20 movies like Flying Leathernecks, ordered by similarity : 633 Squadron(1964), Sands of Iwo Jima(1949), Twelve O'Clock High(1949), Air Force(1943), Midway(1976), Morituri(1965), The Boat(1981), The War Lover(1962), The Cockleshell Heroes(1955), Dunkirk(2017), Bombardier(1943), Marine Raiders(1944) ...
War
USA
1951
102 Minutes
John Wayne Robert Ryan Janis Carter Jay C. Flippen Don Taylor William Harrigan
marine pilot major captain sergeant brother-in-law intense thrilling inspiring military base airplane guadalcanal okinawa, japan world war ii aviation obsession discipline resistance alcohol quest
Major Kirby leads The Wildcats squadron into the historic WWII battle of Guadalcanal.
War
UK|USA
1964
101 Minutes
Cliff Robertson George Chakiris Maria Perschy Harry Andrews Donald Houston Michael Goodliffe
pilot soldier british officer nazi resistance fighter sister patriotic tense solemn inspiring norway england mountain fjord airplane military base world war ii secret mission suicide mission aviation
An RAF squadron is assigned to knock out a German rocket fuel factory in Norway. The factory supplies fuel for the Nazi effort to launch rockets on England during D-Day.
War
USA
1949
110 Minutes
John Wayne John Agar Forrest Tucker Adele Mara Wally Cassell James Brown Richard Webb Arthur Franz Jacqueline Wells James Holden Peter Coe
sergeant marine private corporal woman patriotic gritty intense hawaii pacific ocean iwo jima, japan battlefield apartment world war ii military life war training respect survival sacrifice
Haunted by personal demons, Marine Sgt. John Stryker is hated and feared by his men, who see him as a cold-hearted sadist. But when their boots hit the beaches, they begin to understand the reason for Stryker's rigid form of discipline.
War, Drama
USA
1949
132 Minutes
Gregory Peck Dean Jagger Gary Merrill Hugh Marlowe Millard Mitchell Bob Arthur Paul Stewart John Kellogg Robert Patten Lee MacGregor
pilot military officer soldier patriotic thrilling emotional england military base airplane horrors of war world war ii air raids aviation quest sacrifice 1940s
A hard-as-nails general takes over a bomber unit suffering from low morale and whips them into fighting shape.
War
USA
1943
124 Minutes
John Ridgely Gig Young Arthur Kennedy John Garfield Charles Drake Harry Carey George Tobias Faye Emerson
pilot soldier gunner sergeant father mechanic thrilling intense airplane california hawaii philippines world war ii aviation battle death quest 1940s
The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of the Philippines.
War
USA
1976
132 Minutes
Charlton Heston Henry Fonda James Coburn Glenn Ford Hal Holbrook Robert Mitchum Cliff Robertson Toshirô Mifune Robert Wagner Edward Albert Robert Webber
naval officer admiral captain japanese soldier pilot gripping tense thrilling military base aircraft carrier japan world war ii japan naval warfare father/son relationship code breaking battle of midway quest adventure underdog
A dramatization of the battle that was widely heralded as a turning point of the Pacific Theatre of World War II.
War, Drama, Action
USA
1965
123 Minutes
Marlon Brando Yul Brynner Janet Margolin Trevor Howard Martin Benrath Hans Christian Blech Wally Cox Max Haufler Rainer Penkert William Redfield
deserter government official ship captain nazi british intelligence agent sailor tense suspenseful thrilling ship india japan ocean working undercover moral dilemma world war ii espionage mutiny blackmail quest
A war pacifist is blackmailed to pose as an SS officer and to disable the scuttling explosives on freighter carrying rubber cargo to be captured by the Allies.
War, Drama
West Germany
1981
150 Minutes
Jürgen Prochnow Herbert Grönemeyer Klaus Wennemann Hubertus Bengsch Martin Semmelrogge Bernd Tauber Erwin Leder Martin May Heinz Hoenig Uwe Ochsenknecht
captain reporter sailor soldier tense somber thrilling submarine underwater germany battle fatigue world war ii disillusionment military quest pursuit 1940s
The claustrophobic world of a WWII German U-boat; boredom, filth and sheer terror.
War
UK|USA
1962
105 Minutes
Steve McQueen Robert Wagner Shirley Anne Field Gary Cockrell Michael Crawford Bill Edwards Chuck Julian Robert Easton Al Waxman Tom Busby George Sperdakos
bomber pilot copilot captain lieutenant girlfriend sergeant brash confident thrilling melodramatic england air force base english channel love triangle world war ii aviation friendship mission rivalry transformation
In 1943, while stationed in Britain, arrogant Captain Buzz Rickson is in command of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, but his recklessness is endangering everyone around him.
War
UK|USA
1955
97 Minutes
Jose Ferrer Trevor Howard Anthony Newley Victor Maddern David Lodge Peter Arne Percy Herbert Graham Stewart John Fabian John Van Eyssen Robert Desmond
british officer british soldier submarine officer major captain nazi tense suspenseful witty patriotic england bordeaux, france submarine river shipyard coast world war ii secret mission suicide mission kayaking
During World War II, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them.
