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- The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021) The Battle at Lake Changjin is the highest-grossing Chinese movie of all time and also the highest-grossing non-English movie.
- The Bamboo Prison (1954) The worst form of torture can erase any patriotism that a soldier has and in The Bamboo Prison, American POWs begin declaring allegiance to the Communist way of life after getting captured during the Korean War.
- Time Limit (1957) A Few Good Men proved that military legal dramas can be intriguing, yet such films rarely get made. Fans who have been scouring the streaming services for one such gem can check out True Limit, which follows the trial of Major Harry Cargill, who is being accused of collaborating with the enemy after being captured by North Koreans.
- The Hook (1963) In The Hook, the actual battle is between passion and empathy. Members of the Eighth U.S. Army feel strongly against the enemy during the war but when they capture a North Korean pilot and are ordered to execute him, most of them struggle to pull the trigger.
- The Long Way Home. 12 votes. Set during the Korean War, this poignant film tells the story of a South Korean soldier and a North Korean soldier who are forced to rely on each other to survive.
- Taegukgi. 37 votes. This heart-wrenching, emotionally charged film tells the story of two brothers who are forcibly drafted into the Korean War and are subsequently torn apart by the conflict.
- The Front Line. 17 votes. Following the tumultuous final days of the Korean War, this compelling film provides a harrowing look at the lives of soldiers on both sides of the conflict.
- Ode to My Father. 17 votes. This heartwarming family drama spans a period of several tumultuous decades in Korean history, focusing on a father who sacrifices everything for his loved ones.
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Gregory Peck took time off from his late-career roles as a Nazi (“Boys from Brazil”) and father of the Antichrist (“The Omen”) to play Gen. Douglas MacArthur in a movie that tracks his career from 1942 until President Harry Truman fires him for insubordination during the Korean War. There are a few important things to note about “MacArthur,” which ...
“The Bridges at Toko-Ri” is probably the biggest prestige picture to feature the Korean War. Based on James Michener’s 1953 novel, the movie follows a crew of Navy aviators assigned to bomb bridges in North Korea. William Holden stars as the World War II veteran called back into service. There’s some appropriately soapy family romance with his wife...
Samuel Fuller’s classic is a lowest-of-the-low budget movie, but it’s also the first Hollywood movie made about the Korean War. Fuller dashed off the script in a week and shot the movie in L.A.'s Griffith Park with a cast of mostly unknowns. A POW survives the North Korean execution of his unit when a bullet glances off his helmet. He's rescued by ...
“Pork Chop Hill” was one of the very last movies directed by Lewis Milestone, who won an Oscar for directing the World War I classic and 1930 Best Picture “All Quiet on the Western Front.” This Korean War movie definitely isn’t as good as that classic, but it’s a gritty battle tale that features an excellent performance from Gregory Peck. Based on ...
Robert Ryan and WWII Navy veteran Aldo Ray, two of the great tough-guy character actors in movie history, play the leaders of a unit desperately trying to rejoin their division after they’re cut off behind enemy lines. The story takes place over a single day in September 1950. The Army wanted nothing to do with the picture, because it believed that...
“The Hook” is one overheated drama starring U.S. Navy WWII veteran Kirk Douglas, maybe the only actor who can convince an audience to follow him into the depths of internal torment this story is trying to sell. Douglas leads a unit of 8th Army soldiers who are aboard a merchant ship when they capture a downed North Korean pilot. Ordered to execute ...
Another movie made on a shoestring budget, “War Hunt” is notable for being the first starring role for Robert Redford. He plays a private sent to the front lines in the closing days of the war who finds himself serving alongside a soldier (John Saxon, “Enter the Dragon”) who’s infiltrating enemy lines at night to perform a weird killing ritual that...
Set in the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in South Korea during 1951, M*A*S*H” follows two new doctors as they adjust to the absurdity of the war around them. As anyone who lived through that era will tell you, the movie is based only loosely on the Korean War novel by Richard Hooker. Screenwriter Ring Lardner Jr. threw out most everything bu...
Some of you who have read this far are looking for a mention of the 1981 bomb “Inchon,” starring Laurence Olivier as MacArthur. Truly one of the worst war movies ever made, it has no place on a must-see list unless you’re looking for lessons in how not to tell a story.
- Taegukgi. Korean title: 태극기 휘날리며 (Taegukgi Hwinallimyeo) | Conflict: Korean War | Released: 2004. Last but not least, we have Taegukgi— the most renowned Korean military film ever.
- The Front Line. Korean title: 고지전 (Gojijeon) | Conflict: Korean War | Released: 2011. With The Front Line, we move to the Korean War’s closing days. As armistice negotiations drag on in 1953, North and South Korean forces jockey to control strategic hills along the 38th Parallel.
- 71: Into the Fire. Korean title: 포화 속으로 (Pohwa sogeuro) | Conflict: Korean War | Released: 2010. Based on true events, 71: Into the Fire tells the story of 71 student soldiers who fought hundreds of elite North Korean troops in the Korean War’s early days.
- Welcome to Dongmakgol. Korean title: 웰컴 투 동막골 (Welkeom tu dongmakgol) | Conflict: Korean War | Released: 2005. Also set in an idyllic village, Welcome to Dongmakgol is probably the most popular civilian-focused Korean War film of all time.
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- M*A*S*H (1970) M*A*S*H is often considered one of the greatest films ever made, making it an easy choice for number one in this ranking. This black comedy war film was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won Best Adapted Screenplay.
- The Manchurian Candidate (1962) The Manchurian Candidate is a 1962 film following a Korean War veteran who is brainwashed before leaving Korea, causing him to hatch a plan to overthrow the United States' government.
- Pork Chop Hill (1959) The 1959 war film, Pork Chop Hill, depicts the first Battle of Pork Chop Hill, which occurred in 1953 between the U.S. Army's 7th Infantry Division and the combined forces of China and North Korea.
- The Steel Helmet (1951) The Steel Helmet is notable for actually being filmed during the Korean War, the same conflict in which it takes place. The film follows U.S. Army Sergeant Zack (Gene Evans), who befriends a young Korean boy after the child saves his life following the death of his entire platoon.
Men in War. 1957 1h 42m Approved. 7.1 (3.1K) Rate. During the Korean War, a battle-worn lieutenant and his platoon are behind enemy lines, and have orders to march to Hill 465 for possible relief. Director Anthony Mann Stars Robert Ryan Aldo Ray Robert Keith.
1. Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War. 2004 2h 20m R. 8.0 (41K) Rate. 64 Metascore. 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. Director Kang Je-kyu Stars Jang Dong-gun Won Bin Lee Eun-ju. 2. The Steel Helmet. 1951 1h 25m Approved.
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