Watch Red Ball Express (1952)

Red Ball Express is a World War II movie based on the real Red Ball Express convoys that supplied allied forces after the Normandy Landings on D-Day. Short review, basic movie info and full movie Read Ball Express online free.

Moving forward with the invasion of France, in August 1944 Gen. Patton led his Third army so far toward Paris that it is nearly impossible for it to be supplied. To keep the momentum of the operation, an elite military truck route is established by the Allied HQ, called Red Ball Express. One platoon of this convoy faces increasingly dangerous missions, including German resistance, minefields, and even private enmities.

Director: Budd Boetticher

Writers: John Michael Hayes (screenplay), Marcy Klauber (story), William Grady Jr. (story)

Stars: Jeff Chandler, Alex Nicol, Charles Drake, Sidney Poitier

Ratings: IMDB 6.1

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Decision Before Dawn (1951)

Decision Before Dawn is an American war movie directed by Ukrainian-born filmmaker Anatole Litvak. It tells the story of the American Army using potentially unreliable German prisoners of war to gather intelligence in the closing days of World War II. Short review, basic movie info and full movie Decision Before Dawn online free.

With the Third Reich disintegrating, several members of the German army are defecting to the Americans and offering their services as spies. The US army lacks crucial knowledge about the German units operating on the opposite side of the Rhine, and decides to send two German prisoners to gather information. The scheme is risky: the Gestapo retains a terribly efficient network to identify and capture spies and deserters.

Director: Anatole Litvak

Writers: Peter Viertel (screenplay), George Howe (novel)

Stars: Richard Basehart, Gary Merrill, Oskar Werner

Ratings: IMDB 7.4  RottenTomatoes 7.8

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Watch The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)

The movie tells the story of the life and career of one of the most famous German generals - Field Marshal Erwin Johannes Rommel aka The Desert Fox. Short review, basic movie info and full movie the desert fox online free.

The truth is that there aren't too many world war 2 movies told from the perspective of the German side. The desert fox is one of the few. Rommel who's story is told in this movie is considered as one of the greatest military strategists and commanders of his era. He was respected by his soldiers as well as by his enemies. Rommel is portrayed by the British actor James Mason who gives an excellent performance. 

Director: Henry Hathaway

Writers: Nunnally Johnson (screenplay), Desmond Young (biography)

Stars: James Mason, Cedric Hardwicke, Jessica Tandy

Rating  IMDB  6.9   Rottentomatoes  6.6

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Fixed Bayonets! (1951)

Written and directed by Samuel Fuller, this war drama is his second film about the Korean War. Short review, basic movie info, trailer and full movie online Fixed Bayonets online free.

The movie focuses on Corporal Denno, who is afraid to take a life. But when his unit stays behind to cover the rest of the division's retreat, Denno watches his superiors get picked off one by one until he must take command. He soon learns of what he is truly capable and what he will do to survive: Denno learns to kill.

Director: Samuel Fuller

Writers: Samuel Fuller (screenplay), John Brophy (novel)

Stars: Richard Basehart, Gene Evans, Michael O'Shea

Ratings: IMDB 7.0

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The Vikings (1958)

Based on the novel The Viking by Edison Marshall and filmed in Norwegian wilderness, The Vikings became a major box office success and spawned the television series Tales of the Vikings, directed by the film's editor, Elmo Williams. Short review, basic movie info, trailer and full movie online The Vikings online free.

The King of Northumbria is killed by Vikings during a raid on his country led by Ragnar. The king's widow is pregnant with Ragnar's baby after he has assaulted her. By a twist of faith, the baby Erik falls in the hands of the Vikings who enslave him. Years later, Erik incurs the wrath of his half-brother Einar, Ragnar's legitimate son and heir, after the former orders his falcon to attack Einar. The feud is worsened when they both fall in love with English princess Morgana.

Director: Richard Fleischer

Writers: Calder Willingham (screenplay), Dale Wasserman (adaptation), Edison Marshall (novel "The Viking")

Stars: Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine, Janet Leigh

Ratings: IMDB 7.0  RottenTomatoes 6.0

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The Desert Rats (1953)

Small army unit near stationed near Tobruck does its best to stop the incoming Germans. Short review, basic movie info and full movie the desert rats online free.

This is sort of sequel to the Desert Fox. Richard Burton plays an officer put in charge of an Australian unit stationed in the mist of a German offensive. 

Very good movie, great performance by Richard Burton, he is incredible as always. Fans of classic war movies will have a great time while watching this classic. 

Director: Robert Wise

Writer: Richard Murphy

Stars: Richard Burton, James Mason, Robert Newton 

Rating  IMDB 6.7   Rottentomatoes  6.3

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The Dam Busters (1955)

Adapted by R.C. Sherriff from both Guy Gibson's book Enemy Coast Ahead and Paul Brickhill's The Dam Busters, most of the film is devoted to the two years spent in creating the bouncing bombs and training the pilots. Short review, basic movie info, trailer and full movie The Dam Busters (1955) online free.

