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1. Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction.
Director: J.J. Abrams | Stars: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Benedict Cumberbatch
Votes: 497,348 | Gross: $228.78M
2. Robin Hood (2010)
PG-13 | 140 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In twelfth-century England, Robin Longstride and his band of marauders confront corruption in a local village and lead an uprising against the crown that will forever alter the balance of world power.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Matthew Macfadyen, Max von Sydow
Votes: 283,441 | Gross: $105.27M
3. The Thin Red Line (1998)
R | 170 min | Drama, History, War
Adaptation of James Jones' autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War.
Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Kirk Acevedo
Votes: 199,814 | Gross: $36.40M
4. The Longest Day (1962)
G | 178 min | Action, Drama, History
The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.
Directors: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Gerd Oswald, Bernhard Wicki, Darryl F. Zanuck | Stars: John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Richard Burton, Henry Fonda
Votes: 59,117 | Gross: $39.10M
5. Beach Red (1967)
GP | 105 min | Drama, War
As a US marine unit fight against the defenders of a Japanese held island, both sides are haunted by their own thoughts and memories.
Director: Cornel Wilde | Stars: Cornel Wilde, Rip Torn, Burr DeBenning, Patrick Wolfe
Votes: 1,705
6. Battle Cry (1955)
Approved | 149 min | Drama, Romance, War
Young Marines have adventures in love and war.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Van Heflin, Aldo Ray, Mona Freeman, Nancy Olson
Votes: 2,629 | Gross: $17.44M
7. A Walk in the Sun (1945)
Approved | 117 min | Drama, War
During WWII, a platoon of American soldiers trudge through the Italian countryside in search of a bridge they have been ordered to blow up, encountering danger and destruction along the way.
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, George Tyne, John Ireland
Votes: 4,084
8. Anzio (1968)
PG-13 | 117 min | Drama, History, War
Anzio: one of WWII's bloodiest battles as the Allies smash through the German lines which have enclosed the Anzio beachhead--four months and 30,000 casualties before the Allies finally march to Rome.
Directors: Edward Dmytryk, Duilio Coletti | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Peter Falk, Robert Ryan, Earl Holliman
Votes: 3,786
9. Halls of Montezuma (1951)
Approved | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A company of Marines races against the clock to find a Japanese rocket base.
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Richard Widmark, Jack Palance, Reginald Gardiner, Robert Wagner
Votes: 2,956
10. Guadalcanal Diary (1943)
Approved | 93 min | Drama, War
The story of a large U.S. Marines invasion task force bound for Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands in 1942.
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Preston Foster, Lloyd Nolan, William Bendix, Richard Conte
Votes: 2,281
11. Between Heaven and Hell (1956)
Approved | 94 min | Drama, War
The spoiled rich son of a wealthy Southerner is changed by his experiences in the Pacific during World War II.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Broderick Crawford, Buddy Ebsen
Votes: 1,538
12. The Outsider (1961)
Approved | 108 min | Biography, Drama, War
Tony Curtis plays an Indian (Nicknamed "Chief" by other soldiers) who fights in WWII and helps to raise the flag at Iwo Jima.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Tony Curtis, James Franciscus, Gregory Walcott, Bruce Bennett
Votes: 935
13. Retreat, Hell! (1952)
Approved | 95 min | Drama, War
The saga of a battalion of U.S. Marines during the Korean War, starting with their training, landing at Inchon in 1950, advance into North Korea and their subsequent retreat back to the 38th parallel.
Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Frank Lovejoy, Richard Carlson, Anita Louise, Russ Tamblyn
Votes: 543
14. South Sea Woman (1953)
Passed | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
AWOL marine Sgt. Jim O'Hearn is court-martialed for a variety of offenses that carry 143 years in the stockade or the death penalty but refuses to aid in his own defense.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo, Chuck Connors, Arthur Shields
Votes: 875
15. Dieppe (1993 TV Movie)
History, War
A dramatization of the failed World War II raid which became the most serious defeat of Canadian forces in the war.
