Best War Adventure
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The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) is a British war film directed by David Lean, set in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Burma during World War II; it won seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director.
Paths of Glory is a 1957 American anti-war film directed by Stanley Kubrick and adapted from Humphrey Cobb's novel. Set within the French army during the First World War, it stars Kirk Douglas as Colonel Dax, who defends three soldiers selected for court-martial after their unit fails to capture a h...
Das Boot is a 1981 West German war film written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen and adapted from Lothar-Günther Buchheim's novel. Set during World War II, it follows the officers and crew of the German submarine U-96 through patrol, combat, mechanical danger, confinement, and prolonged uncertainty...
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is a 1988 fantasy film adapted from the stories of 18th-century Baron Munchausen. It was an international production involving the UK, US, and Germany, focusing on the nobleman’s wartime adventures against the Ottoman Empire. The cast included John Neville, Eric Id...
The Dirty Dozen (1967) is an American war film directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Lee Marvin and an ensemble cast as convicted military prisoners trained for a suicide mission against Nazi officers in occupied France.
The Guns of Navarone (1961) is a British-American war adventure directed by J. Lee Thompson, based on Alistair MacLean's 1957 novel, following Allied commandos tasked with destroying a Nazi fortress on a Greek island.
Where Eagles Dare (1968) is a British war adventure directed by Brian G. Hutton, based on Alistair MacLean's novel and screenplay, starring Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood as Allied agents infiltrating a Nazi mountain fortress.
1970 World War II comedy-heist film directed by Brian G. Hutton, starring Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, and Donald Sutherland as Allied soldiers who rob a German-held bank behind enemy lines.
1934 RKO adventure directed by John Ford, starring Victor McLaglen as the sole survivor of a British cavalry patrol stranded and besieged in the Mesopotamian desert during World War I.
2000 American World War II thriller directed by Jonathan Mostow, depicting a fictional US Navy mission to capture a German Enigma cipher machine from a crippled U-boat in the Atlantic.
1978 World War II adventure directed by Guy Hamilton, based on Alistair MacLean's 1968 sequel novel, starring Robert Shaw and a young Harrison Ford on a mission in Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia.
