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Korean War

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  • Operation Dames (1959)

    1. Operation Dames

    19591h 14mApproved
    4.0 (130)
    During the Korean War, a troupe of traveling USO entertainers find themselves behind enemy lines with a squad of American soldiers. Together they try to find their way back to their own lines while trying to avoid capture, but the North Koreans discover their presence and set out after them.
    DirectorLouis Clyde StoumenStarsEve MeyerChuck HendersonDon Devlin
  • Charles Bronson, Richard Conte, John Alderson, John Dennis, Peggie Castle, Chuck Connors, and Richard Stapley in Target Zero (1955)

    2. Target Zero

    19551h 32mApproved
    5.8 (484)
    Set during the Korean War, a unit of American soldiers, together with three British tank crew, find themselves trapped behind enemy lines.
    DirectorHarmon JonesStarsRichard ContePeggie CastleCharles Bronson
  • Alan Ladd and June Allyson in The McConnell Story (1955)

    3. The McConnell Story

    19551h 46mApproved
    6.3 (698)
    A Korean War fighter pilot hero returns home to test fly the new Sabre jets despite his wife's uneasiness regarding his job.
    DirectorGordon DouglasStarsAlan LaddJune AllysonJames Whitmore
  • The Hook (1963)

    4. The Hook

    19631h 38mApproved
    6.5 (838)
    In the final days of the Korean War, an enemy airman is captured by three American soldiers who cannot bring themselves to follow the order to execute their prisoner.
    DirectorGeorge SeatonStarsKirk DouglasRobert Walker Jr.Nick Adams
  • Robert Mitchum and Ann Blyth in One Minute to Zero (1952)

    5. One Minute to Zero

    19521h 45mApproved
    5.8 (886)
    During the early days of the Korean War, U.S. Army colonel Steve Janowski is one of the military advisers training the South Korean army and he's tasked with evacuating American civilians from the war zone.
    DirectorTay GarnettStarsRobert MitchumAnn BlythWilliam Talman
  • War Hunt (1962)

    6. War Hunt

    19621h 23mApproved
    6.2 (1.2K)
    Dispatched to the front lines during the Korean War, an idealistic American soldier discovers the horrors of combat and comes at odds with a psychopathic member of his platoon.
    DirectorDenis SandersStarsJohn SaxonCharles AidmanSydney Pollack
  • Kim Min-ho, Jared Grimes, Oh Jung-se, Do Kyung-soo, and Park Hye-soo in Swing Kids (2018)

    7. Swing Kids

    20182h 13mTV-14
    7.5 (3.1K)
    The story of Ro Gi Soo, a tap dancing North Korean soldier who was held captive in the Geoje prison camp during the Korean War.
    DirectorKang Hyoung-chulStarsOh Jung-seA.J. SimmonsDo Kyung-soo
  • The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

    8. The Manchurian Candidate

    19622h 6mPG-1394Metascore
    7.9 (83K)
    An American POW in the Korean War is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.
    DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsFrank SinatraLaurence HarveyJanet Leigh
  • The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)

    9. The Bridges at Toko-Ri

    19541h 42mApproved
    6.7 (6.7K)
    During the Korean War, a Navy fighter pilot must come to terms with his own ambivalence towards the war and the fear of having to bomb a set of highly defended bridges.
    DirectorMark RobsonStarsWilliam HoldenGrace KellyFredric March
  • The Front Line (2011)

    10. The Front Line

    20112h 13mNot Rated59Metascore
    7.3 (7.4K)
    A drama centered on the Korean War's final battle that will determine the border between north and south.
    DirectorHun JangStarsShin Ha-kyunGo SooRyu Seung-su
  • MacArthur (1977)

    11. MacArthur

    19772h 10mPG
    6.5 (5.5K)
    Biopic of General Douglas MacArthur covering his war exploits during WW2 and the Korean War.
    DirectorJoseph SargentStarsGregory PeckDan O'HerlihyEd Flanders
  • Cha Seung-won, Kim Seung-woo, Kwon Sang-woo, and Choi Seung-hyun in 71: Into the Fire (2010)

    12. 71: Into the Fire

    20102h
    7.2 (6K)
    The story of student-soldiers trying to protect a middle school during the early days of the Korean War.
    DirectorJohn H. LeeStarsCha Seung-wonKwon Sang-wooChoi Seung-hyun
  • Gregory Peck in Pork Chop Hill (1959)

    13. Pork Chop Hill

    19591h 37mApproved
    7.0 (5.6K)
    During the Korean War peace talks in Panmunjom, U.S. troops fight and die trying to retake a worthless hill from the Communist Chinese forces.
    DirectorLewis MilestoneStarsGregory PeckHarry GuardinoRip Torn
  • Laurence Olivier, Jacqueline Bisset, and Ben Gazzara in Inchon (1981)

