English films about the army

List of the best English films about the army according to the audience: Once Upon a Time in London, Backtrack, Murder on the Home Front, Vendetta, Suspension of Disbelief, Crashing, Scott & Bailey, Stalled, Slumber, Alexander.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 5.5
Genrecrime, history
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:27

Billy Hill and Jack 'Spot' Comer were among the most notorious criminals in London up until the 1950s. Dramatising the violent reign of two of London's most notorious gangsters, Billy Hill (Leo Gregory) and Jack 'Spot' Comer (Terry Stone), ONCE UPON A TIME IN LONDON charts the legendary rise and fall of a nationwide criminal empire that lasted until the mid-fifties and which paved the way for the notorious Kray Twins and The Richardsons. This is the story of their rise and fall.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrethriller, fantasy, drama, detective
CountryAustralia, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Canada
Duration02:04

Troubled psychotherapist Peter Bowers is suffering from nightmares and eerie visions. When he uncovers a horrifying secret that all of his patients share, he is put on a course that takes him back to the small hometown he fled years ago. There he confronts his demons and unravels a mystery 20 years in the making.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrethriller, crime, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:31

At the height of the London blitz, Dr Lennox Collins, pioneer of the new forensic science, is enlisted by DI Wilkins after prostitute Mary Williams is strangled and a swastika carved on her tongue.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genreaction, thriller
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:46

Special ops interrogation officer Jimmy Vickers (Danny Dyer) tracks down a gang who slaughtered his parents while at the same time avoiding being tracked down by his old unit and the cops. With police closing in and his old unit on his trail, he has to evade capture long enough to complete his gruesome crusade.

Markimdb: 4.1
Genrethriller
CountryUnited Kingdom

Martin is a screenwriter, who finds himself in one of his own plays: A young woman is found dead in the Thames and no one really knows, what has happened to her.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrecomedy
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration00:40

A comedy drama that crashes straight into the lives and loves of six twenty-something adults living together as Property Guardians in a disused hospital.

Markimdb: 8
Genredrama, crime, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom

D.C. Rachel Bailey and D.C. Janet Scott have a robust and engaging friendship which enables them to draw upon each other’s strengths and investigate murders for the Manchester Metropolitan Police.

Markimdb: 4.7
Genrehorror, comedy
CountryUnited Kingdom

It's Christmas Eve, and a soon-to-be-shit-canned maintenance gopher (Dan Palmer) is changing light bulbs and cleaning toilets instead of drinking egg nog and making out with drunk receptionists at the annual office party. Unfortunately for this forlorn floor-sweeper, he chooses to use the ladies restroom the very second a zombie outbreak occurs! Will he bowl us over and flush away the undead or (like in his pre-apocalypse life) simply remain ...Stalled?

Markimdb: 4.7
Genrehorror
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration02:01

A sleep doctor tries to protect a family from a demon that feeds on people in their nightmares.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genreaction, melodrama, drama, adventure, military, biography, history
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, France, Italy, Morocco, Thailand
Duration02:55

    Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then known world, venturing farther than any westerner had ever gone, all the way to India.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Australia
    Duration01:45

    The story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovers one of the most significant social scandals in recent times – the forced migration of children from the United Kingdom. Almost singlehandedly, Margaret reunited thousands of families, brought authorities to account and worldwide attention to an extraordinary miscarriage of justice.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:43

    This film follows the remarkable and inspirational true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom, New Zealand
    Duration02:20

    In April 1980, armed gunmen stormed the Iranian Embassy in Princes Gate, London and took all inside hostage. Over the next six days a tense standoff took place, all the while a group of highly trained soldiers from the SAS prepared for a raid the world had never seen the likes of.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genredrama
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:35

    1901:- Poor but intelligent Emily Fox Seton accepts a marriage proposal from the older Lord James Walderhurst,a widower pushed into providing an heir by his haughty aunt Maria,

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genremelodrama, drama, musical, military, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:38

      An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France, in which a paroled prisoner named Jean Valjean seeks redemption.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genreaction, comedy, adventure
      CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
      Duration01:41

        The most prominent heads of state in the world begin gathering for a conference that could have a major impact on global politics. When MI-7 receives word that the Chinese premier has become the target of some high-powered killers, it falls on Johnny English to save the day. Armed with the latest high-tech weaponry and gadgets that would make even James Bond jealous, the once-disgraced agent uncovers evidence of a massive conspiracy involving some of the world's most powerful organisations, and vows to redeem his tarnished reputation by stopping the killers before they can strike.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Germany, Mexico, USA
        Duration02:31

        Alan Clay, a struggling American businessman, travels to Saudi Arabia to sell a new technology to the King, only to be challenged by endless Middle Eastern bureaucracy, a perpetually absent monarch, and a suspicious growth on his back.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genredrama, family, biography
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration02:47

        The behind the scenes story of the life of A.A. Milne and the creation of the Winnie the Pooh stories inspired by his son Christopher Robin.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genremelodrama, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration00:40

        An early-20th-century tale of love across class boundaries which tells the legendary and romantic story of Lady Chatterley’s affair with her gamekeeper. Jed Mercurio’s adaptation of DH Lawrence’s classic.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genremelodrama, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration00:47

        A dramatisation of Christopher Reid's narrative poem that tells the story of an unnamed book editor who, fifteen years after their break-up, is meeting his former love for a nostalgic lunch at Zanzotti's, the Soho restaurant they used to frequent.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genrecomedy, melodrama
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany
        Duration01:42

        Since the moment they met at age 5, Rosie and Alex have been best friends, facing the highs and lows of growing up side by side. A fleeting shared moment, one missed opportunity, and the decisions that follow send their lives in completely different directions. As each navigates the complexities of life, love, and everything in between, they always find their way back to each other - but is it just friendship, or something more? Based on Cecelia Ahern's bestselling novel, LOVE, ROSIE is a heart-warming, modern comedy-of-errors posing the ultimate question: do we really only get one shot at true love?

