The Imitation Game (2014), Lakshya (2004), Tunes of Glory (1960), Sergeant Rutledge (1960), Attack! (1956), Dark Blue World (2001), Stargate (1994), Tigerland (2000) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Commanding Officer movies.
Storyline: Lt. Hazard, fresh out of West Point, arrives in Arizona Territory at hot, dusty, Fort Delivery. Appalled by the lax discipline of its troops, he restricts their privileges and subjects them to arduous drills. At the same time, he finds himself falling in love with Kitty, the wife of his commanding officer. This romance is complicated when his fiancee from Back East decides to pay a visit. Troubles with the local Indians, however, soon force Hazard to concentrate on his military duties which sometimes conflict with his sympathy for the Indians' cause.—dinky-4 of Minneapolis
Plot Keywords: trumpet, indian war, three word title, chopping wood, army, racism, racial slur ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Shortly after the end of World War II, British Colonel Michael S. "Hooky" Nicobar (Walter Pidgeon) is assigned to a unit in the British Zone of Vienna. His duty is to aid the Soviet authorities to repatriate citizens of the Soviet Union, many of whom prefer not to return to their home country. Billeted in the convent run by Mother Auxilia (Ethel Barrymore), Nicobar, and his military aides Major John "Twingo" McPhimister (Peter Lawford) and Audrey Quail (Dame Angela Lansbury), become involved in the plight of young ballerina Olga Alexandrova (Janet Leigh), who is trying to avoid being returned to Moscow. Nicobar's sense of duty is tested as he sees first hand the plight of the people he is helping return to the Soviet Union; his lack of religious faith is also shaken by his contact with the Mother Superior.—Ron Kerrigan <mvg@whidbey.com>
Plot Keywords: train station, freedom, guard, iron curtain, post world war two, prisoner, religion ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The year is 2008. Global warming has melted much of the polar ice caps, resulting in serious flooding around the world - including the city of London, which is now under several feet of water. In the ensuing chaos, a new killer has emerged. One that's unnatural, unrelenting and unstoppable. Maverick veteran policeman Harley Stone has a link with the killer - it murdered his partner, and he will do whatever it takes to bring down the killer. As a new rookie is assigned to him, Stone must find the killer, rescue his girlfriend, and fight off his own inner demons as he gets closer to his mysterious adversary. But when the killer is a vicious 10 foot tall alien creature, even in the future, there aren't guns big enough to stop the creature's deadly reign.
Plot Keywords: cyberpunk, serial killer, london england, global warming, year 2008, cult film, 2000s ...
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: nco, commanding officer, lawyer, defector, traitor, u.s. army, year 1950 ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: On April 8, 2000, aspiring artist Mark Hogancamp (Steve Carell) became a victim of a violent assault when five men beat him up and left him for dead. Following the attack, Mark was left with little to no memory of his previous life due to brain damage inflicted by his attackers. In a desperate attempt to regain his memories, Hogancamp constructs a miniature World War II village called Marwen in his yard to help in his recovery. Unfortunately, Mark's demons come back to haunt him when he's asked to testify against the five men that attacked him..
Plot Keywords: based on true story, 2000s, 1960s, year 1944, flashback, female judge, world war two ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Having a welcome strategic expertise in both the hot and dank Florida swamplands and the local tribe of Seminole Indians, the brilliant and ethical West Point graduate, Second Lieutenant Lance Caldwell, is transferred to scheming Major Degan's Everglades outpost, in 1835. Supposedly impeding the development of white civilisation, the Seminoles must be expelled from their native lands at all costs; all that stands between the aspirations of the venomous commanding officer and the last of the Indian clans is Caldwell. Sooner or later, a dead sentry and a fiery clash with the men of the powerful Seminole leader, Chief Osceola, will stain the vast and impassable marshes with blood, as a strong-willed beautiful woman stands in the middle. Can Caldwell be the voice of reason and compromise?—Nick Riganas
Plot Keywords: trial, florida, native american attack, indian war, epic battle, saber, stabbed with a sword ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: An international fleet of naval warships encounters an alien armada while on a Naval war games exercise and faces the biggest threat mankind has ever faced. An intense battle is fought on sea, land and air. If they lose, the world could face a major extinction event and an alien invasion. Will humans win this alien war, what are the aliens doing here, and what do they want?
Plot Keywords: alien, hawaii, lens flare, alien invasion, battleship, gas station, drunkenness ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: When the pilot of a small aircraft has a heart attack and crashes his plane into the cockpit of a Boeing 747, several members of the flight crew are killed and the pilot is blinded. Miraculously, the 747 stays in the air on auto-pilot with flight attendant Nancy Prior at the controls. Ground controllers, including her boyfriend Alan Murdock, try to teach her the basics but they soon realize they will have to get a trained pilot into the cockpit. Their first attempt fails and Murdock realizes he will have to do it. Meanwhile, various passengers have their own problems including a young girl who is destined to a life saving operation.—garykmcd
Plot Keywords: old lady, death, scream, blood, fear, snow, chaos ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In 1836, right after the now independent Republic of Texas separated from Mexico, the Governor, Sam Houston, sends his trusted agent who can't hear or speak, Erastus "Deaf" Smith, to infiltrate General Morton's rebel pocket who oppose to the integration of Texas to the United States. Accompanied by Johnny Ears, the travelling companion and his ears, Smith soon discovers the conspiracy; however, having already intercepted the government's communications, Morton's forces keep their eyes peeled for deaf-mute strangers. Can Smith and Johnny save the Republic?—Nick Riganas
Plot Keywords: cowboy boots, hotel fight, hotel, sex, kissing while having sex, male female relationship, passionate kiss ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Agent Augustus Gibbons has selected an imprisoned former US Navy SEAL Darius Stone, a new agent in the XXX program, travels to Washington D.C., where they track a splinter faction of the U.S. military that attempts to overthrow the U.S. government and assassinate the President, led by Secretary of Defense and former 4-Star General George Deckert, Stone's former commanding officer whom he once led a mutiny against. But he's been targeted for assassination by a radical splinter group of dissenters deep within the United States government. The new XXX agent must uncover the insurgents from within. It is the nation's only hope to stop the first coup d'etat in American history.
Plot Keywords: waiter, dual wield, aikido, kung fu, martial arts, hand to hand combat, brawl ...
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