Johnny Got His Gun (1971), Love and Death (1975), Fury (2014), Flesh and the Devil (1926), Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), American Sniper (2014), '71 (2014), Courage Under Fire (1996) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Military Life movies.
Storyline: Rock Hudson plays an Air Force Colonel who has just been re-assigned as a cold war B-52 commander who must shape up his men to pass a grueling inspection that the previous commander had failed, and had been fired for. He is also recently married, and as a tough commanding officer doing whatever he has to do to shape his men up, his wife sees a side to him that she hadn't seen before.—Roger Dearnaley <roger@paperart.com>
Plot Keywords: man wrapped in a towel, steam bath, nuclear missile, pilot, alcoholism, military life, accident ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Sergeant Dixie Smith has more raw recruits to turn into Marines, if he can. Among them is cocky casanova Chris Winters, son of an officer, who's just tried to "mash" Mary Carter, a major's niece. Once on base, he finds Mary's a nurse and an off-limits officer. Does this stop him? Of course not. But his attitude problem soon puts him in a position where he must redeem himself, with December 7, 1941 fast approaching.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: frustration, patriotism, retribution, reprisal, song, spoiled brat, maturity ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: When a crusading chairperson of the military budget committee pressures the would be Navy secretary to begin full gender integration of the service, he offers the chance for a test case for a female trainee in the US Navy's elite SEAL/C.R.T. selection program. LT. Jordan O'Neill is given the assignment, but no one expects her to succeed in an inhumanly punishing regime that has a standard 60% dropout rate for men. However, O'Neill is determined to prove everyone wrong.
Plot Keywords: feminism, hit in the crotch, kicked in the crotch, sexism, soldier, strong female character, training ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: U.S. Special Forces troops ("Green Berets") under the command of Colonel Mike Kirby defend a firebase during the Vietnam war. War correspondent George Beckwith accompanies Kirby and objects to both the war and the means by which it is executed. Kirby's firebase is overrun and his troops fight bravely to retake it. Kirby and a select group of his men are then ordered on a special mission to capture a high-level Viet Cong officer.
Plot Keywords: propaganda, special forces, u.s. military, vietnam war, vietnam, revisionist history, nco ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In this hilarious romp starring Tom Ewell, Sheree North and Rita Moreno, a middle-aged ex-serviceman who plans to re-enlist (Ewell) is shocked to learn that not only did he fail his medical exam, his wife (North) has enlisted - and is really making the grade in the Air Force. Unhappy to be a "house husband," he flies to Hawaii to be near her - and also to hatch a scheme to get her discharged.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: army life, war hero, bachelor, psychiatrist, psychological torment, insanity, bugle ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Los Angeles and other cities around the world are being bombarded by meteors that seem to be slowing down once they hit the earth's atmosphere. The earth is suddenly being invaded by space aliens that have landed off the shore of LA, and who begin killing everybody along the beach. The military is ordered into action. Marine Staff Sergeant Nantz (Aaron Eckhart), who was about to retire, is reassigned to a new platoon. The platoon, flown by chopper to the forward operating base at Santa Monica Airport, is being led by a new 2nd Lt. Martinez (Ramon Rodriguez). They are sent on a mission to rescue some civilians who are trapped at the police station within alien territory. They only have 3 hours to complete their mission and get out before the Air Force bombs that zone.
Plot Keywords: invasion, alien invasion, extraterrestrial, creature, redemption, anti hero, ambush ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Joe Armstrong, an orphaned drifter will little respect for much other than martial arts, finds himself on an American Army base in The Philippines after a judge gives him a choice of enlistment or prison. On one of his first missions driving a convoy, his platoon is attacked by a group of rebels who try to steal the weapons the platoon is transporting and kidnap Patricia, the base colonel's daughter, who happens to be along for the ride. Joe rescues Patricia and gets her safely back to the base, but everyone else in the platoon is killed, leading his superiors to conclude that Joe is guilty of cowardice, collaboration or simple incompetence. At the same time, the rebel leader vows revenge against the serviceman who disrupted his plans, and sends an army of ninjas to assassinate him and bring back Patricia. If he wants to survive and save the girl, Joe's going to have to draw on every last ounce of his training.
Plot Keywords: ninja, first of series, sword fight, battle, tough guy, action hero, swordsman ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A documentary crew follows an elite unit of soldiers in the wake of an alien invasion.
Plot Keywords: independent film, f word, all male cast, male camaraderie, special forces, u.s. army, military ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In the mid-27th century, the Terran Confederation is at war with the felinoid Kilrathi Empire. After destroying a Terran base, the Kilrathi have seized a NAVCOM unit with the hyperspace jump coordinates to Earth. With Terran reinforcements scheduled to arrive two hours after the Kilrathi hit Earth, it falls upon the starfighter carrier TCS Tiger Claw to keep the Kilrathi busy.
Plot Keywords: fictional war, alien, based on video game, commander, lieutenant, military life, captain ...
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