War Movies
Above Us the Waves (1955)
In World War II, the greatest threat to the British navy is the German battleship Tirpitz. While anchored in a Norwegian fjord, it is impossible to attack by conventional means,…
Battle Cry (1955)
The dramatic story of US Marines in training, in combat, and in love, during World War II. The story centers on a major who guides the raw recruits from their…
The Colditz Story (1955)
Allied prisoners of various nationalities pool their resources to plan numerous escapes from an “escape-proof” German P.O.W. camp housed in a Medieval castle.
Battle Taxi (1955)
In the Korean war, the commander of an Air Rescue helicopter team must show a hot-shot former jet pilot how important helicopter rescue work is and turn him into a…
Destry (1954)
Western remake of “Destry Rides Again”, starring Audie Murphy, Mari Blanchard, Thomas Mitchell, Lori Nelson and Lyle Bettger.
The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
A naval aviator is assigned to bomb a group of heavily defended bridges during the Korean War.
Bengal Brigade (1954)
Year 1856, British India. Capt. Jeffrey Claybourne is severely punished after disobeying an order. Feeling unworthy of his fiancée Vivian Morrow, the daughter of his superior officer, Claybourne leaves the…
Silent Raiders (1954)
Allied commandos try to knock out Nazi communications on the French coast.
The Purple Plain (1954)
An RAF airfield in Burma in 1945, during World War II. Canadian bomber pilot Bill Forrester is a bitter man who lives haunted by a tragic past. He has became…
Seagulls Over Sorrento (1954)
A Navy lieutenant is borrowed by the British to supervise torpedo experiments after one of their scientists is killed.
The Caine Mutiny (1954)
When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardize his ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny.
The Bamboo Prison (1954)
A communist POW sides with his North Korean guards against his fellow prisoners.
The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954)
During the autumn of 1944, RAF Hudson, carrying a VIP passenger in possession of highly secret information, is shot down and ditches in the North Sea. Fighting the elements and…
Men of the Fighting Lady (1954)
A writer visits an aircraft carrier during the Korean war to learn more about it and the way it’s run. He also gets to find out more about the Navy…
Dragonfly Squadron (1954)
A Korean War film with a secondary plot of the training of South Korean pilots, to fly fighters in air defense, by American Air Force instructors,led by Major Brady, a…
Beachhead (1954)
On a Japanese-occupied island during World War II, only two soldiers remain alive after a mission attempt goes horribly wrong. Trapped on the island, they must escort a scientist and…
They Who Dare (1954)
In Greece during the war a small group of British commandoes and patriots land on an island with orders to attack two airfields from which the Luftwaffe is threatening allied…
Cease Fire! (1953)
A sometimes uncomfortable marriage between fact and fiction, this film is part documentary and part drama, mixing actual war footage with reenactments in which real veterans of the Korean War…
Albert R.N. (1953)
The British inmates of a POW camp think they have an informer among them after several escape attempts fail. One of the prisoners constructs a dummy which they christen “Albert”…
Flight Nurse (1953)
In this war drama, set during the Korean War, an Air Force nurse gets involved in a love triangle on the front lines.
Take the High Ground! (1953)
Sgt. Thorne Ryan, who once fought bravely in Korea, now serves as a hard-nosed drill instructor to new Army recruits at Fort Bliss, Texas. But is he really the man…
Rob Roy The Highland Rogue (1953)
After the 1715 defeat of the clans, one of the highland leaders, Rob Roy MacGregor escapes, has lots of adventures, gets married, and eventually becomes enough of a nuisance to…
The Intruder (1953)
When Ex Colonel Merton discovers a burglar ransacking his home, he is shocked to find out that the thief is a former soldier from his tank regiment. When the thief…
Combat Squad (1953)
A tough sergeant helps a raw recruit find courage under fire during the Korean War.
China Venture (1953)
American soldiers undertake a mission to capture a Japanese admiral who has survived an air crash in China during WWII.
Fort Algiers (1953)
In northwest Africa, a tribal leader tries to stir up a rebellion against the ruling powers.
From Here to Eternity (1953)
In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit’s team, while his captain’s wife and second in command are falling in love.
The Red Beret (1953)
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…
South Sea Woman (1953)
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)
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…
Malta Story (1953)
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.
Stalag 17 (1953)
It’s a dreary Christmas 1944 for the American POWs in Stalag 17 and the men in Barracks 4, all sergeants, have to deal with a grave problem—there seems to be…
The Desert Rats (1953)
In North Africa, German Field Marshal Rommel and his troops have successfully fended off British forces, and now intend to take Tobruk, an important port city. A ramshackle group of…
The Glory Brigade (1953)
During the Korean War Lt. Sam Pryor volunteers his platoon to escort Greek troops to perform a reconnaissance mission behind Communist lines. Due to his Greek heritage Pryor is initially…
Desert Legion (1953)
A commander in the Foreign Legion romances a mysterious and exotic princess.
Fear and Desire (1953)
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…