen (1931)
A Farewell to Arms (1932)
I cinque dell'Adamello (1954)
A Farewell to Arms (1957)
In Love and War (1958)
La Grande guerra (1959)
Uomini contro (1970)
In Love and War (1996)
The Border (1996)
Greenery Will Bloom Again (2014)
The Silent Mountain (2014)
Tell England (1930)
The Lost Patrol (1934)
Uproar in Damascus (1939)
Forty Thousand Horsemen (1940)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962), depiction of the Battle of Aqaba and campaigns in Arabia
Gallipoli (1981), depiction of young Australian soldiers in the Battle of Gallipoli
Anzacs (1985), mini-series following Australian and New Zealand troops from recruitment to Gallipoli and the Western Front
The Lighthorsemen (1987), depiction of Australians at the Battle of Beersheba
All the King's Men (1999), British troops disappear during the Gallipoli campaign
Gallipoli (2005), documentary
Çanakkale 1915 (2012)
Theeb (2014)
Deadline Gallipoli (2015)" TV mini-series depicting the Gallipoli Campaign from the point of view of war correspondents
Gallipoli (miniseries) (2015)" TV mini-series adapted from the book by Les Carlyon
The African Queen (1951)
Black and White in Color (1976)
Shout at the Devil (1976)
Fort Saganne (1984)
Ultimatum (1938), the backdrop of the July Crisis, between the assassination of Archduke and the beginning of the First World War
March on the Drina (1964), Serbian victory over Austria-Hungary in the Battle of Cer in August 1914
Kolubarska bitka (1990), Serbian victory against Austria-Hungary in the Battle of Kolubara in November 1914
Toplički ustanak (1991), documentary about the Serb rebellion in 1917 carried out by Serbian guerrillas against the Bulgarian occupation force in the eastern part of Serbia
Capitaine Conan (1996), French soldiers in Salonika and Bulgaria
Where the Yellow Lemon Blooms (2006), Serbia's exodus after a joint offensive by Germany, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria in the winter of 1915/16
St. George Shoots the Dragon (2009)
Milunka Savić - heroina Velikog rata (2013), docu-drama about Milunka Savić, the most decorated female soldier of the Great War, veteran of three wars
Heroj 1914 (2014), docu-drama about the successful Serbian defense against Austria-Hungary in 1914
The Man Who Defended Gavrilo Princip (2014), true story of Rudolf Cestler, who defended members of the 'Young Bosnia' in court
Wrath of the Seas (1926)
The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands (1927)
Men Without Women (1930)
Hell Below (1933)
Morgenrot (1933)
The Spy in Black (1939)
Hell Below Zero (1954)
Moonzund (1987)
Die Männer der Emden (2012)
Wings (1927), air warfare
The Legion of the Condemned (1928)
The Dawn Patrol (1930), air warfare
Hell's Angels (1930)
The Eagle and the Hawk (1933)
Crimson Romance (1934)
The Dawn Patrol (1938), air warfare
Captain Eddie (1945)
Lafayette Escadrille (1958)
The Blue Max (1966), air warfare
Darling Lili (1970)
Von Richthofen and Brown (1971), air warfare
Zeppelin (1971), air warfare
Aces High (1976), air warfare
Biggles: Adventures in Time (1986), air warfare
Flyboys (2006), air warfare
The Red Baron (2008), depiction of Manfred Von Richtofen
The Lafayette Escadrille (Documentary) 2010, Flying and Fighting for France, April, 1916 – December, 1917.
Dr. Zhivago (1965)
The Forty-First (1927)
Tommy (1931)
Chapaev (1934)
The Three Women (1936)
Friends (1938)
Lenin in 1918 (1939)
Shchors (1939)
The Forty-First (1956)
Miles of Fire (1957)
Comissar (1967)
Two Comrades Were Serving (1968)
The Adjutant of His Excellency (1969 miniseries)
White Sun of the Desert (1969)
Bumbarash (1971)
The Flight (1970)
Dauria (1971)
Admiral (2008)
Doctor Zhivago (2002) Television mini series
Quiet Flows the Don (2006)
The Battleship Potemkin (1925)
The End of St. Petersburg (1927)
October: Ten Days That Shook the World (1927)
Arsenal (1928)
Lenin in October (1937)
Reds (1981)
Under the North Star (1968)
Lunastus (1997)
Raja 1918 (2007)
Tears of April (2008)
Under the North Star (2009)
Rigas Sargi (Defenders of Riga) (2007)
Noored Kotkad (The Young Eagles) (1927)
Nimed marmortahvlil (Names in Marble) (2002)
Irish War of Independence (1919–1921) and Irish Civil War (1922–1923)
The Informer (1935)
Beloved Enemy (1936)
Shake Hands With The Devil (1959)
Ryan's Daughter (1970)
Michael Collins (1996)
The Wind That Shakes The Barley (2006)
A Nightingale Falling (2014)
The Secret Scripture (2016)
Storm Over the Andes (1935)
Thirst (1960)
Hijo de Hombre (1961)
Hamaca paraguaya (2006)
España 1936 (1937)
The Spanish Earth (Joris Ivens (1937)
Defenders of the Faith (1938)
Legion Condor (1939)
L'Assedio dell' Alcazar (1940)
Raza (1942)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
The Fallen Sparrow (1943)
Man's Hope (1945)
The Angel Wore Red (1960)
Five Cartridges (Fünf Patronenhülsen, GDR 1960)
Behold a Pale Horse, (1964)
Granada, Granada, My Granada (Granada, Granada, Granada maja), (1967)
Viva la Muerte (1971)
The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
The Guernica Tree (1975)
La Colmena (1982)
Bicycles Are for the Summer (1984)
The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War (1984)
The Heifer (1985)
The Spanish Civil War (1987)
Si Te Dicen Que Cai (1989)
¡Ay, Carmela! (1990)
Belle Époque (1992)
Land and Freedom (1995)
À la vie, à la mort! (1995)
Fiesta (1995)
Libertarias (1996)
Amor y Venganza (1996)
Vivir la Utopia (1998)
La hora de los valientes (1998)
Butterfly's Tongue (1998), same as: La Lengua de las Mariposas (1999)
El Mar (2000)
El Portero (2000)
The Devil's Backbone (2001)
Soldados de Salamina (2002)
Carol's Journey (2002)
Head in the Clouds (2004)
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
An Anarchist's Story (2007)
The Last Circus (2010)
There Be Dragons (2011)
Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012)
Axis of War: Night Raid (2010) The third film in the Axis of War trilogy promoting the PLA.
