Popular War Movies - Page 230
The Night before Pearl Harbor
1968
star 9.5The last film in the series brings the tale to the doorstep of Pacific War, with the planning of the bombing of Pearl Harbor dominant in Nakano Spy School.The Square Peg
1958
The Square Peg
1958
star 6.5Norman Pitkin and Mr Grimsdale are council workmen mending the road outside an Army base when they come into conflict with the military. Shortly afterwards, they get drafted and fall into the clutches of the Sergeant they have just bested. They are sent to France to repair roads in front of the Allied advance but get captured. Pitkin takes advantage of a useful similarity to impersonate General Schreiber and manages to return a heroAlexandria… Why?
1979
Alexandria… Why?
1979
star 6.5Amid the poverty, death, and suffering caused by World War II, 18-year-old Yehia retreats into a private world of fantasy and longing. Obsessed with Hollywood, he dreams of studying filmmaking in America but struggles to pursue his dream, given the constraints of his life in the middle class and the horrors of war.Human Bullet Corps
1944
Human Bullet Corps
1944
This film depicts the fighting spirit of the frontline troops on Guadalcanal.For Valour
1917
For Valour
1917
Melia Nobbs, a young Canadian woman, supports both her invalid father Ambrose and brother Henry. When Henry faces arrest for helping himself to his employer's cash, Melia steals the amount from the star of the theater where she has been dancing and offers it to her brother if he will enlist in the army. Henry agrees and goes off to war, making Ambrose proud of his son, but when Ambrose learns that his daughter has been arrested for theft, he disowns her. Melia does not reveal the reason for taking the money and is sent to prison. Meanwhile, Henry fights bravely in France and returns home minus an arm but wearing the Victoria Cross. He finds his sister, weak and worn from overwork, in the prison hospital. Seeing her brother with his medals, Melia realizes that her sacrifices for him and her country have not been in vain, and that in her own way, she has served her country.Submarine Number One
1941
Submarine Number One
1941
star 7This film begins with a teacher describing to his students how brave the crew was which died as result of Japan's first submarine accident. The film then follows two of the pupils, one becomes a submarine captain and the other designs submarines.Love Have I Known
2019
Love Have I Known
2019
Love Have I Known follows the relationship between English schoolboy James and a fellow German pupil, Otto. They realise their love for each other just as the Great War breaks, and the pair must now navigate their relationship in the knowledge that their nations are fierce enemies at war. Doing so will be far from easy, as they come to terms with the reality that they might have to face each other across the battlefield.Chosin
2010
Chosin
2010
star 7.7At the height of the Korean War, 15,000 U.S. troops were trapped and outnumbered 10-to-1. In a harrowing battle, these soldiers fought 78-miles to freedom and saved the lives of 98,000 refugees. After 60 years of silence, the survivors of the Chosin Reservoir Campaign of the Korean War take us on an emotional and heart-pounding journey through one of the most savage battles in American history.Szabadok
2019
Szabadok
2019
The 22-year-old Antal is a member of the hated political police. In October of 1956, during the revolution in Budapest, he escapes the wrath of the people by fleeing to the countryside house of his aunt, a Holocaust survivor. Aunt Sára tries her best to mother him and divert the attention of battered Antal with an old favorite song. When the Soviets launch an attack against Hungary on November 4, Antal is determined to join them in order to get his revenge. But Aunt Sára’s song keeps ringing in his ears, no matter how hard he tries to push it away. He has an unbearable earworm. When the time finally comes for vengeance, his earworm gets the better of him. The song becomes a macabre dance of death...Los Actores del Conflicto
2008
star 6.5Three street mimes pretend to be guerrilla fighters who want to rejoin society thus obtaining permission from the government to go into exile in Spain in exchange for demobilizing...Louisbourg Under Siege
1997
star 7A film account of the siege and fall of France's major fortress in North America by the British in the Seven Years WarZero Fighter
1966
Bodies
2025
Bodies
2025
On her first day on the job, a young maid must survive the collapse of a household in post-Civil War Spain.L'Enfant tombée du ciel
1995
star 8An Italian family welcomes a little girl fleeing the Sarajevo war.My Mother Gave Birth to Me Happy...
1981
The film takes place in 1944 in a Moldovan village that had just been liberated by the Soviet Army. A young teacher creates a school pioneer organization. He is opposed by the school principal, who is hiding a fascist agent. With the help of a young teacher and his students, police officers manage to neutralize the criminal.In the Field
2017
In the Field
2017
Ukraine. ATO. This is a story about a father who learns about his son's death in the war. The body of the young soldier remains in the eastern part of Ukraine controlled by separatists. The father, refusing to accept the terrible realities of war, goes to the war zone in search of his dead son.The Killer Leaves a Trace
1967
star 6.5In the last days of WW2, Polish military looks for the murderer of prosecutor responsible for storing Gestapo files.The Sino-Dutch War 1661
2001
star 6.7Based on the story of Zheng Chenggong and focuses on his battle with the Dutch Empire for control of Taiwan at the Siege of Fort Zeelandia.Uncivil War Birds
1946
Uncivil War Birds
1946
star 6.3The stooges are civil war soldiers who are constantly changing uniforms to avoid the opposing armies. Eventually they decide to be loyal to the south, but remain disguised as Union soldiers. Curly is detected as a spy, but Moe and Larry prevent his execution. The boys escape with a secret map and marry their three southern belles.Storm over Asia
1965
