Popular War Movies - Page 42
Aśoka
2001
Aśoka
2001
star 6.4A young Prince Asoka works to perfect his skills in battle and also deals with family conflict. During a struggle with one of his step-brothers, his mother urges Asoka to escape to stay alive. While away, Asoka meets Kaurwaki and falls in love, but must use his skills as a warrior to protect her. A dangerous and heartbreaking web of conspiracy follows, which leads Asoka to embrace a Buddhist path.Harbin
2024
Harbin
2024
star 7.3In 1909, several years after Korea is forced into becoming a Japanese colony, freedom fighters plot the daring assassination of Japan's prime minister during their quest for independence.Sanmao Joins the Army
1992
star 7.1In 1937, after the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, the Second Sino-Japanese War breaks out. San Mao, a wandering orphan, joins the army to participate in the Battle of Shanghai.The Spy
1914
The Spy
1914
An American agent exchanges places in prison with a condemned British officer and brother of a woman he greatly admires and goes to the gallows.The Wire Game
2026
The Wire Game
2026
star 10Wounded and left for dead, a British soldier embarks on a daring escape from a booby-trapped German dugout.Shame
1968
Shame
1968
star 7.5In the midst of a civil war, a pair of former violinists in a tempestuous marriage oversee a farm on a rural island. In spite of their best efforts to escape their homeland, the war impinges on every aspect of their lives.Ambush
2014
Ambush
2014
The Pentagon Wars
1998
The Pentagon Wars
1998
star 6.9From the director of “Made In America” and “The Money Pit” comes a hilarious look at one of the most expensive blunders in military history. Over 17 years and almost as many billion dollars have gone into devising the BFV (Bradley Fighting Vehicle). There's only one problem. . . it doesn't work. (Spoiler alert: 25 years later ... it does work.)The Crossing
2000
The Crossing
2000
star 6.4A made-for-TV dramatization of George Washington's perilous gamble of crossing the Delaware River and attacking the British forces at Trenton.American Identity
2007
American Identity
2007
Two Army Officers, best friends since childhood, and their families' lives are changed forever by the events of 9/11.Battle of the Brave
2004
Battle of the Brave
2004
star 6.2In the mid-18th Century, as England and France battle over control of Canada, an epic romance between a peasant woman and a trapper unfurlsOnoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle
2021
star 7.1Japan, 1944. Trained for intelligence work, Hiroo Onoda, 22 years old, discovers a philosophy contrary to the official line: no suicide; stay alive whatever happens; the mission is more important than anything else. Sent to Lubang, a small island in the Philippines where the Americans are about to land, this role will be to wage a guerrilla war until the return of the Japanese troops. The Empire will surrender soon after; Onoda, 10,000 days later.Macbeth
1971
Macbeth
1971
star 7.1Scotland, 11th century. Driven by the twisted prophecy of three witches and the ruthless ambition of his wife, warlord Macbeth, bold and brave, but also weak and hesitant, betrays his good king and his brothers in arms and sinks into the bloody mud of a path with no return, sown with crime and suspicion.The Battle of Austerlitz
1960
star 6.6Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself emperor and fights the English, Austrians and Russians in 1802.The (Silent) War
2019
The (Silent) War
2019
star 5.9Northern Spain, October 1944. Several groups of guerrilla fighters, former Republican soldiers exiled in France after the end of the Spanish Civil War, infiltrate the country in order to provoke a popular uprising against General Franco's dictatorship.War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky
1966
star 7.6In 1805 St. Petersburg, Pierre Bezukhov, illegitimate son of a rich nobleman, is introduced to high society. His friend, Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, joins the Imperial Russian Army as aide-de-camp of General Mikhail Kutuzov in the War of the Third Coalition against General Napoleon Bonaparte. Part one of the four-part adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel.Friendly Persuasion
1956
Friendly Persuasion
1956
star 6.7The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to violence and war. It's not easy for them to meet the rules of their religion in everyday life but when Southern troops pass the area they are in real trouble. Should they fight, despite their peaceful attitude?Au Revoir, Mon Amour
1991
Au Revoir, Mon Amour
1991
star 6.1A tragic love story set against the always volatile and oftenviolent backdrop of Shanghai during the Japanese occupation and at the opening of the Pacific Theater of the Second World War. A nightclub singer becomes involved with both a member of the Chinese resistance and an officer of the Japanese army.Bardejov
2024
Bardejov
2024
star 5.5The story of Holocaust survivor Emil A. Fish, who was nine years old when he and his family in Bardejov, Slovakia were sent to a concentration camp.
