War Movies

Destination Gobi (1953)

Destination Gobi (1953)

Destination Gobi (1953)
IMDb: N/A
90

A group of US Navy weathermen taking measurements in the Gobi desert in World War II are forced to seek the help of Mongol nomads to regain their ship while…

Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Battle Circus (1953)

Battle Circus (1953)

Battle Circus (1953)
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90

A young Army nurse, Lt Ruth McGara, newly assigned to the 66th MASH during the Korean War, attracts the sexual attention of the unit’s commander Dr. (MAJ) Jed Webbe. Webbe,…

Genre: Drama, Romance, 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
Above and Beyond (1953)

Above and Beyond (1953)

Above and Beyond (1953)
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122

The story of Colonel Paul Tibbets, the pilot that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Although unaware of the full potential of this new weapon, he knows that it can…

Genre: Action, Drama, 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
Eight Iron Men (1952)

Eight Iron Men (1952)

Eight Iron Men (1952)
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80

During the World War II in Italy, Sergeant Joe Mooney is leading his small squad on the front-lines but is ordered to avoid rescuing a soldier trapped in no man’s…

Genre: Drama, War
Operation Secret (1952)

Operation Secret (1952)

Operation Secret (1952)
IMDb: N/A
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
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
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
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
The Red Ball Express (1952)

The Red Ball Express (1952)

The Red Ball Express (1952)
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83

August 1944: proceeding with the invasion of France, Patton’s Third Army has advanced so far toward Paris that it cannot be supplied. To keep up the momentum, Allied HQ establishes…

Genre: Action, 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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Angels One Five (1952)

Angels One Five (1952)

Angels One Five (1952)
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98

The year is 1940 and Pilot Officer T.B. Baird arrives straight out of flight school to join a front line RAF squadron at the height of the Battle of Britain….

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Genre: Drama, War
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
Distant Drums (1951)

Distant Drums (1951)

Distant Drums (1951)
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101

After destroying a Seminole fort, American soldiers and their rescued companions must face the dangerous Everglades and hostile Indians in order to reach safety

Decision Before Dawn (1951)

Decision Before Dawn (1951)

Decision Before Dawn (1951)
IMDb: N/A
119

WWII is entering its last phase: Germany is in ruins, but does not yield. The US army lacks crucial knowledge about the German units operating on the opposite side of…

Genre: Action, Thriller, 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
Fixed Bayonets! (1951)

Fixed Bayonets! (1951)

Fixed Bayonets! (1951)
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92

The story of a platoon during the Korean War. One by one, Corporal Denno’s superiors are killed until it comes to the point where he must try to take command…

Genre: Action, 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 Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)
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88

The life and career of Erwin Rommel and his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler.

Genre: Action, Drama, History, 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)
IMDb: N/A
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
Go for Broke! (1951)

Go for Broke! (1951)

Go for Broke! (1951)
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92

A tribute to the U.S. 442nd Regimental Combat Team, formed in 1943 by Presidential permission with Japanese-American volunteers. We follow the training of a platoon under the rueful command of…

Genre: Action, Drama, History, 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
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)

Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)

Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
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117

Captain Horatio Hornblower leads his ship HMS Lydia on a perilous transatlantic voyage, during which his faithful crew battle both a Spanish warship and a ragged band of Central American…

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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
Air Cadet (1951)

Air Cadet (1951)

Air Cadet (1951)
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94

A group of cadets have assorted problems at the U.S. Air Force Pilot Training Academy.

Genre: Drama, War