7 most anticipated war films of 2021

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

The Great Patriotic War is far behind us, but everyone should remember it and honor the feat accomplished by our ancestors. Year after year, new films are released that carry the memory of those terrible years. We decided to create a list of war films of 2021, among them only the most anticipated new films about the war. Any military action is always a tragedy, and therefore we decided to add paintings to our list that are associated with other wars that claimed thousands of lives.

Save a Life (2020)

• Genre: Short, History, Drama, War
• Director: Mikhail Androsov

The premiere of a short film about the war "Save a Life" was supposed to take place on May 9, 2020, but was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. In the center of the plot is a detachment of partisans, who will have to get through the deep German rear and convey important information to their own. The lives of many people depend on whether the brave partisans will deliver the news of the impending enemy offensive.

Litvyak (2021)

• Genre: military, biography
• Director: Andrey Shalyopa, Kim Druzhinin

The military biopic, which will hit the big screens in 2021, is worth watching for all people who honor their history. The painting is dedicated to the legendary fighter pilot Lydia Vladimirovna Litvyak. On the account of this brave woman there were more than one hundred and sixty sorties and twelve enemy aircraft shot down until the moment when she disappeared without a trace in 1943.

Assault (2020)

• Genre: history, military
• Director: Alexey Kamynin

The young director Alexei Kamynin decided to offer the audience his vision of the Great Patriotic War. Events unfold at the moment when Hitler and his troops invade the territory of the USSR. The confusion of the Soviet army is gradually replaced by an understanding that no one should surrender, because the outcome of the battle depends on each individual soldier.

Air (2020)

• Expectations rating - 90%
• Genre: military, drama
• Director: Alexey German Jr.

In the center of the Russian military drama, directed by Alexei German Jr., is the famous squad of female fighters who were feared to death by German soldiers. Women with completely different fates stand up to defend the Motherland in order to bring victory even one step closer.

My happiness (2021)

• Genre: Military, Drama, Romance
• Director: Alexey Frandetti

The actors of the front brigade, taken by surprise by the war, are forced to retreat together with the Soviet troops. Creative natures will always find a way out of a difficult situation, and therefore they are not afraid of what will happen. Having in stock a cello case filled with explosives, they decide to sabotage in the enemy's rear. Love and war, courage and honor - all this is harmoniously mixed in the directorial debut work of Alexei Frandetti.

Red Platoon 2021

• Expectations rating - 96%
• Genre: military
• Director: Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck's Red Platoon is one of the most anticipated foreign war films of 2021. At the center of events is the battle that took place on October 3, 2009 in Afghan Kamdesh. The American sergeant will lead a small detachment of soldiers during the counterattack and fight the Taliban who attacked the outpost.

Nuremberg (2021)

• Expectations rating - 88%
• Genre: Thriller, Drama, War
• Director: Nikolay Lebedev

The war is over, the Reich is defeated. The perpetrators must be severely punished, but not everyone agrees. In Nuremberg, the trial of the heads of the Reich should take place, but behind the scenes games are being played on the sidelines so that the criminals are not punished to the fullest extent. Soviet counterintelligence agents begin a secret battle against those who interfere with justice.

Just One Life (2020)

• Expectations rating - 95%
• Genre: Drama, Military
• Director: Alexander Ezhber

At the end of our list of war films of 2021, among which only the most anticipated new films about the war, are the war drama "Just One Life" by Alexander Ezhber. War seems to be something unthinkably distant to modern adolescents. They only know about it from films, computer games, and at best, from books.

One day the most ordinary guys, Ilya and Yegor, learn about the feat of the tanker Moroz and his crew. The story associated with the battle of the Belarusian city of Senno in 1941 completely changes the lives of teenagers.