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Top 37 must-see best war movies from war movies, including Pan's Labyrinth, Mad God, Under the Shadow, Hellboy, Trench 11, Dog Soldiers, Jacob's Ladder, Beast of War, Overlord, and Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead ranked and rated by score.

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1). Pan's Labyrinth (2006) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

What We Thought of Pan's Labyrinth

Mystery, Supernatural, War, Dysfunctional Family, Madness, Military, Single Moms, Witchcraft, Mexican

Pan's Labyrinth is Streaming on Netflix

Plot / Synopsis: In the falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sad**tic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world. Tagline: What happens when make-believe believes it's real?...

Director: Guillermo del Toro
Stars: Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Doug Jones, Ariadna Gil

2). Mad God (2021) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

War, Apocalypse, Dangerous Exploration, Epic Battle, Mind Bender, Mutants, Splatter

Mad God is Streaming on Shudder

Plot / Synopsis: A corroded diving bell descends amidst a ruined city and the Assassin emerges from it to explore a labyrinth of bizarre landscapes inhabited by freakish denizens. Tagline: A Journey Beyond your Wildest Nightmares...

Director: Phil Tippett
Stars: Alex Cox, Niketa Roman, Satish Ratakonda, Harper Taylor, Brynn Taylor

3). Under the Shadow (2016) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Supernatural, War, Dysfunctional Family, Military, Single Moms, Urban Decay

Under the Shadow is Streaming on Netflix

Plot / Synopsis: Iranian filmmaker Babak Anvari's Under the Shadow (2016) will release in movie theaters on October 7, 2016. Those who screened the film at the Sundance Film Festival 2016 say that this is a must-see horror film. A mysterious evil haunts a mother and daughter in the time of a post-revolution. Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, and Bobby Naderi star in Under...

Director: Babak Anvari
Stars: Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi, Arash Marandi, Aram Ghasemy

4). Hellboy (2004) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Hellboy Horror Movie Review

Demons, War, Military, Mutants, Nazi

Hellboy is Streaming on Netflix, Tubi

Plot / Synopsis: A demon, raised from infancy after being conjured by and rescued from the Nazis, grows up to become a defender against the forces of darkness. Tagline: From the Dark Side to Our Side...

Director: Guillermo del Toro
Stars: Ron Perlman, John Hurt, Selma Blair, Rupert Evans, Karel Roden

5). Trench 11 (2017) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Score: 7.35/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 3,049 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.3/10 | MPAA Rating: R

Survival, Thriller, War, Epic Battle, Madness, Military, Wilderness

Plot / Synopsis: In the final days of WWI a shell-shocked soldier must lead a mission deep beneath the trenches to stop a German plot that could turn the tide of the war...

Director: Leo Scherman
Stars: Rossif Sutherland, Robert Stadlober, Charlie Carrick, Shaun Benson, Ted Atherton

6). Dog Soldiers (2002) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

What We Thought of Dog Soldiers

Score: 7.33/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.8/10 | IMDB Votes: 69,314 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.2/10 | MPAA Rating: R

Survival, War, Werewolves, Isolation, Military, Sci-Fi, Wilderness

Plot / Synopsis: A routine military exercise turns into a nightmare in the Scotland wilderness.Tagline: A Bitch of a Werewolf Movie...

Director: Neil Marshall
Stars: Sean Pertwee, Kevin McKidd, Emma Cleasby, Liam Cunningham, Thomas Lockyer

7). Jacob's Ladder (1990) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Jacob's Ladder (1990) Review

Featured Psychological, Psychological, Thriller, War, Drama, Medical, Military, Mind Bender, Torture

Plot / Synopsis: Mourning his dead child, a haunted Vietnam War veteran attempts to discover his past while suffering from a severe case of dissociation. To do so, he must decipher reality and life from his own dreams, delusion, and perception of death. Tagline: The most frightening thing about Jacob Singer's nightmare is that he isn't dreaming...

Director: Adrian Lyne
Stars: Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Peña, Danny Aiello, Matt Craven, Pruitt Taylor Vince

8). Beast of War (2025) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Score: 7.15/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 1,920 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R

Action, War, Shark, Monsters

Plot / Synopsis: A group of young soldiers, fresh out of boot camp, find themselves stranded on a raft in the middle of the ocean after their ship is sunk by the enemy and must battle for their lives against a giant hungry great white shark. Tagline: Survival is the mission...

