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1. Hair (1979)
PG | 121 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Claude Bukowski leaves the family ranch in Oklahoma for New York where he is rapidly embraced into the hippie group of youngsters led by Berger, yet he's already been drafted. He soon falls in love with Sheila Franklin, a rich girl but still a rebel inside.
Director: Milos Forman | Stars: John Savage, Treat Williams, Beverly D'Angelo, Annie Golden
Votes: 40,933 | Gross: $15.28M
2. Rachel Getting Married (2008)
R | 113 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman who has been in and out of rehab for the past ten years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Debra Winger, Sebastian Stan
Votes: 51,311 | Gross: $12.80M
3. Sergeant York (1941)
Passed | 134 min | Biography, Drama, History
A Tennessee farmer and marksman is drafted in World War I, and struggles with his pacifist inclinations before becoming one of the most celebrated war heroes.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie, George Tobias
Votes: 19,803 | Gross: $16.40M
4. That Man from Rio (1964)
Not Rated | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A young private on military leave comes to the rescue of his girlfriend who's been abducted by thieves and brought to Rio de Janeiro. An extravagant adventure ensues.
Director: Philippe de Broca | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Françoise Dorléac, Jean Servais, Roger Dumas
Votes: 6,197 | Gross: $0.04M
5. The Lucky Ones (2008)
R | 115 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Three different soldiers - a woman and two men - return from war and facing the peaceful life's problems of each other.
Director: Neil Burger | Stars: Rachel McAdams, Tim Robbins, Michael Peña, Molly Hagan
Votes: 14,558 | Gross: $0.18M
6. Stop-Loss (2008)
R | 112 min | Drama, War
A veteran soldier returns from his completed tour of duty in Iraq, only to find his life turned upside down when he is arbitrarily ordered to return to field duty by the Army.
Director: Kimberly Peirce | Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Abbie Cornish, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rob Brown
Votes: 20,901 | Gross: $10.91M
7. Fort Bliss (2014)
TV-14 | 116 min | Drama, War
After returning home from an extended tour in Afghanistan, a decorated U.S. Army medic and single mother struggles to rebuild her relationship with her young son.
Director: Claudia Myers | Stars: Pablo Schreiber, Michelle Monaghan, Ron Livingston, Emmanuelle Chriqui
Votes: 3,558
8. Tonight and Every Night (1945)
Approved | 92 min | Drama, Musical, War
The theater in which this film is set was called The Windmill and performers there refused to be deterred by the blitz that was leveling much of London at the time.
Director: Victor Saville | Stars: Rita Hayworth, Lee Bowman, Janet Blair, Marc Platt
Votes: 1,139
9. Every Time We Say Goodbye (1986)
PG-13 | 98 min | Drama, Romance, War
A Protestant World War II pilot and a Jewish girl fall in love in Jerusalem, even though their diverse backgrounds threaten to pull them apart.
Director: Moshé Mizrahi | Stars: Tom Hanks, Cristina Marsillach, Benedict Taylor, Anat Atzmon
Votes: 2,751 | Gross: $0.28M
10. A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)
Approved | 132 min | Drama, Romance, War
On the Russian front in 1944, German private Ernst Graeber receives a leave and visits his family in Germany but Germany isn't the same country he left behind.
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: John Gavin, Liselotte Pulver, Jock Mahoney, Don DeFore
Votes: 3,724
11. A Foreign Affair (1948)
Approved | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In occupied Berlin, an army captain is torn between an ex-Nazi café singer and the U.S. congresswoman investigating her.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Jean Arthur, Marlene Dietrich, John Lund, Millard Mitchell
Votes: 8,564
12. The Christmas Card (2006 TV Movie)
84 min | Drama, Romance
US soldier visits the town from where an inspirational Christmas card was sent to him by a church group that mails cards out to servicemen as a goodwill effort.
