Greatest 24 War Movies Fan Favorites from 1990

Robert Gould Shaw leads the U.S. Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates. Find out about Glory / IMDB / YouTube

The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country for which he fought. Details on Born on the Fourth of July / IMDB / YouTube

In 1943, the crew of a B-17 based in the UK prepares for its 25th and final bombing mission over Germany before returning home to the USA. Check out Memphis Belle / IMDB / YouTube

A young pilot finds himself recruited unwittingly into a covert and corrupt CIA airlift operation in Laos during the Vietnam conflict. Look into Air America / IMDB / YouTube

A boy in Nazi Germany, trying to conceal that he is Jewish, joins the Hitler Youth. Info on Europa Europa / IMDB / YouTube

When three close friends escape from Hong Kong to war-time Saigon to start a criminal's life, they all go through a harrowing experience which totally shatters their lives and their friendship forever. Info on Bullet in the Head / IMDB / YouTube

In 1950s Cuba, a professional gambler falls for a woman heavily involved in the revolution movement. Explore Havana / IMDB / YouTube

Though it has been five years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima, Yasuko, her uncle and aunt are forced to deal with the ordeals of the disaster, along with many others like them. Details on Black Rain / IMDB / YouTube

During the Spanish Civil War, a group of comics lightens the days of the Republican troops. Tired of life in the front lines, they make their way to Valencia, accidentally entering enemy land and falling prisoner. Read about Oh, Carmela! / IMDB / YouTube

The passionate romance between an Irish-American man and a Japanese-American woman is threatened when the Pearl Harbor attacks happen and the woman is forced into a prison camp because of her ethnicity. See more about Come See the Paradise / IMDB / YouTube

When a young woman investigates her town's Nazi past, the community turns against her. Details on The Nasty Girl / IMDB / YouTube

An amnesiac soldier, seeking his lost love, arrives in Archangel in northern Russia to help the townsfolk in their fight against the Bolsheviks, all quite unaware that the Great War ended three months ago. Info on Archangel / IMDB / YouTube

The last days of life of the legendary Polish pedagogue Dr. Janusz Korczak and his heroic dedication to protecting Jewish orphans in the Warsaw Ghetto. Find out about Korczak / IMDB / YouTube

The island of Ambon in Indonesia, 1945. During the War, the number of Australian POWs on the island had dropped from 1100 to less than 300 due to abuses by their Japanese captors. Capt. Cooper is the chief prosecutor. In a mass grave, the bodies of 300 executed servicemen have been unearthed. Cooper assumes that the massacre was ordered by Baron Takahashi, Japanese co. Learn about Blood Oath / IMDB / YouTube

In this version of Heidi, a young Swiss girl is sent off to boarding school at the beginning of World War I. Info on Courage Mountain / IMDB / YouTube

Based on the real life of Dr. Marcel Petiot: During world war II Petiot, an MD living in occupied Paris, promised to help wealthy Jewish people among his patients to flee occupied France for Spain. Instead, he drugged them and burnt their bodies in his home, while stealing their valuables. After the Liberation of France, he was condemned to death. Read about Dr. Petiot / IMDB / YouTube

During World War II, an American serviceman in London decides to impress his English girlfriend by acting as an American gangster, which soon turns deadly. Check out Chicago Joe and the Showgirl / IMDB / YouTube

A talented lady novelist falls in love with a Chinese traitor working with the Japanese during the WWII. Read about Red Dust / IMDB / YouTube

Ian Fleming's life (1908-64) as a journalist and a naval intelligence officer was a lot like the womanizing James Bond, about whom he would later write 12 spy novels. Explore Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming / IMDB / YouTube

This is the true story of Sung Neng Yee, now known as Nora Lam, who fled from Communist China to Hong Kong for her palpably real Christian faith. Details on China Cry: A True Story / IMDB / YouTube

The French Foreign Legion will never be the same after the uproarious World War II exploits of Sgt. Duke Roscoe and his band of military misfits. It's a hilarious war movie that will leave you shell-shocked with laughter. Details on A Man Called Sarge / IMDB / YouTube

German Army colonel Count Claus von Stauffenberg plans to assassinate German leader Adolf Hitler on July 20th, 1944 with a briefcase bomb, while other high-ranking plotters in Berlin are preparing to take power in a coup. Read about The Plot to Kill Hitler / IMDB / YouTube

Life in Hiroshima, following different Japanese, a German priest and church, and some American POWs, before and after the atomic bomb was dropped August 6, 1945. Details on Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes / IMDB / YouTube

A recently engaged man getting to know his future father-in-law better unearths clues that the man may have been a Nazi collaborator and a mass murderer. More about Descending Angel / IMDB / YouTube