Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "bombing-mission"

1. The Bloody Hundredth (2024)

TV-14 | 62 min | Documentary

It honors the heroes of the 100th Bomb Group.

Directors: Laurent Bouzereau, Mark Herzog | Stars: Tom Hanks, Robert Rosenthal, Steven Spielberg, James Stewart

Votes: 1,239

2. Catch-22 (1970)

R | 122 min | Comedy, Drama, War

A man is trying desperately to be certified insane during World War II, so he can stop flying missions.

Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Alan Arkin, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin, Art Garfunkel

Votes: 26,508 | Gross: $24.91M

3. Memphis Belle (1990)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Drama, War

In 1943, the crew of a B-17 based in the UK prepares for its 25th and final bombing mission over Germany before returning home to the USA.

Director: Michael Caton-Jones | Stars: Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz, Tate Donovan, D.B. Sweeney

Votes: 30,539 | Gross: $27.44M

4. 633 Squadron (1964)

Approved | 102 min | Drama, History, War

A RAF squadron is assigned to knock out a German rocket fuel factory in Norway. The factory supplies fuel for the Nazi effort to launch rockets on England during D-Day.

Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Cliff Robertson, George Chakiris, Maria Perschy, Harry Andrews

Votes: 4,572

5. Hell's Angels (1930)

Passed | 127 min | Drama, War

Brothers Monte and Ray leave Oxford to join the Royal Flying Corps. Ray loves Helen; Helen enjoys an affair with Monte; before they leave on their mission over Germany they find her in still another man's arms.

Directors: Howard Hughes, Edmund Goulding, James Whale | Stars: Ben Lyon, James Hall, Jean Harlow, John Darrow

Votes: 5,971 | Gross: $5.45M

6. Mosquito Squadron (1969)

G | 90 min | Drama, War

In World War II, an RAF squadron leader mourns the death of a comrade and receives a bombing mission against a secret German V-2 rocket testing facility in France.

Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: David McCallum, Suzanne Neve, Charles Gray, David Buck

Votes: 1,685

7. 13 Bombs (2023)

TV-MA | 143 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

An organization races against time to uncover the mastermind behind the placement of 13 bombs in Jakarta before the city falls into chaos.

Director: Angga Dwimas Sasongko | Stars: Ardhito Pramono, Lutesha, Chicco Kurniawan, Rio Dewanto

Votes: 1,095

8. Tears in the Rain (1988 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama, Romance, War

Casey's mother's dying wish was to deliver a letter to an English lord who Casey knows nothing about. While fulfilling her duty, Casey meets the Lord's son, who immediately falls for the American visitor.

Director: Don Sharp | Stars: Sharon Stone, Christopher Cazenove, Leigh Lawson, Paul Daneman

Votes: 682

9. Passage to Marseille (1944)

Passed | 109 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Five patriotic convicts are helped to escape imprisonment in Devil's Island so they can fight for occupied Free French forces against the Nazis.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Claude Rains, Michèle Morgan, Philip Dorn

Votes: 5,040

10. Raiders in the Sky (1953)

Unrated | 96 min | Drama, Romance, War

War drama about the dangerous and stressful work of Lancaster bomber British crews during World War II.

Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Ian Hunter, Dinah Sheridan, Bryan Forbes

Votes: 821

11. Break to Freedom (1953)

Approved | 88 min | Drama, History, War

In 1944, at a POW camp in Germany the Allied prisoners use a dummy prop named Albert to fool the German guards and escape.

Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Anthony Steel, Jack Warner, Robert Beatty, William Sylvester

Votes: 474

12. Fighter Squadron (1948)

Approved | 96 min | Action, War

During World War II, an insubordinate fighter pilot finds the shoe on the other foot when he's promoted.

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Robert Stack, John Rodney, Tom D'Andrea

Votes: 1,026

13. Pilot #5 (1943)

Passed | 71 min | Drama, Romance, War

In March 1942, on the island of Java, Indonesia, a Dutch major selects a pilot for a dangerous mission from the five U.S. Army airmen under his command. While waiting for word from the pilot, the others tell his life story to the major.

