War movies on Amazon Prime Video in the US

Top 20: War movies on Amazon Prime Video in the US

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

1. Guy Ritchie's The Covenant (2023) · ★ 7.7/10 · War, Action, Thriller
   After an ambush, Afghan interpreter Ahmed goes to Herculean lengths to save US Army Sergeant John Kinley's life. When Kinley learns that Ahmed and his family were not…
2. King Arthur (2004) · ★ 6.3/10 · Adventure, War, History
   The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops…
3. The Great Escape (1963) · ★ 7.9/10 · Adventure, Drama, War
   The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof'…
4. Tom Clancy's Without Remorse (2021) · ★ 6.9/10 · Action, Thriller, War
   An elite Navy SEAL uncovers an international conspiracy while seeking justice for the murder of his pregnant wife.
5. The Tank (2025) · ★ 7.1/10 · War, Action, Drama
   A German Tiger tank crew is sent on a dangerous mission to rescue the missing officer Paul von Hardenburg from a top-secret bunker behind enemy lines. As they make their…
6. Downfall (2004) · ★ 7.9/10 · Drama, History, War
   In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In…
7. Lone Survivor (2013) · ★ 7.4/10 · War, Action, Drama
   Four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level Taliban operative must make an impossible moral decision in the mountains of Afghanistan that leads them…
8. Rise of the Conqueror (2026) · ★ 5.9/10 · History, Action, Adventure
   In the 14th-century, as the Silk Road crumbles and rival factions tear the land apart, fearless warrior Timur emerges from exile. Stripped of everything, he fights to…
9. Brothers (2009) · ★ 7.3/10 · Drama, Thriller, War
   When his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marine Sam Cahill is presumed dead. Back home, brother Tommy steps in to look over Sam’s…
10. The Great Dictator (1940) · ★ 8.3/10 · Comedy, War
    Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
11. Valkyrie (2008) · ★ 7.0/10 · Drama, Thriller, War
    Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow…
12. Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) · ★ 7.2/10 · War, History, Drama
    In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after…
13. The Outpost (2020) · ★ 6.9/10 · War, Drama, History
    A small unit of U.S. soldiers, alone at the remote Combat Outpost Keating, located deep in the valley of three mountains in Afghanistan, battles to defend against an…
14. Hart's War (2002) · ★ 6.4/10 · Drama, War
    When Col. William McNamara is stripped of his freedom in a German POW camp, he's determined to keep on fighting even from behind enemy lines. Enlisting the help of a…
15. The Exception (2017) · ★ 6.9/10 · War, Drama, Romance
    Nothing is as it seems in this riveting World War 2 thriller as a wary soldier goes to investigate a mysterious German monarch at his secluded mansion, leading him into…
16. The Monuments Men (2014) · ★ 6.1/10 · War, Drama, History
    Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on seven over-the-hill, out-of-shape museum directors,…
17. The Last Legion (2007) · ★ 5.6/10 · Action, Adventure, Fantasy
    As the Roman empire crumbles, young Romulus Augustus flees the city and embarks on a perilous voyage to Britain to track down a legion of supporters.
18. USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016) · ★ 5.9/10 · Action, War
    The harrowing true story of the crew of the USS Indianapolis, who were stranded in the Philippine Sea for five days after delivering the atomic weapons that would…
19. My Way (2011) · ★ 7.9/10 · Drama, Action, History
    During the invasion of Normandy the photograph of a slim Korean man in German uniform was found. It transpired that the man had served as a soldier in the Japanese,…
20. 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…

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