Movies and TV series about the military

The 58 best titles about the military, ranked by the iRank Score — our composite of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDb. Every page includes cast, where to watch and similar recommendations.

Violet Evergarden: The Movie
iRank89
2020 · Taichi Ishidate
MovieAnimationDramaFantasy
As the world moves on from the war and technological advances bring changes to her life, Violet still hopes to see her lost commanding officer again.
Saving Private Ryan
iRank89
1998 · Steven Spielberg
MovieDramaHistoryWar
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating
Apocalypse Now
iRank88
1979 · Francis Ford Coppola
MovieDramaWar
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterio
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
iRank87
2009
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationDrama
Disregard for alchemy’s laws ripped half of Edward Elric’s limbs from his body and left his brother Alphonse’s soul clinging to a suit of armor. To restore what was lost, the brothers seek the Philoso
Attack on Titan
iRank87
2013 · Manabu Otsuka
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationSci-Fi & Fantasy
100 years ago, the last remnants of humanity were forced to retreat behind the towering walls of a fortified city to escape the massive, man-eating Titans that roamed the land outside their fortress.
Top Gun: Maverick
iRank85
2022 · Joseph Kosinski
MovieActionDrama
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a detachment of TO
Dunkirk
iRank85
2017 · Christopher Nolan
MovieActionDramaWar
The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between M
Kaiju No. 8
iRank85
2024 · Makoto Oyoshi
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationSci-Fi & Fantasy
In a world plagued by creatures known as Kaiju, Kafka Hibino aspired to enlist in The Defense Force. He makes a promise to enlist with his childhood friend, Mina Ashiro. Soon, life takes them in separ
Hellsing Ultimate
iRank84
2006
SeriesAnimationDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
For over a century, the mysterious Hellsing Organization has been secretly protecting the British Empire from the undead. When Sir Integra Hellsing succeeded as the head of the organization, she also
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
iRank84
2006
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationDrama
Japan has been invaded and conquered by the Britannian Empire. Japan is now known as Area 11 and its citizens known as Elevens. The Britannian Empire takes away Japan's autonomous power and imposes it
Descendants of the Sun
iRank84
2016
SeriesAction & AdventureDrama
After a chance meeting in a hospital, an ardent soldier falls for a gifted surgeon. Opposing philosophies tear them apart, but fate has other plans.
Full Metal Jacket
iRank83
1987 · Stanley Kubrick
MovieDramaWar
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
Arrival
iRank83
2016 · Denis Villeneuve
MovieDramaMysteryScience Fiction
Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
Forrest Gump
iRank83
1994 · Robert Zemeckis
MovieComedyDramaRomance
A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has a
Stargate SG-1
iRank83
1997
SeriesAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy
The story of Stargate SG-1 begins about a year after the events of the feature film, when the United States government learns that an ancient alien device called the Stargate can access a network of s
Akame ga Kill!
iRank83
2014 · Masanori Fujita
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationDrama
Young Tatsumi travels to the capital of the Empire in order to earn money for his starving people and encounters a world of unimaginable depravity, dominated by the ruthless Prime Minister who control
Zero Dark Thirty
iRank82
2012 · Kathryn Bigelow
MovieDramaThriller
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.
Fullmetal Alchemist
iRank82
2003 · Hideo Katsumata
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationSci-Fi & Fantasy
Two young brothers are raised as alchemists, but when they are severely injured trying to perform a forbidden act, they begin searching for the one thing that can save them; the fabled philosopher's s
Love, Death & Robots
iRank82
2019 · Jennifer Miller
SeriesAnimationSci-Fi & Fantasy
Terrifying creatures, wicked surprises and dark comedy converge in this NSFW anthology of animated stories presented by Tim Miller and David Fincher.
Gurren Lagann
iRank82
2007
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationSci-Fi & Fantasy
When a young laborer escapes to the world aboveground, he discovers a violent land in which humans battle robots controlled by a power-hungry noble.
