Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "beach-landing"

1. Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

PG-13 | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A soldier fighting aliens gets to relive the same day over and over again, the day restarting every time he dies.

Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton, Brendan Gleeson

Votes: 737,926 | Gross: $100.21M

2. The Thin Red Line (1998)

R | 170 min | Drama, History, War

Adaptation of James Jones' autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War.

Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Kirk Acevedo

Votes: 199,760 | Gross: $36.40M

3. Operation Mincemeat (2021)

PG-13 | 128 min | Drama, War

During WWII, two intelligence officers use a corpse and false papers to outwit German troops.

Director: John Madden | Stars: Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen, Kelly Macdonald, Rufus Wright

Votes: 35,274

4. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

R | 141 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryô Kase

Votes: 170,162 | Gross: $13.76M

5. Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

R | 135 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The life stories of the six men who raised the flag at the Battle of Iwo Jima, a turning point in World War II.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Barry Pepper, Joseph Cross, Jesse Bradford

Votes: 129,331 | Gross: $33.60M

6. The Big Red One (1980)

R | 113 min | Drama, War

A hardened sergeant and the four core members of his infantry unit try to survive World War II as they move from battle to battle throughout Europe.

Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine, Bobby Di Cicco

Votes: 21,410

7. The Million Eyes of Sumuru (1967)

Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Adventure

Sumuru, a megalomaniacal femme fatale, makes a bid for world domination by eliminating male leaders and replacing them with her sexy female agents.

Director: Lindsay Shonteff | Stars: Frankie Avalon, George Nader, Shirley Eaton, Wilfrid Hyde-White

Votes: 1,316

8. To Hell and Back (1955)

Approved | 106 min | Action, Biography, Drama

The true WWII story of Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier in U.S. history. Based on the autobiography of Audie Murphy who stars as himself in the film.

Director: Jesse Hibbs | Stars: Audie Murphy, Marshall Thompson, Charles Drake, Jack Kelly

Votes: 5,971

9. The Battle of Jangsari (2019)

Not Rated | 104 min | Action, Drama, War

A unit of student soldiers on a diversionary mission for the Battle of Incheon during the Korean War in 1950.

Directors: Kyung-taek Kwak, Kim Tae-yong | Stars: Megan Fox, George Eads, Lee Jae-wook, Kim Min-kyu

Votes: 1,858

10. PT 109 (1963)

Approved | 140 min | Biography, Drama, War

President John F. Kennedy kept a unique inauguration gift on his desk: a plastic-encased coconut. The tale of that coconut is the heroic story of PT 109.

Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Robert Culp, Ty Hardin, James Gregory

Votes: 2,995

11. Beach Red (1967)

GP | 105 min | Drama, War

As a US marine unit fight against the defenders of a Japanese held island, both sides are haunted by their own thoughts and memories.

Director: Cornel Wilde | Stars: Cornel Wilde, Rip Torn, Burr DeBenning, Patrick Wolfe

Votes: 1,704

12. A Walk in the Sun (1945)

Approved | 117 min | Drama, War

During WWII, a platoon of American soldiers trudge through the Italian countryside in search of a bridge they have been ordered to blow up, encountering danger and destruction along the way.

Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, George Tyne, John Ireland

Votes: 4,084

13. Battle Cry (1955)

Approved | 149 min | Drama, Romance, War

Young Marines have adventures in love and war.

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Van Heflin, Aldo Ray, Mona Freeman, Nancy Olson

Votes: 2,629 | Gross: $17.44M

14. The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)

Approved | 88 min | Biography, Drama, War

The story of the final years of the respected World War II German general, Erwin Rommel.

Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: James Mason, Cedric Hardwicke, Jessica Tandy, Luther Adler

Votes: 6,716

15. The Naked and the Dead (1958)

Approved | 131 min | Drama, War

Set during the Pacific War against the Japanese, this WW2 drama discerns between achieving one's mission at any cost versus preserving the lives under one's command and enforcing discipline through fear as opposed to mutual respect.

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Aldo Ray, Cliff Robertson, Raymond Massey, Lili St. Cyr

Votes: 1,788

16. Captain from Castile (1947)

Passed | 140 min | Adventure, Drama

The invasion of Mexico by Cortez, as seen by a young Spanish officer fleeing the Inquisition.

Director: Henry King | Stars: Tyrone Power, Jean Peters, Cesar Romero, Lee J. Cobb

Votes: 2,227

17. What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966)

Approved | 116 min | Comedy, War

In World War II, a strategic Italian village agrees to surrender to the Allies only if it's allowed to organize a celebratory festival while giving aerial reconnaissance the false impression of fierce ground fighting.

Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: James Coburn, Dick Shawn, Sergio Fantoni, Giovanna Ralli

Votes: 2,255

18. Halls of Montezuma (1951)

Approved | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A company of Marines races against the clock to find a Japanese rocket base.

Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Richard Widmark, Jack Palance, Reginald Gardiner, Robert Wagner

Votes: 2,956

19. William the Conqueror (2014 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 54 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

Blending drama with the explanations of passionate historians and specialists, this enriched historical reconstruction traces 60 years in the life a man who transformed the Middle Ages and ... See full summary »

Director: Frédéric Compain | Stars: Vincent Deniard, Eric Challier, Géraldine Martineau, Tercelin Kirtley

Votes: 180

20. Darby's Rangers (1958)

Approved | 121 min | Action, Drama, War

The lives, loves, and battles of fictional characters in the Army's First Ranger Battalion during WWII.

Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: James Garner, Etchika Choureau, Jack Warden, Edd Byrnes

Votes: 1,594

21. Between Heaven and Hell (1956)

Approved | 94 min | Drama, War

The spoiled rich son of a wealthy Southerner is changed by his experiences in the Pacific during World War II.

Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Broderick Crawford, Buddy Ebsen

Votes: 1,537

22. The Frogmen (1951)

Approved | 96 min | Adventure, Drama, War

The new commander of a Navy Underwater Demolition Team--nicknamed "Frogmen"--must earn the respect of the men in his unit, who are still grieving over the death of their former commander and resentful of the new one.

Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Richard Widmark, Dana Andrews, Gary Merrill, Jeffrey Hunter

Votes: 1,541

23. John Paul Jones (1959)

126 min | Action, Biography, History

The career of Revolutionary War naval hero from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia.

Director: John Farrow | Stars: Robert Stack, Marisa Pavan, Charles Coburn, Erin O'Brien

Votes: 1,439

24. Retreat, Hell! (1952)

Approved | 95 min | Drama, War

The saga of a battalion of U.S. Marines during the Korean War, starting with their training, landing at Inchon in 1950, advance into North Korea and their subsequent retreat back to the 38th parallel.

Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Frank Lovejoy, Richard Carlson, Anita Louise, Russ Tamblyn

Votes: 543

25. Sword in the Desert (1949)

Approved | 101 min | Action, Drama, History

In 1947, with only months remaining until the partition of British-administered Palestine, an American freighter captain smuggles European Jewish refugees ashore under the nose of the British authorities.

Director: George Sherman | Stars: Dana Andrews, Märta Torén, Stephen McNally, Jeff Chandler

Votes: 319

26. Dumas (2010)

Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, History

When Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet, his ghostwriter, are at the summit of their collaboration, Auguste decides to pass himself off as Alexandre in order to seduce Charlotte, a fervent admirer of the great man.

Director: Safy Nebbou | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Benoît Poelvoorde, Dominique Blanc, Mélanie Thierry

Votes: 699

27. The Battle of Normandy: 85 Days in Hell (2019 TV Movie)

44 min | Documentary, History, War

An unprecedented look at the vicious three-month Battle of Normandy that took place after the D-Day invasion.

Director: Guilain Depardieu | Stars: John McManus, Anthony Beevor, Tim Cook, Geoffrey Bateman

Votes: 54

28. Battle Flame (1959)

Approved | 78 min | Drama, War

The trials and tribulations of a platoon of U.S. Marines, led by 1st Lt. Frank Davis, during the Korean War.

Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Scott Brady, Elaine Edwards, Robert Blake, Wayne Heffley

Votes: 54

29. Battle for Cassino (1969 Video)

51 min | Documentary, History, War

In this World War II documentary, we examine several of the controversial bombings of the war. Included is Allies bombing of the Benedictine Monastery on Monte Cassino.

Director: Peter Batty | Stars: Bernard Archard, Allan Francis Harding, Dan Davin, Achim Oster

Votes: 13

30. 1st to Fight: Pacific War Marines (2020)

60 min | Documentary, History, War

The Battle for Guadal Canal, as told by the men who were there. Narrated by Jon Seda, there are side-by-side images of the island today. A stirring documentary, told in real time.

Director: Tim Gray | Stars: Jon Seda, Bill Finnegan, Daniel Martinez, Lou Imfeld

Votes: 11

31. Deception at D-Day (2022)

33 min | Documentary, Short, History

Released on the seventy-eighth anniversary of the invasion, "Deception at D-Day" tells the unheralded story of how the Allies attempted to confuse German decision makers of the size, ... See full summary »

Director: Christopher Carey

32. The Rat Patrol (1966–1968)
Episode: The Do or Die Raid (1966)

25 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Expert lock-pick Sgt. Frank Griffin's mission is to substitute a doctored map for the real one within a German officer's locked cabinet. The Rat Patrol's job is to get Griffin in and out of the seaside Nazi compound.

Director: John Peyser | Stars: Christopher George, Gary Raymond, Eric Braeden, Lawrence P. Casey

Votes: 58

33. The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode: Morning: June-August 1944 (1974)

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War

Four years after France fell the Allies invade Normandy. Caught by surprise the German defenses are quickly overcome. Heading inland the Allies win major victories against fierce resistance.

Director: John Pett | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Goronwy Rees, Louis Mountbatten, Kay Summersby

Votes: 375

34. The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode: Pacific: February 1942-July 1945 (1974)

TV-PG | 50 min | Documentary, History, War

The island hopping strategy of Admiral Nimitz and General MacArthur leads from one costly, battle after another. The Japanese fight fanatically as the war gets ever closer to home, but Americans finally use their newest weapon, the A-bomb.

