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Fixed Bayonets!
Fixed Bayonets! (1951) is Samuel Fuller's Twentieth Century-Fox Korean War drama, also titled Rearguard, in which Richard Basehart's Cpl. Denno must take command of a 48-man rearguard platoon holding a mountain pass.
Flags of Our Fathers (film)
Flags of Our Fathers is a 2006 Clint Eastwood war drama, produced with Steven Spielberg, based on James Bradley's book about the Iwo Jima flag-raisers and the war bond tour; companion to Letters from Iwo Jima.
For Those We Love (俺は、君のためにこそ死ににいく)
For Those We Love (俺は、君のためにこそ死ににいく) is a 2007 Japanese war drama directed by Taku Shinjo, written and executive-produced by Shintaro Ishihara, about kamikaze pilots at Chiran and canteen matron Tome Torihama, released by Toei on 12 May 2007.
For Whom the Bell Tolls (film)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), Sam Wood's Paramount Technicolor adaptation of Hemingway's Spanish Civil War novel, starring Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman; nine Oscar nominations, Katina Paxinou won Best Supporting Actress; premiered at 170 minutes, later cut.
Force 10 from Navarone (film)
Force 10 from Navarone is Guy Hamilton's 1978 WWII action film, a sequel to The Guns of Navarone based on Alistair MacLean's 1968 novel, starring Robert Shaw, Harrison Ford, and Barbara Bach on a Yugoslav mission.
From Here to Eternity
From Here to Eternity is Fred Zinnemann's 1953 Columbia Pictures drama adapted from James Jones's novel, starring Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Frank Sinatra, and Donna Reed; it won eight Academy Awards including Best Picture.
Full Metal Jacket
Full Metal Jacket is Stanley Kubrick's 1987 Vietnam War film, adapted from Gustav Hasford's novel The Short-Timers, following Marine recruits from Parris Island boot camp to the Battle of Hue, shot at Beckton gasworks in London.
Fury (2014 film)
Fury (2014) is David Ayer's American World War II film starring Brad Pitt as tank commander Wardaddy leading a five-man M4 Sherman crew in April 1945 Germany; it opened at No. 1 with $23.5 million and grossed about $211.82 million.
Gallipoli (1981 film)
Gallipoli (1981) is Peter Weir's Australian war drama starring Mel Gibson and Mark Lee as two runners who enlist in WWI and die at the Nek; it won eight AFI Awards and sparked debate over its portrayal of British command.
Gardens of Stone
Gardens of Stone is Francis Coppola's 1987 Tri-Star drama, based on Nicholas Proffitt's novel, about the Army's Old Guard at Arlington National Cemetery during the Vietnam War, starring James Caan, James Earl Jones, and Anjelica Huston.
Gettysburg 1863
Gettysburg 1863 is Bo Brinkman's 2026 Civil War drama about Gettysburg civilians and a young Union soldier, starring Eric Nelsen, Stephen Lang, and Bruce Boxleitner, distinct from the 1993 film Gettysburg and a 2025 short of the same name.
Gladiator (2000 film)
Gladiator (2000) is Ridley Scott's Roman epic starring Russell Crowe as Maximus and Joaquin Phoenix as Commodus; it won five Oscars including Best Picture and spawned Gladiator II (2024).
Grand Illusion
Grand Illusion (La Grande Illusion) is Jean Renoir's 1937 French antiwar film, co-written with Charles Spaak, about French officers escaping a WWI German POW camp, starring Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay, and Erich von Stroheim; banned by Goebbels, Venice and New York prize winner.
Greyhound (film)
Greyhound (2020) is a WWII naval war film directed by Aaron Schneider, written by and starring Tom Hanks, adapted from C.S. Forester's novel The Good Shepherd; it premiered on Apple TV+ July 10, 2020, earned a Best Sound Oscar nomination, and has a sequel in production.
Greyhound 2
Greyhound 2 is the upcoming sequel to the 2020 Apple TV+ WWII film Greyhound. Tom Hanks writes and stars as Commander Krause with Stephen Graham; Aaron Schneider directs. Shot in Sydney from January 2026, now in post-production with no release date.
