Trench warfare movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant trench warfare movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out bleak, captivating, serious, suspenseful, tense and period piece films and TV shows about / with trench warfare, soldier, military, war, world war one, battles, world war two, battlefield, wartime and great war plots mostly in War, Drama and History genres shot in UK, USA, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as trench warfare: Journey's End (2017), 1917 (2019), All Quiet on the Western Front (2022), The Great War (2019), The Rifleman (2019), Merry Christmas (2005), Beneath Hill 60 (2010), Land and Freedom (1995), The Fear (2015), The Lost Battalion (2001).
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Set in a dugout in Aisne in 1918, a group of British officers, led by the mentally disintegrating young officer Stanhope, variously await their fate.
Style:
period piece, psychological, suspense, thought provoking, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
world war one, trench warfare, great war, nightmare, war, mentally unstable, british army, army, officer, world war two, battles, fear ...
Time:
1910s, future, year 1918
Place:
france
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield and Blake are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds ...
Style:
period piece, visually stunning, tense, entertaining, sad ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, date night, adult
Plot:
world war one, trench warfare, race against time, soldier, british soldier, british army, death, battlefield, military, british military, dangerous mission, german soldier ...
Time:
year 1917, 1910s, 20th century, year 2019, 2010s
Place:
persia, los angeles, britain, europe, france
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, USA, UK
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
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, the boys enthusiastically march into a war they believe in. But once on the ...
Style:
visually stunning, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war one, trench warfare, battles, infantry, military, dying young, soldier, battlefield, german army, death of friend, german soldier, death ...
Time:
year 1917, year 1914, year 1918, 2020s, 1910s ...
Place:
germany, france
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In November of 1918 as World War I was ending, a unit of American soldiers goes behind enemy lines to find a lost platoon of African American soldiers.
Style:
captivating, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war one, trench warfare, military, soldier, rescue mission, army, death, battlefield, military life, combat, war violence, battles ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1918
Place:
europe
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Latvia
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The love story of sixteen-year-old Arturs is interrupted by the First World War. After losing his mother and his home, he finds some consolation in joining the army, because this is the first time national battalions are allowed in the Russian ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, psychological, thought provoking, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war one, soldier, patriotism, loss of family, life is a bitch, struggle for survival, wartime, military, army, loss of mother, loss of sister, wartime life ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
poland, estonia, latvia
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Genre: Drama, History, Music, Romance, War
Country: France, Germany, UK, Belgium, Romania, Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In 1914, World War I, the bloodiest war ever at that time in human history, was well under way. However on Christmas Eve, numerous sections of the Western Front called an informal, and unauthorized, truce where the various front-line soldiers of the ...
Style:
touching, uplifting, sincere, emotional, christian film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
christmas, world war one, war, truce, soldier, new year, holiday, idealism, christmas eve, priest, friendship, trench warfare ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 2005, 1920s, year 1914
Place:
france, prussia, europe, berlin germany, holland ...
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The true story of Australia's cat-and-mouse underground mine warfare – one of the most misunderstood, misrepresented and mystifying conflicts of WW I. It was a secret struggle BENEATH the Western Front that combined daring engineering, ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, emotional, bleak ...
Plot:
world war one, military, great war, human spirit, hopes, trench warfare, tunnel, danger, world war, life is a bitch, heroes, brutality ...
Time:
20th century, year 1916, 1910s
Place:
gallipoli, belgium, germany, australia, europe
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The movie narrates the story of David Carr, an unemployed worker and member of the Communist Party of Great Britain. In 1936 he decides to fight for the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War, an anti-fascist coalition of liberals, communists and ...
Style:
political, sad, hispanic, philosophical, social ...
Plot:
spanish civil war, politics, revolution, anarchist, working class, civil war, communist, trench warfare, anarchy, socialist, dictator, dictatorship ...
Time:
1930s, 90s, 20th century, year 1995, year 1937 ...
Place:
spain, catalonia, barcelona, europe, basque country ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young soldier testifies of his thoughts about the first world war, between disillusion, fear and hate, following his path through the letters he sends to his lover.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, rough, exciting
Plot:
world war one, battlefield, soldier, military, self mutilation, bombing, death of friend, desperation, wounded, love, youth, hiding ...
Time:
1910s, year 1917, year 1915, year 1914, year 1916
Place:
france
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Fact-based war drama about an American battalion of over 500 men which gets trapped behind enemy lines in the Argonne Forest in October 1918 France during the closing weeks of World War I. Based on a true story, The Lost Battalion is set in 1918 ...
