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1. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
PG-13 | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
An elite military unit comprised of special operatives known as G.I. Joe, operating out of The Pit, takes on an evil organization led by a notorious arms dealer.
Director: Stephen Sommers | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Votes: 215,122 | Gross: $152.27M
2. Charlotte Gray (2001)
PG-13 | 121 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A young Scottish woman joins the French Resistance during World War II to rescue her Royal Air Force boyfriend who is lost in France.
Director: Gillian Armstrong | Stars: Cate Blanchett, James Fleet, Abigail Cruttenden, Charlotte McDougall
Votes: 13,196 | Gross: $0.67M
3. Perrier's Bounty (2009)
R | 88 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A gangster named Perrier looks to exact his revenge on a trio of fugitives responsible for the accidental death of one of his cronies.
Director: Ian Fitzgibbon | Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Cillian Murphy, Michael McElhatton, Don Wycherley
Votes: 7,454 | Gross: $0.00M
4. A Stranger in My Arms (1959)
Approved | 88 min | Drama, Romance, War
After the Korean War, an Air Force pilot meets the family of his KIA navigator and recalls, in flashbacks, the circumstances of their ordeal after being shot down.
Director: Helmut Käutner | Stars: June Allyson, Jeff Chandler, Sandra Dee, Charles Coburn
Votes: 240
5. Down River (2018)
70 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Four soldiers trapped behind enemy lines must confront their fears and desires while finding a way back to their battalion.
Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Alexander Raye Pimentel, Zachary Greene, Cody Poirot, Nicholas Winand
Votes: 592
6. Turok (2008 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Joseph Turok's ship is shot down during a mission to hunt down a war criminal. Turok and the rest of his squad are scattered across an alien planet inhabited by both the War criminals army and dozens of species of blood thirsty creatures.
Director: Josh Holmes | Stars: Gregory Cruz, Ron Perlman, Timothy Olyphant, Powers Boothe
Votes: 927
7. Von Richthofen and Brown (1971)
PG-13 | 97 min | Action, Biography, Drama
The story of Manfred von Richthofen, the German air ace during World War I and his struggle with the enemy aces and some jealous German officers.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: John Phillip Law, Don Stroud, Barry Primus, Corin Redgrave
Votes: 1,390 | Gross: $0.17M
8. Flower and Snake (2004)
115 min | Drama, Thriller
Tôyama, a weak-willed businessman, is in debt to the Yakuza; they also have a video of him bribing a government minister. To clear his debts, he agrees to let them drug and kidnap his wife ... See full summary »
Director: Takashi Ishii | Stars: Aya Sugimoto, Renji Ishibashi, Ken'ichi Endô, Misaki Mori
Votes: 1,255
9. The Destructors (1974)
PG | 89 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When a U.S. Intelligence Agent is unable to bring a ruthless drug baron to justice, he resorts to hiring a contract killer. But the man with whom he is put in contact turns out to be an old friend.
Director: Robert Parrish | Stars: Michael Caine, Anthony Quinn, James Mason, Maurice Ronet
Votes: 1,614
10. The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, War
In the North Sea in 1944, passengers of a downed Royal Air Force transport aircraft talk about their lives while awaiting rescue in their dinghy.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Michael Redgrave, Dirk Bogarde, Bonar Colleano, Jack Watling
Votes: 733
11. Partizanska eskadrila (1979)
130 min | Drama, History, War
The first Yugoslav Partisan air force unit. Loosely based on historical facts.
Director: Hajrudin Krvavac | Stars: Bekim Fehmiu, Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Ljubisa Samardzic, Rados Bajic
Votes: 945
12. Something to Remind Me (2001 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama, Thriller
The first entry in Petzold's "ghost trilogy," Something to Remind Me marks the first of his many collaborations with actress Nina Hoss. It's also the director's first variation on Vertigo, ... See full summary »
Director: Christian Petzold | Stars: Nina Hoss, André Hennicke, Sven Pippig, Heinrich Schmieder
Votes: 725
13. 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
14. Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War (2004 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Drama
15 years after the Belkan War, the Osean Wardog squadron finds itself in the center of an unexplained war with the formerly allied nation of Yuktobania.
