War films based on actual events

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.

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.

2014 film directed by Clint Eastwood

2001 film by Ridley Scott

2007 film by Sergei Bodrov

1938 film by Sergei Eisenstein, Dmitri Vasilyev

2012 film by Faruk Aksoy

1976 English film about Islam by Moustapha Akkad

2005 film directed by Sam Mendes

2013 film directed by Peter Berg

2016 film by Todd Phillips

1970 film by Sergei Bondarchuk

1964 film directed by Cy Endfield

2008 Chinese film directed by John Woo

2018 film directed by David Mackenzie

1911 film by Aleksandr Khanzhonkov, Vasily Goncharov

2010 film by Paul Greengrass

1980 film by Moustapha Akkad

2011 film directed by Renny Harlin

1965 Hungarian film by Miklós Jancsó

1936 film by Michael Curtiz

1966 film directed by Melville Shavelson

1965 film by Orson Welles

2017 film directed by David Michôd

2016 film directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa

Warfare is a 2025 war film written and directed by Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland. Based on Mendoza's experiences during the Iraq War as a U.S. Navy SEAL, the film depicts an encounter on 19 November 2006 after the Battle of Ramadi. The script is drawn from the testimonies of the platoon members and is presented in real time. It stars an ensemble cast including D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai as Mendoza, alongside Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Kit Connor, Finn Bennett, Joseph Quinn, and Charles Melton. The film is dedicated to platoon member Elliott Miller, who lost his leg and ability to speak in the incident.

1959 film by Lewis Milestone

1979 film by Douglas Hickox

2018 film directed by Dante Lam

1968 British film by Tony Richardson

2014 South Korean war film directed by Kim Han-min

2022 film directed by Maryna Er Gorbach

2017 film directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite

2017 film by Akhtem Seitablaiev

2022 film directed by J. D. Dillard

2003 film by J. P. Dutta

1972 film directed by Miklós Jancsó

1992 French film

1997 film by Bruce Beresford

1986 film by Med Hondo

2020 film directed by Rod Lurie

2009 film by Tim Matheson

Border is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language epic war film written, produced and directed by J. P. Dutta. Set during the India–Pakistan war of 1971, the film is based on the events of Battle of Longewala (1971). It stars an ensemble cast of Sunny Deol, Jackie Shroff, Suniel Shetty, Akshaye Khanna, Puneet Issar, Sudesh Berry and Kulbhushan Kharbanda in pivotal roles, along with Tabu, Pooja Bhatt, Rakhee Gulzar, Sharbani Mukherjee, Sapna Bedi and Rajiv Goswami.

2012 film by Valeria Sarmiento

1981 Nigerian film by Sharad Patel

2018 film directed by Eva Husson

2017 film by Dzhanik Fayziev

2023 South Korean film

2020 film directed by Matthew Michael Carnahan

2022 film directed by Anton Megerdichev

2019 film directed by Andrei Kravchuk

1989 film by Zdravko Šotra

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.

2019 film directed by Kwak Kyung-taek

2017 film by Sankalp Reddy

2022 film

2013 American film directed by Todd Robinson

2022 film directed by Kim Han-min

2019 Indian film directed by Anurag Singh