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1950s War Drama Movies

Public list by WPS with 144 movies or TV shows/series

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War and Peace(1956)

PG
| 3h 28min | Drama, War, Romance / Love, History
3.4/5 (with 99 votes)

Napoleon's tumultuous relations with Russia including his disastrous 1812 invasion serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of two aristocratic families.

From Here to Eternity(1953)

NR
| 1h 58min | War, Romance / Love, Drama
3.7/5 (with 266 votes)

In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love.

Forbidden Games(1952)

1h 27min | Drama, History
3.9/5 (with 127 votes)

Orphaned after a Nazi air raid, Paulette, a young Parisian girl, runs into Michel, an older peasant boy, and the two quickly become close. Together, they try to make sense of the chaotic and crumbling world around them, attempting to cope with death as they create a burial ground for Paulette's deceased pet dog. Eventually, however, Paulette's stay with Michel's family is threatened by the harsh realities of wartime.

Friendly Persuasion(1956)

NR
| 2h 17min | Drama, War
3.3/5 (with 59 votes)

The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to violence and war. It's not easy for them to meet the rules of their religion in everyday life but when Southern troops pass the area they are in real trouble. Should they fight, despite their peaceful attitude?

The Bridge(1959)

1h 43min | Drama, History, War
3.7/5 (with 66 votes)

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A Man Escaped(1956)

NR
| 1h 41min | Thriller, Drama, War, History
4.0/5 (with 215 votes)

A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from prison.

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.

General Della Rovere(1959)

2h 12min | War, Drama
3.8/5 (with 54 votes)

The Gestapo forces con man Victorio Bardone to impersonate a dead partisan general in order to extract information from his fellow inmates.

Alexander the Great(1956)

PG
| 2h 16min | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
3.0/5 (with 36 votes)

He was a fierce military commander who led huge armies into battle without a single defeat; a magnificent warrior who many believed was part god - this was Alexander the Great (Richard Burton), the legendary Greek hero hailed by his countrymen as "The King of Kings". Born in 356 B.C. into a turbulent world of political unrest, educated by Aristotle (Barry Jones) and chosen to lead his people in the grand tradition of his powerful father (Fredric March), this glamorous world conqueror rose above all conflict to unite the continents of Europe and Asia to become one of the most celebrated rulers of all time! Written, produced and directed by Oscar - winner Robert Rossen and featuring the extraordinary Claire Bloom and a remarkable cast of thousands, this stunning portrait of one of history's most fascinating figures is colossal entertainment and an amazing spectacle.

Ballad of a Soldier(1959)

1h 29min | Drama, Romance / Love, War
4.0/5 (with 98 votes)

During World War II, earnest young Russian soldier Alyosha Skvortsov is rewarded with a short leave of absence for performing a heroic deed on the battlefield. Feeling homesick, he decides to visit his mother. Due to his kindhearted nature, however, Alyosha is repeatedly sidetracked by his efforts to help those he encounters, including a lovely girl named Shura. In his tour of a country devastated by war, he struggles to keep hope alive.

Fate of a Man(1959)

1h 43min | Drama, War
3.8/5 (with 26 votes)

The story of a man (Andrey Sokolov) whose life was ruthlessly crippled by World War II. His wife and daughters were killed during the bombing of his village, he spent some time as a prisoner, and his only son was killed in action only a few days before the victory...

Kanal(1957)

1h 36min | War, Drama
3.9/5 (with 49 votes)

During the last few days of the Warsaw Uprising following World War II, a modest group of Resistance members remains. The band must take refuge in the sewers under the orders of leader Zadra, but it's only a matter of time before they will have to emerge. However, when they try, they are met only with intense hostility from the Nazis. Despite their attempts stay resolute through immense mental strain, it becomes increasingly apparent that they may be doomed.

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Dunkirk(1958)

2h 14min | Drama, War
3.4/5 (with 31 votes)

A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain somehow. Meanwhile, British civilians are being dragged into the war with Operation Dynamo, the scheme to get the French and British forces back from the Dunkirk beaches. Some come forward to help, others were less willing.

The Burmese Harp(1956)

1h 56min | Drama, Music, War
3.9/5 (with 60 votes)

In the War's closing days, when a conscience-driven Japanese soldier fails to get his countrymen to surrender to overwhelming force, he adopts the lifestyle of a Buddhist monk.

Simba(1955)

1h 39min | Romance / Love, Drama
3.2/5 (with 5 votes)

A European family in East Africa finds itself caught up in an uprising by local black Africans against their white colonial masters. Based on the Mau-Mau rebellion in Kenya in the early 1950s.