Director: Kazutoki Kono | Stars: Wakana Yamazaki, Hideo Ishikawa, Kenji Nojima, Unshô Ishizuka
Votes: 285
15. Rwanda: The Untold Story (2014)
59 min | Documentary
Twenty years on from the Rwandan genocide, This World reveals evidence that challenges the accepted story of one of the most horrifying events of the late 20th century. The current ... See full summary »
Director: John Conroy | Stars: Howard Adelman, Kofi Annan, Marie Bamutese, Tony Blair
Votes: 29
16. China Venture (1953)
Approved | 83 min | Adventure, Drama, War
During WW2, an American commando team is sent to rescue the prisoner of a warlord in Japanese-occupied China.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Barry Sullivan, Jocelyn Brando, Leo Gordon
Votes: 156
17. 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
18. The Forgotten Man (1971 TV Movie)
73 min | Drama, War
Former Vietnam War POW Lt.Joe Hardy returns home to the US where he finds a totally changed life situation and where he struggles with PTSD.
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Dennis Weaver, Lois Nettleton, Anne Francis, Andrew Duggan
Votes: 95
19. 100 Missions: Surviving Vietnam (2020)
44 min | Documentary, History, War
During the Vietnam War, US Air Force pilots who flew 100 combat missions could go home. The tension built relentlessly as they survived each sortie. This is the story of the survivors and the fallen.
Stars: Robin Olds, Michael Hankins, Ed Rasimus, Karl Richter
Votes: 62
20. Battle of Britain (2005)
Documentary, History, War
A chronological history of the Battle of Britain between July 10th and September 30th 1940, featuring interviews with eyewitnesses including surviving British and German pilots.
Stars: Bob Doe, Cyril Bamberger, Thomas Neil, Ulrich Steinhilper
Votes: 10
21. The Watch Tower (1956 TV Movie)
30 min | Drama, Family
Stars: Nigel Anthony, Christine Russell, Margaret Barton, Barry Letts
22. Bhalobasar Rong (2012)
156 min | Comedy, Romance
A beautiful story of love and passion.
Directors: Shahin, Sumon | Stars: Bappy Chowdhury, Mahiya Mahi, Amit Hasan, Miju Ahmed
Votes: 35
23. Gianmarco Bellini (2023)
10 min | Documentary, Short
On the eve of the Operation Desert Storm in the first Gulf War, the Italian government deployed eight Tornado Fighter-bombers. Gianmarco Bellini was one of the pilots, shot down, captured, ... See full summary »
Director: Maria Luisa Forenza | Star: Gianmarco Bellini
24. Colorum (2009)
109 min | Drama
Director: Jobin Ballesteros | Stars: Alfred Vargas, Lou Veloso, Joe Mari Avellana, Andoy Ranay
Votes: 19
25. Against (2009)
9 min | Short
A shot is fired, a child is dead, and now he is not alone.
Director: Panayiotis Fotiou | Stars: Stelios Tsafos, Vassiliki Tzanakou
26. Richard Hank Sciaroni (2015)
11 min | Documentary, Short
Hank Sciaroni kept his experience as a Flight Navigator during WWII close to his chest, not revealing details even to his wife until decades later. Now revealing his memories, Hank ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Barbarino | Star: Richard Hank Sciaroni
27. Midnight Raiders (1994 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Crime
You get orders to execute a top secret mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist. There's only one problem: the CIA wants no survivors.
Director: Sam Nicholson | Stars: Mychelle Charters, David L. Crowley, Michael Gregory, Todd Jensen
Votes: 8
28.
Thunderbirds (1965–1966)
Episode:
The Uninvited
(1965)
TV-G | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Scott has been dispatched in Thunderbird 1 to rescue a pair of archeologists who've become stranded in the desert. Little does he suspect they've stumbled into the secret pyramid lair of the mysterious and hostile Zombites!
Director: Desmond Saunders | Stars: Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, Peter Dyneley, Christine Finn
Votes: 171
29.
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: 1,923
30.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
Pacific: February 1942-July 1945
(1974)
TV-PG | 50 min | Documentary, History, War
The island hopping strategy of Admiral Nimitz and General MacArthur leads from one costly, battle after another. The Japanese fight fanatically as the war gets ever closer to home, but Americans finally use their newest weapon, the A-bomb.
Director: John Pett | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Roy Voris, Frank Manson, Douglas MacArthur
Votes: 355
31.
Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode:
Operation Market Garden
(2001)
Documentary, History, War
Operation Market Garden was an attempt by the allies to use airborne units to seize key bridges and short-cut the slog into northern Germany thereby shortening the war. This is a look at the plan, the leaders and the equipment involved.
