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Savior (film)
Savior (Serbian: Spasitelj) is a 1998 American war drama directed by Predrag Antonijevic, starring Dennis Quaid as Joshua Rose, an American mercenary for Serb forces in Bosnia, with Nastassja Kinski, Stellan Skarsgard, and Natasa Ninkovic; produced by Oliver Stone, it grossed only about $14,328.
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.
Seven Beauties
Seven Beauties (Pasqualino Settebellezze) is Lina Wertmüller's 1975 Italian comedy-drama starring Giancarlo Giannini as a Neapolitan survivor of Fascism and a Nazi camp; it earned four Oscar nominations, making Wertmüller the first woman nominated for Best Director.
Shame (1968 film)
Shame (Skammen) is Ingmar Bergman's 1968 Swedish black-and-white antiwar drama starring Liv Ullmann and Max von Sydow as musicians caught in a civil war on a Baltic island.
Shangganling (上甘岭)
Shangganling (上甘岭, Battle on Shangganling Mountain) is a 1956 Changchun Film Studio war film directed by Sha Meng and Lin Shan, the first Chinese feature film on the Korean War, famous for the song "My Motherland" and its 2020 4K restoration.
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.
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.
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.
So Proudly We Hail!
So Proudly We Hail! (1943) is a Paramount World War II drama directed by Mark Sandrich, starring Claudette Colbert, Paulette Goddard, and Veronica Lake as Army nurses on Bataan and Corregidor, with four Oscar nominations.
Spartacus (film)
Spartacus (1960): Stanley Kubrick epic starring and produced by Kirk Douglas, from Howard Fast's novel, scripted by blacklisted Dalton Trumbo; $12 million, four Oscars, blacklist-breaking credit, 1991 restoration.
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.
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.
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.
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 300 Spartans
The 300 Spartans is a 1962 Rudolph Maté epic for Twentieth Century-Fox starring Richard Egan as Leonidas at Thermopylae; shot on location in Greece, it inspired Frank Miller's graphic novel 300.
The 7th Dawn
The 7th Dawn (第七の暁) is a 1964 Lewis Gilbert adventure drama starring William Holden, Capucine, Susannah York, and Tetsuro Tamba, adapted from Michael Keon's novel The Durian Tree and set during the Malayan Emergency.
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 (1960 film)
The Alamo (1960) is John Wayne's only film as director, an epic Western in which he stars as Davy Crockett. Budgeted at $7.5 million but costing $12 million, it earned six Oscar nominations, winning Best Sound.
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 Americanization of Emily
The Americanization of Emily is a 1964 black-and-white satirical anti-war romantic comedy directed by Arthur Hiller, written by Paddy Chayefsky from William Bradford Huie's novel, starring James Garner, Julie Andrews, Melvyn Douglas, and James Coburn, released by MGM.
The Ascent (Восхождение)
The Ascent (Восхождение) is Larisa Shepitko's 1976 Soviet black-and-white war drama based on Vasil Bykov's novella Sotnikov, about two captured partisans in 1942 Belorussia; it won the 1977 Berlin Golden Bear, the only Soviet film to do so.
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 Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge is Ken Annakin's 1965 Cinerama war film, released by Warner Bros. December 16, 1965, starring Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, and Robert Ryan, filmed in Spain and widely criticized for historical inaccuracy.
The Beast (1988 film)
The Beast, also The Beast of War, is Kevin Reynolds's 1988 American war film adapted from William Mastrosimone's play Nanawatai, about a lost Soviet T-55 tank crew in 1981 Afghanistan, starring George Dzundza, Jason Patric, and Steven Bauer; it grossed $161,004 on an $8 million budget.
The Big Red One
The Big Red One is Samuel Fuller's 1980 semi-autobiographical World War II film starring Lee Marvin and Mark Hamill about the U.S. 1st Infantry Division, cut to 113 minutes in 1980 and restored to 158 minutes in 2004.
The Boat
The Boat is the English release title of Das Boot (1981), Wolfgang Petersen's West German U-boat war film based on Lothar-Günther Buchheim's novel about U-96's 1941 Atlantic mission, with 149-minute theatrical, 308-minute TV, and 208-minute Director's Cut versions.
The Boat Is Full
The Boat Is Full (Das Boot ist voll) is Markus Imhoof's 1981 Swiss drama, based on Alfred A. Häsler's book, about six refugees posing as a family in 1942 Switzerland; Silver Bear winner and Oscar nominee.