Casualty of war movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant casualty of war movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, emotional, dramatic, exciting and intense films and TV shows about / with casualty of war, soldier, war, military, death, friendship, battles, brutality, courage and wartime plots mostly in Drama, War and History genres shot in USA, UK, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as casualty of war: Frantz (2016), Gardens of Stone (1987), Dunkirk (2017), 21 Brothers (2011), Taking Chance (2009), Juni Taisen: Zodiac War (2017), The Messenger (2009), Red Cliff (2008), The Pacific (2010), The Thin Red Line (1998).

List of casualty of war movies

 7.5
 16K
Frantz (2016)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story: In the aftermath of WWI, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious French man who visits the fiance’s grave to lay flowers.
Style: sentimental, touching, inspirational, captivating, romantic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: world war one, guilty conscience, french soldier, german soldier, grave, impossible love, death of loved one, nationalism, war veteran, casualty of war, sadness, soldier ...
Time: post world war one, year 1919, 1910s, year 1918
Place: germany, paris france, france
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Gardens of Stone (1987)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A sergeant must deal with his desires to save the lives of young soldiers being sent to Vietnam. Continuously denied the chance to teach the soldiers about his experiences, he settles for trying to help the son of an old army buddy.
Style: realistic, intense, harsh, bleak, serious ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: vietnam war, military, war, soldier, politics, justice, military life, civil war, wartime, casualty of war, life is a bitch, wartime life ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1968
Place: washington d.c., vietnam, iraq, usa
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 7.8
 673K
Dunkirk (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Netherlands, France, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.
Style: epic, atmospheric, dramatic, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: world war two, military, survival, war, soldier, evacuation, military officer, beach, wartime, air attack, rescue mission, army ...
Time: 1940s, year 1940, middle ages, 20th century
Place: france, england, english channel, dunkirk, los angeles ...
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 3.7
 122
21 Brothers (2011)
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: psychological, suspenseful, captivating, exciting
Plot: world war one, military, young soldier, death, soldier, recruitment, casualty of war, trench warfare, tragedy, battles, suspense, war ...
Time: year 1916, 1910s, 20th century
Place: germany
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The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 139 min.
Story: A chronicle of events that led to the British involvement in the Crimean War against Russia and which led to the siege of Sevastopol and the fierce Battle of Balaclava on October 25, 1854 which climaxed with the heroic, but near-disastrous calvary ...
Style: epic, factual, harsh, serious, exciting ...
Plot: war, british history, politics, british army, anti war, military, british soldier, visceral, battles, justice, wartime, assassination ...
Time: 19th century, 1850s, victorian era, 70s, 60s
Place: england, canada, london, europe, istanbul turkey ...
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 7.4
 14K
Taking Chance (2009)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Lt. Col. Michael Strobl, a volunteer military escort accompanies the body of Lance Cpl. Chance Phelps to his hometown in Wyoming.
Style: realistic, emotional, touching, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot: war, military, iraq war, soldier, self discovery, marines, ethnic conflict, unlikely friendships, father son relationship, military life, patriotism, ritual ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: wyoming, iraq, canada, middle east, baghdad iraq ...
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Juni Taisen: Zodiac War (2017)
Genre: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: The 12th Twelve Tournament that gets held every twelve years - Twelve brave warriors who bear the names of the signs of the zodiac fight each other for the lives and souls. The participants are twelve very strange warriors: "Rat," ...
Style: anime, suspenseful, visually appealing, exciting, light ...
Audience: teens
Plot: zodiac, strategy, sword fight, martial arts, bird attack, supernatural, following a dream, adaptation, wish fulfillment, fight scenes, zodiac sign, death ...
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Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan (2019)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Vietnam War, 1966. Australia and New Zealand send troops to support the United States and South Vietnamese in their fight against the communist North. Soldiers are very young men, recruits and volunteers who have never been involved in a combat. On ...
Style: suspenseful, disturbing, tense, rough, perverse ...
Plot: vietnam war, war, military, soldier, fight, brutality, world war two, struggle for survival, gunfight, murder, suspense, showdown ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: vietnam, australia
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 7.1
 36K
The Messenger (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Will Montgomery (Ben Foster), a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant who has returned home from Iraq, is assigned to the Army’s Casualty Notification service. Montgomery is partnered with Captain Tony Stone (Woody Harrelson), to give notice to the families of ...
Style: touching, depressing, sincere, bleak, sad ...
Audience: date night
Plot: war, military, soldier, loneliness, redemption, honest, character study, bereavement, human nature, officer, wartime, relationships ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, iraq, bosnia, california
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 7.3
 47K
Red Cliff (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: China, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story: In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite all of China was to declare war on the kingdoms of Xu in the west and East Wu in the south. Thus began a military ...