Director: John N. Smith | Stars: Gary Reineke, Victor Garber, Robert Joy, Peter Donat
Votes: 168
16. Fighting Coast Guard (1951)
Approved | 86 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Story of how the Coast Guard trained to help win World War II.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Brian Donlevy, Forrest Tucker, Ella Raines, John Russell
Votes: 126
17. To the Shores of Iwo Jima (1945)
PG | 20 min | Documentary, Short, War
Documentary short film depicting the American assault on the Japanese-held island of Iwo Jima and the massive battle that raged on that key island in the Allied advance on Japan.
Stars: Harlon Block, John H. Bradley, Rene A. Gagnon, Ira H. Hayes
Votes: 172
18. Battle Flame (1959)
Approved | 78 min | Drama, War
The trials and tribulations of a platoon of U.S. Marines, led by 1st Lt. Frank Davis, during the Korean War.
Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Scott Brady, Elaine Edwards, Robert Blake, Wayne Heffley
Votes: 54
19. 1st to Fight: Pacific War Marines (2020)
60 min | Documentary, History, War
The Battle for Guadal Canal, as told by the men who were there. Narrated by Jon Seda, there are side-by-side images of the island today. A stirring documentary, told in real time.
Director: Tim Gray | Stars: Jon Seda, Bill Finnegan, Daniel Martinez, Lou Imfeld
Votes: 11
20. Torpedoed (1937)
66 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Trouble is brewing in the banana republic of Bianco for both His Excellency, El Presidente, and the British Consul, Brant. Rebels, led by Diego De Costa, the trusted "Minister of the ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Walker | Stars: Robert Douglas, Richard Cromwell, Hazel Terry, H.B. Warner
Votes: 48
21. Hell Squad (1958)
Approved | 64 min | War, Drama
WWII drama set in Tunisia. Five American soldiers become separated from their unit without radio communication
Director: Burt Topper | Stars: Wally Campo, Brandon Carroll, Fred Gavlin, Gregg Stewart
Votes: 190
22. Great Raids of World War II (2006 Video)
139 min | Documentary, History, War
Showcases a series of daring raid made by various sections of the British military during World War II. The raids highlighted are "Stopping Hitler's A-Bomb", "Prison Busters", Radar Beam ... See full summary »
Director: Jonathan Martin | Star: Robert Powell
Votes: 90
23. Attack! Battle of New Britain (1944)
Approved | 54 min | Documentary, Action, War
Documentary film depicting the attack by Allied forces on the Japanese strong-holds of Arawe Beach and Cape Gloucester, New Britain, in the South Pacific theatre of the Second World War in 1943.
Stars: Leo Genn, Burgess Meredith, Anthony Veiller, Lloyd Nolan
Votes: 113
24. The United States Service Bands (1943)
Approved | 10 min | Documentary, Short, Music
Service bands from the Army Air Corps, Navy, Marines, and Army perform patriotic songs in front of iconic landmark buildings like the Capitol and the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials.
Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: The United States Army Air Force Band, The United States Navy Band, United States Marine Band, The United States Army Band
Votes: 58
25. Battle for Cassino (1969 Video)
51 min | Documentary, History, War
In this World War II documentary, we examine several of the controversial bombings of the war. Included is Allies bombing of the Benedictine Monastery on Monte Cassino.
Director: Peter Batty | Stars: Bernard Archard, Allan Francis Harding, Dan Davin, Achim Oster
Votes: 13
26. Universal Newsreel (V) (1945)
7 min | Documentary, Short
This edition shows American military gains in the Philippines, a brief return home for 1300 Army combat veterans on furlough, the test of a new "super-transport" military aircraft and, on ... See full summary »
Stars: Ed Herlihy, Ben Grauer, Joseph Nunan, Kay Christopher
27. D-Day, 6th June 1944: The Official Story (1994 TV Movie)
Documentary, War
Documentary, composed of archive material about the preparations and execution of the landing of Allied troops in Normandy.
Director: John Doukas | Stars: Queen Elizabeth II, Harry Secombe, Omar N. Bradley, Neville Chamberlain
Votes: 18
28. Universal Newsreel (VIII) (1945)
8 min | Documentary, Short
Newsreel in five sections, covering U.S. Coast Guard action in liberating the Philippines from the Japanese; RAF aerial bombardment of Japanese outposts in Burma; Allied successes in ... See full summary »
Stars: Ed Herlihy, Ben Grauer, Eleanor Roosevelt
29. Popular Science (I) (1943)
Approved | 10 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
Marvels of technology: a mobile police command post; gymnasium with retractable floor; U.S. military landing barges and PT boats.
