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Best War Movies of the 2010s

War films released 2010–2019, ranked by TMDB rating among titles with at least 500 votes.

📊 A century of movies in numbers 82 titlesavg ★ 7.07 avg 117 min War Drama History Action

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#1 Hacksaw Ridge (2016) · ★ 8.2 · 15,346 votes · 2h 19m · drama, history, war
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receiv…
#2 Incendies (2010) · ★ 8.1 · 3,473 votes · 2h 11m · drama, war, mystery
A mother's last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's acclaimed play, Incendies tells the po…
#3 The Imitation Game (2014) · ★ 8.0 · 18,461 votes · 1h 53m · thriller, drama, history
Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain…
#4 1917 (2019) · ★ 8.0 · 13,954 votes · 1h 59m · action, thriller, drama
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.…
#5 Jojo Rabbit (2019) · ★ 8.0 · 10,727 votes · 1h 48m · comedy, drama, war
Jojo, a lonely German boy during World War II has his world shaken when he learns that his single mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home. Influenced by a buffoonish imaginary…
#6 In This Corner of the World (2016) · ★ 7.9 · 637 votes · 2h 10m · romance, drama, animation
Japan, 1943, during World War II. Young Suzu leaves her village near Hiroshima to marry and live with her in-laws in Kure, a military harbor. Her creativity to overcome deprivation…
#7 Where Hands Touch (2018) · ★ 7.9 · 543 votes · 2h 2m · romance, drama, war
Germany, 1944. Leyna, the 15-year old daughter of a white German mother and a black African father, meets Lutz, a compassionate member of the Hitler Youth whose father is a promine…
#8 The Wind Rises (2013) · ★ 7.8 · 3,502 votes · 2h 6m · romance, drama, animation
A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M World War II fighter plane.…
#9 Land of Mine (2015) · ★ 7.8 · 1,518 votes · 1h 40m · drama, history, war
In the days following the surrender of Germany in May 1945, a group of young German prisoners of war is handed over to the Danish authorities and subsequently sent to the West Coas…
#10 See You Up There (2017) · ★ 7.8 · 1,384 votes · 1h 53m · drama, crime, war
In November 1918, a few days before the Armistice, when Lieutenant Pradelle orders a senseless attack, he causes a useless disaster; but his outrageous act also binds the lives of…
#11 The Breadwinner (2017) · ★ 7.8 · 956 votes · 1h 34m · drama, animation, family
A headstrong young girl in Afghanistan, ruled by the Taliban, disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.…
#12 A Bag of Marbles (2017) · ★ 7.8 · 912 votes · 1h 53m · drama, war
At the beginning of the 1940s, in a France occupied by Nazi forces, lived the Jewish Joffo family. Happy and tight-knit, she sees her future darken when all members of the family a…
#13 They Shall Not Grow Old (2018) · ★ 7.8 · 703 votes · 1h 39m · history, war, documentary
A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of Armistice Day, and the end of the war.…
#14 Tangerines (2013) · ★ 7.7 · 620 votes · 1h 27m · drama, war
War in Abkhazia, 1992. An Estonian man Ivo has stayed behind to harvest his crops of tangerines. In a bloody conflict at his door, a wounded man is left behind, and Ivo is forced t…
#15 Beasts of No Nation (2015) · ★ 7.6 · 1,884 votes · 2h 17m · drama, war
Based on the experiences of Agu, a child fighting in the civil war of a West African country. Follows Agu's journey as he's forced to join a group of soldiers. While he fears his c…
#16 Dunkirk (2017) · ★ 7.5 · 18,007 votes · 1h 47m · action, drama, war
The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour…
#17 Fury (2014) · ★ 7.5 · 13,273 votes · 2h 15m · action, drama, war
April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theater, a battle-hardened army sergeant commands a Sherman tank with a five-man crew on a deadly mission behind en…
#18 The Round Up (2010) · ★ 7.5 · 1,052 votes · 1h 55m · drama, history, war
A faithful retelling of the 1942 "Vel' d'Hiv Roundup" and the events surrounding it.…
#19 Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012) · ★ 7.5 · 920 votes · 2h 14m · action, fantasy, adventure
In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.…
#20 American Sniper (2014) · ★ 7.4 · 13,918 votes · 2h 13m · action, war
U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle takes his sole mission—protect his comrades—to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers in American history. His pinpoint accuracy not only saves…
