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1	Empire of the Sun (1987) more movies like this directed by Steven Spielberg featuring Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers, Joe Pantoliano Based on J.G. Ballard's autobiographical novel, Empire of the Sun stars Christian Bale as a spoiled young British boy, living with his wealthy family in pre-World War II Shanghai. During the Japanese invasion, Bale is separated from his parents. With the help of soldier-of-fortune John Malkovich, Bale learns to survive without a retinue of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.85!
2	The Great Escape (1963) more movies like this directed by John Sturges featuring Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, James Coburn The Great Escape is based on the true story of a group of Allied prisoners of war who managed to escape from an allegedly impenetrable Nazi prison camp during World War II. At the beginning of the film, the Nazis gather all their most devious and troublesome POWs and place them at a new prison camp, which was designed to be impervious to escapes. ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $6.75!
3	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) more movies like this directed by David Lean featuring William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, Geoffrey Horne, James Donald The Bridge on the River Kwai opens in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Burma in 1943, where a battle of wills rages between camp commander Colonel Saito (Sessue Hayakawa) and newly arrived British colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness). Saito insists that Nicholson order his men to build a bridge over the river Kwai, which will be used to transport ... see all copies from $3.50! new only from $4.95!
4	The Deer Hunter (1978) more movies like this directed by Michael Cimino featuring Robert De Niro, John Cazale, John Savage, Meryl Streep, Christopher Walken One of several 1978 films dealing with the Vietnam War (including Hal Ashby's Oscar-winning Coming Home), Michael Cimino's epic second feature The Deer Hunter was both renowned for its tough portrayal of the war's effect on American working class steel workers and notorious for its ahistorical use of Russian roulette in the Vietnam sequences. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.99!
5	Hart's War (2002) more movies like this directed by Gregory Hoblit featuring Bruce Willis, Colin Farrell, Terrence Howard, Marcel Iures Based on the novel by John Katzenbach, author of Just Cause (1995), this prison camp drama combines elements of A Soldier's Story (1984) and the classic Stalag 17 (1953). Colin Farrell stars as Lt. Tommy Hart, a second-year Harvard Law School student who enlists to fight in World War II but ends up being taken prisoner by the Germans. When a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.99!
6	Escape from Sobibor (1987) more movies like this directed by Jack Gold During WWII, Sobibor was a notorious Nazi death camp. This gripping, fact-based drama chronicles the courage of an inmate who managed the largest escape from such a place. Thanks to him, over 300 prisoners were freed. Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide see all copies from $2.42! new only from $2.42!
7	Victory (1981) more movies like this directed by John Huston featuring Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Max von Sydow, Pele, Werner Roth John Huston directed this exciting World War II action film, which culminates in a rousing soccer game. In a German prisoner of war camp, Major Karl von Steiner (Max Von Sydow), the camp commander, once a member of the German national soccer team, decides to put together a soccer match between a team of Allied prisoners, led by Captain John Colby ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.98!
8	Three Came Home (1950) more movies like this directed by Jean Negulesco featuring Claudette Colbert, Patric Knowles, Sessue Hayakawa, Florence Desmond, Sylvia Andrew Based on the autobiographical book by Agnes Newton Keith, Three Came Home stars Claudette Colbert as Mrs. Keith. Trapped in Borneo during the Japanese invasion, Mrs. Keith and her British husband (Patric Knowles) are penned up in a prison camp along with several other subjects. Despite the humanitarian views of camp commander Col. Suga (Sessue ... see all copies from $2.20! new only from $4.47!
9	Stalag 17 (1953) more movies like this directed by Billy Wilder featuring William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger, Robert Strauss, Harvey Lembeck The scene is a German POW camp, sometime during the mid-1940s. Stalag 17, exclusively populated by American sergeants, is overseen by sadistic commandant Oberst Von Schernbach (Otto Preminger) and the deceptively avuncular sergeant Schultz (Sig Ruman). The inmates spend their waking hours circumventing the boredom of prison life; at night, they ... see all copies from $9.54! new only from $13.99!