Guerrillas on the Plain
Guerrillas on the Plain (平原游击队), 1955 Changchun Film Studio black-and-white war film by Su Li and Wu Zhaodi; guerrilla leader Li Xiangyang fights Japanese captain Matsui in 1943 Hebei; remade in color and as model opera in 1974.
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant is a 2023 war film directed by Guy Ritchie, starring Jake Gyllenhaal as a US Army sergeant who risks everything to rescue the Afghan interpreter who saved him.
Hamburger Hill
Hamburger Hill (1987), John Irvin war drama written by Jim Carabatsos with Philip Glass score, dramatizes the May 1969 101st Airborne assaults on Hill 937, Dong Ap Bia, during Operation Apache Snow; released 28 August 1987, 110 minutes, rated R.
Hansan: Rising Dragon (한산: 용의 출현)
Hansan: Rising Dragon (한산: 용의 출현) is a 2022 South Korean historical war film directed by Kim Han-min, depicting Admiral Yi Sun-sin's victory at the 1592 Battle of Hansando.
Heartbreak Ridge
Heartbreak Ridge (1986) is a Clint Eastwood war film about Marine Gunnery Sgt. Tom Highway training a recon platoon for the Grenada invasion; also starring Marsha Mason and Mario Van Peebles, released by Warner Bros. December 5, 1986.
Heneral Luna
Heneral Luna, also known as General Luna, is a 2015 Filipino historical war drama directed by Jerrold Tarog, starring John Arcilla as General Antonio Luna of the Philippine-American War.
Hyena Road
Hyena Road: 2015 Canadian war film written, directed by and starring Paul Gross, about building Route Hyena in Kandahar and tracking the legendary mujahideen fighter the Ghost; premiered at TIFF 2015.
Ice Cold in Alex
Ice Cold in Alex (1958) is a British desert-war film directed by J. Lee Thompson, based on Christopher Landon's 1957 novel, starring John Mills, Sylvia Syms, and Anthony Quayle as an ambulance crew fleeing Tobruk for Alexandria; also released cut-down as Desert Attack.
In Harm's Way
In Harm's Way is Otto Preminger's 1965 black-and-white World War II epic, also known as a Pearl Harbor naval drama, starring John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, and Patricia Neal, adapted from James Bassett's 1962 novel and released by Paramount on April 6, 1965.
In Which We Serve
In Which We Serve (1942) is a British war film co-directed by Noël Coward and David Lean about the fictional destroyer HMS Torrin, inspired by Mountbatten's HMS Kelly, sunk off Crete; Coward wrote, produced, scored, and starred, winning a special Oscar.
Inglourious Basterds
Inglourious Basterds is Quentin Tarantino's 2009 alternate-history WWII war film starring Brad Pitt and Christoph Waltz; it premiered at Cannes 2009, won Waltz an Oscar, and grossed $321 million.
Japan's Longest Day (日本のいちばん長い日)
Japan's Longest Day (日本のいちばん長い日, The Emperor and a General) is a 1967 Toho war drama directed by Kihachi Okamoto, scripted by Shinobu Hashimoto from the nonfiction book actually written by Kazutoshi Handō, dramatizing Japan's August 14–15, 1945 surrender decision and the Kyūjō incident coup, with Toshirō Mifune as Anami.
Kagemusha (影武者)
Kagemusha (影武者, "shadow warrior") is Akira Kurosawa's 1980 Japanese epic about a thief who doubles for the dying warlord Takeda Shingen. Funded with help from Coppola, Lucas, and Fox, it shared the 1980 Cannes Palme d'Or.
Kajaki (film)
Kajaki (Kilo Two Bravo) is a 2014 British war film directed by Paul Katis, reconstructing the 2006 Kajaki Dam minefield incident involving 3 Para soldiers in Helmand, Afghanistan; shot in Jordan, BAFTA-nominated, released as Kilo Two Bravo in the US.
Kanal
Kanał ("Sewer") is Andrzej Wajda's 1957 Polish war drama, the first feature film about the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, following Home Army fighters escaping through Warsaw's sewers; it shared Cannes' 1957 Special Jury Prize with The Seventh Seal.