Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "military-service"
- Movies or TV
- Genres
- Keywords
- IMDb Rating
- Instant Watch Options
- In Theaters
- Release Year
51. Neue Vahr Süd (2010 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy
In 1980 West Germany, Frank Lehmann is drafted into the Bundeswehr. Frank moves in with hippie squatters in his natal Bremen. Just as in the army, his big mouth and naive honesty keep causing trouble.
Director: Hermine Huntgeburth | Stars: Frederick Lau, Eike Weinreich, Miriam Stein, Hinnerk Schönemann
Votes: 1,760
52. Count Your Blessings (1959)
Approved | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Grace hastily marries a French aristocrat during WWII, but is separated by circumstance from him for almost nine years. And when reunited, Charles's philandering causes them to divorce and ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Deborah Kerr, Rossano Brazzi, Maurice Chevalier, Martin Stephens
Votes: 387 | Gross: $1.77M
53. Les bidasses s'en vont en guerre (1974)
90 min | Adventure, Comedy, War
Four young soldiers spend most of their army service under punishment for various pranks and jokes.
Director: Claude Zidi | Stars: Jean-Guy Fechner, Gérard Filippelli, Gérard Rinaldi, Jean Sarrus
Votes: 736
54. Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt (1965)
164 min | Drama, Romance, War
Two 17-year-olds, Werner Holt and Gilbert Wolzow, are pulled out of school and into Hitler's army. Gilbert becomes a fanatical soldier, but at the front Werner begins to understand the ... See full summary »
Director: Joachim Kunert | Stars: Klaus-Peter Thiele, Manfred Karge, Arno Wyzniewski, Günter Junghans
Votes: 374
55. The Breaking of Bumbo (1970)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy
The hilarious adventures of young Bumbo Bailey, who enlists in the Brigade of Guards and is based in the prestigious Wellington Barracks in London in the Swinging Sixties. He regards his social life as important as his military.
Director: Andrew Sinclair | Stars: Richard Warwick, Joanna Lumley, Natasha Pyne, Jeremy Child
Votes: 84
56. My Way Home (1978)
Not Rated | 71 min | Biography, Drama
Jamie leaves the children's home to live with his paternal grandmother. After working in a mine and in a tailor's shop, he is conscripted into the RAF, and goes to Egypt, where he is ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Douglas | Stars: Stephen Archibald, Paul Kermack, Jessie Combe, William Carrol
Votes: 869
57. Navy Secrets (1939)
Passed | 62 min | Adventure, Thriller
A Navy officer is assigned to break up a spy ring within the service itself.
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Fay Wray, Grant Withers, Craig Reynolds, Wilhelm von Brincken
Votes: 113
58. Någonstans i Sverige (1973–1974)
350 min | Drama, War
In the end of 1939 the Soviet Union attacks Finland. In Sweden 100.000 men are quickly drafted to guard the northeastern border. Men, who have almost no military training, are suddenly ... See full summary »
Stars: Janne Carlsson, Jan Nygren, Per Waldvik, Willie Andréason
Votes: 163
59. Vääpeli Körmy ja marsalkan sauva (1990)
111 min | Comedy
The colonel's wife's tin pints need to be cleaned up, and Sergeant First Class Körmy tasks two privates to do so.
Director: Ere Kokkonen | Stars: Heikki Kinnunen, Pekka Huotari, Pertti Koivula, Jukka Puotila
Votes: 705
60. One Way Ticket to the Moon (2013)
123 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In 1969, two young brothers travel through Poland not only to send one of them to his army unit at the seaside, but also to become real grown-ups and learn something about themselves.
Director: Jacek Bromski | Stars: Filip Plawiak, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz, Bozena Adamek, Alicja Bach
Votes: 519
61. Tish (1942)
Passed | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Letitia "Tish" Carberry, an eccentric New England spinster, lives with her nephew, Charlie Sands, and her two cronies, Aggie Pilkington and Lizzie Wilkins, live in a near-by boarding house.... See full summary »
Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Marjorie Main, Zasu Pitts, Aline MacMahon, Susan Peters
Votes: 287
62. Ferestadeh (1983)
103 min | Drama
An Iranian assassin is sent to the United States to kill a former Iranian official who served under the Shah of Iran. The night before the assassination he find out that his target (Mr. ... See full summary »
Director: Parviz Sayyad | Stars: Parviz Sayyad, Mary Apick, Houshang Touzie, Saeed Rajai
Votes: 238
63. Suicide Fleet (1931)
Passed | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Three US sailors fight German U-boats in World War I aboard a decoy ship and try to win Ginger Rogers who works on the Coney Island midway.
