Best 2000s War Movies

Looking for the best 2000s War movies? These are the 48 highest-rated 2000s War titles in our catalogue, led by The Pianist, Inglourious Basterds and Innocent Voices. The list is ranked by audience score; open any title for its cast, trailer and legal places to watch.

1. The Pianist (2002)

★ 8.4/10

The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his…
2. Inglourious Basterds (2009)

★ 8.2/10

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The…
3. Innocent Voices (2005)

★ 8.2/10

A young boy, attempting to have a normal childhood in 1980s El Salvador, is caught up in a dramatic fight for his life when he desperately tries to avoid the war that is raging all around him.
4. Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004)

★ 8.0/10

When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.
5. Downfall (2004)

★ 7.9/10

In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler…
6. Joint Security Area (2000)

★ 7.8/10

Two North Korean soldiers are killed in the border area between North and South Korea, prompting an investigation by a neutral body. The sergeant is the shooter, but the lead investigator, a Swiss-Korean woman…
7. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)

★ 7.8/10

When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware…
8. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

★ 7.8/10

In post–civil war Spain, 10-year-old Ofelia moves with her pregnant mother to live under the control of her cruel stepfather. Drawn into a mysterious labyrinth, she meets a faun who reveals that she may be a lost…
9. Hotel Rwanda (2004)

★ 7.7/10

Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses…
10. The Fog of War (2003)

★ 7.7/10

Using archival footage, cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the 85-year-old Robert McNamara, The Fog of War depicts his life, from working as a WWII whiz-kid military officer, to being the Ford Motor…
11. Waltz with Bashir (2008)

★ 7.7/10

An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.
12. The Last Samurai (2003)

★ 7.6/10

Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the…
13. A Time for Drunken Horses (2000)

★ 7.6/10

After their father dies, a family of five children are forced to survive on their own in a Kurdish village on the border of Iran and Iraq.
14. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

★ 7.5/10

The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
15. Joyeux Noel (2005)

★ 7.4/10

France, 1914, during World War I. On Christmas Eve, an extraordinary event takes place in the bloody no man's land that the French and the Scots dispute with the Germans…
16. Black Hawk Down (2001)

★ 7.4/10

When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from…
17. Black Book (2006)

★ 7.4/10

In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.
18. Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005)

★ 7.4/10

Based on the long running play by Jang Jin, the story is set in Korea during the Korean War in 1950. Soldiers from both the North and South, as well as an American pilot, find themselves in a secluded and naively…
19. Enemy at the Gates (2001)

★ 7.4/10

A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.
20. The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)

★ 7.4/10

In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins…
21. The Counterfeiters (2007)

★ 7.4/10

The story of Jewish counterfeiter Salomon Sorowitsch, who was coerced into assisting the Nazi operation of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II.
22. City of Life and Death (2009)

★ 7.4/10

In 1937, during the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Imperial Japanese Army has just captured Nanjing, then-capital of the Republic of China. What followed was known as the Nanking Massacre, or the Rape of…
23. The Hurt Locker (2008)

★ 7.3/10

During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
24. A Very Long Engagement (2004)

★ 7.3/10

Young Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancé, lost during World War I, and learns many unexpected things along the way. The love of her life is gone. But she refuses to believe he's gone…
25. Red Cliff II (2009)

★ 7.3/10

The battle of Red Cliff continues and the alliance between Xu and East Wu is fracturing. With Cao Cao's massive forces on their doorstep, will the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu survive?
26. Troy (2004)

★ 7.2/10

In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After…
27. 300 (2007)

★ 7.2/10

Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians; the battle is said to have inspired all of…
28. The Patriot (2000)

★ 7.2/10

After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. But when his son Gabriel enlists in the army…
29. Taking Chance (2009)

★ 7.2/10

Lt. Col. Michael Strobl, a volunteer military escort accompanies the body of Lance Cpl. Chance Phelps to his hometown in Wyoming.
30. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

★ 7.2/10

After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh…
31. Zeitgeist: Addendum (2008)

★ 7.2/10

Zeitgeist: Addendum premiered at the 5th Annual Artivist Film Festival. Director Peter Joseph stated: "The failure of our world to resolve the issues of war, poverty, and corruption, rests within a gross ignorance…
32. We Were Soldiers (2002)

★ 7.1/10

The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.
33. Red Cliff (2008)

★ 7.1/10

In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite all of China was to declare war on the kingdoms of Xu in the west and East Wu in the…
34. Olga (2004)

★ 7.1/10

Based upon the true story of Olga Benário, the German-born wife of Brazilian communist leader Luís Carlos Prestes. During the dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas (1930-1945) she was arrested and sent to Nazi Germany, where…
35. Max Manus: Man of War (2008)

★ 7.1/10

Max Manus is a Norwegian 2008 biographic war film based on the real events of the life of resistance fighter Max Manus (1914–96), after his contribution in the Winter War against the Soviet Union. The story follows…
36. Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

★ 7.0/10

After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.
37. Rescue Dawn (2007)

★ 7.0/10

A US Fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.
38. The Warrior (2001)

★ 7.0/10

In 1375, China was in chaos between Yuan Dynasty and Ming Dynasty. Coryo (an ancient kingdom of Korea then) sent a delegation of many diplomats, soldiers and a silent slave to make peace with the new Chinese…
39. Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

★ 6.9/10

There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the story of three of the six surviving servicemen - John 'Doc' Bradley…
40. Valkyrie (2008)

★ 6.9/10

Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events…
41. Tears of the Sun (2003)

★ 6.9/10

Navy SEAL Lieutenant A.K. Waters and his elite squadron of tactical specialists are forced to choose between their duty and their humanity, between following orders by ignoring the conflict that surrounds them, or…
42. Cold Mountain (2003)

★ 6.9/10

In this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named W.P. Inman deserts his unit and travels across the South, aiming to return to his young…
43. Pearl Harbor (2001)

★ 6.9/10

The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson. But the rivalry…
44. Paradise Now (2005)

★ 6.9/10

Two childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.
45. Flame & Citron (2008)

★ 6.9/10

Gunman Flame and his partner Citron assassinate Nazi collaborators for the Danish resistance. Assigned targets by their Allies-connected leader, Aksel Winther, they relish the opportunity to begin targeting the Nazis…
46. Defiance (2008)

★ 6.8/10

Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. The brothers begin the rescue of roughly…
47. Che: Part One (2008)

★ 6.8/10

The Argentine, begins as Che and a band of Cuban exiles (led by Fidel Castro) reach the Cuban shore from Mexico in 1956. Within two years, they mobilized popular support and an army and toppled the U.S.-friendly regime…
48. Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan (2007)

★ 6.8/10

The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan, a slave who went on to conquer half the world in the 11th century.