Best War Movies of 2021

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Best War Movies of 2021
Best War Movies of 2021
TOP Movies: Tom Clancy's Without Remorse (2021), The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021), The Auschwitz Report (2021), Operation Mincemeat (2021), The Mauritanian (2021), Firebird (2021), Army of the Dead (2021), Operation Overlord (2021), A Journal for Jordan (2021), Benediction (2021), Hotsunlight (2021), The Survivor (2021), The Last Son (2021), The Shadow in My Eye (2021), Burning at Both Ends (2021), Freaks vs the Reich (2021), Berenshtein (2021), America: The Motion Picture (2021), The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021), Natural Light (2021).
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Tom Clancy's Without Remorse (2021)
Genre: Action, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story: An elite Navy SEAL uncovers an international conspiracy while seeking justice for the murder of his pregnant wife.
Style: suspense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, contemplative ...
Plot: cia, one man army, terrorism, murder, soldier, navy, diver, police, mission, revenge, prison, swat team ...
Time: 2020s, 70s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: syria, usa, pentagon, washington d.c., north carolina ...
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The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.
Style: black and white, cerebral, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: shakespeare, murder, treason, medieval, rise to power, king, intrigue, betrayal, royal family, macbeth, knight, life & death ...
Time: middle ages, future
Place: scotland
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The Auschwitz Report (2021)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story: This is the true story of Freddy and Walter – two young Slovak Jews, who were deported to Auschwitz in 1942. On 10 April 1944, after meticulous planning and with the help and the resilience of their inmates, they manage to escape. While the ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, social
Plot: nazi, concentration camp, nazi occupation, world war two, male pubic hair, wartime life, male nudity, wartime, war violence, prisoner of war camp, prisoners of war, life is a bitch ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944
Place: germany, central europe
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Operation Mincemeat (2021)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a corpse with false papers off the coast of Spain would fool Nazi spies into believing the Allied forces were planning to attack by way of Greece ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, thought provoking, suspense, tense
Plot: world war two, military, world war, british secret service, army, secret mission, wartime, military life, military officer, wartime life, life is a bitch, reconnaissance ...
Time: 1940s, year 1943
Place: sicily, spain, london, greece, berlin germany
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The Mauritanian (2021)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: A detainee at the U.S military's Guantanamo Bay detention center is held without charges for over a decade and seeks help from a defense attorney for his release.
Style: thought provoking, suspense, captivating, tense, disturbing ...
Plot: lawyer, courtroom, islamic terrorism, al qaeda, prisoner, american politics, brutality, prison, torture, american imperialism, war on terror, imprisonment ...
Time: year 2002, year 2003, year 2001, year 2005, year 1990 ...
Place: north africa, jordan, hamburg germany, germany, baltimore ...
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 7.1
 13K
Firebird (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, Estonia
Duration: 107 min.
Story: At the height of the Cold War, a troubled soldier forms a forbidden love triangle with a daring fighter pilot and his female comrade amid the dangerous surroundings of a Soviet Air Force Base.
Style: art house, suspense, captivating, erotic, thought provoking ...
Plot: gay, gay love, gay lead character, gay soldier, gay slur, forbidden love, gay sex, military life, aerial combats, cold war, male male relationship, gay interest ...
Time: 70s
Place: estonia, afghanistan, soviet union, moscow russia
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Army of the Dead (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story: Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble: venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted.
Style: suspense, disturbing, unusual plot structure, psychotronic, apocalyptic ...
Plot: zombie, zombie apocalypse, undead, apocalypse, walking dead, zombie outbreak, mercenary, living dead, heist, battlefield, female warrior, monster ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: usa, las vegas, utah
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Operation Overlord (2021)
Genre: War
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A week before storming the beaches of Normandy, two US Soldiers infiltrate an abandoned complex to rescue a prisoner of war from the clutches of the Nazi regime.
Style: psychotronic, suspenseful, suspense, serious
Plot: rescue mission, pow, soldier, captive, army, torture, prison, state affairs, survival, gunfight, kidnapping, police interrogation ...
Place: normandy
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A Journal for Jordan (2021)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Based on the true story of First Sergeant Charles Monroe King, a soldier deployed to Iraq begins to keep a journal of love and advice for his infant son. Back at home, senior New York Times editor Dana Canedy revisits the story of her unlikely, ...
Style: romantic
Plot: gladiator, flirting, dead husband, battles, memorabilia, red cross, hopes, babysitter, family relations, getting home, making a wish, male female relationship ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 2010s, year 2001 ...
Place: empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, new york, washington d.c.
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 6.7
 4K
Benediction (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story: The story of soldier and poet Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967), who was decorated for bravery on the Western Front, and is best remembered for his angry and compassionate poems about the First World War, which brought him public and critical acclaim. ...
