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2000s War Drama Movies

Public list by WPS with 168 movies or TV shows/series

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Inglourious Basterds(2009)

15
| 2h 33min | Drama, Thriller, War
4.1/5 (with 9,987 votes)

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.

Directed by Quentin Tarantino - With Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Eli Roth, Michael Fassbender, Diane Kruger, Daniel Brühl, ...
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Kingdom of Heaven(2005)

16
| 2h 24min | Drama, Action, Adventure, History, War
3.5/5 (with 1,923 votes)

After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.

Directed by Ridley Scott - With Eva Green, Jeremy Irons, David Thewlis, Brendan Gleeson, Marton Csokas, Liam Neeson, ...
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Troy(2004)

16
| 2h 43min | Adventure, History, War, Action
3.6/5 (with 4,528 votes)

In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnom to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. So they set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy. With the help of Achilles, the Greeks are able to fight the never before defeated Trojans.

Directed by Wolfgang Petersen - With Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Diane Kruger, Peter O'Toole, Rose Byrne, ...
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Blood Diamond(2006)

2h 23min | Drama, Thriller, Action
3.8/5 (with 3,348 votes)

An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son, conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed countrywide.

Directed by Edward Zwick - With Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly, Djimon Hounsou, Arnold Vosloo, Michael Sheen, Ato Essandoh, ...
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Pan's Labyrinth(2006)

Κ-18
| 1h 58min | Fantasy, Drama, War
3.9/5 (with 4,773 votes)

Living with her tyrannical stepfather in a new home with her pregnant mother, 10-year-old Ofelia feels alone until she explores a decaying labyrinth guarded by a mysterious faun who claims to know her destiny. If she wishes to return to her real father, Ofelia must complete three terrifying tasks.

Directed by Guillermo del Toro - With Ivana Baquero, Ariadna Gil, Doug Jones, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Álex Angulo, ...

Pearl Harbor(2001)

3h 3min | Action, War, History, Romance / Love, Drama
3.5/5 (with 2,920 votes)

The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson. But the rivalry between the friends-turned-foes is immediately put on hold when they find themselves at the center of Japan's devastating attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

Directed by Michael Bay - With Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale, Cuba Gooding Jr., Tom Sizemore, Jon Voight, ...
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The Pianist(2002)

16
| 2h 30min | Drama, War
4.2/5 (with 4,313 votes)

The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.

Directed by Roman Polanski - With Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Emilia Fox, Udo Kroschwald, Maureen Lipman, ...

Enemy at the Gates(2001)

15
| 2h 11min | Drama, War, History
3.7/5 (with 1,601 votes)

A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.

Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud - With Jude Law, Joseph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Bob Hoskins, Ed Harris, Ron Perlman, ...
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Jarhead(2005)

15
| 2h 3min | Drama, War
3.3/5 (with 1,250 votes)

Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up with an arduous boot camp, Swofford and his unit are sent to the Persian Gulf where they are eager to fight, but are forced to stay back from the action. Swofford struggles with the possibility of his girlfriend cheating on him, and as his mental state deteriorates, his desire to kill increases.

Directed by Sam Mendes - With Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaardd, Chris Cooper, Jamie Foxx, Jacob Vargas, Lucas Black, ...
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Atonement(2007)

2h 3min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.8/5 (with 1,833 votes)

As a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.

Directed by Joe Wright - With James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, Saoirse Ronan, Romola Garai, Vanessa Redgrave, Juno Temple, ...
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Downfall(2004)

15
| 2h 36min | Drama, History, War
3.9/5 (with 1,696 votes)

In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his generals and advisers to fight to the last man. When the end finally does come, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender.

Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel - With Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes, Christian Berkel, Thomas Kretschmann, ...

The Hurt Locker(2008)

2h 11min | Drama, Thriller, War
3.6/5 (with 2,623 votes)

During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.

Directed by Kathryn Bigelow - With Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Christian Camargo, Evangeline Lilly, Ralph Fiennes, ...
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Alexander(2004)

15
| 2h 55min | War, History, Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance / Love
3.0/5 (with 1,451 votes)

Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then known world, venturing farther than any westerner had ever gone, all the way to India.

Directed by Oliver Stone - With Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, Jared Leto, Rosario Dawson, Anthony Hopkins, ...

Behind Enemy Lines(2001)

1h 46min | Action, Drama, Thriller, War
3.1/5 (with 619 votes)

While flying a routine reconnaissance mission over Bosnia, fighter pilot Chris Burnett photographs something he wasn't supposed to see and gets shot down behind enemy lines, where he must outrun an army led by a ruthless Serbian general. With time running out and a deadly tracker on his trail, Burnett's commanding officer decides to risk his career and launch a renegade rescue mission to save his life.

Directed by John Moore - With Owen Wilson, Gene Hackman, Joaquim de Almeida, David Keith, Aleksander Krupa, Vladimir Mashkov, ...
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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World(2003)

13
| 2h 18min | Adventure, Drama, War
3.6/5 (with 1,360 votes)

After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh his commitment to duty and ferocious pursuit of glory against the safety of his devoted crew, including the ship's thoughtful surgeon, his best friend.

Directed by Peter Weir - With Billy Boyd, James D'Arcy, Edward Woodall, Max Pirkis, Max Benitz, Lee Ingleby, ...
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Australia(2008)

13
| 2h 45min | Adventure, Drama, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 1,021 votes)

Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin by Japanese forces firsthand.

Directed by Baz Luhrmann - With Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, Bryan Brown, Bruce Spence, Jack Thompson, ...
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Flyboys(2006)

2h 18min | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance / Love, War
3.3/5 (with 349 votes)

The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.