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: William Boyd, Robert Armstrong, James Gleason, Ginger Rogers
Votes: 261
64. The Tank Battalion (1991)
83 min | Comedy
The lacking attitude of a conscripted university graduate places him at odds with the power and doctrine of his military superiors. His secret relationship with the wife of a superior ... See full summary »
Director: Vít Olmer | Stars: Lukás Vaculík, Roman Skamene, Simona Chytrová, Vítezslav Jandák
Votes: 527
65. The Painting Sellers (2010)
58 min | Drama
It's almost Christmas but these three people are still on the road. The products don't sell, the car is a wreck and the weather is freezing. There is an issue: how to cope with an emerging friendship?
Director: Juho Kuosmanen | Stars: Teppo Manner, Auli Mantila, Tuomas Airola, Marketta Immonen
Votes: 231
66. NVA (2005)
98 min | Comedy
The story of young recruits doing their compulsory military service in the East German army 'NVA' prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Director: Leander Haußmann | Stars: Kim Frank, Oliver Bröcker, Detlev Buck, Jasmin Schwiers
Votes: 1,625
67. Stop Fooling Around... Soldier! (1977)
90 min | Comedy
Stuck in military training in Germany, four friends find new ways to get girls and mess with their colonel.
Director: Michel Gérard | Stars: Stéphane Hillel, Rémi Laurent, Michel Bonnet, Frédéric Duru
Votes: 147
68. Military Academy (2007)
85 min | Comedy
Basti, doesn't want to go to the Bundeswehr and writes a denial. But as his mate who fancies Basti's girlfriend "forgets" to send the denial Basti is taken in by the Bundeswehr- What seemed to be a nightmare soon becomes a funny adventure.
Director: Granz Henman | Stars: Franz Dinda, Florian Lukas, Axel Stein, Kailas Mahadevan
Votes: 1,632
69. Romans o vlyublyonnykh (1974)
135 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Sergey and his girlfriend Tanya must postpone their matrimony, because he must do military service. When Sergey later disappears during a rescue mission, Tanya is depressed, but her family persuades her to marry Sergey best friend, Igor.
Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy | Stars: Evgeniy Kindinov, Elena Koreneva, Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Irina Kupchenko
Votes: 388
70. Vääpeli Körmy - Taisteluni (1994)
107 min | Comedy
The entire Finnish Defence Forces are laid off, excluding Sargeant First Class Körmy and their regiment. During this time Sweden shows interest in a piece of land in Finland, sparking conflict between the two nations.
Director: Ere Kokkonen | Stars: Heikki Kinnunen, Kalevi Kahra, Pentti Siimes, Vesa Vierikko
Votes: 525
71. Pêcheur d'Islande (1924)
93 min | Drama
Faithfully reproduced observations of Breton fisherfolk in story of the man a local woman really loves who will not at first give himself to her because of his fondness for the sea that takes him away.
Director: Jacques de Baroncelli | Stars: Sandra Milovanoff, Charles Vanel, Thomy Bourdelle, Noémi Seize
Votes: 61
72. Delay - raz! (1990)
85 min | Drama
Recruit Alexei Gavrilov ends up in a unit where hazing reigns. He resists as much as he can to the three "grandfathers" who, on the eve of demobilization, decide to recoup as much as ... See full summary »
Director: Andrey Malyukov | Stars: Evgeniy Mironov, Vladimir Mashkov, Aleksandr Domogarov, Sergei Shentalinsky
Votes: 242
73. The Deserter (2003)
PG | 75 min | Comedy, Drama, History
A British Revolutionary War drummer accidentally deserts from his regiment and is hunted down for execution.