    14. Inchon

    19812h 20mPG
    2.8 (906)
    During the Korean War, General Douglas MacArthur masterminds the amphibious invasion of Inchon in September 1950.
    DirectorTerence YoungStarsLaurence OlivierJacqueline BissetBen Gazzara
  • Chattahoochee (1989)

    15. Chattahoochee

    19891h 38mR
    6.3 (2.6K)
    In 1955 Florida, a Korean vet has a breakdown and is incarcerated in a "maximum security" mental health prison, where patients are abused.
    DirectorMick JacksonStarsGary OldmanDennis HopperFrances McDormand
  • Gene Evans in The Steel Helmet (1951)

    16. The Steel Helmet

    19511h 25mApproved
    7.4 (5K)
    A ragtag group of American stragglers battles against superior Communist troops in an abandoned Buddhist temple during the Korean War.
    DirectorSamuel FullerStarsGene EvansRobert HuttonSteve Brodie
  • Battle Circus (1953)

    17. Battle Circus

    19531h 30mApproved
    5.9 (1.7K)
    Set in Korea and made during the war, this is the love story of a hard-bitten Army surgeon, and a new nurse ready to save the world.
    DirectorRichard BrooksStarsHumphrey BogartJune AllysonKeenan Wynn
  • Retreat, Hell! (1952)

    18. Retreat, Hell!

    19521h 35mApproved
    6.4 (595)
    The saga of a battalion of U.S. Marines during the Korean War, starting with their training, landing at Inchon in 1950, advance into North Korea and their subsequent retreat back to the 38th parallel.
    DirectorJoseph H. LewisStarsFrank LovejoyRichard CarlsonAnita Louise
  • Japanese War Bride (1952)

    19. Japanese War Bride

    19521h 31mApproved
    6.6 (181)
    Korean War veteran returns home to rural Salinas, California with his new Japanese wife, whom he met at a war hospital. The couple are forced to deal with the sometimes subtle, sometimes overt racism of his family and the townspeople, especially after the birth of their son.
    DirectorKing VidorStarsShirley YamaguchiDon TaylorCameron Mitchell
  • Battle on Shangganling Mountain (1956)

    20. Battle on Shangganling Mountain

    19562h 4mNot Rated
    6.7 (187)
    The story takes place during the Korean War (1951-1953). In the fall of 1952, the American troops launched a large-scale attack by the border between South Korea and North Korea during the Sino-American negotiation at Banmen Dian. Zhang Zhong Fa, a company commander of the Chinese Voluntary Army, led his troops to guard Shanggangling Mount. In an extremely difficult situation, they guarded their position for 24 days. The American were forced to resume the negotiation and sign the the armistice.
    DirectorsShan LinMeng ShaStarsBaocheng GaoLinge XuLiang Zhang
  • Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004)

    21. Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War

    20042h 20mR64Metascore
    8.0 (42K)
    When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.
    DirectorKang Je-kyuStarsJang Dong-gunWon BinLee Eun-ju
  • Liam Neeson, Lee Jung-jae, Lee Beom-su, and Jin Se-yeon in Battle for Incheon: Operation Chromite (2016)

    22. Battle for Incheon: Operation Chromite

    20161h 51mNot Rated50Metascore
    6.2 (6.5K)
    A team of spies is sent into Incheon to gain intelligence on North Korean positions ahead of the invasion by UN forces.
    DirectorJohn H. LeeStarsLiam NeesonLee Jung-jaeLee Beom-su
  • Kim Myung-min, Megan Fox, and Choi Min-ho in The Battle of Jangsari (2019)

    23. The Battle of Jangsari

    20191h 44m
    6.3 (2K)
    A unit of student soldiers on a diversionary mission for the Battle of Incheon during the Korean War in 1950.
    DirectorsTae-hun KimKwak Kyung-taekStarsMegan FoxLee Jae-wookGeorge Eads
  • Taner Birsel, Çetin Tekindor, Ismail Hacioglu, Murat Yildirim, Ali Atay, Damla Sönmez, Büsra Develi, and Kim Seol in Ayla: The Daughter of War (2017)

    24. Ayla: The Daughter of War

    20172h 5m
    8.2 (46K)
    Sergeant Süleyman finds a little girl on a battlefield during the Korean War. He takes her and names her Ayla. Fifteen months later, Süleyman's brigade is told they will be returning to Turkey, and he is reluctant to leave her behind.
    DirectorCan UlkayStarsÇetin TekindorIsmail HaciogluLee Kyung-jin
  • Rock Hudson, Dan Duryea, Don DeFore, Martha Hyer, Anna Kashfi, and Jock Mahoney in Battle Hymn (1957)

    25. Battle Hymn

    19571h 48mApproved
    6.2 (1.4K)
    A remorseful bomber pilot-turned-minister rejoins for the Korean War.
    DirectorDouglas SirkStarsRock HudsonMartha HyerDan Duryea

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