War Movies, a list by Maxtron TV

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A ragtag group of misfits, veterans and ex-cons embark on a perilous journey in the jungles of Colombia to find the buried barrels of cash left behind by legendary drug kingpin Pablo Escobar before his downfall.

68

29

6.9

/385/

64

/22/

60

/6/

3.8

/1285/

71

/8/

age 15+

Pulitzer Prize-winning conflict photojournalist Lynsey Addario reflects on a career working in some of the world's most dangerous war zones, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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6.6

/4384/

67

/193/

69

/69/

3.4

/19739/

67

/150/

94

/101/

52

/28/

2.5

age 13+

94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.

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8.5

/2231/

80

/97/

82

/21/

4.3

/6828/

94

/49/

91

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2.0

Amid the failing counteroffensive, a journalist follows a Ukrainian platoon on their mission to traverse one mile of heavily fortified forest and liberate a strategic village from Russian occupation. But the farther they advance through their destroyed homeland, the more they realize that this war may never end.

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NSG commando Hanut Singh, scarred by a past mission, defies orders during a temple siege in Gujarat. He leads a risky operation against terrorists demanding a militant's release, while confronting personal demons.

77

7.2

/100472/

72

/6610/

70

/1236/

3.5

/492507/

92

/238/

93

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78

/43/

3.0

age 16+

A platoon of Navy SEALs embarks on a dangerous mission in Ramadi, Iraq, with the chaos and brotherhood of war retold through their memories of the event.

79

53

7.3

/246/

58

/10/

3.8

/1783/

98

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94

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Seven-time BAFTA Award-winner Steve Coogan plays four roles in the world premiere stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s comedy masterpiece Dr. Strangelove. This explosively funny satire, about a rogue U.S General who triggers a nuclear attack. Based on the motion picture directed by Stanley Kubrick, screenplay by Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern and Peter George, based on the book 'Red Alert' by Peter George.

76

53

6.6

/1834/

73

/189/

65

/26/

3.5

/1664/

93

/14/

92

/16/

The incredible, untold true story of how a group of prisoners attempt a seemingly impossible escape from the first Nazi death camp in order to provide the first eyewitness account of the Holocaust.

85

28

7.7

/501/

78

/27/

91

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4.0

/5060/

100

/10/

Fearless and unforgettably creepy. This high-concept production, filmed live at London’s Donmar Warehouse, stars the formidable talents of David Tennant and Cush Jumbo in Shakespeare’s most infamous tragedy.

64

6.7

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76

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75

/615/

3.3

/89804/

56

/57/

72

/406/

51

/14/

2.0

age 13+

During World War II, the US Army's only all-Black, all-women battalion takes on an impossible mission: sorting through a three-year backlog of 17 million pieces of mail that hadn't been delivered to American soldiers and finish within six months.

69

6.2

/18204/

64

/1219/

59

/230/

3.0

/58617/

81

/185/

81

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71

/53/

3.0

age 13+

In World War II London, nine-year-old George is evacuated to the countryside by his mother, Rita, to escape the bombings. Defiant and determined to return to his family, George embarks on an epic, perilous journey back home as Rita searches for him.

70

6.9

/32457/

71

/1891/

70

/558/

3.4

/85864/

68

/154/

94

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62

/30/

2.5

age 16+

The true story of photographer Elizabeth "Lee" Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II.

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61

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3.4

/233/

Offers viewers unprecedented access to former heavyweight boxing world champion Vitali Klitschko, along with his brother Wladimir, who together dominated the sport for more than a decade. Now the longest serving Mayor of Kyiv, this feature-length Sky Original documentary charts Vitali’s journey from the ring to political office, ultimately leading the defence of the capital when it was attacked by Russian forces in February 2022.

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7.4

/1245/

74

/86/

71

/25/

3.5

/1851/

92

/25/

88

/33/

76

/5/

While Hans Jurgen Höss enjoyed a happy childhood in the family villa at Auschwitz, Jewish prisoner Anita Lasker-Wallfisch was trying to survive the notorious concentration camp. At the heart of this film is the historic and inspiring moment – eight decades later – when the two come face-to-face. This is the first time the descendant of a major war criminal meets a survivor in such a private and intimate setting, Anita’s London living room. Together with their children, Kai Höss and Maya Lasker-Wallfisch, the four protagonists explore their very different hereditary burdens.

