| JAG (1995) | 6.7 | |
| Homeland (2011) | 8.3 | |
| The Tempest (2013) | 6.9 | |
| The Hurt Locker (2008) | 7.5 | |
| NCIS: Los Angeles (2009) | 6.8 |
Marines movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant marines movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, suspense, suspenseful, tense and rough films and TV shows about / with marines, military, soldier, u.s. marine corps, violence, war, death, military life, marine and explosion plots mostly in Drama, War and Action genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as marines: The Pacific (2010), The Code (2019), Pensacola: Wings of Gold (1997), Warhorse One (2023), The Lucky One (2012), Homeland (2011), Jarhead (2005), The Wall (2017), JAG (1995), The Marine (2006).
Best films
New films
| G20 (2025) | 5.1 | |
| Jarhead 3: The Siege (2016) | 5.1 | |
| The Inspection (2022) | 6.7 | |
| 3 Days in Malay (2023) | 2.6 | |
| The Code (2019) | 6.4 |
List of marines movies
142K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 60 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, emotional, suspenseful, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, military, battlefield, war, squad, combat, battles, soldier, marines, american soldier, japanese soldier, imperial japan ...
Time:
1940s, 2010s, 20th century, year 1945
Place:
pacific ocean, japan, alabama, okinawa japan, asia ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The military's brightest minds tackle the country's toughest legal challenges at the Marine Corps Base Quantico, where every attorney is trained as a prosecutor, a defense lawyer, an investigator, and a Marine. Working side-by-side, they ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense
Audience:
adult
Plot:
marines, marine, military, lawyer, prosecutor, courtroom, defense attorney, military officer, hotshot lawyer, court, american soldier, soldier ...
Place:
virginia, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Pensacola: Wings of Gold is a syndicated American action/adventure drama series based at the Naval Air Station Pensacola in Pensacola, Florida.
Style:
rough, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
marines, soldier, military, basic training, tough heroes, reluctant partners, military life, power relations, aviation, heroes, officers and cadets, marine ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A gunned down Navy SEAL Master Chief must guide a child to safety through a gauntlet of hostile Taliban insurgents and survive the brutal Afghanistan wilderness.
Style:
tense, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, action thriller
Plot:
taliban, war in afghanistan, navy seal, rescue mission, child in peril, children in wartime, problem, battles, fight, survival, threat, soldier ...
Place:
afghanistan, pentagon, washington d.c.
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118K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
U.S. Marine Sergeant Logan Thibault returns from his third tour of duty in Iraq, with the one thing he credits with keeping him alive-a photograph he found of a woman he doesn't even know. Learning her name is Beth and where she lives, he shows ...
Style:
romantic, emotional, sentimental, touching, teen ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
love story, love affair, love and romance, lovers, true love, love, veteran, single mother, soldier, destiny, obsessive quest, hopes ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa, new jersey, new orleans, middle east ...
Is relevant?
381K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
CIA officer Carrie Mathison is tops in her field despite being bipolar, which makes her volatile and unpredictable. With the help of her long-time mentor Saul Berenson, Carrie fearlessly risks everything, including her personal well-being and even ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, sexy, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
terrorism, espionage, spy, cia, national security, war on terror, treason, secret service, investigation, terrorist, danger, top secret ...
Time:
2020s, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
israel, langley virginia, usa, iraq, america ...
Is relevant?
223K
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up with an arduous boot camp, Swafford and his unit are sent to the Persian Gulf where they are eager to fight, but are forced to stay back from the ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, visually stunning, brutal, factual ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
gulf war, military, iraq war, war, marines, u.s. military, desert, boot camp, american soldier, anti war, death, u.s. marine ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 80s, year 1989, year 1991 ...
Place:
iraq, middle east, saudi arabia, afghanistan, america ...
Is relevant?
34K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An American sniper and his spotter engage in a deadly cat-and-mouse game with an Iraqi sniper.
Style:
suspense, serious, tense, rough, melancholic ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
sniper, iraq war, american soldier, marines, ambush, soldier, trapped, desert, duel, deception, wounded soldier, taunting ...
