War movies on Netflix in the UK

Top 20: War movies on Netflix in the UK

Updated 9 October 2026 · Ranked by TMDB popularity, which reflects what people are watching and searching for this week · Subscription titles only

1. 1917 (2019) · ★ 8.0/10 · War, Drama, History
   At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.
2. The Last Samurai (2003) · ★ 7.6/10 · Drama, Action, War
   Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable…
3. All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) · ★ 7.7/10 · War, Drama
   Paul Baumer and his friends Albert and Muller, egged on by romantic dreams of heroism, voluntarily enlist in the German army. Full of excitement and patriotic fervour,…
4. American Sniper (2014) · ★ 7.4/10 · War, Action
   U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle takes his sole mission—protect his comrades—to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers in American history. His pinpoint accuracy not…
5. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) · ★ 7.8/10 · Drama, History, War
   The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire…
6. Eye in the Sky (2015) · ★ 7.0/10 · Drama, Thriller, War
   A UK-based military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the…
7. Overlord (2018) · ★ 6.7/10 · Horror, War, Science Fiction
   On the eve of D-Day, a team of American paratroopers crash behind enemy lines and come face-to-face with a Nazi threat unlike any the world has ever seen.
8. The King (2019) · ★ 7.2/10 · Drama, History, War
   England, 15th century. Hal, a capricious prince who lives among the populace far from court, is forced by circumstances to reluctantly accept the throne and become Henry…
9. The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die (2023) · ★ 7.2/10 · Action, Adventure, War
   In the wake of King Edward's death, Uhtred of Bebbanburg and his comrades adventure across a fractured kingdom in the hopes of uniting England at last.
10. The Six Triple Eight (2024) · ★ 7.6/10 · Drama, War, History
    During World War II, the US Army's only all-Black, all-women battalion takes on an impossible mission: sorting through a three-year backlog of 17 million pieces of mail…
11. The Guns of Navarone (1961) · ★ 7.3/10 · Adventure, Drama, War
    A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent…
12. War Machine (2017) · ★ 5.6/10 · Comedy, Drama, War
    A rock star general bent on winning the “impossible” war in Afghanistan takes us inside the complex machinery of modern war. Inspired by the true story of General…
13. Sniper: Ghost Shooter (2016) · ★ 6.3/10 · Action, Drama, War
    Elite snipers Brandon Beckett and Richard Miller are fighting extremists in the Middle East when the Colonel gives them a new mission: to protect a gas pipeline…
14. MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM HATHAWAY The Sorcery of Nymph Circe (2026) · ★ 8.0/10 · Animation, Science Fiction, War
    Haunted by past trauma, Hathaway Noa is drawn to a mysterious girl named Gigi Andalucia, whose strange powers stir memories within him. While swayed by her cryptic…
15. Outlaw King (2018) · ★ 6.8/10 · Action, History, War
    Forced into exile by the English after being crowned King of Scotland, legendary warrior Robert the Bruce fights to reclaim the throne.
16. Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012) · ★ 7.5/10 · Adventure, Action, Fantasy
    In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.
17. The Forgotten Battle (2021) · ★ 7.1/10 · War, History, Drama
    During WWII's crucial Battle of the Scheldt, the lives of a glider pilot, a Nazi soldier and a reluctant Resistance recruit tragically intersect.
18. Sand Castle (2017) · ★ 6.5/10 · War, Action, Drama
    Set during the occupation of Iraq, a squad of U.S. soldiers try to protect a small village.
19. The Swedish Connection (2026) · ★ 7.4/10 · Drama, History, War
    Swedish Foreign Ministry bureaucrat Gösta Engzell, overlooked during WWII, rescued thousands while turning supposedly neutral Sweden into a moral force. His efforts…
20. Da 5 Bloods (2020) · ★ 6.4/10 · War, Drama
    Four African-American Vietnam veterans return to Vietnam. They are in search of the remains of their fallen squad leader and the promise of buried treasure. These heroes…

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