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    The Black Cat 1934 POSTER

    The Black Cat

    1934

    English

    6.9

    12

    89%

    69%

    Action

    Adventure

    black and white

    chess

    Crime

    edgar allan poe

    Horror

    hungary

    pre-unix

    prisoner of war

    Romance

    Thriller

    Edgar G. Ulmer Edgar G. Ulmer Director John Carradine John Carradine as Cult Organist Bela Lugosi Bela Lugosi as Dr. Vitus Werdegast Boris Karloff Boris Karloff as Hjalmar Poelzig Harry Cording Harry Cording as Thamal
    After a road accident in Hungary, the American honeymooners Joan and Peter and the enigmatic Dr. Werdegast find refuge in the house of the famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig, who shares a dark past with the doctor.
    Seven Years in Tibet 1997 POSTER

    Seven Years in Tibet

    1997

    English

    7.1

    54

    57%

    73%

    Action

    Adventure

    Biography

    buddhism

    buddhist monk

    Drama

    himalaya

    himalaya mountain range

    History

    prisoner of war

    War

    world war ii

    Jean-Jacques Annaud Jean-Jacques Annaud Director Ric Young Ric Young as General Chang Jing Wu Brad Pitt Brad Pitt as Heinrich Harrer BD Wong BD Wong as Ngawang Jigme David Thewlis David Thewlis as Peter Aufschnaiter
    Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedition in 1939. But when World War II breaks out, the arrogant Harrer falls into Allied forces' hands as a prisoner of war. He escapes with a fellow detainee and makes his way to Lhasa, Tibet, where he meets the 14-year-old Dalai Lama, whose friendship ultimately transforms his outlook on life.
    Black Hawk Down 2001 POSTER

    Black Hawk Down

    2001

    English

    7.7

    246

    77%

    88%

    Action

    ambush

    based on novel or book

    chaos

    Drama

    History

    militia

    prisoner of war

    Thriller

    War

    wound

    Ridley Scott Ridley Scott Director Ron Eldard Ron Eldard as Durant Josh Hartnett Josh Hartnett as Eversmann William Fichtner William Fichtner as Sanderson Tom Hardy Tom Hardy as Twombly
    When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.
    Unbroken 2014 POSTER

    Unbroken

    2014

    English

    7.2

    174

    53%

    70%

    Action

    based on novel or book

    berlin, germany

    Biography

    Drama

    History

    japan

    prisoner of war

    Sport

    sports

    War

    world war ii

    Angelina Jolie Angelina Jolie Director Jai Courtney Jai Courtney as Cup Garrett Hedlund Garrett Hedlund as Fitzgerald Ken Watanabe Ken Watanabe as Omori Officer Robert Roldan Robert Roldan as Soldier
    A chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II.
    Murderers Among Us 1946 POSTER

    Murderers Among Us

    1946

    German

    7.4

    5

    83%

    77%

    Action

    berlin, germany

    Crime

    destruction of a civilization

    Drama

    loss of loved one

    nazi

    prisoner of war

    Romance

    squatter

    Thriller

    War

    Wolfgang Staudte Wolfgang Staudte Director Albert Johannes Albert Johannes as Bartolomaeus Timm Wolfgang Dohnberg Wolfgang Dohnberg as Fritz Knochenhauer Christian Blackwood Christian Blackwood as Otto Hildegard Knef Hildegard Knef as Susanne Wallner
    After returning from a concentration camp, Susanne finds a traumatized ex-soldier living in her apartment in bombed out Berlin. Together the two try to move past their experiences during WWII.
    Major Dundee 1965 POSTER

    Major Dundee

    1965

    English

    6.7

    18

    97%

    67%

    Action

    Adventure

    apache nation

    confederate

    Drama

    mexico

    prisoner of war

    raid

    War

    Western

    Sam Peckinpah Sam Peckinpah Director Richard Harris Richard Harris as Captain Benjamin Tyreen John Davis Chandler John Davis Chandler as Jimmy Lee Benteen Warren Oates Warren Oates as O. W. Hadley R.G. Armstrong R.G. Armstrong as Reverend Dahlstrom
    During the last winter of the Civil War, cavalry officer Amos Dundee leads a contentious troop of Army regulars, Confederate prisoners and scouts on an expedition into Mexico to destroy a band of Apaches who have been raiding U.S. bases in Texas.
    Bon Voyage 1944 POSTER

    Bon Voyage

    1944

    English

    6.1

    3

    26%

    26%

    gestapo

    interrogation

    mysterious letter

    nazi spy

    prisoner of war

    War

    world war ii

    Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock Director Janique Joelle Janique Joelle as Jeanne John Blythe John Blythe as RAF Sgt. John Dougall
    After escaping a Nazi POW camp, a young Scottish RAF gunner recounts his perilous journey through occupied France with the help of the Resistance. During his debriefing in London, French intelligence officers press him for details—especially about one companion whose true loyalties may not be what they seemed.
    Land of Mine 2015 POSTER

