List of war films and TV specials set between 1945 and 2001

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War depictions in film and television include documentaries, TV mini-series, and drama serials depicting aspects of historical wars. The films included here are set in the time period from 1945 to 2001, or from the start of the Cold War until it came to an end in 1990s. The Cold War itself was the aftermath of World War II. At the turn of the new century the world woke up to a new reality one September morning and Cold War's aftermath period came to an end.

Indonesian National Revolution (1945–1949)[]

  • Darah dan Doa (1950)
  • Enam Djam di Djogdja (1951)
  • (1954)
  • Pedjuang (1960)
  • (1963)
  • (1972)
  • Mereka Kembali (1972)
  • (1974)
  • Janur Kuning (1979)
  • (1981)
  • Serangan Fajar (1981)
  • (1982)
  • (1982)
  • (1985)
  • Nagabonar (1986)
  • Tjoet Nja' Dhien (1988)
  • (1990)
  • Oeroeg (1993)
  • Merah Putih (2009)
  • (2010)
  • (2010)
  • Merah Putih III: Hati Merdeka (2011)
  • Battle of Surabaya (2015)
  • (2015)

Cold War (1945–1991)[]

(Also see Cold War films)

Greek Civil War (1946–1949)[]

Hukbalahap Insurgency (1946–1954)[]

  • (1953)
  • Huk! (1956)
  • (1957)

Indochina Wars (1946–1989)[]

First Indochina War (1946–1954)[]

  • Rogues' Regiment (1948)
  • A Yank in Indo-China (1952)
  • Jump into Hell (1954)
  • China Gate (1957)
  • Patrouille de choc (1957)
  • (1958) Czech soldiers in the Foreign legion
  • Five Gates to Hell (1959)
  • Fort du Fou (1963)
  • Les Parias de la gloire (1964)
  • La 317éme section (1965)
  • Lost Command (1966)
  • Le Crabe-tambour (1977)
  • Indochine (1992)
  • Dien Bien Phu (1992)
  • The Quiet American (2002)
  • (2011)
  • To the Ends of the World (2018)

Vietnam War (1955–1975)[]

(Also see Vietnam War in film and Vietnam War films)

  • A Yank in Viet-Nam (1964)
  • Operation C.I.A. (1965)
  • To the Shores of Hell (1966)
  • The Anderson Platoon (1967)
  • (1967)
  • The Green Berets (1968)
  • The Ballad of Andy Crocker (1969)
  • The Losers (1970) – see Nam's Angels
  • Hearts and Minds (1974)
  • The Deer Hunter (1978)
  • Go Tell the Spartans (1978)
  • (Mùa gió chướng) (1978)
  • The Boys in Company C (1978)
  • Coming Home (1978)
  • Apocalypse Now (1979)
  • The Odd Angry Shot (1979)
  • (Cánh đồng hoang) (1979)
  • A Rumor of War (1980) (TV)
  • The Last Hunter (1980)
  • The Ten Thousand Day War (1980) (TV miniseries)
  • How Sleep the Brave (1981)
  • Some Kind of Hero (1982)
  • The Uncounted Enemy (1982)
  • Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder (1982)
  • Streamers (1983)
  • Uncommon Valor (1983)
  • Missing In Action (1984)
  • Purple Hearts (1984)
  • Cease Fire (1985)
  • Missing In Action II: The Beginning (1985)
  • Birdy (1985)
  • Coordinates of Death (1985)
  • Platoon (1986)
  • Combat Shock (1986)
  • Full Metal Jacket (1987)
  • Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
  • Hamburger Hill (1987)
  • Hanoi Hilton (1987)
  • Tour of Duty (TV series) (1987–1990)
  • Gardens of Stone (1987)
  • (1987)
  • Strike Commando (1987)
  • Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except (1987)
  • Bat 21 (1988)
  • Braddock: Missing in Action III (1988)
  • China Beach (TV series) (1988–1991)
  • Off Limits (1988)
  • Platoon Leader (1988)
  • Distant Thunder (1988)
  • Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
  • Born to Fight (1989)
  • Casualties of War (1989)
  • The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1989)
  • The Iron Triangle (1989)
  • 84C MoPic (1989)
  • A Better Tomorrow 3 (1989)
  • Air America (1990)
  • Bullet in the Head (1990)
  • Jacob's Ladder (1990)
  • Flight of the Intruder (1991)
  • (1991)
  • White Badge (1992)
  • (1988)
  • Heaven & Earth (1993)
  • (1993)
  • Forrest Gump (1994)
  • The Foot Shooting Party (1994)
  • Operation Dumbo Drop (1995)
  • Dead Presidents (1995)
  • The Walking Dead (1995)
  • The War at Home (1996)
  • A Bright Shining Lie (1998)
  • Héroes de Otra Patria (Heroes Without a Cause) (1998)
  • The Sound of the Violin in My Lai (1998)
  • Tigerland (2000)
  • Rules of Engagement (film) (2000)
  • Father Xmas (2001)
  • Green Dragon (2001)
  • Under Heavy Fire (2001)
  • We Were Soldiers (2002)
  • Word of Honor (2003)
  • (2004)
  • R-Point (2004)
  • Faith of My Fathers (2005)
  • American Gangster (2007)
  • Rescue Dawn (2007)
  • Journey from the Fall (2007)
  • 1968 Tunnel Rats (2008)
  • Sunny (2008)
  • The Post (2017)
  • Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan (2019)

