Are you a fan of War Movies? Yes, then you landed in the right place. We have got you a list of the best war movies of all time which is available on Netflix. Let’s go:
1. Beasts of No Nation
- Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga
- Writers: Cary Joji Fukunaga, Uzodinma Iweala
- Cast: Abraham Attah, Andrew Adote, Ama K. Abebrese, Kobina Amissah Sam, Francis Weddey, Fred Nii Amugi, John Arthur, Grace Nortey, Emmary Brown, Nataliah Andoh, Nana Mensah
- IMDb: 7.7/10
- Rotten Tomato Score: 92%
- Where to Watch: Netflix
Beasts of No Nation is one of the best war movies which is directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga. This movie starts by showing life in Africa. The civil war was going on in Africa. During the civil war, Idris decided to train an orphan. He wanted that orphan to get admitted in his Guerilla Soldiers Squad. Will this help in combating the civil war? What will happen next? Watch ‘Beasts of No Nation’ to know.
2. War Horse
- Director: Steven Spielberg
- Writers: Lee Hall, Richard Curtis
- Cast: Jeremy Irvine, Peter Mullan, Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Tom Hiddleston, Celine Buckens, Toby Kebbell, Patrick Kennedy, Leonard Carow, David Kross, Matt Milne, Robert Emms
- IMDb: 7.2/10
- Rotten Tomato Score: 74%
- Where to Watch: Amazon Prime Video
One of the most emotional movies on the list, War Horse, which is directed by Steven Spielberg. The movie starts by showing Albert and his horse, Joey. They used to live in Britain. Later during World War I both of them were separated as Albert’s father decided to sell that horse. Then, whomever Joey met, he used to change them completely as a person. But at the same time, Albert was not able to forget his friend, Joey. So he decided to get him back against all the odds. Will they both meet once again? Watch War Horse now to know.
3. The Siege of Jadotville
- Director: Richie Smyth
- Writers: Kevin Brodbin, Declan Power
- Cast: Richard Lukunku, Danny Sapani, Andrew Stock, Mark Strong, Jamie Dornan, Sam Keelay, Ronan Raftery, Mike Noble, Fiona Glascott, Melissa Haidan, Jordan Mifsud, Charlie Kelly
- IMDb: 7.2/10
- Rotten Tomato Score: 64%
- Where to Watch: Netflix
One of the best war movies, The Siege of Jadotville is directed by Richie Smyth. The movie is based on an Irish man who was a commanding officer of the Irish Army. He had 150 members in his battalion. He with his battalion was on a mission to fight against a group of 3000 people who were French and Belgians. These 3000 men used to work in the mining industry. Watch the full movie to get to know what happens next?
4. Inglourious Basterds
- Director: Quentin Tarantino
- Writer: Quentin Tarantino
- Cast: Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger, Daniel Bruhl, Jacky Ido, BJ Novak, Omar Doom, August Diehl, Denis Menochet, Sylvester Groth, Gedeon Burkhard, Michael Fassbender
- IMDb: 8.3/10
- Rotten Tomato Score: 89%
- Where to Watch: Amazon Prime Video
This is one of the best movies on the list. The film starts by showing the initial years of Germany’s rule on France. Brad Pitt, assembled a team of members who were given the task to act violently against the Nazis. Later, he shook hands with a german actress to fight against Third Reich. Later, the theatre owner also joined them as she also had to settle with the Nazis. What will happen next? Watch the movie now to know.
5. Outlaw King
- Director: David Mackenzie
- Writers: Bathsheba Doran, David Mackenzie
- Cast: Chris Pine, Rebecca Robin, Billy Howle, Paul Blair, Sam Spruell, Jonny Phillips, Ben Clifford, Duncan Lacroix, Kevin Mains, Callan Mulvey, Steven Cree, Tony Curran, James Cosmo
- IMDb: 6.9/10
- Rotten Tomato Score: 61%
- Where to Watch: Netflix
Outlaw King is one of the best films on the list, directed by David Mackenzie. The movie starts with Robert the Bruce. He was crowned as the new King of Scotland. Later on, English people were not happy with him and thus wanted him to go into exile. Then he asked some people to work for him so that he could get back on the throne and could be crowned once again as the king of Scotland. Will he be back as a King or not? Watch the outlaw king now to know.
6. Black Hawk Down
- Director: Ridley Scott
- Writers: Mark Bowden, Ken Nolan
- Cast: Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Eric Bana, Ewen Bremner, Sam Shepard, Kim Coates, Hugh Dancy, Ron Eldard, Tom Guiry, Danny Hoch, Charlie Hofheimer, Gabriel Casseus
- IMDb: 7.7/10
- Rotten Tomato Score: 76%
- Where to Watch: Amazon Prime Video
This movie is directed by Ridley Scott and is written by Mark Bowden And Ken Nolan. The film starts with the US, sending their Air Force to Somalia so that the force can destabilize the government of Somalia. Their helicopters were named Black Hawk. On reaching Somalia, the forces of Somalia backfired on them. Their two helicopters were down early. Now, they must figure out how to win this battle. Watch this masterpiece now on Amazon Prime Video.