    Land of Mine

    2015

    Danish

    59

    91%

    89%

    1940s

    Action

    beach

    Drama

    History

    land mine

    minefield

    post world war ii

    prisoner of war

    War

    Martin Zandvliet Martin Zandvliet Director Laura Bro Laura Bro as Karin Mikkel Boe Følsgaard Mikkel Boe Følsgaard as Lt. Ebbe Jensen Louis Hofmann Louis Hofmann as Sebastian Schumann Roland Møller Roland Møller as Sgt. Carl Rasmussen
    In the days following the surrender of Germany in May 1945, a group of young German prisoners of war is handed over to the Danish authorities and subsequently sent to the West Coast, where they are ordered to remove the more than two million mines that the Germans had placed in the sand along the coast. With their bare hands, crawling around in the sand, the boys are forced to perform the dangerous work under the leadership of a Danish sergeant.
    The Beast in Heat 1977 POSTER

    The Beast in Heat

    1977

    Italian

    3.7

    5

    Action

    experiment

    female prisoner

    Horror

    murder

    nazi

    prisoner of war

    rape

    War

    Luigi Batzella Luigi Batzella Director Andrea Fantasia Andrea Fantasia as Doctor Brad Harris Brad Harris as Don Lorenzo Benito Pacifico Benito Pacifico as Franz Giuseppe Castellano Giuseppe Castellano as German Soldier
    In a remote village in occupied Europe, the SS pursue their inhuman treatment of captured partisans in efforts to force them to betray their comrades.... while Fraulein Krast, a sadistic biologist, concentrates her efforts on the womenfolk with refined tortures and humiliation, leaving them to the mercy of a sex-crazed half-man, half-beast she has created with experimental injections.... And as advancing Allied forces approach the village, Krast herself becomes a victim of her own fiendish rituals....
    Why We Fight 2005 POSTER

    Why We Fight

    2005

    English

    8.0

    1

    78%

    88%

    assault

    Documentary

    gas attack

    History

    prisoner of war

    vietnam veteran

    War

    war crimes

    war veteran

    Eugene Jarecki Eugene Jarecki Director Bill Clinton Bill Clinton as Self Frank Capra Frank Capra as Self Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman as Self John McCain John McCain as Self
    Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki's shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an affirmative answer to each of these questions.
    Monster Island 2024 POSTER

    Monster Island

    2024

    English

    5.2

    19

    63%

    48%

    Action

    Horror

    island

    monster

    mythical creature

    prisoner of war

    survival

    world war ii

    Mike Wiluan Mike Wiluan Director Lucky Moniaga Lucky Moniaga as Callum Woodhouse Callum Woodhouse as Bronson Yorihiro Nagai Yorihiro Nagai as Hell Ship Soldier #2 Dean Fujioka Dean Fujioka as Saito
    In the Pacific, 1944, a Japanese soldier and a British prisoner of war are stranded on a deserted island, hunted by a deadly creature. Two mortal enemies must come together to survive the unknown.
    The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer 1961 POSTER

    The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

    1961

    Japanese

    8.8

    38

    Action

    china

    Drama

    History

    japan

    manchuria

    prisoner of war

    sequel

    War

    world war ii

    Masaki Kobayashi Masaki Kobayashi Director Hideko Takamine Hideko Takamine as Hinanmin no Onna Nobuo Kaneko Nobuo Kaneko as Kirihara Gôchô Fujio Suga Fujio Suga as Nagata Taii Yûsuke Kawazu Yûsuke Kawazu as Terada Nitôhei
    After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his dear wife and his old life, Kaji faces great odds in a variety of different harrowing circumstances as he and his fellow men sneak behind enemy lines.
    The Seventh Company Has Been Found 1975 POSTER

    The Seventh Company Has Been Found

    1975

    French

    6.7

    2

    Comedy

    prisoner of war

    War

    world war ii

    Robert Lamoureux Robert Lamoureux Director Paul Bisciglia Paul Bisciglia as Claumachet, sous-officier de la 7e compagnie Jean Rougerie Jean Rougerie as L'officier allemand joueur d'échecs Jean-Pierre Zola Jean-Pierre Zola as l'officier allemand qui tente de loger Chaudard, Pithivier et Tassin pour la nuit Daniel Breton Daniel Breton as Un soldat allemand
    The second part of the Seventh Company adventures.
    Little Dieter Needs to Fly 1997 POSTER