Director: Stephen Bridgewater | Stars: Edward Asner, John Newton, Alice Evans, Lois Nettleton
Votes: 4,529
13. The Silence of the Sea (1949)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Romance, War
In occupied France, an elderly man and his niece are forced to give shelter to a German army lieutenant who seemingly loves their country and culture.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Howard Vernon, Nicole Stéphane, Jean-Marie Robain, Ami Aaröe
Votes: 5,663
14. To Each His Own (1946)
Approved | 122 min | Drama, Romance
An unwed mother, forced to give up her child to avoid scandal, follows her son's life from afar even as she prospers in business.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Olivia de Havilland, John Lund, Mary Anderson, Roland Culver
Votes: 3,028
15. Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Romance, War
Young Russian soldier Alyosha earns a medal, but asks to visit his mother instead. His journey recounts various kinds of love during wartime.
Director: Grigoriy Chukhray | Stars: Vladimir Ivashov, Zhanna Prokhorenko, Antonina Maksimova, Nikolay Kryuchkov
Votes: 11,309
16. Red Heat (1985)
R | 104 min | Thriller
An American woman visiting her fiancée in West Germany is caught up with a defecting spy and captured by those in the East. After brutal interrogation she is placed in a prison along with ... See full summary »
Directors: Robert Collector, Ernst Ritter von Theumer | Stars: Linda Blair, Sylvia Kristel, Sue Kiel, William Ostrander
Votes: 885
17. Or (My Treasure) (2004)
Unrated | 97 min | Drama, Romance
Or shoulders a lot: she's 17 or 18, a student, works evenings at a restaurant, recycles cans and bottles for cash, and tries to keep her mother Ruthie from returning to streetwalking in Tel... See full summary »
Director: Keren Yedaya | Stars: Dana Ivgy, Ronit Elkabetz, Meshar Cohen, Katia Zinbris
Votes: 1,613 | Gross: $0.03M
18. Stateside (2004)
R | 97 min | Drama, Music, Romance
The film follows a rebellious teenager on leave from the Marines who falls in love with a female musician. The relationship is threatened when she develops a mental illness...
Director: Reverge Anselmo | Stars: Jonathan Tucker, Rachael Leigh Cook, Agnes Bruckner, Val Kilmer
Votes: 1,995 | Gross: $0.17M
19. Dear Ruth (1947)
Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
A family is befuddled when a World War II serviceman shows up to meet and marry his pen pal sweetheart. Everyone's in the dark about the romance by mail. Then they discover Ruth's younger sister was the culprit.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Joan Caulfield, William Holden, Mona Freeman, Edward Arnold
Votes: 715
20. Anguish (2015)
TV-MA | 91 min | Drama, Horror
A girl, Tess, is diagnosed with an identity disorder that may actually be channeling an evil, dead spirit inside of her.
Director: Sonny Mallhi | Stars: Ryan Simpkins, Annika Marks, Karina Logue, Cliff Chamberlain
Votes: 2,367
21. Wooden Crosses (1932)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, War
World War 1 begins and a young man enlists to fight for his country.
Director: Raymond Bernard | Stars: Pierre Blanchar, Gabriel Gabrio, Charles Vanel, Raymond Aimos
Votes: 1,698
22. Shadow (II) (2009)
Not Rated | 77 min | Horror
When a young soldier leaves for a mountain biking excursion, he meets the girl of his dreams as well as a group of violent locals who want to see them dead at any cost.
Director: Federico Zampaglione | Stars: Jake Muxworthy, Karina Testa, Ottaviano Blitch, Chris Coppola
Votes: 2,773
23. Captain Conan (1996)
129 min | Drama, War
The war exploits of French captain Conan and his men during World War I and during the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Philippe Torreton, Samuel Le Bihan, Bernard Le Coq, Catherine Rich
Votes: 2,449
24. I Want You (1951)
Passed | 102 min | Drama
In 1950, small-town Americans try to deal with military conscription.
Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Dana Andrews, Dorothy McGuire, Farley Granger, Peggy Dow
Votes: 614
25. The Impatient Years (1944)
Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
To rekindle their love, a divorce judge orders a couple whose marriage is on the rocks to re-enact their four-day breakneck courtship.
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Jean Arthur, Lee Bowman, Charles Coburn, Edgar Buchanan
Votes: 434
26. Christmas Camp (2018 TV Movie)
TV-G | 81 min | Drama, Family, Romance
To get a big promotion, Hayley, an advertising executive who specializes in social media and all things hip, must land a toy company that is all about traditional Christmas as an account.
