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Best War Movies on Netflix

Top 20 war movies available to stream on Netflix right now, ranked by ratings.

1

Grave of the Fireflies(1988)

8.5 IMDb100% RT94 Meta

In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move

2

1917(2019)

8.2 IMDb88% RT78 Meta

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.

3

Virunga(2014)

8.1 IMDb100% RT95 Meta

Virunga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is Africa’s oldest national park, a UNESCO world heritage site, and a contested ground among insurgencies seeking to topple the government that see unto

4

Amaran(2024)

8.1 IMDb

A heroic true story of Major Mukund Varadarajan, an Indian Army officer who displayed extraordinary bravery during a counterterrorism mission in Kashmir’s Shopian district. The film captures his coura

5

Glory(1989)

7.8 IMDb95% RT78 Meta

Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.

6

All Quiet on the Western Front(2022)

7.8 IMDb90% RT76 Meta

Paul Baumer and his friends Albert and Muller, egged on by romantic dreams of heroism, voluntarily enlist in the German army. Full of excitement and patriotic fervour, the boys enthusiastically march

7

Beasts of No Nation(2015)

7.7 IMDb91% RT79 Meta

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 commander and many of

8

Fury(2014)

7.6 IMDb75% RT64 Meta

April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank and her five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy

9

Number 24(2024)

7.5 IMDb

On the brink of the Second World War, a young Norwegian man's drive to resist the Nazis sets a new course for his future – and the future of his country.

10

The Hurt Locker(2008)

7.5 IMDb96% RT95 Meta

During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.

11

The White Helmets(2016)

7.5 IMDb100% RT

As daily airstrikes pound civilian targets in Syria, a group of indomitable first responders risk their lives to rescue victims from the rubble.

12

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins(2012)

7.4 IMDb

In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.

13

The King(2019)

7.3 IMDb71% RT62 Meta

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.

14

The Shadow in My Eye(2021)

7.3 IMDb

On March 21st, 1945, the British Royal Air Force set out on a mission to bomb Gestapo's headquarters in Copenhagen. The raid had fatal consequences as some of the bombers accidentally targeted a schoo

15

Unbroken(2014)

7.2 IMDb53% RT59 Meta

A chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II.

16

The Forgotten Battle(2021)

7.1 IMDb100% RT

During WWII's crucial Battle of the Scheldt, the lives of a glider pilot, a Nazi soldier and a reluctant Resistance recruit tragically intersect.

17

The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die(2023)

6.9 IMDb48 Meta

In the wake of King Edward's death, Uhtred of Bebbanburg and his comrades adventure across a fractured kingdom in the hopes of uniting England at last.

18

The Six Triple Eight(2024)

6.7 IMDb56% RT51 Meta

During World War II, the US Army's only all-Black, all-women battalion takes on an impossible mission: sorting through a three-year backlog of 17 million pieces of mail that hadn't been delivered to A

19

Narvik(2022)

6.6 IMDb

April, 1940. The eyes of the world are on Narvik, a small town in northern Norway, a source of the iron ore needed for Hitler's war machine. Through two months of fierce winter warfare, the German lea

20

Land of Bad(2024)

6.6 IMDb66% RT57 Meta

When a Delta Force special ops mission goes terribly wrong, Air Force drone pilot Reaper has 48 hours to remedy what has devolved into a wild rescue operation. With no weapons and no communication oth

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