Top 5 Military Movies to Stream on Netflix: November 2025
(VVNG.com) — To fully understand something, you have to experience it. For those of us who haven’t served in the military, the closest thing to experiencing it is through movies, books and speaking to veterans.
This November, we’ve decided to present our readers with the Top 5 Military Movies currently Streaming on Netflix as of Nov. 5, 2025*. Let’s get to it.
“Baghdad, 2004
A gripping, nail-biting experience of uncertainty. Kathryn Bigelow invites the audience to experience Iraq through the eyes of an Army Bomb Squad whose sole objective is to disarm Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).” Score: 5/5
IMDb Synopsis: During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
Starring: Jeremy Renner (“Avengers”), Anthony Mackie (“Captain America: Civil War”)
Movie Quote: “You realize every time you suit up, it’s life or death. You roll the dice, and you deal with it.”
Awards: Won 6 Oscars. (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best
Editing, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing)
Rotten Tomatoes: 96% (critics) / 84% (audience)
IMDb/MetaCritic: 7.5/10
MPAA: Rated R
Inglorious Basterds (2009)
“Nazi-occupied France, 1944. Clearly meant to be popcorn entertainment, Basterds succeeds largely due to its subtleties and one of the scariest villains in film history: a Nazi Col. played by Christoph Waltz.” Score: 4.5/5
IMDb Synopsis: In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner’s vengeful plans for the same.
Movie Quote: “Nazi ain’t got no humanity…they need to be destroyed. Each and every man under my command owes me 100 Nazi scalps.”
Starring: Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz (“Django Unchained”)
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. (Best Supporting Actor, Christoph Waltz)
Rotten Tomatoes: 89% (critics) / 88% (audience)
IMDb/MetaCritic: 8.4/10
MPAA: Rated R
1917 (2019)
“Northern France, 1917. Filmed as if it were one continuous shot, it leaves the viewerfeeling a palpable sense of what it is to race against the clock to deliver a message that will save the lives of fellow soldiers during WWI.” Score: 4.5/5
IMDb Synopsis:April 6th, 1917. As an infantry battalion assembles to wage war deep in enemy territory, two soldiers are assigned to race against time and deliver a message that will stop 1,600 men from walking straight into a deadly trap.
Starring: George MacKay (“Captain Fantastic”), Daniel Mays (“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”)
Movie Quote: “There is only one way this ends, last man standing. If you don’t get there in time, we will lose 1600 men.”
Awards: Won 3 Oscars. (Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Mixing)
Rotten Tomatoes: 88% (critics) / 88% (audience)
IMDb/MetaCritic: 8.2/10
MPAA: Rated R
All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
“Germany, 1917, WWI. Political propaganda during WWI exploits an eager bright-eyed boy into enlisting into the German Army. As the lost lives of his childhood friends begin to pile up, the horrors and inhumanity of warfare are revealed.” Score: 5/5
IMDb Synopsis: A young German soldier’s eagerness to serve his country quickly fades when he witnesses the horrors of combat on the Western Front during World War I.
Starring: Felix Kammerer (“Frankenstein” [2025]), Albrecht Schuch (“I’m Not Stiller”)
Movie Quote: “My mother didn’t want me to go to war. I wanted to show them I could do it.”
Awards: Won 4 Oscars. (Best Foreign Film, Best Original Score, Best
Cinematography, Best Production Design)
Rotten Tomatoes: 90% (critics) / 90% (audience)
IMDb/MetaCritic: 7.8/10
MPAA: Rated R
Surviving Black Hawk Down (Documentary Series 2025)
“Somalia, October 1993. You won’t find comfort here. This military docu-series is raw, suspenseful and documents the Black Hawk Down tragedy in October of 1993. Interviews with American soldiers and Somalian civilians paired with real footage of this catastrophic event make for an adrenaline-filled experience.” Score: 4.5/5
IMDb Synopsis: Documents the real 1993 Battle of Mogadishu through firsthand accounts from U.S. soldiers and Somali civilians, detailing the mission to capture warlord Aidid and the downing of two helicopters.
Starring: Tom Latterly (Self – Delta Force), Randy Ramaglia (Self – US Army Rangers)
Series Quote: “You can’t put humanity into war.”
Awards: Won 1. Best Documentary – TV/Streaming Series (Golden Trailer Awards)
Rotten Tomatoes: 100% (critics) / 68% (audience)
IMDb/MetaCritic: 7.4/10
MPAA: Rated TV-Mature
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