Biographical action films

120 Bahadur is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language historical war film directed by Razneesh ‘Razy’ Ghai and produced by Excel Entertainment and Trigger Happy Studios. The film stars Farhan Akhtar as Major Shaitan Singh and Raashii Khanna in a Special appearance as Shugan Kanwar, the wife of Shaitan Singh. The film recounts the Battle of Rezang La, considered one of the major events of the Sino-Indian War and fought on 18 November 1962, when 120 soldiers of the Charlie Company, 13 Kumaon Regiment, made up of Ahirs, defended their post against a 3000-strong Chinese Army contingent, inflicting on them over 1300 casualties.

Raja Shivaji is an upcoming Indian historical action drama film co-written and directed by Riteish Deshmukh, based on the life of Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Empire. The film is produced by Genelia Deshmukh and Jyoti Deshpande. It features an ensemble cast led by Riteish Deshmukh in the title role, alongside Sanjay Dutt, Abhishek Bachchan, Mahesh Manjrekar, Sachin Khedekar, Bhagyashree, Fardeen Khan, Jitendra Joshi, Amole Gupte, and Genelia Deshmukh.

2014 film directed by Clint Eastwood

2009 film directed by Michael Mann

2013 film directed by Ron Howard

2023 film directed by Ridley Scott

2008 Hong Kong film directed by Wilson Yip

2007 film by Sergei Bodrov

2016 film directed by Nitesh Tiwari

2012 film by Faruk Aksoy

1952 film by Elia Kazan

2013 film directed by Peter Berg

2010 film by Wilson Yip

2015 Hong Kong film directed by Wilson Yip

2008 Russian biopic film by Andrei Kravchuk

2018 film directed by David Mackenzie

2013 film by Wong Kar-Wai

2011 film by Marc Forster

Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language epic historical action film directed by Om Raut and produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar and Ajay Devgn under T-Series Films and Ajay Devgn FFilms. Tracing the life of Maratha warrior Tanaji Malusare, it stars Ajay Devgn as the eponymous lead, Kajol and Saif Ali Khan. It also features Neha Sharma, Sharad Kelkar and Luke Kenny in supporting roles. Set in the 17th century, it revolves around Tanaji's attempts to recapture the Kondhana fortress once it passed on to Mughal emperor Aurangzeb who transfers its control to his trusted gua

2013 film by Sanjay Gupta

1949 film by Vladimir Petrov

2021 film directed by Igor Kopylov

Shershaah () is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language biographical war film based on the life of Vikram Batra, martyred in action in the Kargil War, directed by Vishnuvardhan in his Hindi film debut and written by Sandeep Shrivastava. The film was produced by Dharma Productions and Kaash Entertainment, with Hiroo Yash Johar, Karan Johar, Apoorva Mehta, Shabbir Boxwala, Ajay Shah and Himanshu Gandhi serving as producers. Sidharth Malhotra stars in a dual role as Vikram Batra and his twin brother Vishal, with Kiara Advani as his girlfriend Dimple Cheema.

2019 film directed by Andrei Kravchuk

Chhaava () is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language epic historical action film based on the life of Sambhaji, the second ruler of the Maratha Empire, who is played by Vicky Kaushal. An adaptation of the Marathi novel Chhava by Shivaji Sawant, it is directed by Laxman Utekar and produced by Dinesh Vijan under Maddock Films. The cast also includes Akshaye Khanna and Rashmika Mandanna.

2010 film by Tigmanshu Dhulia

2015 Tamil film directed by Gunasekhar

2015 film by Jerrold Tarog

2010 film by Dmitriy Korobkin

2024 film directed by Stefano Mordini

2018 film directed by David Blair

2018 film directed by Denis Delić

2022 Russian film

2017 film directed by Krish

2010 film directed by Ram Gopal Varma

2001 film by Chatrichalerm Yugala

2024 Indian film

2016 film by Ram Gopal Varma

2019 film directed by Li Liming

film series by Chatrichalerm Yugala

2023 film by Meghna Gulzar

2009 film by João Daniel Tikhomiroff

Ikkis () is a 2026 Indian Hindi-language biographical war drama film directed and co-written by Sriram Raghavan. It is co-produced by Dinesh Vijan, Binny Padda, Sharada Karki Jalota, and Poonam Shivdasani under Maddock Films. It stars Agastya Nanda in his theatrical debut, Dharmendra in his final film role & also Asrani in a posthumous appearance, and Jaideep Ahlawat and Simar Bhatia. It is based on the life of Arun Khetarpal, the youngest recipient of the Param Vir Chakra award, and centered around the Battle of Basantar during the 1971 India–Pakistan War. The film's title is in reference to

2016 film by Ram Gopal Varma

2023 Indian film directed by Raja Krishna Menon

1974 Telugu film

1959 Tamil film directed by B. R. Panthulu

2005 South Korean film directed by Yoon Jong-chan