Popular War Movies - Page 199
Nurse and Martyr
1915
Nurse and Martyr
1915
star 7The moving true story of wartime heroine Nurse Edith Cavell, recreated in the aftermath of her execution.Nameless Island
1960
Nameless Island
1960
In 1958, during Chiang Kai-shek’s threats to retake the mainland, the Kuomintang navy attacked Fujian Province’s coast. The landing ship “Dacheng” was sunk by our torpedo boats, and Captain Wu John led troops to an unnamed island. Naval political instructor Wang Yongzhi and others, who fell into the water after a collision, also drifted there. They launched a political offensive against the enemy, who, unaware of our capabilities, awaited rescue. Prisoner Sun Gui swam back to his comrades, witnessed the cook’s beating, and returned to our side. Wang Yongzhi, seeing the enemy’s wait for rescue, forced them to reveal themselves. The enemy tried a fake negotiation to delay time. At night, Cai Dage brought reinforcements, eliminating the enemy on the island and their rescue ship.The Revolt
1980
The Revolt
1980
star 7When a young soldier is killed while trying to prevent his younger sister, Kaoru, from being sold into a life of prostitution, his commander, Col. Miyagi, tries to honor his dying wish to rescue his sister. Upon finding Kaoru at a party working as a geisha and later rescuing her from committing suicide, Col. Miyagi allows her to move in with him. Over time, the two grow close, but in spite of Kaoru's growing feelings for him, Col. Miyagi is unable to bring himself to return her love. On the night of his deployment to war, Col. Miyagi finally admits his feelings for Kaoru, but will they ever be able to enjoy a peaceful life together now that a very violent and bloody military revolt is under way...Gharnata
1971
Gharnata
1971
Gharnata (Granada) was the last Muslim region in Spain, which was fall on January 2, 1492. The last Muslim ruler Emir Muhammad XII surrendered complete control to Fernando V and Isabella I, after the last battle of the Granada War.Engagements of the Heart
1987
star 5.7Alice is the widow of a Jewish surgeon who helps the former diplomat Jerome smuggle Jews out of Austria to save them from the Nazis. The duo recruits Charles, a shoe manufacturer whose uncle is a Nazi sympathizer in the Vichy government. Charles and Alice become lovers when they are picked up in Paris by Nazi soldiers on a curfew violation.Memory of the Camps
1985
Memory of the Camps
1985
star 4.5In 1945, Allied troops invaded Germany and liberated Nazi death camps. They found unspeakable horrors which still haunt the world’s conscience. A film was made by British and American film crews who were with the troops liberating the camps. It was directed in part by Alfred Hitchcock and was broadcast for the first time in its entirety on PBS FRONTLINE in 1985.Flying for Britain with David Jason
2020
Sir David Jason spends time with the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire as they prepare for the 2020 80th anniversary display season under the restrictions of the Covid 19 lock-down.Steel Soldier
1950
Steel Soldier
1950
The film shows a soldier - the defender of his people, his native land, convinced of the righteousness of the cause for which he is fighting, not sparing his life, longing to free his homeland for work and a peaceful life.Echelons of Death
1986
The War on Democracy
2007
The War on Democracy
2007
star 7.5Set both in Latin America and the United States, the film explores the historic and current relationship of Washington with countries such as Venezuela, Bolivia and Chile. Pilger says that the film "...tells a universal story... analysing and revealing, through vivid testimony, the story of great power behind its venerable myths. It allows us to understand the true nature of the so-called "war on terror". According to Pilger, the film’s message is that the greed and power of empire is not invincible and that people power is always the "seed beneath the snow".The Forty-First
1927
The Forty-First
1927
star 4.9A young woman sharpshooter fighting with the Reds in Turkestan misses her forty-first victim, a handsome White lieutenant, and ends up escorting him, by boat, into captivity across the Aral Sea. A storm strands the two on an island.Zeitgeist: Addendum
2008
Zeitgeist: Addendum
2008
star 7.2Director Peter Joseph examines examples of economic subjugation and offers solutions based on alignment with nature.War Paint
1953
War Paint
1953
star 5.6An Indian and his beautiful sister attempt to destroy a cavalry patrol trying to deliver a peace treaty to their chief.I Am 11-17
1970
Battle of the Coral Sea
1959
star 5.8A US submarine and its crew are captured by the Japanese on the eve of a major WWII battle.Point Jordan
2022
Point Jordan
2022
Normandy, France, June 1944, during World War II. Paratrooper Carlton Pilecki, lost behind enemy lines, tries to rejoin his comrades.The Sultan's Daughter
1943
star 5A sultan's lovely daughter finds herself courted by a handsome American.Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO 2: Gravity of the Battlefront
2008
star 6MS igLoo 2 goes back to the first MS igLoo and tells the story of the Federation soldiers side that has to fight against the monstrous Zakus. Each episode tells a story of a different federation soldier that is cursed by a Death God that came down to earth with the Zakus and shows the desperate struggle against mobile suits with only conventional weapons such as tanks and missiles. Each soldier, fueled with revenge, and a Death God looming over their backs, fights against the odds that is the terrible might of a Zaku.
