War Drama Movies

List about the Second World War, the Great Patriotic War and other wars, selected by visitors to our site: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, The Book Thief, Atonement, Forrest Gump, The King's Speech, Malena, Vice, The Art of Racing in the Rain, It's Kind of a Funny Story, The Battalion.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genredrama, military, history
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:30

When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a Jewish prisoner or the role his own Nazi father plays in his imprisonment, Bruno embarks on a dangerous journey inside the camp's walls.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genredrama, military
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration02:11

While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refuge is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genremelodrama, drama, detective, military
CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
Duration02:00

As a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.

Markimdb: 8.8
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, military, history
CountryUSA
Duration02:22

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events - in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. Yet, despite all the things he has attained, his one true love eludes him. 'Forrest Gump' is the story of a man who rose above his challenges, and who proved that determination, courage, and love are more important than ability.

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
Genremelodrama, drama, military
CountryItaly, USA
Duration01:40

On the day in 1940 that Italy enters the war, two things happen to the 12-year-old Renato: he gets his first bike, and he gets his first look at Malèna. She is a beautiful, silent outsider who's moved to this Sicilian town to be with her husband, Nico. He promptly goes off to war, leaving her to the lustful eyes of the men and the sharp tongues of the women. During the next few years, as Renato grows toward manhood, he watches Malèna suffer and prove her mettle. He sees her loneliness, then grief when Nico is reported dead, the effects of slander on her relationship with her father, her poverty and search for work, and final humiliations. Will Renato learn courage from Malèna and stand up for her?

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrecomedy, drama, biography
CountryUSA
Duration02:07

George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to politics, Cheney's impressive résumé includes stints as White House chief of staff, House Minority Whip and defense secretary. When Bush wins by a narrow margin, Cheney begins to use his newfound power to help reshape the country and the world.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family, sport
CountryUSA
Duration01:44

A family dog—with a near-human soul and a philosopher's mind—evaluates his life through the lessons learned by his human owner, a race-car driver.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:41

A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genredrama, military, history
CountryRussia
Duration02:09

Russia, 1917, WWI. This is the story of the 1st Russian Women's Battalion of Death, formed as part of an ill-conceived propaganda ploy by the Russian Provisional Government in late May of 1917.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:00

    After spending eight months in a mental institution, a former teacher moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genrecomedy, drama, biography, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:24

      The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genredrama, detective, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration00:40

      After the sudden death of ex-Secret Intelligence Service man Alexander, his wife Alison investigates when mysteries from her husband's past come knocking.

      Markimdb: 8.1
      Genredrama, biography, history
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration02:13

      In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA, France
      Duration01:38

      Set in the 1920s French Riviera, a master magician is commissioned to try and expose a psychic as a fraud.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genredrama
      CountrySpain, Thailand, USA
      Duration01:49

        In December 2004, close-knit family Maria, Henry and their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand. But the day after Christmas, the idyllic holiday turns into an incomprehensible nightmare when a terrifying roar rises from the depths of the sea, followed by a wall of black water that devours everything in its path. Though Maria and her family face their darkest hour, unexpected displays of kindness and courage ameliorate their terror.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genredrama
        CountryUSA, Germany

        A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the western United States after losing everything in the Great Recession, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.

        Markimdb: 7.9
        Genredrama, family
        CountryUSA, Hong Kong, Canada
        Duration02:15

        The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.

        Markimdb: 8
        Genredrama
        CountryIndia, USA, United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong
        Duration02:35

          Rizwan Khan, a Muslim from the Borivali section of Mumbai, has Asperger's syndrome. He marries a Hindu single mother, Mandira, in San Francisco. After 9/11, Rizwan is detained by authorities at LAX who treat him as a terrorist because of his condition and his race.

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genrecomedy, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:30

          A world-weary college professor is given a life-changing diagnosis and decides to throw all pretense and conventions to the wind and live his life as boldly and freely as possible with a biting sense of humor, a reckless streak and a touch of madness.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genrecomedy, drama, biography
          CountryFrance, USA
          Duration01:50

          On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.

          Markimdb: 7.9
          Genredrama
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:46

            The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.

            Markimdb: 7.9
            Genredrama, adventure, family, biography, history
            CountryUSA

            The untold true story set in the winter of 1925 that takes you across the treacherous terrain of the Alaskan tundra for an exhilarating and uplifting adventure that will test the strength, courage and determination of one man, Leonhard Seppala, and his lead sled dog, Togo.

            Markimdb: 7.6
            Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:49

            Everyone deserves a great love story. But for seventeen-year old Simon Spier it's a little more complicated: he's yet to tell his family or friends he's gay and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate he's fallen for online.

            Markimdb: 7.4
            Genrecomedy, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:25

            Stevie is a sweet 13-year-old about to explode. His mom is loving and attentive, but a little too forthcoming about her romantic life. His big brother is a taciturn and violent bully. So Stevie searches his working-class Los Angeles suburb for somewhere to belong. He finds it at the Motor Avenue skate shop.

            Markimdb: 7.1
            Genrecomedy, drama, family
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:04

            Benjamin has lost his wife and, in a bid to start his life over, purchases a large house that has a zoo – welcome news for his daughter, but his son is not happy about it. The zoo is in need of renovation and Benjamin sets about the work with the head keeper and the rest of the staff, but, the zoo soon runs into financial trouble.

