- Source: List of war films and TV specials set between 1945 and 2001
War depictions in film and television include documentaries, TV mini-series, and drama serials depicting aspects of historical wars. The films included here are set in the time period from 1945 to 2001, or from the start of the Cold War until it came to an end in 1990s. The Cold War itself was the aftermath of World War II. At the turn of the new century the world woke up to a new reality one September morning and Cold War's aftermath period came to an end.
Indonesian National Revolution (1945–1949)
Cold War (1945–1991)
(Also see Cold War films)
Greek Civil War (1946–1949)
Guerrilla Girl (1953)
Black Seed (1971)
The Descent of the Nine (1984)
Eleni (1985)
Deep Soul (2009)
Hukbalahap Insurgency (1946–1954)
Huk sa Bagong Pamumuhay (1953)
Huk! (1956)
Patayin Si Sec. Magsaysay (1957)
Indochina Wars (1946–1989)
= First Indochina War (1946–1954)
=(also see List of films about the Indochina War)
= Vietnam War (1955–1975)
=(Also see Vietnam War in film and Vietnam War films)
= Cambodian Civil War (1967–1975)
=The Killing Fields (1984)
The Road to Freedom (2010)
First They Killed My Father (2017)
= Sino-Vietnamese War (1979–1989)
=Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain (1984)
Dove Tree (1985)
Youth (2017)
Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts (1947–present)
= Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 (1947)
=Saya e Khuda e Zuljalal (2016)
Gadar: Ek Prem Katha India and Pakistan partition of 1947 (2001)
= Bengali Language Movement (1952)
=Jibon Theke Neya (1952)
= Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 (1965)
=Prem Pujari (1965)
Upkaar (1967)
Operation Dwarka Based on naval operation commenced by the Pakistan Navy to attack the Indian coastal town of Dwarka on 7 September 1965 (1998)
= East Pakistan-West Pakistan War of 1971 (1971)
== Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir (1989–present)
== Kargil War (1999)
=LOC Kargil (2003)
Lakshya (2004)
Shershaah (2021)
Arab–Israeli conflict (1948–present)
= First Arab-Israeli War (1948–1949)
== Second Arab–Israeli War (1956)
=Port Said (1957)
Sammy Going South (1963)
Nasser 56 (1996)
The Suez Crisis (1997), TV
= Third Arab–Israeli War (1967)
=The Battle of Sinai (1968)
The Sparrow (1972)
Avanti Popolo (1986)
Pour Sacha (1991)
Six Days in June (2007), documentary
= War of Attrition (1967–1970)
=Road to Eilat (1994)
= Fourth Arab–Israeli War (1973)
=The Bullet is Still in My Pocket (1974)
Sons of Silence (1974)
Sadat (1983), miniseries
Kippur (2000)
The Days of Sadat (2001)
The War in October (2013), documentary
Valley of Tears (2020), TV series
Golda (2023)
= First Intifada (1987–1993)
=Rock the Casbah (2012)
Oslo (2021)
= Second Intifada (2000–2005)
=Private (2004)
The Green Prince (2014), documentary
= 2006 Lebanon War
=Under the Bombs (2007)
= Gaza War (2008–09)
=Tears of Gaza (2010), documentary
Burmese insurgency (1948–present)
Beyond Rangoon (1995)
Burma VJ (2009 documentary)
Rambo (2008)
The Lady (2011)
Malayan Emergency (1948–1960)
Korean War (1950–1953) and Korean DMZ Conflict (1966–present)
(Also see List of Korean War films)
Mau Mau Uprising (1952–1960)
Cuban Revolution (1953–1959)
Algerian War (1954–1962)
(also see List of films about Algerian War)
Hungarian Revolution of 1956
The Journey (1959)
The Secret Ways (1961)
Children of Glory (2006)
The Company (2007) Miniseries
Cyprus Emergency (1955–1959)
The High Bright Sun (1964)
Rendezvous with Dishonour (1970)
Colombian conflict (1960–present)
Indian annexation of Goa (1961)
Saat Hindustani (1969)
Trikal (1985)
Dhofar Rebellion (1962–1976)
Killer Elite (2011)
Sino-Indian War (1962)
Aden Emergency (1963–1967)
The Last Post (TV series) (2017)
Modern Wars in Sub-Saharan Africa (1960–1999 )
= Congo Crisis (1960–1966)
=Dark of the Sun (1968)
Lumumba (2000)
Mister BOB (2011) (TV)
Siege of Jadotville (2016)
= Eritrean War of Independence (1961–1991)
=Heart of Fire (2008)
= Guinea-Bissau War of Independence (1963–1974)
=Annos no assa luta (1976)
Mortu Nega (1987)
Xime (1994)
The Two Faces of War (2004), documentary
= Mozambican War of Independence (1964–1974)
=Vreme leoparda (O Tempo dos Leopardos) (1985)
= Rhodesian Bush War (1964–1979)
=Albino (1976)
A Game for Vultures (1979)
Blind Justice (1988)
Flame (1998)
= Chadian Civil War (1965–79)
=The Passenger (1975)
= South African Border War / Namibian War of Independence (1966–1990)
=Moffie (2019)
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation (2007)
= Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970)
=Tears of the Sun (2003)
Half of a Yellow Sun (2013)
= Angolan Civil War (1975–2002)
=Escape from Angola (1976)
The Gods Must Be Crazy II (1980)
The Hero (2004)
= Chadian–Libyan conflict (1978–1987)
=In the Army Now (1994)
= Uganda–Tanzania War (1978–1979)