War, Drama, History
UK|Netherlands|France|USA
2017
107 Minutes
Fionn Whitehead Tom Glynn-Carney Jack Lowden Harry Styles Aneurin Barnard James D'Arcy Barry Keoghan Kenneth Branagh Cillian Murphy Mark Rylance Tom Hardy
soldier enemy captain pilot chilling emotional gripping inspiring intense beach europe boat world war ii invasion escape battle rescue survival escape rescue
Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.
War
USA
1943
99 Minutes
Pat O'Brien Randolph Scott Dawn O'Day Eddie Albert Walter Reed Robert Ryan Barton MacLane Leonard Strong Richard Martin Russell Wade James Newill
major captain pilot secretary cadet friend moving emotional thrilling arizona air force base airplane japan school friendship love triangle world war ii air force bombing espionage
Major "Chick" Davis is convinced that high-level bombing will win the next war. He convinces the powers-that-be to set up a bombardier school. He efficiently sets about training the USAAF's first generation of high-level bombardiers.
War
USA
1944
91 Minutes
Pat O'Brien Robert Ryan Ruth Hussey Frank McHugh Barton MacLane Richard Martin Edmund Glover Russell Wade Bob Anderson Michael St. Angel Martha Vickers
marine major captain lieutenant love interest soldier thrilling patriotic melodramatic guadalcanal australia papua new guinea naval base bar hospital world war ii marines war injury military life friendship
A U.S. Marine major tries to keep his captain on the right track through combat on Guadalcanal, training new recruits in San Diego, and a relationship with a WAAAF while on leave in Australia.
War
USA
1942
87 Minutes
Brian Donlevy Robert Preston Macdonald Carey William Bendix Albert Van Dekker Walter Abel Mikhail Rasumny Rod Cameron Bill Goodwin Damian O'Flynn Frank Albertson
marine major lieutenant captain private enemy intense gritty patriotic wake island military base world war ii showdown survival bravery invasion outnumbered quest underdog rivalry
December, 1941. With no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island base.
War
USA
1970
133 Minutes
Michael Caine Cliff Robertson Ian Bannen Henry Fonda Harry Andrews Denholm Elliott Ronald Fraser Lance Percival Percy Herbert
interpreter soldier lieutenant commanding officer private tense gripping gutsy island japan war zone military base world war ii heroism death military dangerous mission fear sacrifice quest
A reluctant hero, American Lieutenant Sam Lawson, is secunded to a motley British unit tasked with destroying a Japanese radio on a Philippine island.
War
USA
1960
74 Minutes
Van Johnson Jean-Pierre Aumont Dany Carrel
government agent war criminal nazi general sergeant resistance fighter tense suspenseful intense engaging thrilling patriotic france ambush secret identity war crimes world war ii counterespionage resistance fighters escape
An American OSS agent and the French underground attempt to rescue a Nazi general, who is awaiting execution by the Germans, and help him escape to London.
War
USA
1944
97 Minutes
Don Ameche Dana Andrews William Eythe Charles Bickford Cedric Hardwicke Oscar O'Shea Richard Jaeckel Harry Morgan Richard Crane Glenn Langan Renny McEvoy
naval officer pilot actor ensign captain lieutenant commander rousing frenetic inspiring pacific ocean aircraft carrier plane world war ii naval warfare duty patriotism adventure quest sacrifice 1940s
In WW2, an American aircraft carrier sails around the Pacific on a decoy mission until it joins the battle of Midway against the Japanese forces.
War
1958
102 Minutes
Richard Burton Curt Jurgens Ruth Roman Raymond Pellegrin Anthony Bushell Alfred Burke Christopher Lee Sean Kelly Nigel Green Harry Landis
captain major guide wife soldier general tense emotional fiery gutsy libyan desert military base london airplane nightclub camp journey power struggle cowardice love triangle
A British captain (Richard Burton) goes on a raid in World War II Libya with a major (Curt Jurgens) he knows his wife (Ruth Roman) has slept with.
Drama, War
China|Hong Kong
1993
102 Minutes
Espen Skjonberg Lars Andreas Larssen Gard Eidsvold Bjørn Sundquist Morten Faldaas Ove Christian Owe
sea captain wife lieutenant resistance fighter retiree colonel frenetic thrilling patriotic emotional norway coast family home countryside front lines telemark, norway world war ii norwegian resistance unlikely hero vigilantism
A pregnant peasant woman seeks redress from the Chinese bureaucracy after the village chief kicks her husband in the groin in this comedy of justice. As she is frustrated by each level of ... See full summary »
War
1944
138 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Van Johnson Robert Walker Phyllis Thaxter Scott McKay Robert Mitchum Don DeFore Stephen McNally Louis Jean Heydt Leon Ames Paul Langton
colonel captain lieutenant pilot wife patriotic rousing tense japan china ship naval base air raids survival world war ii stranded heroism bombing quest rivalry
Lt. Col. James Doolittle (Spencer Tracy) leads B-25s off the USS Hornet's deck on a 1942 mission to bomb Japan.
War
USA
1942
102 Minutes
John Wayne John Carroll Anna Lee Paul Kelly Gordon Jones Mae Clarke Addison Richards Edmund MacDonald Bill Shirley Tom Neal Chester Gan
mercenary pilot hero enemy thrilling china military base airplane hangar airplane war battle air raids invasion china quest sacrifice 1930s
Capt. Jim Gordon's command of the famed American mercenary fighter group in China is complicated by the recruitment of an old friend who is a reckless hotshot.