List of the best Lewis Milestone movies: All Quiet on the Western Front(1930), Of Mice and Men(1939), The Strange Love of Martha Ivers(1946), Mutiny on the Bounty(1962), Edge of Darkness(1943), Pork Chop Hill(1959), A Walk in the Sun(1946), Hallelujah, I'm a Bum(1933), The Garden of Eden(1928), Two Arabian Knights(1927), The Front Page(1931), The Purple Heart(1944) ... ...
War
USA
1930
105 Minutes
Director
Lew Ayres Louis Wolheim John Wray Raymond Griffith Slim Summerville Russell Gleason William Bakewell Scott Kolk Walter Rogers Ben Alexander Owen Davis Jr.
soldier teacher drillmaster student military officer dark brutal profound germany school boot camp trading post trenches world war i patriotism horrors of war growing up adventure 1910s
A German youth eagerly enters World War I, but his enthusiasm wanes as he gets a firsthand view of the horror.
Drama
USA
1939
107 Minutes
Director
Burgess Meredith Lon Chaney Betty Field Charles Bickford Roman Bohnen Bob Steele Noah Beery Jr. Oscar O'Shea Granville Bates Leigh Whipper Helen Lynd
mentally challenged migrant worker rancher wife emotional gutsy tender ranch countryside soledad, calif. friendship aspirations farming sacrifice quest 1930s
A mentally disabled giant and his level headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranch in depression era America.
Drama
USA
1946
116 Minutes
Director
Barbara Stanwyck Van Heflin Kirk Douglas Lizabeth Scott Judith Anderson Darryl Hickman Roman Bohnen Ann Doran
wealthy woman district attorney childhood friend aunt convict bleak tense iverstown, pa. mansion office dark secrets love triangle marriage of convenience cover-up accidental death forbidden love fall wretched excess rivalry 1920s
A man is reunited with his childhood friend and her husband, who believe he knows the truth about the death of her rich aunt years earlier.
Adventure
USA
1962
179 Minutes
Director
Marlon Brando Carol Reed Trevor Howard Richard Harris Hugh Griffith Richard Haydn Tim Seely Percy Herbert Tarita Gordon Jackson
ship captain sailor islander thrilling tense ship tahiti england pitcairn island william bligh fletcher christian class distinctions mutiny underdog adventure escape 1780s
In 1787, British ship Bounty leaves Portsmouth to bring a cargo of bread-fruit from Tahiti but the savage on-board conditions imposed by Captain Bligh trigger a mutiny led by officer Fletcher Christian.
War
USA
1943
120 Minutes
Director
Errol Flynn Ann Sheridan Walter Huston Nancy Coleman Helmut Dantine Judith Anderson Ruth Gordon John Beal Roman Bohnen
doctor daughter brother fisherman nazi collaborator patriotic suspenseful norway village hideout coast world war ii resistance massacre rescue escape 1940s
After two years under German rule, a small Norwegian fishing village rises up and revolts against the occupying Nazis.
Drama, War
USA
1959
97 Minutes
Director
Gregory Peck Harry Guardino Rip Torn George Peppard Carl Benton Reid James Edwards Bob Steele Woody Strode George Shibata Norman Fell Robert Blake
lieutenant soldier general enemy bleak raw thrilling patriotic south korea pork chop hill trenches bunker house korean war brotherhood politics negotiation historical events dangerous assignment escape
During the Korean War peace talks, U.S. troops fight to retake a hill from the Communist Chinese forces.
War
USA
1946
117 Minutes
Director
Dana Andrews Richard Conte Sterling Holloway John Ireland George Tyne Lloyd Bridges Herbert Rudley Norman Lloyd Steve Brodie Huntz Hall James Cardwell
soldier nazi sergeant gutsy tense italy beach countryside bridge dangerous assignment world war ii quest discovery 1940s
During WWII, a platoon of American soldiers trudge through the Italian countryside in search of a bridge they have been ordered to blow up, encountering danger and destruction along the way.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1933
82 Minutes
Director
Al Jolson Madge Evans Frank Morgan Harry Langdon Chester Conklin Tyler Brooke Bert Roach Edgar Connor Dorothea Wolbert Harold Goodwin Burr McIntosh
hobo friend woman mayor street-sweeper charming offbeat lighthearted new york city central park river homelessness the great depression amnesia rescue suicide attempt rescue discovery 1930s
A New York tramp (Jolson) falls in love with the mayor's amnesiac girlfriend after rescuing her from a suicide attempt
Romance
USA
1928
75 Minutes
Director
Corinne Griffith Louise Dresser Lowell Sherman Maude George
singer patron baroness club owner amusing charming passionate paris monte carlo, monaco romance singing love triangle disguise forbidden love jazz discovery fall rise temptation 1920s
Toni Le Brun, a beautiful Viennese singer, becomes the ward of the wardrobe mistress of a Monte Carlo nightclub. Her benefactor, however, is actually a baroness incognito. Toni falls in ... See full summary »
Adventure, Comedy, Romance
USA
1927
92 Minutes
Director
William Boyd Mary Astor Louis Wolheim Michael Vavitch Ian Keith DeWitt Jennings Michael Visaroff Boris Karloff
soldier colonel harem girl servant fiancé consul amusing madcap prison camp cargo ship trenches arabia world war i prisoners of war male bonding love triangle military life love rivalry adventure
Two American soldiers are captured by the Germans on the Western Front during World War One and escape a POW camp only to stumble into further life-threatening adventures when they come across an Arabian king's daughter while on the lam.