Black Sun: The Nanking Massacre (1995) Japanese occupation of the City of Nanking China
Caterpillar (2010)
The Children of Huang Shi (2008)
Chocolate and Soldiers (1938)
City of Life and Death (2009)
Death and Glory in Changde (2010)
Devils on the Doorstep (2000)
Don't Cry, Nanking (1995)
Empire of the Sun (1987)
Evening Bell (1988)
The Flowers of War (2011)
The Human Condition (film trilogy) (1959–1961)
John Rabe (2009)
Legend of Tank Commander Nishizumi (1940)
Letter with Feather (1954)
Lover's Grief over the Yellow River (1999)
Men Behind the Sun (1988)
Mud and Soldiers (1939)
My Home Village (1949)
Nanking (2007), film about the 1937 Nanking Massacre committed by the Japanese army in the former capital city Nanjing, China
On the Mountain of Tai Hang (2005)
One and Eight (1983)
Purple Sunset (2001)
Red Sorghum (1987)
Resistance (2011)
Tunnel War (1965)
The Hundred Regiments Offensive (2015)
Because World War II's most documented war on films and TV, 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)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), US veterans return home
The Bunker (1980 television film), Hitler's final days
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001), Italian occupation of Kefallonia, Greece
Downfall (2004) (Der Untergang), the final 10 days of Hitler and his rule over the Third Reich
The Edge Of Love
Fragments of War: The Story of Damien Parer (1988)
Good (2008)
La Grande Vadrouille (1966)
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Hitler (1962)
Inimesed sõdurisinelis (1968)
The Malta Story (1953)
Malaya (1949)
Mussolini and I (1985) (TV mini-series)
The Night of the Generals (1967), homicide investigator on the track of an SS General
This Land Is Mine (1943)
To Live in Peace (1947)
Westerplatte (1967), Polish defenders in the Battle of Westerplatte
Western Front（1939-1940 and 1944-1945）
Went the Day Well? (1942)
Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942)
Battleground (1949), 101st Airborne Division at Bastogne
Decision Before Dawn (1951), German spies working with the Allies in 1945
The Tanks are Coming (1951)
The Red Ball Express (1952) Military truck drivers kept the Allied armies supplied in Europe during World War II Starring Sidney Poitier
08/15 (1954)
- Part two (1955)
- Back home (1955)
To Hell and Back (1955), story of Audie Murphy
Attack! (1956), American squad in the Battle of the Bulge
D-Day the Sixth of June (1956)
The Young Lions (1958)
I Was Monty's Double (1958)
Dunkirk (1958)
The Bridge (Die Brücke) (1959), teenage German soldiers defend a bridge in 1945
Hell Is for Heroes (1962), an American squad faces the Siegfried Line
The Longest Day (1962), depiction of the Battle of Normandy
Battle of the Bulge (1965), depiction of the Battle of the Bulge
Is Paris Burning? (1966), depiction of the Liberation of Paris
Attack on the Iron Coast (1967)
The Dirty Dozen (1967), American Army criminals sent on a pre D-Day mission
The Devil's Brigade (1968), story of the 1st Special Service Force
Castle Keep (1969)
The Bridge at Remagen (1969), depiction of the 1945 battle
Black Brigade (1970)
Kelly's Heroes (1970)
A Bridge Too Far (1977), depiction of the Battle of Arnhem/Operation Market Garden
The Big Red One (1980), follows a squad of the 1st Infantry Division from 1942–45
A Midnight Clear (1992), American squad in the Battle of the Bulge
Dieppe (1993) (television film) – by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), depiction of the Dieppe raid
Saving Private Ryan (1998), depiction of the Battle of Normandy
When Trumpets Fade (1998), depiction of the Battle of Hurtgen Forest
Band of Brothers (2001 TV miniseries), the story of E Company, 506th of the 101st Airborne
Silent Night (2002), American and German soldiers come together on Christmas Eve 1944
Saints and Soldiers (2003)
Ike: Countdown to D-Day (2004)
Days of Glory (2006), North African soldiers in the French Army
Atonement (2007), depiction of Dunkirk before the evacuation
Everyman's War (2009), Battle of the Bulge
Fist of the Reich (2010)
Memorial Day (2011)
My Way (2011), Japanese and Korean soldiers trek from Mongol to Normandy
Fury (2014)
The Monuments Men (2014)
Sahara (1943)
Nine Men (1943)
Desert Victory (1943)
Immortal Sergeant (1943)
Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
The Way Ahead (1944)
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)
Bright Victory (1951)
The Desert Rats (1953)
Folgore Division (1954)
They Who Dare (1954)
The Steel Bayonet (1957)
Bitter Victory (1957)
Hell Squad (1958)
Ice-Cold in Alex (1958)
Un taxi pour Tobrouk (1960)
The Best of Enemies (1962)
No Man Is an Island (1962)
Tobruk (1967)
Desert Commandos (1967)
Commandos (1968)
The Battle of El Alamein (1969)
La Battaglia di El Alamein (1969)
Patton (1970), depiction of the Battle of El Guettar and the campaigns of Patton
Raid on Rommel (1971)
A Man Called Sarge (1990), comedy involving the Second Battle of El Alamein
El Alamein – The Line of Fire (2002), Italian soldiers in the Alamein campaign
Tobruk (2008), Czech soldiers in the Tobruk campaign
Wake Island (1942)
Air Force (1943) depiction of Attack on Pearl Harbor
The Fighting Sullivans (1942), story of the Sullivan brothers, all lost in the sinking of the USS Juneau
Manila Calling (1942)
Bataan (1943)
Corregidor (1943)
So Proudly We Hail! (1943)
Destination Tokyo (1943)
Guadalcanal Diary (1943), depiction of the Marines on Guadalcanal
Gung Ho! (1943)
The Purple Heart (1944)
The Fighting Seabees (1944)
Marine Raiders (1944)
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944), depiction of the Doolittle Raid and aftermath
Objective Burma (1945)
Back to Bataan (1945)
They Were Expendable (1945)
Death March (1946)
Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
Halls of Montezuma (1950)
Mapuputing Kamay (1950)
American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950)
Flying Leathernecks (1951)
Operation Pacific (1951)
From Here to Eternity (1953), depiction of the Attack on Pearl Harbor
The Purple Plain (1954)
The Burmese Harp (1956)
Run Silent, Run Deep (1956)
Hellcats of the Navy (1957), movie starring Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy Davis
The Naked and the Dead (1958)
Operation Petticoat (1959), comedy about a US Navy submarine
Fires On the Plain (1959), Japanese troops in the Philippines 1945
Battle at Bloody Beach (1961)
Hum Dono (1961)
The Outsider (1961), the story of Ira Hayes
Lost Battalion (1962)
Merrill's Marauders (1962), American troops behind Japanese lines in Burma
PT 109 (1963), the story of President Kennedy in WWII
Cry of Battle (1963)
Mga Kanyon ng Corregidor (1964)
Back Door to Hell (1964)
Father Goose (1964), a Coastwatcher in the South Pacific protects a nun and her charges
In Harm's Way (1965)
The Ravagers (1965)
None but the Brave (1965), US Marines and Japanese soldiers fight for possession of an island where they are marooned
Ambush Bay (1966)
Beach Red (1967), US Marines storm a Japanese held island
Manila, Open City (1968)
Hell in the Pacific (1968), Japanese and American castaways battle each other on a deserted island
Too Late the Hero (1970), British troops on a mission in South Asia
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), depiction of the Attack on Pearl Harbor
Saigo no Tokkōtai (最後の特攻隊, The Last Kamikaze in English), (1970)
Lalkar (1972)
Dugo at Pag Ibig sa Kapirasiong Lupa (1975)
Tatlong Taong Walang Diyos (1976)
Midway (1976), depiction of the Battle of Midway
1941 (1979)
Aguila (1980)
