Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "reference-to-the-korean-war"

1. Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Drama

After thirty years, Maverick is still pushing the envelope as a top naval aviator, but must confront ghosts of his past when he leads TOP GUN's elite graduates on a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those chosen to fly it.

Director: Joseph Kosinski | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller, Val Kilmer

Votes: 698,181 | Gross: $718.73M

2. Back to School (1986)

PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport

To help his discouraged son get through college, a funloving and obnoxious rich businessman decides to enter the school as a student himself.

Director: Alan Metter | Stars: Rodney Dangerfield, Sally Kellerman, Burt Young, Keith Gordon

Votes: 36,223 | Gross: $91.26M

3. Angel Has Fallen (2019)

R | 121 min | Action, Thriller

Mike Banning is framed for the attempted assassination of the President and must evade his own agency and the FBI as he tries to uncover the real threat.

Director: Ric Roman Waugh | Stars: Gerard Butler, Frederick Schmidt, Danny Huston, Rocci Boy Williams

Votes: 110,723 | Gross: $69.03M

4. Minari (2020)

PG-13 | 115 min | Drama

A Korean American family moves to an Arkansas farm in search of its own American dream. Amidst the challenges of new life in the strange and rugged Ozarks, they discover the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.

Director: Lee Isaac Chung | Stars: Steven Yeun, Han Yeri, Alan Kim, Noel Cho

Votes: 97,152

5. Heartbreak Ridge (1986)

R | 130 min | Drama, War

Hard-nosed, hard-living Marine Gunnery Sergeant Tom Highway clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Marsha Mason, Everett McGill, Moses Gunn

Votes: 48,225 | Gross: $42.72M

6. Trumbo (2015)

R | 124 min | Biography, Drama

In 1947, Dalton Trumbo was Hollywood's top screenwriter, until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs.

Director: Jay Roach | Stars: Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren, Louis C.K.

Votes: 84,798 | Gross: $7.86M

7. From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)

PG | 91 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

A group of Yokohama teens look to save their school's clubhouse from the wrecking ball in preparations for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

Director: Gorô Miyazaki | Stars: Sarah Bolger, Chris Noth, Anton Yelchin, Christina Hendricks

Votes: 52,072 | Gross: $1.00M

8. Inside Man (2023)

91 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Based on true events, a disgraced police detective seeking redemption by going undercover to expose a violent crime syndicate. But as he sinks deeper into the mob, the price for absolution may be higher than he can afford.

Director: Danny A. Abeckaser | Stars: Emile Hirsch, Jake Cannavale, Lucy Hale, Ashley Greene

Votes: 1,472

9. Beyond Utopia (2023)

PG-13 | 115 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The story of several families as they attempt to escape oppression in North Korea, revealing a world most of us have never seen.

Director: Madeleine Gavin | Stars: Hyeonseo Lee, Sung-eun Kim, So-yeon Lee, Sue Mi Terry

Votes: 3,417

10. Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)

Approved | 120 min | Drama, Romance

A drifter and a faded film star, both traumatized by Hollywood, arrive to the guy's hometown, where the old bitter memories revive again.

Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Shirley Knight, Ed Begley

Votes: 8,480

11. 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

12. Same Kind of Different as Me (2017)

PG-13 | 119 min | Biography, Drama

International art dealer Ron Hall must befriend a dangerous homeless man in order to save his struggling marriage to his wife, a woman whose dreams will lead all three of them on the journey of their lives.

Director: Michael Carney | Stars: Greg Kinnear, Renée Zellweger, Djimon Hounsou, Jon Voight

Votes: 8,574 | Gross: $6.42M

13. The Onion Field (1979)

R | 126 min | Crime, Drama

An LA police officer is murdered in the onion fields outside of Bakersfield. However, legal loopholes could keep his kidnappers from receiving justice, and his partner is haunted by overwhelming survivor's guilt.

