The Highest Grossing War Movies List that You Need to See, Made Within the Last 2.5 decades

The making of war movies, as we can imaine, can be a brutal and painstaking process. The actors of number 6 on this list went through 14 days of boot camp with no shower, and trained and lived like the military. Directors go to incredible lengths to film the scenes in the most realistic way possible; luckily these particlar movies have paid off. This list consists of a more diverse list of war movies, so get ready for some intense action, and even some singing in a few of these!

1

Saving Private Ryan

Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore
Steven Spielberg
1998

As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.

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8.6 IMDB
2

1917

George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Mark Strong
Sam Mendes
2019

At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.

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8.3 IMDB
3

Braveheart

Mel Gibson, Catherine McCormack, Sophie Marceau
Mel Gibson
1995

Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.

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8.3 IMDB
4

Inglourious Basterds

Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz
Quentin Tarantino
2009

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.

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8.3 IMDB
5

Hacksaw Ridge

Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Vince Vaughn
Mel Gibson
2016

WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.

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8.1 IMDB
6

The Imitation Game

Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode
Morten Tyldum
2014

Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.

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8 IMDB
7

Dunkirk

Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Aneurin Barnard
Christopher Nolan
2017

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.

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7.9 IMDB
8

The Last Samurai

Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, William Atherton
Edward Zwick
2003

Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.

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7.7 IMDB
9

Les Misérables

Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway
Tom Hooper
2012

An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France, in which a paroled prisoner named Jean Valjean seeks redemption.

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7.6 IMDB
10

Fury

Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman
David Ayer
2014

In the last months of World War II, as the Allies make their final push in the European theatre, a battle-hardened U.S. Army sergeant named 'Wardaddy' commands a Sherman tank called 'Fury' and its five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Outnumbered and outgunned, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.

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7.6 IMDB
11

Mulan

Ming-Na Wen, Lea Salonga, Eddie Murphy
Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook
1998

A tomboyish girl disguises herself as a young man so she can fight with the Imperial Chinese Army against the invading Huns. With help from wise-cracking dragon Mushu, Mulan just might save her country -- and win the heart of handsome Captain Li Shang.

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7.6 IMDB
12

Fahrenheit 9/11

Michael Moore, George W. Bush, Stevie Wonder
Michael Moore
2004

Michael Moore's view on what happened to the United States after September 11; and how the Bush Administration allegedly used the tragic event to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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7.5 IMDB
13

Lone Survivor

Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch
Peter Berg
2013

Four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level Taliban operative must make an impossible moral decision in the mountains of Afghanistan that leads them into an enemy ambush. As they confront unthinkable odds, the SEALs must find reserves of strength and resilience to fight to the finish.

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7.5 IMDB
14

Wonder Woman

Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Connie Nielsen
Patty Jenkins
2017

An Amazon princess comes to the world of Man in the grips of the First World War to confront the forces of evil and bring an end to human conflict.

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7.4 IMDB
15

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, James D\'Arcy
Peter Weir
2003

After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh his commitment to duty and ferocious pursuit of glory against the safety of his devoted crew, including the ship's thoughtful surgeon, his best friend.

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7.4 IMDB
16

American Sniper

Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Kyle Gallner
Clint Eastwood
2014

U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle takes his sole mission—protect his comrades—to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers in American history. His pinpoint accuracy not only saves countless lives but also makes him a prime target of insurgents. Despite grave danger and his struggle to be a good husband and father to his family back in the States, Kyle serves four tours of duty in Iraq. However, when he finally returns home, he finds that he cannot leave the war behind.

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7.3 IMDB
17

Lincoln

Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn
Steven Spielberg
2012

The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.

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7.3 IMDB
18

Unbroken

Jack O\'Connell, Domhnall Gleeson, Garrett Hedlund
Angelina Jolie
2014

A chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II.

7.2 IMDB