Ranker FilmList RulesVote up your favorite war films that were released on or after January, 1 2017.
Modern war movies benefit from high-tech special effects and groundbreaking advancements in both cinematography and editing. They look and feel more realistic than ever before. That has the effect of giving the viewer an intense experience. Watching the crop of current war movies gives you some semblance of what it must be like to be in combat. Thankfully, you can do this from the safety of a theater seat or the couch in your living room.
There have sadly been many wars to draw from. Recent war movies have centered, like dozens before them, around WWI, WWII, the Civil War, and the Vietnam War. Others have been about more contemporary wars or military conflicts. In some cases, the films depict life on the battlefield. A couple of them examine the impact of war once the soldier comes home. Those examples offer intensity of an entirely different sort.
Vote for your favorites on this list of new war movies. Check back here for recent war movies as they are added to the list.
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George MacKay, Dean-Charles ChapmanReleased: 2019
Directed by: Sam Mendes
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229148Dunkirk
Fionn Whitehead, Kenneth BranaghReleased: 2017
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
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9847Midway
Woody Harrelson, Luke EvansReleased: 2019
Directed by: Roland Emmerich
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13984Darkest Hour
Gary Oldman, Ben MendelsohnReleased: 2017
Directed by: Joe Wright
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184147The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
Sam Elliott, Aidan TurnerReleased: 2019
Directed by: Robert D. Krzykowski
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10370They Shall Not Grow Old
Thomas Adlam, William ArgentReleased: 2018
Directed by: Peter Jackson
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208Greyhound
Tom Hanks, Manuel Garcia-RulfoReleased: 2020
Directed by: Aaron Schneider
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748212 Strong
Chris Hemsworth, Michael ShannonReleased: 2018
Directed by: Nicolai Fuglsig
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127The Last Full Measure
Christopher Plummer, Samuel L. JacksonReleased: 2020
Directed by: Todd Robinson
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1177 Days in Entebbe
Rosamund Pike, Daniel BrühlReleased: 2018
Directed by: José Padilha
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71Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan
Travis Fimmel, Luke BraceyReleased: 2019
Directed by: Kriv Stenders
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1210Extraction
Chris Hemsworth, David HarbourReleased: 2020
Directed by: Sam Hargrave
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1414The Outpost
Orlando Bloom, Scott EastwoodReleased: 2020
Directed by: Rod Lurie
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87The King
Timothée Chalamet, Joel EdgertonReleased: 2019
Directed by: David Michôd
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1112Tolkien
Nicholas Hoult, Lily CollinsReleased: 2019
Directed by: Dome Karukoski
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810Outlaw King
Chris Pine, Aaron Taylor-JohnsonReleased: 2018
Directed by: David Mackenzie
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4258Hunter Killer
Gerard Butler, Gary OldmanReleased: 2018
Directed by: Donovan Marsh
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5274War Machine
Brad Pitt, Anthony Michael HallReleased: 2017
Directed by: David Michôd
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44The Great Battle
Jo In-sung, Nam Joo-hyukReleased: 2018
Directed by: Kim Kwang-sik
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78Triple Frontier
Ben Affleck, Oscar IsaacReleased: 2019
Directed by: J. C. Chandor
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57Resistance
Jesse Eisenberg, Ed HarrisReleased: 2020
Directed by: Jonathan Jakubowicz
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710Mulan
Liu Yifei, Donnie YenReleased: 2020
Directed by: Niki Caro
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710Robert the Bruce
Angus Macfadyen, Jared HarrisReleased: 2020
Directed by: Richard Gray
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24The Battle: Roar to Victory
Yoo Hae-jin, Jo Woo-jinReleased: 2019
Directed by: Won Shin-yun
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3149Mission of Honor
Iwan Rheon, Milo GibsonReleased: 2019
Directed by: David Blair
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