Movies123 - WAR Movies

Hitler Uncovering His Fatal Obsession 2021 The story of Hitler and his penchant for barbarism and destruction, starting with his surprise Russian invasion and the anarchy that followed

The War of Loong 2017 The movie is based on a real historic event During Frenchs invading war against China in 1885, the French army took over Zhengnan Guan located in the Guangxi Province Wishing to protect their beloved country, the 70 years old General Feng Zicai and his two sons volunteered to j

Hamptons Legion (2021) When the Confederacy can no longer finance massive armies, Wade Hampton III, using his own money started, financed, and supplied his own infantry, cavalry, and artillery to help fight the war.

Puppet Master: Axis of Evil (2010) In a Stateside hotel during the height of World War II, young Danny Coogan dreams of joining the war effort. Following the murder of hotel guest Mr. Toulon by Nazi assassins, Danny finds the old man's crate of mysterious puppets and is suddenly thrust into a battle

War Machine (2017) An absurdist war story for our times, writer-director David Mich�d (Animal Kingdom) recreates a U.S. General's roller-coaster rise and fall as part reality, part savage parody - raising the specter of just where the line between them lies today. His is an exploration of a bor

The Search (2014) A French woman who works for a non-governmental organization forms a special relationship with a lost young boy in war-torn Chechnya in 1999.

Emperor (2012) A story of love and understanding set amidst the tensions and uncertainties of the days immediately following the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II. On the staff of General Douglas MacArthur (Jones), the de facto ruler of Japan as Supreme Commander of the occupying forces,

The Ottoman Lieutenant (2017) A beautiful, strong-willed woman, who, frustrated by ongoing injustice at home, leaves the United States after meeting Jude, an American doctor who runs a remote medical mission within the Ottoman Empire - a world both exotic and dangerous, and on the brink of what is a

Canary 2018 A coming of age war musical about a small town boy who gets chosen to serve his compulsory two year military training in the South African Defence Force Choir and Concert group, known as the Canaries, during the height of the Apartheid regime

Lore (2012) As the Allies sweep across Germany, Lore leads her siblings on a journey that exposes them to the truth of their parents' beliefs. An encounter with a mysterious refugee forces Lore to rely on a person she has always been taught to hate.

The Battle of Algiers (1966) A film commissioned by the Algerian government that shows the Algerian revolution from both sides. The French foreign legion has left Vietnam in defeat and has something to prove. The Algerians are seeking independence. The two clash. The torture used by the French is co

From Hell to Victory (1979) On August 24, 1939, at a small French cafe, six friends are about to go their separate ways. They vow to reunite on that day each year at the cafe. The film follows each of their lives: one begins work with the French resistance, one joins the French commandos, another is

The Horse Soldiers (1959) A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind Confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail/supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and the commander. The secret plan for the mission is overheard by a southern belle who must be tak

Miracle at St. Anna (2008) Christmas, 1983. A New York postal clerk, a Buffalo Soldier in Italy in World War II, shoots a stranger. In his apartment, police find a valuable Italian marble head, missing since the war. Flashbacks tell the story of four Black soldiers who cross Tuscany's Serchio River,

Uprising (2001) Using radically refashioned archival footage of the Warsaw ghetto, this interview with Jon Avnet the director of Uprising talks about Marek Edelman who is an evocative memoir of his role in the rebellion that held back the Nazis for almost a month in 1943. The film begins with the gr

Riphagen (2016) The story about Riphagen, a cunning Dutch traitor during WW2 who helped Nazi round up Jews, stealing their treasures for himself. He destroyed Resistance groups, making many who pursued justice after the war look like fools.

Run Silent Run Deep (1958) The captain of a submarine sunk by the Japanese during WWII is finally given a chance to skipper another sub after a year of working a desk job. His singleminded determination for revenge against the destroyer that sunk his previous vessel puts his new crew in unneccessary

In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011) During the Bosnian War, the captive Bosnian Ajla is brought with other women to a Serbian barrack to serve the soldiers. The commander Danijel recognizes Ajla that he met in a night-club and wooed her and he discreetly protects her. They rekindle their love, but

Continuing the storyline of The Gathering Storm, Churchill at War is a look at the former British prime minister's life and career at the end of WWII.

A Estrada 47 (2013) During World War II, looking up the Mountain, in Italy, a Brazilian Expeditionary Force - FEB - mines weeping platoon is hit by a panic-attack that sets them running aimlessly right in the middle of 'no man's land'. Desperate cold and hungry, the ill-prepared soldiers have to cho

In the winter of 1946, in Leningrad, a group of German prisoners of war are sent to a female transit camp by the cruel Russian Commander Pavlov. When they arrive, the Russian female soldiers show the hostility to the enemies that have killed their husbands, families and friends; only Dr. Natalia and

The Old Gun 1975 In Montauban in 1944, Julien Dandieu is a surgeon in the local hospital Frightened by the German army entering Montauban, he asks his friend Francois to drive his wife and his daughter to the back country village where Julien has an old castle One week later, Julien decided to meet

Battle 360 2008 A documentary series on one of the most famous ships in history the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise CV 6 The Enterprise fought in almost every major naval battle in the Pacific theatre of WW2, escaping serious damage on many occasions, often by the narrowest of margins Through CGI an

Action in the North Atlantic (1943) Lieutenant Joe Rossi is 1st Officer on a Liberty Ship in a great convoy bound from Halifax to Murmansk. After German subs crushed the convoy his ship loses the convoy and is heading alone to Murmansk. In spite of attacks by German planes and subs he get the ship s

In 1863, the Northern and Southern forces fight at Gettysburg in the decisive battle of the American Civil War.

