Top Rated War Movies on Pantaflix - Page 177

Liberation

1994

Liberation

1994
7.8
Liberation tells the dramatic story of the battle waged on two fronts during World War II - the Allied campaign to liberate Europe and Hitler's genocidal campaign against the Jews. The World War II documentary uses film footage, radio broadcasts, and period music gathered from archives around the world. Interwoven throughout the film are the compelling stories of the Jews of Europe - unforgettable stories of tragedy, courage, resistance, and survival. Liberation begins in 1942, when Adolf Hitler was still at the height of his power and the Allies began envisioning a cross-channel invasion of Europe.
Batallions Ask for Fire

1985

Batallions Ask for Fire

1985
4.9
A story of a several days of intense fighting on the Eastern Front during one of the Soviet offensives in WWII.
One Evening After the War

1998

One Evening After the War

1998
4.7
Set in the newly-pacified Phnom Penh, this film is about the return to civilian life of Cambodian soldiers.
English Strawberries

2008

English Strawberries

2008
4.3
In the hot summer, a young man, Tomáš Sinek, is about to go "strawberry picking" in England. It seems that the family - father, mother and grandmother have no other worries than to send their offspring on the trip, although - as it seems - not everyone agrees with his decision. However, the situation is not so simple. It is Czechoslovakia in 1968. Tomáš spends a night with his friends and his girlfriend Tanya before their departure. In the morning, however, his father's suspicious phone calls with his colleague Vrana begin, full of secret information, his mother is making supplies and his grandmother is crying. Tomáš rushes to the station, but Prague is deserted and no trains are running. He doesn't consider the situation to be serious, so he is not too worried about the delay for a day. But on that August morning, the fate of thousands of people changed radically. It was August 21, 1968, and in a few moments the life of Tomáš, his family and his friends would
Behind the Rising Sun

1943

Behind the Rising Sun

1943
5.7
A Japanese publisher urges his American-educated son to side with the Axis.
The False Faces

1919

The False Faces

1919
5
During World War I, a professional thief known as The Lone Wolf is assigned to steal a cylinder with important information from behind the German lines and bring it to Allied intelligence headquarters. However, German agents set out to stop him, headed by the man who was responsible for the death of the thief's sister.
The Last Indian Attack

1918

The Last Indian Attack

1918
5.8
The movie dramatizes the last Indian uprising in Argentina, which happened in the north of the country, in the Chaco region, in the early 1900s.
Cajus Julius Caesar

1914

Cajus Julius Caesar

1914
4.7
A colossal epic film like this that tries to depict the life and glory of Julius Caesar, must have a variety of scenery appropriate to the film's hero. This includes the Senate and its conspirators..or .. strange places beyond Rome full of barbarians that must fall under the Rome yoke. Let's not forget the sequences depicting the masses mentioned before.. or.. the human side of Caesar and his troublesome relationship with his son Brutus.
Junoon

1978

Junoon

1978
5.3
Set during the 1857 War of Independence, an obsessed Indian Nawab desires to wed a young Anglo-Indian woman, but the girl's obstinate mother stands between them.
Target Zero

1955

Target Zero

1955
5.3
International soldiers fight to ignore their differences while holding a hill during the Korean War.
The Safecracker

1958

The Safecracker

1958
5.8
Safe cracker, Colley Dawson, is recruited to steal a list of Nazi agents from a safe in a Nazi occupied chateau in Belgium.
The Opium Wars

1959

The Opium Wars

1959
5.2
China 1839. Because the British imports of opium into Southern China are creating such widespread medical and economic problems, the weak Manchu emperor Tao Kuang is forced to take action that precipitates the 'Opium War'.
The Pigeon That Took Rome

1962

The Pigeon That Took Rome

1962
5.3
An American Infantry officer assigned to a cloak-and-dagger role in Rome uses homing pigeons for outside contact, with humorous results.
Five Gates to Hell

1959

Five Gates to Hell

1959
4.8
A group of nurses, doctors and nuns are taken hostage in Vietnam and sent up river to a castle hideout so they can cure an ailing war general.
Coward

2012

Coward

2012
6.9
Coward is a 28 minute film set during World War 1 that brings to light some of the brutal treatment soldiers received for suffering what would now be known as shell-shock. It follows two cousins, Andrew and James, from their home in Northern Ireland who join the British Army to fight for their Country and make their families proud. Through their eyes we see the reality of life on the front lines.
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast

1986

Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast

1986
6.7
During the fervently nationalist months leading up to World War II, a rebellious teenager is transferred to a new primary school in a small Inland Sea town. He vies with the school’s reigning bully, who takes a romantic interest in his older stepsister. When they learn she’s going to be sold to a brothel to pay off her father’s debts, they form an uneasy alliance to free her.
Straight for the Heart

1988

Straight for the Heart

1988
3.8
Pierre is a Montreal photojournalist who returns from Nicaragua to find that his ten-year menage a trois is over. Haunted by his mid-life crisis, he becomes obsessed with trying to find out why his two lovers, Sarah and David, have left him.
Stronghold

1951

Stronghold

1951
5.7
In 1850s Mexico, the beautiful owner of a silver mine is kidnapped by a bandit leader, who needs money to finance his revolt against the Emperor Maximilian.
The Horsemen

1950

The Horsemen

1950
4.8
A boy breeds horses on the plains between Belarus and the Caucasus. When the German invasion comes he joins the partisans as a horseman.
Godzina W

1979

Godzina W

1979
5.8
On August 1, 1944, Warsaw holds its breath as Home Army couriers spread word that “W-hour” is at 17:00. A platoon under “Czarny” must assault German barracks without the expected backup—an order they follow at the risk of collective suicide.