20 Best War Movies on AMC+ 2026
Find AMC+ war and espionage movies worth streaming, including Official Secrets, The 12th Man, A Call to Spy, and more standout picks.
If you want gripping wartime stories that go beyond battle scenes, this roundup of AMC+ picks delivers strong drama, suspense, and real human stakes. You’ll find titles like Official Secrets, The Wind that Shakes the Barley, A Call to Spy, and The 12th Man, each offering a different angle on conflict, courage, and survival. There’s also the tense espionage of The Catcher Was a Spy, the political edge of Rebel in the Rye, and the raw intensity of Combat Shock. With a mix of biography, crime, drama, thriller, and war, these films give you more than action — they give you characters worth following.
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Official Secrets
biography · crime · drama · thriller · war
The true story of British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun who—prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion—leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint US-UK illegal spying operation against members of the UN Security Council. The memo proposed blackmailing member states into voting for war.
Directed by Gavin HoodCast Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode, Rhys Ifans, Adam BakriNetflixAMC+ -
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White Material
drama · war & military · made in europe
In the midst of a volatile regime change in a Francophone African state, Maria Vial is fighting to sustain her family’s coffee plantation. With rebels and the army struggling for control, French peacekeeping forces move out, warning the remaining white residents that they’re on their own. But Maria refuses to be driven off the land, even as tragedy looms.
Directed by Claire DenisCast Isabelle Huppert, Christopher Lambert, Nicolas Duvauchelle, William Nadylam, Michel SuborAMC+ -
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Rebel in the Rye
biography · drama · romance · war
The life of celebrated but reclusive author J.D. Salinger, who gained worldwide fame with the publication of his novel The Catcher in the Rye.
Directed by Danny StrongCast Nicholas Hoult, Kevin Spacey, Victor Garber, Hope Davis, Zoey DeutchAMC+Paramount Plus -
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The Wind that Shakes the Barley
drama · war
In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in the Irish Republican Army, but political events are soon set in motion that tear the brothers apart.
Directed by Ken LoachCast Cillian Murphy, Pádraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Orla Fitzgerald, Mary O'RiordanAMC+ -
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The Catcher Was a Spy
biography · drama · war
Former major league baseball player Moe Berg lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic Services in World War II Europe.
Directed by Ben LewinCast Paul Rudd, Pierfrancesco Favino, Tom Wilkinson, Connie Nielsen, Anna GeislerováAMC+ -
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The 12th Man
drama · history · thriller · war
After a failed anti-Nazi sabotage mission leaves his eleven comrades dead, a Norwegian resistance fighter finds himself fleeing the Gestapo through the snowbound reaches of Scandinavia.
Directed by Harald ZwartCast Thomas Gullestad, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Marie Blokhus, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen, Geir Vegar HoelAMC+ -
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A Call to Spy
biography · crime · drama · history · thriller · war
The story of Vera Atkins, a crafty spy recruiter, and two of the first women she selects for Churchill's "secret army": Virginia Hall, a daring American undaunted by a disability and Noor Inayat Khan, a pacifist. These civilian women form an unlikely sisterhood while entangled in dangerous missions to turn the tide of the war.
Directed by Lydia Dean PilcherCast Sarah Megan Thomas, Stana Katic, Radhika Apte, Linus Roache, Rossif SutherlandAMC+ -
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Combat Shock
drama · thriller · war
A dangerously disturbed Vietnam veteran struggles with life 15 years after his return home, and slowly falls into insanity from his gritty urban lifestyle.
Directed by Buddy GiovinazzoCast Rick Giovinazzo, Veronica Stork, Mitch Maglio, Asaph Livni, Nick NastaAMC+Freevee -
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Alone in Berlin
drama · history · war
Berlin in June of 1940. While Nazi propaganda celebrates the regime’s victory over France, a kitchen-cum-living room in Prenzlauer Berg is filled with grief. Anna and Otto Quangel’s son has been killed at the front. This working class couple had long believed in the ‘Führer’ and followed him willingly, but now they realise that his promises are nothing but lies and deceit. They begin writing postcards as a form of resistance and in a bid to raise awareness: Stop the war machine! Kill Hitler! Putting their lives at risk, they distribute these cards in the entrances of tenement buildings and in stairwells. But the SS and the Gestapo are soon onto them, and even their neighbours pose a threat.
Directed by Vincent PerezCast Louis Hofmann, Emil von Schönfels, Katrin Pollitt, Sammy Scheuritzel, Joachim BißmeierAMC+Paramount Plus -
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Lion of the Desert
biography · drama · history · war
This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conquest of Libya during the second Italo-Senussi War. It gives western viewers a glimpse into this little-known region and chapter of history, and exposes the savage means by which the conquering army attempted to subdue the natives.