=Rise and Fall of Idi Amin (1981)
= Second Sudanese Civil War (1983–2005)
=Machine Gun Preacher (2011)
= Lord's Resistance Army insurgency in Uganda (1987–present)
=Kony 2012 (2012), documentary
= Somali Civil War (1988–present)
=Black Hawk Down (2001)
Captain Phillips (2013)
The Pirates of Somalia (2017)
Escape from Mogadishu (2021)
= First Liberian Civil War (1989–1997)
=Freetown (2015)
= Rwandan Civil War (1990–1993)
== Second Congo War (1998–2003)
=War Witch (2012)
= Sierra Leone Civil War (1991–2002)
=Cry Freetown (2000), documentary
Blood Diamond (2006)
Ezra (2007)
La vita non perde valore (2012), documentary
= Second Liberian Civil War (1999–2003)
=Lord of War (2005)
Johnny Mad Dog (2008)
Beasts of No Nation (2015)
Indonesian killings of 1965–66
Naxalite–Maoist insurgency in India (1967–present)
The Naxalites (1980)
Aranyakam (1988)
Red Alert: The War Within (2010)
Chakravyuh (2012)
Communist Insurgency of the Philippines (1969–present)
Ama Namin (1998)
Huk! (1956)
Ex-Army
Ultimatum Ceasefire (1987)
The Troubles in Northern Ireland (1969–2005)
Islamic Insurgency of the Philippines (1970–present)
Mistah (Mga Mandirigma) (1994)
Bagong Buwan (2001)
Yugoslav counter-insurgency against Bugojno group (1972)
Brisani prostor (1985), TV series
Balkanska pravila (1997)
Turkish invasion of Cyprus (1974)
Kartal Yuvası (film) (1974)
Tomorrow's Warrior (1981)
Under the Stars (2001)
The Palace (2011)
Indonesian invasion of East Timor (1975–1976)
Balibo (2009)
Beatriz's War (2013)
Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990)
= First Lebanon War (1982)
== War of the Camps (1985–1988)
=Spy Game (2001)
Operation Entebbe (1976)
Nicaraguan Revolution (1961–1992)
Under Fire (1983)
Last Plane Out (1983)
Latino (1985)
Carla's Song (1997)
Kill the Messenger (2014)
Chadian–Libyan War (1978–1987)
In the Army Now (1994)
Soviet–Afghan War (1979–1989) and Afghan Civil War (1992–1996)
Internal conflict in Peru (1980–present)
The Mouth of the Wolf (1988)
Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988)
Salvadoran Civil War (1980–1992)
S.A.S. à San Salvador (1983)
Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements (1985) (Academy Award, Documentary Short)
Salvador (1986)
Romero (1989)
Voces inocentes (2004) (Innocent Voices)
Falklands War (1982)
Sri Lankan Civil War (1983–2009)
Kannathil Muthamittal (2002)
Sengadal (2010, not yet released, banned in India and Sri Lanka
Madras Cafe (2013)
A Private War (2018)
US Invasion of Grenada (1983)
Heartbreak Ridge (1986)
Al-Anfal Campaign (1986–1989)
Jiyan (2002)
Kilomètre Zéro (Kilometer Zero) (2005)
Sirta la gal ba (2009)
Triage (2009)
South Yemen Civil War (1986)
Russian Translation (2007), TV series
First Nagorno-Karabakh War (1988–1994)
United States invasion of Panama (1989–1990)
The Panama Deception (1992) (documentary)
Noriega: God's Favorite (2000) (TV movie)
Invasion (2014) (documentary)
Gulf War (1990–1991)
(Also see Gulf War films)
Algerian Civil War (1991–2002)
Barakat! (2006)
Of Gods and Men (2010)
Yugoslav Wars (1991–1999)
(also see List of Yugoslav Wars films)
The Death of Yugoslavia (1995), documentary
Yugoslavia: The Avoidable War (1999), documentary
The Weight of Chains (2010), documentary
Generacija 71 (Generation 71) (2011), feature, animation
= Ten-Day War in Slovenia (1991)
=Sivi kamion crvene boje (Red Coloured Grey Truck) (2004)
Silent Sonata (2011)
= Croatian War of Independence (1991–1995)
== Bosnian War (1992–1995)
== Kosovo War (1998–1999)
=NATO bombing of Yugoslavia (1999)
Transnistria War (1992)
Carbon (2022)
Civil war in Tajikistan (1992–1997)
Mama (1998)
Nikto, krome nas... (2008)
Silent Border Post («Тихая застава» in Russian) (2011)
The Death of Innocents ("Марги бегунох" in Tajik) (2013)
War in Abkhazia (1992–93)
The Other Bank (2009)
Konpliktis zona (Conflict Zone) (2009)
Mandariinid (Tangerines) (2013)
Corn Island (2014)
House of Others (2016)
First Chechen War (1994–1996)
(also see List of Chechen Wars films)
East Timorese crisis (1999)
Answered by Fire (2006) (TV)
Second Chechen War (1999–2000)
(also see List of Chechen Wars films)
Insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia (2001)
How I Killed a Saint ("Како убив светец" in Macedonian) (2004)
Bal-Can-Can (2005)
See also
List of war films and TV specials
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- List of war films and TV specials set between 1945 and 2001
- List of war films and TV specials set between 1914 and 1945
- List of war films and TV specials set between 3050 BC and AD 476
- List of war films and TV specials set between 1775 and 1914
- List of Christmas films
- List of historical films set in Near Eastern and Western civilization
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)
- List of films: S
- List of highest-grossing films
- List of historical films set in Asia
