must watch war movies from netflix

Apocalypse Now

Martin Sheen stars as a disaffected Army captain who is tasked with a secret mission to go deep into the jungle and take out a Green Beret Colonel named Kurtz (Marlon Brando), who has gone rogue and established himself as a local god.

Beasts of No Nation

A young boy named Agu is forced into joining a team of rebellion forces to fight in a bloody civil war that has torn his unnamed West African country apart. Idris Elba stars as the charismatic rebel leader, known only as the Commandant, who leads Agu and his fellow soldiers down a dark and violent path.

A young boy named Agu is forced into joining a team of rebellion forces to fight in a bloody civil war that has torn his unnamed West African country apart. Idris Elba stars as the charismatic rebel leader, known only as the Commandant, who leads Agu and his fellow soldiers down a dark and violent path.

Black Hawk Down

The 1993 Battle of Mogadishu—during with an American helicopter was downed during a raid on the Somalia city—is the subject of Ridley Scott's star-studded and tense thriller.

The Dirty Dozen

An impressive ensemble cast—including Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, John Cassavetes, and Donald Sutherland—united to star in this action classic about a American army major who must lead a team of convicts on a assassination mission during WWII.

Doctor Zhivago

David Lean's adaptation of the beloved book by Boris Pasternak stars Omar Sharif as the titular physician who is torn between two women in a romantic epic set against the backdrop of World War I and the Russian Revolution.

First They Killed My Father

Angelina Jolie directed this drama, based on the true story of Cambodian human rights activist Loung Ung's childhood experience living under Khmer Rouge rule in the 1970s, during which her family was forced into a labor camp by the Communist regime.

Free State of Jones

Matthew McConaughey stars as Newton Knight, a Confederate soldier who deserts his troop to return home to his farm to be with his family. Disillusioned with the Confederate cause and radicalized by the abolitionist movement, Knight forms an anti-Confederate uprising in Jones County, Mississippi.

Outlaw King

Chris Pine plays Robert the Bruce, the crowned king of Scotland who is exiled from his country and bands together a team of fellow outlaws to assist him in his efforts to reclaim his throne.