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Pearl Harbor (film)
Pearl Harbor (2001), also marketed as a Michael Bay WWII epic, is a Touchstone Pictures drama about the December 7, 1941 attack framed as a love triangle between Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, and Kate Beckinsale; it cost $135 million, grossed $198.5 million domestically, won the Best Sound Editing Oscar, and holds 24% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Red Cliff II (赤壁：决战天下)
Red Cliff II (赤壁：决战天下) is a 2009 Mandarin-language epic war film directed by John Woo, the second part of his two-part adaptation of the Battle of Red Cliffs.
Redacted
Redacted (2007) is Brian De Palma's Iraq War drama, a fictional documentary-style collage based on the 2006 Mahmudiyah rape and murder, released by Magnolia Pictures.
Seediq Bale
Seediq Bale (賽德克·巴萊), also released as Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale, is Wei Te-sheng's 2011 Taiwanese epic about the 1930 Wushe Incident, produced by John Woo, the costliest Taiwanese film, and Golden Horse Best Feature winner.
Silmido (실미도)
Silmido (실미도) is a 2003 South Korean film directed by Kang Woo-suk about Unit 684, trained on Silmido island to assassinate Kim Il-sung. First Korean film past 10 million admissions; later subject of defamation suits and 2026 caption revisions.
Stalingrad (Сталинград) (2013 film)
Stalingrad (Сталинград) is Fedor Bondarchuk's 2013 Russian war drama about Soviet soldiers defending a house in the 1942 battle; the first Russian IMAX 3D film, $30 million budget, $68.7 million worldwide gross, Russia's 2013 Oscar entry.
Taegukgi (태극기 휘날리며) (film)
Taegukgi (태극기 휘날리며, TaeGukGi: Brotherhood of War) is Kang Je-gyu's 2004 Korean War blockbuster starring Jang Dong-gun and Won Bin as conscripted brothers; it cost 17 billion won, drew 12.8 million admissions, and was Korea's second 10-million-viewer film.
The Admiral: Roaring Currents
The Admiral: Roaring Currents (명량, Myeong-ryang) is Kim Han-min's 2014 South Korean war film about Admiral Yi Sun-sin's 1597 Battle of Myeongnyang, starring Choi Min-sik; it set Korean box office records with 17.6 million admissions.
The Alamo (2004 film)
The Alamo (2004 film) is a historical war drama directed by John Lee Hancock. It stars Dennis Quaid as Sam Houston and Billy Bob Thornton as Davy Crockett.
The Crossing (太平轮) (2014 film)
The Crossing (太平轮, originally titled 1949) is John Woo's two-part 2014-2015 Chinese epic romance about three couples converging on the 1949 Taiping ferry disaster; it cost about 400 million RMB and underperformed at the box office.
The Emperor in August (日本のいちばん長い日)
The Emperor in August (日本のいちばん長い日) is Masato Harada's 2015 Japanese historical drama, the second adaptation of Kazutoshi Handō's nonfiction book, starring Kōji Yakusho as War Minister Anami and Masahiro Motoki as Emperor Shōwa during Japan's 1945 surrender.
The Eternal Zero (永遠の0)
The Eternal Zero (永遠の0, Eien no Zero) is a 2013 Japanese war drama by director Takashi Yamazaki, adapted from Naoki Hyakuta's bestselling debut novel, starring Junichi Okada as kamikaze pilot Miyabe Kyuzo; it earned 8.76 billion yen and eight Japan Academy Prizes.
The Flowers of War (金陵十三钗)
The Flowers of War (金陵十三钗) is Zhang Yimou's 2011 war drama adapted from Yan Geling's novel about courtesans shielding schoolgirls during the 1937 Nanjing Massacre, starring Christian Bale, China's 2011 box-office champion and Oscar submission.
The Four Feathers (2002 film)
The Four Feathers (2002) is Shekhar Kapur's sixth film adaptation of A.E.W. Mason's 1902 novel, starring Heath Ledger, Wes Bentley, Kate Hudson, and Djimon Hounsou; a $80 million Paramount/Miramax epic that grossed $18.3M in the US.