Time:
year 2017, year 2007, 2000s
Place:
middle east, iraq
Is relevant?
22K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
JAG is an American legal drama television show with a distinct military theme, created by Donald P. Bellisario, and produced by Belisarius Productions in association with Paramount Network Television. The first season was co-produced with NBC ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
military, army investigation, lawyer, navy, court martial, insubordination, courtroom drama, military life, legal investigation, dedicated lawyer, price of justice, power relations ...
Time:
future, 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, usa
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A group of diamond thieves on the run kidnap the wife of a recently discharged marine who goes on a chase through the South Carolinian wilderness to retrieve her.
Style:
road movie, exciting, action packed, entertaining, light ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, teens
Plot:
marines, kidnapping, hostage, chase, heroes, muscleman, one man army, spouse in danger, daring rescue, danger, kidnapped, escapades ...
Time:
year 2006, 20th century, 2000s, post world war two, 80s ...
Place:
usa, rome italy, south carolina, iraq, europe ...
Is relevant?
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?
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Marines prepare to invade Iraq at the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom; while the soldiers wait to receive their orders, they learn a Rolling Stone columnist will be embedded with them
Style:
tense, political, disturbing, rough, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, iraq war, marines, soldier, violence, war, anti war, military life, courage, desert, life & death, character study ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
iraq, middle east, afghanistan
Is relevant?
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11K
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Battle-hardened O’Hara leads a lively mercenary team of soldiers on a daring mission: rescue hostages from their captors in remote Africa. But as the mission goes awry and the team is stranded, O’Hara’s squad must face a bloody, brutal ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, bleak, perverse, black comedy ...
Plot:
female warrior, animal attack, commando mission, manhunt, poacher, kidnapping, female mercenary, strong female lead, african tribe, brutality, marines, animal cruelty ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s
Place:
africa, south africa
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The Earth is attacked by unknown forces. As people everywhere watch the world's great cities fall, Los Angeles becomes the last stand for mankind in a battle no one expected. It's up to a Marine staff sergeant and his new platoon to draw a ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, suspenseful, rough, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, apocalypse, evil alien, alien encounter, survival, battlefield, invasion, military, heroic mission, chaos, alien attack, chaos and mayhem ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, mojave desert, america, santa monica california ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are assigned to a murder case, they uncover a hazing ritual that could implicate high-ranking officials such as shady Col. Nathan Jessep.
Style:
suspense, tense, intense, tricky, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, courtroom, lawyer, justice, army investigation, trial, military, suicide, u.s. navy, court martial, destiny, hotshot lawyer ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1992
Place:
washington d.c., cuba, persia, caribbean, usa
Is relevant?
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 ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A tale about Vietnamese refugees sent to an orientation camp on the Camp Pendleton Marine Base in California, 'Green Dragon' focuses on a young boy and his sister. Set in 1975, the film chronicles the stories told to the two children by ...
Style:
psychological, touching, sincere, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
military, vietnam war, interracial relations, military life, friendship, self discovery, coming of age, translator, homecoming, culture clash, human nature, immigrant ...
Time:
year 2001, 70s
Place:
vietnam, asia, california, usa
Is relevant?
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:
sincere, sentimental, touching, realistic, sad ...
Plot:
iraq war, war, military, ritual, soldier, self discovery, military life, father son relationship, ethnic conflict, patriotism, marines, u.s. marine ...
Time:
year 2004, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
iraq, wyoming, baghdad iraq, afghanistan, usa ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Russia
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
22 minutes got Russian marine to free a hijacked oil tanker far from shore.
Style:
tense, suspense, touching, suspenseful, captivating
Plot:
pirate, ship, marines, capture, military, daring rescue, struggle for survival, soldier, heroism, hostage situation, showdown, fight ...
Place:
somalia
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.
Style:
realistic, dark comedy, harsh, intense, suspense ...
