Films about Generals

Films about Generals
List of the best films about Generals selected by visitors of our site: Patton, The Last Castle, Bridge of Dragons, The Warlords, Bolshaya lyubov, The Founding of an Army, Elena and Her Men, Belle Maman, Ballad of a Soldier, Kamui.

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Markimdb: 7.9
Genredrama, military, biography
CountryUSA
Duration02:52

"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's numerous faults such his temper and habit towards insubordination.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genreaction, thriller, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:11

A Court Martialed general rallies together 1200 inmates to rise against the system that put him away.

Markimdb: 4.6
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:32

The tough and cold mercenary Warchild, is working for the man who took care of his war training and upbringing, the greedy General Ruechang. Ruechang is planning to take over the country by marrying Princess Halo. But Halo discovers that Ruechang killed her father to gain more power than he had working for the King, so she decides to run away. Warchild is the one who has to bring her back to Ruechang, but the one thing no one counted on happens... Warchild and Halo falls in love, and together they take on the forces of Ruechang... Written by Zorteper -

Markimdb: 7
Genreaction, melodrama, drama, adventure, military, history
CountryHong Kong, China
Duration02:06

A heroic tale of three blood brothers and their struggle in the midst of war and political upheaval. It is based on "The Assassination of Ma," a Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) story about the killing of general Ma Xinyi.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genremelodrama
CountryRussia
Duration01:34

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Markimdb: 5.1
Genredrama, military, history
CountryChina

The Founding of an Army is a 2017 Chinese film commissioned by China's government to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Liberation Army.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryFrance, Italy
Duration01:38

Set amid the military maneuvers and Quatorze Juillet carnivals of turn-of-the-century France, Jean Renoir’s delirious romantic comedy Elena and her Men stars a radiant Ingrid Bergman as a beautiful, but impoverished, Polish princess who drives men of all stations to fits of desperate love. When Elena elicits the fascination of a famous general, she finds herself at the center of romantic machinations and political scheming, with the hearts of several men—as well as the future of France—in her hands.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrecomedy
CountryFrance
Duration01:42

At the altar where he is marrying Séverine, the groom, Antoine, gets his first glimpse of her mother, Léa, and suffers what the French call a coup de foudre which we know as love at first sight.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genremelodrama, drama, military
CountrySoviet Union
Duration01:29

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.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genreaction, crime, detective
CountryRussia
Duration01:40

Kamui is a ninja on the run from the world of ninja bound by rules in search of true freedom. However, he is burdened with the fate, where it is not allowed to take the secret of their powers outside of the tribe—if you are born as ninja, you must die as ninja. This brings him to constantly fight for his life against other ninja who try to kill him and hide the secrets within. He does not trust, and he does not love. Showing weakness leads to immediate death. An incident brings him to an old fisherman's village, where he finally starts to feel trust and affection towards other people. However, his pursuers where just minutes away from setting up a huge trap on Kamui…

Markimdb: 8.6
Genredrama, military
CountryUSA
Duration02:49

As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective, military
CountryChina, USA
Duration01:43

An American man returns to a corrupt, Japanese-occupied Shanghai four months before Pearl Harbor and discovers his friend has been killed. While he unravels the mysteries of the death, he falls in love and discovers a much larger secret that his own government is hiding.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genredrama, biography
CountryUSA, Japan
Duration02:01

A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima told in four parts. The first three parts relate events in three of his novels: The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, Kyoko's House, and Runaway Horses. The last part depicts the events of 25th November 1970.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genreaction, drama, adventure, military, history
CountryRussia
Duration01:37

The film is based on the eponymous book by Emmanuil Kazakevich. In the summer of 1944 the Nazi Armies prepare a massive Tank Division named 'Viking" for the offensive on occupied Russian land. The Russian Army's special group of seven snipers named "Zvezda" is sent for a reconnaissance operation behind the enemy lines in the back of the Nazi Tank Division. Two previous Russian groups never came back. The seven Russians know that they are going to an almost certain Death for the sake of Victory.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genreaction, drama, military
CountryRussia
Duration01:20

The ruthless extremist Bazgaev responsible for terrorist attacks which lead to deaths of hundreds of civilians, among them school children, is planning new actions. A group of security officers is to track and destroy him. Based on a true story.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genredrama, military
CountrySoviet Union, Italy
Duration02:20

A drama about the last days of a specific Russian regiment stationed in Afghanistan, before the main troop withdrawal in 1985.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genremelodrama, drama, biography
CountryUSA
Duration02:15

At Princeton University, John Nash struggles to make a worthwhile contribution to serve as his legacy to the world of mathematics. He finally makes a revolutionary breakthrough that will eventually earn him the Nobel Prize. After graduate school he turns to teaching, becoming romantically involved with his student Alicia. Meanwhile the government asks his help with breaking Soviet codes, which soon gets him involved in a terrifying conspiracy plot. Nash grows more and more paranoid until a discovery that turns his entire world upside down. Now it is only with Alicia's help that he will be able to recover his mental strength and regain his status as the great mathematician we know him as today..

