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1. Amsterdam (2022)

R | 134 min | Comedy, Drama, History

In the 1930s, three friends witness a murder, are framed for it, and uncover one of the most outrageous plots in American history.

Director: David O. Russell | Stars: Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, Alessandro Nivola

Votes: 93,538

2. An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)

R | 124 min | Drama, Romance

A young man must complete his work at a Navy Officer Candidate School to become an aviator, with the help of a tough Gunnery Sergeant and his new girlfriend.

Director: Taylor Hackford | Stars: Richard Gere, Debra Winger, David Keith, Robert Loggia

Votes: 62,708 | Gross: $129.80M

3. Hostiles (2017)

R | 134 min | Drama, Western

In 1892, a legendary Army Captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory.

Director: Scott Cooper | Stars: Scott Shepherd, Rosamund Pike, Ava Cooper, Stella Cooper

Votes: 95,876 | Gross: $29.82M

4. Overlord (2018)

R | 110 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

A small group of American soldiers find horror behind enemy lines on the eve of D-Day.

Director: Julius Avery | Stars: Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, Mathilde Ollivier, Pilou Asbæk

Votes: 106,674 | Gross: $21.70M

5. Without Remorse (II) (2021)

R | 109 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

An elite Navy SEAL goes on a path to avenge his wife's murder only to find himself inside of a larger conspiracy.

Director: Stefano Sollima | Stars: Michael B. Jordan, Jodie Turner-Smith, Jamie Bell, Guy Pearce

Votes: 64,659

6. Southern Comfort (1981)

R | 106 min | Action, Thriller

During a routine exercise, a team of National Guardsmen are threatened by angry and violent locals.

Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Keith Carradine, Powers Boothe, Fred Ward, Franklyn Seales

Votes: 21,987 | Gross: $5.00M

7. Harriet (I) (2019)

PG-13 | 125 min | Action, Biography, Drama

The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes, whose courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.

Director: Kasi Lemmons | Stars: Cynthia Erivo, Janelle Monáe, Leslie Odom Jr., Joe Alwyn

Votes: 30,771

8. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

PG-13 | 126 min | Drama, Thriller

An American POW in the Korean War is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.

Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury

Votes: 79,926

9. The Bloody Hundredth (2024)

TV-14 | 62 min | Documentary

It honors the heroes of the 100th Bomb Group.

Directors: Laurent Bouzereau, Mark Herzog | Stars: Tom Hanks, Robert Rosenthal, Steven Spielberg, James Stewart

Votes: 1,305

10. USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016)

R | 128 min | Action, Drama, History

During World War II, an American navy ship is sunk by a Japanese submarine leaving 890 crewmen stranded in shark infested waters.

Director: Mario Van Peebles | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Tom Sizemore, Thomas Jane, Matt Lanter

Votes: 14,357

11. Radioactive (2019)

PG-13 | 109 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

The incredible true story of Marie Sklodowska-Curie and her Nobel Prize-winning work that changed the world.

Director: Marjane Satrapi | Stars: Rosamund Pike, Yvette Feuer, Mirjam Novak, Ralph Berkin

Votes: 21,790

12. A Soldier's Story (1984)

PG | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An African-American officer investigates a murder in a racially charged situation in World War II.

Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: Howard E. Rollins Jr., Adolph Caesar, Art Evans, David Alan Grier

Votes: 11,419 | Gross: $21.82M

13. Operation Seawolf (2022)

Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Adventure, History

In the last days of World War II, Germany, desperate for a last chance to defeat the Allies, gathers its last remaining U-Boats for one last mission: to attack the continental United States.

Director: Steven Luke | Stars: Hiram A. Murray, Andrew Stecker, Apostolos Gliarmis, Dolph Lundgren

Votes: 890

14. The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (1985 TV Movie)

95 min | Action, War

During WW2, American General Worden orders Major Reisman to pick 12 soldiers from the military prison for the dangerous mission of killing a Nazi General.

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Ken Wahl, Larry Wilcox

Votes: 2,606

15. Hurry Sundown (1967)

Approved | 146 min | Drama

Drama of a ruthless Southern opportunist who tries to buy his cousin's land, and when thwarted, brings several tragedies to the lives of his loved ones.

Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Michael Caine, Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Diahann Carroll

Votes: 1,388 | Gross: $9.00M

16. Battle Hymn (1957)

Passed | 108 min | Biography, Drama, History

A remorseful bomber pilot-turned-minister rejoins for the Korean War.

Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Rock Hudson, Martha Hyer, Dan Duryea, Don DeFore

Votes: 1,308

17. Korengal (2014)

R | 84 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Korengal picks up where Restrepo (2010) left off--with the same men, in the same valley, with the same commanders--but presents a very different look at the experience of war.

Director: Sebastian Junger | Stars: LaMonta Caldwell, Miguel Cortez, Stephen Gillespie, Aron Hijar

Votes: 4,094 | Gross: $0.06M

18. Buffalo Soldiers: Fighting on Two Fronts (2022)

61 min | Documentary, History

It tells the story of Buffalo Soldiers, the name given to African-American regiments who fought in the U.S. military in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Director: Dru Holley | Stars: Ayanna Berkshire, Darrell Millner, Quintard Taylor, Anthony L. Powell

Votes: 56

19. Kenner (1968)

G | 92 min | Drama, Mystery

An American travels to India to avenge the murder of his business partner. But on the path to vengeance he discovers both love and responsibility.

