Below is a list of all of the 45 war movies currently
available to stream on Netflix in the UK. I've added a short description on
each entry just to clarify what the film is i.e. year and running time. I've
written some reviews and ranked some of the films available already on previous
posts, check those out if you wish. But for here it's just some basic
information and a list of war films available on demand Netflix in alphabetical order, enjoy.
6 Days
Story about the Iranian Embassy siege of 1980 and the SAS
raid to free the hostages. Starring: Jamie Bell, Abbie Cornish and Mark Strong.
Director: Toa Fraser. 2017, 15, 1h 34 m.
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| John Krasinski stars in 13 Hours a mercenary in Libya |
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Elite private military contractors in Libya, try to save the
besieged US Consulate. Starring: John Krasinski, James Badge Dale and Max
Martini. Director: Michael Bay. 2016, 15, 2h 25m.
A Soldier's Story
Nigerian war film, an injured soldier is rescued by a woman
and taken in, although he suffers from amnesia.
Starring: Tope Tedela, Linda Ejiofor, Daniel K Daniel and
Adesua Etomi. Director: Frankie Ogar. 2015, 1h 49m.
Act of Valor
Navy SEALs are tasked with rescuing an imprisoned CIA agent
in the Philippines. Starring: Roselyn Sánchez, Nestor Serrano, Emilio Rivera
and Rorke Denver. Directors: Mike McCoy and Scott Waugh. 2012,
15, 1h 49m.
Beasts of No Nation
The brutal stories of civil war in Africa and child
soldiers. Starring: Idris Elba, Abraham Attah, Kurt Egyiawan and Jude
Akuwudike. Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga. 2015, 15, 2h 17m.
Behind Enemy Lines
2 US Marines are tasked with acquiring nuclear devices from
a Vietnamese general. Ending up with one of them in prison and the other coming
to rescue him. Starring: Thomas Ian Griffith, Chris Mulkey, Mark Carlton and
Mushond Lee. Director: Mark Griffiths. 1997, Mature, 1h 26m.
(not to be confused with the 2001 film starring Owen Wilson
and Gene Hackman).
Black Hawk Down
Following a US Special Forces led raid on a rebel leader in
Mogadishu Somalia,
things go awry. Starring: Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Tom
Sizemore and Eric Bana. Director: Ridley Scott. 2001, 15, 2h 24m.
Casualties of War
Covering some of the horrific treatment of civilians in war
time, this Vietnam war film covers the brutal rape of a Vietnamese civilian and
the subsequent investigation. Starring: Michael J. Fox, Sean Penn, Don Patrick
Harvey and John C. Reilly. Director: Brian De Palma. 1989, 18, 1h 53m.
Check Point
A former down on his luck US Marine, learns of plans for an enemy
invasion of the US. Starring: Kenny
Johnson, William Forsythe, Bill Goldberg and Michelle Lee. Director: Thomas J
Churchill. 2017, 15, 1h 37m.
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| Das Boot, U-Boat warfare in the Battle of the Atlantic |
Das Boot
Classic German war film, following the exploits of a U-Boat
in World War 2 fighting in the Battle of the Atlantic. Starring: Jürgen
Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer and Klaus Wennemann. Director: Wolfgang Petersen.
1981, 12, 2h 29m.
Downfall
The story from the bunker, the last days of Adolf Hitler and
indeed World War Two in Europe pieced together from contemporary accounts.
Starring: Bruno Ganza, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch and Ulrich
Matthes. Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel. 2004, 15, 2h 35m.
The Expendables 1
A group of mercenaries are deployed to a South American
island to overthrow the dictator. Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham,
Jet Li and Dolph Lundgren. Director: Sylvester Stallone. 2010, 18, 2h 10m.
The Expendables 2
Following a plane crash in Albania the mercenaries must
retrieve a computer that contains information on the location of tonnes of
Plutonium. Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bruce Willis
and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Director: Simon West. 2012, 15, 1h 43m.
The Expendables 3
The elite team wage war with an arms dealer. Starring: Jason
Statham, Antonio Banderas, Jet Li, Wesley Snipes. Director: Patrick Hughes.
2014, 12, 2h 6m.
The Fighting Seabees
Wartime movie about US construction battalions, known as
Seabees. Despite their civilian status the workers soon find themselves armed
and facing the Japanese enemy. Starring: John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Dennis
O'Keefe as Lt. Cmdr. Robert Yarrow and William Frawley. Director: Edward
Ludwig. 1944, U, 1h 39m.
