To Live (1994), Rome, Open City (1945), Jurassic Park (1993), The Train (1964), Max Manus: Man of War (2008), Anthropoid (2016), Sabotage (1936), All Through the Night (1942) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Saboteur movies.
Storyline: Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry. Addicted to gambling, Fugui loses everything. In the years that follow he is pressed into both the nationalist and communist armies, while Jiazhen is forced into menial work. They raise a family and survive, managing "to live" from the 40's to the 70's in this epic, but personal, story of life through an amazing period.
Plot Keywords: puppet show, mute, death in childbirth, gambling addiction, communism, accidental death, gambling ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The location: Nazi occupied Rome. As Rome is classified an open city, most Romans can wander the streets without fear of the city being bombed or them being killed in the process. But life for Romans is still difficult with the Nazi occupation as there is a curfew, basic foods are rationed, and the Nazis are still searching for those working for the resistance and will go to any length to quash those in the resistance and anyone providing them with assistance. War worn widowed mother Pina is about to get married to her next door neighbor Francesco. Despite their situation - Pina being pregnant, and Francesco being an atheist - Pina and Francesco will be wed by Catholic priest Don Pietro Pelligrini. The day before the wedding, Francesco's friend, Giorgio Manfredi, who Pina has never met, comes looking for Francesco as he, working for the resistance, needs a place to hide out. For his latest mission, Giorgio also requests the assistance of Don Pietro, who is more than willing as he sees...
Plot Keywords: despair, courage, collaborator, murder, resistance movement, torture, rome italy ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Huge advancements in scientific technology have enabled a mogul to create an island full of living dinosaurs. John Hammond has invited four individuals, along with his two grandchildren, to join him at Jurassic Park. But will everything go according to plan? A park employee attempts to steal dinosaur embryos, critical security systems are shut down and it now becomes a race for survival with dinosaurs roaming freely over the island.
Plot Keywords: dinosaur, tyrannosaurus rex, theme park, based on novel, national film registry, sabotage, lawyer ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: As the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to take all of France's greatest paintings to Germany. He manages to secure a train to transport the valuable art works even as the chaos of retreat descends upon them. The French resistance however wants to stop them from stealing their national treasures but have received orders from London that they are not to be destroyed. The station master, Labiche, is tasked with scheduling the train and making it all happen smoothly but he is also part of a dwindling group of resistance fighters tasked with preventing the theft. He and others stage an elaborate ruse to keep the train from ever leaving French territory.
Plot Keywords: train, french resistance, art theft, world war two, year 1944, sabotage, based on book ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The true story about one of the most brilliant saboteurs during World War II and his battle to overcome his inner demons.
Plot Keywords: flashback, finland, fear, depression, crying, ceremony, blood on camera lens ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: ANTHROPOID is based on the extraordinary true story of Operation Anthropoid, the World War II mission to assassinate SS General Reinhard Heydrich. The Reich's third in command after Hitler and Himmler, Heydrich was the main architect behind the Final Solution and the leader of occupying Nazi forces in Czechoslovakia whose reign of terror prompted self-exiled Czech and Slovak soldiers (played by Cillian Murphy and Jamie Dornan) to hatch a top-secret mission that would change the face of Europe forever.i
Plot Keywords: nazi, resistance fighter, central europe, torture, gestapo, riding a bicycle, nazi occupation ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Mr. Verloc is part of a gang of foreign saboteurs operating out of London. He manages a small cinema with his wife and her teenage brother as a cover, but they know nothing of his secret. Scotland Yard assign an undercover detective to work at the shop next to the cinema in order to observe the gang.
Plot Keywords: terrorism, political intrigue, espionage, double life, anger, suspense, boy ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Broadway gambler "Gloves" Donahue (Humphrey Bogart) wants to find who killed the baker of his favorite cheesecake. He sees nightclub singer Leda Hamilton (Kaaren Verne) leaving the bakery. When her boss Marty Callahan's (Barton MacLane's) partner Joe Denning (Edward Brophy) is murdered, Leda and her accompanist Pepi (Peter Lorre) disappear. It turns out that beneath all of the mystery is a gang of Nazi operatives planning to blow up a battleship in New York harbor.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Plot Keywords: german spy, central park manhattan new york city, orchestral music score, gangster, gambling, warehouse, wager ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: On December 6, 1941 nine B-17 bomber set off on a flight from San Francisco to Hawaii. One of the bombers, the Mary Ann, is commanded by 'Irish' Quincannon. The bombardier, Tommy McMartin, has a sister living in Hawaii and the co-pilot, Bill Williams, is sweet on her. The men are all highly professional with the exception of aerial gunner Joe Winocki, a bitter man who has every intention of leaving the army air corps. They arrive at Hickam Field on the morning of December 7, just as the Japanese are attacking Pearl Harbor and other military facilities. All of the men prepare to face the enemy, including Winocki whose attitude changes quickly. The bomber and its crew will participate in many missions but not all will survive.—garykmcd
Plot Keywords: parachute, aircraft carrier, sneak attack, sergeant, saboteur, navigator, military hospital ...
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: nazi, orchestral music score, air raid, train, secret plan, resistance, pigeon ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Scientist Jan Benes, who knows the secret to keeping soldiers shrunken for an indefinite period, escapes from behind the Iron Curtain with the help of CIA agent Grant. While being transferred, their motorcade is attacked. Benes strikes his head, causing a blood clot to form in his brain. Grant is ordered to accompany a group of scientists as they are miniaturized. The crew has one hour to get in Benes's brain, remove the clot and get out.
Plot Keywords: miniaturization, based on novel, double agent, traitor, submarine, scientist, brain surgery ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A story of German-born identical twins (both played by Veidt), one a loyal American and the other, a Nazi official.—Herman Seifer <alagain@aol.com>
Plot Keywords: 1940s, grindhouse film, cigarette, german spy, brother versus brother, twin brother, time bomb ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A group of Confederate prisoners escape to Canada and plan to rob the banks and set fire to the small town of Saint Albans in Vermont. To get the lie of the land, their leader spends a few days in the town and finds he is getting drawn into its life and especially into that of an attractive widow and her son.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
Plot Keywords: u.s. civil war, u.s. cavalry, based on novel, flag, arson, horse, saboteur ...
Movie Details Click Here!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: independent film, landmine, jungle, japanese army, hostage, hand grenade, grave robbing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Preface: a stentorian narrator tells us that the USA was flooded with Nazi spies in 1939-41. One such tries to recruit college grad Bill Dietrich, who becomes a double agent for the FBI. While Bill trains in Hamburg, a street-accident victim proves to have been spying on atom-bomb secrets; conveniently, Dietrich is assigned to the New York spy ring stealing these secrets. Can he track down the mysterious "Christopher" before his ruthless associates unmask and kill him?—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: fear, montage, jail, jail cell, police station, motorcycle, pipe smoking ...
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