Attack Force Z (1981), depiction of a commando raid involving Australian/New Zealand Z Special Unit
Oro, Plata, Mata (1982)
The Thin Red Line (1998), depiction of the US Army at the Battle of Guadalcanal
Markova: Comfort Gay (2000)
Pearl Harbor (2001), fictionalized account of the Pearl Harbor attack
Yamashita: The Tiger's Treasure (2001)
Gatas... sa dibdib ng kaaway (2001)
Windtalkers (2002), depiction of the Battle of Saipan
Diwa (2002)
Alab ng Lahi (2003)
Panaghoy sa Suba (2004)
Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita (2004)
Otoko-tachi no Yamato (2005)
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero (2005)
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006), Japanese defenders of Iwo Jima
Flags of Our Fathers (2006), story of the Iwo Jima flag raising
Kokoda (2006), Australian troops in New Guinea
Australia (2008) depiction of the Bombing of Darwin
The Pacific (2010) depiction US Marines in the Pacific War
The Story of G.I. Joe (1945), biopic of correspondent Ernie Pyle
A Walk In The Sun (1945), American platoon at the 1943 Salerno landing
Go for Broke! (1951)
Eight Iron Men (1952)
Darby's Rangers (1958)
The Green Devils of Monte Cassino (1958)
Tank Commandos (1959)
Paratroop Command (1959)
The Two Colonels (1962), B&W comedy about Italian and British troops facing off on the Greek-Albanian border in 1943
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966)
War Italian Style (1966)
Anzio (1968), depiction of the Battle of Anzio
Hornets' Nest (1970)
Catch-22 (1970), American B-25 crewmen trying to survive the war in Italy
Mussolini: Ultimo atto (Mussolini: The Last Four Days) (1974)
Last Days of Mussolini (1977)
The Inglorious Bastards (1977)
The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982)
The Fallen (2004)
Only the Brave (2005), depiction of 100th Infantry Battalion
Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
Little Iron Men (2008), depiction of the 442nd Infantry Regiment
The Man Who Will Come (2009)
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
Battle Force (2015)
The Captive Heart (1946)
The Wooden Horse (1950)
Stalag 17 (1953), American POWS stage an escape
The Colditz Story (1954)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Commonwealth prisoners of the Japanese build a bridge
Danger Within (1958)
The Great Escape (1963), depiction of the 1943 allied escape from Stalg Luft III
The Train (1964)
Von Ryan's Express (1965), Allied POWs stage an escape from a train in Italy
Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971), Allied POWS make fools of the Germans on a weekly basis
The McKenzie Break (1970), German POWs stage a breakout
Escape to Victory (1981), Allied POWS play soccer(football) against their German captors
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983), British POWS in a Japanese camp
Escape from Sobibor (1987), depiction of 1943 breakout from Sobibor death camp
Empire of the Sun (1987), a young British boy in a Japanese internment camp
Prisoners of the Sun (1990)
Paradise Road
To End All Wars (2001), British POWS in Japanese captivity
Hart's War (2002), American POWS in a German camp hold a murder trial
The Great Raid (2005), depiction of the 1945 Cabanatuan raid to free US prisoners of war
Katyń (2007), depiction of the Katyn massacre
The Railway Man (2013)
TO Have and Have Not (1944)
La Bataille du rail (1945)
Kanal (1956), depiction of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising
Carve Her Name With Pride (1958)
The Guns of Navarone (1961), British commandos raid an Aegean island
The Heroes of Telemark (1965), Norwegian resistance
L'Armée des ombres (1969), depiction of the French Resistance
Hubal (1973) the story of Polish hero Henryk Dobrzanski
Soldiers of Freedom (1977)
Soldaat van Oranje (Soldier of Orange) (1977), Dutch resistance
Charlotte Gray (2001)
Uprising (2001) TV movie depicting the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Utterly Alone (2004)
Stauffenberg (2004), (English: Operation Valkyrie), Germano–Austrian TV film about Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg and the 20 July 1944 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler
Black Book (2006), Dutch resistance
Ühe metsa pojad (2007)
Max Manus (2008), Norwegian resistance hero
Defiance (2008), Jewish partisans in Belarus
Flame & Citron (2008), Danish resistance
Valkyrie(2008) 20 July Plot of 1944
Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Man Hunt (1941)
The Next of Kin (1942)
Hangmen Also Die (1943)
Casablanca (1943)
13 Rue Madeleine (1947)
Ill Met By Moonlight (1957)
Atentát (1964), depiction of the Operation Anthropoid
36 Hours (1965)
Where Eagles Dare (1969)
Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973 Soviet TV mini series) («Семнадцать мгновений весны» in Russia)
Operation Daybreak (1975)
The Eagle Has Landed (1976), German paratroopers attempt to kidnap Winston Churchill
The Sea Wolves (1980), British agents attack German shipping in the Indian Ocean
Shining Through (1992)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Gränsen (2011), Swedish film depicting Swedish insurgencies into occupied Norway
Kampfgeschwader Lützow (1941)
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)
Captains of the Clouds (1942)
Command Decision (1948)
Twelve O'Clock High (1949), the lives of 8th Air Force bomber crews in England
Angels One Five (1952)
The Dam Busters (1954), depiction of the RAF 1943 raid
Reach for the Sky (1956), biopic of RAF hero Douglas Bader
The Wings of Eagles (1957)
Der Stern von Afrika (1957)
The One That Got Away (1957), true story of the only Luftwaffe pilot to escape captivity and return to Germany
633 Squadron (1963)
Nebeští jezdci (1968)
Mosquito Squadron (1969)
The Thousand Plane Raid (1969)
Battle of Britain (1969)
Eagles Over London (1970)
Hope and Glory (1987)
Piece of Cake TV series (1988), RAF pilots in the Battle of Britain
Memphis Belle (1990), final mission of a B-17 crew
The Tuskegee Airmen (1995), depiction of the all-black 99th Pursuit Squadron
Dark Blue World (2001), Czech pilots in the Battle of Britain
Red Tails (2012), the story of the Tuskegee Airmen
49th Parallel (1941)
In Which We Serve (1942)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943) depiction of the Battle of the Atlantic
Crash Dive (1943)
We Dive at Dawn (1943)
Corvette K-225（1944）
The Frogmen (1951)
Fighting Coast Guard (1951)
The Cruel Sea (1953)
Battle of the River Plate (1956), 1939 pursuit of the Graf Spee
The Enemy Below (1957), US Navy destroyer engages a German U-boat
U 47 – Kapitänleutnant Prien (1958)
Under Ten Flags (1960)
Sink the Bismarck (1960), depiction of the hunt for the Bismark
Morituri（1965）
Submarine X-1（1968）
Murphy's War (1971)
Das Boot (1981), story of a German U-Boat crew
Das letzte U-Boot (1990)
U-571 (2000), entirely fictional depiction of mission to recover Enigma machine from U-Boat
In Enemy Hands (2004)
Ostatni etap (1948)
Lang ist der Weg (1949)
Maître après Dieu (1951)
Forbidden Games (1952) depiction of the Battle of France
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
The Ninth Circle (1960), depiction of Croatian Ustaše death camps
The Diary of Anne Frank (1967)
The Diary of Anne Frank (1980)
Playing for Time (1980)
The Pawnbroker (1984)
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (1985)
Elysium (1986)
Jona che visse nella balena (1993)
Schindler's List (1993), German businessman helps save Jewish lives during the Holocaust
La vita è bella (1997), an Italian Jew faces the Holocaust