Kill la Kill
iRank82
2013
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationComedy
Honnouji Academy is forcefully ruled by the iron-fisted control of its student council and its president, Satsuki Kiryuin. Transfer student, Ryuko Matoi, arrives on campus carrying a giant sword, that
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
iRank82
2018 · Mari Okada
MovieAnimationDramaFantasy
Fleeing the war, the immortal Machia, graced with eternal youth, finds a baby abandoned in the forest and decides to raise it as her own child, sparking a moving story between a mortal and a being who
SEAL Team
iRank80
2017 · Matt Bissonnette
SeriesAction & AdventureDramaWar-politics
Military drama following the professional and personal lives of the most elite unit of Navy SEALs as they train, plan and execute the most dangerous, high stakes missions our country can ask of them.
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
iRank80
2024 · Robert Kirkman
SeriesDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
Rick and Michonne are thrown into another world, built on a war against the dead... And ultimately, a war against the living. Can they find each other and who they were in a place and situation unlike
M*A*S*H
iRank79
1972 · Burt Metcalfe
SeriesComedyDramaWar-politics
The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of pract
The Pacific
iRank78
2010 · Steven Spielberg
SeriesAction & AdventureDramaWar-politics
Track the intertwined real-life stories of three U.S. Marines – Robert Leckie, John Basilone, and Eugene Sledge – across the vast canvas of the Pacific Theater during World War II. A companion piece t
Crimson Tide
iRank76
1995 · Tony Scott
MovieActionDramaThriller
After the Cold War, a breakaway Russian republic with nuclear warheads becomes a possible worldwide threat. U.S. submarine Capt. Frank Ramsey signs on a relatively green but highly recommended Lt. Cmd
NCIS: Los Angeles
iRank75
2009 · Shane Brennan
SeriesAction & AdventureCrimeDrama
The exploits of the Los Angeles–based Office of Special Projects (OSP), an elite division of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service that specializes in undercover assignments.
Shooter
iRank72
2016 · Mark Wahlberg
SeriesAction & AdventureDramaWar-politics
Bob Lee Swagger is an expert marksman living in exile who is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president.
Lone Survivor
iRank72
2013 · Peter Berg
MovieActionDramaWar
Four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level Taliban operative must make an impossible moral decision in the mountains of Afghanistan that leads them into an enemy ambush. As they co
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
iRank71
2007 · Kazuya Tsurumaki
MovieActionAnimationDrama
After the Second Impact, Tokyo-3 is being attacked by giant monsters called Angels that seek to eradicate humankind. The child Shinji’s objective is to fight the Angels by piloting one of the mysterio
Cloverfield
iRank71
2008 · Matt Reeves
MovieActionScience FictionThriller
Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a
The Fifth Element
iRank70
1997 · Luc Besson
MovieActionAdventureScience Fiction
In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.
The Rock
iRank69
1996 · Michael Bay
MovieActionAdventureThriller
When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into San Francisco, only a young FBI chemical weapons exp
The Last Ship
iRank69
2014 · Michael Bay
SeriesAction & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
Their mission is simple: Find a cure. Stop the virus. Save the world. When a global pandemic wipes out eighty percent of the planet's population, the crew of a lone naval destroyer must find a way to
Spectral
iRank68
2016 · Nic Mathieu
MovieActionScience FictionThriller
A special-ops team is dispatched to fight supernatural beings that have taken over a European city.
Starship Troopers
iRank68
1997 · Paul Verhoeven
MovieActionAdventureScience Fiction
Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally t
We Were Soldiers
iRank68
2002 · Randall Wallace
MovieActionHistoryWar
The year is 1965 and America is at war with North Vietnam. Commanding the air cavalry is Lt. Col. Hal Moore (Gibson), a born leader committed to his troops. His target: the Ia Drang Valley, called "
Counterattack
iRank66
2025 · Chava Cartas
MovieActionAdventureThriller
When a hostage rescue mission creates a new enemy, Capt. Guerrero and his elite soldiers must face an ambush by a criminal group.
Space Force
iRank65
2020 · Ken Kwapis
SeriesComedyDrama
A four-star general begrudgingly teams up with an eccentric scientist to get the U.S. military's newest agency — Space Force — ready for lift-off.