Director: George Sidney | Stars: Franchot Tone, Marsha Hunt, Gene Kelly, Van Johnson

Votes: 380

14. Pathfinders (1972–1973)

60 min | Drama, War

World War II Royal Air Force squadron behind enemy lines.

Stars: Robert Urquhart, Jack Watling, Julian Orchard, Jack May

Votes: 79

15. The McConnell Story (1955)

Approved | 106 min | Drama, Romance, War

A Korean War fighter pilot hero returns home to test fly the new Sabre jets despite his wife's uneasiness regarding his job.

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Alan Ladd, June Allyson, James Whitmore, Frank Faylen

Votes: 628

16. Journey Together (1945)

Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, War

British propaganda film from WWII stressing the importance of the navigator on RAF's bomber crews.

Directors: John Boulting, Roy Boulting | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Jack Watling, David Tomlinson, Stuart Latham

Votes: 262

17. Target for Today (1944)

Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary, History, War

Documentary about one bombing mission over Germany by the American Eighth Air Force, from the initial planning of the mission thru its final completion, with all of its intricacies from beginning to end.

Director: William Keighley

Votes: 84

18. The Wild Blue Yonder (1951)

Approved | 98 min | Drama, War

In 1943, Capt. Harold Calvert is sent to Kansas to learn to fly the newest American bomber, the B-29 Superfortress. One of the instructors is Major Tom West, a cousin of the captain. Being ... See full summary »

Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Wendell Corey, Vera Ralston, Forrest Tucker, Phil Harris

Votes: 138

19. Hell's Horizon (1955)

Approved | 80 min | Action, Drama, Romance

Interaction among men of a bombing squadron during the Korean War.

Director: Tom Gries | Stars: John Ireland, Marla English, Bill Williams, Hugh Beaumont

Votes: 137

20. When Hell Was in Session (1979 TV Movie)

98 min | Biography, Drama, War

In 1965, Navy Commander Jeremiah Denton's jet is shot down over North Vietnam and he is captured by the enemy who holds him in various brutal POW camps for more than seven years.

Director: Paul Krasny | Stars: Hal Holbrook, Eva Marie Saint, Mako, Ronny Cox

Votes: 148

21. Battle for the Bulge (1969)

48 min | Documentary, History, War

This WWII documentary uses current location filming and authentic historic film clips to document the Battle of the Bulge, the last big German offensive in World War II, which was launched ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Batty | Stars: Hasso von Manteuffel, Robert Hasbrouck, John Mace, David Belchem

Votes: 16

22. 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: 773

23. The Sky Riders (1968)

91 min | Drama, War

The white gravestones at the military cemetery in English Brookwood display many Czech names. These were members of the British army of Czech origin who fought here and died for their ... See full summary »

Director: Jindrich Polák | Stars: Jirí Bednár, Jirí Hrzán, Svatopluk Matyás, Elsie Randolph

Votes: 310

24. Battle of Midway: The True Story (2019 TV Special)

50 min | Documentary, History, War

It was one of the largest naval engagements ever and a turning point in WWII. The Battle of Midway changed the face of warfare and made victory in the Pacific possible.

Stars: Timothy Orr, Hill Goodspeed, Ian W. Toll, Laura Lawfer Orr

Votes: 14

25. Battle for Warsaw (1978)

Not Rated | 48 min | Documentary, History, War

Using rare newly found footage and eye-witness accounts from survivors, 'Battle for Warsaw' tells the tragic story of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising in which nearly a quarter of a million Poles lost their lives.

Director: Peter Batty | Stars: Bernard Archard, Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, Wladyslaw Sikorski

Votes: 16

26. 1944: Should We Bomb Auschwitz? (2019 TV Movie)

59 min | Documentary, Drama, History

After two men escape from the death camp at Auschwitz to tell the world the details of the Nazi genocide there, the Allies face a moral dilemma: to stop further killings, should we bomb Auschwitz?

Director: Tim Dunn | Stars: Nikolaus Wachsmann, Deborah Lipstadt, Michael Berenbaum, Rebecca Erbelding

Votes: 85

27. Attack of the Zeppelins (2013 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary

Dr Hugh Hunt explores the unknown story of the German blitz on London with zeppelins. Which took place in World War I.

