War Movies

star 4.8

The Holy War

1979

The Holy War

1979

star 4.8
Through the humble potter Celso we will know one of the most dramatic events in the history of Mexico in the twentieth century, in which the federal government and Catholic believers, fought a bloody struggle. Time passes and the Church and the State agree to peace. Celso and his companions are rejected by both sides.

The Raiders of Leyte Gulf

1963

star 3.2
An American intelligence agent is captured by the Japanese in the Philippines.

Nadeshiko Tai

2008

The story is set in Chiran, Kagoshima, the site of a secret base used to launch kamikaze missions during the war. At the time, a group of young girls known as the Nadeshiko Tai were gathered to help out at the base. The drama will be part documentary and it is based on the experiences of 78-year-old Shoko Nagasaki, a survivor of the Nadeshiko Tai.
star 3.2

Red Rose of Normandy

2011

Red Rose of Normandy

2011

star 3.2
Klaus Muller, a battle-hardened veteran, finds himself fighting for his life on the Russian front. Surrounded by overwhelming numbers of Russian tanks and planes, he and his men are doomed until famed German tank ace, Michael Wittmann, shows up in his Tiger Tank and saves the day. Once wounded, Klaus is transferred to Normandy to serve under Field Marshal Rommel just days before the Allied invasion. Much to his surprise, he finds that his beloved Klaudia is also stationed nearby as a field nurse. Unfortunately, so is her father, who is working with the French resistance and now finds himself pursued by the ruthless Gestapo officer Brahms, whose search leads him to Klaus and Klaudia attempting a rescue. They are caught and imprisoned. As D-Day begins and the Allies attack from the beaches and the sky, they escape from the prison, fighting the Gestapo in the middle of the biggest invasion in world history... Written by tino struckmann

A Battle Journal

1981

A man, feeling guilty and depressed over a life-and-death decision he made while rock climbing, which left his friend dead, regains hope and the will to live when an elderly man gives him a diary belonging to a soldier during the Korean War.

Samrat Ashoka

1992

The life story of emperor Ashoka.

The Chinese Amazons

1975

Taiwanese war film directed by Li Chia.

Pawns

2019

Pawns

2019

A game of chess with his granddaughter will ignite David's long forgotten memories from the Spanish Civil War.
star 8.5

Defenders

2017

Defenders

2017

star 8.5
Based on the true battle. August 31st, 1937. The Kuomintang Commander Yao Ziqing was ordered to protect Baoshan County. The Japanese army used land, sea and air forces to attack Yao's troops and tried to capture Baoshan County. Yao must stop Japenese army, no matter how hard it is.
star 5.5

The Murmuring

1995

The Murmuring

1995

star 5.5
Every Wednesday at noon, women who were kidnapped for sexual purpose by the Japanese army during its imperialism and their supporters demonstrate against Japanese government to request official apology and indemnity for their crimes. This documentary portrays sexually abused old women's suppressed story of overcoming of their shame and forced silence.

Closed to the Light

2021

In a moment captured in time, die-hard Italian fascists conduct reprisal executions of civilians in Lombardy during World War II.

Hingerichtet von der SS

2012

star 4.7
1945 - The war is lost. But the fanatical Waffen SS is still fighting and prolongs the madness of killing. An officer is given the task of taking Adolf Hitler's uniform to the tailor for repair. But it gets lost in the turmoil of war. Today in the present, a Mafia boss gets the crazy idea to clone the "Führer" with the help of the uniform. The madness takes its course...

Escape from Auschwitz

2009

The truth about the Auschwitz death camp was one of the most closely guarded secrets of the Third Reich. Prisoners who tried to escape were killed in public as an example to other inmates. Very few ever made it out alive. Escape From Auschwitz tells the incredible story of two young Slovak Jews, Rudolph Vrba and Alfred Wetzler, who managed to escape, determined to tell the world about the atrocities being committed by the Nazis at the camp, which resulted in the saving of thousands of lives.

Strangers To The World

2020

star 5
A short documentary about the lives of Etty Hillesum and Franz Jaegerstaetter.

Submarine Number One

1941

This 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.

The Gettysburg Story

2013

A documentary about the Battle of Gettysburg during the US Civil War.
star 5.9

Major 'Whirlwind'

1967

Major 'Whirlwind'

1967

star 5.9
The Nazis planted explosives to blow up the cities of Krakow and Prague, but the underground resistance in Poland works with the Russians to stop the disaster.

Wife or Country

1918

Sylia Hamilton rehabilitates an alcoholic attorney and marries him. When World War I breaks out, she is persuaded to help the German cause and later commits suicide rather than compromise her husbands career.