Director: Eric Bruno Borgman | Stars: Eric Bruno Borgman, Michael Kaplan, George Souza, Michael Greeley
Votes: 50
74. Ajolähtö (1982)
107 min | Drama, Romance
Juuso, Late, and Pyry return from military service to their small village in the Finnish countryside. Finding work is difficult there, so Juuso decides to take a job on a Norwegian ... See full summary »
Director: Mikko Niskanen | Stars: Heikki Paavilainen, Timo Torikka, Tero Niva, Sanna Majanlahti
Votes: 241
75. An die Grenze (2007 TV Movie)
106 min | Drama, Romance
1974. The world is divided into two rigid power blocs. A highly guarded and deadly armed border cuts across Germany. ALEXANDER KAROW, 19, son of a chemistry professor, chooses to serve in ... See full summary »
Director: Urs Egger | Stars: Jacob Matschenz, Bernadette Heerwagen, Max Riemelt, Florian Panzner
Votes: 264
76. Komanda 33 (1988)
84 min | Drama
A regular military call-up. Young guys, having got call-up papers and having passed a medical board checkup, enjoy themselves and spend the last days of freedom in different ways: some in ... See full synopsis »
Director: Nikolai Gusarov | Stars: Yuriy Nazarov, Aleksandr Rakhlenko, Sergey Tezov, Sergei Sozinov
Votes: 55
77. The Happiest Man on Earth (2019)
85 min | Documentary
A documentary about gender roles, in which men, including the director himself, are given the chance to express their feelings.
Director: Joonas Berghäll | Stars: Ari Kautto, Jani Tepsa, Joonas Laakso, Kimmo Holmberg
Votes: 240
78. Ich gelobe (1994)
115 min | Drama
In a small army base at the Eastern border of Austria a young recruit is trained to be a soldier to protect his country in case of war. He has to stay for 8 months and during this time he escapes in his own fantasy world...
Director: Wolfgang Murnberger | Stars: Christoph Dostal, Andreas Lust, Andreas Simma, Marcus J. Carney
Votes: 203
79. Magneettimies (2009)
79 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A look at the life and music of Pekka Streng who died at the age of 26 in 1975.
Director: Arto Halonen | Stars: Atte Blom, Sinikka Haapanen, Jukka Hakoköngäs, Arto Halonen
Votes: 111
80. Plötzlich Türke (2016 TV Movie)
85 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Having a Turkish father and a German mother, a young man loses his German citizenship and has trouble to change this.
Director: Isabel Braak | Stars: Oliver Konietzny, Nikola Kastner, Nina Petri, Vedat Erincin
Votes: 105
81. Cateto a babor (1970)
83 min | Comedy
Miguel Cañete is a village man who is called up by the Navy to do military service, but he lives alone with his little brother and doesn't know where to leave him...
Director: Ramón Fernández | Stars: Alfredo Landa, José Gálvez, Florinda Chico, Enriqueta Carballeira
Votes: 280
82. Meidän poikamme (1929)
102 min | Drama
Director: Erkki Karu | Stars: Axel Slangus, Waldemar Wohlström, Olga Leino, Birgit Sergelius
Votes: 42
83. A Citizen's Guide to Preserving Democracy (2024 TV Special)
Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary, History
As elements of society attempt to destroy our democracy, it is up to American citizens to stand up to defend our democracy.
Director: Ann Benjamin | Stars: George Bush, Elena Callaway, Spencer Cox, Nolan Finley
Votes: 17
84. Flowers of Reverie (1985)
102 min | Drama, History
In 1849 the Hungarian revolution is beaten down by the Russian Army. Ferenc Majláth, who was an officer in the army of the revolution, has to choose between imprisonment or getting enlisted... See full summary »
Director: László Lugossy | Stars: György Cserhalmi, Grazyna Szapolowska, Jirí Adamíra, Boguslaw Linda
Votes: 134
85. The Memory of Ingmar Bergman (2018)
55 min | Documentary, Biography
"Without Bergman, I would be someone else," Jörn Donner has said on several occasions. Now Donner has made a trip to Fårö and dug into his archives and the result has been " The Memory of ... See full summary »
Director: Jörn Donner | Stars: Jörn Donner, Ingmar Bergman, Harriet Andersson, Annikki Arni
Votes: 35
86. GI Jews: Jewish Americans in World War II (2018)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary, History
GI JEWS: Jewish Americans in World War II tells the story of the 550,000 Jewish American men and women who fought in World War II. In their own words, veterans both famous and unknown (from... See full summary »
Director: Lisa Ades | Stars: Hal Baumgarten, Mel Brooks, Morton D. Brooks, Harry Corre
Votes: 118
87. Beim Bund (1982– )
25 min | Drama
Stars: Markus Conrad, Hans Stadlbauer, Richy Müller, Tilo Prückner
88. Kesän maku (1975)
100 min | Drama
Liisa arrives on an island to serve as a nurse at a military installation. She needs solitude to reconcile with herself.
