Best War movies

Actors : Ariadna Gil, Ivana Baquero, Maribel Verdú, Sergi López,
Directors : Guillermo del Toro,

In the falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.

Actors : Dean-Charles Chapman, George MacKay, Colin Firth, Daniel Mays,
Directors : Sam Mendes,

April 6th, 1917. As a regiment assembles to wage war deep in enemy territory, two soldiers are assigned to race against time and deliver a message that will stop 1,600 men from walking straight into a deadly trap.

Actors : Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryo Kase, Kazunari Ninomiya, Ken Watanabe,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.

Actors : Tom Sizemore, Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Matt Damon,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.

Actors : Diane Kruger, Eli Roth, Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent,

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.

Actors : Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors, Norm Lewis, Clarke Peters,
Directors : Spike Lee,

Four African-American vets battle the forces of man and nature when they return to Vietnam seeking the remains of their fallen squad leader and the gold fortune he helped them hide.

Actors : Jesse Bradford, Ryan Phillippe, Joseph Cross, Barry Pepper,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

The life stories of the six men who raised the flag at the Battle of Iwo Jima, a turning point in World War II.

Actors : Frederic Forrest, Robert Duvall, Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen,
Directors : Francis Ford Coppola,

During the Vietnam War, Captain Willard is sent on a dangerous mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade colonel who has set himself up as a god among a local tribe.

Actors : Josh Hartnett, Eric Bana, Tom Sizemore, Ewan McGregor,
Directors : Ridley Scott,

160 elite U.S. soldiers drop into Somalia to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord and find themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily-armed Somalis.

Actors : David Thewlis, Emily Watson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jeremy Irvine,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

Young Albert enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. Albert's hopeful journey takes him out of England and to the front lines as the war rages on.

Actors : Scarlett Johansson, Taika Waititi, Thomasin McKenzie, Roman Griffin Davis,
Directors : Taika Waititi,

A young boy in Hitler's army finds out his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home.

Actors : Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, Lubna Azabal, Mustafa Kamel,
Directors : Denis Villeneuve,

Twins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history, and fulfill their mother's last wishes.

Actors : Barkhad Abdi, Aaron Paul, Helen Mirren, Alan Rickman,
Directors : Gavin Hood,

Col. Katherine Powell, a military officer in command of an operation to capture terrorists in Kenya, sees her mission escalate when a girl enters the kill zone triggering an international dispute over the implications of modern warfare.

Actors : Keith David, Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen,
Directors : Oliver Stone,

A young recruit in Viet Nam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.

Actors : Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Willem Dafoe, Juliette Binoche,
Directors : Anthony Minghella,

At the close of WWII, a young nurse tends to a badly-burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.

Actors : Andrew Adote, Abraham Attah, Ricky Adelayitor, Emmanuel Affadzi,
Directors : Cary Fukunaga,

A drama based on the experiences of Agu, a child soldier fighting in the civil war of an unnamed African country.

Actors : Frank Madigan, Jack Madigan, Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard,
Directors : Justin Kurzel,

Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.

Actors : John Savage, John Cazale, Christopher Walken, Robert De Niro,
Directors : Michael Cimino,

An in-depth examination of the ways in which the U.S. Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of people in a small industrial town in Pennsylvania.

Actors : Pádraic Delaney, Orla Fitzgerald, Liam Cunningham, Cillian Murphy,
Directors : Ken Loach,

Against the backdrop of the Irish War of Independence, two brothers fight a guerrilla war against British forces.

Actors : Samantha Morton, Woody Harrelson, Jena Malone, Ben Foster,
Directors : Oren Moverman,

An American soldier struggles with an ethical dilemma when he becomes involved with a widow of a fallen officer.