20 movies like The Enemy General, ordered by similarity : Anthropoid(2016), The Wooden Horse(1950), The Army of Crime(2009), The Inglorious Bastards(1978), Hell River(1974), Five Graves to Cairo(1943), Instrument of War(2017), So Proudly We Hail(1943), Sands of Iwo Jima(1949), The Raiders of Leyte Gulf(1963), One of Our Aircraft Is Missing(1942), Stalag 17(1953) ...
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.
Mystery & Thriller, War, Drama, History
Czech Republic|UK|USA|France
2016
120 Minutes
Cillian Murphy Jamie Dornan Charlotte Le Bon Anna Geislerová Toby Jones Harry Lloyd Alena Mihulová Bill Milner Pavel Reznícek Jirí Simek Sam Keeley
soldier resistance fighter agent nazi commandant assassin gripping tense intense thrilling suspenseful czechoslovakia world war ii assassination plot nazi occupation resistance fighters secret plans quest pursuit 1940s
Based on the extraordinary true story of Operation Anthropoid, the WWII mission to assassinate SS General Reinhard Heydrich, the main architect behind the Final Solution and the Reich's third in command after Hitler and Himmler.
War
UK
1950
101 Minutes
Leo Genn Anthony Steel David Tomlinson David Greene Peter Burton Michael Goodliffe Anthony Dawson
prisoner of war captain british soldier british officer nazi commandant lieutenant intense tense suspenseful gripping engaging gutsy nazi germany concentration camp survival prisoners of war world war ii nazism tunneling gymnastics
True story of three British POWs and their attempt to escape from Nazi Germany.
War, Drama, History
USA
2009
139 Minutes
Simon Abkarian Virginie Ledoyen Robinson Stévenin Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet Lola Naymark Yann Trégouët Ariane Ascaride Jean-Pierre Darroussin Ivan Franek Adrien Jolivet Horatiu Malaele
resistance fighter wife bomber marksman volunteer nazi brooding gripping suspenseful france berlin countryside house resistance fighters husband/wife relationship nazi hunting world war ii vichy france nazi occupation revenge
Based on the true story of the double initial killings in Rochester, NY.
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.
War, Action, Drama, History
Yugoslavia|USA|Liechtenstein
1974
90 Minutes
Rod Taylor Adam West Brioni Farrell Peter Carsten Olivera Katarina Velimir `Bata' Zivojinovic Branko Plesa
partisan german officer captain colonel general nazi powerful engaging tense intense dark gutsy yugoslavia world war ii nazism former yugoslavia war heroes battle life during wartime pursuit
Partisans in Yugoslavia clash with the Germans that have invaded their homeland in several confrontations until the climactic battle at Hell River.
War
USA
1943
96 Minutes
Franchot Tone Anne Baxter Erich von Stroheim Akim Tamiroff Peter Van Eyck Fortunio Bonanova Konstantin Shayne Fred Nurney Miles Mander Leslie Denison Ian Keith
soldier innkeeper clerk field marshal erwin rommel tense thrilling engaging hotel desert cairo war espionage dangerous assignment world war ii adventure sacrifice pursuit 1940s
In the North African campaign a British straggler manages to pass himself off as a waiter at the hotel commandeered as Rommel's headquarters. He has thoughts of assassinating Rommel but his cover may have an even better use.
War, Drama, Action
USA
2017
90 Minutes
Jack Ashton Elliot James Langridge Daniel Betts Rupert Simonian Urs Rechn Andrea Deck Andreas Wisniewski Callum McGowan Barney White Ethan Vincent
bomber pilot prisoner of war british soldier nazi german soldier tense suspenseful gripping dark engaging nazi germany world war ii prisoners of war survival captivity oppression escape pursuit quest rescue
When U.S. B-24 bomber pilot Clair Cline is shot down and captured in northern Germany, one war ends and another begins -- to keep hope alive. Now behind German barbed wire and oppression, ... See full summary »
War
USA
1943
126 Minutes
Claudette Colbert Paulette Goddard Veronica Lake George Reeves Barbara Britton Walter Abel Sonny Tufts Mary Servoss Ted Hecht John Litel Mary Treen
nurse lieutenant soldier priest patriotic engaging tense rousing spirited hospital tunnel philippines bataan war medicine female bonding world war ii sacrifice escape rescue
A group of nurses returning from the war in the Phillippines recall their experiences in combat and in love.
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
Philippines|USA
1963
90 Minutes
Jennings Sturgeon Mike Parsons Efren Reyes Eddie Mesa Liza Moreno
spy captor lieutenant guerrilla prisoner intelligence officer tense suspenseful intense dark engaging gutsy philippines world war ii japanese occupation life during wartime survival captivity freedom escape
An American intelligence agent is captured by the Japanese in the Philippines during World War II. A team is put together to try to rescue him.
