Best 15 War Movies Fan Favorites from 1962

The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view. Check out The Longest Day / IMDB / YouTube

A small Army of Greeks spearheaded by three hundred Spartans do battle with the whole invading Persian Army. Details on The 300 Spartans / IMDB / YouTube

Small squad must hold off German attack. Learn about Hell Is for Heroes / IMDB / YouTube

When a kind-hearted sailor is made to join an English vessel at war in 1797, he finds himself caught between devotion to his crewmates and obedience to their hated, cruel master-at-arms. Info on Billy Budd / IMDB / YouTube

In the 16th-century Ukraine, the Polish overlords and Ukrainian cossacks fight for control of the land but frequent Turkish invasions force them to unite against the common Turkish foe. Info on Taras Bulba / IMDB / YouTube

The outrageous Baron Munchausen tells of his many adventures, from meeting the Man in the Moon to defeating a Turkish army all by himself. Look into The Fabulous Baron Munchausen / IMDB / YouTube

On the H.M.S. Defiant, during the French Revolutionary War, fair Captain Crawford is locked in a battle of wills against his cruel second-in-command Lieutenant Scott-Padget, whose heavy-handed command style pushes the crew to mutiny. Info on Damn the Defiant! / IMDB / YouTube

Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infiltrating and surveying Nazi Germany. Info on The Counterfeit Traitor / IMDB / YouTube

During WW2, a 3000-strong American unit, known as Merrill's Marauders, battles the Japanese forces in Burma. Explore Merrill's Marauders / IMDB / YouTube

In Argentina, one daughter of patriarch Madariaga is married to a Frenchman while the other is married to a German, thus leading to a crisis when Nazi Germany occupies France and some Madariaga family members fight on opposite sides. Explore The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse / IMDB / YouTube

In 1943, while stationed in Britain, arrogant Captain Buzz Rickson is in command of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, but his recklessness is endangering everyone around him. See more about The War Lover / IMDB / YouTube

British N.C.O. Sergeant Major Charles Coward (Sir Dirk Bogarde) escapes from the Stalag VIII-B P.O.W. camp, and is mistakenly awarded with the Iron Cross by the Germans. Find out about The Password Is Courage / IMDB / YouTube

Dispatched to the front lines during the Korean War, an idealistic American soldier discovers the horrors of combat and comes at odds with a psychopathic member of his platoon. Find out about War Hunt / IMDB / YouTube

An upper-class corporal from Paris is captured by the Germans when they invade France in 1940. Assisted and accompanied by characters as diverse as a morose dairy farmer, a waiter, a myopic intellectual, a working-class Parisian, and a German dental assistant, the corporal tries to escape from prison camps, sometimes making it a few yards, sometimes reaching the Frenc. More about The Elusive Corporal / IMDB / YouTube

A group of mischievous Finnish boys experience the ups and downs of life during World War 2. Read about Pojat / IMDB / YouTube