20 movies like The War Lover, ordered by similarity : Bombardier(1943), Fighter Squadron(1948), Journey Together(1945), A Yank in the RAF(1941), The Garden of the Finzi-Continis(1971), Marine Raiders(1944), Men With Wings(1938), The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp(1943), Wings(1927), Attack on the Iron Coast(1968), Flying Leathernecks(1951), The Camp Followers(1965) ...
6.6/10
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.
6.0/10
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.
6.2/10
War
USA
1948
96 Minutes
Edmond O'Brien Robert Stack John Rodney Henry Hull Tom D'Andrea Walter Reed James Holden Shepperd Strudwick
captain colonel pilot major sergeant brash patriotic rousing england air force base friendship aviation air force world war ii rules and regulations adventure transformation 1940s
During World War II, an insubordinate fighter pilot finds the shoe on the other foot when he's promoted.
6.6/10
War
UK
1945
95 Minutes
pilot friend cadet instructor brash patriotic rousing england united states canada flight school airplane training camp world war ii basic training mission aspirations aviation friendship quest
British propaganda film from WW2 stressing the importance of the navigator on RAF's bomber crews.
6.5/10
War
USA
1941
98 Minutes
Tyrone Power Betty Grable John Sutton Reginald Gardiner Donald Stuart Ralph Byrd Richard Fraser Denis Green
pilot commander girlfriend friend engaging rousing england nightclub military base london world war ii patriotism air force duty romance love discovery transformation 1940s
An American pilot impulsively joins His Majesty's Royal Air Force in Britain in an attempt to impress his ex-girlfriend.
7.3/10
War, Drama
Italy|West Germany
1971
95 Minutes
Helmut Berger Lino Capolicchio Dominique Sanda Fabio Testi Romolo Valli Camillo Cesarei Inna Alexeieff Barbara Pilavin Katina Morisani Ettore Geri Camillo Angelini-Rota
brother sister friend lover passionate spirited italy estate countryside fascism friendship love triangle wealth young love world war ii growing up forbidden love discovery fall 1940s
The story of the Finzi-Continis, a noble family of Ferrara, during the Jewish persecution in Italy's 1930s.
5.8/10
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.
6.3/10
Drama
USA
1938
106 Minutes
young boy friend pilot engineer love interest newspaper owner melodramatic patriotic heartwarming passionate kitty hawk, n.c. airport university europe air force base family home aviation technology world war i love triangle
Plot #1 is the love triangle between two guys and one girl as they grow into adults and affiliate themselves in the new aircraft industry. Plot #2 is aircraft evolution from the days of Wilbur and Orville Wright to just prior to WWII.
Romance, War, Drama
1943
163 Minutes
Emeric Pressburger Roger Livesey Deborah Kerr Anton Walbrook John Laurie James McKechnie Neville Mapp
soldier major general teacher nurse nazi gripping melodramatic witty england pow camp south africa germany love friendship war aging military love transformation sacrifice
A Boer War subaltern (Roger Livesey) becomes a World War II colonel, with three lovers (Deborah Kerr) along the way.
War, Drama, History
1927
139 Minutes
Clara Bow Charles Rogers Richard Arlen Jobyna Ralston Gary Cooper El Brendel Arlette Marchal Richard Tucker Julia Swayne Gordon Henry B. Walthall George Irving
pilot cadet friend love interest volunteer military officer rousing suspenseful emotional paris small town air force base airplane world war i friendly fire friendship patriotism duty horrors of war adventure
Two World War I pilots (Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Richard Arlen) woo a young woman (Clara Bow) and fight the Germans.
5.5/10
War
UK|USA
1968
89 Minutes
Lloyd Bridges Andrew Keir Sue Lloyd Mark Eden Maurice Denham Glyn Owen Howard Pays George Mikell Simon Prebble Keith Buckley Bill Henderson
major captain lieutenant commander lieutenant nazi commando thrilling emotional england france english channel battleship coast port world war ii d-day vendetta troubled past suicide mission tragic death
During World War II, a commando leader named Major Jamie Wilson leads a group of soldiers on a suicide mission to destroy a Nazi naval stronghold on the French coast.
6.5/10
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.
7.5/10
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
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.
7.4/10
War
UK
1955
119 Minutes
Richard Todd Michael Redgrave Ursula Jeans Stanley Van Beers Raymond Huntley Hugh Manning Patrick Barr Basil Sydney Ernest Clark Derek Farr Laurence Naismith
pilot military officer government official engineer bomber confident gripping patriotic powerful airplane workplace bar united kingdom world war ii war fighting bombing adventure pursuit quest
The story of how the British attacked German dams in World War II by using an ingenious technique to drop bombs where they would be most effective.
6.5/10
Drama, War
USA
1958
109 Minutes
Frank Sinatra Tony Curtis Natalie Wood Leora Dana Karl Swenson Ann Codee Eddie Ryder Jackie Berthe Marie Isnard
soldier military officer love interest mother melodramatic france village beach battlefield love triangle interracial relationship marriage racism world war ii love transformation 1940s
Toward the end of World War II, two American soldiers fighting in Southern France become romantically involved with a young, American woman. Her background will reveal more about them than her.
6.0/10
War
USA
1956
106 Minutes
Robert Taylor Richard Todd Dana Wynter Edmond O'Brien John Williams Jerry Paris Robert Gist Richard Wyler Ross Elliot Alex Finlayson Marie Brown
colonel captain subaltern soldier sad melodramatic emotional normandy coast london ship love triangle world war ii d-day love sacrifice 1940s
En route to Normandy, an American and a British officer reminisce in flashback about their romances with the same woman.
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.
7.1/10
War
USA
1933
72 Minutes
Fredric March Cary Grant Jack Oakie Carole Lombard Guy Standing Forrester Harvey Kenneth Howell Leland Hodgson
pilot friend beautiful woman major melodramatic thrilling touching london air force base airplane battle fatigue horrors of war world war i affair fall wretched excess 1910s
The pilots of a Royal Air Force squadron in World War I face not only physical but mental dangers in their struggle to survive while fighting the enemy.
6.4/10
War
USA
1918
117 Minutes
Adolph Lestina Josephine Crowell Lillian Gish Robert Harron Jack Cosgrave Kate Bruce Ben Alexander Marion Emmons Frances Marion Dorothy Gish Robert Anderson
american beautiful girl friend german soldier father mother patriotic melodramatic rousing inspiring france village battlefield inn household world war i duty heroism love triangle german occupation
Young lovers in a French village are torn apart with the coming of the Great War.
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.
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