Movies123 - WAR Movies

The CourtMartial of Billy Mitchell (1955) The true story of General Billy Mitchell, a pioneering crusader for the Army's fledgling air corp. In spite of an impressive performance during the First World War, the commanders of America's armed forces still think of the airplane as little more then a ca

Ship of Fools (1965) 1933: An ocean liner belonging to a second-rate German company is making a twenty-six day voyage from Veracruz, Mexico to Bremerhaven, Germany. Along the way it will stop in Cuba to pick up a large group of Spanish farm laborers who are being shipped home and who will be housed

The Sultan and the Saint (2016) Two men of faith, one a traveling Christian preacher, the other the ruler of a Muslim Empire, bucked a century of war, distrust, and insidious propaganda in a search for mutual respect and ...

Rick (Michael Denison) is a costal command pilot patrolling the English Channel for U-Boats. He sinks what he believes is a German submarine, but which later proves to be British. He is charged with neglect and volunteers for a perilous mission. Meanwhile, his girlfriend Mona (Patricia Plunkett), th

On the Double (1961) American GI Ernie Williams, admittedly weak-kneed, has an uncanny resemblance to British Colonel MacKenzie. Williams, also a master of imitation and disguise, is asked to impersonate the Colonel, ostensibly to allow the Colonel to make a secret trip East. What Williams is not to

The Way Ahead (1944) A group of conscripts are called up into the infantry during WWII. At first they appear a hopeless bunch but their sergeant and Lieutenant have faith in them and mould them into a good team. When they go into action in N. Africa they realise what it's all about.

North Korean Partisan in South Korea (1990) South Korean production exploring a North Korean perspective of the long, grueling account of the Korean War based on memoirs of Lee Tae, former news agency correspondent who fought for North Korean partisans.

It Happened Here (1965) It is the Second World War. The Nazis have invaded Britain. There is a split between the resistance and those who prefer to collaborate with the invaders for a quiet life. The protagonist, a nurse, is caught in the middle.

Why We Fight (2005) He may have been the ultimate icon of 1950s conformity and postwar complacency, but Dwight D. Eisenhower was an iconoclast, visionary, and the Cassandra of the New World Order. Upon departing his presidency, Eisenhower issued a stern, cogent warning about the burgeoning "mil

Time Limit (1957) Military investigator Colonel William Edwards is assigned a case involving Major Harry Cargill, a Korean War prisoner of war who is accused of aiding the enemy. Although Cargill admits his guilt and Edwards' superiors are impatiently pushing him to move this case to court-martial,

Joe Maddisons War 2010 Tyneside ship builder Joe Maddison lost his faith in the trenches at the Somme in 1916 Now that World War Two has begun he is too old to enlist alongside his son and son in law and is also in a reserved occupation so, after his wife Polly has left him for a sailor,he joins the

Hubal 1973 Based on a true story After Poland is overrun by Axis forces in 1939, an officer and his remaining men decide to continue fighting the invaders alone, thereby becoming the first guerrillas of World War II

Since You Went Away (1944) While husband Tim is away during World War II, Anne Hilton copes with problems on the homefront. Taking in a lodger, Colonel Smollett, to help make ends meet and dealing with shortages and rationing are minor inconveniences compared to the love affair daughter Jane and the

Yokiro 1983 1933 20 years before, Katsuzo was in love with a geisha who gave him a daughter They tried to run away together but they were caught and the woman was killed under his eyes Now he is a zegen aka a pimp who sells girls to the Yokiro, the biggest geisha house in Southern Japan, run by Osod

Japans Longest Day (1967) Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to fight on, even to the de

Verboten! (1959) A young American serviceman, stationed in Germany after the fall of the Third Reich, jeopardises his position with the Marshall Plan relief effort by breaking the non-fraternisatiom rule and falling in love with a young German woman. He uses his position to obtain food and luxuries

The End Will Be Spectacular 2019 Zilan, a young woman, returns to her hometown looking for the traces of his dead brother, killed by the Islamic State But her town is not what it used to be social and political tensions have escalated into a state of war The people have risen to demand their politic

War Bus (1986) A group of soldiers in Vietnam, saving some missing in action soldiers in a schoolbus.

White Badge (1992) South Korea, 1979. Han Kiju is an alcoholic novelist who has never recovered from his year long tour as a volunteer soldier in Vietnam. When he's asked to write a book about the Korean soldiers who fought in Vietnam he's battered by flashbacks that remind him of the brutality and

The Hanoi Hilton (1987) A drama focusing on the suffering, torture, and brutal treatment the American P.O.W.s had to deal with daily while in North Vietnam's Hoa Lo Prison, the most infamous P.O.W. camp in Hanoi. The film focuses on the resistance the prisoners gave to their captors and the strong b

Imminent Threat (2015) From the Authorization to Use Military Force passed by Congress immediately after 9/11 to the 2014 NSA revelations from Edward Snowden, the documentary looks at the violations of our civil liberties and gradual deterioration of political discourse. Interviewees cross party lin

The Best of Enemies (1961) In 1941 the Italian and British forces face one another.Italian army Captain Blasi and his troops capture a British army Major Richardson and his pilot when their scout plane crashes. The Italians allow the two British prisoners to escape. A desperate Captain Blasi decides

Unprescribed (2020) Amid the opioid crisis and the loss of nearly 22 veterans a day to suicide, an increasing number of warfighters are ditching prescription drugs in favor of medical marijuana for PTSD and other trauma. We've been told that pot is bad, it's a gateway drug, only to learn we've been

Never So Few 1959 Captain Tom Reynolds and his band of skilled OSS operatives are in WWII Burma to arm and train the Kachin natives But jungle combat, particularly against a Japanese army as familiar with the terrain as the Kachin, is hazardous Some respite is found during leaves in the arms of beau

Naples 44 (2016) A British Intelligence Officer in Naples at the end of World War II: Norman Lewis's acknowledged masterpiece about a war-torn city and its unforgettable humanity.

