WWII action movies

List of the best action movies about the Second World War, selected by visitors to our site: Allied, Fury, Inglourious Basterds, Skyfall, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, The Raid, Everest, RED, Gangster Squad, Robin Hood.

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

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: 7.6
Genreaction, drama, military
CountryUSA, China, United Kingdom
Duration02:14

Last months of World War II in April 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theater, a battle-hardened U.S. Army sergeant in the 2nd Armored Division named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank called "Fury" and its five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Outnumbered and outgunned, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.

Markimdb: 8.3
Genreaction, comedy, drama, military
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration02:33

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 killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genreaction, thriller, adventure
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Turkey
Duration02:23

When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong and agents around the world are exposed, MI6 is attacked forcing M to relocate the agency. These events cause her authority and position to be challenged by Gareth Mallory, the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee. With MI6 now compromised from both inside and out, M is left with one ally she can trust: Bond. 007 takes to the shadows - aided only by field agent, Eve - following a trail to the mysterious Silva, whose lethal and hidden motives have yet to reveal themselves.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, crime, detective
CountryUSA, Mexico, Hong Kong
Duration02:09

FBI agent Matt Graver teams up with operative Alejandro Gillick to prevent Mexican drug cartels from smuggling terrorists across the U.S. border.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genreaction, thriller, crime
CountryIndonesia, USA
Duration01:36

Deep in the heart of Jakarta's slums lies an impenetrable safe house for the world's most dangerous killers and gangsters. Until now, the run-down apartment block has been considered untouchable to even the bravest of police. Cloaked under the cover of pre-dawn darkness and silence, an elite swat team is tasked with raiding the safe house in order to take down the notorious drug lord that runs it. But when a chance encounter with a spotter blows their cover and news of their assault reaches the drug lord, the building's lights are cut and all the exits blocked. Stranded on the sixth floor with no way out, the unit must fight their way through the city's worst to survive their mission. Starring Indonesian martial arts sensation Iko Uwais.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Iceland
Duration02:46

Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, "Everest" documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest of elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle for survival.

Markimdb: 7
Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
CountryUSA, France, Canada, China
Duration01:51

When his peaceful life is threatened by a high-tech assassin, former black-ops agent, Frank Moses reassembles his old team in a last ditch effort to survive and uncover his assailants.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:53

    Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and — if he has his way — every wire bet placed west of Chicago. And he does it all with the protection of not only his own paid goons, but also the police and the politicians who are under his control. It’s enough to intimidate even the bravest, street-hardened cop… except, perhaps, for the small, secret crew of LAPD outsiders led by Sgt. John O’Mara and Jerry Wooters who come together to try to tear Cohen’s world apart.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genreaction, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration02:28

    When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to his family in Nottingham. There, he assumes Robert's identity; romances his widow, Marion; and draws the ire of the town's sheriff and King John's henchman, Godfrey.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genreaction, thriller, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:49

    A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob -- the very organization the two men believe they have been stealing money from.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genreaction, drama, military, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:12

      U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle takes his sole mission—protect his comrades—to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers in American history. His pinpoint accuracy not only saves countless lives but also makes him a prime target of insurgents. Despite grave danger and his struggle to be a good husband and father to his family back in the States, Kyle serves four tours of duty in Iraq. However, when he finally returns home, he finds that he cannot leave the war behind.

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      Genreaction, drama
      CountryUSA

      After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy's top aviators, Pete Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genreaction, comedy, drama, crime
      CountryUSA, Japan, Colombia
      Duration02:32

        The true story of pilot Barry Seal, who transported contraband for the CIA and the Medellin cartel in the 1980s.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genreaction, thriller, crime
        CountryUSA, Japan

        Hutch Mansell, a suburban dad, overlooked husband, nothing neighbor — a "nobody." When two thieves break into his home one night, Hutch's unknown long-simmering rage is ignited and propels him on a brutal path that will uncover dark secrets he fought to leave behind.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genreaction, thriller, comedy, adventure
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration01:58

        A group of Iraq War veterans goes on the run from U.S. military forces while they try to clear their names after being framed for a crime they didn't commit. Along the way, Col. Hannibal Smith, Capt. H.M. ‘Howling Mad’ Murdock , Sgt. Bosco ‘B.A.’ Baracus, and Lt. Templeton ‘Faceman’ Peck help out various people they encounter.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genreaction, military
        CountryUSA, France
        Duration01:56

        In the midst of World War II, the battle under the sea rages and the Nazis have the upper hand as the Allies are unable to crack their war codes. However, after a wrecked U-boat sends out an SOS signal, the Allies realise this is their chance to seize the 'enigma coding machine'.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, western, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:40

          A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.

