Highest-Rated Movies about 'Behind Enemy Lines', Sort by Popularity

Top Secret! (1984), '71 (2014), Saints and Soldiers (2003), Son of Lassie (1945), Behind Enemy Lines (2001), Ten Tall Men (1951), Miracle at St. Anna (2008), Situation Hopeless -- But Not Serious (1965) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Behind Enemy Lines movies.

#1. Top Secret! (1984)

Storyline: This time Zucker and Abrahams are spoofing, most notably, Elvis films and WWII spy movies. Val Kilmer stars as Nick Rivers, a handsome American 50s-style rock and roll singer. While performing in East Germany, he falls in love with a beautiful heroine and becomes involved with the French Resistance.

Plot Keywords: singer, scientist, woman, agent, general, father, emotional ...

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#2. '71 (2014)

Storyline: A young British soldier is accidentally abandoned by his unit following a terrifying riot on the streets of Belfast in 1971. Unable to tell friend from foe, the raw recruit must survive the night alone and find his way to safety through a disorienting, alien and deadly landscape.

Plot Keywords: british soldier, recruit, alien, daughter, wife, british officer, suspenseful ...

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#5. Behind Enemy Lines (2001)

Storyline: Fighter navigator Chris Burnett wants out: he was looking for something more than the boring recon missions he's been flying. He finds himself flying the lone Christmas day mission over war-torn Bosnia. But when he talks pilot Stackhouse into flying slightly off-course to check out an interesting target, the two get shot down. Burnett is soon alone, trying to outrun a pursuing army, while commanding officer Reigert finds his rescue operation hamstrung by politics, forcing Burnett to run far out of his way.

Plot Keywords: naval officer, pilot, soldier, tracker, secret police, french officer, suspenseful ...

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#6. Ten Tall Men (1951)

Storyline: Sgt. Mike Kincaid of the French Foreign Legion learns, from a Riff prisoner, that an attack will soon be made by the villainous Hussin on the Legion's outpost of Tarfa. Kincaid volunteers to lead nine other Legionnaires on a mission to delay Hussin's attack till reinforcements arrive. When he discovers that Hussin plans to marry Mahla, a girl from a rival tribe, in order to build a coalition against the French, Kincaid kidnaps Mahla. Hussin forcefully takes her back, but by now his planned attack on Tarfa is crumbling and Mahla has begun to fall in love with Kincaid.—dinky-4 of Minneapolis

Plot Keywords: mercenary, daughter, thief, outlaw, sheik, beautiful woman, cheeky ...

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#7. Miracle at St. Anna (2008)

Storyline: Christmas, 1983. A New York postal clerk, a Buffalo Soldier in Italy in World War II, shoots a stranger. In his apartment, police find a valuable Italian marble head, missing since the war. Flashbacks tell the story of four Black soldiers who cross Tuscany's Serchio River, dodging German and friendly fire. With a shell-shocked boy in tow, they reach the village of Colognora. Orders via radio tell them to capture a German soldier for questioning about a counteroffensive. In the village, a beautiful woman, partisans that include a traitor and a local legend, the boy, and the story of a recent massacre connect to the postal worker's anguish forty years later. And the miracle?

Plot Keywords: reporter, detective, veteran, soldier, german soldier, commander, gripping ...

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#8. Situation Hopeless -- But Not Serious (1965)

Storyline: During World War II, two Americans are forced to bail out and parachute into a small German town. Herr Frick, being equal parts patriotic and lonely, keeps them as prisoners of war in his bomb shelter. While his prisoners go stir crazy, Herr Frick must decide if he's willing to lose their companionship by letting them know the war has ended.—Sean Starke <starke@worldcom.com>

Plot Keywords: pilot, german, american, soldier, clerk, prisoner of war, amusing ...

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#9. Age of Heroes (2011)

Storyline: Based on the real-life events of Ian Fleming's 30 Commando during World War II this is a story which takes our heroes from the edge of defeat on the beaches of Dunkirk to the mountains of Norway on a dangerous mission behind enemy lines that, if successful, could change the course of the war.—comingsoon.net

Plot Keywords: commando, commander, patriotic, thrilling, united kingdom, england, germany ...

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#10. Missing in Action (1984)

Storyline: Colonel James Braddock is an American officer who spent seven years in a North Vietnamese POW camp, then escaped 10 years ago. After the bloodiest war, Braddock accompanies a government investigation team that goes to Ho Chi Minh City to check out reports of Americans still held prisoner. Braddock gets the evidence then travels to Thailand, where he meets Tuck, an old Army buddy turned black market kingpin. Together, they launch a mission deep into the jungle to free the American POWs from General Trau.

Plot Keywords: colonel, friend, captive, veteran, government official, president, raw ...

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#11. The Last Drop (2005)

Storyline: In a daring attempt to end the war by Christmas, Winston Churchill and the British High Command hatch an extraordinary plan - Operation Market Garden. 35,000 British troops are dropped behind enemy lines in German occupied Holland. In the midst of the largest airborne invasion in history, one small unit of men, codename "Matchbox" has its own agenda. When Matchbox are shot down short of their landing zone, the odds of their success seem hopeless. Seven very different British soldiers find themselves separated from the Allied invasion, on a collision course with three renegade German soldiers who also want to lay claim to the horde.—RS

Plot Keywords: soldier, nazi, sharpshooter, tough guy, lieutenant, colonel, brash ...

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#12. Behind Enemy Lines (1997)

Storyline: During a special forces operation to prevent a Vietnamese general from purchasing nuclear triggers, Mike Weston's (Thomas Ian Griffith) partner, Jones (Chris Mulkey), is taken hostage. Mike escapes with the triggers and quits the Army. A year later, he learns Jones is still a prisoner in the jungle and decides to cooperate with the Army on a mission to rescue his friend. After arriving in Vietnam disguised as a tourist, Mike is captured by the general's men and taken to the prison camp.

Plot Keywords: ex-soldier, prisoner, sister, vietnamese man, general, partner, rousing ...

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#13. Sector 4: Extraction (2014)

Storyline: While on a top-secret mission in Sector 4, the most dangerous area of the Middle East, a team of Private Military Contractors known as Black Knight are ambushed and taken hostage. Team leader Nash Olsen (Olivier Gruner) escapes captivity and is rescued by the U.S. government, only to discover by Black Knight Commander (Eric Roberts) that a rescue mission is impossible. Forced to choose between his family or upholding the Black Knight motto "No One Left Behind," Nash begins a one-man rescue attempt to save his team, discovering there may be more to this mission than he thinks.—Olivier Gruner

Plot Keywords: team leader, hostage, thrilling, dark, mission, middle east, risk ...

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