Went the Day Well? (1942), Bat 21 (1988), Bitter Victory (1958), Fury (2014), Five Graves to Cairo (1943), Man Hunt (1941), Night Train to Munich (1940), Decision Before Dawn (1951) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Behind Enemy Lines movies.
Storyline: A World War II movie set on a Pacific island. Japanese and Allied forces occupy different parts of the island. When a group of British soldiers are sent on a mission behind enemy lines, things don't go exactly to plan. This movie differs in that some of the "heros" are very reluctant, but they come good when they are pursued by the Japanese, who are determined to prevent them returning to base.—Rob Hartill
Plot Keywords: war, world war ii, action, adventure, drama, british film, american film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Set in the Philippines in 1945 towards the end of WWII, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Mucci and Captain Robert Prince, the 6th Ranger Battalion undertake a daring rescue mission against all odds. Traveling thirty miles behind enemy lines, they intend to liberate over 500 American Soldiers from the notorious Cabanatuan Japanese POW camp in the most audacious rescue ever.
Plot Keywords: war, history, world war ii, military operation, rescue, true story, philippines ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A bumbling teacher turns out to be the double of a German general. He is flown into Germany to impersonate the general and cause chaos and hilarity in a Hitler Youth college.—D.Giddings <darren.giddings@newcastle.ac.uk>
Plot Keywords: comedy, world war ii, spy, british film, black comedy, military, 1940s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In World War II, the greatest threat to the British Navy is the German battleship Tirpitz. Being anchored in a Norwegian fjord, it is impossible to attack it with any chance of success. But the Navy trains a special commando to attack it, using little submarines to plant underwater explosives under it.—Mattias Thuresson
Plot Keywords: war, world war ii, british, navy, submarine, military operation, historical ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: On the day of his retirement, Rear Admiral Jonathan L. Scott reflects on his role in introducing aircraft carriers to the U.S. Navy. After World War I, there was a general downsizing of the military. There were only limited opportunities to create a carrier-bound air capability. The aircraft were not designed specifically for landing on a flat top and several death occur during training. Over the years however, Scott is one of several men who pursue their dream of aircraft carriers and aircraft specifically designed for that purpose. Their worth is proved in World War II at the Battle of Midway and throughout the war.—garykmcd
Plot Keywords: war, history, military, action, drama, adventure, suspense ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In the Mediterranean in 1941 the Italians start using underwater chariots to mine the undersides of allied ships. Explosives expert Lionel Crabbe arrives in Gibraltar to organise defenses, but finds only two British divers available to help him. Even more worrying, it seems likely that the Italians are secretly using neutral Spain across the bay as their key base.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
Plot Keywords: war, history, military, world war ii, submarine, british, navy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Experimental aircraft of several countries are mysteriously vanishing during test flights over the sea. The latest is British, and Hammond of the Secret Service, comical but competent, investigates undercover. Also interested is waitress Kay, a disguised reporter, and Hammond's sister. The government and plane manufacturer Barrett think the whole business is just coincidence, but the "Viking", ostensible salvage ship controlled by a foreign power, has much to do with it.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: war, spy, mystery, british, 1930s, film noir, thriller ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Sam Gallagher (Pat O'Brien), a former foreign correspondent and now a United States Government agent, gets a job through his brother Jeff (Chester Morris), whom he has not seen in seven years, in the Seaboard Shipyards as a "pileback" in order to track down a gang of Nazi spies who are plotting to sabotage the shipyards. Jill McCann (Carole Landis),an FBI agent, poses as Sam's wife, and two children, 6-year-old Paul (Richard Lyon), and 4-year-old-Joan (Carol Nugent),complete his "cover family." THe set-up looks fishy to Jeff, and he imparts his suspicions to Lea Damoran (Ruth Warrick, the girl both brothers had courted in the old days. Meanwhile, Sam works hard and makes friends with most of the men in his crew. He gets a line on the saboteurs and one by one, their identities are revealed to him. The Nazis, led by Brownell (Tom Tully)who, in reality, is Colonel Von Braun of the German Gestapo, plan to blow up the yard while an aircraft carrier is docked there. Jeff's noisy investigations bid to intentionally hamper Sam's plans to abort the Nazi plan.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: war film, world war ii, film noir, action film, thriller, drama, crime film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Lieutenant Braden discovers that Sally, the woman he's been falling in love with, has actually been checking out his qualifications to be a U.S. Navy frogman. He must put his personal life behind him after being assigned to be smuggled into a Japanese-held island via submarine to photograph radio codes.—Martin H. Booda <booda@datasync.com>
Plot Keywords: war, submarine, world war ii, military, spy, adventure, action ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An Englishman impersonates an imprisoned German officer and "returns" to Germany to become a national hero. A female German spy is assigned to check him out but falls in love with him.
Plot Keywords: spy, world war ii, military, adventure, mystery, drama, film noir ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: It's the fall of 1938, and Prime Minister Chamberlain has just signed the Munich Agreement with Adolph Hitler. An RAF officer complains about England's ongoing capitulation to Germany. After a night of drinking, he paints swastikas on Nelson's Monument. The RAF discharges him as unfit to be an officer. An acquaintance enlists him in the British secret service. He meets and courts a German woman from a prominent family. Her brother is highly placed in the Nazi propaganda works. The Germans recruit him and he gives radio broadcasts from Berlin to England, as the voice of truth. His broadcasts have a code that give the British military information. All goes well until his cover is blown and he and his German girlfriend must try to escape.—SimonJack
Plot Keywords: war, world war ii, spy, nazi, berlin, military, espionage ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In 1915, German Counter-Intelligence Chief Von Sturm learns that someone is providing the British with critical strategic planning for the Turkish theater. He suspects Ali Bey, Turkish commander for the Dardanelles, and dispatches Annemarie to Constantinople to secure the proof. En route she becomes involved with Douglas Beall, a footloose American. Complications ensue, requiring Annemarie to engage in some dangerous improvisations.—Stephen Bayer <sbayer@zycor.lgc.com>
Plot Keywords: spy, war, romance, adventure, drama, historical, mystery ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A mysterious gunman searches for his lost identity.
Plot Keywords: war, world war ii, britain, germany, spy, military, history ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Count Orlof, one of Catherine of Russia's many overnight favourites, travels to Venice on her behalf to abduct Elizabeth Tarakanova who has been laying claim to the throne from the Crimea. Once there, he finds the local charms of the Princess hard to resist.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
Plot Keywords: adventure, action, historical, war, drama, mystery, thriller ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: During the Iraq War, U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Shane Matthews is a sniper who is sent to investigate a pipeline construction site in the desert of the country, with his spotter, Sergeant Allen Isaac. The pair patiently wait 22 hours on over-watch before determining that the site is clear. Matthews proceeds to investigate the site, but is shot by an Iraqi sniper. Isaac tries to rescue the dying Matthews, but he is also wounded in the right knee and has his radio damaged and his water bottle destroyed in the process..
Plot Keywords: action, sci-fi, thriller, mystery, war, survival, psychological ...
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