Top 24 War Movies Award-Winning Released in 2000

Peaceful farmer Benjamin Martin is driven to lead the Colonial Militia during the American Revolution when a sadistic British officer murders his son. Explore The Patriot / IMDB / YouTube

A German submarine is boarded by disguised American submariners trying to capture their Enigma cipher machine. Learn about U-571 / IMDB / YouTube

An attorney defends an officer on trial for ordering his troops to fire on civilians after they stormed a U.S. embassy in a Middle Eastern country. Read about Rules of Engagement / IMDB / YouTube

After a shooting incident at the North-South Korean border DMZ leaves two North Korean soldiers dead, a neutral Swiss and Swedish team investigates what actually happened. Get info on Joint Security Area / IMDB / YouTube

An ex-Foreign Legion officer recalls his once-glorious life of leading troops in Djibouti. Get info on Beau Travail / IMDB / YouTube

The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century. Info on Sunshine / IMDB / YouTube

Spain, 1936. Moncho is an outcast at school but is able to form a strong bond with his outspoken teacher. When fascism arrives to Spain, his teacher is considered an enemy of the regime. Explore Butterfly / IMDB / YouTube

Young Iranian Kurdish siblings try to save the youngest of them, who is seriously ill. Details on A Time for Drunken Horses / IMDB / YouTube

In German-occupied Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (Czechia), a childless couple agree to hide a Jewish friend at great personal risk of discovery and execution. Get info on Divided We Fall / IMDB / YouTube

Belgrade during the height of the war Yugoslavia in 1999. Kaja struggles with daily destruction and the constant threat of being drafted, but also with his impending divorce from his wife Tijana, who wants to emigrate with their son. Look into Sky Hook / IMDB / YouTube

In the early 1810s, Poles, part of Russia's client state of Lithuania, think independence will come if they join forces with Napoleon when he invades Russia. This unity of purpose, in one district, is undermined by two families, feuding since the head of one shot the head of the other twenty years before. There are hopes of a reconciliation through a marriage of Pan T. More about Pan Tadeusz / IMDB / YouTube

Story of the 1974 coup that overthrew the right-wing Portuguese dictatorship--which continued the fascist policies of long-time dictator Antonio Salazar--and of two young army captains who were involved in it. Learn about April Captains / IMDB / YouTube

Kurdish teachers Said and Reeboir roam Iranian villages near Iraqi border during war. Said guides displaced men, marries widow Halaleh. Reeboir joins child smugglers. Amid danger, they try teaching nomadic students while soldiers patrol. Get info on Blackboards / IMDB / YouTube

A dramatization of George Washington's perilous gamble of crossing the Delaware River and attacking the Hessian forces at Trenton. Check out The Crossing / IMDB / YouTube

Set right before the fall of Thailand's old capital, Ayuttaya, Bang Rajan draws on the legend of a village of fighters who bravely fended off the Burmese armies. Look into Bang Rajan / IMDB / YouTube

The true story of controversial leader of independent Congo Patrice Lumumba. Get info on Lumumba / IMDB / YouTube

The secret smuggling of 9,300 Jewish children out of Nazi Germany in the late 1930s. Details on Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport / IMDB / YouTube

When the Yom Kippur War breaks out, two Israeli soldiers find themselves unable to locate their unit. Eager to take part in the war effort, they join an airborne medical evacuation unit. Find out about Kippur / IMDB / YouTube

A fictional account of the sinking of the H.M.H.S. Britannic off the Greek island of Kea in November 1916. This explores the theory of a German Agent sabotaging the liner, a hospital ship. Check out Britannic / IMDB / YouTube

Two young men and a woman who shared the same traumatic childhood experience during the Spanish Civil War are reunited years later at a hospital for tuberculosis treatment. Learn about El mar / IMDB / YouTube

Feature-length drama about the mystery of Sandringham Company, which disappeared in action at Gallipoli in 1915. Commanded by Captain Frank Beck (David Jason), their estate manager, the men advanced into battle, were enveloped in a strange mist, and never seen again. Info on All the King's Men / IMDB / YouTube

The story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German clergyman of great distinction, who actively opposed Hitler and the Nazis. His convictions cost him his life. More about Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace / IMDB / YouTube

In 1960s Texas, during a family gathering for their late patriarch Sparta, his grandson L'il Sparta encounters Sparta's ghost, unveiling the family's dark secrets. Details on A Texas Funeral / IMDB / YouTube

The tale of the extraordinary life and times of Lucky, a horse that was born in captivity but achieves his dream of running free with the help of a stableboy. Details on Running Free / IMDB / YouTube