Cambodian Civil War (1967–1975)[]

Sino-Vietnamese War (1979–1989)[]

  • Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain (1984)
  • (1985)
  • Youth (2017)

Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts (1947–present)[]

  • Param Vir Chakra (1990) Special Episodes on Indian war heroes and Martyrs.
  • Border Hindustan Ka (2003)
  • Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo (2004)
  • War Chhod Na Yaar (2013)
  • Nishan-e-Haider Series PTV Special Plays.
  • Alpha Bravo Charlie PTV drama serial.

Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 (1947)[]

  • Saya e Khuda e Zuljalal (2016)
  • Gadar: Ek Prem Katha India and Pakistan partition of 1947 (2001)

Bengali Language Movement (1952)[]

  • Jibon Theke Neya (1952)

Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 (1965)[]

  • Prem Pujari (1965)
  • Upkaar (1967)
  • Operation Dwarka Based on naval operation commenced by the Pakistan Navy to attack the Indian coastal town of Dwarka on 7 September 1965 (1998)

East Pakistan-West Pakistan War of 1971 (1971)[]

Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir (1989–present)[]

  • Mission Kashmir Kashmir struggle (2000)
  • (1982)
  • Tango Charlie (2005)
  • Haider (2014)
  • Picket 43 (2015)
  • Uri: The Surgical Strike (2019)

Kargil War (1999)[]

  • LOC Kargil (2003)
  • Lakshya (2004)

Arab–Israeli conflict (1948–present)[]

First Arab-Israeli War (1948–1949)[]

Second Arab–Israeli War (1956)[]

  • Sammy Going South (1963)
  • Nasser 56 (1996)
  • (1997), TV

Third Arab–Israeli War (1967)[]

Fourth Arab–Israeli War (1973)[]

  • The bullet is still in my pocket (1974)
  • Sadat (1983), miniseries
  • Kippur (2000)
  • Ayyam El Sadat (2001)
  • (2013), documentary

First Intifada (1987–1993)[]

Second Intifada (2000–2005)[]

2006 Lebanon War[]

Gaza War (2008–09)[]

Burmese insurgency (1948–present)[]

  • Beyond Rangoon (1995)
  • Burma VJ (2009 documentary)
  • Rambo (2008)
  • The Lady (2011)

Malayan Emergency (1948–1960)[]

Korean War (1950–1953) and Korean DMZ Conflict (1966–present)[]

(Also see List of Korean War films)

