English movies about the military

List of the best English movies about the military, selected by visitors to our site: Dunkirk, 1917, Enemy Lines, Lone Survivor, Black Hawk Down, Platoon, 400 Bullets, Queen & Country, The Mule, Hammer of the Gods.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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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: 8.3
Genreaction, drama, military, history
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, India, Spain, Canada, China

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.

Markimdb: 4.5
Genremilitary, history
CountryUnited Kingdom

In the frozen, war torn landscape of occupied Poland during World War II, a crack team of allied commandos are sent on a deadly mission behind enemy lines to extract a rocket scientist from the hands of the Nazis.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genreaction, drama, military
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration01:56

    Four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level al-Qaeda operative must make an impossible moral decision in the mountains of Afghanistan that leads them into an enemy ambush. As they confront unthinkable odds, the SEALs must find reserves of strength and resilience to fight to the finish.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genreaction, drama, military, history
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration02:24

      When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.

      Markimdb: 8.1
      Genredrama, military, history
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:55

      As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.

      Markimdb: 4.5
      Genreaction
      CountryUnited Kingdom

      One cold winter night in Afghanistan is about to get a whole lot worse for Rana Rae, a Gurkha soldier left to guard a British military outpost, when Captain Noah Brandt arrives looking for refuge from a group of rogue special ops and a cell of heavily armed Taliban. The two soldiers must fight for their lives as they attempt to call for backup before the rogue squad, led by the backstabbing Sergeant Bartlett, can hunt them down to retrieve a case of missile guidance chips that Noah intercepted. But Bartlett and his men do not count on Rana, whose ferocious Gurkha training makes him a force to be reckoned with.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

      An Englishman who grew up in London during World War II joins the military to fight in the Korean War.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrecomedy, drama, military, history
      CountrySpain, United Kingdom
      Duration01:40

      A soldier protects a mule during the Spanish Civil War.

      Markimdb: 4.5
      Genrehorror, action, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:39

      Action epic sees a passionate young man transform into a brutal warrior as he travels the unforgiving landscape in search of his long lost brother Hakan The Ferrocious, whose people are relying on him to restore order to their kingdom.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, military
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration02:39

      In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, USA, Sweden
      Duration01:34

      40 years after the first haunting at Eel Marsh House, a group of children evacuated from WWII London arrive, awakening the house's darkest inhabitant.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genreaction, drama, military, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration02:12

      In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the Nazi invasion of Britain.

      Markimdb: 8.1
      Genredrama, adventure, military, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration03:04

      An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond Barry into the noble Barry Lyndon.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryPhilippines, France, United Kingdom, Germany
      Duration02:00

      A dozen foreigners are kidnapped by a terrorist group in the Philippines.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genreaction, thriller
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:35

      A British Special Boat Service commando tracks down an international terrorist cell.

      Markimdb: 4.4
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

      The film revolves around a special ops unit who commandeer a commercial research vessel and it’s submersible to locate a mysterious item at the bottom of the Yellow Sea. When an explosion causes the sub to overturn and take on water, the crew begins to understand that not all of them will escape and a fight for survival ensues.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genredrama, military, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom

      During World War I, a group of British miners are recruited to tunnel underneath no man's land and set bombs from below the German front in hopes of breaking the deadly stalemate of the Battle of Messines.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genreaction, drama, military
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Poland
      Duration01:53

      The story of the Polish fliers who found themselves fighting for the freedom of their own country in foreign skies. Seen through the eyes of a Polish fighter ace and adventurer, it tells how the Poles—driven across Europe by the German war machine—finally make their last stand. Flying Hurricanes for the RAF over Britain, they became a key component in the legend of ‘The Few’. Up against the might of the Luftwaffe they hoped that, by saving Great Britain from Nazi invasion, they were keeping the dream of a free Poland alive.

      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: 7
      Genredrama, adventure, military, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:30

      This 1942 fictionalized biopic chronicles the true story of how two of the most remarkable men in aviation history - visionary Spitfire designer R.J. Mitchell and his test pilot Geoffrey Crisp - designed a streamlined monoplane that led to the development of the Spitfire.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrethriller, drama, adventure, military, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:48

      British soldiers guarding the Kajaki Dam set out to rescue a three-man team after one of them loses a leg to a landmine.

      Markimdb: 5.2
      Genrefantastic, comedy, cartoon, military
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Spain, Belgium

      A satirical alternative history of World War II where the Nazis seize London and England must band together to prevent a full on invasion.

      Markimdb: 4.1
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:28

      The military have captured and imprisoned a supernatural entity. And now it wants to play.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genreaction, military, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:58

      The Dirty Dozen meet the Stiff Upper Lip. A British Petroleum executive is assigned to work with the British Army in North Africa handling port duties for incoming fuels.

      Markimdb: 7.9
      Genreaction, thriller
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Spain

      During the war in Afghanistan, a local interpreter risks his own life to carry an injured sergeant across miles of grueling terrain.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Belgium, Canada, USA
      Duration02:30

      Stalin's core team of ministers tussle for control following the Russian leader's stroke in 1953.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genredrama, military, biography, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

      Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. But on the eve of their departure, Cromwell is drawn into the tangled web of religion and politics that will result in the English Civil War.

      Markimdb: 7.9
      Genredrama, military, history
      CountryNorway, Denmark, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Sweden

      When the Nazis secure a heavy water plant to realize their plan to create an atomic bomb, the Norwegian Allies struggle to sabotage the operation.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryEstonia, United Kingdom

      At the height of the Cold War, a troubled soldier forms a forbidden love triangle with a daring fighter pilot and his female comrade amid the dangerous surroundings of a Soviet Air Force Base.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:53

      Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the virus turns those it infects into homicidal maniacs -- and it's absolutely impossible to contain.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genredrama, military, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration02:05

      This historical drama is an account of the early life of British politician Winston Churchill, including his childhood years, his time as a war correspondent in Africa, and culminating with his first election to Parliament.