Popiól i diament (1958) Maciek, a young Resistance fighter, is ordered to kill Szczuka, a Communist district leader, on the last day of World War II. Though killing has been easy for him in the past, Szczuka was a fellow soldier, and Maciek must decide whether to follow his orders.

Gatling Gun (1968) Richard Gatling wants to offer the machine gun he has invented to the government, but Tarpas has other ideas and kidnaps the man along with his prototype. Tanner then tries to track them down.

Tarawa Beachhead (1958) A marine sergeant witnesses a captain kill one of their men at Guadalcanal to cover his own incompetence, and fears he won't be believed because of rank, so finds the captain has gotten him...

BlockHeads (1938) It's 1938, but Stan doesn't know the war is over; he's still patrolling the trenches in France, and shoots down a French aviator. Oliver sees his old chum's picture in the paper and goes to visit Stan at the Soldier's Home. Thinking Stan is disabled (it's just that he's sitting on

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) Portrays in warm-hearted detail the life and loves of one extraordinary man. We meet the imposingly rotund General Clive Wynne-Candy, a blustering old duffer who seems the epitome of stuffy, outmoded values. Traveling backwards 40 years we see a different m

Five Graves to Cairo (1943) June, 1942. The British Army, retreating ahead of victorious Rommel, leaves a lone survivor on the Egyptian border--Corporal John Bramble, who finds refuge at a remote desert hotel...soon to be German HQ. To survive, Bramble assumes an identity which proves perilous. The

Battle Circus (1953) Nurse Lt. Ruth McGara is assigned to a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) unit near the front lines of the Korean War. There she meets and is roughly romanced by Major Jed Webbe, one of the unit's surgeons. Webbe is pushy and seems to care only for momentary pleasures, but McG

Dear Elza 2014 Mankind is natures greatest mistake In his actions echoes millions of years of instinct and a few geniuss ideas useless revolution End of 1942, eastern front, Ukraine Private Lombos, tied to his family and his homeland by a strong loyalty, is serving in the Royal Hungarian Army Due to

The Devastator (1986) This war's in your own backyard. Violent warfare erupts in Northern California when Vietnam vet Deacon Porter reassembles his Combat Strike Force to avenge the death of a commanding officer.

The Dawn Patrol (1938) In 1915 France, Major Brand commands the 39th Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps. The young airmen go up in bullet-riddled "crates" and the casualty rate is appalling, but Brand can't make the "brass hats" at headquarters see reason. Insubordinate air ace C

Malazgirt 1071 2022 The story of the war, which is the beginning of the history of Turks in Anatolia

Heroes Dont Come Home (2015) Deep in the woods of Maine, a broken promise made after the September 11th attacks forces two friends to confront the teenagers they were and the men they've become.

Klondike 2022 The story of a Ukrainian family living on the border of Russia and Ukraine during the start of the war Irka refuses to leave her house even as the village gets captured by armed forces Shortly after they find themselves at the center of an international air crash catastrophe on July 17

Haifa Street 2019 2006, Baghdad is ravaged by sectarian violence Haifa Street is the epicenter of the conflict Ahmed gets dropped off there by a taxi on his way to his beloved Suads home to ask for her hand for marriage, he gets shot by Salam, a sniper whos living his own personal hell on a rooftop

Suicide Commandos (1968) World War 2 - a British commando squad is tasked with attacking the "secret" German airfield from which German fighters have been attacking bombers which are trying to stop German tanks from reinforcing the D Day defences.

Kiliç Aslan (1975) When the king is murdered, his baby son and heir is hidden in the forest where he is abducted and raised by a pride of lions. As an adult he uses his beastly strength and claw-like hands to take revenge against the new king and his armies.

Seas Beneath (1931) In the waning days of WWI, a U.S. "Mystery Ship," sets sail for the coast of Spain towing a submarine. Their mission is to find and sink a U-boat that has been especially effective in attacking Allied shipping. Posing as a harmless schooner, the mystery ship is in fact

The Hook (1963) During an evacuation in the waning days of the Korean War, three American soldiers retrieve an enemy airman and take him prisoner aboard the civilian ship returning them to their lines. When an order comes down from their superiors to kill the prisoner, the sergeant in charge, Brisco

The Land of the Enlightened (2016) A gang of Afghan kids from the Kuchi tribe dig out old Soviet mines and sell the explosives to children working in a lapis lazuli mine. When not dreaming of the time when American troops finally withdraw from their land, another gang of children keeps tight control

Housewife, 49 2006 In the late 1930s Nella Last,a housewife aged 49,living in Barrow in Furness on the North West English coast,agrees to send details of her routine to the Mass observation project,a non governmental scheme designed to chronicle the lives of ordinary people When war comes Nella defi

Nazi Death Camp The Great Escape 2014 The October 14, 1943, mass escape from the Nazi death camp of Sobibor in Poland is recounted through the firsthand accounts of survivors Thomas Blatt, Philip Bialowitz, Selma Engel Wijnberg and Semjon Rozenfeld

Hell, Heaven or Hoboken (1958) The true story of how an impersonator was recruited to impersonate Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery to mislead the Germans about his intentions before the Normandy campaign.

Code Name, Red Roses (1968) During the Second World War, a major American seeks to recover, with the help of some partisans, a valuable memorandum from the hands of the Nazis.