War depictions in film and television include documentaries, TV mini-series, and drama serials depicting aspects of historical wars.
Ancient history (3050 BC – AD 476)[edit]
The Middle Ages (476 – 1453)[edit]
Early Modern history (1453 - 1775)[edit]
The Age of Revolution and Empire (1775-1914)[edit]
The Age of Extremes: The Short 20th Century (1914-1945)[edit]
Note: From World War I to World War II
The Age of Extremes: The Short 20th Century (1945-2001)[edit]
Note: From the start of the Cold War until the end in 1990s
The War on Terror & The 21st Century (2001-present)[edit]
Mercenaries in the third world[edit]
(See also: Mercenaries in popular culture: Films)
- Geschwader Fledermaus (Bat Squadron) (1957)
- Cerný prapor (The Black Battalion/Das schwarze Bataillon/Bataillon des Teufels) (1958)
- Kommando 52 (Commando 52) (1965)
- Der lachende Mann – Bekenntnisse eines Mörders (The Laughing Man – Confessions of a Killer) (1966)
- Africa Addio (Africa – Blood and Guts) (1966)
- Der Fall Bernd K. (The Case of Bernd K.) (1967)
- PS zum lachenden Mann (PS to the Laughing Man) (1967)
- The Last Mercenary (1968)
- Seduto alla sua destra (Black Jesus) (1968)
- Dark of the Sun/The Mercenaries (1968)
- Sette Baschi Rossi (The Red Berets) (1969)
- The Last Grenade (1970)
- Immer wenn der Steiner kam (Every Time Steiner Came) (1976), not released
- High Velocity (1976)
- Scorticateli Vivi (Wild Geese Attack/Skin 'Em Alive) (1978)
- The Wild Geese (1978)
- The Dogs of War (1981)
- Code Name: Wild Geese (1984)
- Commando Leopard (1985)
- Men of War (1994)
- Mister BOB (2011) (TV)
- Soldiers of Fortune (2012)