Films like The Battle of the River Plate
In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open to supply the British Isles, facing the great danger posed by the many German warships, such as the Admiral Graf Spee, which are scouring the ocean for ca...
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Sink the Bismarck!
Film · 1960 · also drama and warThe story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen—during the early days of World War II. The Bismarck and her siste...
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The Cruel Sea
Film · 1953 · also drama and historyAt the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training. The winter seas make l...
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Greyhound
Film · 2020 · also drama and warA first-time captain leads a convoy of allied ships carrying thousands of soldiers across the treacherous waters of the "Black Pit" to the front lines of WWII. With no ai...
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The Last Rifleman
Film · 2023 · also drama and historyA WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landing...
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The Scarlet and the Black
Film · 1983 · also drama and historyFr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His activities become s...
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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Film · 2003 · also drama and warAfter an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to ca...
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Tobruk
Film · 1967 · also drama and historyIn September 1942, the German Afrika Korps under Rommel have successfully pushed the Allies back into Egypt. A counter-attack is planned, for which the fuel dumps at Tobr...
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Waiting for Anya
Film · 2020 · also drama and warDuring the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Sp...
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In Which We Serve
Film · 1942 · also drama and warThe story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship’s first and only commanding officer is Capt...
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The Wings of Eagles
Film · 1957 · also drama and warThe story of Frank W. "Spig" Wead - a Navy-flyer turned screenwriter.
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