Here we've displayed a list of the best British Soldier films : They Shall Not Grow Old(2018), 1917(2019), Ryan's Daughter(1970), The War Requiem(1988), '71(2014), Michael Collins(1996), Guns at Batasi(1964), The Wooden Horse(1950), The Square Peg(1958), The Emperor's New Clothes(2001), The Password Is Courage(1962), The Lives of a Bengal Lancer(1935) ... ...
Documentary, War, Drama, History
UK|New Zealand
2018
99 Minutes
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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|UK|India|Spain|Canada|China
2019
119 Minutes
George MacKay Dean-Charles Chapman Mark Strong Andrew Scott Richard Madden Claire Duburcq Colin Firth Benedict Cumberbatch Daniel Mays Adrian Scarborough Jamie Parker
british soldier young man corporal brother confident emotional gripping passionate rousing battlefield ruins occupied france following orders world war i rescue race against time delivery message adventure pursuit
April 6th, 1917. As a regiment assembles to wage war deep in enemy territory, two soldiers are assigned to race against time and deliver a message that will stop 1,600 men from walking straight into a deadly trap.
Drama
UK
1970
206 Minutes
Robert Mitchum Sarah Miles Christopher Jones Trevor Howard John Mills Leo McKern Barry Foster Arthur O'Sullivan Marie Kean Evin Crowley Barry Jackson
teacher wife british soldier bar owner villager melodramatic emotional thrilling suspenseful touching passionate ireland bar dublin village affair trust betrayal war violence
Set in the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising, a married woman in a small Irish village has an affair with a troubled British officer.
Musical
USA
1988
85 Minutes
Nathaniel Parker Tilda Swinton Laurence Olivier Patricia Hayes Rohan McCullough Nigel Terry Owen Teale Sean Bean
nurse british soldier german soldier mother doctor poet disheartening dreamy profound sad battlefield tomb hospital church wilfred owen poetry horrors of war death disillusionment music
Two aged sisters reflect on life and the past during a late summer day in Maine.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
UK
2014
99 Minutes
Jack O'Connell Paul Anderson Sean Harris Richard Dormer Barry Keoghan Martin McCann Charlie Murphy Sam Reid Killian Scott David Wilmot Jack Lowden
british soldier recruit alien daughter wife british officer suspenseful gripping intense shocking northern ireland alley street home behind enemy lines irish republican army new recruits separation dangerous job isolation
In 1971, a young and disorientated British soldier is accidentally abandoned by his unit following a riot on the deadly streets of Belfast.
Drama, History
UK|Ireland|USA
1996
132 Minutes
Liam Neeson Aidan Quinn Stephen Rea Alan Rickman Julia Roberts Ian Hart Brendan Gleeson Stuart Graham Sean McGinley Gerard McSorley Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
revolutionary irishman fiancé british soldier detective rousing patriotic ireland great britain dublin irish civil war uprising assassination independence guerrilla warfare irish republican army rise quest 1920s
Neil Jordan's historical biopic of Irish revolutionary Michael Collins, the man who led a guerrilla war against the UK, helped negotiate the creation of the Irish Free State, and led the National Army during the Irish Civil War.
Drama, War
UK
1964
103 Minutes
Richard Attenborough Jack Hawkins Flora Robson John Leyton Mia Farrow Cecil Parker
rebel soldier sergeant british soldier african tense frenetic melodramatic africa barracks military base colony colonialism coup d'état british empire political unrest military life mutiny rescue rivalry
Anachronistic strict Regimental Sergeant Major Lauderdale (Sir Richard Attenborough), on a remote colonial African army caught in a local coup d'etat, must use his experience to defend those in his care.
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.
Comedy
UK
1958
89 Minutes
Norman Wisdom Honor Blackman Edward Chapman Campbell Singer Hattie Jacques Brian Worth Terence Alexander John Warwick Arnold Bell André Maranne Victor Beaumont
road worker colonel sergeant private british soldier resistance leader amusing witty madcap engaging lighthearted hilarious england military draft world war ii humor retribution hijinks escape rescue
A British road repairman gets into a feud with the Army, gets drafted and is mistakenly parachuted into Nazi occupied France where his physical resemblance to the local German commandant triggers a hilarious chain reaction.
Comedy
Italy|UK|Germany
2001
106 Minutes
Ian Holm Iben Hjejle Tim McInnerny Tom Watson Nigel Terry Hugh Bonneville Murray Melvin Eddie Marsan Clive Russell
emperor peasant widow british soldier merchant amusing playful intricate paris st. helena trading places war napoleon bonaparte romance adventure escape 1820s
During Napoleon's exile on St. Helena, some loyalists hire a look-alike to swap places with the deposed Emperor. While the impostor lives in luxury on the island, the real Napoleon returns to Paris in order to retake the throne.
