War Movies

Combat Squad (1953)

Combat Squad (1953)

Combat Squad (1953)
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72

A tough sergeant helps a raw recruit find courage under fire during the Korean War.

Genre: War
China Venture (1953)

China Venture (1953)

China Venture (1953)
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83

American soldiers undertake a mission to capture a Japanese admiral who has survived an air crash in China during WWII.

Genre: War
Fort Algiers (1953)

Fort Algiers (1953)

Fort Algiers (1953)
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78

In northwest Africa, a tribal leader tries to stir up a rebellion against the ruling powers.

Genre: Adventure, War
The Red Beret (1953)

The Red Beret (1953)

The Red Beret (1953)
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88

Steve MacKendrick resigns from the US Army after causing the needless death of a fellow officer. Wanting to serve in the war, he enlists as a Canadian in the British…

Genre: Drama, War
South Sea Woman (1953)

South Sea Woman (1953)

South Sea Woman (1953)
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99

Marine Sergeant James O’Hearn is being tried at the San Diego Marine base for desertion, theft, scandalous conduct and destruction of property in time of war. He refuses to testify…

Sailor of the King (1953)

Sailor of the King (1953)

Sailor of the King (1953)
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83

A British naval officer has a brief affair with a woman in England and never knows that she bears him a son. 20 years later the boy is on a…

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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Malta Story (1953)

Malta Story (1953)

Malta Story (1953)
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99

Malta, 1942, during World War II. While the German air force is relentlessly bombing the island, a British pilot falls in love with a young Maltese girl.

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Genre: Drama, History, War
Desert Legion (1953)

Desert Legion (1953)

Desert Legion (1953)
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86

A commander in the Foreign Legion romances a mysterious and exotic princess.

Fear and Desire (1953)

Fear and Desire (1953)

Fear and Desire (1953)
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62

After their airplane crashes behind enemy lines, four soldiers must survive and try to find a way back to their battalion. However, when they come across a local peasant girl…

Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
The Cruel Sea (1953)

The Cruel Sea (1953)

The Cruel Sea (1953)
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126

At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training. The winter seas make…

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Genre: Drama, History, War
Thunder in the East (1952)

Thunder in the East (1952)

Thunder in the East (1952)
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97

During India’s first years of independence from Britain, Steve Gibbs lands his armaments loaded plane in Ghandahar province hoping to get rich. Pacifist Prime Minister Singh hopes to reach an…

Genre: Drama, War
Operation Secret (1952)

Operation Secret (1952)

Operation Secret (1952)
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108

After assisting the French Underground during WWII, an American Officer is later accused of murder and subversive activities by former colleagues. Based on the actual exploits of Lieutenant Colonel Peter…

Genre: Drama, War
Flat Top (1952)

Flat Top (1952)

Flat Top (1952)
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83

A rock hard commander trains Navy Carrier Pilots during the Second World War

Genre: Action, Drama, War
Battle Zone (1952)

Battle Zone (1952)

Battle Zone (1952)
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81

Two Marine Corps combat photographers compete for the love of a Red Cross nurse during the Korean War. During a secret mission behind the North Korean lines their rivalry reaches…

Genre: War
Springfield Rifle (1952)

Springfield Rifle (1952)

Springfield Rifle (1952)
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93

Major Lex Kearney, dishonourably discharged from the army for cowardice in battle, volunteers to go undercover to try to prevent raids against shipments of horses desperately needed for the Union…

Genre: War, Western
The Sound Barrier (1952)

The Sound Barrier (1952)

The Sound Barrier (1952)
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118

Fictionalized story of British aerospace engineers solving the problem of supersonic flight.

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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
One Minute to Zero (1952)

One Minute to Zero (1952)

One Minute to Zero (1952)
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105

An idealistic United Nations official learns the harrowing truth about war when she falls in love with an American officer charged with the evacuation of civilians. As hostilities escalate, the…

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
What Price Glory (1952)

What Price Glory (1952)

What Price Glory (1952)
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110

Two military men, Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt, who are rivals to begin with, grow more at odds with each other when Quirt is made Flagg’s top sergeant. And when…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Gift Horse (1952)

Gift Horse (1952)

Gift Horse (1952)
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95

Compton Bennett’s war drama The Gift Horse follows the fortunes of ageing destroyer The Ballantrae and her crew from the time they come together in 1940 until the climactic raid…

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Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Forbidden Games (1952)

Forbidden Games (1952)

Forbidden Games (1952)
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87

Orphaned after a Nazi air raid, Paulette, a young Parisian girl, runs into Michel, an older peasant boy, and the two quickly become close. Together, they try to make sense…

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Genre: Drama, War
Saturday Island (1952)

Saturday Island (1952)

