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1. The Tomorrow War (2021)
PG-13 | 138 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A family man is drafted to fight in a future war where the fate of humanity relies on his ability to confront the past.
Director: Chris McKay | Stars: Chris Pratt, Yvonne Strahovski, J.K. Simmons, Betty Gilpin
Votes: 227,921
3. Taking Sides (2001)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Music, War
After the end of World War II, a famous German conductor is accused of loyalty to the Nazi regime. He argues that art and politics are separate. An investigator thinks otherwise.
Director: István Szabó | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Stellan Skarsgård, Moritz Bleibtreu, Birgit Minichmayr
Votes: 3,805 | Gross: $0.19M
4. Ali (2001)
R | 157 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
A biography of sports legend Muhammad Ali, focusing on his triumphs and controversies between 1964 and 1974.
Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight, Mario Van Peebles
Votes: 105,571 | Gross: $58.20M
5. Under the Shadow (2016)
PG-13 | 84 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
As a mother and daughter struggle to cope with the terrors of the post-revolution, war-torn Tehran of the 1980s, a mysterious evil begins to haunt their home.
Director: Babak Anvari | Stars: Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi, Arash Marandi
Votes: 30,130 | Gross: $0.03M
6. Queen & Country (2014)
TV-14 | 114 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
In this sequel to Hope and Glory (1987), Bill Rohan has grown up and is drafted into the army, where he and his eccentric best mate, Percy, battle their snooty superiors on the base and look for love in town.
Director: John Boorman | Stars: Callum Turner, Caleb Landry Jones, Pat Shortt, David Thewlis
Votes: 1,866 | Gross: $0.03M
7. There Is No Evil (2020)
151 min | Drama
The four stories that are variations on the crucial themes of moral strength and the death penalty that ask to what extent individual freedom can be expressed under a despotic regime and its seemingly inescapable threats.
Director: Mohammad Rasoulof | Stars: Zhila Shahi, Baran Rasoulof, Mahtab Servati, Ehsan Mirhosseini
Votes: 6,163
8. Moffie (2019)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Romance, War
A young man in 1981 South Africa must complete his brutal and racist two years of compulsory military service while desperately maintaining the secrecy of his homosexuality.
Director: Oliver Hermanus | Stars: Kai Luke Brummer, Barbara-Marié Immelman, Michael Kirch, Remano De Beer
Votes: 3,799
9. Yves Saint Laurent (2014)
R | 106 min | Biography, Drama
A look at the life of French designer Yves Saint-Laurent from the beginning of his career in 1958 when he met his lover and business partner, Pierre Bergé.
Director: Jalil Lespert | Stars: Pierre Niney, Guillaume Gallienne, Charlotte Le Bon, Laura Smet
Votes: 13,023 | Gross: $0.72M
10. The Red Pill (2016)
TV-14 | 108 min | Documentary
The Red Pill chronicles filmmaker Cassie Jaye's journey following the mysterious and polarizing Men's Rights Movement. The Red Pill explores today's gender war and asks the question "what is the future of gender equality?"
Director: Cassie Jaye | Stars: Cassie Jaye, Paul Elam, Attila Vinczer, Dean Esmay
Votes: 12,047
11. The Deluge (1974)
287 min | Adventure, History, Romance
During the 1655 war between Protestant Sweden and Catholic Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth some Polish-Lithuanian nobles side with Swedish king Charles X Gustav while others side with the Polish king Jan Kazimierz.
