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- The majority of these prisoner-of-war movies revolve around World War II, and occasionally other 20th-century conflicts, like World War I and the Vietnam War. Some focus on survival, while others are centered around escape, and are generally based on true events/people or, at the very least, inspired by real-world events.
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Based on true facts, the film revolves around 6 brave soldiers who escape from the clutches of the Pakistan Army and risk death with honour and courage with sacrifice towards their journey home. Director Amrit Sagar Stars Manoj Bajpayee Ravi Kishan Deepak Dobriyal
- La Grande Illusion (1937) Director: Jean Renoir. As the new French biopic Renoir makes clear, if anything separated the artistic temperament of director Jean Renoir from his painter father, Pierre-Auguste, it was his experiences as an aviator in the first world war, which gave him a much more politicised eye for beauty than the Impressionist ever had.
- Stalag 17 (1953) Director: Billy Wilder. Billy Wilder was among the many Austrian- or German-born émigré directors who fled to Hollywood during the rise of the Nazi party in Europe.
- The Colditz Story (1955) Director: Guy Hamilton. The 1950s were peak time for the prisoner-of-war film as a genre, with filmmakers capitalising on the many tales of heroism in captivity that came to light after the second world war.
- A Man Escaped (1956) Director: Robert Bresson. Critic David Thomson has pointed out that the title of Robert Bresson’s 1956 classic A Man Escaped gives away the ending.
Feb 27, 2024 · From classics like The Great Escape to the underrated Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, there's no shortage of great prisoner of war movies out there.
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- 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.
- The Great Escape
- Stalag 17
- The Grand Illusion
- The Bridge on The River Kwai
- The Railway Man
- King Rat
- Rescue Dawn
- Von Ryan's Express
- Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
- Rambo: First Blood Part II
Based on a real-life escape from the German Stalag Luft III camp, this movie made Steve McQueen a star and features outstanding performances from James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Coburn and Charles Bronson. Director John Sturges was a real action movie pro, with a resumé that includes "Bad Day at Black Rock," "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" ...
Written and directed by Billy Wilder, this movie tells the story of a different German POW camp, one where the prisoners are sure that one of them is informing to the Nazis. William Holden leads the POWs and the search for the informant. Don't ruin the ending: the culprit comes as a surprise and Wilder masterfully handles the suspense throughout.
What's a World War I movie in French (with subtitles) doing on its list? Well, director Jean Renoir's story of French prisoners in a German camp is one of the greatest movies ever made. Americans might find its theme a bit disorienting: European class divisions mean that the French officers have a more sympathetic relationship with their German off...
The Oscar winner for Best Picture for 1957, this movie is the first on our list that begins to overlap with Unbroken. Set in a Japanese POW camp in Burma in 1942-1943, the film is a complicated one. Alec Guinness plays Major John Nicholson, a British officer who refuses to work on a Japanese railway bridge because the Geneva Convention declares tha...
Colin Firth stars as Eric Lomax, a former British POW who worked on the same railway portrayed in Kwai. After struggling through life after the war, Lomax tracks down the Japanese officer who tortured him and returns to the scene of the torture in an attempt to let go of his hate for his captors.
Novelist James Clavell was a Japanese POW during World War II and he based his novel on his experiences in a particularly brutal camp in Singapore. George Segal plays Corporal King, an American who survives his incarceration through his ability to work the black market. "King Rat" plays like a prison movie and Segal's character surprisingly seems a...
Considering how much Vietnam-era POW and MIA issues dominated the United States in the '70s and '80s, it's surprising how few films have seriously explored the era. In a movie based on actual events, Christian Bale plays U.S. Navy pilot Dieter Dengler, shot down on a secret mission over Laos in 1966. After meeting fellow American in a POW camp, he ...
Frank Sinatra plays a U.S. fighter pilot shot down over Italy who survives extreme conditions in a POW cam. After the Italian government surrenders to the Allies, he leads the prisoners to highjack a train that they commandeer through Nazi-occupied Italy to freedom in Switzerland. Of course, not everyone makes it and Sinatra gets to play the hero.
David Bowie plays British Major Jack Celliers and Tom Conti plays Lt. Colonel John Lawrence imprisoned in a Japanese camp. The camp commander, Captain Yonoi, is played by Ryuchi Sakamoto, a Japanese music star with no acting experience. The camp commander is played by Miyavi, who's also a Japanese music star with no acting experience. Conti's Japan...
John Rambo went to prison at the end of "First Blood" (1982). The Vietnam veteran stood up for his principles and willingly paid the price for resisting disrespect on the home front. That should have been the end of the story. Stallone had other ideas and wrote one of the most outrageous scripts of the '80s. There are rumors that Vietnam is still h...
Jul 1, 2024 · Some of the most critically acclaimed POW movies include The Great Escape, Unbroken, and Empire of the Sun. The Great Escape is a classic tale of daring escape attempts by allied POWs during World War II, showcasing the importance of unity and perseverance amidst impossible odds.
May 3, 2024 · From The Deer Hunter to The Great Escape, here are 20 of the best prisoner of war movies ever made. These gripping prisoner of war films showcase the full spectrum of human emotions. MovieWeb
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