Popular War Movies - Page 281
Life and Nothing But
1989
Life and Nothing But
1989
star 7.2In 1920, Major Dellaplane, a man of honor and ethics, searches for missing French soldiers. He meets Madame Irène de Courtil, a politically connected Parisian, and their paths cross.Shades of Gray
1948
Shades of Gray
1948
star 6.7After the suppression of "Let There Be Light" (a documentary about combat-induced post-traumatic stress disorders which presented many inconvenient and demoralizing truths), the U.S. Army Signal Corp created this dramatized up-beat remake of the film. Only this time, the production excluded the involvement of John Houston, the producer of the original documentary.The Enemy
1927
The Enemy
1927
star 6.3Carl Behrend, son of a wealthy businessman, marries Pauli Arndt, daughter of a pacifist professor. When World War I breaks out, Carl is drafted. Pauli and her family and friends are left behind to experience the suffering which befell civilians during the war. Her luck worsens when her father is dismissed from his professorship for teaching that war is evil. Her father argues violently with Carl's father, and degradation and despair descend on Pauli and her family as they await Carl's return from the front.Crossing Jinshajiang River In 1936
2021
The film has been designated as a key film project by Yunnan Province. Through a fresh perspective and vivid storytelling, it pays tribute to the heroic achievements of veteran proletarian revolutionaries during the Long March through Yunnan. It deeply commemorates the revolutionary martyrs who made the ultimate sacrifice and highlights the profound bond between the Red Army and the local ethnic communities. With small stories reflecting grand emotions, the film vividly portrays the brilliance of humanity and the heartfelt, romantic revolutionary spirit of an earlier generation. It has also been recognized as a patriotic public welfare film under the "China Campus Health Action" initiative.A Siege Diary
2021
A Siege Diary
2021
star 5World War II. In autumn 1941 the German troops completely surrounded one of the biggest Russian cities — Leningrad. 2,5 million civilians got trapped in the city. The German commandment decided to destroy the city with bombings, artillery attacks and, most importantly, with hunger. The most difficult first winter of the siege (1941 — 1942). A young woman Olga is walking through the whole city to her father. She wants to see him one last time to say goodbye and to ask for his forgiveness.The Patent Leather Kid
1927
star 6.1The Patent Leather Kid is a 1927 silent film which tells the story of a boxer who scoffs at fighting outside the ring... particularly for the United States once it enters World War I. Eventually, he is drafted, is shipped overseas, and performs a heroic act, which results in his being severely wounded.To My Unborn Son
1943
To My Unborn Son
1943
star 7.3A Yugoslav man, dying after being shot while attempting to help defend his village, writes a letter of encouragement and hope to his unborn child, explaining what he was fighting for in resisting the Nazi invasion of his homeland. A John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short.The Dark Night of the Soul
1989
star 5.3Pantheon filmmaker Carlos Saura bounced back from a handful of failures with 1989's La Noche Oscura (The Dark Night). Juan Diego stars as San Juan de la Cruz (St. John of the Cross), the legendary 16th-century poet-prophet. Galvanized into action by the spirit of Santa Teresa de Jesus, San Juan fought to install reforms in the Carmelite Order. Like many another visionary, he was regarded as a heretic, and promptly subjected to the most appalling of tortures. Writer-director Saura manages to draw several parallels between the religious persecution of the 1700s and the political despotism of Fascist Spain.General Spanky
1936
General Spanky
1936
star 5.7Orphaned shoeshine boy Spanky is working on a Mississippi riverboat during the Civil War. There he befriends young runaway slave Buckwheat. After wronging a vicious gambler, Spanky and Buckwheat are forced to jump ship. Finding solace at a nearby house, the two are picked by Marshall Valiant for an important mission. This inspires Spanky to organize the local kids to form a small army of their own.返老还童
1958
返老还童
1958
The Sea Ghost
1931
The Sea Ghost
1931
star 5.7A crooked lawyer trying to cheat a young girl out of her inheritance tries to convince a sea captain to help him. Re-released in 1939 as "Phantom Submarine U-67."El retorno
2014
El retorno
2014
Edgardo faces everyday life. His children, his wife, his entire family seem strange and distant. His thoughts are subjugated by images of the Falklands: the combat, the fear, the death. Traumatic memories that absorb his attention until he becomes a stranger to his loved ones. One day like any other, while walking the children to school, he must finally face his inner ghosts.The Lion Has Wings
1939
The Lion Has Wings
1939
star 6.4This early, influential propaganda film blends documentary and studio footage to show the valiant efforts of the Royal Air Force to defend the British people against the Nazis.Marching Song
1937
Raza
1942
Raza
1942
star 5The troubled story of the Churruca family, a noble lineage of brave seamen, descendants of Cosme Damián Churruca, the Spanish hero of the Battle of Trafalgar; from the Spanish-American War (1898) to the end of the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). (In 1950, a new cut of the film was released with less ideological depth and ten minutes shorter.)Sniper: Weapons of Retaliation
2009
star 5.7This world war two story depicts the personal war between a Soviet sniper and a German sniper. Their feud continues after the war in Soviet occupied Germany. At the same time a Nazi rocket scientist continues his research while a Soviet secret police team arrives from Moscow to find hidden Nazi rocket research documents and rocket propulsion systems.Dimitrie Cantemir
1974
Dimitrie Cantemir
1974
star 10The film is about the life of Dmitry Cantemir and the Moldovan people from November 1710 to July 1711. Turkish troops are preparing for war with Russia. The Sultan entrusted him with the throne of Moldavia. Cantemir secretly established ties with Peter I and concluded a military-political agreement with him, according to which Russia took Moldova under its protectorate, pledged to help expel the Turks and restore the former borders of the Moldovan state.Atonement
2026
Atonement
2026
star 8Based on Dexter Filkins’ resonant New Yorker article of the same name, about Marine Lu Lobello, haunted by memories of a deadly incident in Baghdad, whose journey of guilt and remorse leads him to reach out to Nora, the sole surviving member of the family he believes he may have harmed.War Relief
1918
War Relief
1918
star 10Short silent film featuring the famous female impersonator Julian Eltinge, produced as a patriotic propaganda piece during World War I.The Unwritten Code
1944
The Unwritten Code
1944
star 5.6A Nazi spy sneaks into the U.S., hoping to release hundreds of German prisoners. He fails, but not until plenty of bullets have been spent.
