War depictions in film and television include documentaries, TV mini-series, and drama serials depicting aspects of historical wars. The films included here are set in the time period from 1945 to 2001, or from the start of the Cold War until it came to an end in 1990s. The Cold War itself was the aftermath of World War II. At the turn of the new century the world woke up to a new reality one September morning and Cold War's aftermath period came to an end.
Indonesian National Revolution (1945–1949)
Darah dan Doa (1950) Enam Djam di Djogdja (1951) Kopral Djono (1954) Pedjuang (1960) Daerah Tak Bertuan (1963) Perawan di Sektor Selatan (1972) Mereka Kembali (1972) Bandung Lautan Api (1974) Janur Kuning (1979) Kereta Api Terakhir (1981) Serangan Fajar (1981) Pasukan Berani Mati (1982) Lebak Membara (1982) Film Dan Peristiwa (1985) Nagabonar (1986) Soerabaja'45 (1990) Oeroeg (1993) Merah Putih (2009) Merah Putih II: Darah Garuda (2010) Laskar Pemimpi (2010) Merah Putih III: Hati Merdeka (2011) Battle of Surabaya (2015) Jenderal Soedirman (2015) The East (2020)
Cold War (1945–1991) (Also see Cold War films)
The Stranger (1946) The Iron Curtain (1948) Berlin Express (1948) The Third Man (1949) The Big Lift (1950) Big Jim McLain (1952) Diplomatic Courier (1952) The Iron Petticoat (1956) Jet Pilot (1957) Rocket Attack U.S.A. (1958) On the Beach (1959) The Manchurian Candidate (1962) A Gathering of Eagles (1963) Charade (1963) Seven Days in May (1964) Fail-Safe (1964) Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) Rendezvous with a Spy ("Spotkanie ze Szpiegiem" in Polish) (1964) The War Game (1965) The Bedford Incident (1965) The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965) The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966) Ice Station Zebra (1968) Topaz (1969) The Kremlin Letter (1970) The Looking Glass War (1970) Das unsichtbare Visier (1973–1979) (miniseries) Night Flight from Moscow (1973) The Mackintosh Man (1973) Starling and Lyre («Скворец и Лира» in Russian) (1974) Thirty Cases of Major Zeman (1974) (TV series) The Sell Out (1976) Telefon (1977) Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977) The Sandbaggers (1978–1980) (TV series) Firefox (1982) Incident at Map Grid 36-80 (1982) The Soldier (1982) World War III (1982) (miniseries) Enigma (1982) Gorky Park (1983) Spy Connection (1983) The Day After (1983) (TV) WarGames (1983) Red Dawn (1984) TASS Is Authorized to Declare... (1984) (miniseries) Threads (1984) (TV) Spies Like Us (1985) The Detached Mission (1985) The Falcon and the Snowman (1985) White Nights (1985) Defence of the Realm (1986) Interception («Перехват» in Russian) (1986) Top Gun (1986) The Fourth Protocol (1987) Game, Set and Match (1988) (miniseries) Honor Bound (1988) Red Scorpion (1988) Shootdown (1988) The Hunt for Red October (1990) By Dawn's Early Light (1990) The Fourth War (1990) Company Business (1991) Crimson Tide (1995) Akwarium (film) (1996) Hostile Waters (1997) (TV) The Assignment (1997) Cold War (1998) (TV documentary series) World War III (1998) Thirteen Days (2000) Buffalo Soldiers (2001) The Tunnel (2001) Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) Silmido (2003) Breach (2007) The Good Shepherd (2006) The Company (2007) (miniseries) Russian Translation (2007) (miniseries) A Lonely Place for Dying (2009) Carlos (2010) (miniseries) Knowledgeable source in Moscow («Осведомленный источник в Москве» in Russian) (2010) The Debt (2011) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) Phantom (2013) The Americans (2013) (TV series) Despite the Falling Snow (2014) Jack Strong (2014) The Man Who Saved the World (2014) (docudrama) Pawn Sacrifice (2014) Bridge of Spies (2015) Deutschland 83 (2015) (TV series) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015) Onset of Darkness (2016) Atomic Blonde (2017) The Death of Stalin (2017) Anna (2019) The Courier (2020) Firebird (2021)
Greek Civil War (1946–1949)