Jakob the Liar (1999), The movie is set in 1944 in a ghetto in German-occupied Poland during the Holocaust
Daleko od okna (2000)
The Pianist (2002), a Jewish man hides in Warsaw to escape the Holocaust
The Boys of Buchenwald (2002)
Forest of the Gods (2005)
Un secret (2007)
In Darkness (2011)
Mein bester Feind (2011)
Süskind (2012)
The Third Half (2013)
Grüningers Fall (2014)
Saul fia (2015)
Ski Patrol (1940)
The Unknown Soldier (The Unknown Soldier) (1955)
Sissit (1963)
Tuntematon Sotilas (The Unknown Soldier) (1985)
Talvisota (1989) (available on YouTube with subtitles)
Rukajärven tie (Ambush) (1999)
Käki (The Cuckoo) (2002)
Etulinjan Edessä (Beyond The Front Line) (Original title in Swedish:"Framom främsta linjen" ) (2004)
Lupaus (Promise) (2005)
Fire and Ice: The Winter War of Finland and Russia (2006) (Documentary)
Tali-Ihantala 1944 (2007)
The North Star (1943)
T-9 Submarine («Подводная лодка Т-9» in Russian) (1943)
Ukraine in Flames (1943), documentary
The Boy from Stalingrad (1943), American film, depicts the Battle of Stalingrad from the Soviet perspective
Song of Russia (1944)
It Happened in the Donbass (1945)
Secret Agent (1947)
The Third Blow (1948)
The Battle of Stalingrad (1949), depiction of the Battle of Stalingrad from the Soviet perspective
The Fall of Berlin (1950)
The Lights of Baku (1950)
Far from Moscow (1951)
The Immortal Garrison (1956)
Soldiers (1957 film) («Солдаты» in Russian), depiction of the Battle of Stalingrad from the Soviet perspective
The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? (1959), depiction of the Battle of Stalingrad from the German perspective
Ballad of a Soldier (1959) Russian infantryman travels home on leave
My Name is Ivan (1963) («Иваново детство» in Russia)
The Alive and the Dead («Живые и мёртвые» in Russian) (1964)
Father of a Soldier (1964)
Czterej pancerni i pies (1966-1970) TV series, crew of a Polish T-34 tank is fighting against the Germans
The Liberation (1971)
The Dawns Here Are Quiet (1972)
Only Old Men Are Going to Battle (1973)
They Fought for Their Country (1975) («Они сражались за родину" in Russia)
Twenty Days Without War (1976)
Cross of Iron (1977), German infantrymen on the Eastern Front
The Unknown War (1978), documentary series
Siberiade (1979)
Night Witches In The Sky (1981)
Battle of Moscow (1985)
Come and See (1985) German atrocities in Russia
The Misfit Brigade (1987), war story of the 27th Panzers, Hitler's heavy-duty combat regiment composed of prisoners
Stalingrad (1989), Soviet-American coproduction, depicts the Battle of Stalingrad from the Soviet perspective
Stalingrad (1993), depiction of the Battle of Stalingrad from the German perspective
Enemy at the Gates (2001), depiction of the Battle of Stalingrad
The Star (2002) («Звезда» in Russian)
The Cadets (2004 TV series)
Shtrafbat (2004 TV mini-series)
The Island (2006)
Apostol (TV series) («The Apostle») (2008)
In june '41(2008)
1941 (2009 TV)
Attack on Leningrad (2009)
The Priest (2009)
First Squad: The Moment of Truth (2009)
The Brest Fortress (2010, Russian), opening stages of Operation Barbarossa in 1941
Burnt by the Sun 2 (2010)
In the Fog (2012)
White Tiger (2012)
Spy (2012)
Stalingrad (2013), depiction of the Battle of Stalingrad from the Soviet perspective
28 panfilovtsev (2015), twenty-eight soldiers of the Red Army's 316th Rifle Division stopped the advance on Moscow of a column of fifty-four German tanks of the 11th Panzer Division
Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas (1943)
Undercover (1943), Yugoslav guerrilla movement in German-occupied Yugoslavia loosely based on the Chetnik resistance movement
In the mountains of Yugoslavia (1946), first post-war film to be filmed in Yugoslavia, a Soviet-Yugoslav coproduction
Daleko je sunce (1953), Yugoslav Partisans
Šolaja (1955), Serb rebellion against the genocide committed by the Croatian Ustaše
X-25 javlja (1960), partisan spy infiltrates a German HQ
The Ninth Circle (1960), depiction of Croatian Ustaše death camps
Kapetan Leši (1960), Yugoslav Partisans in German-occupied areas of Kosovo
Kozara (1962), Yugoslav Partisans in battle for Kozara mountain
Prozvan je i V-3 (1962), Wehrmacht troops massacre civilians, including school children, in Kragujevac, Serbia
Desant na Drvar (1963), Yugoslav Partisans in charge of protecting Josip Broz Tito face a full-scale airborne assault by Otto Skorzeny's SS troops
The Secret Invasion (1964), British intelligence sends five convicted criminals into Yugoslavia to rescue an Italian General and convince him to turn his troops against the occupying Nazi forces
Čovek iz hrastove šume (1965), a Chetnik executioner finds his human side after falling in love with a partisan girl, however she betrays him
Provereno nema mina (1965), a Soviet-Yugoslav coproduction set just after the liberation of Belgrade
Pogled u zjenicu sunca (1966), a gritty story of a small group of partisans left behind in the mountains, who face cold, starvation, typhus and, ultimately, hallucinations, and a young partisan who volunteered to retrieve them
Koraci kroz magle (1967), while wounded partisans retreat through foggy marshlands, Germans quietly start a manhunt while anticipating their physical and mental exhaustion
Adriatic Sea of Fire (1968), inspired by a true story of two naval oficers of the defeated Royal Yugoslav Army, Milan Spasić and Sergej Mašera, who sacrificed themselves and their vessel to stop the Italian advance
Vuk sa Prokletija (1968), ethnic Albanians in Italian-occupied areas of Kosovo
The Battle of Neretva (1969), Academy Award-nominated movie about the Yugoslav Partisans's epic battle by the Neretva river
The Fifth Day of Peace (1969)
Krvava bajka (1969), Wehrmacht troops massacre civilians, including school children, in Kragujevac, Serbia
Kuda idu divlje svinje (1971 TV series), two groups of smugglers clash in Croatia during Ustaše regime
Walter Defends Sarajevo (1972), somewhat fictionalized story of a Yugoslav war hero Vladimir Perić Valter
Istrel (1972), Yugoslav Partisans fight against Bulgarian occupation in Macedonia
The Battle of Sutjeska (1973), Yugoslav Partisans and their battle against Germans by the Sutjeska river
Otpisani (1974 TV series), partisan saboteurs in German-occupied Belgrade
The Republic of Užice (1974), partisans establish a liberated territory in and around a small Serbian town of Užice, in autumn of 1941
Salaš u Malom Ritu (1975 TV series), children face Nazi atrocities in a small village in Serbia
Vrhovi Zelengore (1976), Yugoslav Partisans and their battle against Germans by the Sutjeska river
Battle for the Railway (1978), a duel between Partisans on one side, and the joint force of German Wehrmacht and Bulgarian troops on the other – over the railway in southern Serbia and Macedonia
Force Ten from Navarone (1978), OSS mission in Yugoslavia
Occupation in 26 Pictures (1978), depiction of Croatian Ustaše atrocities
Boško Buha (1979), a young Yugoslav Partisan who turned to be one of the greatest icons of World War II in the former Yugoslavia
Partizanska eskadrila (1979), heavily fictionalized story of the first Yugoslav Partisan air force unit
Pakleni otok (1979), Germans attempt to take control over Dalmatia after Italians surrender; they immediately clash with partisans on a small island
See You in the Next War (1980), German-occupied Slovenia
The Fall of Italy (1981), Yugoslav Partisans in Dalmatia face chaos in the aftermath of Italian surrender
Igmanski marš (1983), Yugoslav Partisans face a devastating march across Igman mountain