      Markimdb: 3.9
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action
      CountryUnited Kingdom

      After a zombie apocalypse spreads from a London prison, the UK is brought to its knees. The spread of the virus is temporarily contained but, without a cure, it’s only a matter of time before it breaks its boundaries and the biggest problem of all… any zombies with combat skills are now enhanced. With the South East of England quarantined from the rest of the world using fortified borders, intelligence finds that the scientist responsible for the outbreak is alive and well in London. With his recovery being the only hope of a cure, a squad of eight Special Forces soldiers is sent on a suicide mission to the city, now ruled by the undead, with a single task: get him out alive within 72 hours by any means necessary. What emerges is an unlikely pairing on a course to save humanity against ever-rising odds.

      Markimdb: 4.6
      Genrefantasy, melodrama, adventure
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Australia
      Duration01:49

      The Lovers is an epic romance time travel adventure film. Helmed by Roland Joffé from a story by Ajey Jhankar, the film is a sweeping tale of an impossible love set against the backdrop of the first Anglo-Maratha war across two time periods and continents and centred around four characters — a British officer in 18th century colonial India, the Indian woman he falls deeply in love with, an American present-day marine biologist and his wife.

      Markimdb: 4.2
      Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure
      CountryUSA, Germany, United Kingdom
      Duration02:40

      Four young outsiders teleport to a dangerous universe, which alters their physical form in shocking ways. Their lives irrevocably upended, the team must learn to harness their daunting new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend turned enemy.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genremelodrama, drama, military, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration02:46

      As an English soldier fights in the horrific trenches of northern France, he is haunted by the memories of his forbidden love affair with a French woman.

      Markimdb: 3
      Genrehorror, fantastic, comedy
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:41

      A group of friends awake one morning to find all electricity and power shut off and an immense alien aircraft hovering in the air above their heads. Suddenly this regular group of friends is battling to survive as the entire human race is threatened by the alien army hovering ominously above.

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genreaction, drama, military, biography
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Germany
      Duration01:43

      Battle-scarred and disillusioned by the war, Corporal Chris Merrimette is put in charge of a unit whose next mission is to resupply a remote outpost on the edge of Taliban-controlled territory. While driving through the hostile Helmand province, a Navy SEAL flags down their convoy and enlists the unit on an operation of international importance: they must help an Afghan woman famous for her defiance of the Taliban escape the country. Without tanks or air support, Merrimette and his team will need all the courage and firepower they can muster to fight their way across the war-torn country and shepherd the woman to safety.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrehorror, fantastic, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration02:13

        In the future, a strange fungus has changed nearly everyone into a thoughtless, flesh-eating monster. When a scientist and a teacher find a girl who seems to be immune to the fungus, they all begin a journey to save humanity.

        Markimdb: 4.7
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller
        CountryUnited Kingdom, South Africa
        Duration01:30

        A documentary crew follows an elite unit of soldiers in the wake of an alien invasion.

        Markimdb: 4.8
        Genrefantastic, thriller, melodrama, drama, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Spain, USA, Germany
        Duration02:22

        On a bleak future Earth, a soldier endures a radical genetic transformation to save humanity. But his wife fears he's becoming more creature than man.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genrecomedy
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:25

        Norman Pitkin and Mr Grimsdale are council workmen mending the road outside an Army base when they come into conflict with the military. Shortly afterwards, they get drafted and fall into the clutches of the Sergeant they have just bested. They are sent to France to repair roads in front of the Allied advance but get captured. Pitkin takes advantage of a useful similarity to impersonate General Schreiber and manages to return a hero

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genredrama, documentary, military
        CountryUnited Kingdom

        Part drama, part documentary, The Road to Guantánamo focuses on the Tipton Three, a trio of British Muslims who were held in Guantanamo Bay for two years until they were released without charge.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, military
        CountryUnited Kingdom, France, West Germany
        Duration02:06

        A safecracker turns double agent during WWII.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, military, biography, history
        CountryCzech Republic, United Kingdom, USA, France
        Duration02:24

        In December 1941, Czech soldier Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš parachute into their occupied homeland to assassinate Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich

        Markimdb: 3.4
        Genreaction, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:37

        Andy Marlow, an ex British S.A.S serviceman turned mercenary, is sent into the Balkans after a military coup has arisen to rescue a U.S ambassador and his aide.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genredrama, military
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:42

        Set in the fields of Devon and the WW1 battlefields of Flanders, two brothers fall for the same girl while contending with the pressures of their feudal family life, the war, and the price of courage and cowardice.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrefantastic, drama
        CountryJapan, Germany, United Kingdom, Taiwan

        An old couple, their only son, the son's wife, a young man and his lover live peacefully in a village. Then, a terrifying earthquake strikes that causes a nearby nuclear station to explode. The residents must evacuate, but the family lives on a farm, with only half of the area designated as an evacuation area...

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genrefantastic, action
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration02:02

        Set in a near future, technology-reliant society that pits man against killing machines. Against this backdrop an elite army unit is helicoptered to a remote, off-the-grid island training facility. What starts out as a simple training exercise for Captain Bukes and his tight-knit unit, descends into a terrifying battle to the death, as the marines discover the island is overrun by an enemy that transcends the human concept of evil.

        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.




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