At the height of the Second World War, the British are looking a way to cut off Germany's weapon supply by destroying its industrial complex. At first this seems as an impossible task until a British scientist invents an ingenious weapon known as 'bouncing bomb'.

Director: Michael Anderson

Writers: Paul Brickhill (book), Guy Gibson (book, "Enemy Coast Ahead"), R. C. Sherriff (screenplay)

Stars: Richard Todd, Michael Redgrave, Ursula Jeans

Ratings: IMDB 7.3  RottenTomatoes 8.6

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The Red Badge of Courage (1951)

The movie is an adaption of Crane`s best seller about a young Union soldier who struggles to find his courage to fight in the battle. Short review, basic movie info, trailer and full movie the red badge of courage online free.

This is one of the most underrated war movies in all times. The movie is rarely mentioned by fans of the genre mainly because most of them haven`t seen this classic John Houston movie. The movie is in the same league as All quiet on the western front and Kubrick`s Paths of Glory. Almost half a century after its made the movie remains a powerful tale of redemption. 

Director: John Huston

Writers: Stephen Crane (novel), John Huston (screenplay)

Stars: Audie Murphy, Bill Mauldin, Douglas Dick 

Rating   IMDB  7.2  Rottentomatoes  7.6

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Mister Roberts (1955)

Mister Roberts is an adaptation of the 1946 novel of the same name, starring Henry Fonda, James Cagney and Jack Lemmon (received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor). Short review, basic movie info, trailer and full movie Mister Roberts (1955) online free.

The film is set somewhere in the Pacific during the winning days of WWII on the US Navy cargo ship Reluctant. As the end of the war becomes imminent the ship's chief cargo officer, Lt. Roberts, becomes itchy for battle, but the ships despotic captain, Lt. Comm. Morton, refuses to sign any of Roberts' transfer requests. Luckily for him, two of his friends - Ensign Pulver and the ship's philosophical doctor - are here to make his time on the Reluctant more bearable.

Directors: John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy

Writers: Frank S. Nugent (screenplay), Joshua Logan (screenplay), Thomas Heggen (novel)

Stars: Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, Jack Lemmon

Ratings: IMDB 7.7  RottenTomatoes 7.5

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Operation Pacific (1951)

Operation Pacific is a 1951 World War II submarine film loosely based on actual events and starring John Wayne. Short review, basic movie info, trailer and full movie Operation Pacific (1951) online free.

Lieutenant Commander Duke Gifford, the second in command aboard the American submarine, the USS Thunderfish, assumes command over the U-boat after the skipper is killed during a battle. Gifford tries to solve the problem he inherited with the torpedoes, as well as reconcile with his ex-wife when he is ashore.

Director: George Waggner

Writer: George Waggner

Stars: John Wayne, Patricia Neal, Ward Bond

Ratings: IMDB 6.5

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Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957)

A marine and a nun are marooned in a Pacific island, surrounded by the Japanese. Short review, basic movie info, trailer and full movie Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison online free.

So many great war movies were made in the 50`s. This movie adds up to that list. A nun and a marine sergeant trying to get out alive from the war abandoned on an island, surrounded by Japanese soldiers. This incredible interesting war drama is directed by the famous John Huston with Robert Mitchum staring as the Marine sergeant and Deborah Kerr as the nun.  Great movie with plenty of great dialogues. 

Director: John Huston

Writers: John Lee Mahin,  John Huston 

Stars: Robert Mitchum, Deborah Kerr 

Rating  IMDB 7.4   Rottentomatoes 7.0

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From Here to Eternity (1953)

This is a war drama based on the James Jones' 1951 novel of the same name set in Schofield Army Barracks in Honolulu, just days before the attack on Perl Harbor. Frank Sinatra has an Oscar-winning performance that revived his flagging career. Short review, basic movie info, trailer and full movie From Here to Eternity (1953) online free.

Sergeant Warden starts an affair with his commanding officer's wife, Karen. Private Prewitt is a loner and a man of few words, opposite of his best friend Maggio, who has caught the eye of sadistic Sergeant Judson. All of them frequently visit the euphemistically named whorehouse The New Congress Club, ran by the "hostess" Alma Lorene. Their lives will be swept away by the Japanese attack on the morning of December 7.

Director: Fred Zinnemann

Writers: Daniel Taradash (screenplay), James Jones (novel)

Stars: Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Frank Sinatra, Donna Reed and Ernest Borgnine

Ratings: IMDB 7.8  RottenTomatoes 8.0

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Stalag 17 (1953)

Adapted from a Broadway play, this Billy Wilder film tells the story of American airman held in a German World War II prisoner of war camp. Short review, basic movie info, trailer and full movie Stalag 17 (1953) online free.

Stalag 17 is a German POW camp exclusively populated by American sergeants. When two of them try to escape, they fall right in to a trap and are brutally shot by the guards. The rest of the prisoners immediately realize that there is a traitor among their number, and the prime suspect is the camps black marketeer Sefton.