  • A Yank in Korea (1951)
  • This is Korea! (1951)
  • Air Cadet (1951)
  • The Steel Helmet (1951)
  • Korea Patrol (1951)
  • Fixed Bayonets (1951)
  • I Want You (1951)
  • One Minute to Zero (1952)
  • Retreat, Hell! (1952)
  • Battle Zone (1952)
  • Mr Walkie Talkie (1952)
  • (1952)
  • Torpedo Alley (1952)
  • Combat Squad (1953)
  • Take the High Ground! (1953)
  • The Glory Brigade (1953)
  • Battle Circus (1953)
  • Mission Over Korea (1953)
  • Flight Nurse (1953)
  • Sabre Jet (1953)
  • Cease Fire (1953) (3-D)
  • (1954)
  • Prisoner of War (1954)
  • The Bamboo Prison (1954)
  • The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
  • Dragonfly Squadron (1954)
  • Men of the Fighting Lady (1954)
  • An Annapolis Story (1955)
  • Target Zero (1955)
  • Battle Taxi (1955)
  • Crèvecoeur (1955)
  • Air Strike (1955)
  • Hell's Horizon (1955)
  • Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
  • A Hill in Korea (1956)
  • Battle on Shangganling Mountain (1956)
  • Hold Back the Night (1956)
  • The Rack (1956)
  • Sayonara (1957)
  • Men in War (1957)
  • Battle Hymn (1957)
  • Time Limit (1957)
  • Tank Battalion (1958)
  • Jet Attack (1958)
  • The Hunters (1958)
  • Operation Dames (1959)
  • Pork Chop Hill (1959)
  • Battle Flame (1959)
  • All the Young Men (1960)
  • Marines, Let's Go (1961)
  • Sniper's Ridge (1961)
  • War Is Hell (1961)
  • The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
  • War Hunt (1962)
  • The Nun and the Sergeant (1962)
  • The Hook (1963)
  • The Young and The Brave (1963)
  • The Marines Who Never Returned (1963)
  • The Iron Angel (1964)
  • (1964)
  • Sergeant Ryker (1968) (1963 television show)
  • MASH (1970) Dark comedy highlighting the antics of army battlefield surgeons in wartime Korea
  • The Reluctant Heroes (1971)
  • M*A*S*H (1972–83) Comedy TV series loosely based on the 1970 film MASH
  • MacArthur (1977)
  • Unsung Heroes (1978–1981)
  • Inchon (1982)
  • Wolmi Island (1982) North Korean film
  • (Myung ryoung-027 ho) (1986)
  • Field of Honor (1986), the Netherlands Battalion in Korea
  • (1990) North Korean film
  • Shiri (1999)
  • Joint Security Area (2000) An investigation of a DMZ skirmish that resulted in the deaths of two North Korean soldiers
  • Silmido (2003) Story of a team of elite soldiers trained to assassinate Kim Il Sung in the 1960s
  • Big Fish (2003) Reminiscences from the life of a story teller include his service as a paratrooper in the Korean War
  • Double Agent (2003)
  • Taegukgi (2004)
  • Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005)
  • Crossing the Line (2006) Documentary film about an American soldier at the DMZ who defected to North Korea in the 1960s
  • Seoul 1945 (2006) (TV series) Childhood friendships are forged during the Japanese occupation of Korea and shattered by the Korean War
  • Assembly (2007) A Chinese communist soldier fights in the Chinese Civil War and Korean War before searching for the bodies of his fallen men
  • (2009) Story of the 10th BCT, Philippine Expeditionary Forces To Korea members sent to Korea, from Inchon Landings to Battle of Yultong.
  • Road No. 1 (2010) (TV series)
  • 71: Into the Fire (2010)
  • Legend of the Patriots (2010) (TV series), remake of Comrades
  • Secret Reunion (2010) Action thriller about North Korean and South Korean spies hunting each other in Seoul
  • The Frontline (2011)
  • The Interview (2014)
  • Northern Limit Line (film) (2015)
  • My War (2016)
  • Operation Chromite (film) (2016)
  • Ayla: The Daughter of War (2017)

Mau Mau Uprising (1952–1960)[]

  • (1955)
  • Simba (1955)
  • Safari (1956)
  • Something of Value (1957)
  • The Mark of the Hawk (1957) – ambiguous setting, based on the events in Kenya.
  • Guns at Batasi (1964)
  • Africa Addio (1966), documentary
  • The Kitchen Toto (1987)

Cuban Revolution (1953–1959)[]

  • The Gun Runners (1959)
  • Pier 5, Havana (1959)
  • Cuban Rebel Girls (1959)
  • Cuban Story (1959)
  • I Am Cuba (1964)
  • The Teacher (1977)
  • Cuba (1979)
  • A Successful Man (1985)
  • Clandestinos (1987)
  • Havana (1990)
  • Fidel (2002) (TV)
  • Dreaming of Julia (2003)
  • 638 Ways to Kill Castro (2006) (TV Documentary)
  • Che: Part 1 (2008)

Algerian War (1954–1962)[]

Hungarian Revolution of 1956[]

  • The Journey (1959)
  • The Secret Ways (1961)
  • Children of Glory (2006)
  • The Company (2007) Miniseries

Cyprus Emergency (1955–1959)[]

  • The High Bright Sun (1964)
  • Rendezvous with Dishonour (1970)

Colombian conflict (1960–present)[]

Indian annexation of Goa (1961)[]

