Popular War Movies - Page 46
Israel and Gaza: Into the Abyss
2024
star 8.8This deeply affecting documentary follows a small number of Israelis and Gazans through the most dramatic and tragic year of their lives. Using personal and previously unseen footage, it tells the story of the war in Gaza and the October 7 attacks through deeply emotional stories from both sides of the conflict. In Gaza, the film follows three individuals from reaction to the October 7th attacks to the start of the bombing by the Israeli military and to the loss of family members that all three suffer. In Israel, we witness footage of the Israeli characters, as they and their family members are attacked by Hamas on October 7th and then follow their stories through the year.Active Stealth
1999
Active Stealth
1999
star 3.5After Captain Murphy lost some of his men on his last mission to Mexico to bring back a US Senator, he has been plagued with unhappiness and bad dreams. When Murphy is given orders to go back to Mexico to help Mexican people slaving for Salvatore, a rich drug dealer, he must use a new technology plane to get there. The plane is technically advanced with a new protection luxury called 'Active Stealth'. Murphy and his men get aboard the 'Active Stealth', piloted by Hollywood who dreams of being an actor and embark to Mexico. The action never stops from then on when Salvatore sends his men in to block them from getting through.Betrayed
1954
Betrayed
1954
star 5.6When the Dutch resistance brings in Carla Van Oven to spy on the Nazis, Col. Pieter Deventer initially suspects she could be a double agent. Van Oven eventually convinces Deventer of her character, and when she is sent into occupied territory, she joins up with a rebel leader known as "The Scarf". As the resistance endures severe losses and their missions fail, Deventer starts to wonder whose side Van Oven is fighting on.The History of Love
2016
The History of Love
2016
star 6.4The story of a long-lost book that mysteriously reappears and connects an old man searching for his son with a girl seeking a cure for her mother's loneliness.Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious
1965
star 6.9A lonely German clerk captures two American flyers and keeps them as prisoners in his basement long after WWII has ended.1941
1979
1941
1979
star 5.8In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads a mob chasing a Japanese sub.Rules of Engagement
2000
Rules of Engagement
2000
star 6.3A Marine Colonel is brought to court-martial after ordering his men to fire on demonstrators surrounding the American embassy in Yemen.Burning at Both Ends
2021
Burning at Both Ends
2021
star 6The movie follows a group of resistance radio broadcasters in Nazi-occupied France as they evade capture alongside a Jewish family.Zulu Dawn
1979
Zulu Dawn
1979
star 6.1In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.Camille
2019
Camille
2019
star 7.1Camille, a young idealistic photojournalist, goes to the Central African Republic to cover the civil war that is brewing up. What she sees there will change her destiny forever.The Way Ahead
1944
The Way Ahead
1944
star 6.5A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry and Sergeant Ned Fletcher when they are called up to replace an infantry battalion that had suffered casualties at Dunkirk.The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961
star 8.4After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his dear wife and his old life, Kaji faces great odds in a variety of different harrowing circumstances as he and his fellow men sneak behind enemy lines.The Caine Mutiny
1954
The Caine Mutiny
1954
star 7.2When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardize his ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny.Kill Them All and Come Back Alone
1968
star 6.1During the American Civil War, a Confederate prisoner, Clyde McKay, attempts to steal a box of gold from a Union prison camp. He is aided by a group of prisoners and a prison guard but he is double-crossed along the way.The Trojan Horse
1961
The Trojan Horse
1961
star 5.4Trojan hero Aeneas battles to save his city from the Greeks, but once Troy falls, he leads the 600 survivors to Italy and founds the city of Rome.Iron Eagle II
1988
Iron Eagle II
1988
star 4.5Chappy Sinclair is called to gather together a mixed Soviet/U.S. strike force that will perform a surgical strike on a massively defended nuclear missile site in the Middle East. Chappy finds that getting the Soviet and U.S. Pilots to cooperate is only the most minor of his problems as he discovers someone in the Pentagon is actively sabotaging his mission.Eighteen
2005
Eighteen
2005
star 4.2Pip, a street kid just turning 18, receives his grandfather's World War II-era memoirs and discovers parallels to his own life.The Killing Fields
1984
The Killing Fields
1984
star 7.5New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran and American photojournalist Al Rockoff. When the U.S. Army pulls out amid escalating violence, Schanberg makes exit arrangements for Pran and his family. Pran, however, tells Schanberg he intends to stay in Cambodia to help cover the unfolding story — a decision he may regret as the Khmer Rouge rebels move in.Uncivil Warriors
1935
Uncivil Warriors
1935
star 6.2Set in the civil war, the stooges are spies for the north. They impersonate southern officers and infiltrate the enemy ranks to get valuable information. On the run when they are discovered, they hide in a cannon and are blown back to their northern headquarters.The 300 Spartans
1962
The 300 Spartans
1962
star 6.4Essentially true story of how Spartan king Leonidas led an extremely small army of Greek Soldiers (300 of his personal body guards from Sparta) to hold off an invading Persian army now thought to have numbered 250,000.