Forbidden Ground
Australian film about three British soldiers who 'go over
the top' during the Great War only to be left stranded and alone in no man's
land. Starring: Johan Earl, Tim Pocock and Martin Copping. Directors: Johan Earl and Adrian Powers. 2013, 15, 1h
34m.
Full Metal Jacket
Stanley Kubrick's powerful take on not only the Vietnam war but the bootcamp that young US Marines faced before deployment. One of the greatest war films ever made. Starring: Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio and R.Lee Ermey. Director: Stanley Kubrick. 1987, 18, 1h 54m.
Fury
Follows the exploits of an American tank crew and their M4
Sherman named Fury in the last year of World War Two. Starring: David Ayer,
Brad Pitt, Logan Lerman and Shia LaBeouf. Director: David Ayer. 2014, 15, 2h
14m.
Hacksaw Ridge
A US medic and pacifist is the unlikely hero, patching up
his comrades to win the Medal of Honor in the battle of Okinawa. Starring:
Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey and Teresa Palmer. Director: Mel
Gibson. 2016, 15, 2h 19m.
(NEW) Inglourious Basterds
Tarantino's take on WW2, a group of Jewish American soldiers
are tasked with taking out Nazi Germany's leadership. Starring: Brad Pitt,
Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender and Eli Roth. Director: Quentin Tarantino.
2009, 18, 2h 33m.
(NEW) Invasion 1897
Set during the 1897 invasion of the Kingdom of Benin by the
British Empire. The colonialists come for the rubber trees and take on the
powerful kingdom. Starring: Paul Obazele, Segun Arinze, Chucky Venn and Rudolph
Walker. Director: Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen. 2014, 2h 1m.
Jarhead
Named after the nickname for US Marines the story follows Swofford through basic training, sniper school. The Marines are then deployed to the Gulf after Iraq invades Kuwait. Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Chris Cooper and Jamie Foxx. Director: Sam Mendes. 2005, 15, 2h 3m.
(NEW) Lone Survivor
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| US Special Forces in Afghanistan |
The film follows a small US Navy SEAL team in Afghanistan tasked with the assassination of a high value Taliban leader. However the mission goes pear shaped when the SEALs are discovered by goat herders. Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch and Ben Foster. Director: Peter Berg. 2013, 15, 2h 1m.
Madras Cafe
An Indian film, set during the Sri Lankan civil war a Indian
Army officer is tasked with disrupting the rebels. Starring: John Abraham,
Nargis Fakhri, Rashi Khanna and Siddharth Basu. Director: Shoojit Sircar. 2013,
15, 2h 8m.
Operation Mekong
Chinese film based around real events, Chinese vessels are
intercepted by drug cartels. Starring: Eddie Peng, Zhang Hanyu, Wenjuan Feng
and Carl Ng. Director: Dante Lam. 2016, 15, 2h 3m.
(NEW) The Patriot
A rare modern war movie set during the times of the American
War of Independence, a former soldier is dragged into the conflict by brutal
British actions. Starring: Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson and Jason
Isaacs. Director: Roland Emmerich. 2000, 15, 2h 34m.
Pimpernel Smith
Posing as an Archaeologist, the protagonist secretly gets
people out of wartime Nazi Germany. Starring: Leslie Howard, Francis L.
Sullivan and Mary Morris. Director Leslie Howard. 1941, U, 2h 1m.
Rangoon
Female daredevil entertainer, goes from entertaining troops
to involved in the action in this Indian production. Starring: Saif Ali Khan,
Shahid Kapoor and Kangana Ranaut. Director: Vishal Bhardwaj. 2017, Guidance, 2h
32m.
Sand Castle
US army soldiers following the 2003 invasion of Iraq are
tasked with ensuring a water supply to a remote village in the face of enemy
action. Starring: Nicholas Hoult, Logan Marshall-Green, Henry Cavill and Glen
Powell. Director: Fernando Coimbra. 2017, 15, 1h 53m.
The Siege of Firebase Gloria
Australian made Vietnam war film, at the start of the Tet
Offensive a US Marine patrol arrives at the remote base Gloria and become
besieged. Starring: Wings Hauser, R. Lee Ermey, Robert Arevalo and Mark Neely.
Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith. 1989, 18, 1h 39m.
The Siege of Jadotville
A small Irish Army detachment on a UN mission in the Congo
are besieged by thousands of Katangese troops. Starring: Jamie Dornan, Mark
Strong, Mikael Persbrandt and Jason O'Mara. Director: Richie Smyth. 2016, 15,
1h 48m.
Soldiers of Fortune
A retired special forces operative leads a group of tourist
billionaires to fight a war. Starring: Christian Slater, Dominic Monaghan, Sean
Bean and James Cromwell. Director: Maksim Korostyshevsky. 2012, 15, 1h 33m.
Stalingrad
During the epic World War 2 battle for Stalingrad a group of
Red Army soldiers holes up in a house. Starring: Pyotr Fyodorov, Dmitriy
Lysenkov, Alexey Barabash and Andrey Smolyakov. Director: Fedor Bondarchuk.
2013, 15, 2h 10m.
(not to be confused with the 1993 film of the same name.)
Stratton
A British Special Boat Service operative hunts down
terrorist intent on using bio-chemical weapons. Starring: Dominic Cooper, Gemma
Chan, Austin Stowell and Tyler Hoechlin. Director: Simon West. 2017, 15, 1h
34m.
Tears of the Sun
During a civil war in Nigeria a US Navy Seal Team is sent to
rescue a US citizen Dr. Lena Hendricks, but end up rescuing hundreds of
refugees too. Starring: Bruce Willis, Monica Bellucci, Cole Hauser and Eamonn
Walker. Director: Antoine Fuqua. 2003, 15, 2h.
Tomorrow When the War Began
Australian film, a group of teenagers go away to the woods
only to return and see their native land invaded by a foreign army, they soon
form their own resistance. Starring: Caitlin Stasey, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Lincoln
Lewis and Deniz Akdeniz . Director: Stuart Beattie. 2010, 12, 1h 43m.
Universal Soldier: Regeneration
Another instalment in the Universal Soldier franchise. With
a nuclear war imminent it falls upon our hero to save the day. Starring:
Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Andrei "The Pit Bull" Arlovski
and Mike Pyle. Director: John Hyams. 2009, 18, 1h 37m.
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
Part of the Universal Soldier series of films. A story of
revenge for a family brutally murdered. Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph
Lundgren, Scott Adkins and Andrei Arlovski. Director: John Hyams. 2012, 18, 1h
54m.
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
Following the ship of the same name in World War 2, the
vessel becomes stranded in the Philippine sea and the crew fight to survive.
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Tom Sizemore, Thomas Jane and James Remar. Director:
Mario Van Peebles. 2016, 15, 2h 10m.
War Machine
Satirical comedy towards the end of US military action in
Afghanistan. Starring: Brad Pitt, Emory Cohen, RJ Cyler and Topher Grace.
Director: David Michôd. 2017, 15, 2h 2m.
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
US comedy/ biography following the exploits of a female war
reporter sent to Afghanistan to cover the conflict. Starring: Tina Fey, Margot
Robbie, Martin Freeman and Alfred Molina. Directors: Glenn Ficarra and John
Requa. 2016, 15, 1h 52m.
(NEW) Windtalkers
Navajo soldiers recruited into the US forces in
WW2, to use their language as a secret code for radio transmissions on the
frontline in the Pacific theater. Starring: Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach, Peter
Stormare and Noah Emmerich. Director: John Woo. 2002, 15, 2h 15m.
Wolf Warrior
Chinese production, People's Liberation Army special forces
and a special detachment called Wolf Warriors do battle with druglords.
Starring: Wu Jing, Scott Adkins, Yu Nan and Kevin Lee. Director: Wu Jing. 2015,
15, 1h 30m.
Wolf Warrior 2
Sequel to Wolf Warrior follows the story of the elite
Chinese troops and their battle with a land developer intent on destroying
homes and lives. Starring: Wu Jing, Celina Jade, Frank Grillo, Hans Zhang.
Director: Wu Jing. 2017, 15, 2h 3m.
Zero Dark Thirty
A dramatic reenactment of the hunt for Osama Bin Laden and
his capture and killing in Pakistan. 2012, 15, 2h 37m.
Starring: Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton and
Jennifer Ehle. Director: Kathryn Bigelow.
N.B all entries marked NEW have been added to the Netflix UK
catalogue since the Netflix List on War Films Online.