Director: Ian Duncan | Stars: Chris Sandford, Eric Grove, Ian Castle, Andy Elson

Votes: 18

28. Sky Commando (1953)

Approved | 69 min | Drama, War

During the Korean War, two junior officers discuss their colonel's dour reputation dating back to his WW2 service in the bomber and reconnaissance command.

Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Dan Duryea, Frances Gifford, Mike Connors, Michael Fox

Votes: 81

29. Red Scarf (1964)

100 min | Drama, History, War

During the Korean War, pilots of the 10th Fighter Wing of the South Korean Air Force fly their majestic Saber jets in daily dangerous missions against Communist North Korean targets.

Director: Shin Sang-ok | Stars: Choi Eun-hie, Yeong-gyun Shin, Mu-ryong Choi, Eun-jin Han

Votes: 34

30. Flying Fortress (1942)

Passed | 68 min | Drama, Romance, War

Wartime drama of bomber crews based in England.

Director: Walter Forde | Stars: Richard Greene, Carla Lehmann, Betty Stockfeld, Donald Stewart

Votes: 128

31. Target Tokyo (1945)

22 min | Documentary, Short, History

The story of the first bombing raid on Tokyo by B-29 Superfortress bombers of the U.S. Army Air Forces. Crews are followed from their training staging at Grand Island, Nebraska to their ... See full summary »

Stars: Ronald Reagan, Kenneth Gibson, John Van Trigg, Gordon Wong

Votes: 61

32. Blitz on Hamburg (2014)

Documentary, History, War

A straightforward account of the experience of Hamburg and its inhabitants during World War II and its immediate aftermath under British occupation.

Director: Robert Garofalo | Stars: Jeremy Anthony, Lieslotte Bottger, Gunther Hossfeld, Ralf Ohlhagen

Votes: 8

33. Patriots (1937)

96 min | Drama, Romance, War

The sole thing giving hope to a German flyer downed over France in the Great War, as he longs for his return home, is the love from a young woman.

Director: Karl Ritter | Stars: Mathias Wieman, Lída Baarová, Bruno Hübner, Hilde Körber

Votes: 25

34. Blitz on London (2014 Video)

Documentary, History, War

A documentary which documents the massive bombing raids on Britain's capital city by the Luftwaffe during 1940 and 1941.

Director: Robert Garofalo | Stars: Roy Ward, Kai-Shek Chiang, Winston Churchill, Hugh Dowding

35. Flight Plan for Freedom (1951)

Approved | 19 min | Documentary, Short, News

A report on the Strategic Air Command of the U. S. Air Force aboard a giant B-36 on a simulated intercontinental bombing mission. After glimpses of air bases in Nebraska,Texas and England, ... See full summary »

Director: James L. Shute | Star: Westbrook Van Voorhis

36. The Blitz on the Midlands (2001 Video)

56 min | Documentary, History, War

This is a powerful account of the German bombing raids on the central towns and airfields of England, including the terrible blitz on Coventry and the smaller raids on the airfields of Lincolnshire and East Anglia.

Director: Stanley Joseph | Stars: Don Burbridge, Rudolf Hess, Adolf Hitler, King George VI

Votes: 6

37. Blitz on Cologne (2014 Video)

54 min | Documentary, History, War

A documentary which chronicles the destruction of the German city of Cologne during World War Two.

Director: Robert Garofalo | Stars: Gertrud Türk, Günter Kassman, Wolfgram Hagspiel, Joseph Goebbels

38. JetFighter II: Advanced Tactical Fighter (1990 Video Game)

E | Action, War

War erupts once again along the west coast of America, although this time it is with a drug baron. The military is put to action, and the most advanced jets in the U.S. inventory are put to... See full summary »

39. Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971)
Episode: Oil for the Lamps of Hogan (1965)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, War

The Germans want to safely build a synthetic fuel plant in Stalag 13, but Hogan convinces them that there is oil beneath the camp.