Style: epic, realistic, breathtaking, brutal, intense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: battles, war, martial arts, strategy, kung fu, historical event, fight, visceral, revenge, ethnic conflict, idealism, assassination ...
Time: ancient times
Place: china, ancient china, rome italy, hong kong, asia
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 8.3
 115K
The Pacific (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 530 min.
TV show
Story: A 10-part mini-series from the creators of "Band of Brothers" telling the intertwined stories of three Marines during America's battle with the Japanese in the Pacific during World War II.
Style: serious, disturbing, suspenseful, emotional, epic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, military, war, battlefield, battles, squad, soldier, marines, american soldier, u.s. military, imperial japan, navy ...
Time: 1940s, year 1945, 20th century
Place: pacific ocean, japan, alabama, okinawa, asia ...
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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: epic, visually appealing, thought provoking, philosophical, atmospheric ...
Plot: war, soldier, world war two, sergeant, anti war, jungle, infantry, existentialism, survival, invasion, pacific island, military life ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: asia, canada, japan, pacific ocean
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Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Eccentric 70-year-old widow purchases the Windmill Theatre in London as a post-widowhood hobby. After starting an innovative continuous variety review, which is copied by other theaters, they begin to lose money. Mrs Henderson suggests they add ...
Style: feel good, sentimental, touching, emotional, intense ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: world war two, showbiz, friendship, art, audition, brutality, artists and showbiz, couple relations, love and romance, couples, female nudity, chorus line ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, 1940s
Place: london, england, france, europe, flanders
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The Heart of Me (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Drama set in 1930s London with two sisters, Madeleine married to Rickie, and Dinah, who falls in love with him. Rickie and Dinah begin an affair which is to have repercussions throughout all their lives.
Style: sentimental, touching, emotional, serious, clever ...
Plot: love affair, love triangle, family relations, infidelity, couples, betrayal, sister sister relationship, pregnancy, fall in love, society, parents and children, haunted by the past ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s, 20th century
Place: london, europe, england
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Dauntless: The Battle of Midway (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: By June 1942, the Japanese Navy has swept across the Pacific. In an effort to change the course of the war, a United States carrier group is positioned off the coast of Midway, tasked with springing a trap on the enemy. During this pivotal battle, ...
Style: emotional, suspenseful, sad
Plot: sea battle, plane crash, aircraft carrier, world war two, fighter pilot, aviation, bravery, u.s. military, war, courage, heroism, navy ...
Time: year 1941
Place: honolulu hawaii
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 8.1
 420K
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: rough, realistic, epic, disturbing, atmospheric ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: vietnam war, military, soldier, battles, battlefield, squad, war, anti war, jungle warfare, combat, violent, jungle ...
Time: year 1967, year 1968, 60s, 20th century
Place: vietnam, the philippines, southeast asia, asia
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 6.1
 3K
Memorial Day (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Memorial Day, 1993. When 13-year-old Kyle Vogel discovers the World War II footlocker belonging to his grandfather, Bud, everyone tells Kyle to put it back. Luckily, he ignores them. Although Bud has never talked about the war, he finds himself ...
Style: exciting, serious, sincere, suspenseful, realistic
Plot: iraq war, soldier, military, family relations, war, military life, battles, world war two, national guard, army, insurgent, casualty of war ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 90s, year 1944, year 1945 ...
Place: germany, minnesota, iraq, usa, europe
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City of Life and Death (2009)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 133 min.
Story: City of Life and Death takes place in 1937, during the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War. The Imperial Japanese Army has just captured the then-capital of the Republic of China, Nanjing. What followed was known as the Nanking Massacre, or the ...
Style: disturbing, rough, bleak, tense, captivating ...
Plot: world war two, japanese army, sino japanese war, sexual abuse, war crime, war atrocity, atrocity, japanese occupation of china, japanese occupation, life is a bitch, mass murder, chinese history ...
Time: 1930s, post world war two, year 1938, 20th century, year 1937
Place: china, asia, shanghai
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The Hunting Party (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mexico
Duration: 101 min.
Story: An emerging journalist (Jesse Eisenberg), an experienced cameraman (Terrence Howard), and a discredited reporter (Richard Gere) find their bold plan to capture Bosnia's top war criminal quickly spiraling out of control when a UN representative ...
Style: intense, emotional, rough, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: journalism, spy, war crime, civil war, cia, revenge, war, journalist, reward, vacation, friendship, suspense ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2000s
Place: serbia, former yugoslavia, europe, new york, balkan ...
