Category
page 1American war epic films
Schindler's List
1993 film directed by Steven Spielberg
Braveheart
Braveheart is a 1995 American epic historical war drama film directed and produced by Mel Gibson, who portrays Scottish warrior Sir William Wallace in the First War of Scottish Independence. The film also stars Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan, Catherine McCormack and Angus Macfadyen. The story is inspired by Blind Harry's 15th century epic poem The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun Schir William Wallace and was adapted for the screen by Randall Wallace.
Saving Private Ryan
1998 film directed by Steven Spielberg
Apocalypse Now
1979 film directed by Francis Ford Coppola
300
2007 film directed by Zack Snyder
Oppenheimer (film)
Oppenheimer is a 2023 epic biographical thriller film written, co-produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan. It follows the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist who helped develop the first nuclear weapons during World War II. Based on the 2005 biography American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, the film dramatizes Oppenheimer's studies, his direction of the Los Alamos Laboratory and his 1954 security hearing. Cillian Murphy stars as Oppenheimer, alongside Robert Downey Jr. as the United States Atomic Energy Commission member Lewis Strauss. The ensemble supporting cast includes Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, Casey Affleck, Rami Malek, and Kenneth Branagh.
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930 film directed by Lewis Milestone
The Deer Hunter
1978 film directed by Michael Cimino
1917
2019 film by Sam Mendes
The Thin Red Line
1998 film by Terrence Malick
Patton
1970 film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
Empire of the Sun
1987 film directed by Steven Spielberg
The Patriot
2000 film directed by Roland Emmerich
The Last of the Mohicans
1992 film directed by Michael Mann
The Longest Day
1962 war film
300: Rise of an Empire
2014 film directed by Noam Murro
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
2003 film directed by Peter Weir
Napoleon
2023 film directed by Ridley Scott
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 American-Japanese war film
A Bridge Too Far
1977 film by Richard Attenborough
Midway
2019 film directed by Roland Emmerich
The Alamo
1960 film directed by John Wayne
Tristan & Isolde
2006 film directed by Kevin Reynolds
The Sand Pebbles
1966 American period war film directed by Robert Wise
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1921 film by Rex Ingram
Is Paris Burning?
1966 film directed by René Clément
Battle of the Bulge
1965 film by Ken Annakin
Lion of the Desert
1980 film by Moustapha Akkad
Ride with the Devil
1999 film by Ang Lee
Ironclad
2011 film directed by Jonathan English
The Beast
1988 film directed by Kevin Reynolds
Pork Chop Hill
1959 film by Lewis Milestone
Miracle at St. Anna
2008 film directed by Spike Lee
Gods and Generals
2003 film by Ronald F. Maxwell
Joan the Woman
1916 film by Cecil B. DeMille
Gettysburg
1993 film by Ronald F. Maxwell
Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
2024 film directed by Kevin Costner
Fat Man and Little Boy
1989 film by Roland Joffé
Noah's Ark
1928 film
Go Tell the Spartans
1978 film by Ted Post
Old Ironsides
1926 film by James Cruze
Saints and Soldiers: Airborne Creed
2012 film by Ryan Little
Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2
2024 film directed by Kevin Costner
The Battle of Trafalgar
1911 film by J. Searle Dawley
The Eternal Sea
1955 film by John H. Auer
Young Washington
upcoming film directed by Jon Erwin