Movie List for "war 5"

Drug War (2012) Action Crime Drama Thriller Movie

A drug cartel boss who is arrested in a raid is coerced into betraying his former accomplices as part of an undercover operation. Year 2012.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Johnnie To
Writer: Ka-Fai Wai (screenplay), Nai-Hoi Yau (screenplay), Ryker Chan (screenplay), Xi Yu (screenplay)
Actors: Honglei Sun, Louis Koo, Yi Huang, Yunxiang Gao

Empire of the Sun (1987) Action Drama History War Movie

A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation during World War II. Year 1987.

Generes: Action, Drama, History, War
Director: Steven Spielberg
Writer: Tom Stoppard (screenplay), J.G. Ballard (novel)
Actors: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers

Gitler kaput! (2008) Action Adventure Comedy War Movie

A Russian WW2 spy spoof following misadventures of a clueless Soviet secret agent trapped inside Hitler’s inner circle. Year 2008.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Comedy, War
Director: Marius Balchunas
Writer: Marius Balchunas
Actors: Pavel Derevyanko, Anna Semenovich, Yuriy Galtsev, Yuriy Stoyanov

Rio Bravo (1959) Action Drama Western Movie

A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a cripple, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy. Year 1959.

Generes: Action, Drama, Western
Director: Howard Hawks
Writer: Jules Furthman (screenplay), Leigh Brackett (screenplay), B.H. McCampbell (short story)
Actors: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson

Jodhaa Akbar (2008) Action Drama History Romance War Movie

A sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a great Mughal emperor, Akbar, and a Rajput princess, Jodha. Year 2008.

Generes: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker
Writer: Haidar Ali (story), Haidar Ali (screenplay), Ashutosh Gowariker (screenplay), K.P. Saxena (dialogue), Rajshri Sudhakar (Dialogue Writer: Telugu)
Actors: Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Sonu Sood, Poonam Sinha

Red Cliff II (2009) Action Adventure Drama Fantasy History War Movie

Second and final part of epic tale about a legendary battle that changed the course of China history. Year 2009.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History, War
Director: John Woo
Writer: John Woo (screenplay), Khan Chan (screenplay), Cheng Kuo (screenplay), Heyu Sheng (screenplay), Guanzhong Luo (novel)
Actors: Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Fengyi Zhang, Chen Chang

Assembly (2007) Action Biography Drama History War Movie

A soldier fights to gain recognition for comrades who died during the Chinese Civil War. Year 2007.

Generes: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Director: Xiaogang Feng
Writer: Heng Liu, Jingyuan Yang (original novel)
Actors: Hanyu Zhang, Chao Deng, Wenkang Yuan, Yan Tang

The Cuckoo (2002) Drama War Comedy Movie

The beauty of this movie is that you, as the reader of the subtitles, are the only one who knows what is going on. The woman and the two men all speak different languages. It is a comedy of errors up until the end. Year 2002.

Generes: Drama, War, Comedy
Director: Aleksandr Rogozhkin
Writer: Aleksandr Rogozhkin
Actors: Anni-Kristiina Juuso, Ville Haapasalo, Viktor Bychkov, Mikhail Korobochkin

Missamma (1955) Comedy Drama Family Movie

Two unemployed college graduates from Madras, Rao and Mary act as if they are a married couple to get a job as school teachers in a small village called Appapuram. The story unfolds into an… Year 1955.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, Family
Director: L.V. Prasad
Writer: Aluri Chakrapani, Pingali Nagendra Rao
Actors: Taraka Rama Rao Nandamuri, Savitri, Akkineni Nageshwara Rao, S.V. Ranga Rao

The Flowers of War (2011) Drama History Romance War Movie

An American finds refuge during the 1937 Japanese invasion of Nanking in a church with a group of women. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety. Year 2011.

Generes: Drama, History, Romance, War
Director: Yimou Zhang
Writer: Heng Liu (screenplay), Geling Yan (novel)
Actors: Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Xinyi Zhang, Tianyuan Huang

Red Sorghum (1988) Drama History Romance War Movie

When a leprous winery owner in 1930s China dies a few days after his arranged marriage, his young widow is forced to run the winery to make a living while contending with bandits, her drunkard lover, and the invading Japanese army. Year 1988.

Generes: Drama, History, Romance, War
Director: Yimou Zhang
Writer: Jianyu Chen, Yan Mo (books), Wei Zhu
Actors: Li Gong, Wen Jiang, Rujun Teng, Ji Liu

The Silent War (2012) Crime Drama Mystery Thriller Movie

An espionage thriller set in the 1950s and adapted from the novel “Year Suan/Plot Against” by May Jia. Tony Leung Chiu Wai plays a blind man who works for a piano tuner. He is recruited for a spy mission because of his exceptional hearing. Year 2012.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Felix Chong, Alan Mak
Writer: Felix Chong, Si Luo (writter), Jia Mai (original novel), Alan Mak
Actors: Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Xun Zhou, Xuebing Wang, Mavis Fan

Peshawar Waltz (1994) War Movie

A violent action thriller, which launched the career of successful Russian genre auteur Timur Bekmambetov, in which prisoners try to make an escape. Year 1994.

Generes: War
Director: Timur Bekmambetov, Gennadiy Kayumov
Writer: Timur Bekmambetov, Gennadiy Kayumov, Rauf Kubayev
Actors: O. Chernyshev, Gennadiy Kayumov, Barry Kushner, K. Lyaschenko

Generation War (2013) Action Drama History War Movie

Five friends go out to war and promise each other to be back for Christmas. Year 2013.

Generes: Action, Drama, History, War
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
Actors: Volker Bruch, Tom Schilling, Katharina Schüttler, Miriam Stein

Uncle Kruger (1941) Biography War Movie

Rousing biopic of Paul Kruger, the Boer guerilla fighter turned statesman and first president of South Africa. Year 1941.

Generes: Biography, War
Director: Hans Steinhoff, Karl Anton, Herbert Maisch
Writer: Harald Bratt, Kurt Heuser, Arnold Krieger (novel)
Actors: Emil Jannings, Lucie Höflich, Werner Hinz, Ernst Schröder

The Warlords (2007) Action Adventure Drama History Romance War Movie

China, 1860s: Having his army slaughtered, General Qingyun joins 2 bandit leaders in raids on rebels and in blood oath. They form a Qing loyal army with eyes on rebel held Suzhou and Nanjing. Year 2007.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
Director: Peter Ho-Sun Chan, Wai-Man Yip(co-director)
Writer: Tin Nam Chun (screenplay), Junli Guo (screenplay), Jiping He (screenplay), Jianxin Huang (screenplay), Yuet-Jan Hui (screenplay), Oi Wah Lam (screenplay), Lan Xu (screenplay), James Yuen (screenplay)
Actors: Jet Li, Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Jinglei Xu