American movies about soldiers

List of the best American movies about soldiers selected by visitors to our site: The Outpost, The Hills Have Eyes 2, Starship Troopers, The Tomorrow War, Predator, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Jarhead 3: The Siege, Crawl or Die, Invasion Roswell, Burning Blue.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 6.8
Genreaction, drama, military, history
CountryUSA, Bulgaria

A small unit of U.S. soldiers, alone at the remote Combat Outpost Keating, located deep in the valley of three mountains in Afghanistan, battles to defend against an overwhelming force of Taliban fighters in a coordinated attack. The Battle of Kamdesh, as it was known, was the bloodiest American engagement of the Afghan War in 2009 and Bravo Troop 3-61 CAV became one of the most decorated units of the 19-year conflict.

Markimdb: 5.1
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA
Duration01:29

    A group of National Guard trainees find themselves battling against a vicious group of mutants on their last day of training in the desert.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrefantastic, action, adventure
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration02:04

    Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species known as "the Bugs".

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrefantastic, action
    CountryUSA

    The world is stunned when a group of time travelers arrive from the year 2051 to deliver an urgent message: Thirty years in the future, mankind is losing a global war against a deadly alien species. The only hope for survival is for soldiers and civilians from the present to be transported to the future and join the fight. Among those recruited is high school teacher and family man Dan Forester. Determined to save the world for his young daughter, Dan teams up with a brilliant scientist and his estranged father in a desperate quest to rewrite the fate of the planet.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, adventure
    CountryUSA, Mexico
    Duration01:44

    Dutch and his group of commandos are hired by the CIA to rescue downed airmen from guerillas in a Central American jungle. The mission goes well but as they return they find that something is hunting them. Nearly invisible, it blends in with the forest, taking trophies from the bodies of its victims as it goes along. Occasionally seeing through its eyes, the audience sees it is an intelligent alien hunter, hunting them for sport, killing them off one at a time.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:16

      After the cataclysmic events in New York with The Avengers, Steve Rogers, aka Captain America is living quietly in Washington, D.C. and trying to adjust to the modern world. But when a S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague comes under attack, Steve becomes embroiled in a web of intrigue that threatens to put the world at risk. Joining forces with the Black Widow, Captain America struggles to expose the ever-widening conspiracy while fighting off professional assassins sent to silence him at every turn. When the full scope of the villainous plot is revealed, Captain America and the Black Widow enlist the help of a new ally, the Falcon. However, they soon find themselves up against an unexpected and formidable enemy—the Winter Soldier.

      Markimdb: 5.1
      Genreaction, drama, military, biography
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Germany
      Duration00:31

      Corporal Evan Albright joined the elite Marine Corps Security Guards to save the world and see some action-not necessarily in that order. But his first assignment, protecting a U. S. Embassy in a seemingly safe Middle Eastern capitol, relegates his unit to wrangling "gate groupies" protesting outside the compound and honing their marksmanship by playing video games. So Albright and his team are caught off guard when well-armed and well-trained militants launch a surprise attack aimed at killing an informant in the embassy. Heavily out-gunned, they will have to muster all the courage and fire power they can as their once routine assignment spirals into all-out war.

      Markimdb: 4
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:30

      Earth as we know it is gone. A virus has destroyed the planet and rendered all its women infertile, all but one. An elite team of soldiers are tasked with bringing the woman to safety on the newly habitable Earth Two. But when they are forced underground they find themselves fighting for survival from an bloodthirsty creature in a maze of ever shrinking tunnels. As the team's ranks start to dwindle, the tunnels shrink and the ammunition run out, the crawl for survival becomes more and more desperate.

      Markimdb: 3.1
      Genrefantastic, action
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:24

      After the American Army shot down a UFO in 1947, generations of elite commandos were secretly trained to deal with the aliens' feared return. However, the extra-terrestrials never came back and the elite force was disbanded. Sixty-six years after the Roswell crash, the aliens are invading Earth and only the over-the-hill retired commandos can stop them.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genremelodrama, drama, military, biography
      CountryUSA

      Two Navy fighter pilots find themselves in the midst of a forbidden relationship throwing their lives and careers into disarray.

