50MoviePack: War Classics
by oparser | created - 30 Oct 2012 | updated - 19 Nov 2012 | PublicDVD Collection on 12 double-sided DVDs - Treeline
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1. Go for Broke! (1951)
Passed | 92 min | Drama, History, War
The story of Japanese-American soldiers who fought in Europe during World War II.
Director: Robert Pirosh | Stars: Van Johnson, Lane Nakano, George Miki, Akira Fukunaga
Votes: 1,747
2. 'Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders (1943)
Approved | 88 min | Drama, History, War
The true story of Carlson's Raiders and their World War II attack on Makin Island.
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Randolph Scott, Alan Curtis, Noah Beery Jr., J. Carrol Naish
Votes: 1,645
Gung Ho
3. Warhead (1977)
PG | 90 min | Action, Adventure, War
Palestinian guerrillas, Israeli commandos and an American colonel fight to keep a nuclear warhead mistakenly dropped in the Jordanian desert by a U.S. Air Force nuclear bomber.
Director: John O'Connor | Stars: David Janssen, Karin Dor, Christopher Stone, Art Metrano
Votes: 278
War Head
4. The Devil's Cavaliers (1959)
92 min | Adventure, Drama
Captain Richard and a small band of soldiers return home to France to discover the country ruled by horrible nobility.
Director: Siro Marcellini | Stars: Frank Latimore, Emma Danieli, Gianna Maria Canale, Gabriella Pallotta
Votes: 59
The Devil's Cavaliers
5. Escape from Angola (1976)
G | 95 min | Adventure
A farmer and his family must flee from Angolan rebels by escaping through hazardous unchartered territory. .
Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: Stan Brock, Anne Collings, Steven Tors, Peter Tors
Votes: 81
6. The Mark of the Hawk (1957)
Approved | 83 min | Drama
Obam finds himself caught in the middle of hostility between British colonists and African villagers who want to reclaim their land. He sets out to save his country before tensions get out of control.
Director: Michael Audley | Stars: Eartha Kitt, Sidney Poitier, Juano Hernandez, John McIntire
Votes: 303
7. The Proud and Damned (1972)
PG | 92 min | Drama, Western
In 1870, five ex-Confederate soldiers get embroiled in a foreign civil war south of the border.
Director: Ferde Grofé Jr. | Stars: Chuck Connors, Aron Kincaid, Cesar Romero, José Greco
Votes: 408
8. Yellowneck (1955)
Passed | 83 min | Adventure, Drama, War
5 Confederate soldiers desert, make their way through the Everglades and try to make it to Cuba.
Director: R. John Hugh | Stars: Lin McCarthy, Stephen Courtleigh, Berry Kroeger, Harold Gordon
Votes: 258
9. Three Came Home (1950)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, War
During Word War II, American author Agnes Newton Keith is imprisoned by the Japanese in various POW camps in North Borneo and Sarawak.
Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Patric Knowles, Florence Desmond, Sessue Hayakawa
Votes: 2,138
10. The Torch (1950)
Passed | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A revolutionary and his band take over a small Mexican town. The townspeople begin to take sides over whether to fight him, join forces with him or just try to get along with him.
Director: Emilio Fernández | Stars: Paulette Goddard, Pedro Armendáriz, Gilbert Roland, Walter Reed
Votes: 230
11. Testa di sbarco per otto implacabili (1968)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, War
The movie is set during World War II in the days just prior to the D-Day invasion. A special parachute unit is sent to destroy a German flame thrower installation on Omaha Beach.
