War Movies

Jew Suss: Rise and Fall

2010

star 5.4
This intricate historical drama tells the story of actor Ferdinand Marian (Tobias Moretti), who is ordered by Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels to star in the 1940 anti-Semitic film Jew Suss. Despite his cooperation, Ferdinand's actions have unexpected costs. Ferdinand's Jewish wife, Anna (Martina Gedeck), is sent to a concentration camp, and as World War II intensifies, he rebels against the Nazis, leading to the destruction of his career.

Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: Bandit Flower

2017

star 6.3
Compilation film for Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt 2nd Season.

Victory Through Air Power

1943

star 5.6
This is a unique film in Disney Production's history. This film is essentially a propaganda film selling Major Alexander de Seversky's theories about the practical uses of long range strategic bombing. Using a combination of animation humorously telling about the development of air warfare, the film switches to the Major illustrating his ideas could win the war for the allies.
star 5.9

Farewell to the King

1989

Farewell to the King

1989

star 5.9
An American soldier who escapes the execution of his comrades by Japanese soldiers in Borneo during WWII becomes the leader of a personal empire among the headhunters in this war story told in the style of Joseph Conrad and Rudyard Kipling. The American is reluctant to rejoin the fight against the Japanese on the urging of a British commando team but conducts a war of vengeance when the Japanese attack his adopted people.

All Through the Night

1942

star 7
Broadway gamblers stumble across a plan by Nazi saboteurs to blow up an American battleship.
star 6.8

The Assault

1986

The Assault

1986

star 6.8
At the end of WWII the Dutch resistance kills a German officer in front of the house of a Dutch family. Years after the war the young boy who witnessed the killing runs into the members of the resistance who committed the killing.
star 6.3

Fort Ti

1953

Fort Ti

1953

star 6.3
Future horror-film entrepreneur William Castle warmed the director's chair for Fort Ti. Set in the 18th century, the film recounts the exploits of Rogers' Rangers, a band of adventurers devoted to seeking out a "northwest passage" through Canada. At this juncture, however, Major Rogers (Howard Petrie) is more concerned with helping the British forces at Fort Ticonderoga during a series of French and Indian raids. Top billing is bestowed upon George Montgomery as Captain Pedediah Horn, Rogers' right-hand man. The film boasts two leading ladies: Joan Vohs, as a suspected French spy, and Phyllis Fowler as a married Indian woman who falls in love with Captain Horn. Fort Ti was filmed in 3D, and in typical William Castle fashion the stereoscopic gimmick is exploited to the hilt.

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

1943

star 6.8
A small-town girl with a soft spot for American soldiers wakes up the morning after a wild farewell party for the troops to find that she married someone she can't remember.
star 5.6

Immortal Sergeant

1943

Immortal Sergeant

1943

star 5.6
During WWII, a corporal in the desert reminisces about the love he left behind and faces uncertainty about his strength as a leader.
star 4.4

P.O.W. The Escape

1986

P.O.W. The Escape

1986

star 4.4
Col. Cooper leads a group of American P.O.W.s, battling their way to freedom as Saigon falls to the Viet Cong.
star 6.3

Retreat, Hell!

1952

Retreat, Hell!

1952

star 6.3
During the Korean War, a U.S. Marine battalion must fight its way out of a frozen mountain pass despite diminishing supplies, freezing temperatures and constant attacks by overwhelming numbers of Chinese soldiers.
star 5.8

The Last Blood

1983

The Last Blood

1983

star 5.8
A soldier attacks his corrupt superior officer and is court marshalled but before he can be sent to a firing squad he escapes...
star 6.6

Ay, Carmela!

1990

Ay, Carmela!

1990

star 6.6
Paulino and Carmela are husband and wife, troubadours touring the countryside during the Spanish Civil War. They are Republicans, and with their mute assistant, Gustavete, they journey into rebel territory by mistake. They are arrested, fear a firing squad, and receive a reprieve from an Italian Fascist commander who loves the theatre. He arranges a performance for his troops, bargaining with Paulino to stage a burlesque of the republic in exchange for the actors' freedom. Will the fiery and patriotic Carmela consent?
star 6.6

The Gallant Hours

1960

The Gallant Hours

1960

star 6.6
A semi-documentary dramatization of five weeks in the life of Vice Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey, Jr., from his assignment to command the U.S. naval operations in the South Pacific to the Allied victory at Guadalcanal.
star 8.5

Broken Keys

2023

Broken Keys

2023

star 8.5
In a war-torn Middle Eastern city where music has been banned by Islamic extremists, Karim, a brilliant musician, struggles to rebuild his destroyed piano while trying to escape to Europe.

Puppet Master X: Axis Rising

2012

star 4.4
After foiling a plan to blow up an American arms plant, Danny and Beth quickly find that one of Toulon's puppets has been kidnapped by the Nazis, and his life-giving serum has been synthesized to create a master race of unstoppable soldiers.
star 4.1

Beau Ideal

1931

Beau Ideal

1931

star 4.1
An American joins the French Foreign Legion in order to rescue a boyhood friend.
star 6.1

The Elusive Corporal

1962

The Elusive Corporal

1962

star 6.1
The story serves as a companion piece to Renoir's 1937 film, Grand Illusion, once more bringing together men from across the broad social spectrum of French society to depict one man's Sisyphean efforts to escape captivity in a German POW camp.
star 6.5

Spies

1943

Spies

1943

star 6.5
The doltish but self-confident and self-congratulatory Private Snafu is in possession of a military secret during World War II. Over the course of the day, spouting rhymed couplets, he divulges the secret a little at a time to listening Axis spies. He tells his mom some of the secret when he calls her from a phone booth; the rest he spills to a dolly dolly spy who plies him with liquor. Snafu's loose lips put himself at risk.
star 5.5

First Light

2010

First Light

2010

star 5.5
In May 1940, feeling the RAF needs every man to fight to Luftwaffe, Geoffrey 'Boy' Wellum joins at 18, becoming the youngest ever Spitfire pilot. After an intense training, he soon bonds with the flying men of his squadron. In the air, danger is great, but on the ground drinks, sports and girls, in Geoff's case Sarah, provide great comfort. However in time, the casualties exact a grueling psychological toll, until his tour of duty is ended after 18 months.