Balkan Ekspres (1983), petty criminals try to make some money under the disguise of musical band in Nazi-occupied Serbia
Lager Niš (1987), Nazi death camp in Niš, Serbia
Braća po materi (1988), depiction of Croatian Ustaše atrocities
Silent Gunpowder (1990), story of a Serbian village in the mountains of Bosnia and its villagers who found themselves divided along two opposing ideological lines
Underground (1995), epic story spanning from Nazi invasion of Yugoslavia to Yugoslav wars of the 1990s
The Border (1996), Italian occupation of Dalmatia
The Dagger (1999), story of hatred and violence in Bosnia, spanning from World War Two to the Bosnian War
Long Dark Night (2004), story of two friends, one Partisan and the other one Ustaša, in Ustaše-controlled Croatia
Badnje veče 1943 (2007 TV), story of two brothers in rival resistance groups, one Partisan, other a Chetnik, who come together for a family meeting
How I Was Stolen by the Germans (2011)
Ravna Gora (2013 TV series), story of Serbian Chetnik resistance fighters
The Liberation of Skopje (2016), German-Bulgarian occupation of Macedonia
Darah dan Doa (1950)
Enam Djam di Djogdja (1951)
Kopral Djono (1954)
Pedjuang (1960)
Daerah Tak Bertuan (1963)
Perawan di Sektor Selatan (1972)
Mereka Kembali (1972)
Bandung Lautan Api (1974)
Janur Kuning (1979)
Kereta Api Terakhir (1981)
Serangan Fajar (1981)
Pasukan Berani Mati (1982)
Lebak Membara (1982)
Film Dan Peristiwa (1985)
Nagabonar (1986)
Tjoet Nja' Dhien (1988)
Soerabaja'45 (1990)
Oeroeg (1993)
Merah Putih (2009)
Merah Putih II: Darah Garuda (2010)
Laskar Pemimpi (2010)
Merah Putih III: Hati Merdeka (2011)
Battle of Surabaya (2015)
Jenderal Soedirman (2015)
(Also see Cold War films)
The Third Man (1949)
The Big Lift (1950)
Jet Pilot (1957)
Nebo Zovyot (1959)
On the Beach (1959)
Special Mission (1959)
Rocket Attack U.S.A. (1961)
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
A Gathering of Eagles (1963)
The Bedford Incident (1963)
Seven Days in May (1964)
Fail-Safe (1964)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Rendezvous With a Spy ("Spotkanie ze Szpiegiem" in Polish) (1964)
The War Game (1965)
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966)
Ice Station Zebra (1968)
The Kremlin Letter (1970)
Night Flight from Moscow (1973)
The Mackintosh Man (1973)
Starling and Lyre ("Скворец и Лира" in Russian) (1974)
Thirty Cases of Major Zeman (1974) (TV series)
Telefon (1977)
Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
The Sandbaggers (1978–1980) (TV series)
Firefox (1982)
Incident at Map Grid 36-80 (1982)
The Soldier (1982)
World War III (1982) (TV miniseries)
Enigma (1982)
Gorky Park (1983)
The Day After (1983) (TV)
WarGames (1983)
Red Dawn (1984)
TASS Is Authorized to Declare... (1984) (TV miniseries)
Threads (1984) (TV)
Spies Like Us (1985)
The Detached Mission (1985)
The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
White Nights (1985)
Defence of the Realm (1986)
Top Gun (1986)
The Fourth Protocol (1987)
Game, Set and Match (1988) (TV miniseries)
Honor Bound (1988)
Red Scorpion (1988)
The Hunt for Red October (1989)
Just Another Secret (1989) (TV)
By Dawn's Early Light (1990)
The Fourth War (1990)
Company Business (1991)
Crimson Tide (1995)
Hostile Waters (1997) (TV)
The Assignment (1997)
Cold War (1998) (TV documentary series)
Thirteen Days (2000)
Buffalo Soldiers (2001)
The Tunnel (2001)
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
Silmido (2003)
Breach (2007)
The Good Shepherd (2006)
The Company (2007) (TV miniseries)
A Lonely Place for Dying (2009)
Carlos (2010) (miniseries)
The Debt (2011)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
Phantom (2013)
The Americans (2013) (TV series)
Despite the Falling Snow (2014)
Jack Strong (2014)
Bridge of Spies (2015)
Deutschland 83 (2015) (TV series)
Atomic Blonde (2017)
Huk sa Bagong Pamumuhay (1953)
Huk! (1956)
Patayin Si Sec. Magsaysay (1957)
Rogues' Regiment (1948)
Jump into Hell (1954)
China Gate (1957)
The Black Battalion (Cerný prapor) (1958) Czech soldiers in the Foreign legion
Five Gates to Hell (1959)
La 317éme section (1965)
Lost Command (1966)
Indochine (1992)
Dien Bien Phu (1992)
The Quiet American (2002)
The Indian (2011)
(Also see Vietnam War in film and Vietnam War films)
A Yank in Viet-Nam (1964)
Hanoi Hilton (1987)
The Ten Thousand Day War (TV mini-series 1980)
Hearts and Minds (1974)
Operation C.I.A. (1965)
To the Shores of Hell (1966)
The Anderson Platoon (1967)
Philcag in Vietnam (1967)
The Green Berets (1968)
The Ballad of Andy Crocker (1969)
The Losers (1970) – see Nam's Angels
Free The Army tour (1972)
Rolling Thunder (1977)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Go Tell the Spartans (1978)
Season of the Whirlwind (Mùa gió chướng) (1978)
The Boys in Company C (1978)
Coming Home (1978)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
The Odd Angry Shot (1979)
The Wild Field (Cánh đồng hoang) (1979)
A Rumor of War (1980) (TV)
The Last Hunter (1980)
How Sleep the Brave (1981)
Some Kind of Hero (1982)
The Uncounted Enemy (1982)
Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder (1982)
Streamers (1983)
Uncommon Valor (1983)
Missing In Action (1984)
Purple Hearts (1984)
Cease Fire (1985)
Missing In Action II: The Beginning (1985)
Birdy (1985)
Platoon (1986)
Combat Shock (1986)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
Hamburger Hill (1987)
Tour of Duty (TV series) (1987–1990)
Gardens of Stone (1987)
Hell on the Battleground (1987)
Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except (1987)
Bat 21 (1988)
Braddock: Missing in Action III (1988)
China Beach (TV series) (1988–1991)
Off Limits (1988)
Platoon Leader (1988)
Distant Thunder (1988)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Casualties of War (1989)
The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1989)
The Iron Triangle (1989)
84C MoPic (1989)
A Better Tomorrow 3 (1989)
Air America (1990)
Bullet in the Head (1990)
Jacob's Ladder (1990)
Flight of the Intruder (1991)
The Lost Platoon (1991)
White Badge (1992)
White Ghost (1988)
Heaven & Earth (1993)
Firehawk (1993)
Forrest Gump (1994)
The Foot Shooting Party (1994)
Operation Dumbo Drop (1995)
Dead Presidents (1995)
The Walking Dead (1995)
The War at Home (1996)
A Bright Shining Lie (1998)
Héroes de Otra Patria (Heroes Without a Cause) (1998)
The Sound of the Violin in My Lai (1998)
Tigerland (2000)
Father Xmas (2001)
Going Back (2001)
Green Dragon (2001)
Under Heavy Fire (2001)
We Were Soldiers (2002)
Word of Honor (2003)
Gamma Squad (2004)
R-Point (2004)
Faith of My Fathers (2005)
American Gangster (2007)
Rescue Dawn (2007)
Journey from the Fall (2007)
1968 Tunnel Rats (2008)
Sunny (2008)
Danger Close (in development)
The Killing Fields (1984)
Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain (1984)
Dove Tree (1985)
Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts (1947–present)
Prem Pujari 1965 war (1965)
Upkaar 1965 war (1967)
Hindustan Ki Kasam 1971 war (1973)
Aakraman 1971 war (1975)
Vijeta 1971 war (1982)
Param Vir Chakra (1990) DD Special Episodes on Indian war heroes and Martyrs.
Border 1971 war (1997)
Operation Dwarka Based on naval operation commenced by the Pakistan Navy to attack the Indian coastal town of Dwarka on 7 September 1965 (1998)
Gadar: Ek Prem Katha India and Pakistan partition of 1947 (2001)
LOC Kargil Kargil war (2003)
Border Hindustan Ka (2003)
Lakshya Kargil war (2004)
Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo (2004)
Tango Charlie (2005)
War Chhod Na Yaar (2013)
Nishan-e-Haider Series PTV Special Plays.
Alpha Bravo Charli PTV drama serial.