      Markimdb: 5.2
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration00:40

      Forced into a deadly cat-and-mouse game, a disgraced mixed martial arts fighter is hunted through the jungles of Southeast Asia.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genredrama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA

      A drama about the local field office that investigates criminal cases affecting military personnel in The Big Easy, a city known for its music, entertainment and decadence.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genreaction, documentary, military, history
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Afghanistan
      Duration01:28

      What does it mean to lead men in war? What does it mean to come home? Hell and Back Again is a cinematically revolutionary film that asks and answers these questions with a power and intimacy no previous film about the conflict in Afghanistan has been able to achieve. It is a masterpiece in the cinema of war.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genredrama
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration02:02

      In 1950s Pittsburgh, a frustrated African-American father struggles with the constraints of poverty, racism, and his own inner demons as he tries to raise a family.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genredrama, military
      CountryUSA, Turkey
      Duration01:56

      After returning home from an extended tour in Afghanistan, a decorated U.S. Army medic and single mother struggles to rebuild her relationship with her young son.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genreaction, thriller
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:35

        A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genrethriller, drama, biography
        CountryUSA, France
        Duration01:54

        Adapted from the 1951 non-fiction account by psychoanalyst Georges Devereux, “Psychotherapy Of A Plains Indian,” the film follows the true story of Picard (Del Toro), a Plains Indian of the Blackfeet nation, as he returns from WWII and begins experiencing unexplainable symptoms shortly thereafter. He travels to the famous Winter Hospital in Topeka, Kansas, where he meets Devereux (Amalric), thus beginning a professional and personal friendship guided by compassion and understanding of Native American culture.

        Markimdb: 4.7
        Genrethriller
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
        Duration01:24

        Three soldiers get trapped in an elevator when terrorists set off a dirty bomb. But when White escapes, her world turns upside down as she realizes nothing is what it seems.

        Markimdb: 4.3
        Genreaction, thriller, military
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:30

        The shadow of war follows a troubled Iraq War vet as he is forced to pursue one of his own into the Pacific Northwest wilderness to finally confront a war crime that has haunted them both.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genremelodrama, drama, music
        CountryUSA

        An aspiring musician agrees to a marriage of convenience with a soon-to-deploy Marine, but a tragedy soon turns their fake relationship all too real.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genredrama, military, biography, history
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:36

        April 14, 1865. One gunshot. One assassin hell-bent on killing a tyrant, as he charged the 16th President of the United States. And in one moment, our nation was forever changed. This is the most dramatic and resonant crime in American history: the true story of the killing of Abraham Lincoln. From Executive Producers Ridley Scott and Tony Scott, and narrated by Tom Hanks, National Geographic Channel's first ever docudrama, Killing Lincoln, based on the New York Times bestseller, combines re-creations with historical insight in a thrilling chronicle of the final days of President Lincoln and his assassin, John Wilkes Booth.

        Markimdb: 2.2
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
        CountryUSA

        When an energy experiment goes haywire, a rash of massive hurricanes rips across North America. A high school science teacher must get his family to safety before the hurricanes merge, creating a "hypercane" with the power to wipe the US off the map.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:30

        When the rumored whereabouts of Osama bin Laden are revealed, the CIA readies a team of seasoned U.S. Navy SEALs for the mission of a lifetime. Despite inconclusive evidence that bin Laden is inside the compound, and ignoring the possible ramifications of an unannounced attack on Pakistani soil, the Pentagon orders the attack. The SEAL Team bands together to complete their mission of justice in a riveting final showdown.

        Markimdb: 4.6
        Genreaction, thriller, drama
        CountryUSA

        Having just returned home, decorated U.S. Marine Captain Brad Paxton's wife, Kate, is kidnapped by a terrorist group while working in Morocco. He is forced back into action for a daring and deadly operation to save the woman he loves.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genrethriller, drama, military, biography, history
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:22

        A group of journalists covering George Bush's planned invasion of Iraq in 2003 are skeptical of the presidents claim that Saddam Hussein has "weapons of mass destruction."