Drama
UK|USA
1962
116 Minutes
Dirk Bogarde Maria Perschy Alfred Lynch Nigel Stock Reginald Beckwith Richard Marner Ed Devereaux Lewis Fiander George Mikell Richard Carpenter Margaret Whiting
british soldier sergeant german soldier nazi prisoner of war leader charming hilarious patriotic playful prison camp germany united kingdom poland train station charles coward prison break sabotage world war ii bravery
British N.C.O. Sergeant Major Charles Coward (Sir Dirk Bogarde) escapes from the Stalag VIII-B P.O.W. camp, and is mistakenly awarded with the Iron Cross by the Germans.
Adventure
USA
1935
109 Minutes
Gary Cooper Franchot Tone Richard Cromwell Guy Standing C. Aubrey Smith Monte Blue Kathleen Burke Colin Tapley Douglas Dumbrille Akim Tamiroff Jameson Thomas
soldier army colonel spy british soldier father son gutsy inspiring thrilling rousing military base india fort desert armed conflict bravery islam war military life father/son relationship
Jack Kells's bandit gang, the Border Legion, is run out of a mining town and regroups in Utah. News of a gold strike in Arizona City leads the gang there, and they execute stagecoach ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, History
Ireland|Luxembourg|Belgium
2018
100 Minutes
Hugo Weaving James Frecheville Stephen Rea Freddie Fox Barry Keoghan Moe Dunford Sarah Greene Jim Broadbent
british soldier landowner translator infantryman private family member gripping suspenseful frightening gritty town manor home settling the score regret short films authority opposing ideals hard times pursuit
Set in Ireland during the Great Famine, the drama follows an Irish Ranger who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, as he abandons his post to reunite with his family.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1949
100 Minutes
Dana Andrews Märta Torén Stephen McNally Jeff Chandler Philip Friend Hugh French Liam Redmond Lowell Gilmore Stanley Logan Hayden Rorke George Tyne
captain rebel smuggler jew british soldier powerful intense unrestrained palestine freighter city street israel refugees smuggling dangerous mission world war ii religion quest transformation
In 1947, with only months remaining until the partition of British-administered Palestine, an American freighter captain smuggles European Jewish refugees ashore under the nose of the British authorities.
Drama, History
UK
1968
128 Minutes
Trevor Howard Vanessa Redgrave John Gielgud Harry Andrews Jill Bennett David Hemmings Peter Bowles Mark Burns Howard Marion-Crawford Mark Dignam Alan Dobie
lord captain british soldier wife spirited brutal gutsy turkey valley crimean war infidelity bravery arrogance military engagement fall forbidden love rivalry 1850s
In 1854, during the Crimean War, poor planning leads to the British Light Brigade openly charging a Russian artillery position with tragic consequences.
War
USA
1953
88 Minutes
Richard Burton James Mason Robert Newton Robert Douglas Torin Thatcher Chips Rafferty Charles Davis Ben Wright
general captain australian soldier british soldier nazi rousing gritty north africa battlefield fort port city tobruk, libya siege of tobruk world war ii field marshal erwin rommel armed conflict camaraderie underdog quest 1940s
Richard Burton plays a Scottish Army officer put in charge of a disparate band of ANZAC troops on the perimeter of Tobruk with the German Army doing their best to dislodge them.
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
USA
1943
88 Minutes
beautiful woman nazi british soldier doctor secret agent old flame melodramatic emotional norway small town love triangle espionage resistance deception romance world war ii quest sacrifice love 1940s
Nicole Larsen is detested by her countrymen because they suspect she is collaborating with the occupying Germans. In reality she is working for the Norwegian underground, risking her life passing secrets to the resistance fighters.
War
UK
1958
93 Minutes
Dirk Bogarde Emeric Pressburger Marius Goring David Oxley Cyril Cusack Laurence Payne Michael Gough Brian Worth John Cairney
major british soldier german soldier nazi hostage guerrilla fighter tense spirited crete cairo countryside world war ii capture dangerous assignment nazis military quest sacrifice 1940s
Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo, Egypt to embarrass the occupiers.