10	Andersonville (1996) more movies like this directed by John Frankenheimer featuring Jarrod Emick, Frederic Forrest, Ted Marcoux, Tom Aldredge, Carmen Argenziano Made for the TNT cable channel, this lengthy docudrama records the harrowing conditions at the Confederacy's most notorious prisoner-of-war camp. The drama unfolds through the eyes of a company of Union soldiers captured at the Battle of Cold Harbor, VA, in June 1864, and shipped to the camp in southern Georgia. A private, Josiah Day (Jarrod Emick ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.64!
11 view cover	Grand Illusion (1937) more movies like this directed by Jean Renoir featuring Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay, Erich Von Stroheim, Marcel Dalio, Dita Parlo, Julien Carette Frequently cited as both one of the greatest films about war and one of the greatest films ever made, Jean Renoir's La Grande Illusion is an often witty, sometimes poignant, frequently moving examination of the futility of war. During World War I, twoFrench airmen are shot down while taking surveillance photographs in German territory: Capt. de ... see all copies from $3.94! new only from $3.94!
12 view cover	Playing for Time (1980) more movies like this directed by Daniel Mann featuring Vanessa Redgrave, Jane Alexander, Shirley Knight The made-for-television Playing for Time debuted on September 30, 1980. Vanessa Redgrave stars as Fania Fenelon, a Jewish cabaret singer working in Paris at the time of the Nazi invasion. Shipped to the Auschwitz death camp in 1944, Fenelon is certain that she is as doomed as all the other prisoners. But SS camp matron Shirley Knight has other ... see all copies from $25.74!
13 view cover	Paradise Road (1997) more movies like this directed by Bruce Beresford featuring Glenn Close, Pauline Collins, Cate Blanchett, Frances McDormand, Julianna Margulies Based on the testimony of survivors, this historical drama recounts the WWII heroism of female prisoners of war. (Glenn Close) stars as Adrienne Partiger, a society doyenne who flees Singapore with other expatriate women, mostly the wives of servicemen, when Japanese forces invade in 1942. When their gunboat is sunk in an air attack, the survivors ... see all copies from $2.71! new only from $4.97!
14 view cover	The Hill (1965) more movies like this directed by Sidney Lumet featuring Sean Connery, Harry Andrews, Ian Bannen, Alfred Lynch, Ossie Davis The Hill was unfairly subjected to ridicule by the more obtuse "critics" of 1965 who harped on the fact that it starred Sean Connery and, unlike Connery's Bond pictures, had no women in it. Bypassing these cretinous comments, it must be noted that The Hill is an above-the-norm entry in the "military prison" genre. The film takes place during World ... see all copies from $4.96! new only from $14.90!
15 view cover	Bent (1997) more movies like this directed by Sean Mathias featuring Mick Jagger, Clive Owen, Lothaire Bluteau, Brian Webber Sean Mathias directed this screen adaptation of Martin Sherman's award-winning play about the persecution of homosexuals by Nazis during World War II. In Germany, the Nazi party's program of genocide against any and all perceived "enemies" is coming into full swing when the party begins a violent purge of homosexuals in its membership. Max (Clive ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.04!
16 view cover	Prisoner of the Mountains (1996) more movies like this directed by Sergei Bodrov featuring Oleg Menshikov, Sergei Bodrov Jr., Susanna Mekhralieva, Dzhemal Sikharulidze, Alexandr Bureev Political rivals, divided by a bloody war, are forced to come to terms with one another in this drama, which was adapted from Leo Tolstoy's short story "Prisoner of the Caucasus." In Chechnya, two Russian soldiers, nervous rookie Vania (Sergei Bodrov, Jr.) and hardened veteran Sasha (Oleg Menshikov), are captured by Muslim forces. Abdul-Murat ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $11.04!