Director: Alfonso Brescia | Stars: Guy Madison, Peter Lee Lawrence, Erika Blanc, Philippe Hersent
Votes: 330
Hell in Normandy
12. The Adventures of Tartu (1943)
Passed | 103 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
In 1940. Captain Terence Stevenson is with the British Army in the bomb disposal unit in London, his primary job is to defuse them. Despite having no experience as a spy, he is asked by his... See full summary »
Director: Harold S. Bucquet | Stars: Robert Donat, Valerie Hobson, Walter Rilla, Glynis Johns
Votes: 1,128
13. Captain Scarlett (1952)
Approved | 75 min | Adventure, Drama
Captain Scarlett returns from gallivanting around the country-side after the Napoleonic wars and finds life in southern France very different. He saves a beautiful princess from an arranged... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Carr | Stars: Richard Greene, Leonora Amar, Nedrick Young, Manolo Fábregas
Votes: 379
14. The Last Chance (1945)
Approved | 104 min | Drama, War
Escaping a Nazi prison train in war-torn Italy, an American and a British soldier set out for the Swiss border and find themselves leading a multi-national party of refugees for the Italian underground.
Director: Leopold Lindtberg | Stars: Ewart G. Morrison, John Hoy, Ray Reagan, Luisa Rossi
Votes: 484
The Last Chance
15. The Bushwhackers (1951)
Approved | 70 min | Film-Noir, Western
An evil arthritic rancher and his murderous daughter are having settlers killed to prevent them from selling their land to the railroad.
Director: Rod Amateau | Stars: John Ireland, Wayne Morris, Lawrence Tierney, Dorothy Malone
Votes: 343
16. This Is the Army (1943)
Approved | 121 min | Musical
A soldier wounded in the War (WWI) becomes a producer and stages a show for the forces.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: George Murphy, Joan Leslie, George Tobias, Alan Hale
Votes: 1,337 | Gross: $20.83M
17. Kansas Pacific (1953)
Approved | 73 min | Western
With the Civil War about to begin, Southern saboteurs attack frontier railroad construction.
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Eve Miller, Barton MacLane, Harry Shannon
Votes: 802
18. The Avenger (1962)
95 min | Adventure, Drama
Aeneas leads escapees from the Trojan war to new land in Italy, and must deal with new threats to his people.
Director: Giorgio Venturini | Stars: Steve Reeves, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Carla Marlier, Mario Ferrari
Votes: 477
The Avenger
19. Blood on the Sun (1945)
Approved | 94 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A dedicated American reporter in 1930s Japan is determined to expose that government's plan for world domination.
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: James Cagney, Sylvia Sidney, Porter Hall, John Emery
Votes: 2,271
20. Flying Blind (1941)
Passed | 69 min | Comedy, Drama
A spy steals a secret military device, then hijacks an airliner to get away. The airliner crashes in the wilderness & the survivors are threatened by a raging forest fire.
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Richard Arlen, Jean Parker, Nils Asther, Marie Wilson
Votes: 140
21. Eagle in a Cage (1972)
GP | 98 min | Drama
In 1815, a soldier becomes the Governor of St. Helena, and jailer of Napoleon.
Director: Fielder Cook | Stars: Billie Whitelaw, Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud, Kenneth Haigh
Votes: 188
22. The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress (1944)
Not Rated | 45 min | Documentary, History, War
A documentary on the 25th bombing mission of the Memphis Belle, a B-17 in the US 8th Air Force.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Stanley Wray, Robert Morgan, James A. Verinis, Robert J. Hanson
Votes: 1,848
The Memphis Belle
23. The Big Lift (1950)
Approved | 120 min | Drama, War
Experiences of two Air Force sergeants during the 1948 Berlin Airlift.
Director: George Seaton | Stars: Montgomery Clift, Paul Douglas, Cornell Borchers, Bruni Löbel
Votes: 1,733
24. Appointment in Tokyo (1945)
Approved | 56 min | Documentary, War
Military documentary about the four years of Pacific war detailing the history of the defeat of Japan.
Director: Jack Hively | Stars: Douglas MacArthur, Chester W. Nimitz, James Craig, Robert Eichelberger
Votes: 229
25. The Battle of Britain (1943)
Not Rated | 54 min | Documentary, History, War
The official World War II US government account of Great Britain's stand against the Nazi war machine after the Dunkirk evacuation.
Directors: Frank Capra, Anthony Veiller | Stars: Douglas Bader, Arno Breker, Winston Churchill, Hermann Göring
Votes: 1,017
26. Divide and Conquer (1943)
Not Rated | 57 min | Documentary, History, War
The World War II US Government account of the European theatre of the war from after the English and French entry to the fall of France.