  • Saat Hindustani (1969)
  • Trikal (1985)

Dhofar Rebellion (1962–1976)[]

  • Killer Elite (2011)

Sino-Indian War (1962)[]

  • Ratha Thilagam (1963)
  • Haqeeqat (1964)
  • Khamoshi (1969)
  • Tubelight (2017)
  • Subedar Joginder Singh (2018)
  • Paltan (2018)

Aden Emergency (1963–1967)[]

  • The Last Post (TV series) (2017)

Modern Wars in Sub-Saharan Africa (1960–1999 )[]

Congo Crisis (1960–1966)[]

  • Dark of the Sun (1968)
  • Lumumba (2000)
  • (2011) (TV)
  • Siege of Jadotville (2016)

Eritrean War of Independence (1961–1991)[]

Guinea-Bissau War of Independence (1963–1974)[]

  • (1976)
  • Mortu Nega (1987)
  • (1994)
  • The Two Faces of War (2004), documentary

Rhodesian Bush War (1964–1979)[]

Chadian Civil War (1965–79)[]

  • The Passenger (1975)

South African Border War / Namibian War of Independence (1966–1990)[]

Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970)[]

Angolan Civil War (1975–2002)[]

Chadian–Libyan conflict (1978–1987)[]

  • In the Army Now (1994)

Uganda–Tanzania War (1978–1979)[]

Second Sudanese Civil War (1983–2005)[]

Lord's Resistance Army insurgency in Uganda (1987–present)[]

  • Kony 2012 (2012), documentary

Somali Civil War (1988–present)[]

First Liberian Civil War (1989–1997)[]

Rwandan Civil War (1990–1993)[]

Second Congo War (1998–2003)[]

Sierra Leone Civil War (1991–2002)[]

  • Cry Freetown (2000), documentary
  • Blood Diamond (2006)
  • Ezra (2007)
  • La vita non perde valore (2012), documentary

Second Liberian Civil War (1999–2003)[]

Indonesian killings of 1965–66[]

  • The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
  • (1984)
  • Gie (2005)
  • (2009)
  • Sang Penari (2011)
  • The Act of Killing (2012), Documentary
  • The Look of Silence (2014)

Naxalite–Maoist insurgency in India (1967–present)[]

Communist Insurgency of the Philippines (1969–present)[]

  • (1998)
  • Huk! (1956)
  • (1987)

The Troubles in Northern Ireland (1969–2005)[]

  • The Outsider (1980)
  • Harry's Game TV miniseries (1982)
  • Cal (1984)
  • A Prayer for the Dying (1987)
  • Patriot Games (1992)
  • The Crying Game (1992)
  • In the Name of the Father (1993)
  • Blown Away (1994)
  • The Devil's Own (1997)
  • The Boxer (1997)
  • Resurrection Man (1998)
  • H3 (2001)
  • Bloody Sunday (2002)
  • Battle of the Bogside documentary film (2004)
  • Omagh (2004)
  • Johnny Was (2006)
  • Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008)
  • Hunger (2008)
  • '71 (2014)

Islamic Insurgency of the Philippines (1970–present)[]

  • (1994)
  • Bagong Buwan (2001)

Yugoslav counter-insurgency against Bugojno group (1972)[]

  • (1985), TV series
  • (1997)

Turkish invasion of Cyprus (1974)[]

Indonesian invasion of East Timor (1975–1976)[]

Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990)[]

  • Die Fälschung (1981)
  • The Delta Force (1986)
  • Witness in the War Zone (1987)
  • Navy SEALs (1990)
  • [in Arabic] (~1992)
  • West Beirut (1998)
  • Zozo (2005)

First Lebanon War (1982)[]

War of the Camps (1985–1988)[]

  • Spy Game (2001)

Operation Entebbe (1976)[]

  • Victory at Entebbe (1976) (TV)
  • Mivtsa Yonatan (1977)
  • Raid On Entebbe (1977) (TV)
  • Rise and Fall of Idi Amin (1981)
  • The Last King of Scotland (2006)
  • Entebbe (2018)

Nicaraguan Civil War (1979–1992)[]

Soviet–Afghan War (1979–1989) and Afghan Civil War (1992–1996)[]

