Popular War Movies - Page 338
Die Akte Dschihad
1989
Die Akte Dschihad
1989
For years, Belga Chemical was used by the most powerful arms corporations as a transshipment point for international arms trafficking. Even before this scandal is uncovered, Daniel Rousseu is able to go into hiding with all the evidence. In his hiding place, he creates a documentary to which he gives the name Jihad. Daniel Rousseu is no longer willing to cover up for the real backers, the powerful bosses of the arms mafia, and wants to turn himself in to the police, testify before the investigating committee and present the Jihad file - The death sentence for Daniel Rousseu! When he hires private detective Claude Garonne to hand over part of the file to a well-known journalist, he is lured into a trap. Badly wounded, the private detective initially manages to escape. Even before his murderers kill him, he hands over the documents to journalism student Samantha. He also reveals the whereabouts of Daniel Rousseu to her - a murderous hunt begins!Without Trumpet or Drum
1959
star 10Summer 1870. Following the French defeat at Sedan. Léon, a soldier in a detachment isolated in the Ardennes forest, is sent in search of water. When he discovers the most peaceful of rivers, he decides to undress and bathe in it. At bend of the river he catches sight of another naked swimmer. It's a Prussian! Both men start bickering a bit: aren't they supposed to be arch enemies? But they soon fraternize. Unfortunately the patrol has not vanished in the haze and they hear it coming. Each man gets hold of his uniform and runs away in two opposite directions. The only trouble is that Fritz the Prussian has donned the French uniform and Leon the Prussian one!Two Comrades Were Serving
1968
star 6.8Set during the last days of the civil war that followed the Russian Revolution. The Crimea Peninsula is the last stronghold of the White Guard, and the Red Army is planning the final assault. The first story line of the movie follows two Red Army soldiers: unlikely friends Nekrasov and Karyakin. The second story line is about a White Guard officer Brusentsov who is devoted to Russia and his cause but sees it being destroyed day by day.The Man Who Saved the World
2012
star 8During the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, Soviet Navy officer Vasily Arkhipov refused to launch a nuclear strike and saved the world from nuclear war and total destruction.The River Line
1964
The River Line
1964
star 7.2France 1944: American pilot Philip Sturgess is shot down but found by a resistance group. In the neighborhood Sturgess meets another American and shortly thereafter the British Major Barton, called “Reiher”. He claims to have fled a German prison camp. Shortly before leaving for Spain to escape the Nazis, Sturgess discovers that Barton has written a letter to Germany. This confirms the suspicion that he could be a German spy…Thunder Rock
1942
Thunder Rock
1942
star 6.3David Charleston, once a world renowned journalist, now lives alone maintaining the Thunder Rock lighthouse in Lake Michigan. He doesn't cash his paychecks and has no contact other than the monthly inspector's visit. When alone, he imagines conversations with those who died when a 19th century packet ship with some 60 passengers sank. He imagines their lives, their problems, their fears and their hopes. In one of these conversations, he recalls his own efforts in the 1930s when he desperately tried to convince first his editors, and later the public, of the dangers of fascism and the inevitability of war. Few would listen. One of the passengers, a spinster, tells her story of seeking independence from a world dominated by men. There's also the case of a doctor who is banished for using unacceptable methods. David has given up on life, but the imaginary passengers give him hope for the future.Degraded Officer
2009
Degraded Officer
2009
star 6During 1943 a young platoon commander refuses to follow an order of frontal attack; he doesn't want to send his soldiers against the enemy machine-guns and get them killed. A battalion commander rips off his shoulder straps and sends him to the military tribunal. But the war is everywhere and the demoted officer and his escorts have to start an unequal fight with the enemy.The Heart of Vukovar
2017
The Heart of Vukovar
2017
The Heart of Vukovar is a Croatian documentary which shows the events of the Vukovar war hospital during the Croatian Homeland War. The hospital was a symbol of the defense of Vukovar agains the occupying Serbian forces. The movie shows how it managed to operate under impossible conditions after being bombarded, up until the day the city fell to occupying forcesNavigator: Lt. Col. Ken Murray
2022
A former U.S. Air Force air tanker navigator, Lt. Col. Ken Murray’s career takes us from the horrific accident that killed 70 people at an airshow demonstration to Operation Just Cause in Panama and to the Iraq War. Through it all, we experience air operations, post-deployment divorce, a new career as a famed sports photographer and new loves.The Descent Upon Drvar
1963
star 6German forces in Yugoslavia set out to destroy the stronghold of Tito with a traitor's help, but are overcome by Partisan resistance.The End of a Day
1954
The End of a Day
1954
star 7.5Military doctor Leutenant Hanada deserts during the war in the Philippines with a local girl. The officer in command orders Lieutenant Uji to shoot Hanada. Uji takes a sharpshooter called Takagi and tracks him. At first Uji cannot forgive Hanada but as Uji is isolated from the main force he too starts to think of desertion.Mission Over Korea
1953
After the Battle
1997
Mercy of the Sea
2003
Mercy of the Sea
2003
star 3.3A woman who lost most of her family during the war in Croatia and breakup of Yugoslavia is informed a decade later that her son has been found.Attention! Bandits!
1951
Attention! Bandits!
1951
star 6.1During the winter of 1944, the partisans stationed in the Ligurian Apennines must go to a factory in Genoa, in order to pick up a delivery of weapons. Meanwhile, there's a strike in the city and the Nazis are trying to suppress it violently. The factory becomes the scene of fighting between the Germans and the partisans but the latter, aided by the workers, will be able to get the better.Anne Morgan, une Américaine sur le front
2018
Between 1917 and 1924, 350 Americans landed in France to participate in the immense reconstruction effort. At their head, Anne Morgan, daughter of the famous banker John P. Morgan and founder of the American Committee for Devastated Regions. To encourage donations in the USA, she commissioned numerous films and photos, admirable testimonies of life at that time. Entirely made up of audiovisual and photographic archives, this documentary plunges us into an embodied and living post-war period as we have rarely seen it.The Stones of my House
1983
star 9World War II. Italians accuse the residents of a village in South Albania of giving signals to the Greeks during the Greek-Italian War.A Day Will Dawn
1944
A Day Will Dawn
1944
star 7After finding his wife in the arms of another man, an army officer kills his rival and then goes by train to Finland to fight in the Winter war.Firetrail
2014
Firetrail
2014
star 4A Confederate Civil War captain faces challenges as the Union army storms through South Carolina, destroying everything in its path. When he is sent to the front lines his home life suffers, which only compounds the soldier's troubles.Nigel 3: The American Revolution
2020
Two British redcoats contemplate their place in the American Revolutionary War and the world at large.
