Wings (1927), Red Cliff II (2009), Gettysburg (1993), Westfront 1918 (1930), Red Cliff (2008), Bataan (1943), Desperate Journey (1942), Heartbreak Ridge (1986) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best War Movie movies.
Storyline: Two brothers run a one-plane commuter service from a small Nantucket airport.
Plot Keywords: war, romance, silent film, classic, world war i, friendship, honor ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In this sequel to Red Cliff, Chancellor Cao Cao convinces Emperor Xian of the Han to initiate a battle against the two Kingdoms of Shu and Wu, who have become allied forces, against all expectations. Red Cliff will be the site for the gigantic battle.
Plot Keywords: war, history, action, epic, military, strategy, ancient ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The four and 1/4 hour depiction of the historical and personal events surrounding and including the decisive American civil war battle features thousands of civil war re-enactors marching over the exact ground that the federal army and the army of North Virginia fought on. The defense of the Little Round Top and Pickett's Charge are highlighted in the actual three day battle which is surrounded by the speeches of the commanding officers and the personal reflections of the fighting men. Based upon the novel 'The Killer Angels'.
Plot Keywords: war, history, american civil war, battle, military, drama, epic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A group of German infantrymen of the First World War live out their lives in the trenches of France. They find brief entertainment and relief in a village behind the lines, but primarily terror fills their lives as the attacks on and from the French army ebb and flow. One of the men, Karl, goes home on leave only to discover the degradation forced on his family by wartime poverty. He returns to the lines in time to face an enormous attack by French tanks.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
Plot Keywords: war, world war i, german film, black and white, anti-war, trenches, soldiers ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite all of China was to declare war on the kingdoms of Xu in the west and East Wu in the south. Thus began a military campaign of unprecedented scale, led by the Prime Minister, himself. Left with no other hope for survival, the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu formed an unlikely alliance. Numerous battles of strength and wit ensued, both on land and on water, eventually culminating in the battle of Red Cliff. During the battle, two thousand ships were burned, and the course of Chinese history was changed forever.
Plot Keywords: war, history, action, epic, military, strategy, ancient ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Japan has just invaded the Phillipines and the US Army attempts a desperate defence. Thirteen men are chosen to blow up a bridge on the Bataan peninsula and keep the Japanese from rebuilding it.—<khunt@eng.morgan.edu>
Plot Keywords: war, world war ii, philippines, combat, sacrifice, heroism, historical drama ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: When Flight Lt Forbes and his crew are shot down after bombing their target, they discover valuable information, about a hidden German aircraft factory, that must get back to England. In their way across Germany, they try and cause as much damage as possible. Then with the chasing Germans about to pounce, they come up with an ingenious plan to escape.—mike.wilson6@btinternet.com
Plot Keywords: war, action, adventure, world war ii, american film, 1940s, black and white ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: 1983. Thomas Highway (Clint Eastwood) is a well-decorated career military man in the United States Marine Corps, he who has seen action in Korea and Vietnam. His current rank is Gunnery Sergeant. His experiences have led him to become an opinionated, no nonsense man, who is prone to bursts of violence, especially when he's drunk, if the situation does not suit him, regardless of the specifics or people involved. Because of these actions, he has spent his fair share of overnighters behind bars. Close to retirement, one of his last assignments, one he requested, is back at his old unit at Cherry Point, North Carolina, from where he was transferred for insubordination and conduct unbecoming. He is to train a reconnaissance platoon. His superior officer, the much younger and combat inexperienced Major Malcolm Powers (Everett McGill), sees Highway as a relic of an old-styled military. Highway's commanding officer, Lieutenant Ring (Boyd Gaines), the platoon leader, is also a younger man who...
Plot Keywords: war, military, action, drama, combat, training, veteran ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A woman inexplicably finds herself cut off from all human contact when an invisible, unyielding wall suddenly surrounds the countryside. Accompanied by her loyal dog Lynx, she becomes immersed in a world untouched by civilization and ruled by the laws of nature.—Music Box Films
Plot Keywords: war, psychological thriller, isolation, survival, sniper, psychological trauma, hallucination ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The Dirty Dozen meets the Stiff Upper Lip. A British Petroleum executive (Sir Michael Caine) is assigned to work with the British Army in North Africa handling port duties for incoming fuels. This gives him the official rank of Captain in the British Army. The Colonel (Nigel Green), in charge of the Dirty Dozen, is told he must have a British officer accompany his men on a dangerous mission four hundred miles behind German lines and is saddled with the Petroleum executive, who tries to argue his way out by saying that his contract states he is to only work port duties. That argument is lost on the Brigade Commander (Harry Andrews), who simply points out that the executive is wearing a British uniform. The real leader of the Dirty Dozen (Nigel Davenport), a released prisoner, doesn't need or want the British officer, who's supposed to be in charge, but he's promised an extra two thousand British pounds sterling if he gets him back alive. Disguised as Italians, their trek across Rommel's Africa includes meeting and battling many kinds of enemies.—AzRanger {ArizonaRanger @ Hotmail . com}
Plot Keywords: war, action, adventure, drama, british film, world war ii, military ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A British multinational seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and sends them in to save the virtuous but imprisoned opposition leader.
Plot Keywords: war, action, adventure, mercenaries, africa, military, rescue ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies stand ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New Year. To prevent this occurrence, Hitler orders an all out offensive to re-take French territory and capture the major port city of Antwerp. "The Battle of the Bulge" shows this conflict from the perspective of an American intelligence officer as well as from a German Panzer Commander.
Plot Keywords: war, history, world war ii, battle, military, action, drama ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A small-time thief battles with his gay cellmate over a third illiterate, muscular convict.
Plot Keywords: war, horror, mystery, thriller, historical, psychological, supernatural ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Dark tale of one man's determination to survive his tour of duty. Separated from his new wife after only eight days of marriage, private Doll suddenly decides that he will no longer blindly follow the orders of his superiors, following his own mind instead. What follows are a series of poorly planned attacks, in which Doll saves the day, time after time; eventually leading to the taking of the Elephant in the battle of Guadalcanal during World War II. Sgt. Welsh, Doll's immediate line officer grows an affinity for Doll, helping him through his first Kill, but never quite allowing himself to admit his admiration for the young soldier. The final scene of the movie brings home the true horror of war and the meaninglessness of it all.—Tophee
Plot Keywords: war, world war ii, pacific war, combat scenes, war trauma, exploration of humanity, moral dilemma ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Adm. Michiel de Ruyter (Frank Lammers) commands the Dutch fleet against the English navy in the 17th century.
Plot Keywords: history, war, navy, biography, russia, action, adventure ...
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