Top 7 War TV Series to Stream on Netflix in January 2024

The most candid and gripping war dramas available on Netflix in January 2024 that will leave no one indifferent.

7. Band of Brothers (2001, miniseries)

Genre: war drama

Band of Brothers, directed by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, remains one of the finest American war dramas, and so it is this great classic that opens our list.

It recounts the story of the 101st Airborne Division, the camaraderie, courage, and tragedy of the soldiers who fought side by side from the beaches of Normandy up to the end of World War II.

6. The Pacific (2010, miniseries)

Genre: war drama

The Pacific is a companion piece to Band of Brothers, also produced by Spielberg and Hanks, but it is a stand-alone series that tells the story of the 1st Marine Division.

Based on the memoirs of actual eyewitnesses to the events of those years, Marines Robert Leckie and Eugene Sledge, the story follows the Pacific Front campaign from Guadalcanal to the Battle of Okinawa and the eventual Japanese capitulation.

5. Fauda (2015, 4 seasons)

Genre: drama, psychological thriller

Israeli series Fauda will certainly be an excellent choice due to its gritty realism and even a certain desperation regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Yes, the series may seem overly biased, as the plot revolves around the Israeli side most of the time, but the writers know how to be frank, criticizing not only Hamas, but also the senseless cruelty of the Israeli Defense Forces who sometimes do not even understand why they are pulling the trigger.

4. Medal of Honor (2018, 1 season)

Genre: documentary

This documentary series is about one of the U.S. military's most significant medals, one that not many people in U.S. history have received for their acts of valor.

Yet the series, which uses archives, memoirs and accounts from family members, offers no pathos but candid and sometimes gruesome stories from participants in World War II, the Korean War and the war in Afghanistan.

3. All the Light We Cannot See (2023, miniseries)

Genre: war drama

All the Lights We Cannot See, based on the novel of the same name by American author Anthony Doerr, tells the story of a French girl, Marie-Laure (Aria Mia Loberti), who flees the Nazis with her father (Mark Ruffalo ) from Paris to Saint-Malo, where her great-uncle Etienne (Hugh Laurie) lives.

At the same time, the story of Werner Pfennig (Louis Hofmann), a talented young radio technician recruited into the Wehrmacht, unfolds. Marie-Laure's father keeps a precious diamond from the Paris Museum of Natural History, which Werner's squad is sent to find.

2. The Liberator (2020, miniseries)

Genre: animation, war drama

Based on the best-selling book of the same name by Alex Kershaw, legendary writer and filmmaker Jeb Stuart (the first Die Hard, The Fugitive, Vikings: Valhalla ) has created a one-of-a-kind animated series called The Liberator.

The story centers on real-life WWII veteran Felix L. Sparks, nicknamed Shotgun, and his famously courageous 157th Infantry Regiment. Sparks' multi-ethnic unit fought alongside the Allies in the Italian Campaign for over 500 days of grueling combat.

The art style (the trioscope technique, which combines live action and animation) may not be everyone's cup of tea, but the story is well worth a shot.

1. D.P. (2021, 2 seasons)

Genre: drama

This South Korean series is not your typical military drama, focusing not on combat but on the darker aspects of the modern army. D.P. follows members of the military police as they hunt down fugitive defectors.

The show explores the nature of desertion, including hazing, homophobia and rigid hierarchy.