          Markimdb: 7.5
          Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, detective, military
          CountryRussia, USA, Belarus
          Duration01:58

          The movie is set in Belarus, where a team of counter-intelligence officers is given only three days to find a German radio operator posing as a Soviet soldier, behind soviet lines, on the eve of a major offensive.

          Markimdb: 7.7
          Genreaction, thriller, adventure
          CountryUSA, China, France, Norway, United Kingdom
          Duration02:28

          When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfill his original briefing, the CIA begin to question his loyalty and his motives. The IMF team find themselves in a race against time, hunted by assassins while trying to prevent a global catastrophe.

          Markimdb: 6.9
          Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, biography, history
          CountryUSA, Australia, Spain
          Duration02:10

          In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance. The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville’s Moby Dick.  But that told only half the story.  “Heart of the Sea” reveals the encounter’s harrowing aftermath, as the ship’s surviving crew is pushed to their limits and forced to do the unthinkable to stay alive.  Braving storms, starvation, panic and despair, the men will call into question their deepest beliefs, from the value of their lives to the morality of their trade, as their captain searches for direction on the open sea and his first mate still seeks to bring the great whale down.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:05

            As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise.

            Markimdb: 5.7
            Genreaction, thriller, crime
            CountryUSA

            After being involuntarily discharged from the U.S. Special Forces, James Harper decides to support his family by joining a private contracting organization alongside his best friend and under the command of a fellow veteran. Overseas on a covert mission, Harper must evade those trying to kill him while making his way back home.

            Markimdb: 7
            Genreaction, comedy
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:52

            A desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent diabolical global disaster.

            Markimdb: 7.6
            Genreaction, thriller, drama, history
            CountryUSA, Australia
            Duration01:51

            Mumbai, India, November 26, 2008. While several terrorists spread hatred and death through the city, others attack the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. Both hotel staff and guests risk their lives, making unthinkable sacrifices to protect themselves and keep everyone safe while help arrives.

            Markimdb: 7.5
            Genreaction, thriller, crime
            CountryUSA, China
            Duration01:37

              John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of the world’s most dangerous killers.

              Markimdb: 7.6
              Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, adventure, crime, detective
              CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia
              Duration02:08

              Eccentric consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson battle to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy England.

              Markimdb: 7.6
              Genreaction, drama, military, history
              CountryUSA, Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom, France, Germany
              Duration02:11

              Enemy at the Gates is a war film from Jean-Jacques Annaud from 2001 that takes place during the battle of Stalingard in World War II between the Russians and the Germans.

              Markimdb: 6.5
              Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:00

              After five (or six) years of vanilla-wedded bliss, ordinary suburbanites John and Jane Smith are stuck in a huge rut. Unbeknownst to each other, they are both coolly lethal, highly-paid assassins working for rival organisations. When they discover they're each other's next target, their secret lives collide in a spicy, explosive mix of wicked comedy, pent-up passion, nonstop action and high-tech weaponry.

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              Genreaction, comedy, crime
              CountryUSA

              Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, Nick Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan. Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative and forced to live up to his own legend, channeling his most iconic and beloved on-screen characters in order to save himself and his loved ones.

              Markimdb: 7.6
              Genreaction, fantasy, military
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:57

              Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians; the battle is said to have inspired all of Greece to band together against the Persians, and helped usher in the world's first democracy.

              Markimdb: 7.6
              Genreaction, drama, biography
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:24

              Members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots battle deadly wildfires to save an Arizona town.

              Markimdb: 6.8
              Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:58

              Marcus Burnett is a hen-pecked family man. Mike Lowry is a foot-loose and fancy free ladies' man. Both are Miami policemen, and both have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station's nose. To complicate matters, in order to get the assistance of the sole witness to a murder, they have to pretend to be each other.

