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Operation Hadal (蛟龙行动)
Operation Hadal (蛟龙行动, also 红海行动2) is a 2025 Chinese military action film by Dante Lam and Bona Film Group, China's first nuclear-submarine war film, released January 29, 2025, grossing about 393 million yuan before withdrawal and an August 2025 Special Edition re-release.
Operation Red Sea (红海行动)
Operation Red Sea (红海行动) is Dante Lam's 2018 Chinese military action film about the navy's Jiaolong commandos in a Yemen-evacuation-inspired rescue, which grossed 36.52亿元 in China and became the country's then second-highest-grossing film.
Operation Seawolf
Operation Seawolf is a 2022 American war film written and directed by Steven Luke, starring Dolph Lundgren as U-boat captain Hans Kessler and Frank Grillo. Fictional WWII plot about a final German U-boat attack on the U.S.; released October 7, 2022, poorly reviewed (IMDb 3.5/10, RT 33%).
Palestine 36
Palestine 36 (فلسطين 36) is a 2025 historical drama by Palestinian director Annemarie Jacir about the 1936 Arab Revolt under the British Mandate, starring Hiam Abbass and Jeremy Irons; it premiered at Toronto 2025 and was Palestine's 98th Academy Awards entry.
Paltan (पलटन) (film)
Paltan (पलटन) is a 2018 Hindi war drama directed by J.P. Dutta about the 1967 Nathu La and Cho La clashes, starring Jackie Shroff, Arjun Rampal, and Sonu Sood; it flopped with about 7 crore India net against a 35 crore budget.
Panipat (पानीपत) (film)
Panipat (पानीपट), also Panipat: The Great Betrayal, is Ashutosh Gowariker's 2019 Hindi historical war drama on the 1761 Third Battle of Panipat, starring Arjun Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, and Kriti Sanon, released 6 December 2019 and noted for Jat and Afghan protests over its portrayals.
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.
Platoon (film)
Platoon (1986) is Oliver Stone's Vietnam War film, based on his 1967-68 infantry service, starring Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, and Willem Dafoe; it won four Oscars including Best Picture and grossed $137.9 million.
Play Dirty (1969 film)
Play Dirty (1969) is a British war film directed by André de Toth, starring Michael Caine and Nigel Davenport as officers leading a criminal patrol to destroy a Nazi fuel depot in WWII North Africa; de Toth's final film, a box-office loss later reappraised.
Pork Chop Hill (1959 film)
Pork Chop Hill (1959) is Lewis Milestone's Korean War drama starring Gregory Peck as Lt. Joe Clemons, based on S.L.A. Marshall's book about the April 1953 battle during Panmunjom truce talks, released by United Artists.
Pretty Village, Pretty Flame
Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (Lepa sela lepo gore) is a 1996 Serbian war drama by Srđan Dragojević about Serb soldiers trapped in a Bosnian tunnel, based on a true 1992 incident, Serbia's 1996 Oscar candidate.
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.
PT 109 (film)
PT 109 (1963) is a Warner Bros. war drama directed by Leslie H. Martinson, starring Cliff Robertson as Lt. John F. Kennedy; the first theatrical film about a sitting U.S. president, released June 19, 1963.
Railway Guerrilla
Railway Guerrilla (铁道游击队) is a 1956 Shanghai Film Studio war film directed by Zhao Ming, adapted from Liu Zhixia's 1954 novel about the real Lunan Railway Brigade raiding Japanese trains in Shandong; famous for its song 'Playing My Beloved Tu Pipa'.
Ran (乱) (film)
Ran (乱, 'chaos') is Akira Kurosawa's 1985 France–Japan epic transposing King Lear to Sengoku Japan, starring Tatsuya Nakadai; his most expensive Japanese film, with Takemitsu's score, painted storyboards, and a 2015 4K restoration.
Red Angel (赤い天使)
Red Angel (赤い天使, Akai tenshi) is Masumura Yasuzo's 1966 Daiei black-and-white war drama, adapted from Arima Yoriyoshi's novel, starring Ayako Wakao as nurse Sakura Nishi in 1939 China; released October 1, 1966, 95 minutes, R-rated.
Red Cherry (红樱桃)
Red Cherry (红樱桃, Hong ying tao) is a 1995 Chinese war drama directed by Ye Daying about Chinese orphans in WWII Soviet Russia; China's biggest 1995 domestic hit, Golden Rooster Best Picture, based partly on Zhu Min.
Red Cliff (film)
Red Cliff (赤壁, Chi bi) is John Woo's two-part 2008-2009 Chinese war epic about the 208 AD Battle of Red Cliffs, with Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, and Zhang Fengyi; released internationally as a single 148-minute cut titled Battle of Red Cliff.
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.
Red Sorghum (红高粱)
Red Sorghum (红高粱) is Zhang Yimou's 1987 directorial debut, adapted from Mo Yan's novellas, starring Gong Li and Jiang Wen; it won the 1988 Berlin Golden Bear, the first top A-festival prize for a Chinese director.
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.
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.
Run Silent, Run Deep
Run Silent, Run Deep (1958) is a Robert Wise WWII submarine drama starring Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster, adapted from Edward L. Beach's 1955 novel, premiered aboard USS Perch.
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.
Sahara (1943 film)
Sahara (1943) is a Columbia Pictures World War II film directed by Zoltan Korda, starring Humphrey Bogart as tank commander Sgt. Joe Gunn defending a desert well; based on The Thirteen and MacDonald's Patrol, remade in 1953 and 1995.
Salvador (film)
Salvador (1986) is Oliver Stone's drama, co-written with photojournalist Richard Boyle, about a burned-out American reporter (James Woods) in El Salvador's civil war; two Oscar nominations, $4.5M budget, Hemdale production.
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).
Sands of Iwo Jima
Sands of Iwo Jima (Heltene fra Iwo Jima) is a 1949 Republic Pictures war film directed by Allan Dwan, starring John Wayne as Sergeant Stryker; shot at Camp Pendleton with Marine cooperation, it earned four Oscar nominations and nearly $4 million in domestic rentals.
Sanjuro (椿三十郎)
Sanjuro (椿三十郎, Tsubaki Sanjuro) is Akira Kurosawa's 1962 Toho samurai film, a sequel to Yojimbo starring Toshiro Mifune and Tatsuya Nakadai, famous for its brief final duel and blood-spray ending.
Saving Private Ryan
Saving Private Ryan (1998) is Steven Spielberg's World War II drama starring Tom Hanks and Matt Damon, written by Robert Rodat, famous for its Omaha Beach opening and winner of five Oscars including Best Director.