Director: Harold Becker | Stars: John Savage, James Woods, Franklyn Seales, Ted Danson

Votes: 5,763 | Gross: $9.89M

14. Deadlier Than the Male (1967)

Approved | 98 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

British agent Bulldog Drummond is assigned to stop a master criminal who uses beautiful women to do his killings.

Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Richard Johnson, Elke Sommer, Sylva Koscina, Nigel Green

Votes: 2,005

15. A Painted House (2003 TV Movie)

PG | 97 min | Drama, Family

A young boy, his family, and the migrant workers they hire to work their cotton farm struggle against difficult odds to raise and sell the crop. Meanwhile, the boy dreams of living in ... See full summary »

Director: Alfonso Arau | Stars: Scott Glenn, Arija Bareikis, Robert Sean Leonard, Melinda Dillon

Votes: 1,123

16. Going All the Way (1997)

R | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

After returning home from the Korean War, two young men search for love and fulfillment in middle America.

Director: Mark Pellington | Stars: Jeremy Davies, Ben Affleck, Amy Locane, Rose McGowan

Votes: 2,158 | Gross: $0.09M

17. The Front (1976)

PG | 95 min | Drama

In 1953, a cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.

Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Woody Allen, Zero Mostel, Herschel Bernardi, Michael Murphy

Votes: 9,677

18. Churchill's Secret (2016 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 100 min | Biography, Drama, History

British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill (Sir Michael Gambon) suffers from a stroke in the summer of 1953, which is consequently kept a secret from the rest of the world.

Director: Charles Sturridge | Stars: Michael Gambon, Romola Garai, Lindsay Duncan, Daisy Lewis

Votes: 1,556

19. The Game of Their Lives (2005)

PG | 101 min | Drama, History, Sport

Based on a true story, this film tells the tale of the 1950 U.S. soccer team, who, against all odds, beat England 1 - 0 in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Although no U.S. team has ever won a World Cup title, this story is about the family traditions and passions which shaped the lives of the players who made up this team of underdogs.

Director: David Anspaugh | Stars: Wes Bentley, Gerard Butler, Gavin Rossdale, Jay Rodan

Votes: 3,522 | Gross: $0.38M

20. Humor Me (2017)

93 min | Comedy

With an interminable case of writer's block and a personal family crisis, playwright Nate is forced to move into his father's retirement community.

Director: Sam Hoffman | Stars: Joey Slotnick, Bernie McInerney, Elliott Gould, Tibor Feldman

Votes: 1,412 | Gross: $0.04M

21. The Whistle Blower (1986)

PG | 100 min | Drama, Thriller

A war veteran tries to investigate the murder of his son who was working as a Russian translator for the British intelligence service during the Cold War. He meets a web of deception and paranoia that seems to be impenetrable.

Director: Simon Langton | Stars: Michael Caine, James Fox, Nigel Havers, John Gielgud

Votes: 2,640 | Gross: $1.50M

22. The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959)

Not Rated | 105 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

A disgraced merchant marine officer elects to stay aboard his sinking cargo ship in order to prove the vessel was deliberately scuttled and, as a result, vindicate his good name.

Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Gary Cooper, Charlton Heston, Michael Redgrave, Emlyn Williams

Votes: 2,942

23. State Like Sleep (2018)

104 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

A woman grapples with the consequences of her celebrity husband's double life after he commits suicide.

Director: Meredith Danluck | Stars: Katherine Waterston, Michael Shannon, Luke Evans, Michiel Huisman

Votes: 1,074 | Gross: $0.00M

24. 40-Love (2021)

98 min | Comedy, Sport

22 year old Beek, a math whiz just fired from a McJob, drives 1679 miles to NYC to unsolicited advice a cute Russian top tennis player. A girl artist joins him on the way.

Director: Fred Wolf | Stars: Jasjit Williams, Katerina Tannenbaum, Alena Savostikova, Tommy Flanagan

Votes: 332

25. Though None Go with Me (2006 TV Movie)

G | 100 min | Drama

Elizabeth Leroy devotes her life to serving God but her faith is tested over the years as she has to overcome many hardships and sorrows.