67

6.8

/152287/

73

/11040/

70

/1720/

3.2

/246463/

68

/169/

91

/402/

55

/38/

2.0

age 15+

During World War II, the British Army assigns a group of competent soldiers to carry out a mission against the Nazi forces behind enemy lines... A true story about a secret British WWII organization — the Special Operations Executive. Founded by Winston Churchill, their irregular warfare against the Germans helped to change the course of the war, and gave birth to modern black operations.

76

6.8

/2901/

74

/291/

73

/87/

3.5

/3530/

86

/36/

85

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3.0

19 year old Irena Gut is promoted to housekeeper in the home of a highly respected Nazi officer in Poland when she finds out that the Jewish ghetto is about to be liquidated. Determined to help twelve Jewish workers, she decides to shelter them in the safest place she can think of – the basement of the German Major's house. Over the next eight months, Irena uses her wit, humour and immense courage to hide her friends as long as possible.

75

7.0

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68

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68

/4030/

3.5

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4.0

age 16+

In the near future, a group of war journalists attempt to survive while reporting the truth as the United States stands on the brink of civil war.

83

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8.5

/507/

83

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3.8

/395/

Amid violence and war, Ukrainian citizens are coming together to rescue animals that have been left behind by those forced to flee. From cats and dogs in abandoned buildings to lions and tigers in the nation’s zoos, extraordinary rescue efforts are underway to bring them to safety. The film is a tribute to the very best of the human spirit despite the horrors of war.

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7.9

/524/

77

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83

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3.8

/403/

A revealing and moving portrait of lives compromised by war, filmed exclusively by Ukrainian soldiers with extraordinary access to a tightly-controlled frontline.

80

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7.5

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77

/356/

72

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3.6

/2023/

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86

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age 10+

Meet the real-life airmen who inspired Masters of the Air as they share the harrowing and transformative events of the 100th Bomb Group.

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6.5

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68

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61

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3.3

/10449/

94

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3.5

age 15+

Merit, a U.S. Army veteran suffering from PTSD, is repeatedly tortured by visions of her deceased friend and company buddy Zoe. After her Afghanistan service in 2016, she attends group therapy until Dale, her grandfather and former Lieutenant Colonel, is recently diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Merit steps up to his aide, and discovers more about herself and her family, while also gaining the courage to put her metaphorical demons to rest.

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4.0

age 13+

The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.

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6.8

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71

/336/

66

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3.2

/2393/

71

/17/

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2.0

age 11+

A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding the courage to face the ghosts of his past.

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6.3

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2.9

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2.0

age 16+

An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine.

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7.4

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78

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3.5

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99

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2.0

age 11+

After being expelled from Beecher Prep for his treatment of a classmate with a facial deformity, Julian has struggled to fit in at his new school. To transform his life, Julian's grandmother finally reveals her own story of courage of her youth in Nazi-occupied France, where a classmate shelters her from mortal danger.

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6.6

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63

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69

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3.4

/1206/

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3.0

age 15+

In post WW2 Venice Italy, American Army Col. Richard Cantwell, haunted by the war, faces news of his illness with stoic disregard. Determined to spend a weekend in quiet solitude, he commandeers a military driver to visit his old haunts in Venice. As Cantwell's plans begin to unravel, a chance encounter with a remarkable young woman begins to rekindle hope. Based on the harrowing novel by Ernest Hemingway.

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7.0

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71

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66

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3.3

/11056/

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84

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71

/13/

age 12+

In the summer of 2014, a World War II veteran sneaks out of his care home to attend the 70th anniversary commemoration of the D-Day landings in Normandy.

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6.7

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67

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67

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3.6

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95

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75

/31/

71

/21/

3.5

age 13+

Barney Greenwald, a skeptical lawyer, reluctantly defends an officer of the navy who took control of the Caine from its captain, Lt. Philip Francis Queeg, while caught in a violent sea storm. As the court-martial proceeds, however, Greenwald increasingly questions if it was truly a mutiny or rather the courageous acts of a group of sailors who could not trust their unstable leader.

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50

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57

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World War II. Darkness has fallen over Europe, and the boots of the Third Reich echo through the streets. But on a quiet city corner in the Netherlands, some choose to resist. Corrie Ten Boom and her family risk everything to hide Jewish refugees by the hundreds, and they ultimately face the consequences when they are discovered.

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83

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4.3

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3.5

As the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting the war's atrocities.

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6.7

/2217/

70

/158/

65

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3.0

/1621/

77

/22/

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56

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2.5

age 15+

A Marine wounded in Afghanistan returns to a VA hospital in Montana where he meets a Vietnam vet who teaches him fly fishing as a means to coming to terms with his physical and emotional trauma.