Directed by Moustapha AkkadCast Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, Irene Papas, Raf Vallone, Rod SteigerAMC+Freevee -
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Camp X-Ray
drama · war
A young woman joins the military to be part of something bigger than herself and her small-town roots. Instead, she ends up as a new guard at Guantanamo Bay, where her mission is far from black and white. Surrounded by hostile jihadists and aggressive squadmates, she strikes up an unusual friendship with one of the detainees.
Directed by Peter SattlerCast Nawal Bengholam, Payman Maadi, Lane Garrison, J.J. Soria, Marwan NajiNetflixAMC+ -
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Six Minutes to Midnight
drama · thriller · war
Summer 1939. Influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town to learn the language and be ambassadors for a future looking National Socialist. A teacher there sees what is coming and is trying to raise the alarm. But the authorities believe he is the problem.
Directed by Andy GoddardCast Nigel Lindsay, Judi Dench, Eddie Izzard, Jim Broadbent, Maria DragusAMC+ -
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Watch Me When I Kill
horror · mystery · thriller · war
A pharmacist is murdered, and a woman happens to see the culprit leave the scene. She soon finds herself being stalked by the killer.
Directed by Antonio BidoCast Corrado Pani, Paola Tedesco, Franco Citti, Fernando Cerulli, Giuseppe AddobbatiAMC+ -
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Burial
horror · thriller · war
A small group of Russian soldiers have the task of taking Hitler's discovered remains back to Stalin in Moscow.
Directed by Ben ParkerCast Harriet Walter, Kimberley Howson, David Alexander, Charlotte Vega, Sergei FurmanjukAMC+ -
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Tank 432
action · horror · mystery · sci-fi · thriller · war
With nowhere else to hide, a group of mercenaries and their prisoners take cover inside a long abandoned Bulldog tank. But, while they try to keep the forces outside at bay, the real enemy is already among them, locked inside the 'Belly of the Bulldog'. After collaborating closely with Ben Wheatley on FREE FIRE, HIGH-RISE, A FIELD IN ENGLAND and KILL LIST, director Nick Gillespie makes his feature debut.
Directed by Nick GillespieCast Rupert Evans, Steve Garry, Deirdre Mullins, Michael Smiley, Gordon KennedyAMC+ -
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Beast of War
action · biography · drama · horror · war
When their boat sinks while crossing the Timor Sea during World War II, a troop of young Australian soldiers must find a way to survive the harsh seas on a quickly shrinking raft. Hundreds of miles from anywhere, they must confront interpersonal conflicts, enemy attacks, and the advances of one very large, very hungry great white shark.
Directed by Kiah Roache-TurnerCast Mark Coles Smith, Joel Nankervis, Sam Delich, Maximillian Johnson, Lee Tiger HalleyAMC+ -
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Moffie
drama · romance · war
A young man in 1981 South Africa must complete his brutal and racist two years of compulsory military service while desperately maintaining the secrecy of his homosexuality.
Directed by Oliver HermanusCast Kai Luke Brummer, Barbara-Marié Immelman, Michael Kirch, Remano De Beer, Emil van NiekerkAMC+ -
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My Best Enemy
comedy · drama · war
Poland 1943: An unlikely pair - a concentration camp prisoner and a captain in Hitler's notorious SS - free themselves from the wreckage of a crashed SS airplane. The two appear to be strangely familiar with each other and the extent of their extraordinary relationship is thrillingly revealed.
Directed by Wolfgang MurnbergerCast Moritz Bleibtreu, Georg Friedrich, Ursula Strauss, Marthe Keller, Udo SamelAMC+ -
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Dirty Wars
documentary · crime · history · mystery · war
Investigative journalist, Jeremy Scahill is pulled into an unexpected journey as he chases down the hidden truth behind America's expanding covert wars, and examines how the US government has responded to international terrorist threats in ways that seem to go against the established laws of the land.
Directed by Rick RowleyCast Jeremy Scahill, Nasser Al Aulaqi, Saleha Al Aulaqi, Muqbal Al Kazemi, Abdul Rahman BarmanAMC+ -
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Ali and Nino
drama · romance · war
Muslim prince Ali and Georgian aristocrat Nino have grown up in the Russian province of Azerbaijan. Their tragic love story sees the outbreak of the First World War and the world’s struggle for Baku’s oil. Ultimately they must choose to fight for their country’s independence or for each other.
Directed by Asif KapadiaCast Adam Bakri, María Valverde, Mandy Patinkin, Riccardo Scamarcio, Connie NielsenAMC+
Wrapping Up
Whether you want history, espionage, resistance stories, or harder-edged wartime drama, this list makes it easy to find something worth queuing up. Titles like White Material, Official Secrets, and The Wind that Shakes the Barley show how varied AMC+ can be for fans of conflict-driven films. Bookmark this page so you can come back when you need a fresh pick, since it’s updated regularly with new additions and availability changes. If you’re browsing for the best war movies on AMC+, this is a solid place to start and a useful one to revisit.
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Last updated: September 4, 2026