20 movies like Sergeant Ryker, ordered by similarity : Time Limit(1957), The Spy Gone North(2018), The Young Philadelphians(1959), Operation Chromite(2016), Court Martial(1955), Anatomy of a Murder(1959), This Is Congo(2017), Glory Alley(1952), Breaker Morant(1980), Conduct Unbecoming(1975), Sayonara(1957), Captain Carey, U.S.A.(1950) ...
Drama
USA
1968
85 Minutes
Lee Marvin Bradford Dillman Vera Miles Peter Graves Lloyd Nolan Murray Hamilton Norman Fell Walter Brooke Francis DeSales Don Marshall Charles Aidman
war hero army officer sergeant captain wife prosecutor tense fiery gutsy battlefield korea army base courtroom korean war court-martial adultery secret mission military trial quest
During the Korean War Sergeant Paul Ryker is accused of defecting to Communist China and then returning to his unit as a spy. He's court-martialed and sentenced to death but his attorney believes Ryker's innocent and asks for a new trial.
Drama
USA
1957
96 Minutes
Richard Widmark Richard Basehart Dolores Michaels June Lockhart Carl Benton Reid Martin Balsam Rip Torn Alan Dexter Yale Wexler Joe Di Reda
colonel major soldier prisoner of war lieutenant captain suspenseful tense gripping court north korea new york city treason court-martial korean war cover-up justice mystery sacrifice discovery
During the Korean War former prisoner of war, Major Harry Cargill admits to having collaborated with the enemy but military investigator Colonel William Edwards wants the details.
Drama
South Korea
2018
141 Minutes
Jeong-min Hwang Sung-min Lee Cho Jin-Woong Ju Ji-hoon
spy broker government official wife businessman kim jong-il thrilling gripping intense suspenseful tense engaging north korea south korea espionage government secrets intelligence nuclear weapons korean relations mission
In the mid-1990s, a loyal South Korean secret agent is caught in a political vortex plotted by the ruling classes of North and South Korea.
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
USA
1959
136 Minutes
Paul Newman Barbara Rush Alexis Smith Brian Keith Diane Brewster Billie Burke John Williams Robert Vaughn Otto Kruger Paul Picerni Robert Douglas
lawyer mother sweetheart alcoholic boss' wife birth father melodramatic fiery striking brash philadelphia house courtroom law office korea moral dilemma adultery social climbing blackmail korean war
A promising lawyer tries to handle his social and professional problems while climbing the ranks in Philadelphia.
War, Drama, History
Canada|USA
2016
115 Minutes
Liam Neeson Sean Dulake Jung-jae Lee Justin Rupple Dean Dawson Beom-su Lee Se-Yeon Jin Cheol-min Park Jun-ho Jeong Kim Byeong-ok Seon-a Kim
american soldier squadron leader north korean spy general brooding disturbing engaging frenetic gripping intense south korea war zone inchon, south korea military base north korea secret mission helping others military opposing ideals
In 1967, four undercover CIA agents were sent to NASA posing as a documentary film crew. What they discovered led to one of the biggest conspiracies in American history.
Drama
UK
1955
105 Minutes
englishman war hero wife judge intense melodramatic emotional sultry profound intricate united kingdom court war heroes financial troubles life after wartime unhappy marriage rise fall revenge underdog
A court-martial attempts to find out why, and if, an officer embezzled his unit's funds.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1959
160 Minutes
James Stewart Lee Remick Ben Gazzara Arthur O'Connell Eve Arden Kathryn Grant Joseph N. Welch Brooks West George C. Scott Murray Hamilton Orson Bean
attorney soldier prosecutor wife business partner district attorney gripping intense courtroom michigan small town hotel murder trial rape secret anger fear mystery quest
In a murder trial, the defendant says he suffered temporary insanity after the victim raped his wife. What is the truth, and will he win his case?
Documentary, War, Drama, History
USA|Congo
2017
93 Minutes
Mamadou Ndala
merchant poor person villager government official military officer bleak brutal uneasy tense intricate disheartening congo village plains office road market political corruption political unrest military occupation
An unfiltered look in to the lives of 3 characters surviving amongst the most recent cycle of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, otherwise known as the M23 rebellion.
Drama
USA
1952
79 Minutes
Ralph Meeker Leslie Caron Kurt Kaszner Gilbert Roland John McIntire Louis Armstrong Dan Seymour Larry Gates John Indrisano
boxer girlfriend father war hero dancer blind person inspiring gutsy patriotic new orleans boxing ring locker room korea bar doctor's office boxing korean war duty secret blindness
New Orleans newspaper columnist, about to retire, tells the story of a most unforgettable character, boxer Socks Barbarossa.
Drama, War, History
Australia
1980
107 Minutes
Edward Woodward Jack Thompson Bryan Brown John Waters Rod Mullinar Lewis Fitz-Gerald Charles "Bud" Tingwell Vincent Ball Frank Wilson Terence Donovan Russell Kiefel
military officer lord soldier enemy prisoner of war somber south africa court battlefield military base horrors of war war murder court battles injustice sacrifice fall 1900s
Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers.
