War films are not only entertaining, but also useful media content. They inspire men and women to volunteer, perpetuate the memory of heroes. Most importantly, they remind us of the horrors of war so that we can pave a peaceful future for our children.
That is why we have tried to collect for you only the best war films of 2019 based on high ratings on Kinopoisk and IMDb. We put a movie that has only one user rating at the top of the list.
10. Tolkien
Rating Movie Search: n / a
IMDB rating: 7.00 out of 10
Genre: drama, military, biography
Country: USA
Producer: House Karukoski
Music: Thomas Newman
Duration: 112 minutes
The work of J.R.R. Tolkien is loved all over the world. His books are among the best children's books of all time, and films based on them have become masterpieces of the modern film industry.
In 2019, the time has come to make a film about the writer himself. He will talk about how the young and still unknown Tolkien sought friendship, love and inspiration, as well as about his service in the British troops during the First World War.
9. Secret life
Rating Movie Search: n / a
IMDB rating: 7.50 out of 10
Genre: drama, military, history
Country: Germany, USA
Producer: Terrence Malick
Music: James Newton Howard
Duration: 173 minutes
This film based on true events is the story of Franz Jägerstätter, a little-known hero outside Austria, who refused to fight for the Nazis in World War II.
When Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for treason, it is his unshakable faith and love for his wife Fani and children that sustains his spirit.
8. Battle of Saragahri
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IMDB rating: 7.80 out of 10
Genre: drama, military, action film
Country: India
Producer: Anurag Singh
Music: Jasbir Yassi, Dr. Arko Pravo Maherji, et al.
Duration: 150 minutes
It's a tense war drama that combines intense emotion with blood-soaked action. She retells an important chapter from the annals of Indian history - about a squad of 21 Sikh soldiers who fought in 1897 against an Afghan army of 10,000.
The Battle of Saragahri is considered one of the most inspiring examples of human prowess and bravery, not only in India but around the world.
Interestingly, there are many references to Islamic and Sikh legends in the film, and the ghatka, the martial art of Punjab, was also demonstrated.
7. Save Leningrad
Rating Movie Search: 5.37 out of 10
IMDB rating: 6.80 out of 10
Genre: drama, military
Country: Russia
Producer: Alexey Kozlov
Music: Yuri Poteenko
Duration: 95 minutes
Films about the events of the Great Patriotic War in Russia will surprise no one. They were filmed in the days of the USSR, and in the dashing 90s, and now. Therefore, there is little that can surprise Russian viewers, but it is very easy to make them indignant. And "To Save Leningrad" managed to walk a fine line between "great film" and "why did I watch it?"
On the one hand, you will find clichéd characters in it (an evil NKVD officer) and explicit references to famous films ("Titanic", "Saving Private Ryan").In addition, such a large-scale title of the movie does not correspond to the plot.
On the other hand, viewers celebrate well-made costumes and weapons, as well as good acting and excellently filmed battle scenes.
This film is set in September 1941. Young people Kostya and Nastya find themselves on a barge, which is supposed to evacuate cadets and part of the inhabitants of Leningrad from the besieged city. However, being caught in a storm, the ship is in distress. And instead of helping, enemy planes are already rushing to him.
6. Corridor of immortality
Rating Movie Search: 6.25 out of 10
IMDB rating: 6.90 out of 10
Genre: drama, military, history
Country: Russia
Producer: Fedor Popov
Music: Andrey Golovin
Duration: 125 minutes
A young resident of Leningrad Masha Yablochkina, having survived the terrible blockade winter of 1941-1942, comes to train courses. And after them he gets to the construction of the Shlisselburg highway, which connects the city with the mainland. Under fire from German artillery, Masha and her comrades from the 48th locomotive convoy will have to deliver a vital cargo to Leningrad.
This film can rightfully be called a popular one. In 2015, he collected just over 600 thousand rubles on the Boomstarter platform. The creators of the "Corridor of Immortality" used this money to create the scenery for the bridge-crossing over the Neva.
5. Triple border
Rating Movie Search: 6.58 out of 10
IMDB rating: 6.50 out of 10
Genre: action, adventure, military
Country: USA
Producer: JC Chandor
Music: Rich Vreeland
Duration: 108 minutes
If Uncle Ben saw what wealth fell into the hands of a group of ex-military men from Delta Force, he would say something like, "Big money is a big temptation."
For the first time in their prestigious careers, these stealthy heroes undertake a dangerous mission for themselves, not the country.
4. Consequences
Rating Movie Search: 6.81 out of 10
IMDB rating: 6.30 out of 10
Genre: drama, melodrama, military
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Producer: James Kent
Music: Martin Phipps
Duration: 108 minutes
While in Germany after World War II, the British Colonel (Jason Clarke) oversees the rebuilding of the German city.
Together with his wife (Keira Knightley), he settles in a luxurious mansion owned by a single German father (Alexander Skarsgård) and his emotionally unstable daughter. Recent enemies under one roof - can they live peacefully for at least one day?
3. Cry of silence
Rating Movie Search: 6.90 out of 10
IMDB rating: no
Genre: drama, history, military
Country: Russia
Producer: Vladimir Potapov
Music: Denis Pekarev
Duration: 97 minutes
They say that the war is not a woman's face. However, the women and children left behind are fully aware of the horror of the war. This happened in the family of little Mitya, who was in besieged Leningrad. He was threatened with death from cold and hunger, if salvation had not come in the person of a teenage girl Katya.
Now she, a 12-year-old schoolgirl with a three-year-old baby in her arms, will have to fight for two in the most difficult conditions. Despite the severity of what is happening, this is a light and life-affirming film that is understandable not only for adults, but also for teenagers.
2. Brotherhood
Rating Movie Search: 7.19 out of 10
IMDB rating: 7.0 out of 10
Genre: drama, action, military
Country: Russia
Producer: Pavel Lungin
Music: unknown
Duration: 113 minutes
The events of this film unfold in 1988, in the midst of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan. Intelligence is trying to negotiate with the dushmans who control the Salang Pass.
However, the situation is complicated by the fact that a military pilot fell into the hands of the Mujahideen. And the game begins, in which the special services, Afghan officials, militants and many other people with very different interests came together.
And in the center of this snake tangle there is a reconnaissance company, for which political considerations are not important, but only military brotherhood is important.
I must say that this movie was perceived ambiguously by Afghan warriors.For example, a reserve colonel of the Russian FSB Igor Morozov called Brotherhood a film in which it is impossible to educate young people and a sense of patriotism, since Soviet soldiers were shown improbably, they are engaged in war crimes and fight each other in front of the Afghans. At the same time, a high viewer rating proves that not all viewers agree with Morozov's assessment.
1. Balkan border
Rating Movie Search: 7.30 out of 10
IMDB rating: 7.80 out of 10
Genre: drama, action, military
Country: Russia, Serbia
Producer: Andrey Volgin
Music: Mikhail Afanasiev
Duration: 151 minutes
Among the best war films of 2019, there are many Russian tapes. However, with rare exceptions, they talk about the events of the Great Patriotic War. And the "Balkan Frontier" is a memory of the 1999 military conflict in Yugoslavia. And many actors from the crowd who took part in the filming even witnessed, if not participants in this conflict.
At the center of what is happening is a group of special forces tasked with capturing and holding the Slatina airfield in Kosovo. This is an important site where the light has come together like a wedge for both the Albanian field commander and NATO high-ranking military officials. But the commander of the Russian special group has a personal interest in capturing the airfield. There, among the hostages, is his beloved girlfriend.