American and Japanese soldiers, stranded on a tiny Pacific island during World War II, must make a temporary truce and cooperate to survive various tribulations. Told through the eyes of the American and Japanese unit commanders, who must deal with an atmosphere of growing distrust and tension between their men.

Wake Island

1942

English

6.6

♡ 4

89%

John Farrow Director

Edward Earle as Commander

Hillary Brooke as Girl at the Inn

Frank Faylen as Marine Finding Skipper's Litter

Dane Clark as 'Sparks'

In late 1941, with no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island base.

Hell Is for Heroes

1962

English

6.9

♡ 19

86%

Don Siegel Director

Mike Kellin as Pvt. Kolinsky

Steve McQueen as Reese

Harry Guardino as Sgt. Larkin

Chuck Hicks as Wounded Prisoner

World War II drama where the action centers around a single maneuver by a squad of GIs in retaliation against the force of the German Siegfried line. Reese joins a group of weary GIs unexpectedly ordered back into the line when on their way to a rest area. While most of the men withdraw from their positions facing a German pillbox at the far side of a mine-field, half a dozen men are left to protect a wide front. By various ruses, they manage to convince the Germans that a large force is still holding the position. Then Reese leads two of the men in an unauthorized and unsuccessful attack on the pillbox, in which the other two are killed; and when the main platoon returns, he is threatened with court-martial. Rather that face the disgrace, and in an attempt to show he was right, he makes a one-man attack on the pillbox.

The Lighthorsemen

1987

English

6.8

♡ 4

71%

Simon Wincer Director

Peter Phelps as Dave

James Wright as Fitzgerald

Gary Sweet as Frank

Shane Briant as Reichert

In 1917 when the British forces are bogged down in front of the Turkish and German lines in Palestine they rely on the Australian light horse regiment to break the deadlock.

Sergeant York

1941

English

7.7

♡ 12

81%

Howard Hawks Director

Frank Faylen as But! Boy

James Anderson as Eb

Jean Del Val as Marshal Foch

June Lockhart as Rosie York

Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.

The Big Red One

1980

English

7.1

♡ 26

90%

Samuel Fuller Director

Mark Hamill as Pvt. Griff, 1st Squad

Perry Lang as Pvt. Kaiser, 1st Squad

Siegfried Rauch as Schroeder

Lee Marvin as The Sergeant

A veteran sergeant of World War I leads a squad in World War II, always in the company of the survivor Pvt. Griff, the writer Pvt. Zab, the Sicilian Pvt. Vinci and Pvt. Johnson, in Vichy French Africa, Sicily, D-Day at Omaha Beach, Belgium and France, and ending in a concentration camp in Czechoslovakia where they face the true horror of war.

Days of Glory

2006

French

7.0

♡ 10

83%

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northern africa

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Rachid Bouchareb Director

Sami Bouajila as Abdelkader

Mélanie Laurent as Margueritte village Vosges

Philippe Beglia as Rambert

Samy Naceri as Yassir

1943. They have never stepped foot on French soil but because France was at war, Said, Abdelkader, Messaoud and Yassir enlist in the French Army, along with 130,000 other “indigenous” soldiers, to liberate the “fatherland” from the Nazi enemy. Heroes that history has forgotten…

Fixed Bayonets!

1951

English

6.9

♡ 9

100%

Samuel Fuller Director

George Lynn as Colonel - 26th Infantry

Richard Basehart as Cpl. Denno

Joe Turkel as Soldier

Henry Kulky as Vogl

The story of a platoon during the Korean War. One by one, Corporal Denno's superiors are killed until it comes to the point where he must try to take command responsibility.

When Trumpets Fade

1998

English

7.0

♡ 17

74%

John Irvin Director

Bobby Cannavale as Capt. Zenek

Frank Whaley as Chamberlain - Medic

Timothy Olyphant as Lt. Lukas

Ron Eldard as Manning

In WWII Western Germany, Private David Manning reluctantly leaves behind a mortally wounded fellow soldier and searches for survivors from his platoon, only to learn from commanding officer Captain Pritchett that they have all been killed in action. Despite requesting a discharge on the grounds of mental disability, Manning is promoted to sergeant and assigned to lead a new platoon of young inductees.

Story of G.I. Joe

1945

English

7.2

♡ 6

William A. Wellman Director

Nino Tempo as Begging Child

Bob Hope as Bob Hope (Voice on Radio Program)

Robert Mitchum as Lt. Walker

Dorothy Coonan Wellman as Nurse Lt. Elizabeth 'Red' Murphy

War correspondent Ernie Pyle joins Company C, 18th Infantry as this American army unit fights its way across North Africa in World War II. He comes to know the soldiers and finds much human interest material for his readers back in the States. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2000.

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