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Best War Movies

of the 2000s

The 20 highest-rated war movies released between 2000 and 2009, ranked by IMDb score.

1

The Pianist(2002)

8.5 IMDb95% RT85 Meta

The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café;

2

Inglourious Basterds(2009)

8.4 IMDb89% RT69 Meta

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally kill

3

Pan's Labyrinth(2006)

8.2 IMDb95% RT98 Meta

In post–civil war Spain, 10-year-old Ofelia moves with her pregnant mother to live under the control of her cruel stepfather. Drawn into a mysterious labyrinth, she meets a faun who reveals that she m

4

Downfall(2004)

8.2 IMDb90% RT82 Meta

In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich

5

Hotel Rwanda(2004)

8.1 IMDb91% RT79 Meta

Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Ru

6

The Fog of War(2003)

8.1 IMDb96% RT87 Meta

Using archival footage, cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the 85-year-old Robert McNamara, The Fog of War depicts his life, from working as a WWII whiz-kid military officer, to bein

7

Waltz with Bashir(2008)

8 IMDb97% RT91 Meta

An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.

8

Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War(2004)

8 IMDb79% RT64 Meta

When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.

9

No Man's Land(2001)

7.9 IMDb93% RT84 Meta

Two soldiers from opposite sides get stuck between the front lines in the same trench. The UN is asked to free them and both sides agree on a ceasefire, but will they stick to it?

10

Letters from Iwo Jima(2006)

7.8 IMDb91% RT89 Meta

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.

11

Innocent Voices(2005)

7.8 IMDb74% RT66 Meta

A young boy, attempting to have a normal childhood in 1980s El Salvador, is caught up in a dramatic fight for his life when he desperately tries to avoid the war that is raging all around him.

12

City of Life and Death(2009)

7.7 IMDb92% RT85 Meta

In 1937, during the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Imperial Japanese Army has just captured Nanjing, then-capital of the Republic of China. What followed was known as the Nanking Massacre

13

Black Book(2006)

7.7 IMDb77% RT71 Meta

Israel, 1956: Jewish teacher Rachel Stein rather unexpectedly meets an old friend at the kibbutz. It brings back memories of her experiences in the Netherlands during the war, memories of betrayal. In

14

Joyeux Noel(2005)

7.6 IMDb74% RT70 Meta

France, 1914, during World War I. On Christmas Eve, an extraordinary event takes place in the bloody no man's land that the French and the Scots dispute with the Germans…

15

A Very Long Engagement(2004)

7.6 IMDb79% RT76 Meta

Young Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancé, lost during World War I, and learns many unexpected things along the way. The love of her life is gone. But she refuses to b

16

Conspiracy(2001)

7.6 IMDb100% RT

At the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942, senior Nazi officials meet to determine the manner in which the so-called "Final Solution to the Jewish Question" can be best implemented.

17

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.

18

The Counterfeiters(2007)

7.5 IMDb93% RT78 Meta

The story of Jewish counterfeiter Salomon Sorowitsch, who was coerced into assisting the Nazi operation of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II.

19

The Wind That Shakes the Barley(2006)

7.5 IMDb90% RT82 Meta

In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is kill

20

Enemy at the Gates(2001)

7.5 IMDb53% RT53 Meta

A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.

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