Comedy
USA
1931
101 Minutes
Director
Adolphe Menjou Pat O'Brien Mary Brian Edward Everett Horton Walter Catlett Mae Clarke George E. Stone
reporter editor convict amusing witty new york city prison newsroom investigative journalism murder conspiracy discovery pursuit 1930s
A crusading newspaper editor tricks his retiring star reporter into covering one last case.
War
USA
1944
99 Minutes
Director
captain lieutenant sargeant judge japanese soldier patriotic brutal gripping tokyo courtroom prison cell world war ii imprisonment trial patriotism bombing courage rivalry rise
This is the story of the crew of a downed bomber, captured after a run over Tokyo, early in the war. Relates the hardships the men endure while in captivity, and their final humiliation: ... See full summary »
War
USA
1950
113 Minutes
Director
Richard Widmark Jack Palance Robert Wagner Jack Webb Reginald Gardiner Karl Malden Philip Ahn
lieutenant soldier enemy doctor thrilling patriotic gripping rousing japan island world war ii invasion battle courage quest rescue sacrifice 1940s
A company of Marines races against the clock to find a Japanese rocket base.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1960
127 Minutes
Director
Frank Sinatra Dean Martin Sammy Davis Jr. Peter Lawford Angie Dickinson Richard Conte Cesar Romero Patrice Wymore Joey Bishop Akim Tamiroff Henry Silva
thief gangster electrician entertainer casino owner wife cool witty las vegas casino heist money dangerous assignment greed crime gambling adventure pursuit temptation quest
Danny Ocean gathers a group of his World War II compatriots to pull off the ultimate Las Vegas heist. Together the eleven friends plan to rob five Las Vegas casinos in one night.
Adventure
USA
1936
97 Minutes
Director
Gary Cooper Madeleine Carroll Akim Tamiroff Dudley Digges Porter Hall William Frawley J.M. Kerrigan Philip Ahn Lee Tung Foo
soldier of fortune war lord american woman general father gun runner tense brutal engaging thrilling china train shanghai war guns money father/daughter relationship love greed rivalry
Amid the anarchy of China, an American mercenary tangles with a ruthless warlord.
Musical
USA
1936
92 Minutes
Director
Bing Crosby Ethel Merman Charles Ruggles Ida Lupino Grace Bradley Arthur Treacher Robert McWade Richard Carle Margaret Dumont Jerry Tucker Ed Gargan
A young man falls in love with a beautiful blonde. When he sees her being forced onto a luxury liner, he decides to follow and rescue her. However, he discovers that she is an English ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1948
133 Minutes
Director
Ingrid Bergman Charles Boyer Charles Laughton Louis Calhern Ruth Warrick Roman Bohnen Stephen Bekassy Ruth Nelson Curt Bois J. Edward Bromberg Michael Romanoff
Illegal refugees lead dark lives in pre-World War II Paris.
Adventure
USA
1949
89 Minutes
Director
Myrna Loy Robert Mitchum Peter Miles Louis Calhern Shepperd Strudwick Margaret Hamilton Patty King Jackie Jackson Beau Bridges Nino Tempo Tommy Sheridan
young boy father mother ranch hand grandfather friend heartwarming emotional salinas valley ranch household school family responsibility loss coming of age horses illness growing up discovery
A ranch boy is gifted with a colt, grows to love him but the colt escapes, with tragic results.
War
USA
1943
105 Minutes
Director
Anne Baxter Dana Andrews Walter Huston Ann Harding Erich von Stroheim Jane Withers Farley Granger Walter Brennan Carl Benton Reid Esther Dale Paul Guilfoyle
russian doctor nazi villager peasant tense solemn soviet union village invasion war violence uprising murder nazi occupation fall underdog wretched excess 1940s
A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the Nazi invasion of June 1941.
Comedy
USA
1926
70 Minutes
Gloria Swanson Lewis Milestone Eugene O'Brien Helen Dunbar Roland Drew John Miltern
In a run down New York Tenament, a chorine named Orchid lives with her overprotective brother Buddy, who sees to it that no uptown Casanovas get a chance at seducing his sister. At a New ... See full summary »
War
UK
1954
101 Minutes
Director
Dirk Bogarde Denholm Elliott Akim Tamiroff Kay Callard William Russell Harold Siddons Eric Pohlmann Gérard Oury Lisa Gastoni Sam Kydd Peter Burton
british soldier german soldier commando nazi englishman lieutenant gripping tense patriotic greece england island world war ii dangerous assignment secret mission sabotage nazis underdog sacrifice quest
During World War II, British commandos are sent to destroy a Luftwaffe airfield on a Greek island.
Comedy
1934
92 Minutes
Director
Victor McLaglen Helen Vinson John Gilbert Alison Skipworth Wynne Gibson Walter Connolly Fred Keating Tala Birell Leon Errol Walter Catlett Donald Meek
Comedy
1927
83 Minutes
Director
Ted Wilde Harold Lloyd Jobyna Ralston Walter James Leo Willis Olin Francis Constantine Romanoff Eddie Boland Frank Lanning
sheriff son carnival worker thief bully hilarious thrilling small town america hickoryville theft love family dysfunction father/son relationship underdog love growing up mystery 1920s
A sheriff's (Walter James) weakest son (Harold Lloyd) does the housework, then one day gets to be a hero.
Western
1952
84 Minutes
Director
Maureen O'Hara Peter Lawford Finlay Currie Richard Boone Chips Rafferty Charles "Bud" Tingwell
englishman card player con artist rancher daughter police officer spirited passionate australia outback saloon ranch con game father/son relationship unlikely allies drought culture clash business scheme transformation love
An Englishman (Peter Lawford) and his partner trick a rancher (Finlay Currie) and his daughter (Maureen O'Hara) on a cattle drive in circa-1900 Australia.