Director: Armand Mastroianni | Stars: Cheryl Ladd, Amy Grabow, Bruce Weitz, David Norona

Votes: 745

26. 5 Against the House (1955)

Approved | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Four vets attending college on the GI Bill and a cabaret singer try to rob a Reno Casino and pull off the perfect crime.

Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Guy Madison, Kim Novak, Brian Keith, Alvy Moore

Votes: 2,054

27. Battle Beneath the Earth (1967)

Not Rated | 91 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller

A Chinese general goes berserk and has a system of tunnels dug all the way from China to USA, under the Pacific Ocean. The man who has discovered this is locked up because they think he is ... See full summary »

Director: Montgomery Tully | Stars: Kerwin Mathews, Viviane Ventura, Robert Ayres, Peter Arne

Votes: 981

28. The Piper (2015)

PG-13 | 119 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Shortly after the Korean war, a father and a son are wandering through the country and make a stop in a remote village, where strange and dangerous happenings occur.

Director: Kwang-tae Kim | Stars: Ryu Seung-ryong, Lee Sung-min, Chun Woo-hee, Lee Joon

Votes: 1,912

29. Give 'em Hell, Harry! (1975)

PG | 104 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

One-man show about the presidency of Harry S. Truman.

Directors: Steve Binder, Peter H. Hunt | Star: James Whitmore

Votes: 575 | Gross: $11.00M

30. War of the Colossal Beast (1958)

Approved | 69 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Glenn Manning, "The Amazing Colosasal Man," believed dead after falling from the Hoover Dam, reemerges in rural Mexico, brain damaged, disfigured, and very hungry.

Director: Bert I. Gordon | Stars: Sally Fraser, Roger Pace, Duncan 'Dean' Parkin, Russ Bender

Votes: 2,615

31. You Have to Run Fast (1961)

Not Rated | 73 min | Crime, Drama

A doctor is on the run from the mob because he identified two hoods involved in a murder.

Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Craig Hill, Elaine Edwards, Grant Richards, Willis Bouchey

Votes: 144

32. Crossing the Line (2006)

Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary

A British documentary about US Army defector James Dresnok currently living in North Korea after having defected during the 60s.

Director: Daniel Gordon | Stars: Damion Cruzz, Bruce Cumings, James Joseph Dresnok, Charles Robert Jenkins

Votes: 866 | Gross: $0.01M

33. The Young Lovers (1964)

Approved | 109 min | Drama

Eddie wants to live a life without responsibilities. He meets Pam and they fall in love. When Pam gets pregnant, Eddie must face up to the problem.

Director: Samuel Goldwyn Jr. | Stars: Peter Fonda, Sharon Hugueny, Nick Adams, Deborah Walley

Votes: 199

34. Sellâle (2001)

120 min | Comedy, Drama

The story takes place in Harbiye town of Antakya just before the 1960 military coup d'etat. The economic and political crisis of those days are reflected by the both funny and sad story of ... See full summary »

Director: Semir Aslanyürek | Stars: Hülya Koçyigit, Tuncel Kurtiz, Aykut Oray, Nurgül Yesilçay

Votes: 546

35. The Living Dead (1995)

176 min | Documentary

Investigating the way politicians erase, rewrite and interpret the past to their own interest.

Star: Adam Curtis

Votes: 359

36. Kimjongilia (2009)

Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary, Drama

North Korean defectors tell their stories of repression, escape and hope.

Director: N.C. Heikin | Stars: Young Hun Choi, Chol-Hwan Kang, Lee Shin

Votes: 933 | Gross: $0.00M

37. A&E Biography: Kenny Rogers (2020 TV Special)

85 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

Biography: Kenny Rogers is a journey through Kenny's life and chart-busting career. Weaving in performances from his star-studded farewell show in Nashville, the biography charts Kenny's hard-won 60-year career.

Stars: Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers, Roy Rogers, Sandy Rogers

Votes: 49

38. Korea (1959)

40 min | Documentary, Short, War

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Director: John Ford | Star: George O'Brien

Votes: 60

39. The Other Side of the Mountain (2012)

Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, Romance, War

A North Korean nurse and a South Korean soldier fall in love during a tumultuous time of the Korean War, and experience lifetimes of consequences, separation and pain, with the hope of reuniting one day.

