Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956), F.T.A. (1972), Seven Days in May (1964), Sergeant York (1941), And Now for Something Completely Different (1971), Snowden (2016), Shaurya (2008) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Army Base movies.
Storyline: Sentemental military comedy revolves around two contemporary army buddies, Master Sergeant Maxwell Slaughter (Jackie Gleason), a smooth operator, who supply Sergeant Eustis Clay (Steve McQueen) idolizes and hopes will join him as a civilian in a private business enterprise. Clay endeavors to be a player in the military, just like Slaughter, but it seems as though Clay still has a lot to learn from his mentor. They are joined by Tuesday Weld as a shrill dizzy blonde teenager named Bobby Jo Pepperdine and Tony Bill as bumbling Private First Class Jerry Meltzer, McQueen's screwball sidekick.—alfiehitchie
Plot Keywords: sergeant, military officer, friend, teen girl, endearing, engaging, army base ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Alton Meyer is a boy unlike any other in the world with bizarrely powerful abilities and strange weaknesses. In the middle of the night, his father, Roy, spirits him away from the isolated cult that practically worships him and is determined to regain him at all costs. At the same time, Alton's abilities have been noticed by the US government as well and they are equally insistent on getting to the bottom of this mystery with Paul Sevier of the National Security Agency leading the Federal pursuit with his own questions. These rival hunts force father and son into a desperate run towards a looming date with destiny that could change everything.
Plot Keywords: father, son, cult member, young boy, army officer, tense, thrilling ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: During WWII, the United States set up army bases in Great Britain as part of the war effort. Against their proper sensibilities, many of the Brits don't much like the brash Yanks, especially when it comes to the G.I.s making advances on the lonely British girls, some whose boyfriends are also away for the war. One Yank/Brit relationship that develops is between married John, an Army Captain, and the aristocratic Helen, whose naval husband is away at war. Helen does whatever she needs to support the war effort. Helen loves her husband, but Helen and John are looking for some comfort during the difficult times. Another relationship develops between one of John's charges, Matt, a talented mess hall cook, and Jean. Jean is apprehensive at first about even seeing Matt, who is persistent in his pursuit of her. Jean is in a committed relationship with the kind Ken, her childhood sweetheart who is also away at war. But Jean is attracted to the respect with which Matt treats her. Despite Ken and Jean getting engaged during one of his leaves, Jean and Matt continue to see each other and fall in love. Beyond the issue of Jean's mother's disdain for Yanks and Ken and Jean's engagement, Matt and Jean still have to overcome the differences between the two worlds in which they live. Regardless, the goings-on of the war may override any of their immediate wishes.—Huggo
Plot Keywords: soldier, military officer, young woman, socialite, friend, passionate, moving ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Mac's plans to settle down and raise a family are upset by the Korean War. He goes as a fighter pilot and returns a hero, the first triple ace of the war. His neighbors have built a home for Mac and his devoted wife and their three children. Now he has an offer to test pilot new Sabre Jets. His wife is uneasy but knows she cannot ground her man.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Plot Keywords: army recruit, teen boy, pilot, young woman, newlywed, army officer, suspenseful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Harry Hambridge (Pat Shortt ) a down on his luck builder finds out his father raised the flag in the 1916 rising. The Flag now hangs in a British Army Barracks. He makes up his mind to get it.
Plot Keywords: young man, father, soldier, airy, amusing, emotional, melodramatic ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Just after a young singer comes out with his first hit record, he is drafted into the Army.
Plot Keywords: singer, army officer, police officer, gang members, brash, brooding, cool ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A down-on-his-luck businessman desperately takes the only job offered - a teacher in the U.S. Army. His mission: keep a ragtag bunch of underachieving misfits from flunking out of basic training! Be on alert as this unlikely new teacher and his underdog class unexpectedly inspire each other to be all they can be!
Plot Keywords: teacher, drill instructor, student, soldier, divorcée, inspiring, uplifting ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: During the Korean War Sergeant Paul Ryker is accused of defecting to Communist China and then returning to his unit as a spy. He's court-martialed and sentenced to death but his attorney believes in Ryker's innocence and pleads for a new trial.—nufs68
Plot Keywords: war hero, army officer, sergeant, captain, wife, prosecutor, tense ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Featuring music instead of any dialogue and set in a near Kafkaesque future, this loose remake of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari follows a bureaucrat whom mysterious Dr. Ramirez and his hideous sidekick want as their latest victim.
Plot Keywords: army officer, african-american, baseball player, mother, attorney, joe louis, passionate ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A divorced socialite decides to join the Army because she hopes it will enable her to see more of her boyfriend, a Colonel. She soon encounters many difficulties with the Army lifestyle. Moreover, her ex-husband is working as a consultant with the Army, and he uses his position to disrupt her romantic plans by making her join a group of WACs who are testing new equipment.—Snow Leopard
Plot Keywords: socialite, senator, army officer, model, ex-husband, private, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Janie is a scatter-brained and high spirited teenage girl living in the small town of Hortonville. World War II causes the establishment of an army camp just outside town. Janie and her bobby soxer friends have their hearts set aflutter by the prospect of so many young soldiers residing nearby. Which fella will they choose? But if Janie's family has a say in the matter...—Thomas McWilliams <tgm@netcom.com>
Plot Keywords: teen girl, father, sister, soldier, mother, teen boy, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Sgt. Bilko is in charge of the Motor Pool at an Army base. He's also a good-natured con man, providing gambling facilities for the soldiers on base. When an old enemy from his past shows up to inspect his records and steal away his fianceé, Sgt. Bilko has to put his skills to creative use...
Plot Keywords: sergeant, army officer, soldier, fiancée, engineer, con artist, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Army private Johnny Grey (Victor Mature) and his company get a week's leave before shipping out. Learning from a radio program that he is heir to $100,000 from his great grandfather, Johnny and three of his fellow soldiers travel to New York to retrieve the inheritance. There they discover a provision that Johnny must marry into the Havelock-Allen family to inherit the money. Johnny, who is already engaged, hesitates -- until he meets the beautiful Terry Havelock-Allen (Lucille Ball).
Plot Keywords: private, soldier, friend, fiancée, wealthy woman, lawyer, lighthearted ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: When Noah Dugan agrees to fly missionary Bernadette Lafleur and her cargo of animals to a remote island, its only because he is on the run from a couple of bookies. What neither of them know is that two of Miss Lafleur's young students have stowed away with the animals & Miss Lafleur's transistor radio has interfered with the plane's instruments and they're all now miles off course. After a forced landing on a remote island, Dugan, Bernadette, Bobby and Julie discover that they are not alone. Together with two Japanese soldiers who have been stranded on the island since WWII, they must turn the plane into a seaworthy boat if they are ever to make it home. When Bobby and Julie insist that they cannot leave the animals behind, the converted plane truly becomes a second Noah's Ark—April M. Cheek <Aravis2713@aol.com>
Plot Keywords: pilot, american, animal, missionary, japanese soldier, child, engaging ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A Musical-romance with Dick Powell as a private stationed in Hawaii who gets involved with Ruby Keeler, the general's engaged daughter. In order to avoid a scandal, the pair break up, but meet again years later when Powell's at West Point producing the annual play that turns out to star Keeler.—Alessandro Martini <alemartini@geocities.com>
Plot Keywords: cadet, general, daughter, lieutenant, sergeant, amusing, passionate ...
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