Fires on the Plain(1959)

1h 48min | Drama, War
3.8/5 (with 41 votes)

In the closing days of WWII remnants of the Japanese army in Leyte are abandoned by their command and face certain starvation.

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison(1957)

1h 48min | Adventure, Drama, War
3.5/5 (with 53 votes)

A Roman Catholic nun and a hard-bitten US Marine are stranded together on a Japanese-occupied island in the South Pacific during World War II. Under constant threat of discovery by a ruthless enemy, they hide in a cave and forage for food together. Their forced companionship and the struggle for survival forge a powerful emotional bond between them.

Betrayed(1954)

1h 48min | Drama, Romance / Love, War
3.0/5 (with 7 votes)

Screen superstars Clark Gable ("Gone With The Wind," "It Happened One Night") and sultry bombshell Lana Turner ("Peyton Place," "The Postman Always Rings Twice") team-up in this intriguing WWII drama. Suspected of being a Nazi spy, Dutch-resistance member Turner is given a last chance mission to redeem herself. Gable is an American colonel who falls in love with her. Co-starring Victor Mature ("My Darling Clementine") and Oscar-nominee Louis Calhern ("The Asphalt Jungle").

Bright Victory(1951)

NR
| 1h 37min | Drama, Romance / Love, War
3.5/5 (with 6 votes)

A soldier blinded in war returns home and attempts to adjust to civilian life.

The Bridges at Toko-Ri(1954)

NR
| 1h 42min | Action, Drama, War, Romance / Love
3.0/5 (with 27 votes)

A naval aviator is assigned to bomb a group of heavily defended bridges during the Korean War.

A Generation(1955)

1h 27min | War, Drama
3.4/5 (with 21 votes)

Stach is a wayward teen living in squalor on the outskirts of Nazi-occupied Warsaw. Guided by an avuncular Communist organizer, he is introduced to the underground resistance—and to the beautiful Dorota. Soon he is engaged in dangerous efforts to fight oppression and indignity, maturing as he assumes responsibility for others’ lives. A coming-of-age story of survival and shattering loss, A Generation delivers a brutal portrait of the human cost of war.

Ashes and Diamonds(1958)

1h 43min | Drama, Romance / Love, War
3.8/5 (with 94 votes)

A young academy soldier, Maciek Chelmicki, is ordered to shoot the secretary of the KW PPR. A coincidence causes him to kill someone else. Meeting face to face with his victim, he gets a shock. He faces the necessity of repeating the assassination. He meets Krystyna, a girl working as a barmaid in the restaurant of the "Monopol" hotel. His affection for her makes him even more aware of the senselessness of killing at the end of the war. Loyalty to the oath he took, and thus the obligation to obey the order, tips the scales.

The Red Badge of Courage(1951)

NR
| 1h 9min | War
3.2/5 (with 30 votes)

Henry Fleming is a young Union soldier in the American Civil War. During his unit's first engagement, Henry flees the battlefield in fear. When he learns that the Union actually won the battle, shame over his cowardice leads him to lie to his friend Tom and the other soldiers, saying that he had been injured in battle. However, when he learns that his unit will be leading a charge against the enemy, Henry takes the opportunity to face his fears and redeem himself.

The Raid(1954)

NR
| 1h 23min | War, Western
3.2/5 (with 12 votes)

A group of confederate prisoners escape to Canada and plan to rob the banks and set fire to the small town of Saint Albans in Vermont. To get the lie of the land, their leader spends a few days in the town and finds he is getting drawn into its life and especially into that of an attractive widow and her son.

Battle Cry(1955)

NR
| 2h 29min | Drama, Romance / Love, War
2.9/5 (with 8 votes)

The dramatic story of US marines in training, in combat and in love during World War II. The story centres on a major who guides the raw recruits from their training to combat. Based on the novel by Leon Uris.

The Pride and the Passion(1957)

3.1/5 (with 17 votes)

During the Napoleonic Wars, when the French have occupied Spain, some Spanish guerrilla soldiers are going to move a big cannon across Spain in order to help the British defeat the French. A British officer is there to accompany the Spanish and along the way, he falls in love with the leader's girl.

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.

A Time to Love and a Time to Die(1958)

NR
| 2h 12min | Drama, War, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 34 votes)

A German soldier home on leave falls in love with a girl, then returns to World War II.

The Thick-Walled Room(1956)

1h 50min | Drama, War
3.6/5 (with 9 votes)

A group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a whole.

Directed by Masaki Kobayashi

Anatahan(1953)

1h 32min | Drama, War
3.4/5 (with 14 votes)

Twelve Japanese seamen are stranded on an abandoned and forgotten island called Anatahan for seven tense years of internal strife.

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