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genreaction, comedy
        CountryUSA, Luxembourg
        Duration02:36

        American Ultra is a fast-paced action comedy about Mike, a seemingly hapless and unmotivated stoner whose small-town life with his live-in girlfriend, Phoebe, is suddenly turned upside down. Unbeknownst to him, Mike is actually a highly trained, lethal sleeper agent. In the blink of an eye, as his secret past comes back to haunt him, Mike is thrust into the middle of a deadly government operation and is forced to summon his inner action-hero in order to survive.

        Markimdb: 4.9
        Genrethriller, melodrama, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:34

        With a tour in Afghanistan behind him, war-torn Chris Jensen struggles to assimilate back to life in California. Drifting and living out of his car, he soon discovers that few are willing to deal with the remnants of a damaged career military man. Chris is self medicating; desperate to silence the echoes from the front lines. When an opportunity finally presents itself, he makes the hard decision to employ his most coveted talents honed in special ops. A job is a job and Chris knows civilian life can be just as cut-throat as time on active duty. But just how close does he have to get to Andrew Warner to secure the kill?

        Markimdb: 8
        Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, short, crime
        CountryUSA, Sweden
        Duration31:02

        During an unfortunate series of events, a friend of Kung Fury is assassinated by the most dangerous kung fu master criminal of all time, Adolf Hitler, a.k.a Kung Führer. Kung Fury decides to travel back in time to Nazi Germany in order to kill Hitler and end the Nazi empire once and for all.

        Markimdb: 3.8
        Genredrama, military
        CountryUSA

        Bob Revere is a small town Mayor and combat decorated veteran. He faces a root of bitterness from his past filled with heartbreaking loss. His grandson comes back into his life after many years to ask the most important question, “What are we doing with our life to make a difference?” Bob had grown apathetic along with an entire town. Now with the help of children, a group of people all band together to inspire hope, take back the freedoms that are being lost and take a stand for truth. The cast includes Marshall Teague (Roadhouse), Jennifer O’Neill (Summer of ‘42), Fred Williamson (Black Ceasar) and Jenna Boyd (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants).

        Markimdb: 4.3
        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:50

        After witnessing a miracle, a young Latina woman experiences strange things as a police detective searches for the truth behind his partner's death.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genreaction, thriller
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:30

        Following the murder of his fiancée, Mitch Rapp trains under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley. The pair then is enlisted to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on military and civilian targets.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genrecomedy, drama, military
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:31

        Thirty years after serving together in the Vietnam War, Larry "Doc" Shepherd, Sal Nealon and the Rev. Richard Mueller reunite for a different type of mission: to bury Doc's son, a young Marine killed in Iraq. Forgoing burial at Arlington National Cemetery, Doc and his old buddies take the casket on a bittersweet trip up the coast to New Hampshire. Along the way, the three men find themselves reminiscing and coming to terms with the shared memories of a war that continues to shape their lives.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genrewestern, military
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:33

        Major Lex Kearney, dishonourably discharged from the army for cowardice in battle, volunteers to go undercover to try to prevent raids against shipments of horses desperately needed for the Union war effort. Falling in with the gang of jayhawkers and Confederate soldiers who have been conducting the raids, he gradually gains their trust and is put in a position where he can discover who has been giving them secret information revealing the routes of the horse shipments.

        Markimdb: 7.8
        Genredrama, military, history
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Netherlands, France, USA
        Duration02:27

        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 of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.

        Markimdb: 8.1
        Genredrama, military, biography, history
        CountryAustralia, USA
        Duration02:29

          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 receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.

          Markimdb: 5.9
          Genreaction, drama, adventure, military
          CountryUSA

          A troubled Iraq War veteran struggling to reintegrate into society sets out on a cross-country journey with the hope of reuniting with his young son.

