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1. The Great Escape (1963) Approved | 172 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller. 8.2. Rate. 86 Metascore. Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II. Director: John Sturges | Stars: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson. Votes: 258,737 | Gross: $12.10M.
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- 'The Great Escape' (1963) Director: John Sturges. The Great Escape’s title is a perfect one, because it’s all about an escape, and it’s an indisputably great movie.
- 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' (1957) Director: David Lean. An adventure/war movie that won Best Picture, all the while also being an undeniably excellent epic, The Bridge on the River Kwai centers on a group of British prisoners forced to build a bridge by their Japanese captors during the Second World War.
- 'Devils on the Doorstep' (2000) Director: Jiang Wen. An incredibly underrated war movie that deserves a lot more attention than it gets, Devils on the Doorstep takes a unique approach to both the war genre broadly and the prisoner-of-war sub-genre more specifically.
- 'Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence' (1983) Director: Nagisa Ōshima. Telling a story about a clash of cultures while being set almost entirely in a prisoner of war camp and partially qualifying as a Christmas movie, Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence really does have it all.
- The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957) A classic in every sense, this is a satire on the unrighteousness of human nature using the construction of a bridge as a medium.
- The Great Escape (1963) Based on a real life incident of a mass escape of British prisoners from a German camp, is classic tale of dare and adventure.
- Empire Of The Sun (1987) Directed by the visionary Steven Spielberg, it is about the loss of innocence of a kid, during the times of war. A young Jamie (Played by a very young Christian Bale) gets separated from his parents during the Japanese invasion and forced to stay in a POW camp.
- Stalag 17 (1953) A prison camp where every details about the incarcerated POWs are spilled to the holding Nazi German authorities. Thinking that one of their own has betrayed them, the remaining prisoners start looking for the mole.
Sep 2, 2001 · To End All Wars: Directed by David L. Cunningham. With Ciarán McMenamin, Robert Carlyle, Kiefer Sutherland, Mark Strong. During World War II, four Allied POWs endure harsh treatment from their Japanese captors while being forced to build a railroad through the Burmese jungle.
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A classic drama film about American GIs in a Korean POW camp during the Korean War. Watch the trailer, read the synopsis, and see the cast and crew of this film based on a true story.
- Andrew Marton, Joel Freeman
- Ronald Reagan
Apr 18, 2013 · 10 great prisoner-of-war films. Celebrating the endurance and ingenuity of soldiers in captivity, movies about prisoners of war make for compelling cinema. We round up 10 of the best. 18 April 2013. By Sam Wigley. Captured (1959) Buy Captured on BFI dual format edition (Blu-ray/DVD)
Mar 8, 2024 · 1. The Great Escape. Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough. 29 votes. Released: 1963. Directed by: John Sturges. Expertly directed by John Sturges, The Great Escape is an enthralling film based on the true events of a daring mass escape from a German prisoner-of-war camp during World War II.