    Little Dieter Needs to Fly

    1997

    English

    8.0

    2

    93%

    94%

    Biography

    Documentary

    Drama

    post war germany

    prisoner of war

    u.s. navy

    vietcong

    vietnam

    vietnam war

    War

    Werner Herzog Werner Herzog Director Dieter Dengler Dieter Dengler as Self Eugene Deatrick Eugene Deatrick as Self Werner Herzog Werner Herzog as Self - Narrator
    Three decades after German-American pilot Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, he returns to the places where he was held prisoner during the early years of the Vietnam War. Accompanied by director Werner Herzog, Dengler describes in unusually candid detail his captivity, the friendships he made, and his daring escape. Not willing to stop there, Herzog even persuades his subject to re-enact certain tortures, with the help of some willing local villagers.
    Hannibal Brooks 1969 POSTER

    Hannibal Brooks

    1969

    English

    6.6

    3

    83%

    83%

    Action

    Adventure

    Comedy

    elephant

    prisoner of war

    satire

    switzerland

    War

    world war ii

    zoo

    Michael Winner Michael Winner Director John Alderton John Alderton as Bernard Ernst Fritz Fürbringer Ernst Fritz Fürbringer as Elephant Keeper Kellermann Oliver Reed Oliver Reed as Stephen 'Hannibal' Brooks Til Kiwe Til Kiwe as Von Haller's Sergeant
    A POW in World War II is put to work in a Munich zoo, looking after an Asian elephant. The zoo is bombed by the Americans and the director of the zoo decides it is not safe for his Asian elephant Lucy to remain there. So he sends Brooks to safety with Lucy. They escape and go on the run in order to get to Switzerland.
    SS Experiment Love Camp 1976 POSTER

    SS Experiment Love Camp

    1976

    Italian

    3.5

    11

    21%

    21%

    Action

    Drama

    electrical torture

    experiment

    Horror

    nazisploitation (nazi exploitation film)

    perversity

    prisoner of war

    testicles

    Thriller

    War

    Sergio Garrone Sergio Garrone Director Patrizia Melega Patrizia Melega as Dr. Renke Almina De Sanzio Almina De Sanzio as Dunja Agnes Kalpagos Agnes Kalpagos as Margot Inga Alexandrova Inga Alexandrova as Russian prisoner
    Near the end of WW2, prisoners of war are used in experiments to perfect the Arian race.
    In Tranzit 2008 POSTER

    In Tranzit

    2008

    English

    5.7

    3

    39%

    39%

    1940s

    Action

    Drama

    post world war ii

    prisoner of war

    Romance

    soviet union

    War

    Tom Roberts Tom Roberts Director Sergey Safronov Sergey Safronov as Ivan Daniel Brühl Daniel Brühl as Klaus Vera Farmiga Vera Farmiga as Natalia John Malkovich John Malkovich as Pavlov
    Nazi POWs suspected of heinous acts are locked up in a Soviet women's prison run by vengeful female guards. To weed out the guilty, the innocent must pay. Can supposed enemies turn into great loves? Based on a true post-World War II story, this drama stars Thomas Kretschmann, John Malkovich and Vera Farmiga in a bitter game of cat and mouse and a battle between hate and humanity, mercy and revenge.
    Hart's War 2002 POSTER

    Hart's War

    2002

    English

    6.4

    52

    60%

    48%

    Action

    black people

    Drama

    escape

    prisoner of war

    trial

    us army

    War

    world war ii

    Gregory Hoblit Gregory Hoblit Director Bruce Willis Bruce Willis as Col. William A. McNamara Sam Worthington Sam Worthington as Cpl. B.J. 'Depot' Guidry Colin Farrell Colin Farrell as Lt. Thomas W. Hart Cole Hauser Cole Hauser as Staff Sgt. Vic W. Bedford
    When Col. William McNamara is stripped of his freedom in a German POW camp, he's determined to keep on fighting even from behind enemy lines. Enlisting the help of a young lieutenant in a brilliant plot against his captors, McNamara risks everything on a mission to free his men and change the outcome of the war.
    Prisoner of War 2025 POSTER

    Prisoner of War

    2025

    English

    5.6

    63

    67%

    1940s

    Action

    internment camp

    prisoner of war

    Thriller

    War

    world war ii

    Louis Mandylor Louis Mandylor Director Peter Dobson Peter Dobson as Allied Soldier Radio Voice D.B. Sweeney D.B. Sweeney as C-47 Pilot Voice Masanori Mimoto Masanori Mimoto as Captain Endo Scott Adkins Scott Adkins as James Wright Peter Shinkoda Peter Shinkoda as Lt. Col. Ito
    British RAF Wing Commander James Wright is captured by the Japanese during WWII and forced to fight in brutal hand-to-hand combat. The Japanese soldiers get more than they bargained for when Wright’s years of martial arts training in Hong Kong prove him to be a formidable opponent.
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