Director: Asko Tolonen | Stars: Virpi Uimonen, Ritva Oksanen, Juha Hyppönen, Jukka Auvinen
Votes: 43
89. Draft Day (2013)
10 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
In Thailand, all males turning 21 must participate in the military draft lottery. Drawing a black card grants exemption. Drawing a red card results in two years of military service. DRAFT ... See full summary »
Director: Josh Kim
Votes: 43
90. Fatima (1958)
105 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A newborn girl was exposed to Ossetian prince. Several years passed away. Beauty Fatima and prince's son Jambolat fell in love.
Director: Siko Dolidze | Stars: Vladimir Tkhapsaev, Tamara Kokova, Otar Megvinetukhutsesi, Giuli Chokhonelidze
Votes: 59
91. Three Sons o' Guns (1941)
Passed | 65 min | Comedy, Romance
Having being left a widow when her sons were young, Margaret Patterson struggles to bring them up on the limited family finances. When they reach manhood, they cause her much travail ... See full summary »
Director: Benjamin Stoloff | Stars: Wayne Morris, Marjorie Rambeau, Irene Rich, Tom Brown
Votes: 115
92. About Sidorov Vova (1985)
10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The boy Vova Sidorov is the only child in a large family. From the very childhood, a whole crowd of relatives took care of him, and they performed any of his whims. It all began in the ... See full summary »
Director: Eduard Nazarov | Star: Sergey Yurskiy
Votes: 347
93. Les hors-la-loi (1969)
107 min | Drama
Excellent music from « Georges Moustaki» Takes place before the independence Algerian war. Shows how people restart to fight after a 100 year of colonization And after the end of «emir Abdelkader».
Director: Tewfik Fares | Stars: Sid Ahmed Agoumi, Cheikh Nourredine, Mohamed Chouikh, Malek Kateb
Votes: 20
94. Screen Snapshots Series 23, No. 1: Hollywood in Uniform (1943)
Approved | 10 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
Several prominent actors are seen in their new roles as WWII military officers and enlisted men. Highlights include Robert Stack (a former amateur skeet shooting champion) displaying his ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: Eddie Albert, Desi Arnaz, Gene Autry, Art Baker
Votes: 51
95. American Caesar (1985– )
240 min | Documentary, War
Explores the life and actions of one of America's military legends. Part 1 follows MacArthur from his days as a forgotten hero soldiering in the Philippines on the eve of Pearl Harbor to ... See full summary »
Stars: John Huston, John Colicos, Douglas MacArthur
Votes: 38
96. Rakkaus alkaa aamuyöstä (1966)
101 min | Drama
Erkki has just been released from the army, but he refuses to receive the summer job that his father is offering to him and starts to think what he really wants to do with his life.
Director: Jarno Hiilloskorpi | Stars: Martti Järvinen, Elli Castrén, Liisamaija Laaksonen, Leo Jokela
Votes: 64
97. Kazdy mlady muz (1966)
83 min | Comedy
Jurácek's feature debut is shot in two parts. In the first, a corporal accompanies a new recruit with a sore Achilles tendon for his physical, and all the girls or young women they see are ... See full summary »
Director: Pavel Jurácek | Stars: Pavel Landovský, Ivan Vyskocil, Hana Ruzickova, Jaromír Hanzlík
Votes: 71
98. Radio Stars on Parade (1945)
Approved | 69 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A Hollywood talent agency tries to avoid finacial ruin by getting its best clients on the air.
Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Wally Brown, Alan Carney, Frances Langford, Ralph Edwards
Votes: 83
99. Druga generacija (1983)
88 min | Drama
A teenager arrives from Germany to his grandparents in Novi Sad. He can't adjust to Yugoslavian schools, system or slow way of life, so he asks his folks to go back, but his parents insist on him staying. What now?
Director: Zelimir Zilnik | Stars: Petar Bosancic, Vlastimir Sinko, Dragan Sokoljanski, Sanja Zlatkovic
Votes: 47
100. Laivaston monnit maissa (1954)
79 min | Comedy
A military farce about a reluctant sailor, who is recruited into the Navy. His time in the unit turns into a holiday resort, where a spy ring operates.
Director: Ville Salminen | Stars: Ari Laine, Irja Rannikko, Mej-Ling Axberg, Jussi Jurkka
Votes: 42