17 view cover	Triumph of the Spirit (1989) more movies like this directed by Robert M. Young featuring Willem Dafoe, Edward James Olmos, Robert Loggia, Wendy Gazelle, Kelly Wolf Triumph of the Spirit is the true story of Salamo Arouch, a Greek-Jewish boxer imprisoned in Auschwitz during World War II. Arrested while attempting to help his family and friends escape the Nazi juggernaut, Arouch (Dafoe) is slated for extermination. He manages to survive--and to serve as an inspiration for his fellow inmates--by literally ... see all copies from $3.50! new only from $6.99!
18 view cover	The Purple Heart (1944) more movies like this directed by Lewis Milestone featuring Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, Farley Granger, Kevin O'Shea, Sam Levene, Don "Red" Barry, Tala Birell The year is 1942: eight American airmen crash-land during the Doolittle bombing raid on Tokyo and are taken prisoner. Though slated for execution, the pilots are put through a "show trial" by the military, on a charge of committing war crimes. The Japanese judges promise to be merciful if only the Americans will reveal vital US military secrets. ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $11.04!
19 view cover	Colditz (2005) more movies like this directed by Stuart Orme featuring Tom Hardy, Laurence Fox, Damian Lewis, James Fox, Sophia Myles, Jason Priestley, Timothy West A courageous group of soldiers plot their escape from the well-fortified Colditz compound in this World War II adventure drama starring Jason Priestly, Damian Lewis, and Sophia Myles. Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide see all copies from $5.31! new only from $23.22!
20 view cover	Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983) more movies like this directed by Nagisa Oshima featuring David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jack Thompson Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence was the first English-language project of Japanese director Nagisa Oshima (Death by Hanging, In the Realm of the Senses). In tune with his previous filmic essays on racism and brutality, Merry Christmas concentrates on a war of wills between rebellious POW David Bowie and camp commandant Ryuichi Sakomoto. Assuming ... see all copies from $4.65!
21 view cover	Into the Sun (1992) more movies like this directed by Fritz Kiersch featuring Anthony Michael Hall, Michael Paré, Deborah Moore, Terry Kiser, Brian Haley Anthony Michael Hall and Michael Pare star in this ridiculous rip-off of Top Gun and Rambo III. Hall plays Tom Slade, a Hollywood pretty-boy star who prepares for a film role by hanging around Air Force fighter pilot Paul Watkins (Michael Pare). Of course, Paul resents the Hollywood intrusion, but as the film unravels, he begins to respect Tom ... see all copies from $2.29!
22 view cover	The Road to Guantanamo (2006) more movies like this directed by Mat Whitecross, Michael Winterbottom featuring Rizwan Ahmed, Farhad Harun, Waqar Siddiqui, Arfan Usman, Ruhel Ahmed Winner of the Silver Bear at the 2006 Berlin Film Festival, The Road to Guantanamo, directed by Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross, uses interviews, news footage, and reenactments to tell the story of the Tipton Three, young British men of Pakistani descent who were detained for over two years without charges at Guantanamo Bay by the American ... see all copies from $12.33! new only from $12.33!
23 view cover	The Good War (2002) more movies like this directed by Giorgio Serafini featuring Roy Scheider, Luca Zingaretti, Vincent Riotta, Sue Cremin, Charles Fathy Giorgio Serafini's World-War II prisoner-of-war drama The Good War stars Roy Scheider as an American colonel at a detention camp for Italian soldiers. Scheider's character butts heads with detainee Luca Zingaretti. Their relationship takes an unusual turn when the camp closes at the end of the war and the two men are left behind together. Perry ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.95!
24 view cover	In Love and War (1988) more movies like this directed by Paul Aaron featuring James Woods James Woods stars in this biographical portrait of war hero--and future Ross Perot running mate--James Stockdale, a naval pilot held as a POW by the Vietnamese for over eight years. Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.52!
25 view cover	The Blockhouse (1973) more movies like this directed by Clive Rees featuring Charles Aznavour, Peter Sellers Set during World War 2, The Blockhouse takes place virtually in its entirety in an underground German blockhouse. Six men of wildly varying nationalities and walks of life are trapped in the blockhouse-and remain so for over six years. Though their prison is well stocked with food and beverages, the mortality rate is appalling, the victims dying ... see all copies from $6.99! new only from $6.99!

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