Directors: Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak | Stars: General Bergeret, Karl Brandt, Winston Churchill, Warren J. Clear
Votes: 832
27. The Battle of China (1944)
Not Rated | 65 min | Documentary, History, War
The Official World War II US Government account of Chinese defense against Japanese aggression.
Directors: Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak | Stars: Claire Chennault, Kai-Shek Chiang, Madame Chiang, Teh Chu
Votes: 805
28. The Battle of Russia (1943)
Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary, History, War
Documentary revealing the nature and process of the fight between the Soviet Union and Germany in the Second World War.
Directors: Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak | Stars: Anthony Veiller, Ion Antonescu, Nikolay Cherkasov, Anthony Eden
Votes: 1,610
29. Desert Victory (1943)
62 min | Documentary, War
The Allied campaign to drive Germany and Italy from North Africa is analysed, with the major portion of the film examining the battles at El Alamein, including a re-enactment.
Directors: Roy Boulting, David MacDonald | Stars: Harold Alexander, Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, Bernard L. Montgomery
Votes: 370
30. The Great Battle of the Volga (1963)
75 min | War, Documentary
War documentary directed by Maria Slavinskaya.
Director: Maria Slavinskaya
Votes: 47
The Great Battle of the Volga
31. Why We Fight (1942)
Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary, War
The official World War II US Government film statement defining the various enemies of the Allies and why they must be fought.
Directors: Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak | Stars: Walter Huston, Victor Bulwer-Lytton, Kai-Shek Chiang, Walter Darré
Votes: 2,408
32. The Nazis Strike (1943)
Not Rated | 41 min | Documentary, Short, History
The official World War II US government account of Nazi international aggression leading up to the British and French declarations of war.
Directors: Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak | Stars: Eduard Benes, Neville Chamberlain, Clementine Churchill, Winston Churchill
Votes: 964
33. Attack! Battle of New Britain (1944)
Approved | 54 min | Documentary, Action, War
Documentary film depicting the attack by Allied forces on the Japanese strong-holds of Arawe Beach and Cape Gloucester, New Britain, in the South Pacific theatre of the Second World War in 1943.
Stars: Leo Genn, Burgess Meredith, Anthony Veiller, Lloyd Nolan
Votes: 112
34. After Mein Kampf (1961)
74 min | Documentary, War
Story of Adolf Hitler
Director: Ralph Porter | Stars: Jonathan Farwell, Adolf Hitler, Monica Davis, Paula Morris
Votes: 76
35. Nuremberg Trials (1946)
58 min | Documentary, War
A look at the trials of Nazi leaders.
Directors: Roman Karmen, Elizaveta Svilova | Stars: Francis Biddle, Henri Donnedieu de Vabres, Karl Dönitz, Boris Efimov
Votes: 150
Nuremberg Trials
36. The Secret Life of Adolf Hitler (1958 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 53 min | Documentary, Biography, History
1950's television documentary special that includes interviews with Hitler's sister Paula Wolf and a fellow prisoner who was incarcerated with Hitler, actual footage shot by the Nazi's and Eva Braun's rare home movies.
Director: Walter D. Engels | Stars: Westbrook Van Voorhis, Paula Wolf, Julius Schaub, Wilma Schaub
Votes: 137
37. Combat America (1943)
Not Rated | 62 min | Documentary, War
A documentary recounting the experiences of the 351st Bombardment Group of the U.S. Army Air Forces, based in England during the Second World War . The group's air and ground crews are ... See full summary »
Stars: Clark Gable, William A. Hatcher, Philip J. Hulls, Kenneth L. Hulls
Votes: 151
38. December 7th (1943)
Unrated | 82 min | Documentary, Action, Drama
"Docudrama" about the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 and its results, the recovering of the ships, the improving of defense in Hawaii and the US efforts to beat back the Japanese reinforcements.
