Top Rated War Movies on Pantaflix - Page 159

Living Heroes

1960

Living Heroes

1960
4.6
Four different stories about young kids' destinies in different time periods in Lithuania.
Snow and Fire

1991

Snow and Fire

1991
4
While the Nazis occupied most of France, Jacques (Vincent Perez) has been active in the liberation underground. Now that the Allies have freed a significant portion of their country from German control, he and his buddy Michel (Matthieu Roze) can join the Free French army and fight with them to help bring about the downfall of the German empire. Both of them are quite young men, and their first love turns out to be the same woman, a lovely nurse named Christiane (Geraldine Pailhas). Michel woos her first, and she becomes pregnant by him. However, she is much more interested in Jacques, even though she is considering marrying an American solely for practical reasons.
Khan Asparukh - Part I - Phanagoria

1981

Khan Asparukh - Part I - Phanagoria

1981
6.7
This is an epic screen presentation showing the creation, the consolidation and the power of First Bulgarian Kingdom and the first Bulgarian ruler Khan Asparuh. This is the first part of the film trilogy about the events before the creation of the Bulgarian state in the middle of the VII century. Volga Bulgaria is straining under the attacks of the Khazars. Following the testament of his father, the sons of Khan Kubrat looking for a new home for their tribes. The youngest of them - Asparukh, wander 20 years in search of "land forever" for his people and reaches the mouth of the Danube. The film is narrated by captured Byzantine chronicler Belisarius, which should Asparukh in his journeys. Byzantine witnessed the heroic efforts of the Bulgarians to win the land south of the Danube and to create their new country.
Cat and Mouse

1967

Cat and Mouse

1967
4.9
In 1966, a former gymnast returns to his hometown Danzig, which is now a part of Poland. He begins to reflect on one of his classmates, Joachim Mahlke, who disappeared during World War II. Mahlke was initially marked as an outsider due to his oversized Adam’s apple, but when he turned out to be a great diver, the in-crowd embraced him. Then he steals a Knight’s Cross from a soldier and is expelled from school. Volunteering for war service, he earns a medal himself and hopes his reputation will be rehabilitated. But the school principal refuses and Mahlke deserts from the army…
Threats

1940

Threats

1940
5.4
"Menaces" deals with the months before WW2 in a hotel :t he fear of the impending war never leaves the guests of an hotel in Paris.
So Little Time

1952

So Little Time

1952
7.4
During World War II, German soldiers occupy the home of a beautiful Belgian girl and her mother.
The Long Winter

1992

The Long Winter

1992
4.7
In 1939, Ramón was a young man, caught up in his Barcelona family's involvement on the Republic side in the brutal Spanish Civil War. He and his family fled into exile ahead of Franco's troops. Now it is many years later, and he has come back to see how his old homestead fared in the intervening years. The only person he can find who is able to remember those years clearly is his family's old butler Claudio.
Prisoners of War

1995

Prisoners of War

1995
5.4
This haunting film comprises of footage shot during WWI from opposite sides of the conflict: Czarist Russia and the Austro-Hungarian empire. The filmmakers tinted the material with sensual colors from sepia to red, blue, and purple and slowed the footage to analyze the material. The total absence of commentary renders the material eloquent and disturbing. - MoMA
The Lamp Still Burns

1943

The Lamp Still Burns

1943
5.4
A tribute to the important work of female nurses during World War II.
The Eternal Sea

1955

The Eternal Sea

1955
6.4
Biography of Admiral John Hoskins' efforts to retain active command despite WW2 injury.
A Farewell to Weapons

2013

A Farewell to Weapons

2013
6.2
In a post-apocalyptic future, a group of soldiers is sent to a ghost city to destroy an automated sentry.
The Wandering Princess

1960

The Wandering Princess

1960
6.7
Pu Zhe, the younger brother of the Emperor of Manchukuo, marries Ryuko the daughter of an aristocratic family. To the surprise of all, a deep love between Pu Zhe and Ryuko develops and is put to the test when Japan loses the war.
As We Were

1976

As We Were

1976
7.5
Set at the turn of the 20th century during the Filipino revolution against the Spaniards and, later, the American colonizers, it follows a naive peasant through his leap of faith to become a member of an imagined community.
Sokolovo

1975

Sokolovo

1975
3.9
The plot begins in the Soviet Union showing first efforts to establish the Czechoslovak legion in 1942. The film also shows the assassination of Heydrich and the subsequent annihilation of Lidice. The main topis of the film is battles with German troops for Sokolovo.
Five Scouts

1938

Five Scouts

1938
5.9
An early example of the Japanese war film, closer to documentary realism than the kind of propaganda produced at the height of the Pacific War. "A company commander calls on five men. They are to reconnoiter, but on their way they are attacked. Only four of them return. While his companions mourn the fifth straggles back. Soon after comes the order to move out for a general attack. The men know that this time there will be no returning." (Donald Richie)
The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler

1943

The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler

1943
4.6
Austrian actor Franz Huber, known for his impressions, is captured by the Gestapo and forced into plastic surgery to become Hitler's body double. Their plan is to poison Hitler and use Huber to take control of the Reich. Meanwhile, Huber's wife Anna sees her life coming undone as her husband has disappeared and her two sons are indoctrinated into the Hitler Youth.
High Barbaree

1947

High Barbaree

1947
5.1
After his plane is downed in the South Pacific, a Navy flier recounts his life to a co-pilot while awaiting rescue.
A Ship Is Born

1942

A Ship Is Born

1942
4.7
This Vitaphone 'Technicolor Special' (production number 8001) portrays the behind-the-scenes story of the building and manning, during World War Two, of the USA supply line to Victory against the Axis powers, the United States Merchant Marine service.
Christmas Under Fire

1940

Christmas Under Fire

1940
6.6
How Britain coped with a Christmas during the war.
Of Pups and Puzzles

1941

Of Pups and Puzzles

1941
6.9
This short film shows how the war department utilizes a Ph.D., a chimp, and three dogs to help design aptitude tests for men applying for work.