10 Best War Movies of All Time & Based on True Stories

10 Best War Movies of All Time & Based on True Stories – Here’s a list of the 10 best war films of all time. Three of them are Indonesian war films about the struggle against the invaders.

War films are indeed the most exciting to watch, especially since they are war stories taken from real life. Not only get entertainment alone, but we can learn about how the state of war in ancient times.

Here are 10 recommendations for the best war films of all time and are true war stories made into a film.

The 10 Best War Movies of All Time

1. Dunkirk

Dunkirk tells the story of World War II that occurred in 1940. At that time France lost, and withdrew hundreds of thousands of troops. The evacuation event was marked by air strikes which required them to evacuate with the help of civilian ships.

Release Date: July 13, 2021
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jack Lowden, Harry Styles, Aneurin Barnard, Barry Keoghan.

2. Pearl Harbor

This film tells the story of a real war between Japan and America. Where one morning, the Japanese carried out a surprise attack on one of the American bases, Pearl Harbor. As a result of the attack, most of the American soldiers were killed by missiles and bombs dropped by Japanese planes. In addition to the story of war, this film is also peppered with a love affair between brothers.

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Release Date: May 25, 2001
Director: Michael Bay
Cast: Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Jon Voight

3. 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

This war film tells the true story of the tense conditions that occurred in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2012. A militant group carries out an attack on the American diplomatic base in Benghazi. For 13 hours the Americans tried to contain the attack that killed as many as 4 Americans including Ambassador Chris Stevens.

Release Date: January 15, 2021
Director: Michael Bay
Cast: John Krasinski, James Badge Dale, Max Martini, Pablo Schreiber.

4. American Sniper

American Sniper is the best war film that tells the story of Chris Kyle who is a sniper or sniper Navy SEALs United States of America. Chris went through many wars and hunted down the leader of Al-Qaeda, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. War after war made him more distant from his wife and children. Not to mention the disturbing image of people he couldn’t save.

Release Date: November 11, 2021
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Bradley Cooper, Clint Eastwood, Andrew Lazar, Robert Lorenz, Peter Morgan.

5. Tora! Tora! Tora!

Remember the Pearl Harbor movie above or number 2? If the Pearl Harbor movie tells the story from the American side, Tora! Tora! Tora! featuring the story from the Japanese side. This war film is indeed an old school film, but it is very worth it for you to watch right now.

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Release Date: September 23, 1970
Director: Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku, Toshio Masuda
Cast: Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten, EG Marshall.

6. Black Hawk Down

Black Hawk Down is a war film that tells the story of the war experienced by America in 1993. At that time, American troops were tasked with capturing the Somali warlord, Mohamed Farrah Aidid. Of the 160 soldiers led by general William F Garrison lost three pilots and some of them had to be taken hostage.

Release Date: February 20, 2002
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, Eric Bana, William Fichtner.

7. Hacksaw Ridge

Hacksaw Ridge is a film that tells the story of Desmond Doss who was a medical soldier during World War II. Desmond decides to jump into World War II which saves people’s lives from being killed on the battlefield. But before leaving, he proposed to his girlfriend Dorothy and the proposal was accepted.

Release Date: November 4, 2021
Director: Mel Gibson
Cast: Andrew Garfield, Vince Vaughn, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey.

Indonesian movie

The three war films below are Indonesian war films that you must watch. These films tell the story of the struggle of the Indonesian people against the invaders.

8. Soekarno: Independent Indonesia

This film tells the true story of Soekarno who was accused of sedition and rebellion, sending him into exile in Ende and then to Bengkulu. Sukarno was not at all afraid of Japan, in fact he had a high belief that if we were smart, we could use Japan to achieve independence. Indonesia succeeded in becoming independent on August 17, 1945.

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Release Date: November 4, 2021
Director: Hanung Bramantyo
Cast: Ario Bayu, Maudy Koesnaedi, Ratu Tika Bravani, Lukman Sardi, Ferry Salim.

9. Garuda Blood

This film tells the story of a group of cadets who fought on the island of Java in 1947. They made plans to carry out an attack on the Dutch prison camp to save the women they loved. The cadets were given a secret task, namely to fight against the tyranny of General Van Mook.

Release Date: September 8, 2010
Director: Yadi Sugandi, Conor Allyn
Cast: Lukman Sardi, Donny Alamsyah, Darius Sinathrya, Ario Bayu.

10. Warriors of Dreamers

Laskar Pemampira is a war film with a true story with a background in the story of the Second Dutch Military Aggression in December 1948. Sri Mulyani, played by Tika Project Pop, was exiled from her home in Maguwo, Central Java. Sri traveled to the Pejaten region and met with Indonesian guerrilla troops. The troop leader was opening the registration of new members, and Sri also registered.

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