Markimdb: 8.2
Genredrama, military, biography, history
CountryGermany, Austria, Italy
Duration02:36

In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his generals and advisers to fight to the last man. When the end finally does come, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrecomedy
CountryUSA
Duration01:23

    The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:40

    As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy. Salt goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture. Salt's efforts to prove her innocence only serve to cast doubt on her motives, as the hunt to uncover the truth behind her identity continues and the question remains: "Who is Salt?"

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genreaction, thriller
    CountryUSA, Germany, Sweden, Hungary
    Duration02:32

      An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genreaction, thriller, adventure
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:51

      In the film that launched the James Bond saga, Agent 007 battles mysterious Dr. No, a scientific genius bent on destroying the U.S. space program. As the countdown to disaster begins, Bond must go to Jamaica, where he encounters beautiful Honey Ryder, to confront a megalomaniacal villain in his massive island headquarters.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genreaction, drama, military, history
      CountryJapan, USA
      Duration02:24

      In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words use by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had surprised the Americans, covers the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, which plunged America into the Second World War.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genrethriller, drama, biography, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany
      Duration02:01

      Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in Uganda, and arrives during the downfall of President Obote. General Idi Amin comes to power and asks Garrigan to become his personal doctor.

      Markimdb: 8.9
      Genredrama, military, history
      CountryIndia

      Mahabharat is a 2013 drama TV series on Star Plus based on Indian legendary epic of the same name. It has been produced by Swastik Pictures and features actors such as Saurabh Raj Jain as Lord Krishna, Shaheer Sheikh as Arjuna, Pooja Sharma as Draupadi, Aham Sharma as Karna and Arav Chowdhary as Bhishma Pitamah. The producers had creative associations with writer Salim Khan, author Devdutt Pattanaik, designer Bhanu Athaiya, music directors Ajay-Atul and Ismail Darbar, action director Ram Shetty and set designer Omang Kumar. The casting of the show is done by Sahil Ansari, Mahesh Chandra Bhatt, Arun Mitra. It started broadcasting on 16 September 2013.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrethriller, drama, military, history
      CountryUSA, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Japan, United Kingdom
      Duration02:01

        Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events unfold so that he becomes a central player, he finds himself tasked with both leading the coup and personally killing the Führer.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, detective, military
        CountryRussia, USA, Belarus
        Duration01:58

        The movie is set in Belarus, where a team of counter-intelligence officers is given only three days to find a German radio operator posing as a Soviet soldier, behind soviet lines, on the eve of a major offensive.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genredrama, military, history
        CountryRussia
        Duration01:55

        October 1941. Thousands of fascists troops are advancing on Kalinin to capture the city and therefore open a direct route to Moscow. There are two thousand people able to defend the city and they are without tanks or artillery. The only hope of holding the enemy off is in the fifth infantry division convoy, who are about to pass through Kalinin station. But saboteurs intend to do everything to keep this from happening. The head of the Kalinin garrison, Major Sysoyev, struggles to keep order and calm in the city, and himself falls under suspicion of involvement with the subversive enemy group.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, military
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, USA, Vietnam, Australia, France, Canada
        Duration01:35

        A stylish political thriller where love and war collide in Southeast Asia. Set in early 1950s Vietnam, a young American becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle when he falls for the beautiful mistress of a British journalist. As war is waged around them, these three only sink deeper into a world of drugs, passion, and betrayal where nothing is as it seems.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genreaction, thriller
        CountryUSA, South Africa, Japan
        Duration01:55

        A dangerous CIA renegade resurfaces after a decade on the run. When the safe house he's remanded to is attacked by mercenaries, a rookie operative escapes with him. Now, the unlikely allies must stay alive long enough to uncover who wants them dead.

        Markimdb: 7.7
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, comedy, melodrama
        CountryFrance, United Kingdom, USA
        Duration02:06

        In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genreaction, melodrama, drama, military
        CountryRussia
        Duration01:42

        A young man who was raised in a children's home wants to go to the Chechen war. He believes in his heart that he belongs there and that in those difficult conditions he will make himself visible. After the training, Alexander enters the elite troops of the special forces and leaves for the harsh ordeals that wait for him in the war. He doesn't change his principles and manifests himself as a hero, who won't be a traitor, even if his life depends on it. The concepts of real friendship, love and honor are eternal values. After overcoming all hardships and learning the pain of loss, he finds his love and a home, where they will wait for him, where he comes home to from the war...

