Conflict movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant conflict movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, suspense, dramatic, psychological, realistic and serious films and TV shows about / with conflict, death, murder, violence, betrayal, violent, blood, war, courage and storytelling plots mostly in Drama, War and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
conflict movies
1805
TOP 10 movies tagged as conflict: Joker (2019), Game of Thrones (2011), Knives Out (2019), Maleficent (2014), Little Fires Everywhere (2020), The 100 (2014), Black Hawk Down (2001), Platoon (1986), Bend It Like Beckham (2002), The Thin Red Line (1998).

List of conflict movies

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 8.3
 1.7M
Joker (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Australia
Duration: 122 min.
Story: During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
Style: thought provoking, atmospheric, suspense, bleak, psychological thriller ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: mental illness, villain, loneliness, mental patient, psycho, comedian, psychological trauma, mental disorder, psychopath, social problems, insanity, social decay ...
Time: 2010s, 80s, year 2019, 20th century, year 1981
Place: new york, new jersey, los angeles, persia, bronx new york city
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 9.2
 2.5M
Game of Thrones (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the ...
Style: epic, captivating, atmospheric, dramatic, stylized ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot: dragon, medieval, intrigue, fantasy world, incest, kingdom, power struggle, peril, abuse of power, political intrigue, conflict, rivalry ...
Time: ancient times, middle ages, medieval times, year 2011, 2000s ...
Place: idaho, former yugoslavia, hawaii
Is relevant?
 7.9
 867K
Knives Out (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his ...
Style: atmospheric, captivating, exciting, witty, detective ...
Audience: chick flick, family friendly, kids, teens, boys' night ...
Plot: murder mystery, investigation, whodunit, death, mystery killer, murder, mansion, murder investigation, eccentric family, large family, private detective, suspect ...
Time: year 2019, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: north america, usa, new england, massachusetts, seattle
Is relevant?
 6.9
 422K
Maleficent (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The untold story of Disney's most iconic villain from the 1959 classic 'Sleeping Beauty'. A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading ...
Style: fairy tale, dark fantasy, romantic, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: chick flick, kids, family outing, teens, family friendly ...
Plot: witch, fantasy world, princess, magical, fairy, good versus evil, wizards and magicians, kingdom, imaginary kingdom, true love, villainess, magic ...
Time: 14th century, year 2014, 2010s, middle ages, medieval times
Place: france, scotland, europe
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Little Fires Everywhere (2020)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story: The intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and an enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. Explore the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, the ferocious pull of motherhood – and the danger in ...
Style: suspense, social, captivating, psychological, intellectual ...
Audience: chick flick, teen drama
Plot: strong female character, female protagonist, conflict, racial tension, mother daughter relationship, parents and children, female artist, family relations, lgbtq, teenage sexuality, social differences, lesbian teen ...
Time: 90s, year 1997
Is relevant?
 7.5
 301K
The 100 (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Based on the books by Kass Morgan, this show takes place 100 years in the future, when the Earth has been abandoned due to radioactivity. The last surviving humans live on an ark orbiting the planet — but the ark won't last forever. So the ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, futuristic, stylized ...
Audience: teens, pre-teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: survival, post apocalypse, danger, fate of humanity, human existence, leadership, youth, nuclear holocaust, outer space, space station, friendship, lesbian ...
Time: future, near future
Place: usa
Is relevant?
 7.7
 451K
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 144 min.
Story: When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.
Style: realistic, rough, epic, disturbing, intense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: war, combat, courage, gunfight, military, battles, chaos, sniper, american soldier, shooting, survival, army ...
Time: year 2001, 20th century, 90s, year 1993, year 2002 ...
Place: somalia, africa, south africa, america, middle east ...
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 8.1
 469K
Platoon (1986)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story: As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.
Style: realistic, disturbing, epic, rough, suspense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: vietnam war, military, soldier, battlefield, battles, squad, jungle warfare, combat, jungle, anti war, violent, conflict ...
Time: year 1967, year 1986, year 1968, 60s, 20th century
Place: vietnam, southeast asia, the philippines, america, asia ...
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Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Jess Bhamra, the daughter of a strict Indian couple in London, is not permitted to play organized soccer, even though she is 18. When Jess is playing for fun one day, her impressive skills are seen by Jules Paxton, who then convinces Jess to play ...
Style: feel good, sweet, teen, light, touching ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, family outing, kids, family friendly ...
Plot: soccer, friendship, wedding, football, hinduism, tradition, stereotypes, feminism, immigrant, coming of age, against the rules, culture clash ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, london, europe, hamburg germany, germany ...
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The Thin Red Line (1998)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story: Based on the graphic novel by James Jones, The Thin Red Line tells the story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II ...
Style: philosophical, visually stunning, visually appealing, visual, epic ...
Plot: war, world war two, sergeant, jungle, infantry, soldier, pacific war, anti war, u.s. army, pacific island, survival, existentialism ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, 90s, year 1998, year 1940 ...