Directed by Tony Bill - With James Franco, Martin Henderson, Jean Reno, Jennifer Decker, Abdul Salis, Philip Winchester, ...

Black Book(2006)

15
| 2h 25min | Drama, Thriller, War
3.8/5 (with 489 votes)

In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.

Directed by Paul Verhoeven - With Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn, Derek de Lint, Christian Berkel, ...

Tristan & Isolde(2006)

2h 5min | Drama, Romance / Love, Adventure, Action
3.3/5 (with 369 votes)

An affair between the second in line to Britain's throne and the princess of the feuding Irish spells doom for the young lovers.

Directed by Kevin Reynolds - With James Franco, Sophia Myles, Rufus Sewell, David O'Hara, Henry Cavill, Mark Strong, ...

Joyeux Noel(2005)

PG
| 1h 56min | Drama, War, Romance / Love, History
3.7/5 (with 382 votes)

France, 1914, during World War I. On Christmas Eve, an extraordinary event takes place in the bloody no man's land that the French and the Scots dispute with the Germans….

Directed by Christian Carion - With Daniel Brühl, Guillaume Canet, Benno Fürmann, Diane Kruger, Dany Boon, Gary Lewis, ...

The Children of Huang Shi(2008)

2h 5min | Drama, War
3.4/5 (with 65 votes)

About young British journalist, George Hogg, who with the assistance of a courageous Australian nurse, saves a group of orphaned children during the Japanese occupation of China in 1937.

Directed by Roger Spottiswoode - With Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Radha Mitchell, Chow Yun-fat, Michelle Yeoh, David Wenham, Matthew Walker, ...

The Great Raid(2005)

2h 12min | Action, History, War
3.3/5 (with 151 votes)

As World War II rages, the elite Sixth Ranger Battalion is given a mission of heroic proportions: push 30 miles behind enemy lines and liberate over 500 American prisoners of war.

Directed by John Dahl - With Benjamin Bratt, James Franco, Logan Marshall-Green, Joseph Fiennes, Marton Csokas, Connie Nielsen, ...

Rescue Dawn(2006)

PG
| 2h | Adventure, Drama, War
3.5/5 (with 524 votes)

A US Fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.

Directed by Werner Herzog - With Christian Bale, Steve Zahn, Jeremy Davies, François Chau, Marshall Bell, Toby Huss, ...

Innocent Voices(2005)

2h | Drama, War
4.1/5 (with 197 votes)

A young boy, in an effort to have a normal childhood in 1980s El Salvador, is caught up in a dramatic fight for his life as he desperately tries to avoid the war which is raging all around him.

Directed by Luis Mandoki - With Leonor Varela, Ofelia Medina, José María Yazpik, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Paulina Gaitán, Adrian Alonso, ...

A Very Long Engagement(2004)

2h 13min | Drama, Romance / Love, War
3.7/5 (with 523 votes)

Young Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancé, lost during World War I, and learns many unexpected things along the way. The love of her life is gone. But she refuses to believe he's gone forever — and she needs to know for sure.

Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet - With Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Dominique Pinon, Clovis Cornillac, Albert Dupontel, Denis Lavant, ...
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The Four Feathers(2002)

2h 12min | War, Drama, Romance / Love, Action, Adventure
3.3/5 (with 236 votes)

The story, set in 1885, follows a British officer (Heath Ledger) who resigns his post when he learns of his regiment's plan to ship out to the Sudan for the conflict with the Mahdi. His friends and fiancée send him four white feathers which symbolize cowardice. To redeem his honor he disguises himself as an Arab and secretly saves the lives of those who branded him a coward.

Directed by Shekhar Kapur Harami - With Heath Ledger, Wes Bentley, Djimon Hounsou, Kate Hudson, Alex Jennings, Kris Marshall, ...

Arn: The Knight Templar(2007)

2h 19min | Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance / Love
3.1/5 (with 121 votes)

Arn, the son of a high-ranking Swedish nobleman is educated in a monastery and sent to the Holy Land as a knight templar to do penance for a forbidden love.

Directed by Peter Flinth - With Joakim Nätterqvist, Stellan Skarsgård, Simon Callow, Vincent Perez, Bibi Andersson, Michael Nyqvist, ...

Tigerland(2000)

1h 41min | Drama, War
3.3/5 (with 239 votes)

A group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana's infamous Tigerland, last stop before Vietnam for tens of thousands of young men in 1971.

Directed by Joel Schumacher - With Colin Farrell, Matthew Davis, Clifton Collins, Tom Guiry, Shea Whigham, Michael Shannon, ...
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Before the Fall(2004)

1h 57min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 126 votes)

In 1942, Friedrich Weimer's boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Academy (NaPolA) – high schools that produce Nazi elite. Over his father's objections, Friedrich enrolls. During his year in seventh column,Friedrich encounters hazing, cruelty, death, and the Nazi code. His friendship with Albrecht, the ascetic son of the area's governor, is central to this education.

Directed by Dennis Gansel - With Max Riemelt, Tom Schilling, Florian Stetter, Alexander Held, Sissy Höfferer, Thomas Drechsel, ...

Captain Corelli's Mandolin(2001)

13
| 2h 11min | Drama, Romance / Love, War
3.0/5 (with 226 votes)

When a fisherman leaves to fight with the Greek army during World War II, his fiancée falls in love with the local Italian commander.

Directed by John Madden - With Nicolas Cage, Penélope Cruz, John Hurt, Christian Bale, David Morrissey, Irene Papas, ...
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