Most Popular War TV Series/TV Mini-Series
1. Vikings (2013– )
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Drama, History
The world of the Vikings is brought to life through the journey of Ragnar Lothbrok, the first Viking to emerge from Norse legend and onto the pages of history - a man on the edge of myth.
Stars: Gustaf Skarsgård, Katheryn Winnick, Alexander Ludwig, Travis Fimmel
Votes: 247,735
2. TURN: Washington's Spies (2014– )
60 min | Drama, War
Follows Long Island farmer, Abe Woodhull, who bands together with a group of childhood friends to form The Culper Ring, an unlikely group of spies who turn the tide in America's fight for ... See full summary »
Stars: Jamie Bell, Daniel Henshall, Seth Numrich, Heather Lind
Votes: 14,577
3. Band of Brothers (2001)
TV-MA | 594 min | Action, Drama, History
The story of Easy Company of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division, and their mission in World War II Europe, from Operation Overlord, through V-J Day.
Stars: Scott Grimes, Damian Lewis, Ron Livingston, Shane Taylor
Votes: 262,297
4. The Last Ship (2014– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
The crew of a naval destroyer is forced to confront the reality of a new existence when a pandemic kills off most of the earth's population.
Stars: Eric Dane, Adam Baldwin, Charles Parnell, Travis Van Winkle
Votes: 42,645
5. M*A*S*H (1972–1983)
TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy, Drama, War
The staff of an army hospital in the Korean war find that laughter is the best way to deal with their situation.
Stars: Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, Loretta Swit, Jamie Farr
Votes: 40,653
6. The Tudors (2007–2010)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, History, Romance
A dramatic series about the reign and marriages of King Henry VIII.
Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Henry Cavill, Anthony Brophy, James Frain
Votes: 55,063
7. Six (2017– )
60 min | Action, Drama, History
Navy SEAL Team Six attempt to eliminate a Taliban leader in Afghanistan when they discover an American citizen working with the enemy.
Stars: Barry Sloane, Kyle Schmid, Juan Pablo Raba, Edwin Hodge
Votes: 4,627
8. Rome (2005–2007)
TV-MA | 90 min | Action, Drama, History
A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.
Stars: Kevin McKidd, Ray Stevenson, Polly Walker, Kerry Condon
Votes: 123,691
9. War & Peace (2016– )
TV-14 | 379 min | Drama, History, Romance
As the Russian conflict with Napoleon reaches its peak, five aristocratic families face the possibility of their lives being changed forever.
Stars: Paul Dano, James Norton, Lily James, Adrian Edmondson
Votes: 13,086
10. The White Queen (2013)
60 min | Drama, History, Romance
Three different, yet equally relentless women vie for the throne in 15th Century England.
Stars: Aneurin Barnard, Rebecca Ferguson, Amanda Hale, Faye Marsay
Votes: 16,768
11. Hatfields & McCoys (2012– )
TV-14 | 290 min | Drama, History, Romance
Dramatization of the bitter blood feud between the two families on the West Virginia/Kentucky border in the years after the Civil War.
Stars: Kevin Costner, Bill Paxton, Matt Barr, Tom Berenger
Votes: 19,118
12. The Pacific (2010– )
TV-MA | 530 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The Pacific Theatre of World War 2, as seen through the eyes of several young Marines.
Stars: James Badge Dale, Joseph Mazzello, Jon Seda, Sebastian Bertoli
Votes: 75,556
13. Foyle's War (2002–2015)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Later series sees the retired detective working as an MI5 agent operating in the aftermath of the war.
Stars: Michael Kitchen, Honeysuckle Weeks, Anthony Howell, Ellie Haddington
Votes: 9,969
14. Spies of Warsaw (2013– )
120 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A military attaché at the French embassy is drawn into a world of abduction, betrayal and intrigue in the diplomatic salons and back alleys of Warsaw.
Stars: David Tennant, Janet Montgomery, Marcin Dorocinski, Miroslaw Zbrojewicz
Votes: 1,709
15. Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971)
TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy, War
The inmates of a German World War II prisoner of war camp conduct an espionage and sabotage campaign right under the noses of their warders.
Stars: Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Robert Clary
Votes: 6,418
16. Army Wives (2007–2013)
60 min | Drama, Romance, War
Four women and one man share the common bond of loving someone in the U.S. Army.
Stars: Brian McNamara, Wendy Davis, Catherine Bell, Sterling K. Brown
Votes: 5,640
17. Dirilis: Ertugrul (2014– )
120 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Heroic story of Ertugrul Ghazi, the father of Osman (Uthman) who founded the Ottoman State.