              Markimdb: 7
              Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:45

              When the girl that detective Joe Hallenback is protecting gets murdered, the boyfriend of the murdered girl (ex-football player Jimmy Dix) attempts to investigate and solve the case. What they discover is that there is deep seated corruption going on between a crooked politician and the owner of a pro football team.

              Markimdb: 7.3
              Genreaction, thriller, comedy, adventure
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:15

              Harry Tasker is a secret agent for the United States Government. For years, he has kept his job from his wife, but is forced to reveal his identity and try to stop nuclear terrorists when he and his wife are kidnapped by them.

              Markimdb: 7.2
              Genreaction, thriller, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:04

              A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why.

              Markimdb: 7.2
              Genreaction, melodrama, drama, history
              CountryUSA, Malta, United Kingdom
              Duration02:43

              In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnom to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. So they set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy. With the help of Achilles, the Greeks are able to fight the never before defeated Trojans.

              Markimdb: 5.6
              Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:28

              Two mismatched security guards are thrown together to bust a smuggling operation.

              Markimdb: 7.2
              Genreaction, fantasy, melodrama, drama, adventure
              CountryNew Zealand, USA, Germany
              Duration03:07

              In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.

              Markimdb: 6.4
              Genreaction, comedy, adventure
              CountryUSA, Canada
              Duration01:52

              In an ensemble film about easy money, greed, manipulation and bad driving, a Las Vegas casino tycoon entertains his wealthiest high rollers -- a group that will bet on anything -- by pitting six ordinary people against each other in a wild dash for $2 million jammed into a locker hundreds of miles away. The tycoon and his wealthy friends monitor each racer's every move to keep track of their favorites. The only rule in this race is that there are no rules.

              Markimdb: 7.6
              Genreaction, drama, sport
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:31

              The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed.

              Markimdb: 6.2
              Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
              CountryUSA, Germany
              Duration01:31

                After an attempted assassination on Ambassador Han, Inspector Lee and Detective Carter are back in action as they head to Paris to protect a French woman with knowledge of the Triads' secret leaders. Lee also holds secret meetings with a United Nations authority, but his personal struggles with a Chinese criminal mastermind named Kenji, which reveals that it's Lee's long-lost...brother.

                Markimdb: 7.4
                Genreaction, drama, adventure, military, history
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:18

                After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh his commitment to duty and ferocious pursuit of glory against the safety of his devoted crew, including the ship's thoughtful surgeon, his best friend.

                Markimdb: 6.7
                Genrefantastic, action, thriller, crime, detective
                CountryChina, USA
                Duration01:55

                  Ray Breslin is the world's foremost authority on structural security. After analyzing every high security prison and learning a vast array of survival skills so he can design escape-proof prisons, his skills are put to the test. He's framed and incarcerated in a master prison he designed himself. He needs to escape and find the person who put him behind bars.

                  Markimdb: 6.8
                  Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
                  CountryUSA, Germany
                  Duration02:04

                    An aging thief hopes to retire and live off his ill-gotten wealth when a young kid convinces him into doing one last heist.

                    Markimdb: 6.3
                    Genreaction, comedy, melodrama
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:37

                    Two top CIA operatives wage an epic battle against one another after they discover they are dating the same woman.

                    Markimdb: 6.3
                    Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, music
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration02:09

                    A former Secret Service agent grudgingly takes an assignment to protect a pop idol who's threatened by a crazed fan. At first, the safety-obsessed bodyguard and the self-indulgent diva totally clash. But before long, all that tension sparks fireworks of another sort, and the love-averse tough guy is torn between duty and romance.

                    Markimdb: 7.1
                    Genreaction, thriller, drama, history
                    CountryUSA, Hong Kong
                    Duration02:15

                      A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.

                      Markimdb: 7.3
                      Genreaction, thriller, crime
                      CountryUSA, Germany
                      Duration02:10

                      Former cop Brian O'Conner partners with ex-con Dom Toretto on the opposite side of the law. Since Brian and Mia Toretto broke Dom out of custody, they've blown across many borders to elude authorities. Now backed into a corner in Rio de Janeiro, they must pull one last job in order to gain their freedom.

                      Markimdb: 7
                      Genreaction, drama, crime
                      CountryUSA, Mexico
                      Duration01:36

                        A career criminal (Gibson) nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a 9-year-old boy.




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