War Movies
Hellcats of the Navy

Hellcats of the Navy

Hellcats of the Navy
IMDb: 5.6
82

Future “first couple” Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis made their only joint film appearance in Hellcats of the Navy. Ronnie plays Casey Abbott, commander of a WW2 submarine, while Nancy…

Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
IMDb: 7.3
108

A Roman Catholic nun and a hard-bitten US Marine are stranded together on a Japanese-occupied island in the South Pacific during World War II. Under constant threat of discovery by…

Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
The Guns of Fort Petticoat

The Guns of Fort Petticoat

The Guns of Fort Petticoat
IMDb: 6.3
82

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…

Genre: Action, War, Western
A Farewell to Arms

A Farewell to Arms

A Farewell to Arms
IMDb: 5.8
152

An English nurse and an American soldier on the Italian front during World War I fall in love, but the horrors surrounding them test their romance to the limit.

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
The Enemy Below

The Enemy Below

The Enemy Below
IMDb: 7.4
97

The crew of the American destroyer escort, the USS Haynes, detects a German U-Boat—resulting in a prolonged, deadly battle of wits.

Genre: War
Don’t Go Near the Water

Don’t Go Near the Water

Don’t Go Near the Water
IMDb: 6.1
107

Madison Avenue-trained Navy men handle public relations on a South Pacific island during World War II.

The Deep Six

The Deep Six

The Deep Six
IMDb: 6
105

The conflict between duty and conscience is explored in the WWII drama The Deep Six. Alan Ladd stars as Naval gunnery officer Alec Austin, a Quaker whose sincere pacifist sentiments…

Genre: Drama, War
The Mysterians

The Mysterians

The Mysterians
IMDb: 6.1
89

In Japan, scientifically advanced invaders from the war-destroyed planet Mysteroid cause an entire village to vanish, then send a giant robot out to storm the city by night, after which…

China Gate

China Gate

China Gate
IMDb: 6.2
97

Near the end of the French phase of the Vietnam War, a group of mercenaries are recruited to travel through enemy territory to the Chinese border.

Genre: Action, Drama, War
The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Bridge on the River Kwai
IMDb: 8.1
161

The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow…

Genre: Drama, History, War
The Betrayal

The Betrayal

The Betrayal
IMDb: 6.1
82

Fourteen years after he was blinded in a WWII concentration camp, a Canadian perfume executive travels to London on business and recognizes the voice of the traitor who betrayed him…

Genre: Crime, War
Seven Thunders

Seven Thunders

Seven Thunders
IMDb: 6.3
100

Escaping British prisoners of war hide out in German occupied France.

Genre: Drama, War
Battle Hymn

Battle Hymn

Battle Hymn
IMDb: 6.2
109

Dean Hess, who entered the ministry to atone for bombing a German orphanage, decides he’s a failure at preaching. Rejoined to train pilots early in the Korean War, he finds…

Genre: Drama, War
Bitter Victory

Bitter Victory

Bitter Victory
IMDb: 6.7
102

During the second world war, two British officers, Brand and Leith, who have never seen combat, are assigned a vital mission. Their relationship and the operation are complicated by the…

Genre: Drama, War
War and Peace

War and Peace

War and Peace
IMDb: 6.7
208

Napoleon’s tumultuous relations with Russia including his disastrous 1812 invasion serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of two aristocratic families.

Toward the Unknown

Toward the Unknown

Toward the Unknown
IMDb: 6.5
115

Tortured into a false confession while a POW in Korea, Major Lincoln Bond returns to active service as a test pilot. Determined to clear his name, Bond battles a hard-nosed…

Genre: Drama, War
A Town Like Alice

A Town Like Alice

A Town Like Alice
IMDb: 7.2
117

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…

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
The Forty-First

The Forty-First

The Forty-First
IMDb: 7.5
88

An unexpected romance occurs for a female Red Army sniper and a White Army officer.

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Screaming Eagles

Screaming Eagles

Screaming Eagles
IMDb: 5.8
79

A group of young soldiers parachute into France in preparation for D-Day.