          Markimdb: 5.7
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, melodrama, drama, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:07

          After a disease kills 98% of America's children, the surviving 2% develop superpowers and are placed in internment camps. A 16-year-old girl escapes her camp and joins a group of other teens on the run from the government.

          Markimdb: 4.3
          Genreaction, adventure
          CountryRussia, USA, Netherlands
          Duration01:43

          On a remote island in Southeast Asia, a team of scientists, studying the regenerative properties of the salamander, discovers what their Bangkok headquarters refer to as "The Priceless Gift": an elixir of life. News of the discovery travels quickly, and profiteers begin to circle the island, only to find out just how dangerous a discovery it is. During the research process, they also uncovered an unstoppable disease. When the research team goes missing, it leaves behind a warning: that the disease has spread, and is threatening to go global. Special forces and mercenaries from around the world descend on the island, making apparent that there is more at stake than just profit and ambition, but the survival of humanity.

          Markimdb: 5.2
          Genrefantastic, action, adventure
          CountryUSA, China, Canada, Mexico
          Duration02:23

          Autobots and Decepticons are at war, with humans on the sidelines. Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth.

          Markimdb: 6
          Genreaction, thriller, drama, military, biography
          CountrySpain, USA, United Kingdom

          When Andrew Briggman—a young soldier in the US invasion of Afghanistan—witnesses other recruits killing innocent civilians under the direction of a sadistic Sergeant, he considers reporting them to higher-ups. However, the heavily-armed and increasingly-violent platoon becomes suspicious that someone in their ranks has turned on them, and Andrew begins to fear that he'll be the next target.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genredrama, military, biography
          CountryUSA, India
          Duration02:26

          A group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they've left the battlefield.

          Markimdb: 6.2
          Genremelodrama, drama, musical, western
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:29

          At the end of the Civil War, a Confederate team is ordered to rob a Union payroll train but the war ends leaving these men with their Union loot, until the Feds come looking for it.

          Markimdb: 6.9
          Genredrama, military
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:57

          A young woman joins the military to be part of something bigger than herself and her small-town roots. Instead, she ends up as a new guard at Guantanamo Bay, where her mission is far from black and white. Surrounded by hostile jihadists and aggressive squadmates, she strikes up an unusual friendship with one of the detainees.

          Markimdb: 5.9
          Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, adventure
          CountryUSA, China, Hong Kong, Australia, Canada
          Duration02:21

          European mercenaries searching for black powder become embroiled in the defense of the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures.

          Markimdb: 5.7
          Genremelodrama, drama, military
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:32

          When a young soldier in Vietnam gets dumped by his hometown girl, he and his best friend decide to go AWOL and return to the States to win her back.

          Markimdb: 5.7
          Genreaction, fantasy, drama
          CountryUSA, China, Canada

          When the Emperor of China issues a decree that one man per family must serve in the Imperial Chinese Army to defend the country from Huns, Hua Mulan, the eldest daughter of an honored warrior, steps in to take the place of her ailing father. She is spirited, determined and quick on her feet. Disguised as a man by the name of Hua Jun, she is tested every step of the way and must harness her innermost strength and embrace her true potential.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genremelodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:41

          U.S. Marine Sergeant Logan Thibault returns from his third tour of duty in Iraq, with the one thing he credits with keeping him alive-a photograph he found of a woman he doesn't even know. Learning her name is Beth and where she lives, he shows up at her door, and ends up taking a job at her family-run local kennel. Despite her initial mistrust and the complications in her life, a romance develops between them, giving Logan hope that Beth could be much more than his good luck charm.

          Markimdb: 1.9
          Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:28

          A movie created from "found footage" of a lost military expedition that exposes the origins of life on earth.

          Markimdb: 1.9
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:32

          In February 1942 Us forces engaged an unidentified flying object above Los Angeles. Now almost 70 years later, the alien invaders have returned.

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genremelodrama, drama, western, military
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:32

          A group of confedarate prisoners is sent to a unionist fort in the west to help the local garrison to fight the indians.




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