Jibon Theke Neya (1952)
Ora Egaro Jon (1971)
Stop Genocide (1971), Documentary
Arunodoyer Agnishakkhi (1972)
Dhire Bohe Meghna (1973)
Muktir Gaan (1995), Documentary
Muktir Kotha (1999)
Matir Moina (2002)
Joyjatra (2004)
Megher Pore Megh (2004)
Shyamol Chhaya (2005)
Amar Bondhu Rashed (2011)
Guerilla (2011)
Shongram (2014)
Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir (1989-present)
Mission Kashmir Kashmir struggle (2000)
Haider (2014)
Hill 24 Doesn't Answer (1955)
Exodus (1960)
Kedma (1965)
Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)
O Jerusalem (2006)
The Little Traitor (2007)
Sammy Going South (1963)
Nasser 56 (1996)
The Suez Crisis (film) (1997), TV
Avanti Popolo (1986)
Pour Sacha (1991)
Six Days in June (2007), documentary
The bullet is still in my pocket (1974)
Sadat (1983), miniseries
Kippur (2000)
Ayyam El Sadat (2001)
The War in October (2013), documentary
Beyond Rangoon (1995)
Burma VJ (2009 documentary)
Rambo (2008)
The Lady (2011)
The 7th Dawn (1964)
The Planter's Wife (1952)
The Virgin Soldiers (1969)
Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers (1977)
Windom's Way (1957)
Korean War (1950–1953) and Korean DMZ Conflict (1966–present)
(Also see Korean War films)
71: Into the Fire (2010)
Air Strike (1955)
Assembly (2007) A Chinese communist soldier fights in the Chinese Civil War and Korean War before searching for the bodies of his fallen men
The Bamboo Prison (1954)
Batalyon Pilipino sa Korea (1953)
Battle Flame (1959)
Battle Hymn (1957)
Battle Taxi (1955)
Battle Zone (1952)
Battle on Shangganling Mountain (1956)
Big Fish (2003) Reminiscences from the life of a story teller include his service as a paratrooper in the Korean War
The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
Cease Fire (1953) (3-D)
Combat Squad (1953)
Crossing the Line (2006) Documentary film about an American soldier at the DMZ who defected to North Korea in the 1960s
Dragonfly Squadron (1954)
Field of Honor (1986), the Netherlands Battalion in Korea
Flight Nurse (1953)
Fixed Bayonets (1951)
The Frontline (2011)
Hell's Horizon (1955)
A Hill in Korea (1956)
Hold Back the Night (1956)
The Hook (1963)
The Hunters (1958)
I Want You (1951)
Inchon (1982)
The Interview (2014)
The Iron Angel (1964)
Jet Attack (1955)
Joint Security Area (2000) An investigation of a DMZ skirmish that resulted in the deaths of two North Korean soldiers
Korea (1952)
Korea Patrol (1951)
Legend of the Patriots (2010) (TV Series), remake of Comrades
MacArthur (1977)
Marines, Let's Go (1960)
The Marines Who Never Returned (1963)
MASH (1970) Dark comedy highlighting the antics of army battlefield surgeons in wartime Korea
M*A*S*H (1972–83) Comedy TV series loosely based on the 1970 film MASH
Men in War (1957)
Men of the Fighting Lady (1954)
Mr Walkie Talkie (1952)
No Man's Land (1964)
The Nun and the Sergeant (1962)
One Minute to Zero (1952)
Operation Dames (1959)
Order No. 027 (Myung ryoung-027 ho) (1986)
Pork Chop Hill (1959)
Prisoner of War (1954)
The Rack (1956)
Red Dawn (2012) In the remake of the 1984 alternate history film, North Korea invades the United States with the help of a secret weapon
The Reluctant Heroes (1971)
Retreat, Hell! (1952)
Road No. 1 (2010) (TV Series)
Sabre Jet (1953)
Secret Reunion (2010) Action thriller about North Korean and South Korean spies hunting each other in Seoul
Seoul 1945 (2006) (TV Series) Childhood friendships are forged during the Japanese occupation of Korea and shattered by the Korean War
Sergeant Ryker (1963)
Silmido (2003) Story of a team of elite soldiers trained to assassinate Kim Il Sung in the 1960s
Sky Commando (1953)
Sniper's Ridge (1961)
The Steel Helmet (1951)
Submarine Command (1951)
Taegukgi (2004)
Take the High Ground (1953)
Tank Battalion (1959)
Target Zero (1955)
This is Korea! (1951)
Time Limit (1957)
Torpedo Alley (1953)
Unsung Heroes (1978-1981)
War Hunt (1962)
A Yank in Korea (1951)
The Young and The Brave (1963)
The Forgotten War (2009) – Story of the 10th BCT,Philippine Expeditionary Forces To Korea members sent to Korea,from Inchon Landings to Battle of Yultong.
Africa Addio (1966), documentary
Guns at Batasi (1964)
The Kitchen Toto (1987)
The Mark of the Hawk (1957)- ambiguous setting, based on the events in Kenya.
Mau-Mau (1955)
Safari (1956)
Simba (1955)
Something of Value (1957)
The Teacher (1977)
Cuba (1979)
A Successful Man (1985)
Clandestinos (1987)
Havana (1990)
Fidel (2002) (TV)
Dreaming of Julia (2003)
638 Ways to Kill Castro (2006) (TV Documentary)
Che: Part 1 (2008)
Lost Command (1966)
The Battle of Algiers (1966)
Chronicle of the Years of Fire (1975)
Mon colonel (2006)
Intimate Enemies (2007)
What the Day Owes the Night (2012)
Far from Men (2014)
Children of Glory (2006)
The Journey (1959)
The Company (2007) Miniseries
Clear and Present Danger (1994)
Guerrilla Girl (2005), documentary
El cartel (TV series) (2008-2010)
Inside: FARC Hostage Rescue (2008), documentary
Greetings to the Devil (2011)
The Snitch Cartel (2011)
Escobar, el Patrón del Mal (TV series) (2012)
Narcos (TV series) (2015-2016)
Dark of the Sun (1968)
Lumumba (2000)
Mister BOB (2011) (TV)
Siege of Jadotville (2016)
Heart of Fire (2008)
Killer Elite (2011)
Haqeeqat (1964)
Khamoshi (1969)
Albino (1976)
A Game for Vultures (1979)
Blind Justice (1988)
The Passenger (1975)
Gie (2005)
The Act of Killing (2012), Documentary
The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation (2007)
The Naxalites (1980)
Aranyakam (1988)
Red Alert: The War Within (2010)
Chakravyuh (2012)
Tears of the Sun (2003)
Half of a Yellow Sun (2013)
Ama Namin (1998)
Huk (1956)
Ex-Army
Ultimatum Ceasefire (1987)
The Troubles in Northern Ireland (1969–2005)
The Outsider (1980)
Harry's Game TV miniseries (1982)
Cal (1984)
A Prayer for the Dying (1987)
Patriot Games (1992)
The Crying Game (1992)
In the Name of the Father (1993)
Blown Away (1994)
The Devil's Own (1997)
The Boxer (1997)
Resurrection Man (1998)
H3 (2001)
Bloody Sunday (2002)
Battle of the Bogside documentary film (2004)
Omagh (2004)
Johnny Was (2006)
Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008)
Hunger (2008)
'71 (2014)
Mistah (Mga Mandirigma) (1994)
Bagong Buwan (2001)
Under the Stars (2001)
The Gods Must Be Crazy II (1980)
The Hero (2004)
Balibo (2009)
Beatriz's War (2013)
The Delta Force (1986)
Witness in the War Zone (1987)
Navy SEALs (1990)
al-I'sar [in Arabic] (~1992)
West Beirut (1998)
Zozo (2005)
Ricochets (Shtei Etzbaot Mi'Tzidon) (1986)
Time for Cherries (Onat Haduvdevanim) (1991)
Cup Final (1991)
Beaufort (2007)
Waltz with Bashir (2008)
Lebanon (2009)
Spy Game (2001)
Mivtsa Yonatan (1977)
Raid On Entebbe (1977) (TV)
Victory at Entebbe (1976) (TV)
Rise and Fall of Idi Amin (1981)
The Last King of Scotland (2006)
Uganda–Tanzania War (1978-1979)
Rise and Fall of Idi Amin (1981)
Under Fire (1983)
Latino (1985)
Carla's Song (1997)
In the Army Now (1994)
The Living Daylights (1987)
All Costs Paid (1988), TV miniseries
Rambo III (1988)
The Beast of War (1988)
Cargo 300 (film) («Груз 300» in Russian) (1989)
Afghan Breakdown (1991)
Peshavar Waltz (1994), Russian war film on Afghanistan
Spetsnaz (2002), TV miniseries
9th Company (2005)
Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
The Kite Runner (2007)
The Caravan Hunters («Охотники за караванами» in Russian) (2010), TV miniseries
S.A.S. à San Salvador (1983)
Salvador (1986)
Romero (1989)
Voces inocentes (2004) (Innocent Voices)
Alhodood Almultahebah (The Flaming Borders) (1987)
Sea Clamor (1987)
The Human Shield (1992)
