Here we've displayed a list of the best Desertion films : Crossing the Line(2006), Fires on the Plain(1959), The Thin Red Line(1998), King and Country(1964), Cold Mountain(2003), The Master(2014), The Flying Deuces(1939), Free State of Jones(2016), The Flim Flam Man(1967), This Above All(1942), The Deserter(1971), Come On, Rangers(1938) ... ...
Documentary
USA
2006
91 Minutes
narrator soldier officer government official engaging fascinating uneasy north korea prison courtroom defection propaganda desertion family dysfunction court-martial escape metamorphosis 2000s
A collection of personal accounts stemming from Arizona's illegal immigration crisis.
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.
War, Drama, History
USA
1998
170 Minutes
Sean Penn Adrien Brody Jim Caviezel Ben Chaplin George Clooney John Cusack Woody Harrelson Elias Koteas Jared Leto Dash Mihok Tim Blake Nelson
deserter soldiers native military officer enemy japanese soldier dreamy calm intense striking battlefield battleship guadalcanal south pacific tropical island world war ii armed conflict meaning of life male bonding desertion
Adaptation of James Jones' autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War.
War
UK
1964
86 Minutes
Dirk Bogarde Tom Courtenay Leo McKern Barry Foster Peter Copley James Villiers Jeremy Spenser Barry Justice
private captain military officer lawyer gritty bleak england battlefield courtroom horrors of war world war i desertion trial military trauma fall underdog 1910s
During World War I, Army Private Arthur James Hamp is accused of desertion during battle. The officer assigned to defend him at his court-martial, Captain Hargreaves, finds out there is more to the case than meets the eye.
War, Drama
USA|Italy|Romania|UK
2003
155 Minutes
Jude Law Nicole Kidman Renée Zellweger Eileen Atkins Brendan Gleeson Philip Seymour Hoffman Natalie Portman Giovanni Ribisi Donald Sutherland Ray Winstone Kathy Baker
soldier farmer deserter wife housekeeper bleak sad emotional north carolina mountain battlefield mississippi american civil war desertion reunion survival love quest sacrifice pursuit
In the waning days of the American Civil War, a wounded soldier embarks on a perilous journey back home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina to reunite with his sweetheart.
Action, Sports & Fitness
UK
2014
89 Minutes
Shi Hongbo Mai Jintong Shi Tianlong Cheng Ni Xiangguo Chang
martial artist master landlord corrupt businessman intense gripping outlandish china battlefield town martial arts corruption war desertion fighting fighting corruption rescue revenge rescue quest
Modern British dairy farms must get bigger and bigger or go under but Farmer Stephen Hook decides to buck the trend. Instead he chooses to have a great relationship with his small herd of ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1939
65 Minutes
Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Jean Parker James Finlayson Reginald Gardiner Charles Middleton Jean Del Val Richard Cramer Michael Visaroff
stan soldier commander dream girl innkeeper ollie amusing madcap paris morocco airplane military base jail inn french foreign legion desertion love triangle execution reincarnation love
Ollie has fallen in love with the innkeeper's daughter in Paris. The only problem - she's very much in love with her husband. To forget her he joins the Foreign Legion with Stan. Bad idea.
War, Biography, Drama, History
USA
2016
139 Minutes
Matthew McConaughey Gugu Mbatha-Raw Mahershala Ali Keri Russell Brendan Gleeson Christopher Berry Sean Bridgers Jacob Lofland Kirk Bovill Manny Penton Thomas Francis Murphy
farmer medic confederate soldier slave fugitive rebel brooding emotional intense mississippi battlefield house plantation forest farm american civil war desertion slavery conscience rebellion
A disillusioned Confederate army deserter returns to Mississippi and leads a militia of fellow deserters and women in an uprising against the corrupt local Confederate government.
Comedy, Action
USA
1967
115 Minutes
George C. Scott Sue Lyon Michael Sarrazin Harry Morgan Jack Albertson Alice Ghostley Albert Salmi Slim Pickens Strother Martin Woodrow Parfrey
con artist deserter sheriff rich girl mother father amusing tense united states small town household courtroom jail mentorship con game friendship teamwork desertion pursuit quest
A rural con artist and an army deserter cheat the townsfolk and are aided by a rich gal who shields the fleeing duo from the wrath of the pursuing sheriff.
War
USA
1942
110 Minutes
Tyrone Power Joan Fontaine Thomas Mitchell Henry Stephenson Nigel Bruce Gladys Cooper Philip Merivale Sara Allgood Alexander Knox Queenie Leonard Melville Cooper
aristocratic lady soldier aunt best friend hotel owner father intense patriotic moving england manor military base village dover hotel desertion patriotism class distinctions english society romance
Although she comes from an aristocratic family, beautiful Prudence Cathaway defies convention by joining the WAAFs and becoming romantically involved with an AWOL soldier.
Western
Italy|Yugoslavia|USA
1971
99 Minutes
Bekim Fehmiu John Huston Richard Crenna Chuck Connors Ricardo Montalban Ian Bannen Brandon de Wilde Slim Pickens Woody Strode Albert Salmi
deserter general colonel engineer wife scout gritty gripping arizona fort mexico hill desert mission battle native americans massacre desertion redemption quest
Army deserter Capt. Viktor Kaleb is offered a pardon and reinstatement in the cavalry if he agrees to lead a special forces group in a raid against an Apache stronghold into Mexico.