Director: In Hak Jang | Stars: Hyang Suk Kim, Ryung Min Kim, Jung Taik Park

Votes: 30

40. The Women Outside: Korean Women and the U.S. Military (1995)

Documentary, History

Documentary on young South Korean women who work in sex related enterprises adjacent to American military bases in South Korea. Also explores the lives of Korean American women who came to the United States as wives of American servicemen.

Directors: Hye Jung Park, J.T. Takagi | Star: Ninotchka Rosca

41. Uppdrag i Korea (1951)

101 min | Drama

On June 25, 1950, the Korean conflict escalates. The country, divided by the superpowers into two zones along the 38th latitude - North and South Korea - is thus incorporated into the focal point of world politics.

Director: Gunnar Höglund | Stars: Tord Andersén, Tage Erlander, Karl-Erik Groth, Anders Karlén

42. Voyna v Koree (2012– )

Action, Drama, History

Star Media's award-winning animation studio, Babich Design proudly presents this powerful and dramatic account of the Korean War (1950-1953). Often colloquially referred to as 'The ... See full summary »

Votes: 32

43. More Than Meets the Eye (1952)

14 min | Animation, Short

Abstract art-inspired promotional film for the CBS Radio Network, extolling the benefits of the radio medium for advertisement.

Director: William T. Hurtz | Star: Robert Trout

44. 87th Precinct (1961–1962)
Episode: Til Death (1961)

60 min | Crime, Drama

A Sunday afternoon backyard wedding has a pall cast over it by ominous threats to the bride and groom. Carella enlists Kling's help in keeping a killer at bay.

Director: Alan Crosland Jr. | Stars: Robert Lansing, Ron Harper, Gregory Walcott, Norman Fell

Votes: 10

45. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode: Happy Birthday (1986)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A man's quiet 50th birthday is interrupted when he is arrested for a murder from 22 years before. Dumbfounded, he tries to convince the detectives who are transporting him to the station of his innocence.

Director: Randy Roberts | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Lane Smith, Lee de Broux, Bruce Gray

Votes: 114

46. Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950–1963)
Episode: The Use of Dignity (1954)

30 min | Drama

A longshoreman decides he has stood brutal treatment of dock racketeers long enough.

Director: James Sheldon | Stars: Ed Begley, Cliff Robertson, Joe Downing, Florence Anglin

47. The Chronicle (2001–2002)
Episode: Bring Me the Head of Tucker Burns (2001)

Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

Wes and Grace investigate the serial killings committed by a headless biker wearing a jack-o'-lantern helmet, who decapitates seemingly random people with his sword. Tucker and Kristen go on a date.

Director: Sanford Bookstaver | Stars: Chad Willett, Casey Biggs, Len Cordova, Elaine Hendrix

Votes: 9

48. Cold Case (2003–2010)
Episode: A Time to Hate (2003)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The team investigates a 1964 case when a young college student was killed outside a gay bar.

Director: Deran Sarafian | Stars: Kathryn Morris, Danny Pino, John Finn, Jeremy Ratchford

Votes: 707

49. Hello, Larry (1979–1980)
Episode: Thanksgiving Crossover: Part 2 (1979)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy

Mr. Drummond and Mr. Alder try to figure out how to get past their differences to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner.

Director: Doug Rogers | Stars: Conrad Bain, McLean Stevenson, Gary Coleman, Joanna Gleason

Votes: 44

50. The Fugitive (1963–1967)
Episode: Decision in the Ring (1963)

TV-PG | 51 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

Richard Kimble helps a black boxer realize that he may have a brain injury that will kill him if he continues to box. Meanwhile, an undercover police Sgt. closes in on Kimble.

Director: Robert Ellis Miller | Stars: David Janssen, James Edwards, Ruby Dee, James Dunn

Votes: 238