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Mark | imdb: 7.4 |
Genre | action, drama, adventure, military, history |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:18 |
After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh his commitment to duty and ferocious pursuit of glory against the safety of his devoted crew, including the ship's thoughtful surgeon, his best friend.
Mark | imdb: 7.3 |
Genre | action, drama, adventure, military, history |
Country | United Kingdom |
Our story begins at the end of Sharpe's Challenge. Sharpe and Harper are en route to Madras when they encounter a baggage train from the East India Company traveling through hostile territory. Chitu, a legendary bandit leader in control of the area, strikes fear in the members of the party. When an attack occurs Sharpe takes control of the situation, leading the group 300 miles through enemy territory and training the disorganized, rag-tag group to be proper soldiers. Despite all these responsibilities, Sharpe still manages to find time for a little romance...
Mark | imdb: 7.1 |
Genre | action, drama, adventure, military, history |
Country | Russia |
Duration | 01:37 |
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.
Mark | imdb: 5.9 |
Genre | action, drama, military, history |
Country | China |
Directed by Shen Dong and starring Ray Lui, An Yixuan and Yuan Wenkang, Death and Glory in Changde recalls one of the most cruel and controversial battles during China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1937-45), Changde Battle, in November 1943.
Mark | imdb: 7.3 |
Genre | action, drama, adventure, military, history |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:57 |
A naval adventure, based on the novels by C.S. Forester, about the heroic, 19th-century British seafarer. The story sails with his ship, the Lydia, through battles with Spain and then France won with wit rather than might.
Mark | imdb: 6.8 |
Genre | action, drama, adventure, military, history |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 02:08 |
English General Charles George Gordon is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the Prime Minister. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians from the Sudan, Gordon stays on to protect the people of Khartoum, who are under threat of being conquered by a Muslim army.
Mark | imdb: 6.1 |
Genre | action, thriller, melodrama, drama, adventure, military, history |
Country | Spain |
Duration | 02:25 |
In 17th century Spain Diego Alatriste, a brave and heroic soldier, is fighting in his King's army in the Flandes region. His best mate, Balboa, falls in a trap and, near to death, asks Diego to look after his son and teach him to be a soldier.
Mark | imdb: 6.4 |
Genre | melodrama, drama, adventure, military, history |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:59 |
During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New Orleans when he learns that a British fleet will arrive with 60 ships and 16,000 men to take the city. In this situation an island near the city becomes strategically important to both parties, but it's inhabited by the last big buccaneer: Jean Lafitte. Although Lafitte never attacks American ships, the governor hates him for selling merchandise without taxes - and is loved by the citizens for the same reason. When the big fight gets nearer, Lafitte is drawn between the fronts. His heart belongs to America, but his people urge him to join the party that's more likely to win.
Mark | imdb: 6.3 |
Genre | action, thriller, drama, adventure, military, history |
Country | United Kingdom, France, USA |
Duration | 01:37 |
Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus' legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the Earth and destroy their leader, Gorlacon.
Mark | imdb: 7 |
Genre | action, melodrama, drama, adventure, military, history |
Country | Hong Kong, China |
Duration | 02:06 |
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.
Mark | imdb: 7.1 |
Genre | adventure, military, history |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:15 |
During World War II, Captain Cassidy and his crew of submariners are ordered into Tokyo Bay on a secret mission. They are to gather information in advance of the planned bombing of Tokyo. Along the way, the crew learn about each other as they face the enemy and some of them lose their lives.
Mark | imdb: 7 |
Genre | action, drama, adventure, military, biography, history |
Country | Netherlands |
Duration | 02:25 |
When the young republic of The Netherlands is attacked by England, France and Germany and faces its own civil war no less, only one man, Michael de Ruyter, can lead the county's strongest weapon, the Dutch fleet.
Mark | imdb: 7.5 |
Genre | action, drama, military, history |
Country | Belarus, Russia |
Duration | 02:11 |
A war drama set during the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, in which Russian troops held on to a border stronghold for nine days. The film shows the heroic defense of Brest Fortress, which has taken upon the first stroke of German fascist invaders on June 22 1941.
Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | action, drama, adventure, military, history |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:34 |
Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion. The disparate interests unite for survival despite competing factions, overwhelming odds, delayed relief and tacit support of the Boxers by the Empress of China and her generals.
Mark | imdb: 5.6 |
Genre | action, melodrama, drama, adventure, military, biography, history |
Country | USA, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, France, Italy, Morocco, Thailand |
Duration | 02:55 |
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.
Mark | imdb: 6.5 |
Genre | action, drama, military, history |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 02:05 |
Set in German-occupied Norway, resistance fighter Knut Straud enlists the reluctant physicist Rolf Pedersen in an effort to destroy the German heavy water production plant in rural Telemark.
Mark | imdb: 6.4 |
Genre | action, drama, adventure, military |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
Duration | 01:58 |
Mallory and Miller are back. The survivors of Navarone are sent on a mission along with a unit called Force 10, which is led by Colonel Barnsby. But Force 10 has a mission of their own which the boys know nothing about.
Mark | imdb: 6.3 |
Genre | adventure, military, history |
Country | Hong Kong, China |
Duration | 01:42 |
When a rival nation sends troops to invade the Song Dynasty, the emperor sends general Yang Ye (Adam Cheng) to defend the nation. However, Yang's place in the court is shaky due to a feud with Pan Renmei caused by the accidental death of his son at the hands of one of Yang's sons. At the battle, Yang is abandoned by Pan's troops, leaving him trapped in the face of an attack by Yeli Yuan (Shao Bing), an enemy general who wants to kill Yang to avenge his father. After learning about their father's predicament, Yang Ye's seven sons set out to rescue their father at any cost.
Mark | imdb: 7.1 |
Genre | action, melodrama, adventure, military |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:55 |
In 1853, as the British and Russian empires compete to gain and maintain their place in the dreadful Great Game of political intrigues and alliances whose greatest prize is the domination of India and the border territories, Major Geoffrey Vickers must endure several betrayals and misfortunes before he can achieve his revenge at the Balaclava Heights, on October 25, 1854, the most glorious day of the Crimean War.
Mark | imdb: 7.4 |
Genre | action, drama, military, history |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:58 |
The film concentrates on the camaraderie and the divisions between the troops as they ready for the big offensive. Told in a taut narrative, the men of the 101st, led by Van Johnson, wait out the winter in the Ardennes forest to confront the German army in what would be the last major offensive of World War II. The men are demoralized and trapped, with no hope of support from the Allies.
Mark | imdb: 4.4 |
Genre | action, drama, adventure, military, history |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:31 |
Returning to his homeland after years of slavery, a Norman prince seeks revenge on his father's murderer – his ruthless uncle, Earl Durant. Gaining the trust of a band of exiled farmers, he leads them into battle against Durant, exploiting them in his inexorable quest for vengeance. As one by one they are slaughtered in the brutal battle, will the prince sacrifice everything an everyone to fulfil his quest for blood?
Mark | imdb: 6.3 |
Genre | action, drama, adventure, military |
Country | USA |
An American soldier who escapes the execution of his comrades by Japanese soldiers in Borneo during WWII becomes the leader of a personal empire among the headhunters in this war story told in the style of Joseph Conrad and Rudyard Kipling. The American is reluctant to rejoin the fight against the Japanese on the urging of a British commando team but conducts a war of vengeance when the Japanese attack his adopted people.
Mark | imdb: 5.9 |
Genre | action, fantasy, drama, adventure, history |
Country | China, Hong Kong |
Duration | 02:01 |
Huo An, the commander of the Protection Squad of the Western Regions, was framed by evil forces and becomes enslaved. On the other hand, a Roman general escapes to China after rescuing the Prince. The heroic duo meet in the Western Desert and a thrilling story unfolds.
Mark | imdb: 7.2 |
Genre | action, drama, military, history |
Country | South Korea, China |
Duration | 02:13 |
In 1375, China was in chaos between Yuan Dynasty and Ming Dynasty. Coryo (an ancient kingdom of Korea then) sent a delegation of many diplomats, soldiers and a silent slave to make peace with the new Chinese government. However, this delegation got charged as spies and sent in exile to a remote desert.
