Warfare is a war survival thriller drama film co-written and co-directed by Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland. Based on Mendoza’s experiences of the Iraq War, the 2025 film follows a platoon of American Navy SEALs after a surveillance mission goes wrong, leaving them to fight against insurgent attacks to survive. Warfare stars D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Kit Connor, Finn Bennett, Joseph Quinn, Charles Melton, Noah Centineo, and Michael Gandolfini. So, if you loved the intense war drama, eye-opening brutality, and compelling characters in Warfare, here are some similar shows you should check out next.
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Civil War is a dystopian action thriller film written and directed by Alex Garland. The 2024 film is set in a dystopian United States during a Civil War, and it revolves around a group of journalists as they travel from New York City to Washington, D.C., to interview the President before he is overthrown by the rebels. Civil War stars Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Sonoya Mizuno, and Nick Offerman.
The Hurt Locker (Tubi, Plex & Rent on Prime Video)
The Hurt Locker is a war action thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow from a screenplay by Mark Boal. The 2008 film revolves around a group of U.S. soldiers who are part of an Iraq War Explosive Ordnance Disposal team. It shows how the soldiers fight against the stress of nonstop combat. The Hurt Locker stars Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Evangeline Lilly, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse, and Guy Pearce.
Zero Dark Thirty (Pluto TV & Rent on Prime Video)
Zero Dark Thirty is a political action thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow from a screenplay by Mark Boal. The 2012 film follows a CIA analyst and her team as they are tasked with the mission of finding and capturing the terrorists behind the September 11 attacks. Zero Dark Thirty stars Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Ehle, Mark Strong, Kyle Chandler, James Gandolfini, and Harold Perrineau.
Saving Private Ryan (Peacock & Rent on Prime Video)
Saving Private Ryan is an epic war thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Robert Rodat. The 1998 film is set in 1944 during World War II in Normandy, France, and it revolves around a group of U.S. soldiers led by Captain John Miller as they go on a perilous mission to locate Private James Francis Ryan in enemy territory. Saving Private Ryan stars Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, and Jeremy Davies.
Valiant One (Rent on Prime Video)
Valiant One is an action thriller film directed by Steve Barnett, who also co-wrote the film with Eric Tipton. The 2025 film revolves around a group of U.S. soldiers as a routine mission ends up in their helicopter crashing in the treacherous Demilitarized Zone of North Korea. Now they must attempt to escape while fighting off enemies. Valiant One stars Chase Stokes, Lana Condor, Desmin Borges, Callan Mulvey, Jonathan Whitesell, and Daniel Jun.
The Outpost (Vix & Rent on Prime Video)
The Outpost is a war drama film directed by Rod Lurie from a screenplay co-written by Paul Tamsay and Eric Johnson. Based on the 2012 nonfiction book The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor by Jake Tapper, the 2019 film revolves around a small unit of U.S. soldiers stationed in the mountains of Afghanistan. When they are targeted by Taliban fighters, they must fight to survive. The Outpost stars Scott Eastwood, Caleb Landry Jones, Orlando Bloom, Jack Kesy, Cory Hardrict, Milo Gibson, Jacob Scipio, and Taylor John Smith.
Lone Survivor (Rent on Prime Video)
Lone Survivor is an action drama film written and directed by Peter Berg. Based on the 2007 nonfiction book of the same name by Marcus Luttrell, the 2013 film follows Marcus Luttrell and three Navy SEALs as they venture out in Afghanistan to locate the leader of the Taliban, but they soon find themselves hunted by enemies. Lone Survivor stars Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch, Ben Foster, and Eric Bana.