  • (1986)
  • The Living Daylights (1987)
  • All Costs Paid (1988), TV miniseries
  • Rambo III (1988)
  • The Beast of War (1988)
  • (1989)
  • («Груз 300» in Russian) (1989)
  • Afghan Breakdown (1991)
  • Peshavar Waltz (1994), Russian war film on Afghanistan
  • Spetsnaz (2002), TV miniseries
  • 9th Company (2005)
  • Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
  • The Kite Runner (2007)
  • («Охотники за караванами» in Russian) (2010), TV miniseries
  • Kandagar (2010)
  • Leaving Afghanistan (2019)

Internal conflict in Peru (1980–present)[]

  • The Mouth of the Wolf (1988)

Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988)[]

Salvadoran Civil War (1980–1992)[]

Falklands War (1982)[]

  • (1984)
  • Tumbledown (1988) (TV)
  • Resurrected (1989)
  • An Ungentlemanly Act (1992) (TV)
  • (1999)
  • Iluminados Por El Fuego (Blessed by Fire) (2005)
  • (1982, We were there) (2004)
  • This Is England (2007)
  • The Iron Lady (2011)
  • (Combatans) (2013) (TV)
  • (Soldiers Only Know by God) (2017)

Sri Lankan Civil War (1983–2009)[]

  • Kannathil Muthamittal (2002)
  • Sengadal (2010, not yet released, banned in India and Sri Lanka
  • Madras Cafe (2013)
  • A Private War (2018)

US Invasion of Grenada (1983)[]

  • Heartbreak Ridge (1986)

Al-Anfal Campaign (1986–1989)[]

South Yemen Civil War (1986)[]

  • Russian Translation (2007), TV series

First Nagorno-Karabakh War (1988–1994)[]

  • Aram (2002)
  • A Trip to Karabakh (2005)
  • (Destiny) (2006)
  • A Story of People in War and Peace (2007), documentary
  • (The Memory) (2010)
  • Dolu (2012)
  • If Only Everyone (2012)
  • The Last Inhabitant (2016)

United States invasion of Panama (1989–1990)[]

Gulf War (1990–1991)[]

(Also see Gulf War films)

  • Hot Shots! (1991)
  • The Heroes of Desert Storm (1991)
  • Lessons of Darkness (1992)
  • The Human Shield (1992)
  • The Finest Hour (1992)
  • Courage Under Fire (1996)
  • The One That Got Away (1996) (TV)
  • Thanks of a Grateful Nation (1998) (TV)
  • Three Kings (1999)
  • Bravo Two Zero (1999) (TV)
  • Live From Baghdad (2002) (TV)
  • The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
  • Jarhead (2005)
  • Dawn of the World (2008)
  • House of Saddam (2008) (TV)
  • The Devil's Double (2011)
  • Airlift (2016)

Algerian Civil War (1991–2002)[]

Yugoslav Wars (1991–1999)[]

(also see List of Yugoslav Wars films)

  • The Death of Yugoslavia (1995), documentary
  • (1999), documentary
  • The Weight of Chains (2010), documentary
  • (Generation 71) (2011), feature, animation

Ten-Day War in Slovenia (1991)[]

  • Sivi kamion crvene boje (Red Coloured Grey Truck) (2004)

Croatian War of Independence (1991–1995)[]

Bosnian War (1992–1995)[]

Kosovo War (1998–1999)[]

NATO bombing of Yugoslavia (1999)[]

Civil war in Tajikistan (1992–1997)[]

  • (1998)
  • Nikto, krome nas... (2008)
  • («Тихая застава» in Russian) (2011)
  • ("Марги бегунох" in Tajik) (2013)

War in Abkhazia (1992–93)[]

First Chechen War (1994–1996)[]

  • Prisoner of the Mountains (1996)
  • (1997), documentary («Прокляты и забыты» in Russian)
  • (1997) («Чистилище» in Russian)
  • Checkpoint (1998) («Блокпост» in Russian)
  • Proof of Life (1998)
  • (2001 TV series) («Мужская работа» in Russian)
  • House of Fools (2002)
  • (2006 TV miniseries) («Грозовые ворота» in Russian)
  • 12 (2007)

East Timorese crisis (1999)[]

Second Chechen War (1999–2000)[]

  • War (2002)
  • («Честь имею» in Russian), miniseries (2004)
  • («Прорыв» in Russian) (2006)
  • Alexandra (2007)
  • Captive (2008)
  • («Русская жертва» in Russian) (2008)
  • The Search (2014)

Insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia (2001)[]

  • ("Како убив светец" in Macedonian) (2004)
  • Bal-Can-Can (2005)

See also[]

List of war films and TV specials

References[]

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