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Prisoner of War (2025 film)
Prisoner of War (2025) is a WWII martial arts action thriller directed by Louis Mandylor, starring Scott Adkins as captured British officer James Wright forced to fight in a Japanese POW camp in the Philippines; released September 19, 2025 by Well Go USA.
Refuge (2023 film)
Refuge (The Refuge) is a 2023 horror film directed by Renny Harlin, written by Ben Sztajnkrycer, starring Sophie Simnett, Aston McAuley, and Jason Flemyng. A sergeant returns from Afghanistan changed after a mysterious attack; released in the US April 19, 2024 by Vertical, IMDb 4.1/10.
Sacrifice (2020 film)
Sacrifice (金刚川, Jin Gang Chuan) is a 2020 Chinese Korean War drama by Guan Hu, Frant Gwo, and Lu Yang about CPV soldiers defending a pontoon bridge during the Battle of Kumsong; it earned $53 million in three days.
Sand Castle (film)
Sand Castle (2017) is a Netflix war drama directed by Fernando Coimbra, written by Iraq veteran Chris Roessner, starring Nicholas Hoult as a soldier repairing a water system in Baqubah, Iraq, in 2003; mixed reviews (RT 47%, Metacritic 45).
Shivrayancha Chhava
Shivrayancha Chhava (शिवरायांचा छावा) is a 2024 Marathi historical action-drama by Digpal Lanjekar, fifth in his Shivraj Ashtak, about Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj raiding Burhanpur; released 16 February 2024, starring Bhushan Patil, Chinmay Mandlekar, and Mrinal Kulkarni.
Snipers
Snipers (狙击手) is a 2022 Chinese Korean War film co-directed by Zhang Yimou and Zhang Mo, released 1 February 2022, about the Cold Gun Cold Cannon movement and a sniper squad's duel with US snipers; Douban 7.7, 262 million yuan Spring Festival box office.
Stockholm Bloodbath (film)
Stockholm Bloodbath is a 2024 Swedish-Danish English-language action film by Mikael Håfström, written by Erlend Loe and Nora Landsrød, starring Sophie Cookson, Claes Bang, and Alba August, dramatizing the 1520 Stockholm Bloodbath through a revenge plot.
T-34 (film)
T-34 («Т-34») is a 2018 Russian war film by Alexey Sidorov starring Alexander Petrov, about Soviet POWs escaping a German camp in a T-34 tank; a Zhavoronok remake that grossed 2.27 billion rubles.
Tamerlane: Rise of the Last Conqueror
Tamerlane: Rise of the Last Conqueror is a 2026 historical film directed by Jacob Schwarz and written by Matthew Greene, starring Christian Mortensen as Timur, filmed in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.
The Battle at Lake Changjin (长津湖)
The Battle at Lake Changjin (长津湖) is a 2021 Chinese war epic directed by Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark, and Dante Lam, depicting the Battle of Chosin Reservoir.
The Battle at Lake Changjin II (长津湖之水门桥)
The Battle at Lake Changjin II (长津湖之水门桥, Water Gate Bridge) is Tsui Hark's 2022 Chinese Korean War sequel about the 7th Company's attempts to blow up the Water Gate Bridge; it topped the 2022 Spring Festival box office at 25.28亿元 and finished 2022 as China's annual champion at 40.67亿元.
The Battle of Jangsari (장사리: 잊혀진 영웅들)
Battle of Jangsari (장사리: 잊혀진 영웅들) is a 2019 South Korean war film by Kwak Kyung-taek and Kim Tae-hun about 772 student soldiers in the 1950 Jangsari Landing Operation before Incheon, starring Kim Myung-min and Megan Fox.
The Eight Hundred (八佰)
The Eight Hundred (八佰) is Guan Hu's 2020 Chinese war film about the 1937 Sihang Warehouse defense, the first Asian film shot entirely on IMAX cameras, released after COVID reopening and earning 3.11 billion RMB in mainland China.
