Best Military Movies & Films Subgenre
Top 37 must-see best military movies from military movies, including Pan's Labyrinth, Threads, Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky, Under the Shadow, Hellboy, The Nightingale, El Conde, Trench 11, Dog Soldiers, and Jacob's Ladder ranked and rated by score.
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Military Movies List
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1). Pan's Labyrinth (2006) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
In-Depth Pan's Labyrinth Review
Score: 9.11/10 | IMDB Rating: 8.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 724,842 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.5/10 | Metascore: 9.8/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $37,646,380
Mystery, Supernatural, War, Dysfunctional Family, Madness, Military, Single Moms, Witchcraft, Mexican
Pan's Labyrinth is Streaming on NetflixPlot / 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). Threads (1984) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 8.55/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 24,769 | Rotten Tomatoes: 10.0/10 | Metascore: 9.2/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long running effects of nuclear war on civilization.
Tagline: The end of the world as we know it...
Director: Mick Jackson
Stars: Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, David Brierly, Rita May, Nicholas Lane
3). Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 7.95/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 16,013 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.9/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: The story is set in the year of 2001 in a prison owned by a major company. A new prisoner sees his friends being harassed and killed by the guards and seeks his revenge.
Tagline: The Greatest Hong Kong Martial Arts Action Revenge Gore-Soaked Prision Breakout Love Story Cult Film of 1991 Ever Put on DVD!!! (2010 Media Blasters...
Director: Ngai Choi Lam
Stars: Siu-Wong Fan, Mei Sheng Fan, Ka-Kui Ho, Yukari Ôshima, Kan-Wing Tsang
4). Under the Shadow (2016) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Under the Shadow (2016) Review
Score: 7.87/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.8/10 | IMDB Votes: 32,267 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.9/10 | Metascore: 8.3/10 | MPAA Rating: PG-13 | Gross: $31,900
Under the Shadow is Streaming on NetflixPlot / 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
5). Hellboy (2004) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Full Review of Hellboy (2004)
Score: 7.61/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 362,585 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.1/10 | Metascore: 7.2/10 | MPAA Rating: PG-13 | Gross: $59,623,958
Hellboy is Streaming on Netflix, TubiPlot / 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
6). The Nightingale (2018) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Full Review of The Nightingale (2018)
Score: 7.59/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 40,369 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.7/10 | Metascore: 7.7/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $400,209
Psychological, Supernatural, Survival, Thriller, Cursed, Dangerous Exploration, Hunter, Military, Revenge, Wilderness
Plot / Synopsis: Set in 1825, Clare, a young Irish convict woman, chases a British officer through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. On the way she enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker named Billy, who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.
Tagline: 1820's Tasmania...
Director: Jennifer Kent
Stars: Aisling Franciosi, Michael Sheasby, Maya Christie, Addison Christie, Claire Jones
7). El Conde (2023) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 7.35/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 15,556 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.3/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Gore, Supernatural, Thriller, Twisted Mystery, Vampires, Drama, Madness, Military, Satanic, Splatter, Witchcraft
El Conde is Streaming on NetflixPlot / Synopsis: Centers on Augusto Pinochet who is not dead but an aged vampire. After living 250 years in this world, he has decided to die once and for all.Tagline: Things are about to get bloody...
Director: Pablo Larraín
Stars: Jaime Vadell, Gloria Münchmeyer, Alfredo Castro, Paula Luchsinger, Stella Gonet
8). 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
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
9). Dog Soldiers (2002) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
In-Depth Dog Soldiers Review
Score: 7.33/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.8/10 | IMDB Votes: 69,314 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.2/10 | MPAA Rating: R
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
10). Jacob's Ladder (1990) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Honest Review: Jacob's Ladder (1990)
Score: 7.31/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 125,427 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.2/10 | Metascore: 6.2/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $26,118,851
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
11). Depraved (2019) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Detailed Review: Depraved (2019)
Rotten Tomatoes: 8.7/10 | Metascore: 6.9/10 | MPAA Rating: 0
Plot / Synopsis: A disillusioned field surgeon suffering from PTSD makes a man out of body parts and brings him to life in a Brooklyn loft.
Shot on the 200th Anniversary of Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN, veteran genre writer-director Larry Fessenden's brings his unique vision of the literary classic in DEPRAVED, set in modern Brooklyn. This meditative reimagining of the novel explores the...
Director: Larry Fessenden
Stars: David Call, Joshua Leonard, Alex Breaux, Ana Kayne, Maria Dizzia
12). Trancers (1984) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 7.07/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 8,349 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.8/10 | Metascore: 6.4/10 | MPAA Rating: PG-13
Plot / Synopsis: Jack Deth is a kind of cop/bounty hunter in the bleak Los Angeles of the future. He's become obssessed with chasing Whistler...
Tagline: 2247 collides with 1985 . . . when a 23rd century crime fighter heats it up in L.A., today...
Director: Charles Band
Stars: Tim Thomerson, Helen Hunt, Michael Stefani, Art LaFleur, Telma Hopkins
13). Sputnik (2020) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Exploring Sputnik – Full Review
Score: 7.04/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 28,977 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.7/10 | Metascore: 6.1/10 | MPAA Rating: Not Rated | Gross: $18,853
Sputnik is Streaming on ShudderPlot / Synopsis: USSR, 1983. Soviet cosmonaut and hero Konstantin Veshnyakov brings an alien creature to earth - in his own body. In the secret laboratory of a closed city neurophysiologist Tatyana Klimova, while trying to save the cosmonaut from the monster, finds out that she feels much more than professional interest in her patient...
Director: Egor Abramenko
Stars: Oksana Akinshina, Fedor Bondarchuk, Pyotr Fyodorov, Anna Nazarova, Aleksey Demidov
14). Overlord (2018) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
In-Depth Overlord Review
Score: 6.96/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 112,047 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.2/10 | Metascore: 6.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $21,704,844
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
15). Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Read Our Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead Review
Score: 6.94/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.8/10 | IMDB Votes: 27,932 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.0/10 | Metascore: 5.9/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $37,473
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
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