Mark | imdb: 7.2 |
Genre | action, drama, adventure, military, history |
Country | USA, India |
Duration | 02:26 |
Follows a young man named Albert and his horse, Joey, and how their bond is broken when Joey is sold to the cavalry and sent to the trenches of World War One. Despite being too young to enlist, Albert heads to France to save his friend.
Mark | imdb: 7.2 |
Genre | action, drama, military, biography, history |
Country | Italy, Soviet Union |
Duration | 02:08 |
After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from the King back to him. The best of the British generals, the Duke of Wellington, beat Napolean's best generals in Spain and Portugal, but now must beat Napoleon himself with an Anglo Allied army.
Mark | imdb: 4.5 |
Genre | action, drama, adventure, military |
Country | United Kingdom |
Different factions in WWII-era Holland race to find a stash of Nazi gold.
Mark | imdb: 3.4 |
Genre | action, drama, military, history |
Country | USA |
Untold and lost history. A true story of the American Pathfinders, the volunteer paratroopers whose deadly mission was to land 30 minutes before the Normandy invasion, locate and mark strategic "drop zones" and set up the top-secret navigation equipment needed to guide the main airborne assault on D-Day.
Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | action, military, history |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:58 |
The Dirty Dozen meet the Stiff Upper Lip. A British Petroleum executive is assigned to work with the British Army in North Africa handling port duties for incoming fuels.
Mark | imdb: 6.5 |
Genre | action, drama, adventure, history |
Country | Netherlands, Hungary, Belgium |
While she fights a heroic battle against the Spanish besieger with her female army, Kenau, driven by hate and sorrow of the execution of her youngest daughter, is threatened to also lose her eldest daughter, because her fear and pain are covered by her stubborn closeness.
Mark | imdb: 7.5 |
Genre | action, drama, military, history |
Country | Netherlands, Lithuania, Belgium |
November 1944. On the flooded isle of Walcheren, Zeeland, thousands of Allied soldiers are battling the German army. Three young lives become inextricably connected. A Dutch boy fighting for the Germans, an English glider pilot and a girl from Zeeland connected to the resistance against her will, are forced to make crucial choices that impact both their own freedom and the freedom of others.
Mark | imdb: 6.8 |
Genre | action, drama, military, history |
Country | Australia |
Vietnam War, 1966. Australia and New Zealand send troops to support the United States and South Vietnamese in their fight against the communist North. Soldiers are very young men, recruits and volunteers who have never been involved in a combat. On August 18th, members of Delta Company will face the true horror of a ruthless battle among the trees of a rubber plantation called Long Tân. They are barely a hundred. The enemy is a human wave ready to destroy them.
Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | action, drama, military, history |
Country | Latvia |
Duration | 01:58 |
The film dramatizes November 11, 1919- a crucial date in the battle for Latvian independence. A year after the end of the official hostilities of WWI, a renegade German general and troops remain outside the Latvian capital. Latvian riflemen, most of them inexperienced volunteers, somehow managed to defeat a larger, better-armed force of German and Russian mercenaries.
Mark | imdb: 6.9 |
Genre | action, comedy, adventure, military, history |
Country | China, Hong Kong |
Duration | 01:32 |
The story of a farmer forced into conscription, who has been looking to get out of the army ever since. His great chance arrives when he stumbles upon a wounded general from an enemy state, and he kidnaps him, intending to claim credit for the capture, which includes five "mu" of land, and most importantly, honorable discharge from the army.
Mark | imdb: 6.9 |
Genre | action, drama, military, history |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 02:12 |
In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the Nazi invasion of Britain.
Mark | imdb: 5 |
Genre | action, drama, adventure, military |
Country | Russia |
Very little time has passed since the beginning of World War II. The young captain of the ship receives a crucial task - to deliver a secret cargo. But besides this, prisoners are brought on board. During swimming, convicts riot. At the same time, an enemy aircraft is circling the ship. In this difficult moment, the crew of the ship have to join forces with the prisoners, because this is the only way to resist death...