Director: John Pett | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Roy Voris, Frank Manson, Douglas MacArthur

Votes: 355

35. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: Guadalcanal (2000)

Documentary, History, War

Tim Pigott-Smith narrates the story of the battle for Guadalcanal and the capture of this strategically crucial island in World War 2 during which more than 25,000 Japanese lost their lives.

Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, Frank Jack Fletcher, Robert L. Ghormley, Hirohito

Votes: 7

36. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: The Battles for Tunisia (2001)

Documentary, History, War

The campaign in Tunisia in World War Two saw the battles that finally ended the brutal war in the desert. We look at the weapons used and tactics and tell the story of the battle itself.

Stars: Jonathan Booth, Harold Alexander, Kenneth Anderson, Claude Auchinleck

Votes: 7

37. Battle Honours (2021– )
Episode: Big Red One (2021)

Documentary, History, War

The story of the longest serving infantry division in the US Army, who fought in every major campaign in Western Europe in which American forces were engaged.

Directors: Adam Luria, Ian Bremner | Stars: Harley Reynolds, Flint Whitlock, Jon Trigg, Benjamin Hilton

38. Battle Honours (2021– )
Episode: Desert Rats (2021)

Documentary, History, War

The story of the armoured units who landed in Normandy to spearhead the Allied advance into Nazi occupied Europe and break open the Third Reich's defences.

Directors: Adam Luria, Ian Bremner | Stars: Dick Taylor, Jon Trigg, Rodney Scott, Cecil Newton

39. Battle Honours (2021– )
Episode: Rangers (2021)

Documentary, History, War

America's first true Special Forces units, specially selected and trained with the help of British commandos, Rangers became the first US ground forces to see action in Europe.

Directors: Adam Luria, Ian Bremner | Stars: Edwin Roth, George Sabine, Flint Whitlock, Jon Trigg

40. Futurama (1999– )
Episode: Overclockwise (2011)

TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Cubert overclocks Bender's CPU to make him more powerful, but that creates some unexpected results. Meanwhile, Leela decides to dump Fry and move on.

Directors: Raymie Muzquiz, Peter Avanzino | Stars: Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille

Votes: 2,050

41. Adolf Hitler's War (2020)
Episode: Scorched Earth (2020)

Documentary, History, War

In Kursk, a battlefield the size of Wales, the tide turns and the Soviets push back, but as Germany retreats, they destroy all evidence of their genocidal activities.

Directors: Michael Cove, Mike Kenneally | Stars: Sergei Kudryashov, Alexander Vershinin, Ivan Patrylyak, Ihar Melnikau

42. The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)
Episode: The Homeless, The Tempest-Tossed (1942-) (2022)

TV-14 | 131 min | Documentary, History

A group of government officials supports and finances rescue operations. Allied soldiers begin to liberate concentration camps and find mass graves. The public sees the sheer scale of the Holocaust.

Directors: Sarah Botstein, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Daniel Mendelsohn, Deborah Lipstadt, Eva Geiringer

Votes: 146

43. The 100 Days: That Defined Modern History (2022–2023)
Episode: World War II: D-Day - 1944 (2023)

Documentary, History

On June 6th 1944, the largest amphibious invasion in military history commenced targeting the coast of Normandy in France.

Directors: Edmund Duff, Mike Kenneally | Stars: David Ulbrich, Ian Gooderson, Adrian Lewis, Adrian Gilbert

44. Against the Odds (2014– )
Episode: The Heroes of Tarawa (2014)

TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, History, War

Everything went wrong in America's first test of whether the Japanese-held islands of the Pacific, the key steppingstones to the doorstep of Japan, could be captured by across-the-beach infantry assaults.

Stars: John Wukovits, Roger Colby, Edward L. Bale Jr., William Steele Sr.

Votes: 8

45. Against the Odds (2014– )
Episode: The Battle for Sugar Loaf (2016)

TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, History, War

Taking an otherwise nondescript hill on the embattled island of Okinawa proved to be one of the most incredible battles of WWII. The young weary marines of Charlie Company strained against ... See full summary »

Director: Sammy Jackson | Stars: Bill Pierce, Dick Whitaker, Don Honis, Jack W. Houston

46. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: The Battle of Normandy (1995)

Documentary, History, War

A documentary look at the battle of Normandy and the events leading up to it. Profiles of the national and battle leaders, the units involved, and the events that were crucial to the outcome.

Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, Winston Churchill, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Bernard L. Montgomery

47. The Liberator (2020)
Episode: The Enemy (2020)

TV-MA | 46 min | Animation, Action, Drama

A rebuilt E Company ships off to France. Initially it's a welcome break, but it soon brings another impossible mission. Sparks receive high honors.

Director: Grzegorz Jonkajtys | Stars: Bradley James, Martin Sensmeier, Jose Miguel Vasquez, Billy Breed

Votes: 226