Best 25 War Movies Editor's Pick Released in 1959

During World War II, a commander finds himself stuck with a decrepit (and pink) submarine, a con man executive officer, and a group of army nurses. Learn about Operation Petticoat / IMDB / YouTube

In Nazi-occupied Holland in World War II, shopkeeper Kraler hides two Jewish families in his attic. Young Anne Frank keeps a diary of everyday life for the Franks and the Van Daans, chronicling the Nazi threat as well as family dynamics. A romance with Peter Van Daan causes jealousy between Anne and her sister, Margot. Otto Frank returns to the attic many years after the eventual capture of both families and finds his late daughter's diary. See more about The Diary of Anne Frank / IMDB / YouTube

In 1863, a Union outfit is sent behind Confederate lines in Mississippi to destroy enemy railroads but a captive southern belle and the unit's doctor cause frictions within ranks. Read about The Horse Soldiers / IMDB / YouTube

A Japanese pacifist, unable to face the dire consequences of conscientious objection, is transformed by his attempts to compromise with the demands of war-time Japan. Look into The Human Condition I: No Greater Love / IMDB / YouTube

A tenacious British woman becomes a missionary and runs an inn for travelling merchants in China during the Japanese invasion and the tumultuous years leading up to the Second World War. Get info on The Inn of the Sixth Happiness / IMDB / YouTube

In the closing days of WWII, remnants of the Japanese army in Leyte are abandoned by their command and face certain death by starvation. Look into Fires on the Plain / IMDB / YouTube

During the Korean War peace talks in Panmunjom, U.S. troops fight and die trying to retake a worthless hill from the Communist Chinese forces. Learn about Pork Chop Hill / IMDB / YouTube

The Italian Army fought against the Austrians during World War I. See more about The Great War / IMDB / YouTube

After becoming king of ancient Israel, Solomon faces threats coming from his jealous dispossessed brother Adonijah, the Egyptian Pharaoh and the scheming Queen of Sheba. Check out Solomon and Sheba / IMDB / YouTube

A Soviet soldier, Andrei Sokolov, has been separated from his family by World War II. Suffering in German captivity, he dreams of meeting his darlings after the victory. But cruel fate turned out otherwise. Check out The Destiny of a Man / IMDB / YouTube

Bardone, a petty con man, is arrested by the Gestapo and coerced into impersonating a partisan leader in order to expose another resistance organizer. See more about General Della Rovere / IMDB / YouTube

During WW2, the American OSS mounts covert operations with the native Kachin against the Japanese army in the jungles of Burma. Read about Never So Few / IMDB / YouTube

The black sheep of a family and the local minister discover their true vocations during the Revolutionary War. Details on The Devil's Disciple / IMDB / YouTube

A submarine commander is forced to blow up a Japanese ship with prisoners. Read about Torpedo Run / IMDB / YouTube

An army major, himself guilty of cowardice, is asked to recommend soldiers for the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Mexican Border Incursion of 1916. Learn about They Came to Cordura / IMDB / YouTube

In 1942, Navy Lieutenant Kenneth Braden from the underwater demolition team is sent to a Japanese island to photograph secret radio codes. More about Up Periscope / IMDB / YouTube

Shortly after a giant robot destroys a village, aliens from outer space arrive offering friendship. Will the people of Earth tie these two events together? See more about The Mysterians / IMDB / YouTube

A British woman trying to escape Hungary with her freedom fighter lover and a group of Westerners, as the Soviet Union moves to crush the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, finds herself the obsession of an enigmatic Communist officer. See more about The Journey / IMDB / YouTube

In 1942, a French prisoner of war in Germany decides to escape to France using a cow held by a lunge as a decoy. He crosses all Germany in this way. Find out about The Cow and I / IMDB / YouTube

During World War II, a British actor impersonates Field Marshal Montgomery in order to confuse German intelligence. More about Hell, Heaven or Hoboken / IMDB / YouTube

The career of Revolutionary War naval hero from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia. Look into John Paul Jones / IMDB / YouTube

A church bell chimes. An old woman stops to feed pidgins on her way to work in the men's lavatory in the basement of a public building. She sits all day by the lavatory door as little dramas play out -- of illness, assignation, and routine -- a few tips her only acknowledgment. The sound of footsteps on the floor above her brings a reverie of her youth, when she was a. More about When Angels Fall / IMDB / YouTube

In World War II, during the Japanese invasion of Burma, the lost remnant of a British Army Brigade HQ, led by the ruthless Captain Alan Langford, escapes through the jungle toward the British lines. Read about Yesterday's Enemy / IMDB / YouTube

After 1945, six German ex-soldiers are hired to defuse unexploded Allied bombs in the ruins of Berlin. Details on Ten Seconds to Hell / IMDB / YouTube

In 1941, the Greek resistance entrusts an American journalist with a secret Greek double-agent list that must reach London and not fall into German hands. Read about The Angry Hills / IMDB / YouTube