Western
USA
1938
57 Minutes
Roy Rogers Lynne Roberts Raymond Hatton J. Farrell MacDonald Purnell Pratt Harry Woods Bruce MacFarlane Lane Chandler Chester Gunnels Lee Powell Frank McCarroll
roy rogers texas ranger love interest senator brother trigger rousing thrilling engaging texas camp wilderness small town ranch texas rangers murder outlaws reunion desertion political corruption
Disbanded Texas Rangers are gathered together to help the U.S. Cavalry put an end to marauding outlaws.
Western
USA
1946
97 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Ray Milland Barry Fitzgerald George Coulouris Albert Van Dekker Anthony Quinn Frank Faylen Gavin Muir James Burke Edward Ciannelli Roman Bohnen
deserter poker player prospector saloon girl irishman landowner engaging melodramatic spirited gutsy california wagon train mining town saloon small town graveyard california gold rush self-sacrifice marriage of convenience mining
Epic account of how California became a state, featuring a wagon train, the Gold Rush, a wicked saloon queen, and an evil profiteer.
Drama
UK
1969
103 Minutes
David Niven Topol Anna Karina John Hurt Anthony Quayle Ori Levy
british officer interpreter refugee civilian love interest russian amusing engaging lighthearted quirky austria refugee camp world war ii refugees helping others desertion displacement discovery escape love
After World War II, in an Austrian camp for displaced people, an interpreter mediates between the British and the Soviets regarding the fate of various refugees.
Drama
USA
1933
78 Minutes
Kay Francis Walter Huston Nils Asther Phillips Holmes Eugene Pallette C. Henry Gordon Louise Closser Hale Jean Parker
mayor wife captain steward deserter commander intense melodramatic hungary village estate barn household river world war i hungarian history romantic dilemma desertion jealousy class conflict
Sarajevo June 28, 1914. Dushan, the Serbian mayor of a Hungarian town, has come to see the parade of Archduke Ferdinand. While there he runs into Geza, an old friend in the Hungarian Army ... See full summary »
Western
Spain|Italy
1969
91 Minutes
Ernest Borgnine George Hilton Alberto De Mendozo Annabella Incontrera Antonio Pica Leo Anchóriz Gustavo Rojo Manuel Miranda Andrea Aureli
confederate soldier father farmer lover baby friend cool dark mexican-american border texas farm countryside vengeance race relations desertion illness fatherhood cholera outbreak revenge pursuit
A Confederate deserter, whose Mexican girlfriend dies during childbirth, starts a feud with her Mexican family, becomes an outlaw and vows revenge on all who wronged him.
Western
USA
1954
79 Minutes
Sterling Hayden Coleen Gray Keith Larsen Tom Tully Jimmy Wakely Tudor Owen Lee Van Cleef John Pickard
deserter army officer leader melodramatic thrilling suspenseful wild west united states stolen identity desertion leadership battle soldiers native americans adventure pursuit 1950s
A cavalry deserter risks his life to warn and protect a wagon train from an impending Indian attack.
Western, Comedy, Horror
USA
2007
89 Minutes
Chris Kattan James Denton Navi Rawat Matt Besser Chris Coppola Leslie Jordan
deserter outlaw sheriff niece native american cowboy amusing thrilling gory wild west american southwest saloon small town jail zombies robbery american civil war curse explosion desertion
Elmer Winslow is a soldier on the run from the Union Army, and Luke Budd is a cowboy with a broken heart. When the two misfits rob the corrupt sheriff of an old west town, they have no idea that a plague of zombies is sweeping the country, or that Geronimo's sexy niece may be their only hope of survival.
War, Drama, History
USA
2017
118 Minutes
Max Hubacher Milan Peschel Frederick Lau Waldemar Kobus Alexander Fehling Samuel Finzi Wolfram Koch Britta Hammelstein Bernd Hölscher Sascha Alexander Gersak Blerim Destani
soldier nazi nazi commandant prison guard prisoner deserter uneasy intense tense unrestrained brutal bleak concentration camp truck woods base camp office fraud nazi collaboration power
After the tragic deaths of her husband and daughter, Sarah Doyle moves back to her childhood home with her estranged brother, Richard. It's not long before Sarah begins to experience ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
1949
82 Minutes
Derek Farr Joan Hopkins Edward Chapman Laurence Harvey Alfie Bass John Bailey John Stuart Edward Underdown
sergeant deserter war widow woman inspector innocent man engaging suspenseful uneasy england pawn shop london pub desertion awol postwar britain robbery murder false accusations underdog
An Army deserter moves from town to town looking for peace and quiet, only to become involved in more trouble.
Western
1957
82 Minutes
Audie Murphy Kathryn Grant Hope Emerson Jeff Donnell Isobel Elsom Jeanette Nolan Sean McClory
cavalryman colonel widow cowboy dowager entertainer dark intense spirited colorado fort texas town mission court women soldiers cheyenne indians massacre outlaws desertion
An Army deserter (Audie Murphy) shows defenseless Texas women how to hold off Indians out to avenge a massacre.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Romance
1928
87 Minutes
Victor McLaglen June Collyer Larry Kent Earle Foxe Hobart Bosworth Belle Stoddard Joseph Burke Eric Mayne
soldier of fortune villain judge daughter love interest horse owner gripping intense melodramatic army camp ireland village household racetrack meadow desertion family guilt dueling drinking
An exiled patriot (Victor McLaglen) returns to Ireland to kill the man who caused his sister to commit suicide.