Popular War Movies - Page 376
The Debt
1988
The Debt
1988
star 7.5The drama tells the story of an Argentine elementary-school teacher sent by the government to a rural hamlet located in the northwestern province of Jujuy. It shows how he touches the lives of the villagers, especially the young and impressionable boy Verónico, whose mother died and father left to seek work when he was an infant. The film is based on a non-fiction book written by Fortunato Ramos, a rural teacher in northwest Argentina, that discusses his teaching experiences.The Last Train
1981
The Last Train
1981
With the failure of Linggarjati Agreement as the background, a heroic and also a love story are interwoven. The army headquarters in Yogja decides to withdraw all existing trains to Yogya.Hushed Roar
2012
Hushed Roar
2012
star 9The movie viewed through a post-80's modern girl's eyes, focusing on the Zhongtiao Mountain Battle which lasted more than a month in 1938.Family of Patriots
1941
Family of Patriots
1941
Patriotic film from 1941 of Armenian men being called up to fight for the Red ArmyVelvet Season
1978
Velvet Season
1978
star 7In the fall of 1938, three former fighters of the international brigade — russian Shukhov, frenchman Henri and american Liz — fall into a resort town on the border of Spain and France. Having met a nurse who is supposed to send Spanish children to Corsica, they decide to help her. However, a fascist rebellion suddenly breaks out in the city, and the children are held hostage to criminals.Our Time In Hell
1967
Our Time In Hell
1967
An hour long documentary on the war in the Pacific. Using Marine Corps color footage, the only footage of its kind, it traces the major battles, including Saipan, hew Jima and more narrated by Marine Corps veteran Lee Marvin.Occasional Spies
2021
Occasional Spies
2021
star 8In the spring of 1944, the fate of many Allied pilots who fell in Eastern Europe was unknown. The MI9 office in Cairo decides to recruit agents from among the Zionists who had emigrated from these countries to Palestine before the war. Their mission? Find the prisoners and organize a potential escape. The occasional spies will soon find themselves caught among war, politics and personal life.Serious Games 1 – "Watson Is Down"
2010
An exploration of how the U.S. military employs video game technology to train troops for war. Filmed at the United States Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Watson is Down pairs footage of soldiers at computers engaging in combat-simulation training with scenes from the video games.The Fire Boy
1978
The Fire Boy
1978
In 1950, Xiao Sun, a scout of the People's Liberation Army, comes to the mountainous area of Zhawangzhai to track down a Kuomintang bandit commander.On Thin Ice
1966
Anahy de las Misiones
1997
star 5Told by gauchos from Brazil, Argentina and Uruguai, the legend says that Anahy de las Missiones wandered around the Plata Basin during the time of Cisplatina War (1825-1828), stealing the dead.The Diary of an Unknown Soldier
1959
star 6.4A short story narrated by an unknown British soldier who reveals his hopes, fears, and disillusionment while heading into battle against the German army.Remembering Port Chicago
2017
In California's Bay Area, a painful memory lingers of the Port Chicago disaster of WWII, when hundreds of the Navy's first Black Sailors perished, and the White officers in charge were protected by the chain of command.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.Tjoet Nja' Dhien
1988
Tjoet Nja' Dhien
1988
star 8Set in 1896, "Tjoet Nja' Dhien" celebrates one of Indonesia's great heroes who fought for independence from the Dutch. The pious Muslim people of Aceh, a city that had flourished since ancient times as a trade port, enter into a fierce war with the Dutch. Tjoet Nja' Dhien, the widow of a rebel leader operating in Aceh in Sumatra, assumes the leadership when her husband Teuku Uma is killed in an ambush. Dhien's charismatic presence and power of survival motivate the locals to join and later continue their opposition to the Dutch. Despite personal obstacles, she remained in the thick of the struggle for ten years.To Live for Another
2005
To Live for Another
2005
It was a time with a rise of artistic life in the former capital of Russia. But the rise ended quickly and tragically with arrests and executions. Modern St. Petersburg and Petrograd of 1921 strangely and intricately intertwine in the mind of the director. The cruel, bloody, but romantic world of the first years of the Revolution converge with the artistic and domestic life of contemporary filmmaking on the same ground, on the same streets and squares.A Stranger
2020
A Stranger
2020
Marcin is a professional soldier who is offered to participate in a mission in Kosovo. His partner Kamil doesn’t agree with the departure, though, so he puts his partner in a position where he has to choose between the love of his life and a career opportunity. And the whole situation gets even more complicated when Marcin’s mother gets involved and makes any decision completely impossibleThe Kid Who Couldn't Miss
1983
star 8Paul Cowan's feature-length film combines fiction and reality to tell the story of how William Avery (Billy) Bishop became one of the leading fighter pilots of World War I. By no accounts a biography of Billy Bishop, the film uses a 'docu-drama' approach to show how one person goes from being a brash kid from Ontario to Canada's most decorated military figure.Mr. Veliky Novgorod
1984
Wildflowers on the Battleground
1974
star 6.2A look at the Korean War through the eyes of a mute boy who was kept as a mascot by a regiment of soldiers near the front lines.