Guerrilla Girl (1953) Black Seed (1971) The Descent of the Nine (1984) Eleni (1985) Deep Soul (2009)
Hukbalahap Insurgency (1946–1954) Huk sa Bagong Pamumuhay (1953) Huk! (1956) Patayin Si Sec. Magsaysay (1957)
Indochina Wars (1946–1989) First Indochina War (1946–1954)
Rogues' Regiment (1948) A Yank in Indo-China (1952) Jump into Hell (1954) China Gate (1957) Patrouille de choc (1957) The Black Battalion (Cerný prapor) (1958) Czech soldiers in the Foreign legion The Quiet American (1958) Five Gates to Hell (1959) Fort du Fou (1963) Les Parias de la gloire (1964) La 317éme section (1965) Lost Command (1966) Le Crabe-tambour (1977) Indochine (1992) Dien Bien Phu (1992) The Quiet American (2002) The Indian (2011) To the Ends of the World (2018)
Vietnam War (1955–1975) (Also see Vietnam War in film and Vietnam War films)
A Yank in Viet-Nam (1964) Operation C.I.A. (1965) To the Shores of Hell (1966) The Anderson Platoon (1967) Philcag in Vietnam (1967) The Green Berets (1968) The Ballad of Andy Crocker (1969) The Losers (1970) – see Nam's Angels Hearts and Minds (1974) The Deer Hunter (1978) Go Tell the Spartans (1978) Season of the Whirlwind (Mùa gió chướng) (1978) The Boys in Company C (1978) Coming Home (1978) Apocalypse Now (1979) The Odd Angry Shot (1979) The Wild Field (Cánh đồng hoang) (1979) A Rumor of War (1980) (TV) The Last Hunter (1980) The Ten Thousand Day War (1980) (TV miniseries) How Sleep the Brave (1981) Some Kind of Hero (1982) The Uncounted Enemy (1982) Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder (1982) Streamers (1983) Uncommon Valor (1983) Missing In Action (1984) Purple Hearts (1984) Cease Fire (1985) Missing In Action II: The Beginning (1985) Birdy (1985) Coordinates of Death (1985) Platoon (1986) Combat Shock (1986) Full Metal Jacket (1987) Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) Hamburger Hill (1987) Hanoi Hilton (1987) Tour of Duty (TV series) (1987–1990) Gardens of Stone (1987) Hell on the Battleground (1987) Strike Commando (1987) Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except (1987) Bat 21 (1988) Braddock: Missing in Action III (1988) China Beach (TV series) (1988–1991) Off Limits (1988) Platoon Leader (1988) Distant Thunder (1988) White Ghost (1988) Born on the Fourth of July (1989) Born to Fight (1989) Casualties of War (1989) The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1989) The Iron Triangle (1989) 84C MoPic (1989) A Better Tomorrow 3 (1989) Air America (1990) Bullet in the Head (1990) Jacob's Ladder (1990) Flight of the Intruder (1991) White Badge (1992) Heaven & Earth (1993) Firehawk (1993) Forrest Gump (1994) The Foot Shooting Party (1994) Operation Dumbo Drop (1995) Dead Presidents (1995) The Walking Dead (1995) The War at Home (1996) A Bright Shining Lie (1998) Héroes de Otra Patria (Heroes Without a Cause) (1998) The Sound of the Violin in My Lai (1998) Tigerland (2000) Rules of Engagement (film) (2000) Father Xmas (2001) Green Dragon (2001) Under Heavy Fire (2001) We Were Soldiers (2002) Word of Honor (2003) Gamma Squad (2004) R-Point (2004) Faith of My Fathers (2005) American Gangster (2007) Rescue Dawn (2007) Journey from the Fall (2007) 1968 Tunnel Rats (2008) Sunny (2008) The Legend Makers (2013) The Post (2017) Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan (2019) The Greatest Beer Run Ever (2022) Primitive War (2025)
Cambodian Civil War (1967–1975) The Killing Fields (1984) The Road to Freedom (2010) First They Killed My Father (2017)
Sino-Vietnamese War (1979–1989) Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain (1984) Dove Tree (1985) Youth (2017)
Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts (1947–present)
Param Vir Chakra (1990) DD Special Episodes on Indian war heroes and Martyrs. Border Hindustan Ka (2003) Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo (2004) War Chhod Na Yaar (2013) Nishan-e-Haider Series PTV Special Plays. Alpha Bravo Charlie PTV drama serial.
Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 (1947) Saya e Khuda e Zuljalal (2016) Gadar: Ek Prem Katha India and Pakistan partition of 1947 (2001)
Bengali language movement (1952) Jibon Theke Neya (1952)
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 (1965) Prem Pujari (1965) Upkaar (1967) Operation Dwarka Based on naval operation commenced by the Pakistan Navy to attack the Indian coastal town of Dwarka on 7 September 1965 (1998)
East Pakistan-West Pakistan War of 1971 (1971)
Ora Egaro Jon (1971) Stop Genocide (1971), Documentary Arunodoyer Agnishakkhi (1972) Dhire Bohe Meghna (1973) Hindustan Ki Kasam 1971 war (1973) Aakraman 1971 war (1975) Vijeta 1971 war (1982) Muktir Gaan (1995), Documentary Border 1971 war (1997) Muktir Kotha (1999) Matir Moina (2002) Joyjatra (2004) Megher Pore Megh (2004) Shyamol Chhaya (2005) Amar Bondhu Rashed (2011) Guerilla (2011) Shongram (2014) The Ghazi Attack (2017) 1971: Beyond Borders (2017) Bhuban Majhi (2017) Raazi (2018)
Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir (1989–present)
Mission Kashmir Kashmir struggle (2000) Roza (1982) Tango Charlie (2005) Haider (2014) Picket 43 (2015) Uri: The Surgical Strike (2019)
Kargil War (1999) LOC Kargil (2003) Lakshya (2004) Shershaah (2021)
Arab–Israeli conflict (1948–present)
First Arab-Israeli War (1948–1949)
A Girl from Palestine (1948) Allah maana (1955) Hill 24 Doesn't Answer (1955) Land of Peace (1957) Exodus (1960) Cast a Giant Shadow (1966) Kedma (2002) The Gate of Sun (2004) O Jerusalem (2006) The Little Traitor (2007) Above and Beyond (2014)
Second Arab–Israeli War (1956) Port Said (1957) Sammy Going South (1963) Nasser 56 (1996) The Suez Crisis (1997), TV
Third Arab–Israeli War (1967) The Battle of Sinai (1968) The Sparrow (1972) Avanti Popolo (1986) Pour Sacha (1991) Six Days in June (2007), documentary
War of Attrition (1967–1970) Road to Eilat (1994) Fourth Arab–Israeli War (1973) The Bullet is Still in My Pocket (1974) Sons of Silence (1974) Sadat (1983), miniseries Kippur (2000) The Days of Sadat (2001) The War in October (2013), documentary Valley of Tears (2020), TV series Golda (2023)
First Intifada (1987–1993) Rock the Casbah (2012) Oslo (2021)
Second Intifada (2000–2005) Private (2004) The Green Prince (2014), documentary
2006 Lebanon War Under the Bombs (2007)
Gaza War (2008–09) Tears of Gaza (2010), documentary
Burmese insurgency (1948–present) Beyond Rangoon (1995) Burma VJ (2009 documentary) Rambo (2008) The Lady (2011)
Malayan Emergency (1948–1960)
The Planter's Wife (1952) Operation Malaya (1953) Windom's Way (1957) The 7th Dawn (1964) The Virgin Soldiers (1969) Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers (1977) Bukit Kepong (1981)
Korean War (1950–1953) and Korean DMZ Conflict (1966–present) (Also see List of Korean War films)
A Yank in Korea (1951) This is Korea! (1951) Air Cadet (1951) The Steel Helmet (1951) Korea Patrol (1951) Fixed Bayonets (1951) I Want You (1951) One Minute to Zero (1952) Retreat, Hell! (1952) Battle Zone (1952) Mr Walkie Talkie (1952) Korea (1952) Torpedo Alley (1952) Combat Squad (1953) Take the High Ground! (1953) The Glory Brigade (1953) Battle Circus (1953) Mission Over Korea (1953) Flight Nurse (1953) Sabre Jet (1953) Cease Fire (1953) (3-D) Batalyon Pilipino sa Korea (1954) Prisoner of War (1954) The Bamboo Prison (1954) The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954) Dragonfly Squadron (1954) Men of the Fighting Lady (1954) An Annapolis Story (1955) Target Zero (1955) Battle Taxi (1955) Crèvecoeur (1955) Air Strike (1955) Hell's Horizon (1955) Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) A Hill in Korea (1956) Battle on Shangganling Mountain (1956) Hold Back the Night (1956) The Rack (1956) Sayonara (1957) Men in War (1957) Battle Hymn (1957) Time Limit (1957) Tank Battalion (1958) Jet Attack (1958) The Hunters (1958) Operation Dames (1959) Pork Chop Hill (1959) Battle Flame (1959) All the Young Men (1960) Marines, Let's Go (1961)