Popular War Movies - Page 195
The First Train Runs in Hiroshima
2015
star 4Only 3 days after A-bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a streetcar started running through the town burned to the ground. The drivers were teenage girls working for the train company in place of men. The drama is based on a true story of people who strived for the restoration.Woman
1918
Woman
1918
star 4.5A series of stories reflecting the changing position of women in the world, including the familiar tales of Adam and Eve, Messalina and Claudius, Abelard and Heloise, Cyrene and the Fisherman, as well as that of a young girl and an officer in the American Civil War.Sol en llamas
1962
Sol en llamas
1962
star 5.4A powerful rancher loses his power and wealth during the Revolution, and his daughter falls in love with a revolutionary.Operation Enemy Fort
1962
Operation Enemy Fort
1962
Soldiers on the front lines in China during World War II are besieged by guerrilla attacks and attempt to destroy an enemy fort.Battle at Bloody Beach
1961
star 4.3This is only the second Audie Murphy movie set in WWII after his autobiographical "To Hell and Back." Here Murphy steps out of his usual kid-Western role to play a civilian working for the Navy helping supply guerilla insurgents in the Philippines. His sole motive is not politics nor bravery, but to find his bride from whom he was separated during the Japanese invasion two years beforeRailroad Tigers
2016
Railroad Tigers
2016
star 6.1A railroad worker in China in 1941 leads a team of freedom fighters against the Japanese in order to get food for the poor.The Last Post
2001
The Last Post
2001
star 10October 1982: War is waged between Britain and Argentina over the Falkland Islands. A British soldier stumbles upon an Argentinean soldier. They share a few minutes of uneasy respite before national hostilities re-emerge.Harlan: In the Shadow of Jew Süss
2008
star 6Though almost forgotten today, Veit Harlan was one of Nazi Germany's most notorious filmmakers. His most perfidious film was the treacherous anti-Semitic propaganda film Jud Süß - required viewing for all SS members. This documentary is an eye-opening examination of World War II film history as well as the story of a German family from the Third Reich to the present; one that is marked by reckoning, denial and liberation.The Liberace of Baghdad
2005
Held up in a heavily fortified Baghdad hotel, Iraq's most famous pianist Samir Peter tries to survive the "peace" of post-war Iraq as he waits for his visa that will grant him a new life in America.The War Dogs
1991
Incomplete Memories
2015
Incomplete Memories
2015
star 4An Azerbaijanian veteran of battle for Brest fortress takes gun again 50 years later - to defend Nagorny Karabakh from Armenians.Junior G-Men of the Air
1942
star 6A group of street kids battle a terrorist gang led by a Japanese spy.The Counterfeiters
2010
The Counterfeiters
2010
star 4.7The plot revolves around Bernard – a schoolfriend of Olivier's who is preparing for his bac – discovering he is a bastard and taking this as a welcome pretext for running away from home. He spends a night in Olivier's bed (where Olivier describes a recent visit to a prostitute and how he did not find the experience very enjoyable). After Bernard steals the suitcase belonging to Edouard, Olivier's uncle, and the ensuing complications, he is made Edouard's secretary. Olivier is jealous and ends up in the hands of the cynical and downright diabolical Comte de Passavant, who travels with him to the Mediterranean.Going Home
1944
Going Home
1944
star 4.9Pvt. Snafu's unit suffers the consequences of blabbing military secrets while on leave at home.Joe's War
2017
Prisoner of the Mountains
1996
star 6.7Two Russian soldiers, one battle-seasoned and the other barely into his boots and uniform, are taken prisoner by an anxious Islamic father from a remote village hoping to trade them for his captured son.Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
2004
star 8When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.The Virtuous Sin
1930
The Virtuous Sin
1930
star 4.3Marya gets friendly with General Platoff in order to save her husband Victor from being executed.A Place To Stand
2002
A Place To Stand
2002
Actor Wi Kuki Kaa plays Tiare, a Vietnam War veteran who is dislocated by his experiences of war, and homelessness. He wanders the city streets, collecting ephemera in plastic bags. Nancy Brunning plays his daughter, who, with her own daughter, visits their reluctant koro to convince him to visit his ancestral home. The result is a moving story about a man jolted to find his turangawaewae, and the whanau that helps him get there. (NZ On Screen)
