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War Documentaries in 2026
This list brings together documentaries about war, with films dated 2025 and 2026. It includes work from filmmakers such as Volker Koepp, Michal Kosakowski, Rachel Szor and Karim Shah.
Compare the release year, credited maker and any stated genre or description. Some entries identify a director directly, while others provide only a title, year or classification.
983 documentaries · ordered 26 October 2026 · How we order lists
Newest first: the year each film was released, from the open film record (Wikidata), then the order the list has always had. Every film’s page names its source.
- No. 120263 h 20 min
Chronos – Fluss der Zeit
by Volker Koepp · Germany · German
Volker Koepp traces war, the Neman and the Holocaust across 200 minutes.
warfull-scale Russo-Ukrainian war - No. 22026
Citizen Osama
by Ahmed Hassouna · France · Palestine · Arabic
- No. 320261 h 42 min
Holofiction
by Michal Kosakowski · Austria · Germany
Michal Kosakowski examines the Holocaust in this 102-minute documentary.
warThe Holocaust - No. 420261 h 19 min
Disunited Nations
by Christophe Cotteret · Belgium · France · French
Arab–Israeli conflictUnited Nations - No. 520261 h 20 min
NAZA
by Rachel Szor · United Kingdom · English, Hebrew
NAZA investigates AI and automated targeting in the Gaza war.
warGaza War - No. 620261 h 44 min
Don't Ask Me If I Killed
Director not on record · Netherlands · Germany · Ukrainian
- No. 720261 h 22 min
Omega
Director not on record · Ukraine · Ukrainian
Omega is an 82-minute Ukrainian documentary and war film in Ukrainian.
war - No. 820261 h 30 min
Schwarzers Kosmos
by Klaus Martens · Germany · German
Klaus Martens makes a 90-minute film about Bernd Schwarzer.
warBernd Schwarzer - No. 920261 h 30 min
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
by Pavel Talankin · Denmark · Germany · Russian
Russian propaganda in educational systemKarabash - No. 102026
Sgt. Haane
by Tearepa Kahi · New Zealand · English
Maori Battalion - No. 112026
The Match
by Juan Cabral · Argentina
Argentina v England 1986 - No. 1220261 h 25 min
Traces
by Alisa Kovalenko · Poland · Ukraine · Ukrainian
- No. 1320261 h 24 min
Until We Talk
by Florian Mebes · Switzerland · Germany · English, Arabic
Israeli–Palestinian conflict - No. 1420261 h 51 min
With Hasan in Gaza
by Kamal Aljafari · France · Germany · Arabic
- No. 1520251 h 2 min
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack
Director not on record · United Kingdom
Karim Shah examines attacks on Gaza doctors, hospitals and healthcare workers.
warGaza War - No. 1620251 h 42 min
Holofiction
by Michal Kosakowski · Austria · Germany
Michal Kosakowski examines the Holocaust in this 102-minute documentary.
warThe Holocaust - No. 172025
In the Borderland
by Elina Hyvärinen · Finland
Elina Hyvärinen follows life near Finland's border with Russia during war.
warfull-scale Russo-Ukrainian war - No. 1820251 h 18 min
Our War
by Marc Roussel · France · Ukrainian
Bernard-Henri Lévy and Marc Roussel document the war in Ukraine.
warfull-scale Russo-Ukrainian war - No. 1920251 h 30 min
Real (film)
by Oleh Sentsov · Ukraine · Croatia · Ukrainian
Oleh Sentsov documents Ukraine's 2023 counteroffensive and ongoing war.
war2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive - No. 2020251 h 17 min
The Memory of Butterflies
by Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski · Portugal · Peru · Spanish, Murui Huitoto
Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski traces Amazonian stories from the rubber trade.
warPutumayo genocide - No. 2120251 h 40 min
Velký vlastenecký výlet
by Robin Kvapil · Ukraine · Czech Republic · Czech
Three pro-Russian Czechs visit Ukraine and confront their views on the war.
war - No. 2220251 h 14 min
A Letter To David
by Tom Shoval · United States · Israel · Hebrew, English
- No. 232025
Armed only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
Director not on record · United States
Brent Renaud - No. 2420251 h 48 min
Children in the Fire
by Evgeny Afineevsky · Ukraine · Ukrainian
- No. 252025
Cover-Up
by Mark Obenhaus · United States
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Before you press play
Start with the release year
The list includes films released in 2025 and 2026. A year can help set a viewing choice within a recent cycle of war documentaries.
Look at the filmmaker
Several entries name their maker. Chronos – Fluss der Zeit is by Volker Koepp, Holofiction by Michal Kosakowski, and In the Borderland by Elina Hyvärinen.
Read the available credits
Some films provide fuller credits. NAZA is written and directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, while Gaza: Doctors Under Attack is directed by Karim Shah.
Omega is identified as both a documentary film and a war film. The Memory of Butterflies is Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski’s directorial debut.
What viewers ask
- What years are represented in this list?
- The entries shown are dated 2025 or 2026.
- Who directed Gaza: Doctors Under Attack?
- Karim Shah directed the 2025 British documentary Gaza: Doctors Under Attack.
- Who made NAZA?
- NAZA was written and directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor.
- Is Omega classified as a war film?
- Yes. Omega is identified as both a documentary film and a war film.
- Which film is Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski’s directorial debut?
- The Memory of Butterflies is Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski’s directorial debut.
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