List of war films and TV specials set between 1945 and 2001 explained

War depictions in film and television include documentaries, TV mini-series, and drama serials depicting aspects of historical wars. The films included here are set in the time period from 1945 to 2001, or from the start of the Cold War until it came to an end in 1990s. The Cold War itself was the aftermath of World War II. At the turn of the new century the world woke up to a new reality one September morning and Cold War's aftermath period came to an end.

Indonesian National Revolution (1945–1949)

Cold War (1945–1991)

(Also see Cold War films)

Greek Civil War (1946–1949)

Hukbalahap Insurgency (1946–1954)

Indochina Wars (1946–1989)

First Indochina War (1946–1954)

(also see List of films about the Indochina War)

Vietnam War (1955–1975)

(Also see Vietnam War in film and Vietnam War films)

Cambodian Civil War (1967–1975)

Sino-Vietnamese War (1979–1989)

Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts (1947–present)

Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 (1947)

Bengali Language Movement (1952)

Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 (1965)

East Pakistan-West Pakistan War of 1971 (1971)

Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir (1989–present)

Kargil War (1999)

Arab–Israeli conflict (1948–present)

First Arab-Israeli War (1948–1949)

Second Arab–Israeli War (1956)

Third Arab–Israeli War (1967)

War of Attrition (1967–1970)

Fourth Arab–Israeli War (1973)

First Intifada (1987–1993)

Second Intifada (2000–2005)

Burmese insurgency (1948–present)

Malayan Emergency (1948–1960)

Korean War (1950–1953) and Korean DMZ Conflict (1966–present)

(Also see List of Korean War films)

Mau Mau Uprising (1952–1960)

Cuban Revolution (1953–1959)

Algerian War (1954–1962)

(also see List of films about Algerian War)

Cyprus Emergency (1955–1959)

Colombian conflict (1960–present)

Indian annexation of Goa (1961)

Dhofar Rebellion (1962–1976)

Sino-Indian War (1962)

Aden Emergency (1963–1967)

Modern Wars in Sub-Saharan Africa (1960–1999)

Congo Crisis (1960–1966)

Eritrean War of Independence (1961–1991)

Guinea-Bissau War of Independence (1963–1974)

Mozambican War of Independence (1964–1974)

Rhodesian Bush War (1964–1979)

South African Border War / Namibian War of Independence (1966–1990)

Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970)

Angolan Civil War (1975–2002)

Chadian–Libyan conflict (1978–1987)

Uganda–Tanzania War (1978–1979)

Second Sudanese Civil War (1983–2005)

Lord's Resistance Army insurgency in Uganda (1987–present)

Somali Civil War (1988–present)

First Liberian Civil War (1989–1997)

Rwandan Civil War (1990–1993)

Second Congo War (1998–2003)

Sierra Leone Civil War (1991–2002)

Second Liberian Civil War (1999–2003)

Naxalite–Maoist insurgency in India (1967–present)

Communist Insurgency of the Philippines (1969–present)

The Troubles in Northern Ireland (1969–2005)

Islamic Insurgency of the Philippines (1970–present)

Yugoslav counter-insurgency against Bugojno group (1972)

Turkish invasion of Cyprus (1974)

Indonesian invasion of East Timor (1975–1976)

Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990)

First Lebanon War (1982)

War of the Camps (1985–1988)

Operation Entebbe (1976)

Nicaraguan Revolution (1961–1992)

Chadian–Libyan War (1978–1987)

Internal conflict in Peru (1980–present)

Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988)

Salvadoran Civil War (1980–1992)

Falklands War (1982)

Sri Lankan Civil War (1983–2009)

US Invasion of Grenada (1983)

Al-Anfal Campaign (1986–1989)

South Yemen Civil War (1986)

First Nagorno-Karabakh War (1988–1994)

United States invasion of Panama (1989–1990)

Gulf War (1990–1991)

(Also see Gulf War films)

Algerian Civil War (1991–2002)

Yugoslav Wars (1991–1999)

(also see List of Yugoslav Wars films)

Ten-Day War in Slovenia (1991)

Croatian War of Independence (1991–1995)

See also: Croatian War of Independence in film.

Bosnian War (1992–1995)

Kosovo War (1998–1999)

NATO bombing of Yugoslavia (1999)

Transnistria War (1992)

Civil war in Tajikistan (1992–1997)

First Chechen War (1994–1996)

(also see List of Chechen Wars films)

East Timorese crisis (1999)

Second Chechen War (1999–2000)

(also see List of Chechen Wars films)

Insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia (2001)

See also

List of war films and TV specials

Notes and References

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