War Epic

The war epic subgenre features large-scale, sweeping narratives set against the backdrop of significant historical conflicts with a sense of historical or cultural importance. They often emphasize grandeur, scope, and the monumental impact of war on both individuals and societies.

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1. Gettysburg

Oct 7, 1993  •  TV Shows
In 1863, the Northern and Southern forces fight at Gettysburg in the decisive battle of the American Civil War.
7.6
Generally favorable

2. War Horse

Feb 27, 2012  •  TV Shows
A young farm boy enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. His hopeful journey takes him out of England and onto the front lines as the war rages on.
7.2
Generally favorable

3. A Bridge Too Far

Jun 14, 1977  •  TV Shows
Operation Market Garden, September 1944: The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands in the hope of breaking the German lines.
7.4
Generally favorable

4. Paths of Glory

Dec 24, 1957  •  TV Shows
A colonel defends three of his soldiers in a court-martial after they abandon a suicidal attack.
8.4
Generally favorable

5. The Bridge on the River Kwai

Oct 10, 1957  •  TV Shows
British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.
8.1
Generally favorable

6. Glory

Feb 15, 1990  •  TV Shows
Robert Gould Shaw leads the U.S. Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates.
7.8
Generally favorable

7. Greyhound

Jul 9, 2020  •  TV Shows
Several months after the U.S. entry into World War II, an inexperienced U.S. Navy commander must lead an Allied convoy being stalked by a German submarine wolf pack.
7
Generally favorable

8. Unbroken

Jan 29, 2015  •  TV Shows
After a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before he's caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.
7.2
Generally favorable

9. The Thin Red Line

Jan 14, 1999  •  TV Shows
Adaptation of James Jones' autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War.
7.6
Generally favorable

10. The Great Escape

Jul 3, 1963  •  TV Shows
Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their men to escape from a German camp during World War II.
8.2
Generally favorable

11. Cold Mountain

Dec 24, 2003  •  TV Shows
In the waning days of the American Civil War, a wounded soldier embarks on a perilous journey back home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina to reunite with his sweetheart.
7.2
Generally favorable

12. Lawrence of Arabia

Dec 10, 1962  •  TV Shows
The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.
8.3
Generally favorable

13. Gone with the Wind

Jan 16, 1940  •  TV Shows
A sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
8.2
Generally favorable

14. Das Boot

Sep 16, 1981  •  TV Shows
A German U-boat stalks the frigid waters of the North Atlantic as its young crew experience the sheer terror and claustrophobic life of a submariner in World War II.
8.4
Generally favorable

15. The King

Oct 31, 2019  •  TV Shows
Young Henry V encounters deceit, war and treachery after becoming King of England in the 15th century, in the aftermath of his brother's death.
7.3
Generally favorable
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