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Biloxi Blues(1988)

PG-13
| 1h 46min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
3.2/5 (with 88 votes)

Eugene, an aspiring writer from Brooklyn, is drafted into the US Army during the final months of World War II. For his basic training, the Army sends him to Camp Shelby in Mississippi, where toil, bad food, and antisemitic jibes await. Eugene takes refuge in his sense of humor and in his diary, but they won't protect him in a battle of wills with an unstable drill sergeant.

Directed by Mike Nichols - With Christopher Walken, Casey Siemaszko, Corey Parker, David Schwimmer, Matthew Broderick, Penelope Ann Miller, ...
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The Boys in Company C(1978)

R
| 2h 5min | War
3.3/5 (with 32 votes)

Disheartened by futile combat, appalled by the corruption of their South Vietnamese ally, and constantly endangered by the incompetence of their own company commander, the young men find a possible way out of the war. They are told that if they purposely lose a soccer game against a South Vietnamese team, they can spend the rest of their tour playing exhibition games behind the lines.

Directed by Sidney J. Furie - With Stan Shaw, Andrew Stevens, R. Lee Ermey, James Whitmore Jr., Scott Hylands, Michael Lembeck, ...
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Tell It to the Marines(1926)

1h 43min | Action, Comedy, Drama
3.1/5 (with 8 votes)

U.S. Marine Sergeant O'Hara has his hands full training raw recruits, one of whom, 'Skeets' Burns, is a particular thorn in his side. If Burns's lackadaisical approach to the military were not bad enough, he also makes advances on nurse Nora Dale, whom Sergeant O'Hara secretly loves. Nora is oblivious to O'Hara's feelings and is attracted to the handsome 'Skeet.' But an indiscretion turns her against him, and it takes an expedition to China and a battle with a warlord's bandit brigade to sort things out among the nurse and her two Marines.

Directed by George W. Hill - With Lon Chaney, Lori Bara
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The Rookie Bear(1941)

8min | Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family
2.5/5 (with 2 votes)

In a humorous report, "Strife" magazine follows a bear who gets drafted and goes through the rigors of Army basic training.

Directed by Rudolf Ising

Dear Soldier(1944)

1h 39min | War, Drama

Two Korean conscripts undergo Imperial Japanese Army training, much to the pleasure of their families.

Caught in the Draft(1941)

NR
| 1h 22min | Comedy, Romance / Love, War
3.1/5 (with 7 votes)

Don Bolton is a movie star who can't stand loud noises. To evade the draft, he decides to get married...but falls for a colonel's daughter. By mistake, he and his two cronies enlist. In basic training, Don hopes to make a good impression on the fair Antoinette and her father, but his military career is largely slapstick. Will he ever get his corporal's stripes?

Directed by David Butler - With Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Clarence Kolb, Eddie Bracken, Ferike Boros, Irving Bacon, ...
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Thunderbirds(1952)

NR
| 1h 21min | War, Romance / Love, Adventure, Drama
2.8/5 (with 1 vote)

An Oklahoma National Guard unit, comprised mainly of Native Americans, is called up for duty at the start of World War II.

Directed by John H. Auer - With John Derek, Mona Freeman, Gene Evans, Ward Bond, Barton MacLane, Slim Pickens, ...

Six Soldiers(1975)

1h 35min | Action, Drama
1.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Four recruits arrive at Kimberley station to undergo training at the local army camp. Soutie, Liebling, Tiny and PP soon become friends as they are put through their paces by the sergeant. They all volunteer for border duty, where they are joined by Chico, a black tracker, and are sent out on patrol. After they come upon a murdered farm family, their radio is destroyed by enemy fire and they are required to find their way back to base camp. In the ensuing skirmishes some of them perish.

First Stripes(2018)

1h 46min | Documentary
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

As they undergo 12 weeks of intensive training, a group of young civilians is gradually moulded into soldiers. The Basic Training, a prerequisite for joining the Canadian Armed Forces, becomes the gateway to exploring the inner workings of a world governed by its own rules and values.

Directed by Jean-Francois Caissy