Place: asia, japan, america, germany, pacific ocean ...
Is relevant?
 7.3
 82K
MASH (1970)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and high jinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.
Style: satirical, humorous, black comedy, witty, talky ...
Plot: satire, military, nurse, medical, surgeon, korean war, surgery, american football, dark humor, sexual harassment, irreverence, sexism ...
Time: 1950s, year 1970, 20th century, 50s, year 1951 ...
Place: north korea, korea, south korea, canada, vietnam
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Another Day of Life (2018)
Genre: Animation, Biography
Country: Spain, Poland, Belgium, Germany, France, Hungary
Duration: 85 min.
Story: In 1975, Ryszard Kapuściński, a veteran Polish journalist, embarked on a seemingly suicidal road trip into the heart of the Angola's civil war. There, he witnessed once again the dirty reality of war and discovered a sense of helplessness ...
Style: adult animation, thought provoking, psychological, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: life risking, conflict, civil war, investigation, independence movement, african, war, frontline, wartime, military life, road trip, travel ...
Time: 20th century, 2010s, year 1975
Place: angola, africa, portugal, cuba, poland ...
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Ayyappanum Koshiyum (2020)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 177 min.
Story: The story revolves around the clash between Ayyappan, a senior police officer who serves at the Attappadi Police Station and Havildar Koshi, who comes to the village with a motive.
Style: suspense, intense, disturbing, captivating, emotional ...
Plot: conflict, police, power struggle, law enforcement, ego clash, police officer, fight, conflict of interest, battles, machismo, revenge, village ...
Time: 2020s
Place: india
Is relevant?
 6.4
 737
White Courage (2024)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The film tells the story of two Highlander brothers – Maciek and Andrzej. After the death of their father, which Andrzej contributed to, and the loss of his beloved Bronka, Andrzej leaves the family home. On his way, he meets the mysterious ...
Style: psychological, captivating, thrilling, tension, intense ...
Plot: world war two, brothers, family conflict, conflict, brotherhood, anthropologist, collaboration, feud, war, brother, family feud, brother brother relationship ...
Time: 1940s
Place: poland, eastern europe
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Awakening of Insects (2019)
Genre: Drama, History, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Set during the Japanese occupation of Shanghai in 1941, the drama follows Chen Shan who was forced to be a Japanese spy to save his younger sister who was held in captive; and his journey to become a patriotic fighter.
Style: suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological, tense ...
Plot: patriotism, conflict, spy, world war two, wartime, japanese occupation, espionage, society, civil unrest, patriot, battles, fight for supremacy ...
Time: 1940s
Place: shanghai, china
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Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
Style: clever, suspense, visually stunning, bleak, psychological ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: vietnam war, military, war, soldier, anti war, suicide, basic training, boot camp, violence, sniper, military life, brutality ...
Time: 20th century, year 1967, year 1968, year 1987, 60s ...
Place: vietnam, persia, america, asia, south carolina ...
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Critical Point (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Aline with Valentín. Miroslava with Sergio. Two couples. Two different worlds. One only destiny. Reflected upon one another, their lives intertwine in everyday's story. A story full of conflict and passion, triumph and failure. Thus, their ...
Style: romantic drama, psychological, captivating, touching, sensitive ...
Plot: relationships, conflict, family relations, society, changing lives, marital problem, family problems, couples, family conflict, family life, male female relationship, couple relations ...
Time: 21st century
Is relevant?
 7.4
 25K
Paradise Now (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Israel, Netherlands, Germany, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Paradise Now is filmed from the perspective of two Palestinian men who are preparing to perform a suicide attack in Israel. This is the first film to deal with the subject of suicide bombers.
Style: disturbing, controversial, depressing, political, rough ...
Plot: terrorism, politics, israeli palestinian conflict, terrorist, friendship, islam, suicide, destiny, muslim, conflict, israeli, manipulation ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: middle east, palestine, israel, jerusalem, maghreb ...
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 7.5
 252K
Munich (2005)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: France, Canada, USA
Duration: 164 min.
Story: During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and ...
Style: political, intense, brutal, political thriller, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, espionage, assassination, mossad, vengeance, judaism, politics, terrorist, vigilante, revenge, spy, murder ...
Time: 70s, year 2005, 20th century, 2000s, year 1972
Place: israel, middle east, palestine, germany, europe ...
Is relevant?
 8.1
 390K
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK, South Africa, Italy
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his ...
Style: emotional, intense, sincere, rough, political ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: genocide, racism, hotel, against humanity, war, violence, politics, cruelty, civil war, war crime, refugee, un ...
Time: 20th century, year 2004, 90s, 2000s
Place: rwanda, africa, south africa, congo, somalia ...
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Cyborgs: Heroes Never Die (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 112 min.
