Movies123 - WAR Movies

Against the Wind 1948 Philip Elliot, a refugee Belgian priest, reports to a secret school in London for spies and saboteurs behind German lines After training, he and two others parachute into Belgium to help destroy a records office This mission leads to German capture of an important resistance le

Zwischen gestern und morgen 1947 A group of people gathers back in the post war ruins of a luxurious Munich hotel they inhabited at one point or another years before each trying to cope with the tragic consequences of the war and their own actions

Nurse Edith Cavell (1939) English nurse Edith Cavell is matron in a small private hospital in German-occupied Brussels during WWI. When the son of a recently deceased patient escapes from a German prisoner-of-war camp, Cavell aids him to reach Holland and safety. This leads to Cavell, a local noblew

Glory at Sea 1952 In 1940, a mothballed American destroyer is commissioned in the Royal Navy Her experienced Commanding Officer has had a checkered career and the crew are mostly lacking sea experience A series of mishaps seem to dog the ship for some time, and the personal lives of the crew are tur

Iraq in Fragments 2006 Iraq in Fragments illuminates post war Iraq in three acts, building a picture of a country pulled in different directions by religion and ethnicity Filmed in verite style with no scripted narration, the film explores the lives of ordinary Iraqis to illustrate and give backgrou

The True Story of Lilli Marlene (1944) How Lili Marlene became the signature tune for the British army in North Africa.

My Way Home 1965 In the final days of WWII, a seventeen year old boy wanders the countryside He is captured by Soviet troops, then released, then captured once more after he has donned a German uniform for warmth and imprisoned at a remote barracks, where he strikes up an unlikely friendship with a

The Black Tent (1956) In the African desert, a British soldier romances the native chief's daughter and helps the tribe fight off a Nazi attack.

Grenzeloos verraad 2023 1945 When a German Dutch officer in the German army is transferred to the Netherlands, he decides to help a family covering up people in hiding

King & Country (1964) During World War One, the British troops are entrenched at Passchendaele, Belgium. Among the volunteers there is a young British soldier, Arthur Hamp, who is the sole survivor of his original company. Hamp spent three years in the trenches and this makes him a veteran. He h

Words for Battle (1941) Poetry by Rudyard Kipling, John Milton, and William Blake, and excerpts from speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill, all read by Laurence Olivier, illuminate documentary footage of England during its defense against the Nazi blitz in World War II. This short film s

Desert Commandos (1967) German commandos are dropped behind enemy lines in the Sahara Desert tasked with getting to Casablanca in an assassination attempt on allied leaders.

Captain Newman, M.D. (1963) In 1944, Capt. Josiah J. Newman is the doctor in charge of Ward 7, the neuropsychiatric ward, at an Army Air Corps hospital in Arizona. The hospital is under-resourced and Newman scrounges what he needs with the help of his inventive staff, especially Cpl. Jake Leibowitz.

Johnny in the Clouds (1945) Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join in the bomber offensive. The film centres around Pilot Officer Peter Penrose, fresh out of a training unit, who joins the sq

Captive Hearts (1987) December 1944. As their bomber is shot down during a mission over Japan, Sergeant McManus and Robert, a young lieutenant, have no other choice but make a parachute jump. They are captured by local villagers and are saved from execution by Fukushima, the village elder. McManus n

Sinking the Lusitania 2001 The sinking of the British ocean liner RMS Lusitania off the Irish coast on May 7, 1915

Ballad of the Little Soldier (1984) The film focuses on a group of Miskito in Nicaragua who used child soldiers in their resistance against the Sandinistas.

Warn That Man (1943) During the war, Nazi agents devise a plan to kidnap British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. They will have an agent pose as Lord Buckley, who owns a large estate that Churchill frequently...

A Man There Was (1917) Terje Vigen, a sailor, suffers the loss of his family through the cruelty of another man. Years later, when his enemy's family finds itself dependent on Terje's beneficence, Terje must decide whether to avenge himself.

Beyond Glory 2015 Set against the backdrops of Vietnam, WWII, and the Korean War, BEYOND GLORY is the stirring, emotional, and heroic true stories of eight Medal of Honor Recipients, as performed and acted by acclaimed stage, TV, and film actor Stephen Lang

War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky (1965) Napoleon's tumultuous relations with Russia including his disastrous 1812 invasion serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of five aristocratic Russian families.

Hanagatami (2017) Fulfilling his filmmaking dream of 40 years, Nobuhiko Obayashi's luminous new feature "Hanagatami" delivers a timeless story of the pureness of youth beset by the chaos of war.

Ace of Aces (1933) A sculptor who doesn't want to have any part of World War I is shamed by his girlfriend into joining the army. He becomes a fighter pilot, and undergoes a complete personality change.

The Land Beneath Our Feet 2016 When lost footage from the 1920s depicting a corporate land grab in the early days of globalization arrives back in Liberia, it sparks inquiry into how Liberians lost sovereignty over the very land that sustains them

Léon Morin, prêtre (1961) In World War II, the widow Barny sees the Italian soldiers arriving in occupied Saint Bernard while walking to her job. Barny lives with her daughter and works correcting tests and feels a great attraction toward her boss Sabine. When the Germans arrive, Barny sends her h

They Came to Blow Up America (1943) Because of his German parentage, government agent Carl Steelman is assigned to by his chief, Craig, to join the Nazi Bund, to obtain information on the underground activities of the group. Steelman is welcomed and becomes a trusted member of the group. His father,

Dont Panic Chaps (1959) Charming farce about British and German soldiers peacefully sharing a little island in the Adriatic in 1943 - that is until the beautiful Elsa is cast ashore.