Director: Steve Sekely | Stars: Jim Brown, Madlyn Rhue, Robert Coote, Ricky Cordell

Votes: 144

20. A Place in Hell (1969)

107 min | War

After the U.S. defeat in the Philippines, Madison leads a rag-tag group of U.S. soldiers against the Japanese occupiers. In this WW II drama, the Japanese set an island trap for the American troops.

Director: Giuseppe Vari | Stars: Guy Madison, Maurice Poli, Hélène Chanel, Sandro Pizzochero

Votes: 125

21. Péché véniel... péché mortel... (1995)

75 min | Drama, Romance

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Director: Pomme Meffre | Stars: Nini Crépon, Edmonde Benoist, Isabelle Sadoyan, Philippe Adrien

Votes: 10

22. A Distant Shore: African Americans of D-Day (2007 TV Movie)

Documentary, History, War

The role of African American soldiers during the World War II Allied invasion of Normandy.

Star: Josh Harraway

Votes: 24

23. Our Colored Fighters (1918)

Documentary, Short

This World War I documentary showcases the 15th New York Infantry Regiment of the US Army, known as the "Harlem Hellfighters", which was an all-black unit. The Regiment was being deployed ... See full summary »

24. Honor Deferred (2006 TV Movie)

50 min | Documentary, History, War

True World War II stories of military valor by African-Americans belatedly deemed worthy of the US Medal of Honor.

Director: Nick Brigden | Stars: Philip Adkins, Lamar Brown, Terry Burch, Atticus Cain

Votes: 53

25. 9th U.S. Cavalry Watering Horses (1898)

Documentary, Short

"Taken at Tampa, Fla. Up the road from the camp comes a double file of cavalrymen, a hundred or more, each man leading another horse beside his own. The leader rides a magnificent dapple ... See full summary »

Director: William 'Daddy' Paley

26. Colored Troops Disembarking (1898)

Documentary, Short

"The steamer 'Mascotte' has reached her dock at Port Tampa, and the 2nd Battalion of Colored Infantry is going ashore. Tide is very high, and the gang plank is extra steep; and it is ... See full summary »

Director: William 'Daddy' Paley

Votes: 116

27. M*A*S*H (1972–1983)
Episode: The Tooth Shall Set You Free (1982)

TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy, Drama, War

While Winchester fearfully avoids getting his agonizing toothache treated, the other surgeons discover a racist commander is sending his African-American soldiers disproportionally into dangerous duty.

Director: Charles S. Dubin | Stars: Alan Alda, Mike Farrell, Harry Morgan, Loretta Swit

Votes: 518

28. Masters of the Air (2024)
Episode: Part Eight (2024)

TV-MA | 51 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Crosby prepares for D-Day. The POWs wonder how the Allied landing will affect their fate. Tuskegee pilots attack targets in Southern France.

Director: Dee Rees | Stars: Branden Cook, Tomisin Ajani, Darryl Mundoma, Francis Lovehall

Votes: 1,733

29. Masters of the Air (2024)
Episode: Part Nine (2024)

TV-MA | 78 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Nearing the end of the war, POW's endure a harrowing journey across German territory while Rosie uncovers a shocking discovery.

Director: Timothy Van Patten | Stars: Nate Mann, George Johnson, Sam Rosenthal, Harry Burke

Votes: 1,919

30. Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012– )
Episode: Where Did We Come From? (2022)

TV-PG | Documentary, Biography, History

News anchor Erin Burnett, fashion journalist André Leon Talley and actress Amy Carlson trace their ancestral roots.

Director: Sabin Streeter | Stars: Erin Burnett, Amy Carlson, Henry Louis Gates Jr., André Leon Talley

Votes: 31

31. Ward Carroll (2020– )
Episode: Top 10 Military Movies of All Time (2021)

24 min | Documentary

Ward invites fellow RIO Virus to share there top ten war movies.

Star: Ward Carroll

32. Manhunt (2024)
Episode: Let the Sheep Flee (2024)

TV-MA | 51 min | Drama, History, Thriller

The hunt expands to Québec, where a nest of Confederate spies and expatriates reorganize; John Wilkes Booth is taken underground in Maryland.

Director: John Dahl | Stars: Tobias Menzies, Anthony Boyle, Lovie Simone, Will Harrison

Votes: 255

33. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode: Chasing the Dragon: How Sgt. Smack Hooked Up Harlem (2022)

Documentary, Crime, History

Against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, an army veteran and a country boy flood Harlem with a super strength heroin known as China White.

Director: Joost van der Valk | Stars: Lew Rice, Francine Lucas-Sinclair, Dickie Lucas, Ron Chepesiuk

34. Timeless (2016–2018)
Episode: The General (2018)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The team partners with Harriet Tubman to thwart Rittenhouse's plan to alter the outcome of the Civil War.

Director: John F. Showalter | Stars: Abigail Spencer, Matt Lanter, Malcolm Barrett, Paterson Joseph

Votes: 1,255

35. Grant (2020)
Episode: Freedom's Champion (2020)

TV-14 | 86 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Ulysses S. Grant defeats Robert E. Lee and wins the Civil War, only to find that he will be called to duty again to serve as President during one of the most difficult times in American history.

Director: Malcolm Venville | Stars: Darron Araujo, Francis Chouler, Russell Crous, Nicholas Dallas

Votes: 135