Director: Jeff Fisher | Stars: Lily Anne Harrison, Bobby Campo, John James, Geraldine Leer
Votes: 853
27. American Son (2008)
R | 90 min | Drama, Romance, War
The story of a young Marine, fresh from Camp Pendleton, who is forced to confront the complexities of adulthood and a volatile home life during a four-day Thanksgiving leave.
Director: Neil Abramson | Stars: Nick Cannon, Matt Sigloch, Dotan Baer, Justin Diedolf
Votes: 916
28. The Investigator (1997 TV Movie)
87 min | Biography, Drama
A military police woman is given the job of tracking down and removing lesbians from the army.
Director: Chris Oxley | Stars: Helen Baxendale, Christopher Fulford, Sean Gilder, Katrina Levon
Votes: 250
29. Furlough on Parole (1938)
87 min | Drama, War
Berlin, 1918. During six hours' leave, German soldiers see their (un)faithful wives, meet their teachers, experience first love, and two of them are confronted with the leftist revolutionary movement. Will they return and do their duty?
Director: Karl Ritter | Stars: Ingeborg Theek, Iwa Wanja, Rolf Möbius, Fritz Kampers
Votes: 56
30. Pioneers in Ingolstadt (1971 TV Movie)
84 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Berta, a naive young maid, searches for love when the army engineers come to town to build a bridge.
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Hanna Schygulla, Harry Baer, Irm Hermann, Rudolf Waldemar Brem
Votes: 626
31. Alfa Tau! (1942)
90 min | Drama, War
Director: Francesco De Robertis | Stars: Giuseppe Addobbati, Marina Chierici, Liana Persi, Lilla Pilucolio
Votes: 72
32. Flight Into Darkness (1935)
111 min | Drama
Charles Vanel and Annabella star respectively as a daring WW I aviator and his loving but neglected wife. Ostracized by the other pilots because of his recklessness and standoffishness, ... See full summary »
Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Annabella, Charles Vanel, Jean Murat, Jean-Pierre Aumont
Votes: 170
33. Yhdeksän miehen saappaat (1969)
273 min | Drama, War
Based on a novel by Pentti Haanpää, the series tells the story of nine men's fates during the Second World War.
Stars: Matti Oravisto, Heikki Kinnunen, Alpo Kukkonen, Veijo Pasanen
Votes: 30
34. Sprays of Champagne (1989)
100 min | Drama, War
During the Great Patriotic War, a wounded lieutenant , Volodya,returns to Moscow for a short leave with his mother and sister, and experiences disillusionment with the conditions he finds.
Director: Stanislav Govorukhin | Stars: Aleksei Burykin, Antonina Venediktova, Natalya Shchukina, Oleg Menshikov
Votes: 58
35. Manillaköysi (1976 TV Movie)
70 min | Comedy, War
Director: Veli-Matti Saikkonen | Stars: Erkki Pajala, Vesa Mäkelä, Esko Hukkanen, Martti Kuningas
Votes: 246
36. 1st to Fight: Pacific War Marines (2020)
60 min | Documentary, History, War
The Battle for Guadal Canal, as told by the men who were there. Narrated by Jon Seda, there are side-by-side images of the island today. A stirring documentary, told in real time.
Director: Tim Gray | Stars: Jon Seda, Bill Finnegan, Daniel Martinez, Lou Imfeld
Votes: 11
37. The Godson (1952)
78 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Vivika Zaharouli, sick and tired of the goings-on of her womanizer husband, welcomes in Athens her godchild, who comes to live in their house. She doesn't know, however, that this is not her godchild but an impostor.
Director: Maria Plyta | Stars: Anthi Zaharatou, Mimis Fotopoulos, Alekos Alexandrakis, Lakis Skellas
Votes: 50
38. Meidän poikamme (1929)
102 min | Drama
Director: Erkki Karu | Stars: Axel Slangus, Waldemar Wohlström, Olga Leino, Birgit Sergelius
Votes: 42
39. 1943 elokuu (1990 TV Movie)
43 min | Drama, War
Director: Veikko Aaltonen | Stars: Eeva-Maija Haukinen, Juuso Hirvikangas, Santeri Kinnunen, Oiva Lohtander
Votes: 6
40. Discharged (2008)
25 min | Short, Drama
Two brothers which never got over their disputes in the past.