War
UK
1942
106 Minutes
Godfrey Tearle Emeric Pressburger Eric Portman Hugh Williams Bernard Miles Hugh Burden Emrys Jones Googie Withers Pamela Brown
pilot co-pilot gunner schoolteacher resistance fighter nazi patriotic thrilling holland countryside farm small town school resistance world war ii nazi occupation air raids plane crash escape 1940s
During a raid on Germany a British bomber crew is forced to bail out after their plane is damaged. They land in Holland and are aided by Dutch civilians.
War
USA
1953
120 Minutes
William Holden Otto Preminger Robert Strauss Don Taylor Harvey Lembeck Richard Erdman Peter Graves Neville Brand Sig Ruman Michael Moore Peter Baldwin
prisoner of war spy guard pilot sergeant nazi engaging gripping suspenseful tense germany prison camp world war ii prisoners of war loyalty imprisonment escape mystery quest 1940s
When two escaping American World War II prisoners are killed, the German P.O.W. camp barracks black marketeer, J.J. Sefton, is suspected of being an informer.
Drama, War
UK
1965
131 Minutes
Kirk Douglas Richard Harris Ulla Jacobsson Michael Redgrave Mervyn Johns Eric Porter
resistance fighter physicist ex-wife uncle british intelligence agent nazi thrilling suspenseful patriotic telemark, norway factory mountain ski slopes river england world war ii resistance fighters atomic bomb secret mission race against time
Norwegian resistance tries to stop German efforts to produce an atomic bomb component during World War II.
Drama, War
UK|USA
1961
157 Minutes
Gregory Peck David Niven Anthony Quinn Stanley Baker Anthony Quayle James Darren Irene Papas Gia Scala James Robertson Justice Richard Harris
captain explosives expert resistance fighter security head soldier sister engaging tense brash gripping intense greece boat mountain village island cliff sabotage covert operations mountain climbing
A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
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.
Drama, Biography, War
Russia|Germany|Lithuania|Poland
2018
120 Minutes
Konstantin Khabensky Christopher Lambert Felice Jankell Dainius Kazlauskas Sergey Godin Roman Ageev
prisoner of war soviet soldier concentration camp survivor lieutenant nazi sergeant dark chilling intense disturbing frightening raw poland concentration camp survival nazis prisoners of war world war ii concentration camp uprising
Soviet officer Alexander Pechersky organizes a revolt and mass escape of prisoners from Sobibór extermination camp in October 1943.
War
France|USA
1966
173 Minutes
Jean-Paul Belmondo Charles Boyer Leslie Caron Jean-Pierre Cassel George Chakiris Bruno Cremer Claude Dauphin Alain Delon Kirk Douglas Glenn Ford Gert Froebe
adolf hitler general dietrich von choltitz soldier resistance leader german soldier nazi brooding intense uneasy occupied france office apartment paris world war ii occupied france freedom history resistance military discovery
The departure of the German Army from Paris in 1944.
Drama, War
UK
1959
99 Minutes
Richard Todd Richard Attenborough Bernard Lee Michael Wilding Dennis Price Donald Houston William Franklyn Vincent Ball Peter Arne Peter Jones Ronnie Stevens
prisoner of war prisoners military officer informant brutal engaging gripping gutsy patriotic suspenseful tense thrilling italy prison camp world war ii prisoners of war escape informing tunneling escape
In 1943, an Italian-administered P.O.W. camp for captured Allies goes through a series of failed escapes only to culminate in a daring plan for a dramatic mass escape.
War
USA
1942
107 Minutes
Errol Flynn Ronald Reagan Raymond Massey Nancy Coleman Alan Hale Arthur Kennedy Sig Ruman Patrick O'Moore Ronald Sinclair Louis Arco Charles Irwin
lieutenant enemy sergeant australian officer resistance fighter powerful patriotic suspenseful airplane germany prison camp factory small town world war ii escape air force impersonation sabotage bombing
When the crew of a downed British bomber escape from their Nazi captors with Top Secret intelligence, they make a desperate journey to get out of Germany alive.
Mystery & Thriller, War, Drama
UK|Canada
2015
102 Minutes
Helen Mirren Aaron Paul Alan Rickman Barkhad Abdi Iain Glen Richard McCabe Jeremy Northam Phoebe Fox Carl Beukes Kim Engelbrecht Aisha Takow
general lieutenant suicide bomber terrorist dark gripping gritty gutsy patriotic thrilling kenya suicide bombing terrorism saving the day air force war adventure rescue pursuit quest
Col. Katherine Powell, a military officer in command of an operation to capture terrorists in Kenya, sees her mission escalate when a girl enters the kill zone triggering an international dispute over the implications of modern warfare.