English movies about the war

List of movies about the Second World War, the Great Patriotic War and other wars selected by visitors to our site: Dunkirk, 1917, Lone Survivor, Platoon, Black Hawk Down, Wonder Woman, 400 Bullets, The King, The Mule, Queen & Country.

In the top there are new films of 2021, 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: 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: 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: 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: 7.4
      Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure, military
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Spain
      Duration02:16

        An Amazon princess comes to the world of Man in the grips of the First World War to confront the forces of evil and bring an end to human conflict.

        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: 7.2
        Genredrama, military, biography, history
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Hungary, USA, Australia
        Duration01:59

        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.

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

        A soldier protects a mule during the Spanish Civil War.

        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: 6.1
        Genrefantasy, comedy, family, military
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France
        Duration01:49

        Nanny McPhee appears at the door of a harried young mother, Mrs. Isabel Green, who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war. But once she’s arrived, Nanny McPhee discovers that the children are fighting a war of their own against two spoiled city cousins who have just moved in. Relying on everything from a flying motorcycle and a statue that comes to life to a tree-climbing piglet and a baby elephant, Nanny uses her magic to teach her mischievous charges five new lessons.

        Markimdb: 8
        Genrethriller, drama, military, biography
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
        Duration01:54

          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's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genreaction, thriller, comedy, adventure, crime
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

          As a collection of history's worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop them.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, military, history
          CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
          Duration01:37

          Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus' legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the Earth and destroy their leader, Gorlacon.

          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: 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: 6.6
          Genrethriller, drama, adventure, military
          CountryUnited Kingdom, Israel, France

          Beirut, 1982: a young Palestinian refugee and an Israeli fighter pilot form a tentative bond in their attempt to make their way across war-torn Lebanon back to their home.

          Markimdb: 8.6
          Genredrama, crime, detective, military
          CountryUnited Kingdom

          As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940. Later series sees the retired detective working as an MI5 agent operating in the aftermath of the war.

          Markimdb: 6.9
          Genrethriller, drama, adventure, military
          CountryUnited Kingdom
          Duration02:15

          When the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a country estate in Norfolk, it hatches an audacious scheme to kidnap the prime minister and spirit him to Germany for enforced negotiations with Hitler.

          Markimdb: 8
          Genrefantastic, action, drama
          CountryUnited Kingdom, Australia, USA
          Duration02:05

          Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.

          Markimdb: 4.8
          Genreaction, thriller
          CountryUnited Kingdom
          Duration01:35

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

          Markimdb: 5.3
          Genredrama, military
          CountryUnited Kingdom

          An unassuming young lawyer leads a fight against the Nazis near the end of the Second World War.

          Markimdb: 7
          Genredrama, military, biography, history
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Czech Republic
          Duration02:23

          The account of keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Jan and Antonina Zabinski, who helped save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion.

          Markimdb: 6
          Genredrama
          CountryUnited Kingdom
          Duration01:30

          A British intelligence officer has to ensure that a captured German scientist helps the British develop jet aircraft.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genreadventure, family, cartoon, military, history
          CountryRepublic of Ireland, France, USA, Canada, Belgium, United Kingdom

          The true story of the most decorated dog in American military history -- Sgt. Stubby -- and the enduring bonds he forged with his brothers-in-arms in the trenches of World War I.

          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: 7.2
          Genredrama
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom
          Duration02:31

          A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genrecomedy
          CountryUnited Kingdom
          Duration01:34

          Norman Puckle (Norman Wisdom), a well-meaning but clumsy grocer's assistant, can't seem to do anything right. After being rejected by Marlene, the love of his life, he attempts suicide, but can't even do that. He is saved from jumping off a cliff at 'Lover's Leap' by a Royal Navy petty officer. He persuades Puckle to join the Royal Navy, where he'll meet 'lots of girls'. Life in the Navy proves not to be as rosy as it's been described, and Puckle fails at every task during basic training. But despite this, he's regarded by the Admiral in charge of a rocket project to be a 'typical average British sailor', and chosen to be the first man to fly into outer space in an experimental rocket.

          Markimdb: 8
          Genredrama, biography, history
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Australia
          Duration01:58

          The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country into war.

          Markimdb: 7.4
          Genrecomedy
          CountryUnited Kingdom
          Duration01:46

          The US President and the UK Prime Minister are looking to launch a war in the Middle East. The plot follows government officials and advisers in their behind-the-scenes efforts either to promote the war or prevent it.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genrehorror, action, fantasy, drama
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland
          Duration01:40

          Vlad Tepes is a great hero, but when he learns the Sultan is preparing for battle and needs to form an army of 1,000 boys, including Vlad's son, he vows to find a way to protect his family. Vlad turns to dark forces in order to get the power to destroy his enemies and agrees to go from hero to monster as he's turned into the mythological vampire Dracula.