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Kannathil Muthamittal (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story: A little girl is told by her parents that she is adopted. Determined to find her birth mother, her family eventually agrees to take her to Sri Lanka, where they are abducted by the terrorist group known as the Tamil Tigers.
Style: serious, touching, realistic, emotional, feel good ...
Plot: suicide bomber, adoption, family relations, parents and children, uncover truth, family problems, on the run, adopted daughter, civil war, baby, birthday, flash forward ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, sri lanka, asia
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 7.0
 114
Jiyan (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Iraq, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: "Jiyan" takes place in Halabja about five years after Saddam's infamous chemical attack in 1988. Diyari (Kurdo Galali) has come from his new homeland, America, to put up a badly needed new orphanage. As construction proceeds, he ...
Plot: kurd, children, orphanage, good samaritan, human rights, small town, loneliness, survival, friendship, iraq war, flowers, friend ...
Time: year 1988
Place: kurdistan, iraq
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Outside the Wire (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Hungary, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: In the near future, a drone pilot is sent into a deadly militarized zone and must work with an android officer to locate a doomsday device.
Style: futuristic, intense, psychotronic, tense, captivating ...
Plot: spy, humanoid robot, terrorist, artificial intelligence, terrorism, war, military, cyborgs, androids, battles, warrior, sniper ...
Time: near future, 2030s, 21st century
Place: europe, russia, ukraine, utah
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 6.5
 3K
Zozo (2005)
Genre: Drama, Family, War
Country: Sweden, Czech Republic, UK, Denmark, Netherlands
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A Lebanese boy gets separated from his family during the civil war and ends up in Sweden.
Style: touching, realistic, serious, emotional, gloomy
Plot: orphan, immigrants, young heroes, fish out of water, society, life is a bitch, youth, wartime life, parents and children, young love, boy, childhood trauma ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: sweden, beirut lebanon, europe, middle east, lebanon
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 7.4
 74K
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, talky, witty, funny ...
Plot: military, nurse, satire, camp, anti war, surgeon, sexism, american football, dark humor, war, korean war, surgery ...
Time: 50s, 70s, 20th century, year 1951
Place: korea, canada, north korea, vietnam, south korea
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 6.3
 59K
Red Dawn (1984)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town, and their country, from invading Soviet forces.
Style: intense, serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night
Plot: survival, invasion, cold war, politics, propaganda, high school, military, visceral, post apocalypse, teenager, save the day, heroic mission ...
Time: 80s, year 1984, 20th century, near future, future
Place: colorado, latin america, russia, ussr, usa
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 8.0
 2K
Candy Candy (1976)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Candy Candy is a Japanese novel, manga, and anime series. The main character, Candice "Candy" White Ardlay is a blonde girl with freckles, large emerald green eyes and long, curly hair, worn in pigtails with bows. Candy Candy first ...
Style: anime, touching, uplifting, sentimental, sweet ...
Audience: kids
Plot: friendship, optimism, goodhearted, kindness, orphan, follow your dream, tragic love, loss of loved one, good versus evil, first love, teenage love, boy girl relationship ...
Time: 70s
Place: america, italy, mexico, chicago illinois, london ...
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 5.0
 635
Five for Hell (1969)
Genre: Action, Adventure, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Gianni 'John' Garko stars as the fun-loving leader of a bunch of oddball, acrobatic G.I.s whose mission is to steal the German's secret attack plans from a villa behind enemy lines, where they run into a brutal Nazi commander played ...
Style: macaroni combat, cult film
Plot: world war two, man on a mission, exploitation, tank, battles, secret mission, american soldier, ambush, safe, ss officer, mansion, estate ...
Time: 1940s
Place: italy
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 6.4
 704
April Morning (1988)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A teenager grows up during the onset of the American revolution.
Style: thought provoking, captivating, uplifting, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot: american revolution, war for independence, american history, soldier, colonialism, president, battles, revolution, coming of age, rebellion, military, battle zone ...
Time: 18th century
Place: massachusetts, usa, new england, north america
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Merrill's Marauders (1962)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill leads the 3,000 American volunteers of his 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), aka "Merrill's Marauders", behind Japanese lines across Burma to Myitkyina, pushing beyond their limits and fighting ...
Style: suspenseful, bleak, rough, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, war, military, jungle, battles, soldier, swamp, injustice, campaign, chaos, battle zone, heroic mission ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944
Place: burma, japan, asia, pacific ocean, southeast asia
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 6.7
 337
A Rumor of War (1980)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
TV show
Story: The memories of a US private in Vietnam who slowly gets disillusioned as the war progresses.
Style: cult film
Plot: vietnam war, helicopter, ambush, courage, vietcong, casualty of war, idealism, degradation, soldier, gunfight, camaraderie, jungle warfare ...
Place: vietnam
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