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genreaction, drama, military, biography, history
        CountryNorway, Denmark, Germany
        Duration01:58

        Max Manus is a Norwegian 2008 biographic war film based on the real events of the life of resistance fighter Max Manus (1914–96), after his contribution in the Winter War against the Soviet Union. The story follows Manus through the outbreak of World War II in Norway until peacetime in 1945.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller
        CountryRussia

        No meteorites hit Earth, no terrorists put the world in danger, no atomic war was started, but something did go wrong. Contact between most towns on Earth has been severed. A small ring-like area in Eastern Europe still has electricity, and maybe even life is being reported from the Space. What military forces find outside the Ring is shocking. There are dead corpses everywhere: in stores, in cars, on roads, in hospitals and railway stations. Who or what is destroying all life on Earth? How long will the last outpost of mankind survive?

        Markimdb: 6
        Genreaction
        CountryRussia
        Duration01:51

          The intelligence officer Egor Kremnyov was blamed for a tragedy which happened to his squad. But soon he understands that troubles only begun...

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genreaction, comedy, adventure
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom
          Duration02:25

          At the height of the Cold War, a mysterious criminal organization plans to use nuclear weapons and technology to upset the fragile balance of power between the United States and Soviet Union. CIA agent Napoleon Solo and KGB agent Illya Kuryakin are forced to put aside their hostilities and work together to stop the evildoers in their tracks. The duo's only lead is the daughter of a missing German scientist, whom they must find soon to prevent a global catastrophe.

          Markimdb: 7.7
          Genrefantastic, action, adventure
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom
          Duration02:06

            Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were arch-enemies, they were closest of friends, working together with other mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known.

            Markimdb: 5.6
            Genrefantastic, action
            CountryRussia
            Duration02:09

            After an alien ship crash lands in a Russian city, many who see the inside and the occupants start to question their own existence while others demand the aliens leave Earth.

            Markimdb: 7.1
            Genreaction, drama, military, history
            CountryRussia, Ukraine, Finland
            Duration02:19

            The picture opens in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, in late 1988, when military trainees Petrovsky, Ryaba, Chugun, Stas, Pinochet, Lyutev and Vorobyev are whipped into shape at a training camp by the brutal, sadistic commander, Warrant Officer Dygalo - prior to being sent off to the front lines. After several one-by-one dalliances with the local whore, Snow White, and a cautionary lecture on the history, geography and culture of Afghanistan (which most of the men sleep through), the trainees head off to battle - first to the Bagram air base, then to the Afghani province of Khost to secure supply lines. But nothing can begin to prepare them for the brutal devastation into which they are plunged, or the relentless tide of slaughter that scatters thousands of Soviet victims in its wake.

            Markimdb: 7.9
            Genrefantastic, action, adventure
            CountryUSA, Canada
            Duration02:07

              After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.

              Markimdb: 6.9
              Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, crime
              CountryUSA, Mexico
              Duration02:21

              CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.

              Markimdb: 7.7
              Genreaction, drama, military, history
              CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France
              Duration02:58

              The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"

              Markimdb: 6.3
              Genreaction, thriller
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:11

                Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service of protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. Now, with the nation's government falling into chaos and time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country.

                Markimdb: 8.3
                Genreaction, comedy, drama, military
                CountryUSA, Germany
                Duration02:33

                In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.

                Markimdb: 7.1
                Genreaction, drama, military, history
                CountryUSA, Germany, France
                Duration02:18

                  The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.

                  Markimdb: 7.7
                  Genreaction, drama, military, history
                  CountryUSA, United Kingdom
                  Duration02:24

                    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.

                    Markimdb: 6.6
                    Genreaction, thriller, adventure, detective
                    CountryUSA, Germany, Czech Republic, France, Japan
                    Duration02:15

                      New CIA operative, Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.

                      Markimdb: 6.6
                      Genreaction, thriller
                      CountryFrance, USA, Canada, Russia
                      Duration02:05

                      Beneath Anna Poliatova's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world's most feared government assassins.

                      Markimdb: 7.9
                      Genrethriller, crime, detective, film noir
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration01:49

                      Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.

                      Markimdb: 8.1
                      Genredrama, adventure, western, military, history
                      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
                      Duration03:56

                      Wounded Civil War soldier, John Dunbar tries to commit suicide – and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.




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