Director: Howard Morris | Stars: Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Robert Clary

Votes: 238

40. We'll Meet Again (1982)
Episode: A Wing and a Prayer (1982)

51 min | Drama, Romance, War

Vi marries Chuck and Letty hopes Mario will propose though he is scared that the imprisoned Sid may drop him in it. However, during an abortive bombing raid Chuck has to bale out after ... See full summary »

Director: Tony Wharmby | Stars: Susannah York, Michael Shannon, Ronald Hines, Lise Ann McLaughlin

Votes: 10

41. We'll Meet Again (1982)
Episode: Hands Across the Sea (1982)

52 min | Drama, Romance, War

The raid is not a total success. Red's plane gets separated from the others and flyer Danny Coogan ends up in hospital. Patricia returns to University and Vi carries on seeing Chuck. Letty ... See full summary »

Director: Christopher Hodson | Stars: Susannah York, Michael Shannon, Ray Smith, June Barry

Votes: 14

42. History's Mysteries (1998–2011)
Episode: Ghost Plane of the Desert: Lady Be Good (2000)

TV-PG | 42 min | Documentary, History, Mystery

The tragic story of the World War II-era B-24 Liberator bomber "Lady Be Good", which mysteriously disappeared after its first bombing mission over Naples, Italy in April 1943. The plane was... See full summary »

Director: Jim Lindsay | Stars: David Ackroyd, Arthur Kent, James W. Walker

Votes: 11

43. Masters of the Air (2024)
Episode: Part One (2024)

TV-MA | 62 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Led by Majors Cleven and Egan, the 100th Bomb Group arrives in England and joins the 8th Air Force's campaign against Nazi Germany.

Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga | Stars: Austin Butler, Callum Turner, Anthony Boyle, David Shields

Votes: 3,367

44. Masters of the Air (2024)
Episode: Part Two (2024)

TV-MA | 55 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

The 100th bombs German U-boat pens in Norway. With the help of Lt. Crosby's navigating, a damaged B-17 struggles to get back to Britain.

Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga | Stars: Austin Butler, Callum Turner, Neil Pendleton, John Hopkins

Votes: 2,873

45. Masters of the Air (2024)
Episode: Part Three (2024)

TV-MA | 48 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

The group participates in its largest mission to date - the bombing of vital aircraft manufacturing plants deep within Germany.

Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga | Stars: Barry Keoghan, Dean Ridge, Thomas Flynn, Spike White

Votes: 2,788

46. Masters of the Air (2024)
Episode: Part Five (2024)

TV-MA | 53 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

The next mission signals a significant shift in the 100th's bombing strategy. Crosby receives a promotion, but it comes with a high price.

Directors: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck | Stars: Callum Turner, Rafferty Law, Anthony Boyle, Elliot Warren

Votes: 2,377

47. Masters of the Air (2024)
Episode: Part Seven (2024)

TV-MA | 49 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

The prisoners of Stalag Luft III attempt to connect with the outside world. Berlin becomes the 100th's primary target. Rosie makes a crucial decision.

Director: Dee Rees | Stars: Austin Butler, Callum Turner, Jordan Coulson, Jonas Moore

Votes: 1,720

48. Masters of the Air (2024)
Episode: Part Nine (2024)

TV-MA | 78 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Nearing the end of the war, POW's endure a harrowing journey across German territory while Rosie uncovers a shocking discovery.

Director: Timothy Van Patten | Stars: Nate Mann, George Johnson, Sam Rosenthal, Harry Burke

Votes: 1,870

49. The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode: Banzai! Japan 1931-1942 (1973)

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War

The rise of the Japanese Empire, the Sino-Japanese War, the Soviet-Japanese border conflicts, Pearl Harbor, and the early Japanese successes in the Battle of Malaya and Battle of Singapore.

Stars: Laurence Olivier, Tomohiko Ushiba, Kôichi Kido, Lewis Bush

Votes: 462

50. The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode: Home Fires: Britain - 1940-1944 (1974)

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War

The war effort required total commitment from British citizens stretching their bodies and spirits to the breaking point and occasionally beyond it. As a result of grim news early in the ... See full summary »

Stars: Laurence Olivier, George Hodgkinson, Gwen Bunt, Lord Chandos

Votes: 363