This Is Not a War Story 2021 A ragtag group of veterans in New York deal with the aftermath of war by creating unusual art

The Untold History of the United States (20122013) Oliver Stone's re-examination of under-reported events in American history.

Harts War (2002) Fourth-generation Army Col. William McNamara is imprisoned in a brutal German POW camp. Still, as the senior-ranking American officer, he commands his fellow inmates, keeping a sense of honor alive in a place where honor is easy to destroy, all under the dangerous eye of the Luftwaf

Secret Weapon (2019) It's the Second World War. The Red Army had to retreat in a hurry and left their top secret weapon, "Katyusha", behind. A group of 8 soldiers is sent to do everything possible not to let "Katyusha" get into the hands of the Germans.

Nomad: The Warrior (2005) Rebirth of a nation. Not since Genghis Khan has anyone united the Kazakh tribes. Jungar tribesmen of Mongolia rule Kazakh land, but a prophecy has it that a descendant of Genghis will unite his people. Oraz the Wise travels the land looking for the child who will fulfill th

Au Revoir les Enfants 1987 In 1944, upper class boy Julien Quentin and his brother Francois travel to Catholic boarding school in the countryside after vacations Julien is a leader and good student and when the new student Jean Bonnet arrives in the school, they have friction in their relationship H

In 1942 Czechoslovakia, SS-General Reinhard Heydrich is appointed to become the Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia. The terror and oppression that follow cause Allied authorities in ...

Indochine (1992) This story is set in 1930, at the time when French colonial rule in Indochina is ending. A widowed French woman who works in the rubber fields, raises a Vietnamese princess as if she was her own daughter. She, and her daughter both fall in love with a young French navy officer, whic

Braddock: Missing in Action III (1988) Colonel James Braddock has a Vietnamese wife who was supposed to leave Vietnam with him when they evacuate. But she loses her papers and wasnt allowed in the embassy. Braddock went looking for her and her friend took the bracelet Braddock gave his wife and was

Trench 11 (2017) In the final days of WWI a shell-shocked soldier must lead a mission deep beneath the trenches to stop a German plot that could turn the tide of the war.

Operation Dunkirk (2017) A band of soldiers must battle their way through Nazi territory to rescue a scientist that could help turn the tide of WWII.

Ghosts of Abu Ghraib (2007) Examines the abuse, torture, and murder of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison at the hands of U.S. military police in the fall of 2003 and debunks the "bad apples" theory. The film asks: how can decent young soldiers take these actions, and, what orders came from th

The Winter War 1989 Set during World War 2 After Nazi Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, Russia attacked Finland in November 1939 Finnish reservists leave their homes and go to war The film focuses on two farmers from the municipality of Kauhava in the province of PohjanmaaOstrobothnia, broth

Return from the River Kwai (1989) A group of war prisoners has spilt blood, sweat and tears to construct a bridge over the river Kwai in Thailand. Just when the bridge is ready, an American bomber arrives and destroys it. Camp commander Tanaka wants to set an example and orders that some of the pris

Atlantis (2019) A soldier suffering from PTSD befriends a young volunteer hoping to restore peaceful energy to a war-torn society.

The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009) The story of Irena Sendler, a social worker who was part of the Polish underground during World War II and was arrested by the Nazis for saving the lives of nearly 2,500 Jewish children by smuggling them out of the Warsaw ghetto.

For Sama (2019) FOR SAMA is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war.

The Desert of the Tartars (1976) As his first assignment, lieutenant Drogo is sent to an isolated fortress on the borders of a desert and of a range of high mountains. The mission of the garrison is to prevent a possible incursion by the fearsome Tartars, coming from beyond the desert. Some fellow o

The Land Girls (1998) During World War II, the organisation "The Women's Land Army" recruited women to work on British farms while the men were off to war. Three such "land girls" of different social backgrounds - quiet Stella, young hairdresser Prue, and Cambridge graduate Ag -

Three WWII veterans return home to small-town America to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.

Princess of Mars (2009) John Carter (Antonio Sabato Jr.) is some kind of lone soldier in the middle east who looks at everyone through the scope on his rifle, until one day he gets shot a bunch of times and the government decides to reconstruct him on another planet for some reason. Naked and surrou

Young Winston (1972) This historical drama is an account of the early life of the future British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (Simon Ward), including his childhood, his time as a war correspondent in South Africa during the Second Boer War and culminating in his first election to Parliament.

In the summer of 1683, 300,000 warriors of the Ottoman Empire began the siege of Vienna. The fall of the city would have opened the way to conquer Europe. On September 11. was the main battle between the Polish cavalry and the Turks.