Director: Jerzy Hoffman | Stars: Daniel Olbrychski, Malgorzata Braunek, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Kazimierz Wichniarz
Votes: 3,185
12. Regular Lovers (2005)
183 min | Drama, Romance
1968 and 1969 in Paris during and after the student and trade-union revolt. 20-year-old François is a poet dodging military service. He takes to the barricades, but won't throw a Molotov ... See full summary »
Director: Philippe Garrel | Stars: Louis Garrel, Clotilde Hesme, Julien Lucas, Eric Rulliat
Votes: 2,987
13. Macho Callahan (1970)
R | 99 min | Drama, Western
Macho Callahan breaks out of a Confederate military prison, intent on revenge against the man who conscripted him into the army. Before he gets started, he kills another man in a petty dispute and is in turn pursued by the vengeful widow.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: David Janssen, Jean Seberg, Lee J. Cobb, James Booth
Votes: 482
14. The Unknown Soldier (1985)
197 min | Drama, War
This film is the second silver screen adaption of the Finnish war book by Väinö Linna with the same name as the film. The story is based on Linna's experiences as an infantry man in the ... See full summary »
Director: Rauni Mollberg | Stars: Risto Tuorila, Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Paavo Liski, Mika Mäkelä
Votes: 3,044
15. Caught in the Draft (1941)
Approved | 82 min | Comedy
A movie star who can't stand loud noises accidentally joins the Army.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Lynne Overman, Eddie Bracken
Votes: 892
16. Un été inoubliable (1994)
82 min | Drama, Romance, War
Romania in the 1920s. Marie-Thérèse Von Debretsy (Dame Kristin Scott Thomas) refuses the advances of her husband's commanding officer. As a result, the cosmopolitan family is reassigned to ... See full summary »
Director: Lucian Pintilie | Stars: Kristin Scott Thomas, Claudiu Bleont, Olga Tudorache, George Constantin
Votes: 1,103 | Gross: $0.07M
17. Me, Myself and Mum (2013)
TV-MA | 85 min | Comedy
A young man named Guillaume finds out that own personality is not such a simple thing.
Director: Guillaume Gallienne | Stars: Guillaume Gallienne, André Marcon, Françoise Fabian, Nanou Garcia
Votes: 8,052
18. Privates (2013)
Drama
PRIVATES is the story of the last intake of conscripts for National Service in 1960; eight young men undertake basic training at a windswept camp in Yorkshire, as the end of the era of deference meets the world of rock n' roll.
Stars: Conor MacNeill, Sara Vickers, Alexander Vlahos, Ross Anderson
Votes: 241
19. My Way Home (1978)
Not Rated | 71 min | Biography, Drama
Jamie leaves the children's home to live with his paternal grandmother. After working in a mine and in a tailor's shop, he is conscripted into the RAF, and goes to Egypt, where he is ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Douglas | Stars: Stephen Archibald, Paul Kermack, Jessie Combe, William Carrol
Votes: 864
20. The Day My Father Became a Bush (2016)
84 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When Toda's dad is called away unexpectedly to defend his country, Toda undertakes an adventurous and challenging journey towards the neighbouring country in order to find her mum.
Director: Nicole van Kilsdonk | Stars: Celeste Holsheimer, Matsen Montsma, Teun Kuilboer, Anneke Blok
Votes: 191
21. Days of Rage: the Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont (2020)
107 min | Documentary, History, Music
The decade that began with peace and love was shattered in the late 1960s amidst riots, assassinations and a war that wouldn't end. The Rolling Stones became the voice of this new era, which came to a horrific end at the Altamont festival.
Director: Tom O'Dell | Stars: Michael Lydon, Sam Culter, Ronnie Schneider, Anthony DeCurtis
Votes: 104
22. The Undeclared War (1992)
247 min | Documentary, History, War
Documentary on the French-Algerian conflict 1954-1962 which was never officially called a "war", including interviews with some of the survivors.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Patrick Rotman, Bertrand Tavernier
Votes: 118
23. The Summer of Love (2017 TV Movie)
Documentary, History, Music
The story of the cultural, social, and political changes that were brought about following the 1967 Summer of Love in San Francisco.
Director: Lyndy Saville | Stars: Ryan Mandrake, Johnnie Walker, Simon Crocker, Anne Nightingale
Votes: 33
24. Battle of Okinawa in Color (2017)
Documentary, History, War
From white-knuckle, high-speed dogfights to brutal land combat, witness the Battle of Okinawa in vivid color.