#21 Lone Survivor (2013) · ★ 7.4 · 4,862 votes · 2h 1m · action, drama, war
Four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level Taliban operative must make an impossible moral decision in the mountains of Afghanistan that leads them into an enem…
#22 Unbroken (2014) · ★ 7.4 · 4,452 votes · 2h 17m · drama, war
A chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II.…
#23 Cold War (2018) · ★ 7.4 · 1,616 votes · 1h 28m · romance, drama, war
A man and a woman meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With vastly different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatally mismatched and yet drawn to each other.…
#24 The Flowers of War (2011) · ★ 7.4 · 926 votes · 2h 26m · drama, history, war
A Westerner finds refuge with a group of women in a church during Japan's rape of Nanking in 1937. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.…
#25 First They Killed My Father (2017) · ★ 7.4 · 713 votes · 2h 16m · drama, history, war
A 5-year-old girl embarks on a harrowing quest for survival amid the sudden rise and terrifying reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.…
#26 Balkan Line (2019) · ★ 7.4 · 581 votes · 2h 10m · action, drama, war
After the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, the Yugoslav army pulls out of Kosovo region, leaving Serbian people at the mercy of the Albanian UCK. A small band of soldiers must t…
#27 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016) · ★ 7.3 · 4,006 votes · 2h 24m · action, thriller, drama
An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.…
#28 War Horse (2011) · ★ 7.3 · 3,769 votes · 2h 26m · adventure, drama, history
On the brink of the First World War, Albert's beloved horse Joey is sold to the Cavalry by his father. Against the backdrop of the Great War, Joey begins an odyssey full of danger,…
#29 The Zookeeper's Wife (2017) · ★ 7.3 · 1,592 votes · 2h 6m · drama, history, war
The account of keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Jan and Antonina Zabinski, who helped save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion.…
#30 Megan Leavey (2017) · ★ 7.3 · 871 votes · 1h 56m · drama, war
The true story of Marine Corporal Megan Leavey, who forms a powerful bond with an aggressive combat dog, Rex. While deployed in Iraq, the two complete more than 100 missions and sa…
#31 Sarah's Key (2010) · ★ 7.3 · 724 votes · 1h 51m · drama, war
On the night of 16 July 1942, ten year old Sarah and her parents are being arrested and transported to the Velodrome d'Hiver in Paris where thousands of other jews are being sent t…
#32 Little Boy (2015) · ★ 7.3 · 578 votes · 1h 46m · comedy, drama, war
An eight-year-old boy is willing to do whatever it takes to end World War II so he can bring his father home. The story reveals the indescribable love a father has for his little b…
#33 Battle for Sevastopol (2015) · ★ 7.3 · 519 votes · 1h 50m · romance, drama, war
The story of Lyudmila Pavlichenko, the most successful female sniper in history.…
#34 War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) · ★ 7.2 · 9,969 votes · 2h 20m · drama, science-fiction, war
Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker i…
#35 The King (2019) · ★ 7.2 · 3,678 votes · 2h 20m · drama, history, war
England, 15th century. Hal, a capricious prince who lives among the populace far from court, is forced by circumstances to reluctantly accept the throne and become Henry V.…
#36 Suite Française (2015) · ★ 7.2 · 1,158 votes · 1h 43m · romance, drama, war
France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they both await news of her husban…
#37 T-34 (2018) · ★ 7.2 · 970 votes · 2h 19m · action, drama, history
In 1944, a courageous group of Russian soldiers managed to escape from German captivity in a half-destroyed legendary T-34 tank. Those were the times of unforgettable bravery, fier…
#38 A Hidden Life (2019) · ★ 7.2 · 813 votes · 2h 53m · drama, history, war
Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II.…
#39 Testament of Youth (2015) · ★ 7.2 · 811 votes · 2h 9m · drama, history, war
Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a…
#40 At War for Love (2016) · ★ 7.2 · 521 votes · 1h 39m · comedy, romance, drama
It's 1943 and World War II is raging in Europe. In New York, Arturo and Flora the daughter of a restaurant owner are in love, but she is promised in marriage to the son of a Mafia…

Questions

What is the best war movie of the 2010s?

Hacksaw Ridge (2016) tops the decade with 8.2/10 on TMDB, ahead of Incendies (2010).