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8.2

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/11/

85

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4.0

/1514/

100

/1/

As the world faces its Second World War, John Halder, a good, intelligent German professor, finds himself pulled into a movement with unthinkable consequences.

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7.5

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76

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77

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3.5

/221859/

82

/119/

98

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63

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2.0

age 16+

During the war in Afghanistan, a local interpreter risks his own life to carry an injured sergeant across miles of grueling terrain.

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6.9

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73

/2853/

72

/777/

3.3

/26483/

82

/17/

71

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48

/6/

age 15+

In the wake of King Edward's death, Uhtred of Bebbanburg and his comrades adventure across a fractured kingdom in the hopes of uniting England at last.

74

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6.5

/370/

66

/16/

69

/10/

3.4

/275/

100

/5/

In a war-torn Middle Eastern city where music has been banned by Islamic extremists, Karim, a brilliant musician, struggles to rebuild his destroyed piano while trying to escape to Europe.

75

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7.9

/286/

67

/18/

79

/6/

This documentary, filmed and told by residents, shows how the city was ravaged and what it was like to live through the Russian attacks. Hear from those who survived the bombing of the Donetsk Academic Regional Drama Theatre and a maternity hospital, who hid in the bunkers of the Azovstal plant, and who escaped the occupied city, only to return to save family members.

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61

7.7

/5556/

78

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82

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3.8

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92

/63/

When two young American Jews raised to unconditionally love Israel witness the mistreatment of Palestinians, they battle the old guard to create a new movement opposing Israel’s occupation, and recentering Judaism itself.

69

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6.4

/527/

65

/25/

79

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3.4

/429/

age 15+

A Union soldier flees from battle and is rescued unexpectedly by free Black man Kitch and his friends. Risking everything, Kitch takes William deep into the woods to the safety of his adopted home. It's here that William discovers Kitch is a part of secret community of freed slaves, who run a portion of the Underground Railroad. When a ruthless and desperate slave catcher discovers the underground network, he conspires to bring it burning down to the ground.

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6.5

/157/

The Western Front, 1916. During a night-time raid on a deserted German trench, the fates of four British soldiers collide.

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41

6.7

/1487/

68

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61

/19/

3.4

/2386/

Three Plebs join the army in peace-time, hoping to win respect, romance and military discounts at selected restaurants. But when war's declared they're sent to fight on the front line of a Roman legion for a cause they don't believe in. Now their main interest is the struggle for survival.

70

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7.3

/320/

69

/33/

69

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3.5

/268/

Never-before-heard trial testimony reveals shocking new details about World War II and the inner workings of the Nazi war machine.

82

7.3

/754/

75

/50/

72

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3.7

/2271/

100

/55/

79

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88

/18/

4.0

age 11+

The story of the only three minutes of footage —a home movie shot by David Kurtz in 1938— showing images of the Jewish inhabitants of Nasielsk (Poland) before the beginning of the Shoah.

58

6.3

/30737/

69

/2190/

77

/1222/

3.1

/21275/

45

/155/

58

/124/

53

/41/

1.5

age 16+

Inspired by the gripping true story of a man who would do anything for his family—and for freedom. When Peter, an enslaved man, risks his life to escape and return to his family, he embarks on a perilous journey of love and endurance.

74

6.6

/32015/

71

/2655/

70

/795/

3.2

/39368/

81

/126/

92

/679/

66

/30/

3.5

age 13+

The harrowing true story of two elite US Navy fighter pilots during the Korean War. Their heroic sacrifices would ultimately make them the Navy's most celebrated wingmen.

77

7.3

/1171/

74

/87/

70

/21/

3.7

/1725/

93

/30/

84

/9/

3.0

The story of the last months of the 20-year war in Afghanistan through the intimate relationship between American Green Berets and the Afghan officers they trained.

59

6.8

/36005/

71

/2873/

75

/856/

3.2

/51774/

43

/124/

91

/23/

39

/30/

1.0

age 15+

Chickie wants to support his friends fighting in Vietnam, so he does something wild—personally bring them American beer. What starts as a well-meaning journey quickly changes Chickie's life and perspective.

68

6.6

/42814/

69

/2822/

65

/765/

3.1

/51126/

83

/115/

65

/138/

65

/27/

3.0

age 12+

In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a corpse with false papers off the coast of Spain would fool Nazi spies into believing the Allied forces were planning to attack by way of Greece rather than Sicily.

73

6.6

/4415/

62

/175/

61

/85/

3.5

/13988/

92

/153/

65

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81

/32/