Stars: Jeff Wilburn, Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., Chester W. Nimitz, Mitsuru Ushijima
Votes: 20
25. Flowers of Reverie (1985)
102 min | Drama, History
In 1849 the Hungarian revolution is beaten down by the Russian Army. Ferenc Majláth, who was an officer in the army of the revolution, has to choose between imprisonment or getting enlisted... See full summary »
Director: László Lugossy | Stars: György Cserhalmi, Grazyna Szapolowska, Jirí Adamíra, Boguslaw Linda
Votes: 133
26. Late Summer Blues (1987)
101 min | Drama, Romance
A group of close friends celebrate the bittersweet changes coming to their lives during the summer of their high-school graduation: adult responsibilities, adult romance -- and the ... See full summary »
Director: Renen Schorr | Stars: Dor Zweigenboim, Yoav Tzafir, Shahar Segal, Omri Dolev
Votes: 303
27. Fifty Years Before Your Eyes (1950)
Approved | 72 min | Documentary, History, Sport
Documentary about the major events of the first fifty years of the Twentieth Century.
Director: Robert Youngson | Stars: Arthur Godfrey, Quentin Reynolds, H.V. Kaltenborn, Clem McCarthy
Votes: 21
28. Indiscretion (1937)
107 min | Drama
A man from a wealthy family falls in love with a florist ,but the lover has to go to war and to leave his darling crying ...and giving birth to a child.
Director: Raymond Bernard | Stars: Pierre Blanchar, Gabriel Signoret, Suzet Maïs, Junie Astor
Votes: 61
29. Fotograf (2001)
66 min | Drama
Two young people named Ali and Faruk meet on the bus journey. this journey leaves them with an end that they know but cannot prevent.
Director: Kazim Öz | Stars: Feyyaz Duman, Nazmi Kirik, Mizgin Kapazan, Muhlis Asan
Votes: 143
30. Bratkartoffeln inbegriffen (1967 TV Movie)
105 min | Drama
Director: Fritz Umgelter | Stars: Volkert Kraeft, Volker Lechtenbrink, Martin Lüttge, Ulrich von Dobschütz
Votes: 21
31. Vääpelin kauhu (1957)
72 min | Comedy
Finnish military farce about elderly man who is commanded back to service.
Director: Esko Töyri | Stars: Heikki Savolainen, Lasse Pöysti, Maija Karhi, Heikki Heino
Votes: 84
32. Swing It Soldier (1941)
Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A DJ on radio station, who's husband is in the Army, gives her job to her twin sister, without letting anybody know about this.
Director: Harold Young | Stars: Ken Murray, Frances Langford, Don Wilson, Blanche Stewart
Votes: 42
33. Rykmentin murheenkryyni (1938)
99 min | Comedy
Directors: Yrjö Norta, T.J. Särkkä | Stars: Kaarlo Angerkoski, Jalmari Rinne, Aku Korhonen, Toppo Elonperä
Votes: 79
34. Sankarialokas (1955)
82 min | Comedy
Young record store clerk and aspiring writer Esko has just finished his first novel and wants to marry a colonel's daughter. To get the father's permission, Esko has to join the military. ... See full summary »
Director: Aarne Tarkas | Stars: Lasse Pöysti, Leo Jokela, Jussi Jurkka, Tuulikki Suomela
Votes: 68
35. Nej (1969)
26 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
About how and why conscription of military service was refused at the end of the 1960s. This is the reasoning of the Minister of Defense and the friends of non-violence and pacifists.
Director: Stig Björkman | Stars: Per Ragnar, Sven Wollter, Sigvard Olsson, Öyvind Fahlström
36. Miljonäärimonni (1953)
80 min | Comedy
Director: Roland af Hällström | Stars: Lasse Pöysti, Toini Vartiainen, Sakari Halonen, Pentti Viljanen
Votes: 71
38. Conscript (2009)
10 min | Short, Drama, Sci-Fi
A love story of two aliens torn apart as he is conscripted into the military to invade earth.
Director: Jacob Owens | Stars: Jonathan Brayer, William Brown, Billy Dickie, Jenn Hogg
39.
