War Movies

star 6.2

The Plainsman

1936

The Plainsman

1936

star 6.2
Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane and Buffalo Bill go up against Indians and a gunrunner.
star 5.8

Essential Killing

2010

Essential Killing

2010

star 5.8
A Taliban soldier struggles to survive after he escapes his captors and flees into the Polish countryside.
star 6.3

A Town Like Alice

1956

A Town Like Alice

1956

star 6.3
In 1941 Malaysia, the advancing Japanese army captures a lot of British territory very quickly. The men are sent off to labor camps, but they have no plan on what to do with the women and children of the British.
star 6.5

The Small Back Room

1949

The Small Back Room

1949

star 6.5
At the height of World War II, the Germans begin dropping a new type of booby-trapped bomb on England. Sammy Rice, a highly-skilled but haunted bomb-disposal officer, must overcome his personal demons to defeat this new threat.
star 8.1

Swing Kids

2018

Swing Kids

2018

star 8.1
Rebellious Ki-soo from North Korea is mesmerized by tap dance in prison camps. Ki-soo joins as a team member of a dance team named 'Swing Kids'. Yet suddenly, their dreams about dancing in prison camps are put in danger.
star 7.2

Toyland

2007

Toyland

2007

star 7.2
On a winter morning, a mother goes to waken her son Heinrich; his bed is empty. She leaves her flat to find him. The neighbors' door, with a Star of David painted on it, is ajar, the furnishings in disarray, the family gone. She asks passersby, runs to the police then on to the rail yard. Flashbacks show that Heinrich and the neighbors' son Paul are six years old and best friends. Paul's family's deportation is expected soon; Heinrich's mother tells her son that they're going to Toyland. Heinrich wants to go with them, has a bag packed, and listens for their departure. His mother realizes he's joined them, and her resolve becomes more urgent. Will she arrive in time to save Heinrich?
star 7.2

Olga

2004

Olga

2004

star 7.2
Based upon the true story of Olga Benário, the German-born wife of Brazilian communist leader Luís Carlos Prestes. During the dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas (1930-1945) she was arrested and sent to Nazi Germany, where she was put to death in a concentration camp. After World War II began, Vargas decided to uphold the Allies.
star 5.8

Lines of Wellington

2012

Lines of Wellington

2012

star 5.8
Passionate romance, brutal treachery, and selfless nobility are set against the background of Napoleon’s 1810 invasion of Portugal.
star 4.7

Dad's Army

1971

Dad's Army

1971

star 4.7
Dad's Army was a 1971 feature film based on the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army. Directed by Norman Cohen, it was filmed between series three and four and was based upon material from the early episodes of the television series. The film told the story of the Home Guard platoon's formation and their subsequent endeavours at a training exercise.

Ilsa: Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks

1976

star 4.8
Ilsa works for an Arab sheik who enjoys importing females to use as sex slaves.
star 6.7

Decision Before Dawn

1951

Decision Before Dawn

1951

star 6.7
WWII is entering its last phase: Germany is in ruins, but does not yield. The US army lacks crucial knowledge about the German units operating on the opposite side of the Rhine, and decides to send two German prisoners to gather information. The scheme is risky: the Gestapo retains a terribly efficient network to identify and capture spies and deserters. Moreover, it is not clear that "Tiger", who does not mind any dirty work as long as the price is right, and war-weary "Happy", who might be easily betrayed by his feelings, are dependable agents. After Tiger and another American agent are successfully infiltrated, Happy is parachuted in Bavaria. His duty: find out the whereabouts of a powerful German armored unit moving towards the western front.

Bastar: The Naxal Story

2024

star 4.7
Based on the Naxalite–Maoist insurgency in the Bastar district of Chhattisgarh, an army officer leads a mission to eradicate a group of Maoist separatist insurgents responsible for the massacre of a military troop.
star 6.3

Intimate Enemies

2007

Intimate Enemies

2007

star 6.3
A drama following a French platoon during Algeria's war of independence.
star 6.3

The Passage

1979

The Passage

1979

star 6.3
During WW 2, a Basque shepherd is approached by the underground, who wants him to lead a scientist and his family across the Pyrenees. While being pursued by a sadistic German.
star 6.3

The Littlest Rebel

1935

The Littlest Rebel

1935

star 6.3
Virgie Cary's father, a rebel officer, sneaks back to his rundown plantation to see his dying wife and is arrested. A Yankee officer takes pity and sets up an escape. Everyone is captured and the officers are to be executed. Virgie and Uncle Billy beg President Lincoln to intercede.
star 6.2

The Wings of Eagles

1957

The Wings of Eagles

1957

star 6.2
The story of Frank W. "Spig" Wead - a Navy-flyer turned screenwriter.

The Guns of Fort Petticoat

1957

star 6.3
Opposing his commanding officer's decision to attack a group of innocent Indians and wipe them out, Lt. Frank Hewitt leaves his post and heads home to Texas. He knows that the attack will send all of the tribes on the warpath and he wants to forewarn everyone. He gets a chilly reception back home however. With most of the men away having enlisted in the Confederate army Frank, a Union officer, is seen by the local women as a traitor. He convinces them of the danger that lies ahead and trains them to repel the attack that will eventually come.
star 6.8

Kawashima Yoshiko

1990

Kawashima Yoshiko

1990

star 6.8
This film is based on the life of Kawashima Yoshiko, originally Manchu princess who was the 14th daughter of Emperor Xu, later brought up as a Japanese and served as a spy in the service of the Japanese Kwantung Army and Manchukuo during the Second World War.
star 6.7

Railway Heroes

2021

Railway Heroes

2021

star 6.7
The historical story of an enemy fighting the wits and courage of an extraordinary brave group of ordinary heroes known as the "Lunan Railway Brigade" who desperately fight to defend their homeland.
star 6.5

Captain Newman, M.D.

1963

Captain Newman, M.D.

1963

star 6.5
In 1944, Capt. Josiah J. Newman is the doctor in charge of Ward 7, the neuropsychiatric ward, at an Army Air Corps hospital in Arizona. The hospital is under-resourced and Newman scrounges what he needs with the help of his inventive staff, especially Cpl. Jake Leibowitz. The military in general is only just coming to accept psychiatric disorders as legitimate and Newman generally has 6 weeks to cure them or send them on to another facility. There are many patients in the ward and his latest include Colonel Norville Bliss who has dissociated from his past; Capt. Paul Winston who is nearly catatonic after spending 13 months hiding in a cellar behind enemy lines; and 20 year-old Cpl. Jim Tompkins who is severely traumatized after his aircraft was shot down. Others come and go, including Italian prisoners of war, but Newman and team all realize that their success means the men will return to their units.