Do you love the smell of napalm in the morning? Here are the best war movies on Netflix, ranked by other movie lovers on Ranker. The Netflix war movies on this list include movies about World War II, Vietnam, Iraq, and more. Netflix has a ton of good navy and army movies, but there are also war movies streaming on Netflix that take place even further in the past.
For whatever reason Netflix makes it difficult to search micro genres on their streaming service, so use this list of good war and military movies on Netflix to find some recommendations. These movies have been voted on by other fans of drama war films, so you can trust that the movies at the top of the list are your best bet if you haven't already seen them. Have you seen most of these action war movies on Netflix? Do us a favor and give a vote up to the good war movies on Netflix, so that you can help steer others in the right direction.
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30454The Siege of Jadotville
Jamie Dornan, Mark StrongReleased: 2016
Directed by: Richie Smyth
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17247Sand Castle
Nicholas Hoult, Henry CavillReleased: 2017
Directed by: Fernando Coimbra
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18971Defiance
Daniel Craig, Liev SchreiberReleased: 2008
Directed by: Edward Zwick
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10127Beasts of No Nation
Idris Elba, Abraham AttahReleased: 2015
Directed by: Cary Fukunaga
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6930Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden
Kathleen Robertson, XzibitReleased: 2012
Directed by: John Stockwell
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8345War Machine
Brad Pitt, Anthony Michael HallReleased: 2017
Directed by: David Michôd
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5627Operation Red Sea
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287War Horse
Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom HiddlestonReleased: 2011
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
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3010Triple Frontier
Ben Affleck, Oscar IsaacReleased: 2019
Directed by: J. C. Chandor
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289First They Killed My Father
Sreymoch Sareum, Kompheak PhoeungDirected by: Angelina Jolie
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181The Wolf's Call
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2715My Honor Was Loyalty
Leone Frisa, Francesco MiglioreReleased: 2016
Directed by: Alessandro Pepe
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140Mission of Honor
Iwan Rheon, Milo GibsonReleased: 2019
Directed by: David Blair
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152Outlaw King
Chris Pine, Aaron Taylor-JohnsonReleased: 2018
Directed by: David Mackenzie
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120The King
Timothée Chalamet, Joel EdgertonReleased: 2019
Directed by: David Michôd
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2417Spectral
James Badge Dale, Max MartiniReleased: 2016
Directed by: Nic Mathieu
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40The Outpost
Orlando Bloom, Scott EastwoodReleased: 2020
Directed by: Rod Lurie
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122Paskal
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111Free State of Jones
Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-RawReleased: 2016
Directed by: Gary Ross
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40Theo Who Lived
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20Glory
Morgan Freeman, Denzel WashingtonReleased: 1989
Directed by: Edward Zwick
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135Mine
Armie Hammer, Annabelle WallisReleased: 2016
Directed by: Fabio Guaglione and Fabio Resinaro
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10A Bridge Too Far
Sean Connery, Anthony HopkinsReleased: 1977
Directed by: Richard Attenborough
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10Enemy at the Gates
Rachel Weisz, Jude LawReleased: 2001
Directed by: Jean-Jacques Annaud
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10Troy
Brad Pitt, Eric BanaReleased: 2004
Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen
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