Audience:
manly, girls' night
Plot:
military, war, marine, boot camp, platoon, soldier, justice, male bonding, old man, fistfight, ex husband ex wife relationship, tough guy ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983
Place:
north carolina, caribbean, vietnam
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An investigation of the massacre of 24 men, women and children in Haditha, Iraq allegedly shot by 4 U.S. Marines in retaliation for the death of a U.S. Marine killed by a roadside bomb. The movie follows the story of the Marines of Kilo Company, an ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, sexy, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
soldier, iraq war, military, marine, war, culture clash, desert, military life, marines, society, vengeance, occupation ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
iraq, middle east, united kingdom
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Joe Enders is a gung-ho Marine assigned to protect a "windtalker" - one of several Navajo Indians who were used to relay messages during World War II because their spoken language was indecipherable to Japanese code breakers.
Style:
realistic, factual, intense, stylized, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, war, combat, military, code, artillery, soldier, marines, native american, courage, wartime, brutality ...
Time:
year 1944, 1940s, 20th century, year 1943, year 2002 ...
Place:
japan, america, asia, pacific ocean, arizona
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The incredible stories of some of the many men and women who have received America's highest military award, the Medal of Honor, authorized by President Lincoln on March 25, 1863 for bravery above and beyond the call of duty.
Style:
serious, captivating, exciting, realistic, inspirational ...
Plot:
heroism, u.s. air force, medal of honor, military service, u.s. navy, coast guard, marines, heroes, world war two, military, bravery, american history ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Corporal Evan Albright joined the elite Marine Corps Security Guards to save the world and see some action-not necessarily in that order. But his first assignment, protecting a U. S. Embassy in a seemingly safe Middle Eastern capitol, relegates his ...
Plot:
marines, u.s. embassy, sniper, marine, embassy, terrorist, rescue team, hand to hand combat, suicide bomber, gunfight, fistfight, islam ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
middle east
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Major Dad is an American sitcom created by Richard C. Okie and John G. Stephens, developed by Earl Pomerantz, that originally ran from 1989 to 1993 on CBS, starring Gerald McRaney as Major John D. MacGillis and Shanna Reed as his wife Polly. The ...
Style:
sitcom, feel good, situational comedy, lighthearted, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing
Plot:
blended family, marines, military life, fatherhood, culture clash, stepfather, parenting, military, fish out of water, marriage, heartwarming, single mother ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: South Africa, USA, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Brandon Beckett (Collins), the son of the previous Sniper film's star Thomas Beckett (Tom Berenger), takes up the mantle set by his father and goes on a mission of his own.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
sniper, military, marines, terrorism, heroes, soldier, terrorist, behind enemy lines, terrorist plot, danger, vengeance, daring rescue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, congo
Is relevant?
52K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
CSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that ran on CBS from September 22, 2004 to February 22, 2013 for a total of nine seasons and 197 original episodes. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists ...
Style:
detective, suspenseful, psychological, crime drama, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
investigation, forensics, crime investigation, partners against crime, danger, workplace, police detective, murder investigation, medical examiner, crime solving, riddles and clues, murder ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, south america, usa, greece
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A former street tough returns to his Philadelphia home after a stint in the military. Back on his home turf, he once again finds himself tangling with the mob boss who was instrumental in his going off to be a soldier.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, rough, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
mafia, undercover, family relations, homecoming, haunted by the past, gangster, special agent, law enforcement, marines, desert, mobster, family dinner ...
Time:
80s, 90s, year 1984
Place:
philadelphia, usa, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, iraq
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the story of three of the six surviving servicemen – John 'Doc' Bradley, Pvt. Rene Gagnon ...
Style:
emotional, sincere, realistic, epic, factual ...
Plot:
war, military, world war two, propaganda, wartime, survival, battles, guilt, photograph, world war, fame, american history ...
Time:
year 2006, post world war two, 20th century, 1940s, year 1939 ...
Place:
japan, asia, america, north america, usa ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Part war movie, part courtroom thriller, this gripping drama finds a war hero put on trial for a rescue mission gone terribly wrong with only his doubtful friend and fellow marine to represent him.
Style:
tense, political, intense, serious, rough ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
war, army investigation, courtroom drama, vietnam war, courtroom, profanity, military, lawyer, court case, marines, politics, court ...
Time:
y2k, 90s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
middle east, usa, washington d.c., vietnam, iraq
Is relevant?
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