Best movies — guerre on Apple TV+ : our Top 20

1998 · Steven Spielberg

As Allied forces sweep onto the beaches of Normandy, three brothers are killed in combat and a fourth is left stranded behind enemy lines. Captain John Miller, a U.S. Army Ranger, leads a seven-man squad on a dangerous incursion into German-held territory to find the young soldier and bring him home.

With Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Matt Damon, Barry Pepper, Adam Goldberg and Vin Diesel

1986 · Oliver Stone

An inexperienced soldier sent to Vietnam, Chris Taylor watches his idealism crumble as the savagery of combat forces him to face a wrenching moral dilemma and the disturbing coexistence of compassion and cruelty within himself and those around him.

With Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Forest Whitaker, Francesco Quinn, John C. McGinley and Richard Edson

2008 · Mark Herman

After his family moves from Berlin to an isolated house in wartime Poland, young Bruno, restless and curious, explores the surrounding grounds and discovers Shmuel, a thin boy confined behind a barbed-wire fence where everyone beyond it wears striped uniforms. Oblivious to Shmuel’s status as a Jewish prisoner and to the fact that Bruno’s father holds a senior position connected to the camp, Bruno’s friendship blinds him to the danger until his determination drives him to attempt a risky crossing into the enclosure to be with his friend.

With Asa Butterfield, Jack Scanlon, Vera Farmiga, David Thewlis, Rupert Friend, David Hayman and Sheila Hancock

2019 · Sam Mendes

During the fiercest days of the First World War, two young British soldiers are forced to cross enemy territory to deliver a vital message that could avert a deadly assault on hundreds of their comrades.

With George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, Richard Madden, Claire Duburcq and Colin Firth

1995 · Richard Loncraine

When multiple pipe bombs detonate at a packed concert, quick-thinking security guard Richard Jewell springs into action, helping evacuate attendees and averting far greater loss of life — only to find himself the target of a bungled FBI investigation and a frenzied media onslaught that wrongly casts him as the perpetrator.

With Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Jim Broadbent, Robert Downey Jr., Kristin Scott Thomas, Adrian Dunbar and Maggie Smith

2013 · Brian Percival

In wartime Germany, young Liesel copes with fear by quietly lifting books and circulating their stories to anyone who will listen. Hidden in a cramped space beneath the family’s staircase, a Jewish refugee is kept safe by her adoptive parents, forging a fragile household bond amid the dangers and deprivations of the Nazi era.

With Geoffrey Rush, Sophie Nélisse, Emily Watson, Nico Liersch, Ben Schnetzer, Heike Makatsch and Barbara Auer

2001 · Jean-Jacques Annaud

In the shattered streets of Stalingrad during World War II, a Soviet sniper and his German counterpart become embroiled in a tense, lethal duel of wits and patience, stalking one another through ruined buildings and burning ruins as the city itself collapses around them.

With Jude Law, Joseph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Ed Harris, Bob Hoskins, Ron Perlman and Eva Mattes

1980 · François Truffaut

By decree of King Charles VI, Sir Jean de Carrouges is forced to resolve his bitter feud with his estranged squire, Jacques Le Gris, by facing him in a formally sanctioned duel.

With Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Poiret, Andréa Ferréol, Paulette Dubost, Jean-Louis Richard and Maurice Risch

1996 ·

A Hungarian cartographer hired by the Royal Geographical Society spends the 1930s leading expeditions across the Sahara alongside renowned explorers, mapping its endless sands. When World War II erupts, his work and relationships are drawn into a tangled web of passion, betrayal and political maneuvering that will redefine his fate.

With Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas, Naveen Andrews, Colin Firth and Julian Wadham

2005 ·

After losing everything in the Great Recession, a woman in her sixties converts a van into a makeshift home and sets out across the American West, reinventing herself as a modern-day nomad while navigating vast landscapes, fragile connections, and the unexpected freedoms and hardships of life on the road.

With Kuno Becker, Jay Hernandez, Jason Scott Lee, Doskhan Zholzhaksynov, Ayanat Ksenbai, Mark Dacascos and Aziz Beyshenaliev

1977 · Richard Attenborough

Late in World War II, Allied forces mounted Operation Market Garden, a bold bid to hasten victory by seizing three strategic bridges across the Netherlands and opening a passage over the Rhine into Germany. Misjudged intelligence and the unforeseen presence of two experienced German panzer divisions doomed the campaign’s culminating goal—the bridge at Arnhem—turning the daring plan into a costly failure.

With Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Edward Fox, Elliott Gould and Anthony Hopkins

2002 · Atom Egoyan

A childless couple—one a recently released convict, the other a former police officer—take in one of a wealthy family's quintuplets and raise the child as their own; what begins as a second chance at family soon becomes far more complicated than they ever expected.

With Simon Abkarian, Charles Aznavour, Christopher Plummer, Arsinée Khanjian, David Alpay, Marie-Josée Croze and Elias Koteas

2015 · Alejandro Monteverde

An eight-year-old boy sets out on a courageous, single-minded quest to bring the fighting of World War II to an end and welcome his father back home. Through his hopeful, sometimes reckless actions, the film tenderly uncovers the profound, mutual devotion between parent and child — a father's selfless protectiveness and a son's unwavering love and longing.

With Jakob Salvati, Emily Watson, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Michael Rapaport, David Henrie, Ben Chaplin and Eduardo Verástegui

2005 · Sam Mendes

Anthony Swofford, a U.S. Marine hardened by a brutal boot camp, is deployed to the Persian Gulf with his unit expecting combat. Instead of joining the front lines, they find themselves kept on the sidelines, staring at a war that never quite reaches them. Haunted by doubts about his girlfriend’s faithfulness, Swofford’s psyche frays, and his simmering anger and violent impulses begin to swell.

With Jamie Foxx, Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Scott MacDonald, Chris Cooper, Laz Alonso and Lucas Black

2014 · Russell Crowe

In 1919, Australian farmer Joshua Connor crosses into Anatolia to learn the fate of his three sons, all listed as missing after the fighting. Clinging to hope, he navigates a shattered countryside of ruined towns and lingering grief, pursuing facts that might finally bring him closure. What begins as a quest for news of his children becomes a deeper journey toward acceptance and inner peace.

With Russell Crowe, Olga Kurylenko, Yılmaz Erdoğan, Cem Yılmaz, Jai Courtney, Ryan Corr and James Fraser

2022 · Peter Farrelly

he packs up a supply of American beer and sets off to deliver it to them in person. What starts as a heartfelt, impulsive gesture quickly confronts him with the brutal realities of war, testing loyalties and forcing hard choices. The journey transforms Chickie—reshaping his relationships, his sense of purpose, and the way he sees the world.

With Zac Efron, Russell Crowe, Kyle Allen, Bill Murray, Jake Picking, Will Ropp and Archie Renaux

1925 · King Vidor

At the peak of Cold War tensions, American chess wunderkind Bobby Fischer is propelled into the eye of an international standoff as his attempt to unseat Soviet dominance on the chessboard turns into a larger clash between rival superpowers.

With John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Hobart Bosworth, Claire McDowell, Claire Adams, Robert Ober and Tom O'Brien

1970 · Mike Nichols

A World War II aviator, desperate to stop flying deadly sorties, deliberately stages a psychiatric collapse to be declared mentally unfit and taken off duty — only to find that the label of insanity carries its own unforeseen and dangerous consequences.

With Alan Arkin, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin, Art Garfunkel, Jack Gilford, Buck Henry and Bob Newhart

2014 · David Ayer

In 1944, amid the chaos of the Eastern Front, a small band of Soviet soldiers breaks free from German captivity by commandeering a battered, half-ruined T-34. Their desperate race through hostile territory becomes a crucible of raw courage, brutal combat, and an unshakable love — a harrowing story where extraordinary acts and improbable miracles shape their fate.

With Brad Pitt, Logan Lerman, Michael Peña, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Bernthal, Jim Parrack and Brad William Henke

2024 · Guy Ritchie

A small team of highly trained British operatives is sent deep behind Nazi lines during World War II to carry out a perilous, covert mission aimed at disrupting the German war effort. Inspired by the real exploits of the Special Operations Executive—established at Winston Churchill’s behest—these irregular fighters wage sabotage and espionage that reshape the conflict’s course and lay the groundwork for modern clandestine operations.

With Henry Cavill, Eiza González, Alan Ritchson, Henry Golding, Alex Pettyfer, Hero Fiennes Tiffin and Babs Olusanmokun