The Best Military Movies
A list of the best military movies. All of the top military movies are on this list. If you believe we've missed one though, please feel free to add it to the list yourself. Good military films give civilians a taste of what our soldiers go through on the battlefield and throughout their daily lives. While not all of these films feature war, they all use military service as a central theme. All branches of the military have been included, although admittedly, not too many films have been made about the coast guard or merchant marines. Most of these films focus on the Army, Navy, and Air Force. All time periods have been included from recent, modern militaries to the armies of the past. If you are interested in the military, then these are the movies for you.
- 11998Steven SpielbergDrama, History, Action, War
- 22001Ridley ScottDrama, History, Action, Action/Adventure, War
- 32006Clint EastwoodDrama, History, Action, War, Film adaptation
- 41957David LeanDrama, Adventure, War
- 51963John SturgesDrama, History, Action, Adventure, War
- 61986Oliver StoneDrama, Action, Indie, War
- 71977Richard AttenboroughDrama, Period piece, Action, Indie, War, Film adaptation, The Netherlands in World War II More
- 81987Stanley KubrickDrama, Period piece, Action, War, Film adaptation
- 92001Jean-Jacques AnnaudDrama, Period piece, Thriller, Action, Romance Film, Historical fiction, War, Suspense More
- 101979Francis Ford CoppolaWar, Drama Film, Cult, Existentialism, New HollywoodMost Passionate
- 111986Tony ScottDrama, Action, Action/Adventure, Romance Film, War, Romantic drama, Airplanes and airports More
- 121970Kinji Fukasaku, Richard Fleischer, Toshio MasudaDrama, Action, Action/Adventure, War, Airplanes and airports
- 131962Ken Annakin, Darryl F. Zanuck, Andrew Marton, Bernhard WickiDrama, History, Action, War
- 141998Terrence MalickDrama, Indie, War, ExistentialismMost Listed
- 151970Franklin SchaffnerDrama, Biography, Action, Action/Adventure, Biographical film, War, Epic, New Hollywood More
- 161967Robert AldrichAction, War
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Gettysburg
1993Ronald F. Maxwell - 182002Randall WallaceHistory, Action, Action/Adventure, War, Drama Film
- 191989Brian De PalmaDrama, Period piece, War, Tragedy
- 201990John McTiernanDrama, Thriller, Action, Action/Adventure
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- 212008Kathryn BigelowDrama, Thriller, Action/Adventure, War
- 221987John IrvinDrama, Action, Action/Adventure, Indie, War
- 231982Ted KotcheffDrama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
- 242001John MooreDrama, Thriller, Action, Action/Adventure, War
- 251992Rob ReinerDrama, Legal drama, Courtroom Drama
- 262006Clint EastwoodDrama, History, Action, War, World cinema
- 271984Chuck Norris, Joseph ZitoThriller, Action, Action/Adventure, War
- 281976Jack SmightDrama, Action, Action/Adventure, War
- 292001Michael BayDrama, Period piece, Action, Action/Adventure, Romance Film, War, Romantic drama, Airplanes and airports More
- 302003Ronald F. MaxwellDrama, Costume drama, History, Period piece, Action, War
- 311996Edward ZwickDrama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime Fiction, War, Political drama, Political thriller, Gulf War More
- 321989Oliver Stone
- 331993Joseph VilsmaierDrama, War, World cinema
- 341980Don TaylorScience Fiction, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Time travel, Alternate history, War More
- 352005John DahlDrama, Action, War
- 361981Ivan ReitmanComedy, Action, Action/Adventure, Parody, Buddy film
- 371997Ridley ScottDrama, Action
- 382005Sam MendesDrama, Biography, War, Film adaptation, Gulf War
- 392002John WooDrama, Action, War
- 401985Lance HoolAction, Adventure
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- 411988Aaron NorrisAction, Adventure
- 421962Don SiegelAction, War
- 431991John MiliusDrama, Period piece, Thriller, Action, Action/Adventure, War, Film adaptation More
- 442003John McTiernanDrama, Thriller, Action, Action/Adventure, Crime Fiction, Crime Thriller, Detective More
- 452000Joel SchumacherDrama, Period piece, Indie, War
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