          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: 6.4
          Genreaction, thriller, drama, military
          CountryFrance, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Belgium

          A private security contractor in Iraq rejects the official explanation of his friend's death and decides to investigate.

          Markimdb: 6.2
          Genremelodrama, drama, military, biography
          CountryUnited Kingdom
          Duration01:50

          The Edge of love is a love story of two feisty women and a brilliant, charismatic poet who love both women. One woman Vera Phillips who is his first love and whom he lost for ten year, while other one is his present wife Caitlin who is adventurous and felt same adventurous nature in this charismatic poet, Dylan Thomas, also.

          Markimdb: 7.7
          Genrecomedy, drama, cartoon, military
          CountryUnited Kingdom
          Duration01:20

          With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed from their romantic memories of World War II.

          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: 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: 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: 6.4
          Genrethriller, drama, crime
          CountryUnited Kingdom

          Shifty, a young crack cocaine dealer in London, sees his life quickly spiral out of control when his best friend returns home. Stalked by a customer desperate to score at all costs, and with his family about to turn their back on him for good, Shifty must out-run and out-smart a rival drug dealer, intent on setting him up for a big fall.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, military
          CountryUnited Kingdom, Australia, Luxembourg
          Duration02:14

          A British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and sends them in to save the virtuous but imprisoned opposition leader who is also critically ill and due for execution. Just when the team has performed a perfect rescue, the multinational does a deal with the vicious dictator leaving the mercenary band to escape under their own steam and exact revenge.

          Markimdb: 4.4
          Genreaction, drama, adventure, military, history
          CountryUnited Kingdom
          Duration01:31

          Returning to his homeland after years of slavery, a Norman prince seeks revenge on his father's murderer – his ruthless uncle, Earl Durant. Gaining the trust of a band of exiled farmers, he leads them into battle against Durant, exploiting them in his inexorable quest for vengeance. As one by one they are slaughtered in the brutal battle, will the prince sacrifice everything an everyone to fulfil his quest for blood?

          Markimdb: 6.9
          Genrefantastic, action, adventure
          CountryUnited Kingdom, China, Japan, USA, Mexico, Hong Kong
          Duration02:11

            When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity's resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes—a washed-up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi)—who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind's last hope against the mounting apocalypse.

            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: 7.6
            Genremelodrama, drama, military
            CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
            Duration02:14

            English middle-class family, The Minivers, experience life in the first months of World War II.

            Markimdb: 6.7
            Genredrama, history
            CountryFrance, Belgium, United Kingdom

            After many years of confrontation, the treasures of Spain and France are empty. In 1721, the regent of France draws up an ambitious plan to inaugurate an era of peace and prosperity that will heal the economies of both nations: his intention is to build a solid network of marriage alliances that will involve four children of very different ages who know nothing of betrayals and power games…

            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: 7.4
            Genredrama, military, biography, history
            CountryUnited Kingdom
            Duration02:41

            Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous hunchback Richard, Duke of York, plots to seize power for himself. Masterfully deceiving and plotting against nearly everyone in the royal court, including his eventual wife, Lady Anne, and his brother George, Duke of Clarence, Richard orchestrates a bloody rise to power before finding all his gains jeopardized by those he betrayed.

            Markimdb: 4.1
            Genreaction, thriller, adventure, crime
            CountryThailand, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, USA

            When a Thai girl with mythical powers goes missing, Axe and his old team unite in attempts to bring her back.

            Markimdb: 6.8
            Genremelodrama, drama, military
            CountryAzerbaijan, United Kingdom
            Duration02:12

            Muslim prince Ali and Georgian aristocrat Nino have grown up in the Russian province of Azerbaijan. Their tragic love story sees the outbreak of the First World War and the world’s struggle for Baku’s oil. Ultimately they must choose to fight for their country’s independence or for each other.

            Markimdb: 4.9
            Genrehorror, fantastic, action
            CountryUnited Kingdom
            Duration01:41

            A pair of investigators team up with a Special Forces Unit to venture deep inside a war raging between the military and a massive army of Nazi Zombie Stormtroopers. Their mission is to fight their way behind enemy lines, locate the technology at the source of this growing threat and prevent the seemingly inevitable rise of the 4th Reich.




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