Stars: Engin Altan Düzyatan, Hülya Darcan, Esra Bilgic, Cengiz Coskun
Votes: 12,587
18. The Pillars of the Earth (2010)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, History, Romance
Set against a backdrop of war, religious strife and power struggles which tears lives and families apart.
Stars: Ian McShane, Matthew Macfadyen, Eddie Redmayne, Hayley Atwell
Votes: 23,903
19. Generation Kill (2008– )
TV-MA | 70 min | Drama, War
A Rolling Stone reporter, embedded with The 1st Recon Marines chronicles his experiences during the first wave of the American-led assault on Baghdad in 2003.
Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, James Ransone, Lee Tergesen, Jon Huertas
Votes: 37,509
20. The World at War (1973–2001)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
A series of documentaries about World War II.
Stars: Laurence Olivier, Anthony Eden, Averell Harriman, Albert Speer
Votes: 13,984
21. The Unit (2006–2009)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Hour long show which looks at the life of American super-secret operators.
Stars: Dennis Haysbert, Regina Taylor, Audrey Marie Anderson, Robert Patrick
Votes: 17,426
22. 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)
45 min | Comedy, War
In WW2 France, Rene Artois runs a small café where Resistance fighters, Gestapo men, German Army officers and escaped Allied POWs interact daily, ignorant of one another's true identity or presence, exasperating Rene.
Stars: Gorden Kaye, Carmen Silvera, Vicki Michelle, Richard Marner
Votes: 20,100
23. Home Fires (2015– )
45 min | Drama, War
A drama following a group of inspirational women in a rural Cheshire community during World War II.
Stars: Clare Calbraith, Brian Fletcher, Samantha Bond, Ruth Gemmell
Votes: 1,762
24. North and South (1985)
561 min | Drama, History, Romance
Two friends, one northern and one southern, struggle to maintain their friendship as events build towards the American Civil War.
Stars: Kirstie Alley, Georg Stanford Brown, David Carradine, Philip Casnoff
Votes: 7,727
25. Kurt Seyit ve Sura (2014)
46 min | Drama, History, Romance
The love story of Kurt Seyit, an army major, and Sura, a Russian woman.
Stars: Kivanç Tatlitug, Farah Zeynep Abdullah, Caglar Ertugrul, Demet Özdemir
Votes: 1,620
26. Roots (1977– )
TV-14 | 570 min | Biography, Drama, History
A dramatization of author Alex Haley's family line from ancestor Kunta Kinte's enslavement to his descendants' liberation.
Stars: LeVar Burton, Todd Bridges, Robert Reed, John Amos
Votes: 12,765
27. The Civil War (1990– )
TV-14 | 680 min | Documentary, History, War
A comprehensive survey of the American Civil War.
Stars: David McCullough, Sam Waterston, Julie Harris, Jason Robards
Votes: 7,532
28. China Beach (1988–1991)
120 min | Drama, War
The trials of a weary nurse, her friends and colleagues in a Vietnam War field hospital.
Stars: Billy Tim, Dana Delany, Michael Boatman, Robert Picardo
Votes: 2,047
29. The Long Road Home (2017– )
Drama, War | Active
American forces occupying Iraq are ambushed in a Baghdad neighborhood.
Stars: Franklin Silverio, Joey Luthman, Devonne Palmer, Charlie Parrish
30. Manhattan (2014–2015)
TV-14 | 55 min | Drama, History, War
In 1943, in Los Alamos, New Mexico, a team of government scientists is working on the top secret Manhattan Project in a race to produce an atomic bomb before the Nazis. Meanwhile, their families adjust to a life on the military base.
Stars: Rachel Brosnahan, Michael Chernus, Christopher Denham, Katja Herbers
Votes: 6,588
31. Generation War (2013– )
TV-MA | 270 min | Action, Drama, History
Five friends go out to war and promise each other to be back for Christmas.
Stars: Volker Bruch, Tom Schilling, Katharina Schüttler, Miriam Stein
Votes: 17,184 | Gross: $0.09M
32. Muhtesem Yüzyil (2011–2014)
90 min | Biography, Drama, History
From 1520, follows Suleiman the Magnificent and his relatives from his great conquests to the "Battle of Szigeth".
Stars: Halit Ergenç, Selen Ozturk, Meryem Uzerli, Gürbey Ileri
Votes: 11,434
33. Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003)
130 min | Biography, Drama, History
A unique slant, profiling the life of Adolf Hitler as a child and his rise through the ranks of the National German Workers' Party prior to World War II.
Stars: Peter Stormare, Friedrich von Thun, Peter O'Toole, Zoe Telford
Votes: 18,236
34. X Company (2015– )
44 min | Drama, War
Set in the thrilling and dangerous world of WWII, follows the stories of five highly skilled young recruits, torn from their ordinary lives to train as agents in an ultra-secret facility.