Cluny Brown (1946) Amateur plumber Cluny Brown gets sent off by her uncle to work as a servant at an English country estate. While there, she becomes friendly with Adam Belinski, a charming Czech refugee. She also becomes interested in a dull shopkeeper named Mr. Wilson. Belinski soon falls in love

The Lady with a Lamp (1951) Based on the Reginald Berkeley stage play, this compelling historical drama offers a depiction of the life story of Florence Nightingale (Anna Neagle), the young 19th-century Englishwoman famously drawn to a career in nursing. Traveling to Turkey during the Crimean War, F

Ugetsu 1953 In the beginning of the springtime in the period of the Japanese Civil Wars of the Sixteenth Century in Lake Biwa in the Province of Omi, the family man farmer and craftsman Genjuro travels to Nagahama to sell his wares and makes a small fortune His neighbor Tobei that is a fool man drea

The Legend Makers 2013 Set in the 60s during the war, Vietnamese soldiers have to overcome numerous hardships and dangers to build an oil pipeline all the way from the north to supply the fighters in the South

The Blockhouse 1973 During D day several people become trapped while hiding in a bunker, when heavy shelling collapses it They have plenty of food and water so they decide to wait for rescuers And so they wait year, after year, after year

Operation Bullshine (1959) The fun starts when a group of A.T.S. girls are posted to a light ack-ack command post on a remote part of the English coast.

Fires Were Started (1943) A new man joins the civilian firefighters at a London unit during the Second World War. He meets his fellow firemen and firewomen, manages to enjoy some leisure time with them, and then goes on his first mission with the crew as it attempts to save an explosives warehouse o

Underground Rendezvous 2007 Set in the 1980s, the eldest son of a poor family decides to move to Seoul to become a teacher Yet as soon as he reaches the city, his money is stolen and his bags are lost He manages to reach a remote town, where coincidentally they were looking for a new teacher for the

Caught in the Draft (1941) Don Bolton is a movie star who can't stand loud noises. To evade the draft, he decides to get married...but falls for a colonel's daughter. By mistake, he and his two cronies enlist. In basic training, Don hopes to make a good impression on the fair Antoinette and her fath

Land of Truth, Love Freedom 2000 In 1999, during the NATO bombing in Serbia, a young television editor Boris Milivojevic in an underground shelter turned mental institution is having a psychiatric exploration through which he reflects his story

Two Half Times in Hell 1961 On Hitlers birthday, the Germans decide to organize a soccer match between prisoners of war and Germans They assign the task of organizing the team to a well known Olympics football player who demands for his team food and a chance to train Although the organizer believes

Hail the Conquering Hero (1944) Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith (Eddie Bracken) delays the return to his hometown, feeling that he is a failure. While in a moment of melancholy, he meets up with a group

Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944) Henpecked Mr. Winkle is only too happy to go to war when he's drafted. Later his nagging wife and his neighbors are astonished when he returns home as a decorated war hero.

A Place in Hell (1969) After the U.S. defeat in the Philippines, Madison leads a rag-tag group of U.S. soldiers against the Japanese occupiers. In this WW II drama, the Japanese set an island trap for the American troops.

Square of Violence 1961 Set in Italy, the story takes place in this very country, during WW2, where German occupation army ruled everything, just before the allied forces came, in 1944 Crawford plays here a doctor whose son has been shot by the Germans Of course he has no more taste in life He conti

Hitlers Teen Killers 2020 They grew up under the Nazi regime They pledged to give their lives for Hitler They were fanatics who would not be stopped They were the 20,000 teenagers who made up the 12th SS Panzer Division Unleashed in France to halt the

Chinas Megatomb Revealed 2016 Unearthing the terrible secrets hidden in the tomb of Chinas first emperor The Terracotta warriors are just the tip of the iceberg in a mausoleum the size of Manhattan, which has gone largely unexcavated

The Burmese Harp 1956 Mizushima is a soldier in the Japanese army in Burma in World War II Hes a good soldier and frequently plays his harp to entertain his fellow soldiers When the war comes to an end, he is asked by the British to go into the mountains to try and convince a Japanese troop to surre

The First Days (1939) Londoners prepare for war.

Sarv Zire Ab (2018) Will Jahanbakhsh's secret reveal? This secret will make everybody sleepless: Chista, Mahroo, Goodarz, Bahram, Sultan, Jagangir and Major Pooshyass. To prove his innocence, and to restore peace and tranquility, Jahanbakhsh embarks on a long journey whose end will change their live

Ray (2016) Feature film about three people whose paths cross during a terrible time of war: Olga, a Russian aristocratic emigrant and member of the French Resistance; Jules, a French collaborator; and Helmut, a high-ranking German SS officer. Olga is arrested for hiding Jewish children during a raid