War films show the best and worst of people. These are the titles that shaped the genre, from epic battles to intimate stories of survival.
Our list
1. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
After D-Day, a squad searches for one paratrooper.
2. Band of Brothers (2001)
Series: Easy Company from Normandy to the end of the war.
3. Dunkirk (2017)
Christopher Nolan’s 1940 evacuation, by land, sea and air.
4. 1917 (2019)
Two soldiers cross no man’s land, filmed as one long shot.
5. All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
The Oscar-winning German film of the First World War.
6. The Pianist (2002)
A Jewish pianist survives the Warsaw ghetto.
7. Black Hawk Down (2001)
US soldiers trapped in Mogadishu in 1993.
8. Apocalypse Now (1979)
A mission up the river into the madness of the Vietnam War.
9. Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
A medic who refuses to carry a weapon, on Okinawa.
10. Max Manus (2008)
The Norwegian resistance fighter who sabotaged occupiers’ ships.
Where to watch them
All these titles are in the OrigamiTV film and series library or on its movie and series channels, on every screen of the house. Search the content library.