Style:
serious, rough, bleak, realistic, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war one, trench warfare, military, u.s. military, american abroad, u.s. army, pigeon, great war, survival, military life, leadership, danger ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1918
Place:
france, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
The Unknown Soldier miniseries expands the story of the 2017 film of the same name. The World War II series based on Väinö Linna's classic novel closely follows a machine gun company of the Finnish Army on the Karelian front during the ...
Plot:
nazi germany, world war two, soldier, friendship, death, military, army, patriotism, wounded soldier, wounded, independence, trench warfare ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
finland, soviet union, ussr
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
TV show
Story:
A unique slant, profiling the life of Adolf Hitler as a child and his rise through the ranks of the National German Workers' Party prior to World War II.
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot:
hitler, world war two, nazism, fascism, against humanity, racism, politics, political unrest, dictatorship, nazi, leadership, ss ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 20th century, 1910s
Place:
germany, europe, austria
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
It is 1943, and the German army, ravaged and demoralised, are hastily retreating from the Russian front. In the midst of all this madness, conflict brews between the aristocratic yet ultimately pusillanimous Captain Stransky and the courageous ...
Style:
freeze frame, political, cult classic, brutal, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, german soldier, eastern front, military, soldier, war, battlefield, german army, anti war, wehrmacht, nazi, blood ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century, year 1977
Place:
bolivia, germany, siberia, france, russia ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
A young pilot in the German air force of 1918, disliked as lower-class and unchivalrous, tries ambitiously to earn the medal offered for 20 kills.
Style:
retro, exciting, serious, realistic, sex comedy ...
Plot:
world war one, biplane, ambition, fighter plane, fighter pilot, aviation, class differences, german army, chivalry, soldier, military, air attack ...
Time:
1910s, year 1966, year 1916, 1930s, 70s
Place:
germany, berlin germany, england, france
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The Trench tells the story of a group of young British soldiers on the eve of the Battle of the Somme in the summer of 1916, the worst defeat in British military history. Against this ill-fated backdrop, the movie depicts the soldiers' ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, bleak, gloomy ...
Plot:
world war one, young man, soldier, military, great war, battlefield, world war, 007, world war two, nature, intrigue, holocaust ...
Time:
year 1916, 1910s
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After leaving his family's sheep farm in the Australian outback, a young man joins his countrymen on the western front of World War I with hopes of helping expedite an end to the bloody conflict. But as war rages on, he is forced to grapple ...
Style:
intense, grim, historical drama, period piece, realistic ...
Plot:
soldier, world war one, trench warfare, brutality, survival, battlefield, camaraderie, resilience, brotherhood, loss of innocence, sacrifice, grief ...
Time:
1910s
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
The Monocled Mutineer is a British television series made by the BBC in 1986, and shown on BBC1, the first episode being transmitted on 31 August 1986, intended to head BBC1's autumn season of drama. Viewed by about ten million people, the ...
Style:
historical drama, costume drama, serious, period piece, suspense ...
Plot:
world war one, mutiny, military, deserter, realism, biopic, pursuit, class conflict, fugitives, master of disguise, moral ambiguity, political unrest ...
Time:
year 1917, 20th century
Place:
britain
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
21 Brothers tells the story of the Canadian 21st Battalion as they prepare for the battle of Courcellette in WWI. Taking place in real time, the film follows Sgt. Reid as he must get his men ready for the impending battle. Not only must he prep his ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, captivating, psychological, exciting
Plot:
world war one, military, young soldier, soldier, death, recruitment, tragedy, trench warfare, casualty of war, battles, wartime, war ...
Time:
year 1916, 20th century, 1910s
Place:
germany
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport, War
Country: France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
While playing football, two children stumble across the grave of a French WWI infantryman who died in the trenches in 1918. His name was Pierre Delpeuch and in the last days of his life he and his comrades shared an extraordinary human adventure. ...
Style:
period piece, historical drama, tense, bleak, grim ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war one, soldier, trench warfare, camaraderie, brotherhood, sacrifice, survival, french army, battlefield, memories, grief, heroism ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Family, History
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
September, 1916. As Corporal Henri Defense, young Indiana Jones has become a motorcycle courier stationed near the trenches at Verdun. His friend Remy is still in the trenches, and both grow more disillusioned about the war each day. Chosen to sneak ...
