Best Indian War Movies

24 films · 10 with 3+ critic reviews

Combat films and stories set against Partition, the World Wars and the conflicts since.

The best Indian war movies, ranked by aggregated critic score.

01IkkisHindi · 2026“Sriram Raghavan turns to the Battle of Basantar to honour a real-life martyr and take a…” — Anuj Kumar

7.0

15 criticsExceptional02Border 2Hindi · 2026“Border 2 is not content with being just another sequel. It wants to make you sit up and…” — Abhimanyu Mathur

6.9

16 criticsRecommended03Captain MillerTamil · 2024“Captain Miller is a highly-engaging - but different - must-watch film this Sankranti. The…” — Latha Srinivasan

6.7

12 criticsRecommended04AmaranTamil · 2024“The perfectly titled Amaran is everything we expected it to be. Technically, Amaran would…” — Gopinath Rajendran

6.6

9 criticsRecommended05120 BahadurHindi · 2025“Unlike the generic chest-thumping, jingoistic celebrations of military milestones that…” — Anuj Kumar

6.3

12 criticsRecommended06Sky ForceHindi · 2025“However, in Sky Force, they have somewhat deviated from the path... the film's gaze is…” — Anuj Kumar

6.1

9 criticsRecommended07Batwara 1947Hindi · 2026“Batwara 1947 reminds you that history is often best understood through the people who…” — Rishabh Suri

5.9

23 criticsMixed08Sam BahadurHindi · 2023“Vicky Kaushal has delivered a commendable effort, but 'Sam Bahadur' falls short of being…” — Abhishek Srivastava

5.7

6 criticsMixed09KesariHindi · 2019“...in the one-man show, none of the other characters or actors turn out memorable. All…” — Namrata Joshi

5.6

12 criticsMixed10TubelightHindi · 2017“Tubelight, as Salman Khan is fondly called in the film, completely plays to Khan's…” — Rohit Vats

4.7

34 criticsMixed

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Recent Indian War releases

5.9

Batwara 1947

23 critics

6.9

Border 2

16 critics

7.0

Ikkis

15 critics

6.3

120 Bahadur

12 critics

6.1

Sky Force

9 critics

6.6

Amaran

9 critics

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