Directors: John Ford, Gregg Toland | Stars: Walter Huston, Harry Davenport, Dana Andrews, Paul Hurst
Votes: 1,007
39. Attack in the Pacific (1944)
Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
Crusade in the Pacific is a video series that documents the fighting between the United States and Imperial Japan during and immediately after World War II.
Stars: Henry H. Arnold, Alan Brooke, Kai-Shek Chiang, Winston Churchill
Votes: 86
Armed Forces Information Film: A.F.I.F. Number 3
40. The True Glory (1945)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary, War
A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage shot by nearly 1400 cameramen.
Directors: Garson Kanin, Carol Reed | Stars: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Leslie Banks, Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle
Votes: 631
41. Tunisian Victory (1944)
Approved | 75 min | Documentary, War
Documentary made by the U.S. Army Signal Corps.
Directors: John Boulting, Roy Boulting, Frank Capra, Hugh Stewart, John Huston | Stars: Leo Genn, Burgess Meredith, Bernard Miles, Jacques Duchesne
Votes: 691
42. The KGB Connections (1981 TV Movie)
G | 131 min | Documentary
Documentary about the KGB and the nefarious doings in its battle with the Soviet Union.
Director: Martyn Burke | Stars: Harold Brown, Nikita Khrushchev, Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin
Votes: 49
43. Report from the Aleutians (1943)
Not Rated | 47 min | Documentary, History, War
Filmmaker John Huston narrates this Oscar-nominated World War II-era film about life among the U.S. soldiers protecting Alaska's Aleutian Islands.
Director: John Huston | Stars: John Huston, Walter Huston, Milton Ashkin, Lyle A. Bean
Votes: 772
44. The Stilwell Road (1945)
Not Rated | 51 min | Documentary, War
Documentary about the construction of the Stilwell Road - originally called The Ledo Road - a 478-mile passage from Assam, India, to Ledo, Burma, during World War II.
Stars: Ronald Reagan, Harold Alexander, John Allison, Claude Auchinleck
Votes: 100
45. The Story of Submarine Warfare in the Pacific (1945)
37 min | Documentary, Short, War
The U.S. Pacific submarine fleet was all that was available in the early days of America's involvement in World War 2 and it took the fight to the Japanese with great success.
Star: Gene Kelly
Votes: 17
Submarine Warfare
46. Thunderbolt (1947)
Approved | 44 min | Documentary, Short, History
A WW2 documentary on the P-47 Thunderbolt fighter/bomber pilots in missions (Operation Strangle) from their base in Corsica to Northern Italy in 1944, destroying railroads, bridges, trains, vehicles and hard targets.
Directors: William Wyler, John Sturges | Stars: James Stewart, John K. Cannon, Ira C. Eaker, Howard Hickok
Votes: 696
47. To the Shores of Iwo Jima (1945)
PG | 20 min | Documentary, Short, War
Documentary short film depicting the American assault on the Japanese-held island of Iwo Jima and the massive battle that raged on that key island in the Allied advance on Japan.
Stars: Harlon Block, John H. Bradley, Rene A. Gagnon, Ira H. Hayes
Votes: 172
48. With the Marines at Tarawa (1944)
Approved | 18 min | Documentary, Short, War
Documentary short film depicting the harrowing battle between the U.S. Marines and the Japanese for control of the Pacific island of Tarawa.
Directors: Richard Brooks, Louis Hayward | Stars: Alexander Bonnyman Jr., John Borich, Merritt A. Edson, H.W. Hill
Votes: 305
With the Marines at Tarawa - Return to Guam
49. San Pietro (1945)
Unrated | 32 min | Documentary, Short, War
Director John Huston documents the Battle of San Pietro Infine in December 1943.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Mark W. Clark, John Huston
Votes: 2,459
The Battle of San Pietro
50. The Big Picture (1950–1968)
30 min | Documentary
Various aspects of the U.S. Army are illustrated.
Stars: Stuart Queen, Carl Zimmerman, James Mansfield, Audie Murphy
Votes: 43
AKA Payoff in the Pacific
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