            Markimdb: 7.9
            Genremelodrama, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:42

            A coming-of-age story based on the best-selling novel by Stephen Chbosky, which follows 15-year-old freshman Charlie, an endearing and naive outsider who is taken under the wings of two seniors. A moving tale of love, loss, fear and hope - and the unforgettable friends that help us through life.

            Markimdb: 8.5
            Genredrama, music
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:46

            Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.

            Markimdb: 7
            Genremelodrama, drama
            CountryUSA, United Kingdom
            Duration01:43

            A romantic comedy centered on Dexter and Emma, who first meet during their graduation in 1988 and proceed to keep in touch regularly. The film follows what they do on July 15 annually, usually doing something together.

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genredrama, biography
            CountryUSA, Republic of Ireland, France, Iceland, Mexico, Belgium, United Kingdom, Hong Kong
            Duration02:04

            Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.

            Markimdb: 8.1
            Genredrama, sport
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:20

            The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament - a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother, an ex-marine with a tragic past.

            Markimdb: 9
            Genredrama, military, biography, history
            CountryUSA
            Duration03:15

            The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.

            Markimdb: 6.8
            Genremelodrama, drama
            CountryUSA, Canada
            Duration01:44

            Happy young married couple Paige and Leo are, well, happy. Then a car accident puts Paige into a life-threatening coma. Upon awakening she has lost the previous five years of memories, including those of her beloved Leo, her wedding, a confusing relationship with her parents, or the ending of her relationship with her ex-fiance. Despite these complications, Leo endeavors to win her heart again and rebuild their marriage.

            Markimdb: 8
            Genredrama, biography
            CountryAustralia, United Kingdom, USA, India
            Duration01:43

            A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.

            Markimdb: 7.6
            Genrecomedy, drama
            CountryUSA, United Kingdom, China
            Duration02:26

            A faded television actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame and success in the film industry during the final years of Hollywood's Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles.

            Markimdb: 7
            Genremelodrama, drama, crime, biography
            CountryUSA, Canada
            Duration01:46

              The story of the awakening of the painter, Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.

              Markimdb: 7.4
              Genrecomedy, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:34

              A California high school student plans to escape from her family and small town by going to college in New York.

              Markimdb: 8.1
              Genredrama, crime
              CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
              Duration02:35

              After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at Bill Willoughby, the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Jason Dixon, an immature mother's boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing's law enforcement is only exacerbated.

              Markimdb: 3.5
              Genrethriller, drama, military, history
              CountryRussia

              In the center of the plot of the film is a young soldier of the Ukrainian army, Andrei Sokolov, who is sent to the combat zone as a driver. Fleeing from the shelling, Andrew finds himself in the basement of a dwelling house, where he meets different people, each of whom dreams of only one thing - so that the war will end as soon as possible.

              Markimdb: 7.9
              Genremelodrama, drama
              CountryItaly, France, USA, Brazil
              Duration02:09

              Elio Perlman is spending the summer with his family at their vacation home in Lombardy, Italy. When his father hires a handsome doctoral student, the curious 17-year-old finds himself developing a growing attraction to the young man.

              Markimdb: 7
              Genrecomedy, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:10

              An emotionally desperate investment banker finds hope through a woman he meets in Chicago.

              Markimdb: 7.9
              Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
              CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

              A stage director and an actress struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal extremes.

              Genrefantastic, comedy, drama
              CountryUSA

              Two low-level astronomers must go on a giant media tour to warn humankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth.

              Markimdb: 8
              Genredrama, biography
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:58

                Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.

                Markimdb: 6.2
                Genremelodrama, drama, crime, music
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:41

                  A tight-knit group of New York City street dancers, including Luke and Natalie, team up with NYU freshman Moose, and find themselves pitted against the world's best hip hop dancers in a high-stakes showdown that will change their lives forever.

                  Markimdb: 7.7
                  Genremelodrama, drama
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration02:13

                  Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a patient named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.

                  Markimdb: 6.7
                  Genredrama, adventure, family
                  CountryUSA, Canada

                  Buck is a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Yukon during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. As the newest rookie on a mail delivery dog sled team—and later its leader—Buck experiences the adventure of a lifetime, ultimately finding his true place in the world and becoming his own master.

                  Markimdb: 6.6
                  Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, adventure, western, military
                  CountryAustralia, United Kingdom, USA
                  Duration02:39

                  Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by Japanese forces firsthand.

                  Markimdb: 7.8
                  Genredrama
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration02:33

                  After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.

                  Markimdb: 6.6
                  Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime
                  CountryUSA, Argentina
                  Duration02:24

                  Nicky, a veteran con artist, takes a novice named Jess under his wing. While Nicky teaches Jess the tricks of the trade, the pair become romantically involved; but, when Jess gets uncomfortably close, Nicky ends their relationship. Three years later, Nicky is in Buenos Aires working a very dangerous scheme when Jess -- now an accomplished femme fatale -- unexpectedly shows up. Her appearance throws Nicky for a loop at a time when he cannot afford to be off his game.




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