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1950s War Movies

Public list by WPS with 164 movies or TV shows/series

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The Bridge on the River Kwai(1957)

PG
| 2h 41min | Drama, History, War
3.9/5 (with 945 votes)

The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson , the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.

Directed by David Lean - With Jack Hawkins, William Holden, Sessue Hayakawa, Alec Guinness, James Donald, Percy Herbert, ...
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Paths of Glory(1957)

NR
| 1h 28min | Drama, War
4.1/5 (with 1,309 votes)

A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.

Directed by Stanley Kubrick - With Kirk Douglas, George Macready, Adolphe Menjou, Ralph Meeker, Wayne Morris, Richard Anderson, ...
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The Caine Mutiny(1954)

NR
| 2h 4min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 132 votes)

When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardize his ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny.

Directed by Edward Dmytryk - With Humphrey Bogart, José Ferrer, Fred MacMurray, Van Johnson, Tom Tully, E. G. Marshall, ...
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Ugetsu(1953)

1h 36min | Fantasy, Drama, Mystery
4.0/5 (with 228 votes)

In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro's pursuit of both riches and the mysterious Lady Wakasa, as well as Tobei's desire to become a samurai, run the risk of destroying both themselves and their wives, Miyagi and Ohama.

Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi - With Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyō, Kinuyo Tanaka, Eitarō Ozawa, Mitsuko Mito, Ryōsuke Kagawa, ...
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The Cruel Sea(1953)

NR
| 2h 6min | Drama, History, War
3.5/5 (with 26 votes)

At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training. The winter seas make life miserable enough, but the men must also harden themselves to rescuing survivors of U-Boat attacks, while seldom able to strike back. Traumatic events afloat and ashore create a warm bond between the skipper and his first officer.

Directed by Charles Frend - With Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden, Denholm Elliott, Virginia Anne McKenna, Stanley Baker, Moira Lister, ...

Stalag 17(1953)

NR
| 2h | Comedy, Thriller, War
3.9/5 (with 241 votes)

It's a dreary Christmas 1944 for the American POWs in Stalag 17 and the men in Barracks 4, all sergeants, have to deal with a grave problem—there seems to be a security leak.

Directed by Billy Wilder - With William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger, Sig Ruman, Robert Strauss, Peter Graves, ...
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The Man Who Never Was(1956)

NR
| 1h 43min | Thriller, War, Drama, History
3.5/5 (with 34 votes)

The true story of a British effort to trick the Germans into weakening Sicily's defenses before the 1943 attack. A dead soldier is dressed as a British officer and outfitted with faked papers showing that the Allies were intending to invade occupied Greece. His body is put into the sea where it will ultimately drift ashore and the papers be passed along to German Intelligence.

Directed by Ronald Neame - With Clifton Webb, Gloria Grahame, Stephen Boyd, Laurence Naismith, Cyril Cusack, Michael Hordern, ...

The Young Lions(1958)

2h 47min | Action, Drama, War
3.4/5 (with 53 votes)

The Young Lions follows the lives of three soldiers: one German and two Americans, paralleling their experiences in World War II until they meet up at the end for a confrontation.

Directed by Edward Dmytryk - With Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Dean Martin, Hope Lange, May Britt, Maximilian Schell, ...
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The Enemy Below(1957)

NR
| 1h 37min | War
3.6/5 (with 71 votes)

The crew of the American destroyer escort, the USS Haynes, detects a German U-Boat—resulting in a prolonged, deadly battle of wits.

Directed by Dick Powell - With Robert Mitchum, Curd Jürgens, Theodore Bikel, David Hedison, Frank Albertson, Kurt Kruger, ...
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The Battle of the River Plate(1956)

NR
| 1h 59min | Drama, History, War
3.1/5 (with 20 votes)

In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open to supply the British Isles, facing the great danger posed by the many German warships, such as the Admiral Graf Spee, which are scouring the ocean for cargo ships to sink.

Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger - With John Gregson, Anthony Quayle, Peter Finch, Ian Hunter, Bernard Lee, Patrick Macnee, ...

The Dam Busters(1955)

NR
| 2h 4min | Drama, Action, History, Thriller, War
3.5/5 (with 59 votes)

The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industrial complex and the execution of the raid by 617 Squadron 'The Dam Busters'.

Directed by Michael Anderson - With Richard Todd, Michael Redgrave, Ursula Jeans, Basil Sydney, Raymond Huntley, Laurence Naismith, ...

Run Silent, Run Deep(1958)

1h 33min | Drama, War
3.5/5 (with 59 votes)

The captain of a submarine sunk by the Japanese during WWII is finally given a chance to skipper another sub after a year of working a desk job. His singleminded determination for revenge against the destroyer that sunk his previous vessel puts his new crew in unneccessary danger.

