Best 28 War Movies Picks from 1958

A U.S. submarine commander who's obsessed with sinking a particular Japanese ship butts heads with his first officer and crew. More about Run Silent Run Deep / IMDB / YouTube

During WWII an American destroyer discovers a German U-boat, and in the ensuing duel the American captain must draw upon all his experience to defeat the equally experienced German commander. Explore The Enemy Below / IMDB / YouTube

On a South Pacific island during World War II, love blooms between a young nurse and a secretive Frenchman who's being courted for a dangerous military mission. Get info on South Pacific / IMDB / YouTube

The lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII. Find out about The Young Lions / IMDB / YouTube

During World War II in North Africa, a medical field unit must cross the desert in their ambulance in order to reach the British lines in Alexandria. Details on Ice Cold in Alex / IMDB / YouTube

Will Stockdale is a country bumpkin drafted into the Air Force and too dumb to realize he's driving everyone around him crazy, no one more than Sergeant King. Explore No Time for Sergeants / IMDB / YouTube

On the Russian front in 1944, German private Ernst Graeber receives a leave and visits his family in Germany but Germany isn't the same country he left behind. Details on A Time to Love and a Time to Die / IMDB / YouTube

A dramatization of the British Expeditionary Force's 1940 retreat to the beaches of France and the extraordinary seaborne evacuation that saved it from utter destruction by Nazi Germany. Details on Dunkirk / IMDB / YouTube

Sergeant Grimshawe wants to retire in the flush of success by winning the Star Squad prize with his very last platoon of newly called-up National Servicemen. But what a motley bunch they turn out to be. Details on Carry on Sergeant / IMDB / YouTube

During the War of 1812, Louisiana buccaneer Jean Lafitte assists the Americans in defending New Orleans against the attacking British war fleet. More about The Buccaneer / IMDB / YouTube

A young naive American and a cynical older British diplomat disagree over politics in 1952 Vietnam and over a beautiful young native girl. Explore The Quiet American / IMDB / YouTube

During World War II, a recently widowed young woman is recruited to work as a spy in France. Check out Carve Her Name with Pride / IMDB / YouTube

Toward the end of World War II, two American soldiers fighting in Southern France become romantically involved with a young, American woman. Her background will reveal more about them than her. Look into Kings Go Forth / IMDB / YouTube

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. Get info on The Naked and the Dead / IMDB / YouTube

During World War II, successive tugboat British Captains sent on dangerous salvage missions pass-on the key to a home-port apartment, where a lonely Swiss-Italian young war-widow lives. Read about The Key / IMDB / YouTube

During the turbulent days of the French Revolution, Frenchwoman Lucie Manette falls in love with Englishman Charles Darnay, who's hiding his true identity and purpose. See more about A Tale of Two Cities / IMDB / YouTube

In 1952, during the Korean War, two American pilots become bitter enemies over the same woman but must shelve their personal feud when confronted by deadly Chinese MIG fighter jets in battle. Learn about The Hunters / IMDB / YouTube

A British road repairman gets into a feud with the army, gets drafted, and is mistakenly parachuted into German-occupied France where his physical resemblance to the local German commandant triggers a hilarious chain reaction. Check out The Square Peg / IMDB / YouTube

The lives, loves, and battles of fictional characters in the Army's First Ranger Battalion during WWII. Details on Darby's Rangers / IMDB / YouTube

American youth and flying ace flies for France in World War I, meets and loves a French girl and a prostitute. Check out Lafayette Escadrille / IMDB / YouTube

An American war correspondent falls in love with a BBC reporter, but their relationship seems doomed from the start. Look into Another Time, Another Place / IMDB / YouTube

In 1867, a Yankee patrol joins forces with a group of ex-Confederate soldiers in order to cross Apache territory and reach the nearest fort. Get info on Ambush at Cimarron Pass / IMDB / YouTube

During WW2, Italian Navy divers use underwater chariots to mine the keels of British warships, forcing the British to send underwater demolition expert Lionel Crabbe and his team to counter these enemy actions. Get info on The Silent Enemy / IMDB / YouTube

Sequel of the adaptation of the famous satiric tale of well-intending soldier Schweik by Jaroslav Hasek. Learn about I Dutifully Report / IMDB / YouTube

Attila, the leader of the barbarian Huns and called by the Romans The Scourge of God, sweeps onto the Italian peninsula, defeating all of the armies of Rome, until he and his men reach the gates of the city itself. Details on Attila / IMDB / YouTube

American agent faces an engrossing moral dilemma when he is parachuted into France to eliminate a suspected traitor in the French Resistance. Find out about Orders to Kill / IMDB / YouTube

Deep in Malaya, as World War II is rapidly coming to an end, men, women and children, trapped by the Japanese invasion, are held captive in the Blood Island prison camp. Knowing that Yamamitsu, the sadistic commandant, will murder them all when he learns of his country's defeat, Dutch, a Dutch planter, smashes the camp radio. British officer Lambert and, in the women'. Learn about The Camp on Blood Island / IMDB / YouTube

Sergeant Murphy Savage impersonates a dead general in order to inspire the demoralized troops in fighting their way out of Nazi encirclement. Check out Imitation General / IMDB / YouTube