This Netflix War Movie Has a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes! Have You Watched It?

Sometimes a war film arrives quietly on streaming. It sits there while flashier titles crowd the front page. Then word of mouth starts to build. Viewers finish it and tell a friend that this one feels different.

At first you might expect a familiar march through heroics. You get the big set pieces and the uniforms. You brace for a story you have seen a dozen times. Then the movie keeps narrowing its focus until you feel the chill of river wind and the weight of choices no one should have to make.

The film is ‘The Forgotten Battle‘. It unfolds during the Battle of the Scheldt in 1944, when control of a Dutch estuary meant the difference between a stalled Allied advance and a path to liberate Europe. That sounds grand, yet the movie lives in tight rooms, muddy embankments, and risky whispers in the dark.

What makes it gripping is the way it follows three young people on opposite sides. A British glider pilot picked up from wreckage and sky. A Dutch woman pulled into resistance work after tragedy hits home. A Dutch soldier in German uniform who begins to see the cost of every order. Their paths cross in small, human ways. A note smuggled across a street. A choice on a dike at night. A glance that says more than any speech.

The scale is impressive without feeling showy, and Rotten Tomatoes critics have praised it too. You hear the creak of a glider before it crashes. You watch men wade through black water that looks bottomless. The camera takes its time with faces. You are invited to sit with doubt and fear and stubborn hope, not just watch explosions in the distance.

It also helps that the setting feels specific. This is not a generic village with a church and a square. It is Zeeland. It is marsh and tide and wind. The landscape is not a backdrop. It is a trap and a test and, sometimes, a hiding place. When the fighting finally tightens around the estuary, you understand exactly why every meter matters.

Performances carry the rest. The pilot comes off as brave because he is scared and keeps going anyway. The young woman becomes the spine of the story because she learns to lie while staying true to herself. The Dutch soldier is a reminder that uniforms do not tell the whole truth about a person. The movie treats them all with compassion and lets you judge no one too quickly.

If you like war films that balance action with moral tension, this one earns a spot on your watchlist. It is clear and direct, yet it lingers. You may walk in for a history lesson. You walk out feeling that you have spent time with people who never had the luxury of seeing the full picture.

‘The Forgotten Battle’ is not just another Netflix recommendation. It is a story about consequences and courage that asks for your attention and rewards it. When the credits roll, you remember the faces first. Then the water. Then the silence.