Adventure
UK
1938
96 Minutes
Sabu Raymond Massey Roger Livesey Valerie Hobson Desmond Tester Martin Walker David Tree Francis L. Sullivan Roy Emerton Edward Lexy Julien Mitchell
british soldier ruler prince brother benefactor native engaging intense india battlefield household palace revolution imperialism friendship loyalty duplicity assassination adventure rescue
During the British Raj, Captain Carruthers works under cover to track smuggled shipments of arms on the restless Northwest Frontier of India. He fears a full-scale rebellion is brewing. To ... See full summary »
Adventure, Drama, History, Action, Mystery & Thriller
UK|France|USA
2010
97 Minutes
Michael Fassbender Dominic West Olga Kurylenko JJ Feild Lee Ross David Morrissey Ulrich Thomsen Ryan Atkinson Paul Freeman Liam Cunningham Noel Clarke
roman survivor general leader governor british soldier fiery spirited suspenseful thrilling dark frightening scotland fort village forest army camp revenge roman empire war
A splinter group of Roman soldiers fight for their lives behind enemy lines after their legion is devastated in a guerrilla attack.
War, Drama, Action
USA
1989
117 Minutes
Nick Nolte Nigel Havers Frank McRae Marilyn Tokuda Aki Aleong William Wise Gerry Lopez Marius Weyers Elan Oberon Choy Chan Wing
prisoner of war native british soldier japanese soldier spirited engaging borneo jungle culture clash native people survival world war ii transformation escape 1940s
Borneo, 1942: An American soldier escapes WWII and becomes the king of the headhunters in the jungle. Two British soldiers are parachuted into the area to find local support for the battle against the Japanese.
Romance, Drama
Ireland|France|UK|Romania
2014
115 Minutes
David Thewlis Tamsin Egerton Vanessa Kirby Caleb Landry Jones Richard E. Grant Sinead Cusack Brian F. O'Byrne David Hayman
british soldier sergeant rich girl nurse major engaging fascinating patriotic charming moving england korean war coming-of-age life during wartime rebellion vendetta discovery growing up love rivalry
In this sequel to Hope and Glory (1987), Bill Rohan has grown up and is drafted into the army, where he and his eccentric best mate, Percy, battle their snooty superiors on the base and look for love in town.
Adventure
USA
1935
70 Minutes
Cary Grant Louis J. Gasnier Claude Rains Gertrude Michael Kathleen Burke Colin Tapley Akim Tamiroff Billy Bevan Georges Renavent Margaret Swope Jameson Thomas
british soldier officer kurd nurse tribesman secret agent tense powerful africa mountain cairo sudan armenia hospital romantic dilemma friendship world war i espionage capture injury
During WW1, the destinies of British officers Michael Andrews and John Stevenson seem intertwined on the battle front as much as on a more personal level.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1969
96 Minutes
private schoolteacher prostitute sergeant british soldier daughter engaging touching rousing jungle school train singapore virginity war love interest medical operation train crash mission growing up
A group of young British soldiers billeted in Singapore of the year 1950 dreaming about winning the love of the daughter of the Regimental Sergeant Major.
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
UK
1941
89 Minutes
John Clements Leslie Banks Jane Baxter Ann Todd Basil Sydney Edward Chapman Hugh Williams Frank Pettingell Michael Wilding Michael Rennie Frank Cellier
pilot naval officer nazi british soldier brash tense gripping aircraft carrier airplane mediterranean sea ocean liner island world war ii navy battle redemption airplane crash adventure transformation rise
Lt. Dick Stacey is dismissed from the Fleet Air Arm for poor discipline. He joins the Aircraft Carrier "HMS Ark Royal" (The Ship with Wings). When they go into battle in the Mediterranean ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
UK
1967
109 Minutes
Michael Crawford John Lennon Roy Kinnear Jack MacGowran Michael Hordern Lee Montague Alexander Knox Jack Hedley
british soldier nazi private general dark witty offbeat africa battlefield germany world war ii armed conflict ghosts horrors of war fall quest 1940s
An inept British World War II commander leads his troops through a series of misadventures in North Africa and Europe.
Adventure
USA
1940
85 Minutes
Victor Mature Louise Platt Leo Carrillo
captain daughter sailor first mate british soldier traitor spectacular suspenseful amusing emotional ship high seas france port war of 1812 betrayal seafaring civilian deaths transportation revenge
When her father dies, a young woman helps a young man take command of the ship to fight the British during the war of 1812.
War
UK
1954
101 Minutes
Dirk Bogarde Denholm Elliott Akim Tamiroff Kay Callard William Russell Harold Siddons Eric Pohlmann Gérard Oury Lisa Gastoni Sam Kydd Peter Burton
british soldier german soldier commando nazi englishman lieutenant gripping tense patriotic greece england island world war ii dangerous assignment secret mission sabotage nazis underdog sacrifice quest
During World War II, British commandos are sent to destroy a Luftwaffe airfield on a Greek island.