The Front Line (고지전)
The Front Line (고지전) is a 2011 South Korean war film directed by Jang Hun, set in 1953 during the final phase of Korean War armistice negotiations.
The Monuments Men
The Monuments Men is a 2014 American war drama directed by George Clooney, based on Robert M. Edsel's book, following Allied art experts rescuing works stolen by the Nazis.
The Patriot (2000 film)
The Patriot (2000) is a Roland Emmerich Revolutionary War drama written by Robert Rodat, starring Mel Gibson as Benjamin Martin and Heath Ledger as Gabriel, released June 28, 2000, grossing $113.3M US, and noted for its historical-accuracy controversies.
The Siege of Jadotville (film)
The Siege of Jadotville is a 2016 Richie Smyth war drama, a Netflix release starring Jamie Dornan as Commandant Pat Quinlan, depicting the 1961 siege of Ireland's A Company, 35th Battalion, in Katanga, based on Declan Power's book.
The Warlords (投名状)
The Warlords (投名状, Tau ming chong) is Peter Chan's 2007 Chinese-Hong Kong war epic starring Jet Li, Andy Lau, and Takeshi Kaneshiro, based on the Qing-era assassination of general Ma Xinyi; it won 8 Hong Kong Film Awards.
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (film)
The Wind That Shakes the Barley is Ken Loach's 2006 Palme d'Or-winning war drama starring Cillian Murphy and Pádraic Delaney as brothers divided by the Irish War of Independence and Civil War; Loach's biggest commercial success.
Tomorrow, When the War Began (film)
Tomorrow, When the War Began is a 2010 Australian action-adventure film directed by Stuart Beattie, adapted from John Marsden's novel about teenagers resisting an invasion of Australia.
Turtles Can Fly
Turtles Can Fly (Lakposhtha hâm parvaz mikonand) is a 2004 Kurdish-language war drama by Iranian Kurdish director Bahman Ghobadi, the first feature made in post-Saddam Iraq, set in a refugee camp before the 2003 US invasion and winner of San Sebastián's Golden Shell.
U-571 (film)
U-571 (2000) is a Jonathan Mostow submarine thriller starring Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, and Harvey Keitel, in which American sailors steal an Enigma machine from a German U-boat, a role historically played by the British.
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage is a 2016 war drama directed by Mario Van Peebles, starring Nicolas Cage as Captain Charles McVay. It dramatizes the July 1945 sinking of USS Indianapolis by submarine I-58 and the crew's days adrift, and was poorly received (18% Tomatometer, Metascore 30).
War Horse (film)
War Horse is a 2011 war drama film directed by Steven Spielberg, adapted from Michael Morpurgo's novel about a horse sold to the cavalry in World War I.
War of the Arrows (최종병기 활)
War of the Arrows (최종병기 활) is a 2011 South Korean historical action film directed by Kim Han-min, set during the 1636 Manchu invasion of Joseon.
We Were Soldiers
We Were Soldiers (2002) is a Randall Wallace war film starring Mel Gibson as Lt. Col. Hal Moore, dramatizing the November 1965 Battle of Ia Drang, the first major U.S.–North Vietnamese clash, based on Moore and Galloway's book.
Welcome to Dongmakgol (웰컴 투 동막골)
Welcome to Dongmakgol (웰컴 투 동막골) is a 2005 South Korean comedy film directed by Park Kwang-hyun, set during the Korean War in a remote mountain village untouched by the fighting.
Windtalkers
Windtalkers is a 2002 American war drama directed by John Woo, starring Nicolas Cage and Adam Beach as a Marine and the Navajo code talker he guards on Saipan in 1944.
Wolf Warrior
Wolf Warrior (战狼) is a 2015 Chinese military action film directed by and starring Wu Jing, with Yu Nan and Scott Adkins. Made for about 10 million RMB, it earned 545 million RMB and launched the record-setting Wolf Warrior series.