From emotional tales to hilarious satire, we've rounded up the best war movies on Netflix for you to choose from.
From patriotic films and public service announcements to retellings of historical events, the subject of war in cinema has evolved into a genre of its own and is now an important artistic expression of people and politics.
Winner of two Academy Awards, Hacksaw Ridge tells the inspirational story of Andrew Garfield’s World War II veteran Desmond T. Doss, who, as a medic, became the first man to receive the medal of honor without firing a single bullet. Writers Robert Schenkkan and Andrew Knight find the true nuance of war, managing to give it a fresh twist without removing the action.
Though based on and made as an epic, The King is technically a movie about a historical war. The story is based on William Shakespeare’s Henriad. Adapted from three different plays about Henry IV and Henry V, the plot focuses on Henry V, the eldest son of King Henry IV of England. The prince is an emotionally distant and disenchanted individual, who experiences a turnaround of life and character after his father’s death.
Loung Ung, a Cambodian-American author and human rights activist, penned her personal experience as a little girl during the Khmer Rouge regime in her book First They Killed My Father. The eponymous movie is a cinematic recount of the same incidents that took place in the 1970s, during the Vietnam War. When Ung was seven years old, her parents and siblings were sent to labor camps and she was forced into training as a child soldier for the Khmer Rouge.
There is nothing humorous about war but sometimes, the best way to understand the most complex and brutal things is to add some humor to them. War Machine is such a movie. The satirical, dark war comedy is set to the backdrop of the Afghanistan war and is based on the non-fiction book, The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America's War in Afghanistan by Michael Hastings.
It follows a young boy named Agu in a small region in West Africa in the middle of a horrifying civil war. As the war tears his country apart, Agu is forced to join a team of rebels and is trained as a child soldier to fight in the war. The rebel leader takes Agu and his fellow soldiers down a violent and bloody path.
Amidst the violent M23 Rebellion in the Democratic Republic of Congo that took place in 2012, four people fight to protect the national park, which is home to the world’s last mountain gorillas. The forest and its inhabitants are threatened by war, poaching, and oil interests. Three park officers and an investigative journalist get together to save the animals and their home.
The movie follows his life story after the assassination of General Antonio Luna when he is tasked with removing Luna’s supporters. Goyo is a young and brash general and a favorite of the President. He and his unit, including his best friend and his brother, set out on their mission while also fighting the American forces. The biopic explores the rise of a young general and gives you a peek into some lesser-known but significant historical events from this part of the world.
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