Director: Billy Wilder

Writers: Billy Wilder, Edwin Blum

Stars: William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger

Ratings: IMDB 8.1  RottenTomatoes 8.4

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The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)

This adaptation of Sloan Wilson's best-selling novel The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit stars Gregory Peck, as WWII veteran, and an excellent supporting cast, including Ann Harding, Keenan Wynn, Henry Daniel and an uncredited DeForest Kelly (Star Trek's "Bones" McCoy). Short review, basic movie info, trailer and full movie he Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956) online free.

Tom Rath, an ex-army officer, is still haunted by the horrors he witnessed during World War II, 10 year later, as he tries to support his family, while struggling not to become a wholly  dedicated company man. Things get complicated after he learns that Maria, Italian girl who he had an affair with during the war, gave birth to his son.

Director: Nunnally Johnson

Writers: Nunnally Johnson (screenplay), Sloan Wilson (novel)

Stars: Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones, Fredric March

Ratings: IMDB 7.1  RottenTomatoes 6.4

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Dunkirk (1958)

Operation Dynamo, or the evacuation of surrounded British and French troops from the beaches of Dunkirk, one of the most significant moments of World War II, seen through the eyes of two people: a newspaper reporter and a soldier. Short review, basic movie info, trailer and full movie Dunkirk (1958) online free.

An inexperienced lance corporal has to lead a squad of soldiers who got detached from the rest of the retreating ally forces as they are to be evacuated at Dunkirk. 

Director: Leslie Norman

Writers: David Divine (screenplay), W.P. Lipscomb (screenplay), Trevor Dudley Smith (novel), Ewan Butler (book) and J.S. Bradford (book)

Stars: John Mills, Richard Attenborough, Robert Urquhart

Ratings: IMDB 6.9

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Night People (1954)

Night People (1954) is a cold war thriller about a young GI abducted by the Soviets in West Berlin. The CIA operatives are pressured to get the soldier back. Short review, basic movie info and full movie Night People (1954) online free

When a young GI is kidnapped by the Soviets, CIA operatives are pressured by the soldier`s wealthy and highly influential father to get him back. Night People (1954) is Oscar nominated thriller with Gregory Peck in the main role as Col. Steve Van Dyke. All in all one of the best movies in it`s genre and one of the best movies in the 50`s.


Director: Nunnally Johnson
Writers: Nunnally Johnson (screenplay)
Stars: Gregory Peck, Broderick Crawford, Anita Björk

Rating  IMDB    6.4

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Jet Pilot (1957)

We`ve all seen the great John Wayne on a horse saddle, but how many have seen him as a pilot of a jet plane. Short review, basic movie info and full movie Jet Pilot (1957) online free.

The legendary Hollywood producer Howard Hughes and John Wayne bring this thrilling and often humorous Cold War Adventure to the big screen. Fans of John Wayne will enjoy watching even though that it`s not his best movie. However, as far as some movie value goes the truth is that the movie is more of a propaganda movie than anything else. 

Director: Josef von Sternberg

Writer: Jules Furthman

Stars: John Wayne, Janet Leigh, Jay C. Flippen

Rating  IMDB  5.6

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The Cruel Sea (1953)

It's a portrayal of the naval battles between British Royal Navy ships and German U-boats, seen from the perspective of British naval officers and sailors. Short review, basic movie info, trailer and full movie The Cruel Sea 1953 online free.

After the Second World War begins, Lieutenant Commander George Ericson is given the command of the HMS Compass Rose. His officers and crew members are inexperienced at sea, but they soon get the chance to harden as they are sent to rescue survivors of U-boat attacks.

Director: Charles Frend

Writers: Nicholas Monsarrat (novel), Eric Ambler (screenplay)

Stars: Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden, John Stratton and Denholm Elliott

Ratings: IMDB 7.5

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The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

Although the story is fictional, this movie successfully presents the complex relations between PoW captives and their captors. Short review, basic movie info, trailer and full movie The Bridge on the River Kwai online free.

After long "persuasion", British Colonel Nicholson agrees he and his men, held in a Japanese PoW camp in 1943 Burma, to participate in the construction of a railroad bridge over the river Kwai that would be used for transportation of Japanese munition. In an attempt to provide his men some purpose in time of ordeal, Nicholson becomes obsessed with the construction of the bridge. Little do they know that the Allies plan to destroy the bridge. 

Director: David Lean

Writer: Pierre Boulle (novel), Michael Wilson (screenplay) and Carl Foreman (screenplay)

Stars: William Holden, Alec Guinness and Jack Hawkins

Ratings: IMDB 8.4  RottenTomatoes 8.8

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Spartacus (1960)

Everybody knows who Spartacus is. However, only some have seen the Spartacus from the Kubrick movie played by Kirk Douglas. Short review, basic movie info, trailer and full movie spartacus 1960 online free.

Spartacus 1960 is one of the greatest epic classic movies ever made. The fact that it`s one of the most awarded movies all time says a lot about it as well as that is directed by one of the greatest directors of all time. Regardless that the movie is made more than 50 years ago it still remains popular and loved by fans all over the world. For many fans Kirk Douglas is the best and only Spartacus.

Director: Stanley Kubrick

Writers: Dalton Trumbo 

Stars: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons

Rating  IMDB 8.0   Rottentomatoes 8.2

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