Stars: Gayne Whitman, Leonardo Keeler, Russell E. Oakes
Votes: 12
30. The Norman Summer (1962)
28 min | Documentary, War
June - September 1944. D-Day, June 6, 1944. In early morning hours, infantry carriers, including one hundred and ten ships of the Royal Canadian Navy, cross to the coast of France while Allied air forces pound enemy positions from the air.
Stars: Budd Knapp, Earl Cameron, H.D.G. Crerar, D.V. Currie
Votes: 7
31. Cinderella on the Left (1962)
28 min | Documentary, War
June - December 1944. V-1 rockets, and later V-2s, rain death and destruction on Britain; their launching sites are mopped up by Canadians advancing on Pas de Calais. The Third Division spearheads the attack on the Scheldt estuary.
Stars: Budd Knapp, H.D.G. Crerar, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ferdinand Heim
Votes: 10
32. Moments of Truth with Stephen Ambrose (2001 TV Movie)
92 min | Documentary, History, War
World War II veterans, and others who were alive then, reminisce about their wartime "moments of truth".
Director: Chris Harty | Stars: Harry Smith, Stephen Ambrose, Paul Tibbets
Votes: 7
34.
Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode:
Extinction
(2003)
TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Archer, Reed and Sato are transformed into aliens while visiting a planet.
Director: LeVar Burton | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating
Votes: 1,684
35.
The Transformers (1984–1987)
Episode:
Starscream's Brigade
(1986)
TV-Y7 | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
After being exiled from the Decepticons, Starscream frees five Cybertronian criminals from prison and re-purposes them into his own troops, the Combaticons. With these new warriors at his ... See full summary »
Directors: Andy Kim, Bob Kirk, Al Kouzel, Bob Matz, Norm McCabe, Margaret Nichols, Karen Peterson, Tom Ray, Robert Shellhorn, Bob Treat, Terry Lennon | Stars: Jack Angel, Michael Bell, Arthur Burghardt, Corey Burton
Votes: 153
36.
Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode:
Guadalcanal
(2000)
Documentary, History, War
Tim Pigott-Smith narrates the story of the battle for Guadalcanal and the capture of this strategically crucial island in World War 2 during which more than 25,000 Japanese lost their lives.
Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, Frank Jack Fletcher, Robert L. Ghormley, Hirohito
Votes: 7
37.
Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode:
Manchuria: The Forgotten Victory
(2000)
Documentary, History, War
Tim Pigott-Smith narrates the story of the Soviet victory over the mighty Japanese Kwangtung Army in the mountains of Manchuria, which is one of the least known of the Second World War.
Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, Aleksei Antonov, Henry H. Arnold, Kai-Shek Chiang
Votes: 6
38.
Battle Honours (2021– )
Episode:
Rangers
(2021)
Documentary, History, War
America's first true Special Forces units, specially selected and trained with the help of British commandos, Rangers became the first US ground forces to see action in Europe.
Directors: Adam Luria, Ian Bremner | Stars: Edwin Roth, George Sabine, Flint Whitlock, Jon Trigg
39.
Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode:
D-Day Deceptions
TV-PG | 46 min | Documentary, History, War
As the future of Europe and the world hung in the balance, an intricate web of lies tied up German army divisions across Europe concealing the greatest assembly of men and machines in ... See full summary »
Stars: Charlton Heston, Mark Seaman, Paul Beaver, M.R.D. Foot
40.
World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode:
Overlord
(2009)
TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
After a careful campaign of disinformation that throws the German defenders off-guard, the Western Allies finally land on Normandy. After fierce fighting, they establish a foothold in Europe. France is liberated.
Stars: Robert Powell, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Adolf Hitler
Votes: 228
41.
Not What You Think (2020– )
Episode:
Why Does US Navy Have Two Types of Aircraft Carriers?
(2023)
14 min | Documentary
The United states Navy operates supercarriers with the hottest aircraft to ensure air dominance and smaller amphibious assault ships that insert marine expeditionary units into trouble ... See full summary »