Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "war-effort"

1. The Tomorrow War (2021)

PG-13 | 138 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

6.6

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45 Metascore

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: 228,414

2. The World at War (1973–1974)

TV-PG | 50 min | Documentary, History, War

9.2

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A groundbreaking 26-part documentary series narrated by the actor Laurence Olivier about the deadliest conflict in history, World War II.

Stars: Laurence Olivier, Averell Harriman, Anthony Eden, Albert Speer

Votes: 29,768

3. Nowhere in Africa (2001)

R | 141 min | Biography, Drama, History

7.5

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72 Metascore

Due to Hitler's threat, Walter Redlich, a Jewish lawyer, immigrates to Kenya with his wife Jettel and daughter Regina. Things take a turn when the family is ordered to move by the British officers.

Director: Caroline Link | Stars: Juliane Köhler, Merab Ninidze, Matthias Habich, Sidede Onyulo

Votes: 13,988 | Gross: $6.17M

4. White Mischief (1987)

R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

6.4

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In 1940s Kenya, a married couple join other affluent British expatriates in a lifestyle of recklessness and excess, but soon find themselves in a troubling situation.

Director: Michael Radford | Stars: Sarah Miles, Joss Ackland, John Hurt, Greta Scacchi

Votes: 3,225 | Gross: $3.11M

5. The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995)

PG | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

6.6

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When an English cartographer must tell a Welsh village that their mountain is only a hill, the offended community sets out to change that.

Director: Christopher Monger | Stars: Hugh Grant, Tara Fitzgerald, Colm Meaney, Ian McNeice

Votes: 18,717 | Gross: $10.90M

6. The War (2007)

TV-14 | 124 min | Documentary, History, War

9.0

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A seven-part series focusing on the many ways in which the Second World War impacted the lives of American families.

Stars: Keith David, Katharine Phillips, Tom Hanks, Paul Fussell

Votes: 5,683

7. Since You Went Away (1944)

Approved | 177 min | Drama, Romance, War

7.5

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With her husband away to fight in World War II, a housewife must care for their two daughters alone.

Directors: John Cromwell, Edward F. Cline, Tay Garnett, David O. Selznick | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Shirley Temple

Votes: 5,098

8. So Proudly We Hail! (1943)

Passed | 126 min | Drama, Romance, War

7.4

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A group of nurses returning from the war in the Philippines recall their experiences in combat and in love.

Director: Mark Sandrich | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Paulette Goddard, Veronica Lake, George Reeves

Votes: 2,088

9. The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)

Passed | 126 min | Drama, Romance, War

7.0

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Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a ball, Susan meets Sir John Ashwood and marries him after a whirlwind romance. However, American Susan never quite adjusts to life as a new member of the British gentry.

Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Irene Dunne, Alan Marshal, Roddy McDowall, Frank Morgan

Votes: 1,817

10. Angel (2007)

Not Rated | 134 min | Drama, Romance

5.8

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The rise and fall of a young eccentric British writer, in the early 20th century.

Director: François Ozon | Stars: Romola Garai, Sam Neill, Lucy Russell, Michael Fassbender

Votes: 5,641

11. Against Their Will (2012 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 92 min | Drama, History

6.9

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France 1943. Two pretty and different girls, Alice and Lisette, 17, are torn from their families by the Germans and, along with many other Alsatians, sent to labor in Germany.

Director: Denis Malleval | Stars: Flore Bonaventura, Macha Méril, Louise Herrero, Pierre Kiwitt

Votes: 473

12. Malaya (1949)

Passed | 98 min | Adventure, Drama, War

6.5

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Newspaperman Royer convinces government officials of a plan to obtain rubber by smuggling it out from under the Japanese. Carnahan is let out of prison to help.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Spencer Tracy, James Stewart, Valentina Cortese, Sydney Greenstreet

Votes: 1,447

13. Three Came Home (1950)

Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, War

7.3

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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: 2,141

14. The Falcon in Danger (1943)

Approved | 69 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery

6.2

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After a passenger plane crash lands at a local airport, the rescue crew is shocked to find there is no one aboard.

