Movie List for "war"

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

Battle for Sevastopol (2015) Biography Drama Romance War Movie

A story of Lyudmila Pavlichenko, the most successful female sniper in history. Year 2015.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Director: Sergey Mokritskiy
Writer: Maksim Budarin, Max Dankevich, Leonid Korin, Sergey Mokritskiy, Egor Olesov
Actors: Yuliya Peresild, Evgeniy Tsyganov, Oleg Vasilkov, Nikita Tarasov

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

The Star (2002) Action Adventure Drama History War Movie

During WW2 the Russian Army sent a special group named “Zvezda” to fight the Nazis in their backyard. Year 2002.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Director: Nikolay Lebedev
Writer: Aleksandr Borodyanskiy, Evgeniy Grigorev, Emmanuil Kazakevich (short story), Nikolay Lebedev
Actors: Igor Petrenko, Artyom Semakin, Aleksey Panin, Aleksey Kravchenko

08/15 Part 2 (1955) War Drama Movie

Winter 1942: Like thousands of other German soldiers, Asch and Vierbein have ended up at the Eastern front. Year 1955.

Generes: War, Drama
Director: Paul May
Writer: Hans Hellmut Kirst (novel), Ernst von Salomon
Actors: O.E. Hasse, Rolf Kutschera, Emmerich Schrenk, Rainer Penkert

Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale I (2011) Action Drama History Movie

An indigenous clan-based people living in harmony with nature find their way of life threatened when violent interlopers from another culture arrive, intent on seizing their natural resources and enslaving them. Year 2011.

Generes: Action, Drama, History
Director: Te-Sheng Wei
Writer: Te-Sheng Wei (screenplay)
Actors: Nolay Piho, Chih-Hsiang Ma, Masanobu Andô, Sabu Kawahara

Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Action Adventure Fantasy Sci-Fi Movie

After the Rebels are brutally overpowered by the Empire on the ice planet Hoth, Luke Skywalker begins Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued by Darth Vader and a bounty hunter named Boba Fett all over the galaxy. Year 1980.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Director: Irvin Kershner
Writer: Leigh Brackett (screenplay by), Lawrence Kasdan (screenplay by), George Lucas (story by)
Actors: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams

Road to Berlin (2015) Drama War Movie

The film is based on a novella by the well-known Stoviet writer who served on the front, Emmanuil kazakevich “Two in the Steppe” and the war diaries of Konstantin Simonov. Year 2015.

Generes: Drama, War
Director: Sergei Popov
Writer: Emmanuil Kazakevich (novel), Evgeniy Nikishov (screenplay), Konstantin Simonov (war diary)
Actors: Amir Abdykalov, Yuriy Borisov, Maksim Demchenko, Andrey Deryugin

Cold War (2012) Action Crime Mystery Thriller Movie

The police department has long been untouchable until tonight when hijackers kidnap 5 highly trained officers. Cryptic messages from the hijackers expose a mole within the task force. Year 2012.

Generes: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Lok Man Leung, Kim-Ching Luk
Writer: Lok Man Leung, Kim-Ching Luk
Actors: Aaron Kwok, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Charlie Yeung, Ka Tung Lam

Das Boot (2018–) Drama War Movie

An inexperienced U-boat crew has to survive a secret mission and a young German woman is torn between loyalty for her home country and the French resistance in the WWII drama. Year 2018–.

Generes: Drama, War
Director: N/A
Writer: Johannes W. Betz, Tony Saint
Actors: Tom Wlaschiha, Leonard Scheicher, Franz Dinda, Thierry Frémont