Robin Hood (1984–1986)
Episode:
The Time of the Wolf: Part 1
(1986)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
The Sheriff is ordered by King John to collect grain from the villages of Nottinghamshire, to supply the troops for an upcoming campaign in Wales. Knowing that the people won't survive the ... See full summary »
Director: Sid Roberson | Stars: James Coombes, Richard O'Brien, Mark Ryan, Ray Winstone
Votes: 104
40.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
A New Germany: 1933-1939
(1973)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
The rebirth of Germany and growth in power of the Nazi Party leading up to the outbreak of war.
Director: Hugh Raggett | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Hans Kehrl, Georg Konrad Morgen, Heinz Reinheimer
Votes: 701
41.
OverSimplified (2016– )
Episode:
WW1: Part 2
(2016)
TV-14 | 7 min | Documentary, Animation, Comedy
Oversimplified explains World War 1, in two parts.
Director: Stuart Webster | Star: Stuart Webster
Votes: 39
42.
OverSimplified (2016– )
Episode:
The French Revolution: Part 2
(2019)
TV-14 | 22 min | Documentary, Animation, Comedy
Oversimplified explains The French Revolution, in two parts.
Director: Stuart Webster | Star: Stuart Webster
Votes: 38
43.
OverSimplified (2016– )
Episode:
The American Civil War: Part 2
(2020)
TV-14 | 22 min | Documentary, Animation, Comedy
Oversimplified explains The American Civil War, in two parts.
Director: Stuart Webster | Star: Stuart Webster
Votes: 39
44.
All Creatures Great and Small (2020– )
Episode:
What a Balls Up!
(2022)
TV-PG | 53 min | Comedy, Drama
James is finally succeeding with the farmers' uptake of the Ministry of Ag's TB testing scheme. Tristan is outgrowing running the small animal surgery and buys a car to help with errands at the practice, enabling him also taking a date out
Director: Andy Hay | Stars: Nicholas Ralph, Sophie Mensah, Adrian Rawlins, Samuel West
Votes: 363
45.
All Creatures Great and Small (2020– )
Episode:
Merry Bloody Christmas
(2022)
TV-PG | 52 min | Comedy, Drama
As Christmastime is overshadowed by war, the Farnons have taken in a refugee child. Siegfried must choose between the well being of a racehorse and safeguarding Tristan's future. Mrs. Hall also grapples with upsetting news.
Director: Stewart Svaasand | Stars: Ella Bernstein, Nicholas Ralph, Callum Woodhouse, Samuel West
Votes: 418
46.
The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)
Episode:
Yearning to Breathe Free (1938-1942)
(2022)
TV-14 | 138 min | Documentary, History
As WWII begins, Americans are divided over whether to intervene against Germany. Some individuals and organizations work tirelessly to help refugees escape. Germany invades the USSR and secretly begins the mass murder of European Jews.
Directors: Sarah Botstein, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Daniel Mendelsohn, Guy Stern, Peter Hayes
Votes: 157
47.
Military History Visualized (2016– )
Episode:
World War Management 101
(2017)
11 min | Documentary
So you want to have a world war and send all your young men into battle. Then who's going to to grow the food to feed them and who's going to make all the guns and bombs because soldiers are inherently unproductive.
Star: Bernhard Kast
48.
Foil Arms and Hog (2009– )
Episode:
How to Avoid Mobilization in Russia
(2022)
2 min | Comedy
When no excuse is a good excuse.
Stars: Sean Finegan, Sean Flanagan, Conor McKenna
49.
The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs (1998– )
Episode:
Programme 2
(1998)
48 min | Documentary, History, War
1967. Tracing the dramatic and covert events leading to the Six Day War of 1967.
Director: Dai Richards | Stars: Evgeny Pyrlin, Mohamed Fawzi, Salah Bassiouny, Miriam Eshkol
Votes: 7
50.
Military Masterminds (2022)
Episode:
Combat Power
(2022)
52 min | Documentary, History, War
Combined arms operations use the force of different military corps to increase combat power. Combining these forces needs incredible planning and authority.
Director: Roberto Irwin | Stars: Dan Hill, Jenny Grant, Daniel L. Davis, Christopher Hickey