Big Drum Under Left Foot (2004)
Duel (2004)
Kilomètre Zéro (Kilometer Zero) (2005)
Ekhrajiha (2007)
Persepolis (2007)
Ruz-e-sevom (The Third Day) (2007)
Dar Chashm-e Baad (In the Wind's Eyes) (2008), TV series
Shoghe parvaz (Passion for Flying) (2012-2013), TV series
Che (2014)
Track 143 (2014)
Until Ahmed Returns (2014)
Falklands War (1982)
Los Chicos De La Guerra (1984)
Tumbledown (1988) (TV)
Resurrected (1989)
An Ungentlemanly Act (1992) (TV)
Iluminados Por El Fuego (Blessed by Fire) (2005)
1982, Estuvimos ahí (1982, We were there) (2004)
The Iron Lady (2011)
Machine Gun Preacher (2011)
Kannathil Muthamittal (2002)
Sengadal (2010, not yet released, banned in India and Sri Lanka
Madras Cafe (2013)
Heartbreak Ridge (1986)
Beaufort (2007)
Jiyan (2002)
Kilomètre Zéro (Kilometer Zero) (2005)
Sirta la gal ba (2009)
Triage (2009)
Rock the Casbah (2012)
Aram (2002)
A Trip to Karabakh (2005)
Chakatagir (Destiny) (2006)
A Story of People in War and Peace (2007), documentary
Yaddaş (The Memory) (2010)
If Only Everyone (2012)
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Freetown (2015)
The Panama Deception (1992) (documentary)
Noriega: God's Favorite (2000) (TV movie)
Invasion (2014) (documentary)
(Also see Gulf War films)
Hot Shots! (1991)
The Heroes of Desert Storm (1991)
Lessons of Darkness (1992)
The Human Shield (1992)
The Finest Hour (1992)
Courage Under Fire (1996)
The One That Got Away (1996) (TV)
Thanks of a Grateful Nation (1998) (TV)
Three Kings (1999)
Bravo Two Zero (1999) (TV)
Live From Baghdad (2002) (TV)
Jarhead (2005)
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Dawn of the World (2008)
House of Saddam (2008) (TV)
The Devil's Double (2011)
Airlift (2016)
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)
Three Kings (1999)
Dawn of the World (2008)
Barakat! (2006)
Of Gods and Men (2010)
Cry Freetown (2000), documentary
Blood Diamond (2006)
Ezra (2007)
La vita non perde valore (2012), documentary
The Death of Yugoslavia (1995), documentary
Yugoslavia: The Avoidable War (1999), documentary
Martyrs (2008), docudrama
The Weight of Chains (2010), documentary
Generacija 71 (Generation 71) (2011), feature, animation
Sivi kamion crvene boje (Red Coloured Grey Truck) (2004)
Dezerter (1992)
Say Why Have You Left Me (1993)
Vukovar poste restante (1994)
How the War Started on My Island (1997)
The Wounds (1998)
Celestial Body (2000)
Harrison's Flowers (2000)
Witnesses (2003)
Yu (2003)
Mathilde (2004)
Oluja nad Krajinom (Storm over Krajina) (2005), documentary
Sinovci (2006)
The Recollection Thief (2007)
Will Not End Here (2008)
Zapamtite Vukovar (2008)
The Blacks (2009)
The Ghosts of Medak Pocket (2011), documentary
Vir (The Whirl) (2012)
Number 55 (2014)
Before the Rain (1994)
Underground (1995)
Složna braća (1995), TV miniseries
Ulysses' Gaze (1995)
Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (1996)
Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)
The Perfect Circle (1997)
Demons of War (1998)
Savior (1998)
Shot Through the Heart (1998)
Tactical Assault (1998)
The Dagger (1999)
Warriors (1999)
No Man's Land (2001)
Behind Enemy Lines (2002)
Where Eskimos Live (2002)
Fuse (2003)
Life Is a Miracle (2004)
Grbavica (2006)
Nafaka (2006)
The Fourth Man (2007)
The Hunting Party (2007)
Živi i mrtvi (2007)
The Tour (2008)
ZOS: Zone of Separation (2008), TV miniseries
Sono stato Dio in Bosnia. Vita di un Mercenario (I was a God in Bosnia: Life of a Mercenary) (2010), Documentary
The Whistleblower (2010)
A Town Betrayed (2011), documentary
In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011)
Neprijatelj (The Enemy) (2011)
Sarajevo Ricochet (2011), documentary
Circles (2013)
Isteni műszak (Heavenly Shift) (2013)
No One's Child (2014)
So Hot Was the Cannon (2014)
A Perfect Day (2015)
L'Angelo di Sarajevo (2015), TV miniseries
The Last Panthers (2015), TV series
On the Milky Road (2016)
Sky Hook (2000)
The Valley (2000), documentary
War Live (2000)
Guerreros (2002)
Sniper 2 (2003)
The Hunted (2003)
Falling in the Paradise (2004)
California Dreamin' (2007)
Mörderischer Frieden (Sniper Valley) (2007)
Stolen Kosovo (2008), TV documentary
Kosovo: Can You Imagine? (2009), documentary
My Beautiful Country (2012)
Enclave (2015)
The Sky Above Us (2015)
Plani strategjik (2016), short
Kandagar (2010)
Mama (1998 film) (1998)
Margi begunokh (The Death of the Innocent) (2013)
The Other Bank (2009)
Konpliktis zona (Conflict Zone) (2009)
Mandariinid (Tangerines) (2013)
Corn Island (2014)
House of Others (2016)
Transnistria... Durere şi Speranţă (Transistria... Pain and Hope) (1992 documentary)
Prisoner of the Mountains (1996)
Damned and Forgotten (1997), documentary («Прокляты и забыты» in Russian)
Purgatory (1997) («Чистилище» in Russian)
Checkpoint (1998) («Блокпост» in Russian)
Proof of Life (1998)
Man's work (2001 TV series) («Мужская работа» in Russian)
House of Fools (2002)
The Storm Gate (2006 TV miniseries) («Грозовые ворота» in Russian)
12 (2007)
Children of Congo: From War to Witches (2008), documentary
Answered by Fire (2006) (TV)
LOC Kargil (2003)
Lakshya (2004)
War (2002)
It is an honor («Честь имею» in Russian), miniseries (2004)
Breakthrough («Прорыв» in Russian) (2006)
Alexandra (2007)
Russian sacrifice («Русская жертва» in Russian) (2008)
The Search (2014)
Lord of War (2005)
Johnny Mad Dog (2008)
Private (2004)
The Green Prince (2014), documentary
How I Killed a Saint (Како убив светец) (2004)
Bal-Can-Can (2005)
The Unit (2006–2009) (TV series)
Body of Lies (2008)
Forces spéciales (2011)
Soldiers of Fortune (2012)
Vishwaroopam (2013)
Good Kill (2014)
Eye in the Sky (2015)
Syriana (2005)
The Kingdom (2007)
Rendition (2007)
E-Ring (2005–2006) (TV series)
Operation Balikatan (2003)
The Hunt for Eagle One (2006)
The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point (2006)
Act of Valor (2012)
DC 9/11: Time of Crisis (2003) (TV)
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) (documentary)
FahrenHYPE 9/11 (2004) (documentary)
Hamburg Cell (2004) (TV)
Tiger Cruise (2004) (TV)
Flight 93 (2006) (TV)
The Path to 9/11 (2006) (TV)
United 93 (2006)
World Trade Center (2006)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2012)
The Siege (1998)
Sleeper Cell (TV miniseries) (2005–2006)
Traitor (2008)
Four Lions (2010)
A Mighty Heart (2007)
Forces spéciales (2011)
Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden (2012) (TV)
Waar (2012)
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Phantom (2015)
Hooligans At War (2011)
Kandahar (2001)
Osama (2003)
Fire Over Afghanistan (2003)
September Tapes (2004)
Brødre (2004)
Lions for Lambs (2007)
Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden? (2008), documentary
Iron Man (2008)
The Objective (2008)
Red Sands (2009)
Brothers (2009)
Restrepo (2010) Oscar Nominee
Armadillo (2010)
Combat Hospital (TV Series)
My Name is Khan (2010)
Essential Killing (2010)
Dear John (2010)
Hell and Back Again (2011) Oscar Nominee
Afghan Luke (2011)
Young Soldiers (2011) (TV Series)
Our War (2011–2014) (TV Series), documentary about British soldiers first hand experience of the war in Afghanistan
Forces spéciales (2011)
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Deutschland is a good country (2012) (documentary) more on http://www.goodcountry.de
Bluestone 42 (2013) (TV Series)
The Patrol (2013)
Vishwaroopam (2013)
Lone Survivor (2013) Based on Marcus Luttrell's book Lone Survivor
Korengal (2014) documentary on soldiers' experiences of war in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan.
