Border, Dunkirk and 6 other war movies based on real-life events

Thimmaiah PU

 Sep 24, 2023

Schindler’s List: JioCinema

Starring Liam Neeson as Oskar Schindler, the black-and-white classic depicts one of the most catastrophic consequences of World War II: the Holocaust

Border: Amazon Prime Video

With a star-studded cast of Sunny Deol, Jackie Shroff, Suniel Shetty, and Akshaye Khanna, the film chronicles the events of the 1971 Battle of Longewala

Dunkirk: AppleTV+

This film is about Operation Dynamo in 1940 and has a stellar cast comprising Tom Hardy, Harry Styles, Cillian Murphy, Michael Caine and more

Shershaah: Amazon Prime Video

Sidharth Malhotra plays Captain Vikram Batra, a young man who joins the Indian army, and his game-changing contributions to Operation Vijay in 1999

Pearl Harbor: YouTube

Starring Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, and Kate Beckinsale, Michael Bay’s directorial chronicles the devastating attack on the Pearl Harbour naval base

LOC Kargil: Amazon Prime Video

Another movie based on Operation Vijay, it portrays the plight of the Indian soldiers waging an attack on Pakistani intruders and stars Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt and Saif Ali Khan 

Hacksaw Ridge: Netflix

Directed by Mel Gibson, this film is the true story of a war hero, played by Andrew Garfield, who saved the lives of 75 soldiers during World War II

Haqeeqat: YouTube

Starring Dharmendra, this war movie on the Sino-Indian War of 1962 follows a small Indian platoon and shows how the soldiers are affected in the crossfire