Style: emotional, captivating, disturbing, crying, gay cinema ...
Plot: world war one, soldier, poet, conscientious objector, historical figure, gay, friendship between men, writers, gay interest, wartime, self awareness, bravery ...
Time: 1910s, 60s, year 1914, 1920s, 1950s
Place: london
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 4.7
 622
Hotsunlight (2021)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Lugansk region, May 2014. The Novozhilov family, by chance, finds itself in the thick of events in Lugansk. Vlad Novozhilov is a former participant in the war in Afghanistan. He knows firsthand what war is. Having seen enough of the horrors of war ...
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot: war zone, tragic love, couple relations, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, relationships, male female relationship, struggle for survival, sexual abuse, dead body, death, brutality ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014
Place: kiev ukraine, eastern europe, afghanistan, ukraine, russia
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American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally (2021)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: The life of American woman Mildred Gillars and her lawyer, who struggles to redeem her reputation. Dubbed “Axis Sally” for broadcasting Nazi propaganda to American troops during World War II, Mildred’s story exposes the dark underbelly of the ...
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, inspirational
Plot: nazi, world war two, military dictatorship, collaborator, political propaganda, wartime, propaganda, female protagonist, national socialism, nazi propaganda, cop, world war ...
Time: 1940s
Place: berlin germany, washington d.c.
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 6.7
 6K
The Survivor (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport, War
Country: USA, Canada, Hungary
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Harry Haft is a boxer who fought fellow prisoners in the concentration camps to survive. Haunted by the memories and his guilt, he attempts to use high-profile fights against boxing legends like Rocky Marciano as a way to find his first love again.
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, historical drama, period drama
Plot: boxer, boxing, concentration camp survivor, concentration camp, world war two, love affair, martial arts, male female relationship, love interest, life is a bitch, relationships, guilty conscience ...
Time: post world war two, year 1963, year 1949, 60s
Place: germany, coney island brooklyn new york city, brooklyn new york city
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 4.8
 2K
The Last Son (2021)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Sam Worthington stars as Isaac LeMay, a murderous outlaw who learns he is cursed by a prophecy: one of his children will kill him. To prevent this, he hunts down each of his estranged children including long-lost son Cal (Colson Baker). With bounty ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing
Plot: evil, murder, family curse, murderer, wasteland, father son relationship, dysfunctional family, curse, criminal, civil war, outlaw, violence ...
Time: 19th century
Place: montana
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The Shadow in My Eye (2021)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Denmark, Belgium
Duration: 107 min.
Story: On March 21st, 1945, the British Royal Air Force set out on a mission to bomb Gestapo's headquarters in Copenhagen. The raid had fatal consequences as some of the bombers accidentally targeted a school and more than 120 people were killed, 86 ...
Style: disturbing, suspense
Plot: world war two, nazi, nazism, air raid, bombing, gestapo, military, nordic, murder, aerial bombardment, chaos, killings ...
Time: year 1945, 1940s
Place: copenhagen
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Burning at Both Ends (2021)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The movie follows a group of resistance radio broadcasters in Nazi-occupied France as they evade capture alongside a Jewish family.
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating
Plot: nazi occupied france, french resistance, nazi, resistance movement, behind enemy lines, resistance fighter, nazi soldier, war, nazi spy, wartime life, resistance, wartime ...
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Freaks vs the Reich (2021)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, War
Country: Italy, Belgium
Duration: 141 min.
Story: Four circus freaks with superpowers find themselves trapped in Nazi-occupied Rome after their owner and father figure goes missing in the aftermath of the 1943 surrender of Italy to the Allies.
Plot: circus, world war two, nazism, electricity, nazi occultism, superhero, hunting, piano, partisan, bee, swastika, sex scene ...
Time: 1940s, year 1943
Place: rome italy, italy
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 6.4
 428
Berenshtein (2021)
Genre: Biography, History, War
Country: Israel
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The unbelievable story of Leonid Bernshtein, a young Jewish soldier who rose to become the leader and led the operation to destroy the secret facility of the notorious Nazi V2 ballistic missiles.
Style: thought provoking, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot: world war two, soldier, great patriotic war, guerilla warfare, nazi occupation, military, life is a bitch, german officer, german soldier, moral dilemma, warrior, military life ...
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America: The Motion Picture (2021)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, History, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Brazil, Mexico, USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A chainsaw-wielding George Washington teams with beer-loving bro Sam Adams to take down the Brits in a tongue-in-cheek riff on the American Revolution.
Style: adult animation, thought provoking, ironic, humorous, entertaining ...
Plot: american revolution, revolution, teamwork, combat, fight, revolutionary, power struggle, fight for supremacy, escapades, irony, political satire, showdown ...
Time: 2020s
Place: washington d.c., america
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The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: China
Duration: 176 min.
