Military Dramas on Netflix
Last updated April 28, 2024
Flame and Citron
2008 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsThis fact-based drama explores the less-than-heroic side of World War II Danish Resistance fighters Flame and Citron, who, after taking orders from a Resistance leader, systematically assassinated Danish collaborators and Nazi officers.
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Ironclad
2011 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsBacked by his "Magnificent Seven," a principled Knight Templar defends Rochester Castle from the ruthless King John and his advancing armies, who seek to rule England's free men by force -- no matter what the Magna Carta might say.
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The Red Baron
2008 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsBased on the true story of the notorious World War I flying ace, this drama explores the life of Manfred von Richthofen -- aka the Red Baron -- from his childhood fascination with flying to his renowned career in the German Luftwaffe.
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9th Company
2005 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsAfter barely surviving an intensely grueling boot camp in Uzbekistan, an eclectic group of recently enlisted Soviet soldiers ships off to fight in Afghanistan, where they must endure hellish conditions and extremely dangerous mujahedeen forces.
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Coming Home
1998 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsThis miniseries stars Emily Mortimer as Judith Dunbar, a diffident teen shipped off to a boarding school on the English coast, where she finds love in a well-to-do surrogate family -- until World War II throws her life and the country into chaos.
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War Witch
2012 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsIn sub-Saharan Africa, 12-year-old Komona is kidnapped by rebel soldiers who force her to kill her parents and join their ranks. Over the next two years, Komona clings to life despite her horrific experiences and tries to pacify her parents' ghosts.
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A Bottle in the Gaza Sea
2011 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsA random connection blossoms into love in this drama about Tal, a recent arrival to Israel, who witnesses a cafe bombing that traumatizes her. In response, Tal writes a heartfelt letter that follows an unlikely path to Naim, a young Palestinian.
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Myn Bala: Warriors of the Steppe
2012 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsThis historical drama recounts the 18th-century struggle of the Kazakh people against the marauding tribes of the East, led by a teenage general. The action focuses on the courage of thousands of young solders in preserving their nation's freedom.
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The Official Story
1985 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsArgentinean schoolteacher Alicia (Norma Aleandro) is forced to question her government's official story of the "Dirty War" of the 1970s when she suspects that her adopted daughter, Gaby, may be the child of a murdered political prisoner. But her quest for truth takes a heavy toll on her relationship with her conservative husband (Héctor Alterio). This wrenching historical drama won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1986.
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War and Peace
1956 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWith great attention to detail and historical accuracy, personal stories, love affairs and philosophies are woven throughout this massive, intricate tapestry of Russia during Napoleon's invasion at the turn of the 19th century. A decade of preparation and two years of filming went into the making of this engaging version of Leo Tolstoy's 20th-century masterpiece, an epic drama starring Audrey Hepburn and Henry Fonda.
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Windtalkers
2002 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsIn this epic drama, gung-ho Marine Joe Enders is assigned to protect a "windtalker," one of several Navajo Indians used to relay messages during World War II because their spoken language was indecipherable to Japanese code breakers.
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Triumph of the Spirit
1989 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWillem Dafoe fights the battle of his life as Salamo, a Greek Jew (and former champion boxer) who's incarcerated in Auschwitz by the Nazis and must defeat all comers in weekly boxing exhibitions. If he doesn't, he faces the gas chamber.
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The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsThis classic World War II drama chronicles the life of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel (nicknamed the Desert Fox), focusing on his military career in North Africa, his connection to a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler and his lonely demise.
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Silmido
2003 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsThis drama is based on the true story of North Korea's Higher Intelligence Department (HID), whose 31 members were trained to infiltrate South Korea with the mission of attacking the presidential palace and assassinating President Park Chung-hee.
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Proud
2004 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsThis rousing drama recounts the true story of the U.S.S. Mason, the only World War II battleship with a largely black crew. Fighting racism, German submarines and a horrendous North Atlantic storm, the young sailors prove their mettle.
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The Wind That Shakes the Barley
2006 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsAs political tensions brew in early 1920s Ireland, brothers Damien and Teddy (Cillian Murphy and Padraic Delaney) abandon their civilian lives and take up arms to liberate their country from the oppressive "Black and Tan" squads of Britain. Winner of the Palme d'Or at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, Ken Loach's provocative drama examines a microcosm of civil war in Cork, Ireland. Liam Cunningham co-stars.
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Zulu Dawn
1979 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsDouglas Hickox helms this authentically staged epic dramatizing the clash between thousands of Zulu warriors and a considerably smaller number of British soldiers stationed in Natal, South Africa, in 1879.
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Centurion
2010 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsIn 2nd-century northern Britain, legendary centurion Quintas Dias and a handful of Roman soldiers struggle to survive behind enemy lines after their platoon is decimated in an ambush by savage Pict tribesmen.
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Intimate Enemies
2007 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsIn the mountains of Algeria, a French army lieutenant takes command of a platoon and is soon leading the men into a dangerous place called the Forbidden Zone, where his will -- and his morality -- are tested by the atrocities of war.
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The Sword with No Name
2011 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWhen the queen he secretly loves becomes caught up in a dangerous political battle that may prove fatal, the queen's bodyguard -- former bounty hunter Mu Myeong -- must take action to save her life.
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Fist of the Reich
2010 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsThis biopic of iconic German boxer Max Schmeling highlights his renowned fights with Joe Louis in the late 1930s, his marriage to actress Anny Ondra and his reluctant role as a poster boy for German supremacy during the Nazi era.
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Back to 1942
2012 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsAt the height of World War II, millions of rural Chinese refugees embark on a desperate journey to escape a widespread provincial famine. Fraught with danger, their trek soon begins to erode the invisible lines separating cultures and classes.
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Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
1955 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsTragedy is in the offing when widowed Eurasian doctor Han Suyin falls for dashing American war correspondent Mark Elliot. Despite insurmountable obstacles, Han and Mark's love deepens till he's sent to cover the "police action" in Korea.
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Ride with the Devil
1999 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWhen the Civil War begins, lifelong friends Jake and Jack Bull join the Missouri Bushwhackers, a ragtag team of Southern guerrilla fighters. But after the cold realities of conflict set in, the men must decide for themselves what honor means.
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Morituri
1965 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsA perilous game of cat and mouse ensues when a German defector -- employed by the British -- poses as a Nazi officer to gain entry onto a freighter to disarm explosives on the vessel, which is carrying a valuable load of crude rubber.
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