7. A Bridge Too Far
- Director: Richard Attenborough
- Writers: Cornelius Ryan, William Goldman
- Cast: Siem Vroom, Wolfgang Preiss, Hans von Borsody, Dirk Bogarde, Paul Maxwell, Sean Connery, Gene Hackman, Walter Kohut, Peter Faber, Frank Grimes, Hartmut Becker
- IMDb: 7.4/10
- Rotten Tomato Score: 64%
- Where to Watch: Amazon Prime Video
This movie is one of the best war movies. It is directed by Richard Attenborough and written by Cornelius Ryan and William Goldman. The plot of this movie is set in World War II. During World War II, the land war was going on in Europe. America and Britain were allies during that time. They planned to enter Germany via the Netherlands. This was the easiest route for them to enter enemy territory. But maybe they are considering their enemies too weak.
Will it be a cakewalk for the allies or will their plan fail? Watch the movie now to know. This movie is available on Amazon Prime Video.
8. Saving Private Ryan
- Director: Steven Spielberg
- Writer: Robert Rodat
- Cast: Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Barry Pepper, Adam Goldberg, Vin Diesel, Jeremy Davies, Matt Damon, Ted Danson, Paul Giamatti, Dennis Farina, Max Martini, Dylan Bruno
- IMDb: 8.6/10
- Rotten Tomato Score: 93%
- Where to Watch: Netflix
One of the best war movies on Netflix, Saving Private Ryan is written by Robert Rodat. The movie starts by showing John and his soldiers finding Ryan. Ryan was the guy whose three brothers were killed in the war. As the war was still going on, and there was search operation was also going on simultaneously, each man in the squad came to know about their abilities and strengths. Will they be successful in their mission? Watch the movie now on Netflix.
9. War Machine
- Director: David Michod
- Writers: Michael Hastings, David Michod
- Cast: Brad Pitt, Daniel Betts, John Magaro, Emory Cohen, RJ Cyler, Topher Grace, Anthony Hayes, Nicholas Maude, Andrew Byron, Alan Ruck, Nichola Jones, Aykut Hilmi
- IMDb: 6/10
- Rotten Tomato Score: 48%
- Where to Watch: Netflix
War Machine is one of the best war movies on Netflix. Pitt plays the role of general glen Mcmahon. The film starts with Glen Mcmahon, who was a four-star general commanded in Iraq. He had some remarkable jobs in the past. Due to this reason, he was now asked to command the NATO forces in Afghanistan. What will happen next? What missions would be given to him? Watch the War Machine now on Netflix.
10. Schindler’s List
- Director: Steven Spielberg
- Writers: Thomas Keneally, Steven Zaillian
- Cast: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fieness, Caroline Goodall, Jonathan Sagall, Embeth Davidtz, Shmuel Levy, Mark Ivanir, Friedrich Von Thun, Norbert Weisser
- IMDb: 8.9/10
- Rotten Tomato Score: 97%
- Where to Watch: Netflix
Schindler’s List is the best war movie on the list. The movie tells the story of Oskar Schindler, who was a businessman. He joined the Nazi party, during World War II, so as to get no political interference. Later, he allowed the hiring of Jews as workers in his company. When the Nazis were taking the Jews to gas chambers and ghettos. Oskar took the initiative to protect all his Jew workers so that his factory’s operations don’t affect. Later he realized that taking that step also resulted in saving many lives. It is one of the must-watch movies on this list. Watch the movie now on Netflix.
11. Da 5 Bloods
- Director: Spike Lee
- Writers: Danny Bilson, Paul De Meo
- Cast: Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis, Melanie Thierry, Paul Walter Hauser, Johnny Ngyuen, Lam Ngyuen, Jean Reno, Chadwick Boseman, Veronica Ngo
- IMDb: 6.5/10
- Rotten Tomato Score: 92%
- Where to Watch: Netflix
One of the best war movies on the list, Da 5 Bloods was directed by Spike Lee. This movie tells the story of four Afro-Americans. The movie shows, how they come back to Vietnam. According to them, their leader’s last remains were present in Vietnam. Also, the remains of the gold fortune were present there. Will their journey be as easy as it looks? What will happen next? Watch this movie now on Netflix.
Upcoming War Movie on Netflix
The Forgotten Battle
- Director: Matthijs Van Heijningen Jr.
- Writer: Paula Van Der Oest
- Cast: Gijs Blom, Jamie Flatters, Susan Radder, Tom Felton, Coen Bril, Scott Reid, Ronald Kalter, Hajo Bruins, Joep Paddenburg, Mark Van Eeuwen, Vincent Van Den Berg
- IMDb: NA
- Rotten Tomato Score: NA
- Where to Watch: Netflix
- Releasing: Jan 2021
One of the best upcoming war movies on Netflix, The forgotten Battle is written by Paula van der Oest. This movie is based on the Battle of Scheldt. The movie starts by showing three soldiers, one is a dutch male, another one is a dutch female and the third one is a British pilot. They all have different plans to fight in the war but have the same goal that is Freedom. Will they be successful in getting freedom? Watch the movie to know.
Add these movies to your watch list. We have come to the end of this article. Hollywood’s war movies are the most viewed movies in the world. War movies are mind-boggling and thus force us to aspire to become one of the soldiers or maybe the commander. We collected the best thought-provoking movies for you. We can guarantee you that you would get amazed after watching these movies. You can watch the majority of the films above on Amazon Prime Video and Netflix. This festive season, try binge-watching these mind-blowing movies with your loved ones and friends. Hope you spend a good time watching these movies.