The First King: Birth of an Empire
The First King: Birth of an Empire (Il primo re) is Matteo Rovere's 2019 Italian-Belgian film on Romulus and Remus, starring Alessandro Borghi and Alessio Lapice, spoken in reconstructed archaic Latin, released 31 January 2019.
The Forgotten Battle
The Forgotten Battle (De slag om de Schelde) is a 2020 Dutch-Belgian WWII drama by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. about three young people during the Battle of the Scheldt, 1944; a €14 million Netflix hit and Golden Calf winner.
The Founding of an Army (建军大业)
The Founding of an Army (建军大业), 2017 Chinese historical drama directed by Andrew Lau, third of the founding trilogy; depicts the 1927 Nanchang Uprising and PLA founding, starring Liu Ye, Zhu Yawen, Ou Hao; 133 minutes, released 27 July 2017.
The Great Battle (안시성) (film)
The Great Battle (안시성) is a 2018 South Korean action historical film by Kim Kwang-sik about the 88-day siege of Ansi Fortress in 645 AD, starring Zo In-sung as Yang Man-chun; it drew about 5.44 million admissions, ranking second among 2018 Korean films.
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
The Greatest Beer Run Ever is a 2022 Peter Farrelly comedy-drama on Apple TV+, starring Zac Efron, Russell Crowe, and Bill Murray, based on John "Chickie" Donohue's 2020 memoir about delivering Pabst Blue Ribbon to friends in 1967 Vietnam.
The Outpost (2020 film)
The Outpost (2020) is a Rod Lurie war film adapted from Jake Tapper's 2012 book, dramatizing the Battle of Kamdesh at Combat Outpost Keating, Afghanistan, starring Scott Eastwood, Orlando Bloom, and Caleb Landry Jones; released on VOD July 3, 2020.
The Volunteers: The Battle of Life and Death
The Volunteers: The Battle of Life and Death (志愿军：存亡之战) is Chen Kaige's 2024 Chinese war film, second in his Korean War trilogy, dramatizing the 1951 Battle of Cheorwon; it earned RMB 1.206 billion and topped the 2024 National Day box office.
The Volunteers: To the War (志愿军：雄兵出击)
The Volunteers: To the War (志愿军：雄兵出击), also known as The Great War, is a 2023 Chen Kaige war film, first of the Volunteers trilogy, covering China's decision to enter the Korean War and the first and second campaigns, with about 868 million yuan box office.
The Woman King
The Woman King is a 2022 American historical action epic directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, starring Viola Davis as General Nanisca, leader of Dahomey's all-female Agojie warriors in 1823.
Togo (film)
Togo (2019) is a Disney+ original adventure drama directed by Ericson Core, starring Willem Dafoe as musher Leonhard Seppala and his lead sled dog Togo during the 1925 serum run to Nome, Alaska; removed from Disney+ in 2024.
Uprising (2024 film)
Uprising (전,란) is a 2024 South Korean action war film directed by Kim Sang-man, written by Shin Chul and Park Chan-wook, starring Gang Dong-won and Park Jeong-min as friends turned enemies during the Imjin War; released on Netflix October 11, 2024.
Uri: The Surgical Strike (उरी: द सर्जिकल स्ट्राइक)
Uri: The Surgical Strike (उरी: द सर्जिकल स्ट्राइक) is Aditya Dhar's 2019 Hindi war film on the 2016 Uri attack and India's cross-LoC strike, starring Vicky Kaushal; it earned about Rs 106.84 crore in ten days and four National Film Awards.
Warfare (film)
Warfare (2025) is an A24 war film co-directed by Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland, re-creating in real time Mendoza's November 2006 Navy SEAL ambush in Ramadi, Iraq, based solely on participants' memories; 92% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Warhorse One
Warhorse One (2023) is an American war action-drama, Johnny Strong's directorial debut co-directed with William Kaufman, about a Navy SEAL guiding a child to safety after the 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal; released by Well Go USA.