Prisoner Of War
"prisoner of war" Movies and TV Shows
#1
Where Eagles Dare
Synopsis:
World War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostage in the Schloss Adler, a Bavarian castle that's nearly impossible to breach. It's up to a group of skilled Allied soldiers to liberate the general before it's too late.
Starring:
Clint Eastwood,
Robert Beatty,
Richard Burton
#2
The Pianist
Synopsis:
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
Starring:
Adrien Brody,
Thomas Kretschmann,
Ed Stoppard
#3
The Great Escape
Synopsis:
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.
Starring:
Donald Pleasence,
James Coburn,
James Garner
#4
The General
Synopsis:
During America’s Civil War, Union spies steal engineer Johnnie Gray's beloved locomotive, 'The General'—with Johnnie's lady love aboard an attached boxcar—and he single-handedly must do all in his power to both get The General back and to rescue Annabelle.
Starring:
Buster Keaton,
Joe Keaton,
Marion Mack
Plot:
train,
confederate army,
national film registry,
army,
spy,
rescue,
escape,
civil war,
soldier,
union army
...
#5
The English Patient
Synopsis:
In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of love, betrayal, and politics.
Starring:
Colin Firth,
Willem Dafoe,
Ralph Fiennes
#6
The Empire Strikes Back
Synopsis:
The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined than ever to capture Luke. Meanwhile, rebel leader Princess Leia, cocky Han Solo, Chewbacca, and droids C-3PO and R2-D2 are thrown into various stages of capture, betrayal and despair.
Starring:
Billy Dee Williams,
Harrison Ford,
Mark Hamill
#7
The Deer Hunter
Synopsis:
A group of working-class friends decide to enlist in the Army during the Vietnam War and finds it to be hellish chaos -- not the noble venture they imagined. Before they left, Steven married his pregnant girlfriend -- and Michael and Nick were in love with the same woman. But all three are different men upon their return.
Starring:
Robert De Niro,
John Savage,
Christopher Walken
#8
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Synopsis:
The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson , the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.
Starring:
Jack Hawkins,
Alec Guinness,
William Holden
#9
Stalag 17
Synopsis:
It's a dreary Christmas 1944 for the American POWs in Stalag 17 and the men in Barracks 4, all sergeants, have to deal with a grave problem—there seems to be a security leak.
Starring:
Peter Graves,
Otto Preminger,
Sig Ruman
Plot:
prisoner of war camp,
world war two,
nazi,
betting,
diversionary tactic,
informer,
beating,
traitor,
spy,
christmas
...
#10
Seven Years in Tibet
Synopsis:
Austrian mountaineer, Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedition in 1939. But when World War II breaks out, the arrogant Harrer falls into Allied forces' hands as a prisoner of war. He escapes with a fellow detainee and makes his way to Llaso, Tibet, where he meets the 14-year-old Dalai Lama, whose friendship ultimately transforms his outlook on life.
Starring:
Brad Pitt,
BD Wong,
David Thewlis
#11
Paisan
Synopsis:
Six vignettes follow the Allied invasion from July 1943 to winter 1944, from Sicily north to Venice.
Starring:
Carmela Sazio,
Robert Van Loon,
Benjamin Emanuel
#12
Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?
Synopsis:
1940: During the chaotic running fights of the French army the 7th company disappears - nobody knows they've been taken captive. Only their scouting patrol, three witty but lazy guys, can escape and now wanders around behind the German lines. They'd like to just stay out the fights, but a Lieutenant urges them to use a captured truck to break through to their troops.
Starring:
Pierre Tornade,
Jacques Marin,
Jean Lefebvre
#13
Night and Fog
Synopsis:
Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.
Starring:
Adolf Hitler,
Michel Bouquet,
Reinhard Heydrich
Plot:
nazi,
prison,
nurse,
doctor,
1940s,
genocide,
reference to hermann goering,
essay film,
male police officer,
concentration camp
...
#14
Kelly's Heroes
Synopsis:
A misfit group of World War II American soldiers goes AWOL to rob a bank behind German lines.
Starring:
Donald Sutherland,
Clint Eastwood,
Don Rickles
#15
Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS
Synopsis:
Ilsa is a warden at a Nazi death camp that conducts experiments on prisoners. Ilsa's goal is to prove that woman can withstand more pain and suffering than men and should be allowed to fight on the front lines.
Starring:
Dyanne Thorne,
Gregory Knoph,
Tony Mumolo
#16
Grand Illusion
Synopsis:
A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own class differences after being captured and held in a World War I German prison camp. When the men are transferred to a high-security fortress, they must concoct a plan to escape beneath the watchful eye of aristocratic German officer von Rauffenstein, who has f…
Starring:
Marcel Dalio,
Jean Gabin,
Dita Parlo
Plot:
prison guard,
christmas,
burning book,
broken arm,
border crossing,
prison,
world war one,
anti war,
army,
prussian officer
...
#17
Empire of the Sun
Synopsis:
Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor, who looks out for him while they are in the camp together. Even though he is separated from his parents and in a hostile environment, Jamie maintains his dignity and youthful spirits, providing a beacon of hope for the others…
Starring:
Ben Stiller,
John Malkovich,
Joe Pantoliano
#18
Dances with Wolves
Synopsis:
Wounded Civil War soldier, John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.
Starring:
Graham Greene,
Mary McDonnell,
Kevin Costner
#19
Black Hawk Down
Synopsis:
When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.
Starring:
Jason Isaacs,
William Fichtner,
Ewen Bremner
Plot:
somalia,
u.s. army,
gunfight,
peacekeeper,
chaos,
somali,
u.s. soldier,
combat,
street shootout,
corpse
...
#20
Opposing Force
Synopsis:
A group of elite soldiers, including one woman, sign up for the ultimate training mission. The group parachutes onto a remote island, where their objective is to reach the safety zone before the "opposing force" captures them. Everything does not go as expected, and the training mission turns into the real thing.
Starring:
Tom Skerritt,
Richard Roundtree,
George Cheung