141. Bridge, The ( Brücke, Die )
Year of Release: 1961
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Bernhard Wicki
Actors: Folker Bohnet, Fritz Wepper, Michael Hinz, Frank Glaubrecht, Karl Michael Balzer, Volker Lechtenbrink
Plot: A group of naive German schoolboys eagerly heads into battle toward the end of World War Two. They are soon disillusioned.
142. Pork Chop Hill
Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lewis Milestone
Actors: Gregory Peck, Harry Guardino, Rip Torn, George Peppard, Carl Benton Reid, James Edwards
Plot: Grim story of one of the major battles of the Korean War. While negotiators are at work in Panmunjom trying to bring the conflict to a negotiated end, Lt. Joe Clemons is ordered to launch an attack and retake Pork Cop Hill. It's tough on the soldiers who know that the negotiations are under way and no one wants to die when they think it will all soon be over. The hill is of no particular strategic military value but all part of showing resolve during the negotiations. Under the impression that the battle has been won, battalion headquarters orders some of the men withdrawn when in fact they are in dire need of reinforcements and supplies. As the Chinese prepare to counterattack and broadcast propaganda over loudspeakers, the men prepare for what may be their last battle.
143. The Last Command
Year of Release: 1928
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Actors: Emil Jannings, Evelyn Brent, William Powell, Jack Raymond, Nicholas Soussanin, Michael Visaroff
144. Battle for Haditha
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nick Broomfield
Actors: Matthew Knoll, Eric Mehalacopoulos, Nathan De La Cruz, Andrew McLaren, Elliot Ruiz, Vernon Gaines
145. Green Zone
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Greengrass
Actors: Matt Damon, Jason Isaacs, Brendan Gleeson, Greg Kinnear, Amy Ryan, Khalid Abdalla
Plot: Roy Miller is a U.S. officer looking for the truth in Iraq. When faulty information and the failure of covert operations uncover a different truth, he goes rogue, hoping to track down the truth on his own.
146. Damned, The ( caduta degli dei, La )
Year of Release: 1969
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NC-17
Director: Luchino Visconti
Actors: Dirk Bogarde, Ingrid Thulin, Helmut Griem, Helmut Berger, Charlotte Rampling, Renaud Verley
147. Uncommon Valor
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Actors: Gene Hackman, Robert Stack, Fred Ward, Randall 'Tex' Cobb, Patrick Swayze, Jane Kaczmarek
148. Greyhound
Year of Release: 2020
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Aaron Schneider
Actors: Tom Hanks, Elisabeth Shue, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Tom Brittney, Stephen Graham, Lee Norris
Plot: Follows career naval officer Ernest Krause, who is given command of the destroyer Greyhound, leading a convoy of ships across the North Atlantic shortly after the U.S. enters WWII. With a group of German U-boats on their tail, Krause will have to deal with the realities of war, and his own self-doubts on the long, dangerous journey.
149. Taking Chance
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ross Katz
Actors: Kevin Bacon, Tom Aldredge, Nicholas Art, Blanche Baker, Guy Boyd, James Castanien
150. Go for Broke!
Year of Release: 1951
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Pirosh
Actors: Van Johnson, Lane Nakano, George Miki, Akira Fukunaga, Ken K. Okamoto, Henry Oyasato
Plot: The story of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team - a group comprised of Japanese-American soldiers during WWII. Though commanding officer Lt. Mike Grayson had his doubts, the unit proves their honor and sacrifice in battle and Grayson realizes his prejudice is looking in the wrong place as he turns the mirror on himself.