Directed by Robert Wise - With Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster, Jack Warden, Brad Dexter, Don Rickles, Nick Cravat, ...
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Ice Cold in Alex(1958)

PG
| 2h 5min | War, Adventure, Drama
3.7/5 (with 33 votes)

A group of army personnel and nurses attempt a dangerous and arduous trek across the deserts of North Africa during the second world war. The leader of the team dreams of his ice cold beer when he reaches Alexandria.

Directed by J. Lee Thompson - With John Mills, Sylvia Syms, Anthony Quayle, Harry Andrews, Richard Leech, Diane Clare, ...

To Hell and Back(1955)

1h 46min | Action, Romance / Love, Drama, History, War
3.4/5 (with 24 votes)

The true WWII story of Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier in U.S. history. Based on the autobiography of Audie Murphy who stars as himself in the film.

Directed by Jesse Hibbs - With Audie Murphy, Marshall Thompson, Charles Drake, Jack Kelly, Gregg Palmer, Paul Picerni, ...

Captain Horatio Hornblower(1951)

NR
| 1h 57min | Action, Adventure, Drama, War
3.5/5 (with 46 votes)

Captain Horatio Hornblower leads his ship HMS Lydia on a perilous transatlantic voyage, during which his faithful crew battle both a Spanish warship and a ragged band of Central American rebels.

Directed by Raoul Walsh - With Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo, Robert Beatty, Terence Morgan, James Robertson Justice, Stanley Baker, ...
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Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier(1955)

1h 33min | Action, Adventure, Kids & Family, Western
3.3/5 (with 40 votes)

Legends (and myths) from the life of famed American frontiersman Davy Crockett are depicted in this feature film edited from television episodes. Crockett and his friend George Russel fight in the Creek Indian War. Then Crockett is elected to Congress and brings his rough-hewn ways to the House of Representatives. Finally, Crockett and Russell journey to Texas and the last stand at the Alamo.

Directed by Norman Foster - With Fess Parker, Buddy Ebsen, Basil Ruysdael, Don Megowan, Hans Conried, Helene Stanley, ...
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The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel(1951)

NR
| 1h 28min | Action, Drama, History, War
3.4/5 (with 43 votes)

The life and career of Erwin Rommel and his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler.

Directed by Henry Hathaway - With James Mason, Jessica Tandy, Cedric Hardwicke, Luther Adler, Leo G. Carroll, Everett Sloane, ...

Attack(1956)

1h 47min | Drama, War
3.4/5 (with 53 votes)

Battle of the Bulge, World War II, 1944. Lieutenant Costa, an infantry company officer who must establish artillery observation posts in a strategic area, has serious doubts about Captain Cooney's leadership ability.

Directed by Robert Aldrich - With Jack Palance, Eddie Albert, Lee Marvin, William Smithers, Robert Strauss, Buddy Ebsen, ...
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Flying Leathernecks(1951)

NR
| 1h 42min | Action, Drama, War
3.1/5 (with 22 votes)

Major Daniel Kirby takes command of a squadron of Marine fliers just before they are about to go into combat. While the men are well meaning, he finds them undisciplined and prone to always finding excuses to do what is easy rather than what is necessary. The root of the problem is the second in command, Capt. Carl 'Griff' Griffin. Griff is the best flier in the group but Kirby finds him a poor commander who is not prepared to the difficult decision that all commanders have to make - to put men in harm's way knowing that they may be killed.

Directed by Nicholas Ray - With John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Don Taylor, Jay C. Flippen, Barry Kelley, Carleton Young, ...
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The Cockleshell Heroes(1955)

1h 37min | War
3.0/5 (with 12 votes)

During WW2, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them.

Directed by José Ferrer - With José Ferrer, Trevor Howard, Anthony Newley, Percy Herbert, Christopher Lee, Jacques Brunius, ...

The Unknown Soldier(1955)

3h 1min | Drama, War
3.7/5 (with 27 votes)

It is the summer of 1941. An eastern-Finnish machine gun company receives an order to turn in their surplus equipment. The company is transferred to the front lines. The next morning the soldiers wake to the sound of guns – the war has begun.

Directed by Edvin Laine - With Kosti Klemelä, Heikki Savolainen, Reino Tolvanen, Veikko Sinisalo, Åke Lindman, Pentti Siimes, ...

The Steel Helmet(1951)

1h 25min | Action, Drama, War
3.5/5 (with 33 votes)

A ragtag group of American stragglers battles against superior Communist troops in an abandoned Buddhist temple during the Korean War.