Stars: Evelyne Brochu, Jack Laskey, Warren Brown, Torben Liebrecht
Votes: 1,926
35. Vikings: Athelstan's Journal (2015– )
4 min | Action, Drama, History
Viking culture is seen from a first-hand experience through Athelstan's perspective. Athelstan reflects his inner thoughts on the ways of the Northmen including all their customs, values, ... See full summary »
Stars: George Blagden, Travis Fimmel, Jennie Jacques, John Kavanagh
Votes: 491
36. Our Girl (2014– )
60 min | Drama, War
The series follows Molly on her first deployment as a serving army medic against the backdrop of the British Army's withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Stars: Ben Aldridge, Sean Ward, Simon Lennon, Lawrence Walker
Votes: 1,956
37. Das Boot (1985)
TV-MA | 293 min | Drama, War
A World War II German U-Boat crew have a terrifying patrol mission in the early days of the war.
Stars: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch
Votes: 14,855
38. Dad's Army (1968–1977)
30 min | Comedy, War
During WW2, in a fictional British seaside town, a ragtag group of Home Guard local defense volunteers prepare for an imminent German invasion.
Stars: Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie
Votes: 4,179
39. Black Sheep Squadron (1976–1978)
60 min | Action, War, Adventure
The dramatized World War II adventures of US Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington and his Marine Attack Squadron 214, AKA The Black Sheep Squadron.
Stars: Robert Conrad, Simon Oakland, Dana Elcar, Dirk Blocker
Votes: 1,648
40. Gomer Pyle: USMC (1964–1969)
30 min | Comedy, War
The misadventures of a bumbling Marine named Gomer Pyle.
Stars: Jim Nabors, Frank Sutton, Ronnie Schell, Roy Stuart
Votes: 1,915
41. Parade's End (2012)
287 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Revolves around a love triangle between a conservative English aristocrat, his mean socialite wife and a young suffragette.
Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Rebecca Hall, Roger Allam, Adelaide Clemens
Votes: 7,860
42. The Bible (2013– )
TV-14 | 440 min | Documentary, Action, Drama
A religious historical dramatic miniseries about God's creation and physical landmark events leading up to the Crucifixion and Resurrection of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
Stars: Keith David, Robert Powell, Jake Canuso, Diogo Morgado
Votes: 8,874
43. Tour of Duty (1987–1990)
45 min | Action, Drama, War
The trials of a U.S. Army platoon serving in the field during the Vietnam War.
Stars: Terence Knox, Stephen Caffrey, Tony Becker, Miguel A. Núñez Jr.
Votes: 3,099
44. Combat! (1962–1967)
60 min | Action, Drama, War
Combat!, a one-hour WWII drama series on television, followed a frontline American infantry squad as they battled their way across Europe. With mud-splattered realism, the show offered ... See full summary »
Stars: Vic Morrow, Rick Jason, Pierre Jalbert, Jack Hogan
Votes: 1,749
45. Shogun (1980)
60 min | Adventure, Drama, History
A English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in the complex political games in feudal Japan.
Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Shimada, Furankî Sakai
Votes: 9,615
46. The Winds of War (1983– )
883 min | Drama, Romance, War
The trials of the Henry and Jastrow families in the early years of World War II.
Stars: Robert Mitchum, Ali MacGraw, Jan-Michael Vincent, John Houseman
Votes: 2,938
47. Ultimate Force (2002–2006)
74 min | Action, War
This action adventure series follows the exploits of Sergeant Henno Garvie and his colleagues who make up Red Troop, a crack SAS team. Stopping the release of a lethal anthrax mutation, ... See full summary »
Stars: Ross Kemp, Miles Anderson, Christopher Fox, Danny Sapani
Votes: 1,578
48. Five Came Back (2017– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The wartime contributions of five prominent Hollywood film directors during World War II are profiled.
Stars: Francis Ford Coppola, Guillermo del Toro, Paul Greengrass, Lawrence Kasdan
Votes: 1,285
49. War and Remembrance (1988– )
1,620 min | Drama, War
The trials of the Henry and the Jastrow families amid the events after the USA's entry into World War II.
Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jane Seymour, Hart Bochner, Victoria Tennant
Votes: 1,994
50. Holocaust (1978– )
475 min | Drama, Romance, War
The saga of a Jewish family's struggle to survive the horror of Nazi Germany's systematic marginalization and extermination of their community.
Stars: Joseph Bottoms, Tovah Feldshuh, Rosemary Harris, Tony Haygarth
Votes: 3,634