Directors: Adrian Langley, Agasyah Karim, Aizada Amangeldy …

9). Overlord (2018) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

What We Thought of Overlord

Gore, Survival, War, Military, Mutants, Nazi

Plot / Synopsis: On the eve of D-Day, American paratroopers are dropped behind enemy lines to carry out a mission crucial to the invasion's success. But as they approach their target, they begin to realize there is more going on in this Nazi-occupied village than a simple military operation. They find themselves fighting against supernatural forces, part of a N*zi experiment...

Director: Julius Avery
Stars: Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, Mathilde Ollivier, Pilou Asbæk, John Magaro

10). Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Detailed Review: Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014)

War, Zombies, Military, Nazi, Tourists, Zombie - Comedy

Plot / Synopsis: Zombie film Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014) is a horror movie that many are looking forward to watching really soon. Good news is, we now have another movie poster for Dead Snow 2 but we will have to wait a little while more for the theatrical release date of October 10, 2014 in the US. WellGo will handle...

Director: Tommy Wirkola
Stars: Vegar Hoel, Ørjan Gamst, Martin Starr, Jocelyn DeBoer, Ingrid Haas

11). Blood Vessel (2019) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Rotten Tomatoes: 7.3/10 | MPAA Rating: 0

War, Zombies, Body Horror, Dangerous Exploration, Isolation, Mutants, Nazi, Virus

Plot / Synopsis: Somewhere in the North Atlantic, late 1945. A life raft adrift at sea, and in it, the survivors of a torpedoed hospital ship: With no food, water, or shelter, all seems lost - until an abandoned German minesweeper drifts ominously towards them, giving them one last chance at survival...

Director: Justin Dix
Stars: Nathan Phillips, Alyssa Sutherland, Robert Taylor, Christopher Kirby, Alex Cooke

12). The Bunker (2001) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Score: 6.7/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 6,245 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R

Supernatural, War, Confined, Dangerous Exploration, Drama, Madness, Military, Nazi

Plot / Synopsis: Seven German soldiers are enclosed in one bunker during the Second World War. They soon feel surrounded by enemies. When they hear about the tunnel-system beneath the bunker and some mystic events that had occurred in this place, they soon begin to go mad... Tagline: The evil is within...

Director: Rob Green
Stars: Jason Flemyng, Andrew Tiernan, Christopher Fairbank, Simon Kunz, Andrew Lee Potts

13). Kill List (2011) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Thriller, War, Confined, Folk Horror

Plot / Synopsis: Nearly a year after a botched job, a hitman takes a new assignment with the promise of a big payoff for three killings. What starts off as an easy task soon unravels, sending the killer into the heart of darkness...

Director: Ben Wheatley
Stars: Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring, Harry Simpson, Michael Smiley, Emma Fryer

14). Shadow in the Cloud (2020) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Honest Review: Shadow in the Cloud (2020)

Demons, Thriller, War, Dangerous Exploration, Epic Battle, Military, Nazi, Satanic

Shadow in the Cloud is Streaming on Netflix, Hulu

Plot / Synopsis: On a stormy night during World War II, a female pilot with top secret cargo talks her way on board a bomber plane about to take-off. The crass all-male crew reluctantly agrees, but their suspicions about her identity and the mysterious cargo quickly grow. Just then a shadow appears in the clouds - was it the incoming Japanese fleet?...

Director: Roseanne Liang
Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, Beulah Koale, Taylor John Smith, Callan Mulvey

15). Dead Snow (Dod Sno) (2009) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Read Our Dead Snow (Dod Sno) Review

Comedy, War, Zombies, Medical, Military, Nazi, Sci-Fi, Tourists, Zombie - Comedy

Plot / Synopsis: The group of friends had all they would need for a successful Easter vacation; cabin, skis, snowmobile, toboggan, copious amounts of beer and a fertile mix of the sexes. Certainly, none of them had anticipated not returning home alive! However, the Nazi-zombie battalion haunting the mountains surrounding the aptly named Oksfjord (Axefjord) had other plans...

Director: Tommy Wirkola
Stars: Vegar Hoel, Stig Frode Henriksen, Charlotte Frogner, Lasse Valdal, Evy Kasseth Røsten

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