20 movies like The Burmese Harp, ordered by similarity : Too Late the Hero(1970), Fires on the Plain(1959), They Shall Not Grow Old(2018), Letters From Iwo Jima(2006), Halls of Montezuma(1950), Bitter Victory(1958), The Camp Followers(1965), The Bridge at Remagen(1969), Paisan(1946), The Inglorious Bastards(1978), Attack!(1956), A Walk in the Sun(1946) ...
War
1956
116 Minutes
Shôji Yasui Rentarô Mikuni Tatsuya Mihashi Tanie Kitabayashi Yunosuke Ito
japanese soldier british soldier monk brutal gripping gutsy solemn burma cave buddhism spiritual journey pacifism world war ii quest transformation fall 1940s
Kon Ichikawa's anti-war parable about a Japanese soldier burying his fallen comrades at the end of World War II.
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
Japan
1959
100 Minutes
Eiji Funakoshi Mantaro Ushio Yoshiro Hamaguchi Osamu Takizawa
soldier doctor dark chilling bleak island philippines hospital desertion starvation battle fatigue war survival world war ii quest escape fall 1940s
In the closing days of WWII remnants of the Japanese army in Leyte are abandoned by their command and face certain starvation.
Documentary, War, Drama, History
UK|New Zealand
2018
99 Minutes
soldier army recruit british officer british soldier british soldiers german soldier german troops bleak emotional moving patriotic powerful sad somber war zone france belgium united kingdom trenches training camp
A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war.
War, Drama, History
USA|Japan
2006
141 Minutes
Ken Watanabe Kazunari Ninomiya Tsuyoshi Ihara Ryô Kase Shido Nakamura Yuki Matsuzaki Hiroshi Watanabe Takumi Bando Nobumasa Sakagami Takashi Yamaguchi Nae
soldier military officer athlete baker intense thrilling island tunnel japan cave showdown world war ii death daunting task invasion survival fall metamorphosis rivalry 1940s
The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
War
USA
1950
113 Minutes
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.
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.
War
Italy|France|West Germany|Yugoslavia
1965
136 Minutes
Mario Adorf Anna Karina Marie Laforêt Léa Massari Tomas Milian Rosanna Di Rocco Milena Dravic Guido Alberti Valeria Moriconi Mila Stanic
prostitute lieutenant fascist soldier love interest sergeant engaging gripping tense athens, greece albania truck world war ii military survival journey love prostitution love quest
In WWII, Lieut. Martino and his men are assigned to lead a group of prostitutes through the mountainous ways to serve in brothels for Italian soldiers in Albania.
War, Drama, History
USA
1969
115 Minutes
George Segal Robert Vaughn Ben Gazzara Bradford Dillman E.G. Marshall Peter Van Eyck Hans Christian Blech Heinz Reincke Joachim Hansen Sonja Ziemann
army officer military officer soldier nazi gripping suspenseful germany battlefield river bridge recording studio remagen, germany war world war ii battle honor adventure rivalry quest 1940s
As the Allied armies close in, the Germans decide to blow up the last Rhine bridge, trapping their own men on the wrong side. But will it happen?
Drama, War
1946
134 Minutes
Carmela Sazio Robert Van Loon Dotts Johnson Alfonsino Maria Michi Gar Moore Harriet Medin Renzo Avanzo William Tubbs Dale Edmonds Carlo Pisacane
soldier nurse prostitute chaplain nazi street urchin bleak engaging gripping italy sicily massacre theft resistance world war ii death rivalry fall rise 1940s
Six vignettes from Roberto Rossellini focusing on American soldiers' experiences in World War II Italy.
War, Action
1978
93 Minutes
Bo Svenson Fred Williamson Ian Bannen Peter Hooten Jackie Basehart Michel Constantin Debra Berger Raimund Harmstorf Michael Pergolani
soldier deserter thief assassin prisoner lieutenant intense confident gutsy thrilling dark patriotic france world war ii prison break dangerous mission captivity nazism friendship adventure
Two officers (Bo Svenson, Ian Bannen) lead military misfits on a mission to steal a Nazi V-2 rocket gyroscope.
Drama, War
USA
1956
107 Minutes
Jack Palance Eddie Albert Lee Marvin Robert Strauss Richard Jaeckel Buddy Ebsen Jon Shepodd Peter Van Eyck Jimmy Goodwin Steven Geray Jud Taylor
soldier lieutenant german troops coward captain suspenseful gripping patriotic belgium battlefield war world war ii arrogance battle of the bulge revenge escape rivalry 1940s
In 1945, an American Infantry company sets up an artillery observation post, but tensions between Captain Cooney and Lieutenant Costa run high.
War
USA
1946
117 Minutes
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.
War
USA
1944
100 Minutes
John Wayne Susan Hayward Dennis O'Keefe William Frawley Leonid Kinskey J.M. Kerrigan Grant Withers Paul Fix Ben Welden William Forrest Addison Richards
construction worker soldier coworker marine enemy doctor heartwarming patriotic japan military base island construction war jealousy instincts invasion love triangle quest rescue rivalry
During WW2, the U.S. Navy implements a new idea of forming construction battalions that also are fighting units, in case of Japanese attack.
War, Drama
UK|USA
1957
161 Minutes
William Holden Alec Guinness Sessue Hayakawa Jack Hawkins James Donald Geoffrey Horne Andre Morrell Peter Williams John Boxer Percy Herbert Harold Goodwin
soldier captain rival prisoner of war captor gritty military base bridge burma world war ii munitions construction military battle bombing rivalry quest revenge 1940s
British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors, not knowing that the allied forces are planning to destroy it.
War, Drama, History
USA
2006
99 Minutes
Lane Nishikawa Jason Scott Lee Mark Dacascos Yuji Okumoto Tamlyn Tomita Jeff Fahey Noriyuki "Pat" Morita Guy Ecker Greg Watanabe Ken Narasaki Kipp Shiotani
japanese-american american soldier japanese soldier brutal creative emotional engaging fascinating fiery gutsy patriotic raw shocking pearl harbor united states italy north africa pearl harbor world war ii battalion
A searing portrait of war and prejudice, 'Only the Brave' takes you on a haunting journey into the hearts and minds of the forgotten heroes of WWII - the Japanese-American 100th/442nd. In ... See full summary »
War, Drama, History
USA
1998
169 Minutes
Tom Hanks Ed Burns Tom Sizemore Jeremy Davies Vin Diesel Adam Goldberg Barry Pepper Giovanni Ribisi Matt Damon Dennis Farina Ted Danson
captain soldier brother enemy parachutist mother dark gritty gripping washington, d.c. france death world war ii invasion rescue honor horrors of war rescue quest 1940s
Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.
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
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
USA
1957
98 Minutes
Robert Mitchum Curt Jurgens Theodore Bikel Al Hedison Russell Collins Kurt Kreuger Frank Albertson Biff Elliot Alan Dexter Doug McClure Joe Di Reda
captain sailor soldier enemy friend doctor gritty tense gripping ocean ship world war ii battle showdown survival respect quest rivalry 1940s
During World War II, an American destroyer discovers a German U-boat, thus ensuing in a deadly duel between the two ships. The American Captain must draw upon all his experience to defeat the equally experienced German commander.
War, Drama, History
2010
85 Minutes
Shinobu Terajima Keigo Kasuya Emi Masuda Sabu Kawahara Shima Ônishi
soldier husband wife villager war hero disabled person disheartening melodramatic sad japan village household second sino-japanese war military disfigurement marriage heroism disability quest transformation
In 1940s Japan a villager must fulfill her duty to her husband, a decorated soldier who returned from war a quadruple amputee.