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genredrama, military
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:42

        Set in the fields of Devon and the WW1 battlefields of Flanders, two brothers fall for the same girl while contending with the pressures of their feudal family life, the war, and the price of courage and cowardice.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genremelodrama, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration02:09

        A poor boy of unknown origins is rescued from poverty and taken in by the Earnshaw family where he develops an intense relationship with his young foster sister, Cathy. Based on the classic novel by Emily Bronte.

        Markimdb: 3.5
        Genrecomedy, family
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:33

        When Henry fails yet again to hand in his homework for the umpteenth time, he has no idea that this will set off a chain of events which will see him forming an unlikely alliance with Moody Margaret, the infuriating girl next door, and his irritating little brother Perfect Peter, outwitting corrupt School Inspectors and toppling an evil Headmaster, winning a talent contest and facing his ultimate nemesis with no way out - all because he is trying to save the very school which he has always professed to hate!

        Markimdb: 5.2
        Genrehorror, thriller
        CountryUnited Kingdom

        Katia, a young Polish woman adrift in London, meets Bob, an American tattoo artist. Katia is drawn to his mysterious aura and the taboo culture of body modification, but Bob has a dark, secret desire to leave his mark on the world and little does Katia know that her fascination with him will put her life in danger.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genrecomedy, history
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration00:20

        Comedy about the life and times of William Shakespeare as he starts to make a name for himself in London, whilst also trying to balance life as a husband and father for his family in Stratford-upon-Avon.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Spain
        Duration02:01

        Biopic about 1970s Welsh marijuana trafficker Howard Marks, whose inventive smuggling schemes made him a huge success in the drug trade, as well as leading to dealings with both the IRA and British Intelligence. Based on Marks' biography with the same title.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genrefantastic, action, adventure
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, China, Japan, Mexico
        Duration02:33

        It has been ten years since The Battle of the Breach and the oceans are still, but restless. Vindicated by the victory at the Breach, the Jaeger program has evolved into the most powerful global defense force in human history. The PPDC now calls upon the best and brightest to rise up and become the next generation of heroes when the Kaiju threat returns.

        Markimdb: 8.1
        Genredrama
        CountryUnited Kingdom

        One summer's evening, two ageing writers, Hirst and Spooner, meet in a Hampstead pub and continue their drinking into the night at Hirst's stately house nearby. As the pair become increasingly inebriated, and their stories increasingly unbelievable, the lively conversation soon turns into a revealing power game, further complicated by the return home of two sinister younger men.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genrefantasy, comedy, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:34

        In writer-director Nick Whitfield's black indie comedy, a pair of "exorcists" (Ed Gaughan and Andrew Buckley) with the power to rid people of their secrets agree to help a woman (Paprika Steen) whose daughter (Tuppence Middleton) is mute -- and whose husband is missing. Jason Isaacs co-stars as the mysterious Colonel, who seems to be calling the shots from the sidelines of the duo's shadowy enterprise.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:47

        A young newspaper writer returns to her hometown in the English countryside, where her childhood home is being prepped for sale.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genrecomedy, drama, adventure
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, Canada, South Africa, USA
        Duration01:54

        Hector is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. As he tells his girlfriend, Clara, he feels like a fraud: he hasn’t really tasted life, and yet he’s offering advice to patients who are just not getting any happier. So Hector decides to break out of his deluded and routine driven life. Armed with buckets of courage and child-like curiosity, he embarks on a global quest in hopes of uncovering the elusive secret formula for true happiness. And so begins a larger than life adventure with riotously funny results.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genredrama, military, biography, history
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
        Duration01:57

        Forced into exile by the English after being crowned King of Scotland, legendary warrior Robert the Bruce fights to reclaim the throne.

        Markimdb: 5
        Genrehorror, thriller
        CountryUnited Kingdom

        A couple trapped in a cinema are manipulated into becoming unwilling actors in a film being captured by CCTV cameras.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genrecomedy, drama, crime, music
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration02:12

        1994, a small town in central Scotland. Best mates Johnno and Spanner, despite being total opposites, have a deep bond. Now on the cusp of adulthood, life is destined to take them in different directions – Johnno’s family are moving him to a new town and a better life, leaving Spanner behind to face a precarious future. But this summer is going to be different for them, and for the country. The explosion of the free party scene and the largest counter-cultural youth movement in recent history is happening across the UK.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada
        Duration01:52

          Eccentric scientist Victor Von Frankenstein creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.

          Markimdb: 5.7
          Genredrama, music, biography
          CountryUnited Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, USA
          Duration01:56

          A drama based on Jimi Hendrix's life as he left New York City for London, where his career took off.

          Markimdb: 6.2
          Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
          Duration01:40

            Homeless and on the run from a military court martial, a damaged ex-special forces soldier navigating London's criminal underworld seizes an opportunity to assume another man's identity, transforming into an avenging angel in the process.

            Markimdb: 4.1
            Genreaction, drama
            CountryUnited Kingdom

            A Dicken’s classic brought thrillingly up to date in the teeming heartland of modern London, where a group of street smart young hustlers plan the heist of the century for the ultimate payday.

            Markimdb: 6.2
            Genredrama
            CountryUnited Kingdom, Denmark, Canada, Croatia
            Duration01:30

            A look at the lives of two teenage girls - inseparable friends Ginger and Rosa -- growing up in 1960s London as the Cuban Missile Crisis looms, and the pivotal event the comes to redefine their relationship.

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