The Incredible Hulk
iRank65
2008 · Louis Leterrier
MovieActionAdventureScience Fiction
Scientist Bruce Banner scours the planet for an antidote to the unbridled force of rage within him: the Hulk. But when the military masterminds who dream of exploiting his powers force him back to civ
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
iRank63
2012 · Hideaki Anno
MovieActionAnimationDrama
Fourteen years after Third Impact, Shinji Ikari awakens to a world he does not remember. He hasn't aged. Much of Earth is laid in ruins, NERV has been dismantled, and people who he once protected have
The Tomorrow War
iRank59
2021 · Chris McKay
MovieActionAdventureScience Fiction
The world is stunned when a group of time travelers arrive from the year 2051 to deliver an urgent message: Thirty years in the future, mankind is losing a global war against a deadly alien species. T
Broken Arrow
iRank59
1996 · John Woo
MovieActionThriller
When rogue stealth-fighter pilot Vic Deakins deliberately drops off the radar while on maneuvers, the Air Force ends up with two stolen nuclear warheads -- and Deakins's co-pilot, Riley Hale, is the m
Hulk
iRank58
2003 · Ang Lee
MovieActionAdventureScience Fiction
Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers massive radiation exposure in his laboratory that causes him to transform into a raging green monster when he gets angry.
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
iRank57
2017 · Luc Besson
MovieActionAdventureScience Fiction
In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are special operatives charged with keeping order throughout the human territories. On assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two undertake a mission
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
iRank55
2001 · Hironobu Sakaguchi
MovieActionAdventureAnimation
Led by a strange dream, scientist Aki Ross struggles to collect the eight spirits in the hope of creating a force powerful enough to protect the planet. With the aid of the Deep Eyes Squadron and her
Tears of the Sun
iRank54
2003 · Antoine Fuqua
MovieActionDramaWar
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 surro
The Peacemaker
iRank54
1997 · Mimi Leder
MovieActionThriller
When a train carrying atomic warheads mysteriously crashes in the former Soviet Union, a nuclear specialist discovers the accident is really part of a plot to cover up the theft of the weapons. Assign
Killer Elite
iRank50
2011 · Gary McKendry
MovieActionAdventureThriller
Based on a shocking true story, Killer Elite pits two of the world’s most elite operatives—Danny, an ex-special ops agent and Hunter, his longtime mentor—against the cunning leader of a secret militar
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
iRank49
2007 · Tim Story
MovieActionAdventureScience Fiction
The Fantastic Four return to the big screen as a new and all powerful enemy threatens the Earth. The seemingly unstoppable 'Silver Surfer', but all is not what it seems and there are old and new enemi
The Predator
iRank47
2018 · Shane Black
MovieActionScience FictionThriller
When a young boy accidentally triggers the universe's most lethal hunters' return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled scientist can prevent the end of the human race.
Godzilla
iRank41
1998 · Roland Emmerich
MovieActionScience FictionThriller
French nuclear tests irradiate an iguana into a giant monster that viciously attacks freighter ships in the Pacific Ocean. A team of experts, including Niko Tatopoulos, conclude that the oversized rep
Pixels
iRank40
2015 · Chris Columbus
MovieActionComedyScience Fiction
Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.
Red Dawn
iRank39
2012 · Dan Bradley
MovieActionThriller
A city in Washington state awakens to the surreal sight of foreign paratroopers dropping from the sky—shockingly, the U.S. has been invaded and their hometown is the initial target. Quickly and withou
Stealth
iRank38
2005 · Rob Cohen
MovieScience Fiction
Deeply ensconced in a top-secret military program, three pilots struggle to bring an artificial intelligence program under control ... before it initiates the next world war.
Year One
iRank37
2009 · Harold Ramis
MovieComedyAdventure
When a couple of lazy hunter-gatherers are banished from their primitive village, they set off on an epic journey through the ancient world.
Jeepers Creepers 3
iRank33
2017 · Victor Salva
MovieHorror
Taking place on the last day of the Creeper’s twenty-three-day feeding frenzy, as the skeptical Sergeant Tubbs teams up with a task force hellbent on destroying the Creeper for good. The Creeper fight