Genre: Drama, War
Reach for the Sky

Reach for the Sky

Reach for the Sky
IMDb: 7.2
135

The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying accident to become a successful fighter pilot and wing leader during World…

Genre: Drama, War
The Rack

The Rack

The Rack
IMDb: 6.8
100

Army Captain Edward Hall returns to the U.S. after two years in a prison camp in the Korean War. In the camp, he was brainwashed and helped the Chinese convince…

Genre: Drama, War
Private’s Progress

Private’s Progress

Private’s Progress
IMDb: 6.4
97

Stanley Windrush has to interrupt his university education when he is called up towards the end of the war. He quickly proves himself not to be officer material, but befriends…

Genre: Comedy, War
The Man Who Never Was

The Man Who Never Was

The Man Who Never Was
IMDb: 7.4
103

The true story of a British effort to trick the Germans into weakening Sicily’s defenses before the 1943 attack. A dead soldier is dressed as a British officer and outfitted…

Ill Met by Moonlight

Ill Met by Moonlight

Ill Met by Moonlight
IMDb: 6.5
104

Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island’s German commander and smuggle him to Cairo to embarrass the occupiers.

Genre: Action, Adventure, War
A Hill in Korea

A Hill in Korea

A Hill in Korea
IMDb: 6.1
80

Based on real events, A Hill in Korea charts the fortunes of a small group of British soldiers serving in the Korean War. Out on a routine patrol, the soldiers…

Genre: Drama, History, War
High Flight

High Flight

High Flight
IMDb: 5.5
89

The Commanding Officer of an RAF Training School must deal with a difficult cadet, but the cadet reminds the C.O. of himself when young.

Genre: Drama, War
Helen of Troy

Helen of Troy

Helen of Troy
IMDb: 6.1
121

Prince Paris of Troy, shipwrecked on a mission to the king of Sparta, meets and falls for Queen Helen before he knows who she is. Rudely received by the royal…

The Great Locomotive Chase

The Great Locomotive Chase

The Great Locomotive Chase
IMDb: 6.8
85

During the Civil War, a Union spy, Andrews, is asked to lead a band of Union soldiers into the South so that they could destroy the railway system. However, things…

Three Stripes in the Sun

Three Stripes in the Sun

Three Stripes in the Sun
IMDb: 6.6
93

A racist sergeant stationed in post-war Japan finds himself softening towards the children and falling for a local woman.

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Friendly Persuasion

Friendly Persuasion

Friendly Persuasion
IMDb: 7.3
137

The 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…

Genre: Drama, War
The First Texan

The First Texan

The First Texan
IMDb: 6.2
82

After arriving in Texas to escape a scandal back east, lawyer Sam Houston just wants to hang out his shingle, keep a low profile, and stay out of any political…

Genre: History, War, Western
Valley of Peace

Valley of Peace

Valley of Peace
IMDb: 7.5
82

When the planes bombed a Slovene town, a Slovene boy and a German girl set on a journey towards the valley, in which there is no war. On their way…

Genre: Drama, War
D-Day the Sixth of June

D-Day the Sixth of June

D-Day the Sixth of June
IMDb: 5.9
106

En route to Normandy, an American and a British officer reminisce in flashback about their romances with the same woman.

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
The Conqueror

The Conqueror

The Conqueror
IMDb: 3.7
111

Mongol chief Temujin battles against Tartar armies and for the love of the Tartar princess Bortai. Temujin becomes the emperor Genghis Khan.

The Cockleshell Heroes

The Cockleshell Heroes

The Cockleshell Heroes
IMDb: 6.5
97

During WW2, German ships are “safely” docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them.

Genre: War
The Bold and the Brave

The Bold and the Brave

The Bold and the Brave
IMDb: 5.8
87

An assortment of American types come together in the Italian campaign of 1944.

Genre: Drama, History, War
The Burmese Harp

The Burmese Harp

The Burmese Harp
IMDb: 8
117

In Burma during the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier separated from his unit disguises himself as a Buddhist monk to escape imprisonment as a POW.

Genre: Drama, War
Between Heaven and Hell

Between Heaven and Hell

Between Heaven and Hell
IMDb: 6.6
94

Sam Gifford remembers : In prewar years he was an arrogant southern cotton plantation owner, married to the daughter of a colonel. At the beginning of the war he was…

Genre: Drama, War
Battle Stations

Battle Stations

Battle Stations
IMDb: 6.1
81

The crew of a U.S. Navy ship in World War II goes into battle against the Japanese fleet.

Genre: Drama, War
The Battle of the River Plate

The Battle of the River Plate

The Battle of the River Plate
IMDb: 6.6
119

In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open to supply the British Isles, facing…

Genre: Drama, History, War