Love War Movies? Here Are the Best Streaming Platforms for You

Here, in no particular order, are the top streamers for fans of wartime drama. Below, we'll break down what they'll cost you and some of their most popular titles.

1. Best for Classic Movies: Amazon Prime Video
2. Best for New Dramas: Netflix
3. Best All-Round Variety: HBO Max
4. Best for Free Content: Tubi
5. Best for Students: Hulu

Best for Classic Movies: Amazon Prime Video

Monthly Subscription: US$8.99

Titles Include:

• Casablanca (1942) Still considered one of the best films of all time, Casablanca tells the story of a cynical cafe owner (Humphrey Bogart) who helps a former lover (Ingrid Bergman) escape the Nazis.

• Flags of Our Fathers (2006) & Letters From Iwo Jima (2006) In mid-aughts, Clint Eastwood quietly tried something that nobody had ever done before: he directed a pair of movies about the same battle, with one film told from the perspective of each army.

• The Great Dictator (1940) Charlie Chaplin's anti-war masterpiece will give you shivers even 80 years later.

Best for New Dramas: Netflix

Monthly Subscription: US$7 - $22

Catalog includes:

• Da 5 Bloods (2020) Spike Lee directed this critically acclaimed film about four veterans who return to Vietnam in search of their fallen leader – and a stash of gold.

• Five Came Back (2017) In this docuseries, five of modern Hollywood's greatest directors tell the stories of five legendary filmmakers who enlisted in WW2 in order to document it.

• A Bridge Too Far (1977) To be fair, Netflix has way more than just contemporary movies. Sean Connery, Michael Caine and Gene Hackman are just a few of the famous names in this WW2 epic.

Best All-Round Variety: HBO Max

Monthly Subscription: US$9.99 to $19.99

Titles Include:

• The African Queen (1951) Either an unlikely romance or an unlikely war movie, this Humphrey Bogart / Katherine Hepburn classic follows a mismatched pair as they try to evade the German army of WW2.

• Cold Mountain (2003) An all-star cast gives stellar performances in this romance set against the American Civil War.

• Hacksaw Ridge (2016) Based on the true story of Pfc. Desmond T. Doss, a pacifist soldier who refused to bear arms but saved 75 men in the Battle of Okinawa.

• Hamburger Hill (1987) A painstakingly realistic (and true) story about the 10-day siege of a strategically unimportant hill in Vietnam.

Best for Free Content: Tubi

Monthly Subscription: Free!

Titles Include:

• Platoon (1986) Oliver Stone was a veteran of the Vietnam war when he made this harrowing film about the conflict.

• Their Finest (2016) In this comedy-drama, a government film team tries to make a moral-boosting movie about the Battle of Dunkirk.

• Windtalkers (2002) Nicolas Cage stars as a soldier set to guard a Navajo Marine (Adam Beach), whose language serves as an unbreakable code.

• All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) A German teenager confronts the terrifying reality of WW1.

Best for Students: Hulu

Monthly Subscription: US$7.99 to $17.99. But here's where the deal comes in: if you can prove you're a student, you can get Tubi for only US$1.99!

Titles Include:

• Behind Enemy Lines (2001) Owen Wilson (yes, that Owen Wilson) stars as a US pilot shot down over war-torn Bosnia. Hunted by the enemy, he has to run, walk, and eventually crawl back to safety.

• '71 (2014) This criminally underrated British movie runs only 99 minutes long, but it still packs a punch. During the Troubles in Ireland, a young English soldier gets stranded in Dublin during a riot.

• The Alamo (2004) With a focus on historical accuracy instead of American mythologizing, this account of the battle at the Alamo deserved more attention than it got.

• The Hurt Locker (2008) It's an unflinching psychological portrait of bomb disposal technicians working in Iraq. Also, you can play 'Spot The Future Marvel Star', so that's cool!