Saturday Island (1952)
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93

When their hospital ship sinks in the South Pacific during WWII, military nurse Elizabeth Smythe and Marine Michael Dugan find themselves stranded — and soon enough, falling in love —…

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Fan-Fan the Tulip (1952)

Fan-Fan the Tulip (1952)

Fan-Fan the Tulip (1952)
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102

Fanfan is a young handsome peasant. He joins the army to escape marriage because a gypsy girl predicted he will get glory and the king’s daughter as a wife. But…

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Mutiny (1952)

Mutiny (1952)

Mutiny (1952)
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77

Early in the War of 1812, Captain James Marshall is commissioned to run the British blockade and fetch an unofficial war loan from France. As first mate, Marshall recruits Ben…

Okinawa (1952)

Okinawa (1952)

Okinawa (1952)
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67

On the eve of their return to the states, the crew of the U.S.S. Blake is unpleasantly surprised when their new captain, Lt. Commander Hale, announces that they’ve been reassigned…

Genre: Action, Drama, War
Retreat Hell! (1952)

Retreat Hell! (1952)

Retreat Hell! (1952)
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95

During the Korean War, a U.S. Marine battalion must fight its way out of a frozen mountain pass despite diminishing supplies, freezing temperatures and constant attacks by overwhelming numbers of…

Genre: Drama, War
The Wild Blue Yonder (1951)

The Wild Blue Yonder (1951)

The Wild Blue Yonder (1951)
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98

Wendell Corey and Forrest Tucker star as a pair of World War II Army Air Corps officers. In between their battles over the affections of a beautiful nurse, Corey and…

Genre: Drama, War
Submarine Command (1951)

Submarine Command (1951)

Submarine Command (1951)
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87

Submarine commander Ken White is forced to suddenly submerge, leaving his captain and another crew member to die outside the sub during WW II. Subsequent years of meaningless navy ground…

Genre: Drama, War
The Tanks Are Coming (1951)

The Tanks Are Coming (1951)

The Tanks Are Coming (1951)
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90

An American tank crew fights its way into Germany in World War II.

Genre: War
The Red Badge of Courage (1951)

The Red Badge of Courage (1951)

The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
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69

Henry Fleming is a young Union soldier in the American Civil War. During his unit’s first engagement, Henry flees the battlefield in fear. When he learns that the Union actually…

Genre: War
Force of Arms (1951)

Force of Arms (1951)

Force of Arms (1951)
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99

During the winter of 1943, the German Army halted the American advance in the mountains of Italy; back-and-forth combat decimates Joe Peterson’s platoon. On leave in Naples, Joe meets WAC…

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Bright Victory (1951)

Bright Victory (1951)

Bright Victory (1951)
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97

A soldier blinded in war returns home and attempts to adjust to civilian life.

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Sealed Cargo (1951)

Sealed Cargo (1951)

Sealed Cargo (1951)
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90

A Newfoundland fishingboat comes to the aid of a wrecked Danish sailing ship and tows it to a small village, but eventually the captain of the fishingboat realises that it’s…

Genre: Drama, War
Boyhood (1951)

Boyhood (1951)

Boyhood (1951)
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110

When a family has to relocate due to the war, they are ostracized by their new community.

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Genre: Drama, War
I Was an American Spy (1951)

I Was an American Spy (1951)

I Was an American Spy (1951)
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85

An American nightclub singer in 1940’s Singapore becomes a spy for America in an effort to get back at the invading Japanese army. Based on a true story.

Genre: Drama, War
Teresa (1951)

Teresa (1951)

Teresa (1951)
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102

An Italian war bride has problems dealing with her husband’s possessive mother.

Genre: Drama, War
Soldiers Three (1951)

Soldiers Three (1951)

Soldiers Three (1951)
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92

Kiplingesque tale of British forces in 19th-century India.

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, War
You’re in the Navy Now (1951)

You’re in the Navy Now (1951)

You’re in the Navy Now (1951)
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93

When Lt. John Harkness is assigned as the new skipper of a submarine chaser equipped with an experimental steam engine, he hopes that the U.S.S. Teakettle’s veterans will afford him…

Genre: Comedy, War
Operation Pacific (1951)

Operation Pacific (1951)

Operation Pacific (1951)
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111

During WWII, Duke E. Gifford is second in command of the USS Thunderfish, a submarine which is firing off torpedoes that either explode too early or never explode at all….

Genre: Action, Drama, War
Halls of Montezuma (1951)

Halls of Montezuma (1951)

Halls of Montezuma (1951)
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113

Richard Widmark leads an all star cast of marine leathernecks including Jack Palance, Robert Wagner, Karl Malden, Richard Boone and Jack Webb into battle on a heavily fortified island. This…

American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950)

American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950)

American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950)
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105

American soldiers stranded in the Philippines after the Japanese invasion form guerrilla bands to fight back. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation…

Genre: Drama, War