Story: ‘The Cyborgs’ is re-telling the recent history of Ukraine – the legendary fight for Donetsk Airport in 2014 during Russian invasion. The freedom fighters from various divisions of Ukrainian army and volunteer battalions took a 242-days stand ...
Style: disturbing, exciting, cyber, rough, serious ...
Plot: death, vengeance, mentor, heroes, friends, conflict, friendship, rebelliousness, freedom, soldier, danger, weapons ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s
Place: ukraine, eastern europe, europe
Is relevant?
 7.3
 157
Leningrad 46 (2014)
Genre: Crime
Country: Russia
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story: The story of the courage, the drama of human destiny, for the first time opening up many pages of post-war life in Leningrad - the harsh and sometimes cruel. City, has just survived the siege and still reeling from hunger, destruction, death. Here, ...
Style: captivating, rough, suspense, disturbing, atmospheric ...
Plot: bandit, post war, fighting crime, criminal gang, conflict, society, partners in crime, criminal, new life, crime boss, social injustice, breakdown ...
Time: 1940s
Place: st. petersburg russia, ussr, russia
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If Only Everyone (2012)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Armenia
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A beautiful girl named Sasha from Russia comes to Armenia. Born between Russian father and Armenian mother, Sasha is searching for the grave of her father who died in the Karabakh War. Karabakh, which was the territory of the Azerbaijani Republic ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, touching, emotional ...
Plot: veteran, conflict, escapades, haunted by the past, dealing with death, shepherd, soldier, peace, friendship, grief, loss, reconciliation ...
Time: 90s, 21st century
Place: europe, armenia, russia, azerbaijan
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 8.2
 7K
Patria (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A look at the impact of Spain’s Basque conflict on ordinary people on both sides, such as the widow of a man killed by the ETA who returns to her home village after the 2011 ceasefire between the separatist group and the Spanish government, and ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: terrorist, terrorist group, terrorism, eta terrorist group, conflict, murder, civil war, death, police, danger, friendship, conspiracy ...
Place: basque country, europe, south of france, spain, iberian peninsula ...
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Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, India, Jordan
Duration: 157 min.
Story: A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.
Style: tense, political, talky, historical drama, controversial ...
Audience: chick flick, family friendly, boys' night, adult
Plot: terrorism, espionage, cia, 9/11, military, manhunt, islamic terrorism, combat, terrorist plot, cia agent, al qaeda, propaganda ...
Time: september 11 2001, year 2003, year 2005, year 2011, 2000s ...
Place: middle east, pakistan, iraq, baghdad iraq, afghanistan ...
Is relevant?
 7.5
 494K
The Hurt Locker (2008)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Luxembourg, Canada
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Forced to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse in the chaos of war, an elite Army bomb squad unit must come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy and every object could be a deadly bomb.
Style: tense, realistic, emotional, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, adult
Plot: iraq war, terrorism, military, sniper, soldier, war, bomb squad, violence, army, shootout, marines, bomb ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, year 2004, 21st century
Place: middle east, iraq, baghdad iraq, america, afghanistan ...
Is relevant?
 8.0
 622K
Blood Diamond (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK, South Africa, India
Duration: 143 min.
Story: An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son ...
Style: serious, captivating, thought provoking, intense, emotional ...
Audience: adult
Plot: civil war, treasure hunt, gem, mercenary, smuggling, greed, revolution, mining, rebel, journalism, life changing, rescue ...
Time: year 2006, 90s, year 2003, 20th century, year 1999 ...
Place: africa, sierra leone, zimbabwe, south africa, angola ...
Is relevant?
 7.8
 189K
Bones (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification ...
Style: witty, suspenseful, intellectual, detective, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: investigation, fbi, partners against crime, forensics, partner, teamwork, law enforcement, crime investigation, expert, scientist, ambitious, police investigation ...
Time: future, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., usa
Is relevant?
 6.3
 891
Exit Marrakech (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story: When 17-year-old Ben visits his father Heinrich in Marrakech, it is the start of an adventurous journey through a foreign country with a picturesque charm and a rough beauty where everything appears possible — including the chance that father and ...
Style: captivating, sincere, serious, touching, realistic ...
Plot: impossible love, father son relationship, teenage boy, interracial relations, mountain, desert, conflict, prostitute, defiant, parents and children, self discovery, estrangement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: morocco, africa
Is relevant?
 6.9
 5K
Tanna (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, Vanuatu
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In a traditional tribal society in the South Pacific, a young girl, Wawa, falls in love with her chief’s grandson, Dain. When an inter-tribal war escalates, Wawa is unknowingly betrothed as part of a peace deal. The young lovers run away, refusing ...
Style: captivating, sentimental, realistic, psychological, anthropological ...
Audience: date night
Plot: pacific island, tradition, tribe, native tribe, volcano, arranged marriage, forbidden love, lovers, forced marriage, warrior, conflict, love ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
Place: africa, oceania, pacific ocean
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