Inbetween Worlds (2014) (Zwischen Welten) Screened in main competition 64th Berlin Film Festival.
Hyena Road (2015)
Krigen (2015)
SIX (2017–present)
The Ambassador (2011), documentary
Saving Jessica Lynch (2003) (TV)
Ghayr Saleh (Under Exposure, alternate title: Invalid) (2004)
Gunner Palace (2004), documentary
The Dreams of Sparrows (2005), documentary
Occupation: Dreamland (2005), documentary
Over There (2005) (TV series)
The Tiger and the Snow (2005)
American Soldiers (2005)
Baghdad ER (2006), documentary
Djihad (2006) (TV)
Dreams (2006)
Home of the Brave (2006)
Iraq in Fragments (2006)
My Country, My Country (2006)
The Situation (2006)
Valley of the Wolves Iraq (2006)
The War Tapes (2006), documentary
In the Valley of Elah (2007)
Body of War (2007)
Nassiryia - Per non dimenticare (2007) (TV series)
No End In Sight (2007), documentary
Redacted (2007)
Grace Is Gone (2007)
The Mark of Cain (2007) (TV)
Battle For Haditha (2007)
The Four Horsemen (2007)
Stop Loss (2008)
W. (2008)
House of Saddam (2008) (TV)
Generation Kill (2008) (TV series)
Body of Lies (2008)
Time Bomb (2008)
Standard Operating Procedure (2008), documentary
A Line in the Sand (2009)
Brothers at War (2009), documentary
Taking Chance (2009)
The Hurt Locker (2009)
The Messenger (2009)
The Road to Fallujah (2009), documentary
The Triangle of Death (2009), documentary
Occupation (TV series) (2009)
Baker Boys: Inside the Surge (2010) (TV miniseries)
Fair Game (2010)
Farewell Baghdad (2010)
Green Zone (2010)
Shadows in Paradise (2010)
Son of Babylon (2010)
No True Glory: Battle for Fallujah (2011)
Homeland (TV series) (2011)
Memorial Day (2011)
Allegiance (2012)
Boys of Abu Ghraib (2014)
American Sniper (2014)
War Dogs (2016)
The Devil Came on Horseback (2007)
Darfur Diaries: Message from Home (2006), documentary
Google Darfur (2007), documentary
On Our Watch (2007), documentary
Darfur (2009)
Blood Coltan (2008), documentary
Sniper: Reloaded (2011)
War Witch (2012)
Daratt (2006)
A Screaming Man (2010)
Breaking Bad (TV Series) (2008–2013)
El Sicario, Room 164 (2010), A documentary about an anonymous Ciudad Juárez Sicario known to have killed hundreds
Miss Bala (2011), A beauty contestant is kidnapped by a cartel and forced to do drug missions in wartorn Mexico
Savages (2012), Small-time pot growers search for their lover, kidnapped by a cartel they refused to work with
Snitch (2012), His son arrested, a concerned father makes a deal with a US attorney to infiltrate a Mexican cartel and ends up trapped in a war zone
End of Watch (2012), The Sinaloa Cartel declares war on 2 LAPD officers arrest who raid a safe house
The Last Stand (2013), A border-town Sheriff's Department takes on a powerful drug lord and his private army
The Mexican Mormon War (2012), Vice documentary on the Mormon vigilante militia fighting a drug cartel in Chihuahua
Narco Cultura (2013), A documentary film that explores the cultural glorification of modern drug traffickers
El Velador/The Night Watchman (2013), A documentary portraying the quieter, less obvious impact of the drug war
Metástasis (TV Series) (2015)
Sicario (2015), An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by an elected government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico
Under the Bombs (2007)
Tears of Gaza (2010), documentary
Olympus Inferno (2008)
5 Days of War (2011)
August Eighth (2012)
Le Crime Invisible (The Invisible Crime) (2011 documentary)
L’Autre Côte d’Ivoire (The Other Côte d'Ivoire) (2013 documentary)
Run (2014)
Benghazi Rising (2011), documentary
Qaddafi: Our Best Enemy (2011), documentary
First to Fall (2014), documentary
War Story (2014)
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)
Ladder to Damascus (2013)
Return to Homs (2013), documentary
#chicagoGirl: The Social Network Takes on a Dictator (2013)
Ghosts of Aleppo (2014), VICE News documentary
Rojava: Syria's Unknown War (2014), VICE News documentary
Sniper: Legacy (2014)
Her War: Women Vs. ISIS (2015), documentary
Phantom (2015)
Dugma: The Button (2016), documentary
The Devil Tried to Divide Us (2014), VICE News documentary
Timbuktu (2014)
Saving South Sudan (2014), VICE News documentary
The Road to Mosul (2015), VICE News documentary
The Road to Fallujah (2016 film), VICE News documentary
War correspondent ("Военный корреспондент" in Russian) (2014)
The Guard (2015 TV series) ("Гвардiя" in Ukrainian) (2015), TV series
See also Mercenaries in popular culture: Films
Geschwader Fledermaus (Bat Squadron) (1957)
Cerný prapor (The Black Battalion/Das schwarze Bataillon/Bataillon des Teufels) (1958)
Madeleine und der Legionär (Madeleine and the Legionary) (1958)
Kommando 52 (Commando 52) (1965)
Der lachende Mann – Bekenntnisse eines Mörders (The Laughing Man – Confessions of a Killer) (1966)
Africa Addio (Africa – Blood and Guts) (1966)
Der Fall Bernd K. (The Case of Bernd K.) (1967)
PS zum lachenden Mann (PS to the Laughing Man) (1967)
The Last Mercenary (1968)
Seduto alla sua destra (Black Jesus) (1968)
Dark of the Sun/The Mercenaries (1968)
Sette Baschi Rossi (The Red Berets) (1969)
The Last Grenade (1970)
Immer wenn der Steiner kam (Every Time Steiner Came) (1976), not released
High Velocity (1976)
Scorticateli Vivi (Wild Geese Attack/Skin 'Em Alive) (1978)
The Wild Geese (1978)
The Dogs of War (1981)
Code Name: Wild Geese (1984)
Commando Leopard (1985)
Men of War (1994)
Mister BOB (2011) (TV)
Soldiers of Fortune (2012)
