Platoon comes to Netflix! All war films available to stream on Netflix UK, on 1 handy list (October 2018)

Platoon comes to Netflix! Oliver Stone's classic Vietnam war movie is now available to stream in the

When Charlie Sheen was serious? 

UK.

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 on 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.

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi 

Deleted from Netflix as of Nov 2018

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).

Modern conflict in Somalia

Black Hawk Down

Following a US Special Forces led raid on a rebel leader in Mogadishu Somalia, things go awry when a US helicopter is shot down. 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.

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.

Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Undoubtedly the quirkest of films on this list, featuring the same Director as Full Metal Jacket; Stanley Kubrick. It is a dark satirical comedy set during the Cold War, a rogue US officer orders a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union and everyone else battles to stop the inevitable armageddon. Starring: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden and Keenan Wynn. Director: Stanley Kubrick. 1964, PG, 1h 34m. 

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. Director:  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.

War hero and pacifist Desmond Doss

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.

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.

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, 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. 

Lone Survivor

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.

Missing in Action 2: The Beginning

Captured in Vietnam and tortured, US POWs are forced to grow opium, until they are pushed too far and escape. Starring: Chuck Norris, Soon-Tek Oh, Steven Williams and Bennett Ohta. Director: Lance Hool. 1985, 18, 1h 35m.

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.

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.

Platoon

Based on Oliver Stone's combat experience in Vietnam, this modern classic was film follows a new recruit on his first tour of duty. Starring: Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen and Johnny Depp. Director: Oliver Stone. 1986, 15,  2h 0m.

Railroad Tigers

Chinese action comedy set during the Japanese occupation of World War Two. Railway workers join together to resist against the occupiers.. Starring: Jackie Chan, Huang Zi, Tao Jaycee Chan and Wang Kai. Director: Ding Sheng 2016, 2h 4m. 

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

Sand Castle US Troops in Iraq

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.

Schindler's List

German businessman sets up business operations in Nazi-occupied Poland and employs a Jewish workforce. He later goes on to save Jews from the concentration camps. Starring; Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes and Caroline Goodall. Director: Steven Spielberg. 1993, 15, 3h 15m. 

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.)

Steel Rain

South Korean movie, a member of the South Korean security services joins up with a counterpart from North Korea to stop the pennisula descending into nuclear war. Starring: Jung Woo-sung,Kwak Do-won, Kim Kap-soo and Kim Eui-sung. Director: Yang Woo-suk. 2017, 15, 2h, 19m.

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.

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.

Windtalkers

Following 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. Starring: Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Ehle. Director: Kathryn Bigelow. 2012, 15, 2h 37m.