Directed by Samuel Fuller - With Gene Evans, Robert Hutton, Steve Brodie, James Edwards, Richard Loo, Sid Melton, ...
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Take the High Ground!(1953)

1h 41min | Comedy, Drama, War
3.0/5 (with 4 votes)

Sgt. Thorne Ryan, who once fought bravely in Korea, now serves as a hard-nosed drill instructor to new Army recruits at Fort Bliss, Texas. But is he really the man he is often described as? His fellow instructor, and friend helps him to face the ghosts of his past experiences in Korea. One night in a bar across the border in Juarez, Mexico, Sgt. Ryan meets a lady who begins to turn his life around. Will this be enough to help him deal with the past? Or will he continue to be so hard on his troops?

Directed by Richard Brooks - With Richard Widmark, Karl Malden, Elaine Stewart, Russ Tamblyn, Jerome Courtland, Steve Forrest, ...

The Desert Rats(1953)

NR
| 1h 28min | Action, Adventure, Drama, War
3.1/5 (with 37 votes)

In North Africa, German Field Marshal Rommel and his troops have successfully fended off British forces, and now intend to take Tobruk, an important port city. A ramshackle group of Australian reinforcements sent to combat the Germans is put under the command of British Captain MacRoberts. The unruly Aussies immediately clash with MacRoberts, a gruff, strict disciplinarian, however this unorthodox team must band together to protect Tobruk from the German forces.

Directed by Robert Wise - With Richard Burton, James Mason, Robert Newton, Torin Thatcher, Chips Rafferty, Bud Tingwell, ...
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Men in War(1957)

1h 42min | Action, Drama, War
3.4/5 (with 24 votes)

In Korea, on 6 September 1950, Lieutenant Benson's platoon finds itself isolated in enemy-held territory after a retreat. Soon they are joined by Sergeant Montana, whose overriding concern is caring for his catatonic colonel. Benson and Montana can't stand each other, but together they must get the survivors to Hill 465, where they hope the division is waiting. It's a long, harrowing march, fraught with all the dangers the elusive enemy can summon.

Directed by Anthony Mann - With Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray, Robert Keith, Nehemiah Persoff, Vic Morrow, Adam Kennedy, ...

The Hunters(1958)

NR
| 1h 48min | War, Action, Drama
2.8/5 (with 10 votes)

With its electrifying flight sequences and high-powered cast, The Hunters is a mesmerizing film based on the best-selling novel by veteran fighter pilot James Salter. Set during the height of the Korean War, the story centers on Major Cleve Saville (Robert Mitchum), a master of the newly operational F-86 Sabre fighter jets. But adept as he is at flying, Saville¹s personal life takes a nosedive when he falls in love with his wingman¹s (Lee Philips) beautiful wife (May Britt). To make matters worse, Saville must cope with a loud-mouthed rookie (Robert Wagner) in a daring rescue mission that threatens all their lives in this well-crafted war drama.

Directed by Dick Powell - With Robert Mitchum, Robert Wagner, May Britt, Richard Egan, Victor Sen Yung, John Gabriel, ...
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Away All Boats(1956)

NR
| 1h 54min | War, Drama
2.7/5 (with 7 votes)

The story of USS 'Belinda', a U.S. naval ship, and its crew during the battle of the Pacific 1943-1945, as it prepares for action and landing troops on enemy beachheads.

Directed by Joseph Pevney - With Jeff Chandler, George Nader, Lex Barker, Julie Adams, Keith Andes, Richard Boone, ...

Halls of Montezuma(1951)

NR
| 1h 53min | Adventure, Drama, Action, War
3.0/5 (with 14 votes)

Richard Widmark leads an all star cast of marine leathernecks including Jack Palance, Robert Wagner, Karl Malden, Richard Boone and Jack Webb into battle on a heavily fortified island. This action-packed story follows the squad as they pick their way through enemy-infested jungles on a time sensitive mission to find the source of the enemy rockets. As the mission progresses, the squad and leader overcome many challenges as they are transformed into an effective and efficient fighting unit.

Directed by Lewis Milestone - With Richard Boone, Jack Webb, Martin Milner, Neville Brand, Jack Palance, Reginald Gardiner, ...
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American Guerrilla in the Philippines(1950)

NR
| 1h 45min | Drama, War
2.9/5 (with 6 votes)

American soldiers stranded in the Philippines after the Japanese invasion form guerrilla bands to fight back.

Directed by Fritz Lang - With Tyrone Power, Micheline Presle, Tom Ewell, Jack Elam, Robert Barrat, Juan Torena, ...

Quiet Flows the Don(1957)

5h 40min | Drama, History
3.3/5 (with 10 votes)

Based on the novel of the same name by Mikhail Sholokhov, about the fate of people broken by the First World War, the October Revolution of 1917 and the Civil War in Russia (1917-1922), about the collapse of the foundations and ideals of the Don Cossacks of Russia at the beginning of the XX century, about the personal tragedy of the protagonist — Grigoriy Melekhov.

Directed by Sergei Gerasimov - With Pyotr Glebov, Elina Bystritskaya, Zinaida Kiriyenko, Danylo Ilchenko
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