Directors: Andrew Aitken, Dave Flitton, James Wignall | Stars: Jonathan Booth, Wilhelm Bittrich, Omar N. Bradley, Lewis H. Brereton
Votes: 7
32.
Hollywood Hist-o-Rama (1961– )
Episode:
Leslie Howard
(1962)
4 min | Documentary, Biography
Photographic stills and an off-screen narrator describe the movie career of English-born Leslie Howard (1893-1943), a stage actor until his first screen appearance at 37. His breakthrough ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph R. Juliano
Votes: 11
33.
Apocalypse: Hitler Takes on the West (2021– )
Episode:
Ultimes Combats
(2021)
Documentary, History, War
France is in chaos. The French people take to the roads, trying to escape. The government signs an armistice as Germans take over half the country.
Directors: Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Stephen Rashbrook, Nathan Rippy, William C. Bullitt
Votes: 40
34.
Dreileben (2011– )
Episode:
Eine Minute Dunkel
(2011)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Christoph Hochhäusler | Stars: Stefan Kurt, Eberhard Kirchberg, Imogen Kogge, Timo Jacobs
Votes: 340
35.
Corto Maltese (2003–2004)
Episode:
Corto Maltese: Les Celtiques
(2004)
78 min | Animation
In 1915, laconic adventurer and former ship captain Corto Maltese, a popular European comic book character, is in war-torn Europe. During WWI, he visits four historical locations - Venice, Caporetto, Stonehenge and Vaux-sur-Somme.
Directors: Richard Danto, Liam Saury | Stars: Richard Berry, Frédéric Barbe, Georges Bécot, Hervé Bellon
Votes: 128
36.
My Grandparents' War (2019– )
Episode:
Keira Knightley
(2022)
44 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Actress Keira Knightley learns new stories of her grandparents' amazing wartime feats.
Star: Keira Knightley
Votes: 27
37.
Yarnhub (2019– )
Episode:
The White Lily of Stalingrad
(2021)
10 min | Documentary, Animation, History
In 1942 Lilya Litvyak became the first Soviet woman to shoot down and enemy, Nazi, plane. But that was just the start of her exploits.
Star: David Webb
38.
Highlander: The Animated Series (1994–1996)
Episode:
Fallout
(1994)
Not Rated | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Ramirez takes Quentin to see the Sandman, a tormented Immortal once known as Prometheus, who possesses the forbidden knowledge of atom and nuclear weapons. Kortan tries to get to him first and kill him to absorb this knowledge.
Stars: Miklos Perlus, Benedict Campbell, Lawrence Bayne, Katie Zegers
Votes: 21
39.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008–2020)
Episode:
Tipping Points
(2012)
TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The people of Onderon have decided to revolt against the Separatists, leading to a full scale revolt between the rebels and battle droids.
Director: Bosco Ng | Stars: Dawn-Lyen Gardner, Ashley Eckstein, Jason Spisak, Andrew Kishino
Votes: 3,079
40.
MH370: The Plane That Disappeared (2023)
Episode:
The Intercept
(2023)
TV-14 | 56 min | Documentary
Debris possibly from MH370 is found but only raises more questions. Another theory involving suspicious cargo is raised.
Director: Louise Malkinson | Stars: Grace Nathan, Ghislain Wattrelos, Intan Othman, Mike Exner
Votes: 499
41.
Aquarius (2015–2016)
Episode:
Why?
(2015)
TV-14 | 42 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Charmain's first ride-along is cut short when her fellow officers are shot.
Director: Jonas Pate | Stars: David Duchovny, Grey Damon, Gethin Anthony, Emma Dumont
Votes: 384
42.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008–2020)
Episode:
The Bad Batch
(2020)
TV-PG | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Rex, Cody, and Clone Force 99 (an unorthodox, elite squad also known as the Bad Batch), look to recover the Republic's strategy algorithm from Admiral Trench, but a haunting truth awaits.
Directors: Dave Filoni, Kyle Dunlevy | Stars: Dee Bradley Baker, Matt Lanter, Matthew Wood, Terrence 'T.C.' Carson
Votes: 5,180
43.
The Boys (2019– )
Episode:
The Self-Preservation Society
(2019)
TV-MA | 56 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Never trust a washed-up Supe -- the Boys learn this lesson the hard way. Meanwhile, Homelander digs into his past, Starlight discovers that love hurts, and if you're ever in Sandusky, Ohio ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Attias | Stars: Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty
Votes: 13,900