Drama
UK
1975
104 Minutes
Michael York Richard Attenborough Susannah York Trevor Howard Stacy Keach Christopher Plummer James Faulkner Michael Culver James Donald
military officer lieutenant widow soldier military wife cool tense melodramatic india military base courtroom sexual harassment false accusations disillusionment homesickness imperialism court-martial discovery mystery temptation
At a British Regimental party in Colonial India, the widow of Captain Scarlett is assaulted in the garden, and she accuses one of the newly arrived junior Lieutenants of the crime.
Drama
USA
1957
147 Minutes
Marlon Brando Red Buttons Miiko Taka Miyoshi Umeki Ricardo Montalban Martha Scott James Garner
pilot military officer soldier wife girlfriend emotional melodramatic japan military base interracial romance love korean war military forbidden love sacrifice 1950s
A US Air Force major in Kobe confronts his own opposition to marriages between American servicemen and Japanese women when he falls for a beautiful performer.
Drama
USA
1950
83 Minutes
Alan Ladd Wanda Hendrix Francis Lederer Celia Lovsky Angela Clarke Richard Avonde Joseph Calleia Roland Winters Frank Puglia Luis Alberni Jane Nigh
captain secret agent young man traitor love interest young woman intense gutsy patriotic milan small town battlefield family home world war ii secret mission betrayal reunion war crime military quest
A group of agents in the U.S. Office of Strategic Services (forerunner of the C.I.A.) are sent to Italy during World War II to spy on the Germans. Most of them are killed because of an ... See full summary »
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.
Drama
France
1994
110 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Fanny Ardant Fabrice Luchini André Dussollier Daniel Prévost Maxime Leroux Patrick Bordier Jacky Nercessian Romane Bohringer Eric Elmosnino Olivier Saladin
war hero countess count lawyer child wife dark brooding melodramatic tense paris courtroom battlefield estate legal battle identity greed betrayal estrangement presumed dead
Colonel Chabert has been severely wounded in the French-Russian Napoleonic war to the point that the medical examiner has signed his death certificate. When he regains his health and memory... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1994
101 Minutes
Jessica Lange Tommy Lee Jones Powers Boothe Carrie Snodgress Amy Locane Chris O'Donnell Mitchell Ryan Dale Dye Timothy Scott Annie Ross Anna Klemp
scientist colonel daughter wife commander tender gutsy patriotic military base laboratory airplane alabama adultery corruption covert operations mental illness military nuclear weapons sacrifice underdog
Jessica Lange stars in a period drama about a family moving to a military base, and she quickly becomes part of a cover-up involving nuclear bomb tests.
War, Drama
India
2004
185 Minutes
Amitabh Bachchan Hrithik Roshan Preity Zinta Om Puri Sharad S. Kapoor Raj Zutshi Sushant Singh Prashant Chainani Aditya Srivastava Abir Goswami Parmeet Sethi
young man soldier young woman patriotic passionate brooding intense melodramatic suspenseful india military academy military base military war fighting love discovery adventure metamorphosis fall
An aimless, jobless, irresponsible grown man joins the army and matures into a battlefield hero.
Drama, War
USA
2018
119 Minutes
Justin Bruening Sarah Drew Jason George Tia Mowry Skye P. Marshall Tanner Stine Madeline Carroll Eric Close Michael O'Neill Eddie Kaulukukui Samara Lee
soldier wife child veteran husband chaplain brooding emotional uneasy tense iraq office house base camp school marriage war life during wartime life after wartime relationships
The extraordinary true story of Army Chaplain Darren Turner and his wife Heather. When war etches battle scars on their hearts, they face one more battle: the fight to save their marriage. One marriage, one family, under God.
Drama
India
2008
Minutes
army officer army major lawyer journalist gripping intense suspenseful emotional army base army camp court house death murder court-martial court decision judicial system quest pursuit sacrifice
An army lawyer goes out of his way to defend an army officer charged with the homicide of a decorated officer.
Crime, Drama
USA
1959
103 Minutes
Orson Welles Dean Stockwell Bradford Dillman Diane Varsi E.G. Marshall Martin Milner Richard Anderson Robert F. Simon
college student lawyer judge police officer witness juror fiery tense courtroom murder trial capital punishment class distinctions mystery quest 1950s
Two wealthy law-school students go on trial for murder in this version of the Leopold-Loeb case.
Drama, History
USA
1955
100 Minutes
Gary Cooper Charles Bickford Ralph Bellamy Rod Steiger Elizabeth Montgomery Fred Clark James Daly Jack Lord Peter Graves Darren McGavin Robert F. Simon
colonel general congressman major lawyer tense inspiring gripping rousing courtroom law office washington, d.c. military base billy mitchell court-martial trial aviation rebellion military incompetence rivalry
A dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about High Command's dismissal and neglect of the aerial fighting forces.