Story: Korean War, winter 1950. In the frozen and snowy area of Changjin Lake, a bloody battle is about to begin between the elite troops of the United States and China.
Style: disturbing, tense, thought provoking, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: korean war, chinese army, army, soldier, heroism, historical event, courage, cold weather, battles, fight, war, power struggle ...
Time: 1950s, year 1950, 20th century
Place: china, korea, north korea
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Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission (2021)
Genre: Documentary, Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: WWII hero with the 4th Emergency Rescue Squadron, Lt. Royal Stratton, leads a deadly mission to save the lives of nine downed airmen adrift in enemy waters of a war-torn South Pacific. Immersive cinematography and gripping action, mixed with ...
Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot: air force, heroes, dangerous mission, aviator, chase, fear, murder, friendship, violence, race against time, heroism, escapades ...
Time: 20th century
Place: europe
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Natural Light (2021)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Hungary, Latvia, France, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story: World War II, occupied Soviet Union. István Semetka is a simple Hungarian farmer who serves as a Sub-Lieutenant in a special unit scouting for partisan groups. On their way to a remote village, his company falls under enemy fire. As the commander ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, tense
Plot: reconnaissance, partisan, soldier, spy, struggle for survival, soviet army, war, military officer, military, wartime, army, fight for supremacy ...
Place: germany
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The Rebels of PT-218 (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: At the height of WWII, the Atlantic Ocean becomes a deadly battleground as an American torpedo boat fights against the constant bombardment of German forces.
Style: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot: sea battle, submarine, naval battle, navy, military life, disobeying orders, air attack, wartime, military, battles, soldier, wartime life ...
Time: year 1943
Place: sicily
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This Is Not a War Story (2021)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A ragtag group of veterans in New York deal with the aftermath of war by creating unusual art.
Style: captivating, psychological, thrilling
Plot: ptsd, veteran, art, therapy, anti war, problem, social issues, war veteran, society, mental disorder, social problems, life ...
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 3.2
 105
Kill Cavalry (2021)
Genre: War
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: U.S. General Hudson Kilpatrick is known to many as “Kill Cavalry,” not for the number of enemy troops he has killed, but his own, due to brash decisions that lead to heavy Federal casualties
Style: tense, captivating, exciting, suspenseful, serious
Plot: reverend, army, swamp, civil war, military, soldier, army general, war, american soldier, military officer, enemy, bridge
Time: year 1865
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The War Below (2021)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: During World War I, a group of British miners are recruited to tunnel underneath no man's land and set bombs from below the German front in hopes of breaking the deadly stalemate of the Battle of Messines.
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, thought provoking, powerful
Plot: world war one, military, miner, wartime, heroism, heroic mission, struggle for survival, soldier, wartime life, patriotism, fight, fight for supremacy ...
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Siberian Sniper (2021)
Genre: History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After months of exhausting trench warfare, most of Major Belyaev's battalion was destroyed. The area is ruled by German aces snipers. Hope for replenishment collapses when the convoy, in which the Soviet snipers were traveling, falls under a ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, captivating, tense
Plot: sniper, world war two, soviet soldier, world war, shooter, soldier, shooting, gunslinger, war, russian soldier, military, escape ...
Time: 1940s
Place: soviet union
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 6.4
 465
Charlotte (2021)
Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Canada, France, Belgium
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The true story of Charlotte Salomon, a young German-Jewish painter who comes of age in Berlin on the eve of the Second World War. Fiercely imaginative and deeply gifted, she dreams of becoming an artist. Her first love applauds her talent, which ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, adult animation, 2d animation
Plot: world war two, female protagonist, female artist, artist, painter, historical figure, painting, artists' life, life is a bitch, life, social problems, auschwitz ...
Time: year 1941, year 1933, year 1942, year 1940, year 1943 ...
Place: berlin germany, south of france, france, cote d'azur
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Hell Hath No Fury (2021)
Genre: Action, War
Country: USA, France, Kazakhstan, Belarus
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Branded a traitor by her countrymen, French national Marie DuJardin is rescued by American soldiers on one condition: to survive, she must lead them to a cache of gold - before the Nazis return to claim it for themselves.
Style: captivating, tense, disturbing, suspense, perverse
Plot: hidden treasure, treasure hunt, treasure hunter, female soldier, female wrestler, greed, female protagonist, soldier, military, world war, war, treasure ...
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 5.7
 341
Railway Heroes (2021)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: China
Duration: 124 min.
Story: The historical story of an enemy fighting the wits and courage of an extraordinary brave group of ordinary heroes known as the "Lunan Railway Brigade" who desperately fight to defend their homeland.
Style: captivating, thrilling, tense
Plot: militia, underground movement, sino japanese war, civil war, war, communism, anti communism, fight, wartime, wartime life, world war two, spy ...
Place: china
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