Director: William Clemens | Stars: Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Elaine Shepard, Amelita Ward

Votes: 794

15. The Man Who Saved Christmas (2002 TV Movie)

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

6.5

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A.C. Gilbert figures out a way to keep Christmas alive after the war threatens to take it away in his name.

Director: Sturla Gunnarsson | Stars: Jason Alexander, Kelly Rowan, Ari Cohen, C. David Johnson

Votes: 562

16. A Screaming Man (2010)

Not Rated | 92 min | Drama

6.7

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72 Metascore

Present-day Chad. Adam, fifty-five, a former swimming champion, is pool attendant at a smart N'Djamena hotel. When the hotel gets taken over by new Chinese owners, he is forced to give up ... See full summary »

Director: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun | Stars: Youssouf Djaoro, Diouc Koma, Emile Abossolo M'bo, Hadje Fatime N'Goua

Votes: 1,843 | Gross: $0.01M

17. Meet the People (1944)

Passed | 100 min | Comedy, Musical

5.7

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An idealistic shipyard worker interests a beautiful Hollywood star in staging a musical tribute to the war industry, but they disagree on some important issues.

Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Lucille Ball, Dick Powell, Virginia O'Brien, Bert Lahr

Votes: 488

18. Air Raid Wardens (1943)

Passed | 67 min | Comedy

6.1

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Two bumblers, failures as businessmen and air raid wardens, stumble across a nest of Nazi saboteurs bent on blowing up the local magnesium plant.

Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, Jacqueline White

Votes: 1,224

19. Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics (2010 Video)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, History

7.6

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The history of the longstanding American comic book company that launched such legendary superhero characters such as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.

Director: Mac Carter | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Paul Levitz, Gerard Jones, Mark Waid

Votes: 1,332

20. The Battle of Henry Johnson

90 min | War | Post-production

WW1 African American war hero, Henry Johnson, fights a platoon of German stormtroppin, to protect fellow combatant, 15 year old Needham Roberts. An exploration of masculine roles, as well ... See full summary »

Director: Harrison Stengle | Stars: Makayla Chandler, Brandon Tabb, Hyzeem Brown, Carter J Underwood

21. Listen to Britain (1942)

Not Rated | 20 min | Documentary, Short

6.5

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A depiction of life in wartime England during the Second World War. Director Humphrey Jennings visits many aspects of civilian life and of the turmoil and privation caused by the war, all without narration.

Directors: Humphrey Jennings, Stewart McAllister | Stars: Leonard Brockington, Joseph Macleod, Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen

Votes: 1,856

22. Power of the Press (1943)

Approved | 64 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

6.0

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During WWII, the publisher of the isolationist New York Gazette is murdered just as he was about to change the paper's policy and support the US war effort. His friend, a small town patriotic editor, is brought in to find the culprits.

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Guy Kibbee, Lee Tracy, Gloria Dickson, Otto Kruger

Votes: 482

23. Powder Town (1942)

Approved | 79 min | Comedy, Drama

5.4

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An absent minded research scientist takes a job at a munitions factory

Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Victor McLaglen, Edmond O'Brien, June Havoc, Dorothy Lovett

Votes: 215

24. 28i Oktovriou, ora 5,30 (1971)

102 min | Drama, War

5.3

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During the German intervention in the Greco-Italian War, Lieutenant, Willy Knut, and his men invade a Macedonian village, forcing the inhabitants to work in an ammunition assembly line. Can the fervent patriots thwart the Nazis' ambitions?

Director: Kostas Karagiannis | Stars: Hristos Politis, Vera Krouska, Fernando Sancho, Lakis Komninos

Votes: 169

25. Mountain Rhythm (1943)

Approved | 70 min | Action, Comedy, Music

6.4

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The Weaver family buys some farmland in California, but the headmaster of a nearby boys school doesn't want them as neighbors, and before long the boys at the school are causing trouble for the Weavers.

Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Leon Weaver, Frank Weaver, June Weaver, Lynn Merrick

Votes: 16

26. You Can't Ration Love (1944)

Approved | 78 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

6.9

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Because of the war, there aren't enough men at Adams College for all the girls, but Betty (Betty Jane Rhodes as Betty Rhodes) has no difficulties as she has a monopoly on stud-athlete Pete ... See full summary »

Director: Lester Fuller | Stars: Betty Jane Rhodes, Johnny Johnston, Marjorie Weaver, Johnnie Davis

Votes: 13

27. Who's Who in the Zoo (1942)

7 min | Animation, Family, Short

6.2

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A wacky travelogue takes us to the zoo, where Porky Pig is the keeper and goofy animals provide the basis for a series of black-out gags.

Director: Norm McCabe | Stars: Mel Blanc, Robert C. Bruce

Votes: 216

28. Junge Adler (1944)

107 min | Drama

5.7

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Propagandist coming-of-age drama from Nazi Germany. The head of an aircraft factory sends his irresponsible son Theo, who crashed his car, to the factory's apprentice school, where he bonds with fellow student Baumchen and teacher Roth.

Director: Alfred Weidenmann | Stars: Willy Fritsch, Herbert Hübner, Dietmar Schönherr, Gerta Böttcher

Votes: 53

29. Benjamin Franklin, Jr. (1943)

11 min | Family, Comedy, Short

4.7

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The gang gripe about the inconveniences caused by wartime rationing. They find the insight they are seeking by putting on a show based upon Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanac.

Director: Bert Glazer | Stars: Robert Blake, Janet Burston, Billy 'Froggy' Laughlin, Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas

Votes: 46

30. All Together (1942)

3 min | Animation, Short, War

4.9

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The entire Disney menagerie appears in a parade urging the purchase of war bonds.

Directors: Pinto Colvig, Clyde Geronimi, David Hand, Ub Iwerks, Wilfred Jackson, Bill Justice, Jack King, Jack Kinney, Erdman Penner, Walt Pfeiffer, Bill Roberts, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Walt Disney, Cliff Edwards, Kate-Ellen Murtagh, Clarence Nash

Votes: 335

31. Hymn of the Nations (1944)

Approved | 31 min | Short, Documentary, Music

6.0

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Conductor Arturo Toscanini is shown at his home in New York City and leading tenor Jan Peerce and the NBC Symphony Orchestra in Verdi's "Hymn of the Nations" and "Overture to 'La Forza del Destino.'"

Director: Alexander Hammid | Stars: Arturo Toscanini, Jan Peerce, Knox Manning, The Westminister Choir

Votes: 95

32. Manto Mavrogenous (1971)

95 min | Biography, Drama, History

5.5

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As the war for the independence of Greece in the early-1820s rages on, the fervent patriot and fearless commander, Mando Mavrogenous, engages herself in an intense relationship with Prince Demetrios Ypsilantis.

Director: Kostas Karagiannis | Stars: Jenny Karezi, Petros Fyssoun, Alkis Giannakas, Eleni Erimou

Votes: 311

33. Universal Newsreel (XXIV) (1945)

Documentary, Short

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Stars: Ed Herlihy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Sol Bloom, Charles Eaton

34. A Mountain Goes to Sea (1943)

6 min | Documentary, Short, News

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Director: Charles Chauvel | Star: Paul Vernon

35. Lifeboat: Hitchcock/Truffaut (1962 Video)

12 min | Short, Biography, History

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Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, François Truffaut, Helen Scott

36. Life-line of the Nation (1944)

20 min | Documentary, Short

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Documentary showing how the American railroad system contributes to the war effort by moving supplies, war material and troops quickly and efficiently to get everything that's needed to the front lines.

Director: Carl Dudley | Star: Don McNamara