Director: Micha Kinsbruner | Stars: Michael Moshonov, Dan Kastoriano, Shimrit Lustig, Yoav Levi
41. Total Carnage (1992 Video Game)
Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Following a war in 1999, a ruthless dictator closes off his country for reasons unknown and has kidnapped reporters that have entered the country for a scoop.
Star: Ed Boon
Votes: 40
42.
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966)
Episode:
Honeymoons Are for the Lucky
(1964)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Rob recalls the hurdles he had having his honeymoon with Laura.
Director: Jerry Paris | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Larry Mathews
Votes: 260
43.
F.C. De Kampioenen (1990–2020)
Episode:
Spoorloos
(1998)
Comedy, Romance, Sport
Xavier guards Boma's villa to avoid spring cleaning. DDT, unable to repay his victims, desperately tries to save his garage. He distorts a contest and wins a solarium. Dimitri De Tremmerie's last stand.
Director: Stef Desmyter | Stars: Danni Heylen, An Swartenbroekx, Herman Verbruggen, Marijn De Valck
Votes: 18
44.
Soldier Soldier (1991–1997)
Episode:
Sweet Revenge
(1995)
TV-14 | 50 min | Drama
As the men return to the UK and go on leave, an face from Dave Tucker's past comes to visit. Paddy Garvey and Nancy Thorpe make some important decisions and Major Rory Taylor reflects on what might have been.
Director: Geoff Harris | Stars: James Nesbitt, Rosie Rowell, Denise Welch, Robson Green
Votes: 7
45.
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers (1956–1957)
Episode:
The Glass Necklace
(1957)
30 min | Adventure
While on leave, Rhodes and Storm get mixed up with thieves, a crooked police commissioner, and beautiful school teachers while searching for stolen rifles.
Director: Douglas Heyes | Stars: Philip Carey, Warren Stevens, Abraham Sofaer, Lee Aaker
46.
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers (1956–1957)
Episode:
The Steel Bracelet
(1956)
30 min | Adventure
While on leave, Rhodes and Stone journey to visit one of Stone's acquaintances, a Indian prince and become involved in an attempted assassination.
Director: Robert G. Walker | Stars: Philip Carey, Warren Stevens, Eva Gabor, John Hubbard
47.
Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975)
Episode:
News from the Front
(1974)
TV-14 | 51 min | Drama
James is home on leave and offers a realistic account of what is really happening on the front and Daisy and Edward announce their engagement to Hudson.
Director: Derek Bennett | Stars: Angela Baddeley, Gordon Jackson, Meg Wynn Owen, Simon Williams
Votes: 87
48.
Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975)
Episode:
Peace out of Pain
(1974)
TV-14 | 51 min | Drama
While James is convalescing, Richard proposes to Mrs. Hamilton, Edward comes home, and Hazel comes down with the Spanish flu as the war draws to an end,
Director: Christopher Hodson | Stars: Jean Marsh, Gordon Jackson, Lesley-Anne Down, Simon Williams
Votes: 86
49.
Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975)
Episode:
Another Year
(1974)
TV-14 | 51 min | Drama
At the end of a very difficult year, the New Year is full of hope and augurs well, especially for Richard Bellamy
Director: Cyril Coke | Stars: Jean Marsh, Angela Baddeley, Gordon Jackson, Meg Wynn Owen
Votes: 98
50.
Inés of My Soul (2020)
Episode:
Hambre de gloria
(2020)
Drama
HUNGER FOR GLORY: After the destruction of Santiago, poverty and famine seem to have taken their toll on the city's inhabitants, since the Promised Land seems not to be such. Faced with ... See full summary »
Directors: Nicolás Acuña, Vicente Sabatini | Stars: Elena Rivera, Eduardo Noriega, Benjamín Vicuña, Enrique Arce
Votes: 21