Style:
tension, period piece, bleak, suspense, educational ...
Plot:
indiana jones, treasure hunt, world war one, trench warfare, deception, espionage, female spy, european, seduction, moral ambiguity, loss of innocence, coming of age ...
Time:
year 1916
Place:
paris france
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Unfolding over the span of 36 hours in three separate wars – The American Civil War, World War I, and Iraq – FOXHOLE follows five soldiers confined in a foxhole as they grapple with morality, futility, and an increasingly volatile combat ...
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war one, iraq war, civil war, moral ambiguity, battlefield, morality, combat, multiple storylines, war, wartime life, battles, wartime ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Hungary
Duration: 64 min.
Story:
During World War I, an Austrian-Hungarian-Romanian reconnaissance team embarks on a treacherous mission beyond enemy lines to destroy an Italian post.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, captivating, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
world war one, behind enemy lines, war, reconnaissance, wartime life, military life, mission, fight, prospector, secret mission, wartime, military ...
Time:
1910s, year 1918
Is relevant?
Genre: Thriller, War
Country: Czechoslovakia, Soviet Union
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
The plot begins in the Soviet Union showing first efforts to establish the Czechoslovak legion in 1942. The film also shows the assassination of Heydrich and the subsequent annihilation of Lidice. The main topis of the film is battles with German ...
Style:
historical drama, bleak, period piece, heroic
Plot:
world war two, battles, soldier, sacrifice, massacre, nazism, eastern front, frontline, atrocity, occupation, propaganda, trench warfare ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union, czechoslovakia, ussr
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 201 min.
Story:
A Russian war correspondent is drafted into the war and finds himself in the middle of battle. When he loses his party card, however, he is treated as a deserter until he finds help from a kind man. This Soviet war feature was considerably outspoken ...
Style:
historical drama, melancholic, period piece, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
world war two, great patriotic war, red army, eastern front, survival, camaraderie, wehrmacht, realism, moral ambiguity, battlefield, anti war, retreat ...
Time:
year 1941
Place:
soviet union, siberia, ussr, russia
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
A psychological war drama inspired by true events of Rifleman Kulbir Thapa, an inexperienced soldier goes through an incredible journey that eventually cements his name among the legendary Gurkha warriors.
Style:
period piece, suspenseful, historical drama, dramatic, captivating ...
Plot:
world war one, soldier, bravery, sacrifice, military, warrior, shooting, shooter, war, wartime life, wartime, weapons ...
Time:
1910s
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Genre: History, War
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
Legend of the Patriots is a remake of the 1975 South Korean drama Comrades. Its production was spawned to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Korean War. The story centers around the lives of eleven Korean soldiers fighting in the Korean War. ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
soldier, battles, korean war, korean army, military, sacrifice, camaraderie, brotherhood, wartime life, war, wartime, military life ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century
Place:
korea, south korea
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Genre: War
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Christmas 1944, The Germans make one final push against the attacking allied armies in the West. Lt. Robert Cappa and his platoon of 2nd Infantry Division soldiers have been ordered to hold a vital road junction against the German aggressors. Cappa ...
Style:
tense, action packed, suspenseful, period piece, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, battle of the bulge, battles, survival, heroism, winter, camaraderie, protection, patriotism, siege, trench warfare, military ...
Time:
1940s
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Latvia
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The film dramatizes November 11, 1919- a crucial date in the battle for Latvian independence. A year after the end of the official hostilities of WWI, a renegade German general and troops remain outside the Latvian capital. Latvian riflemen, most of ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war one, soldier, battles, military, against the odds, ambition, life is a bitch, independence, sacrifice, heroism, protection, loss ...
Time:
year 1919, 20th century, 1920s, 1910s, post world war one
Place:
latvia, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
TV show
Story:
TV mini-series telling the PRC's official narrative of its involvement in the Korean War (1950-1953). It's one of several films produced in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) (founded in July 1921).
Style:
historical drama, patriotic, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
korean war, chinese history, communism, military life, military, fight, soldier, army, korean army, battles, power struggle, wartime life ...
Time:
1950s
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Genre: War
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
On November 14, 1944, the 2nd Ranger Battalion is tasked with sieging the German town of Bergstein, and Hill 400, a highly strategic position that provides the Reich with high ground for artillery.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, bleak, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, military, fortress, american soldier, german soldier, forest, shootout, nurse, assault, battles, wartime life, military life ...
Time:
year 1944, 1940s
Place:
germany
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