Top 25 War Movies Highly Rated Released in 1938

During WWI, two French soldiers are captured and imprisoned in a German P.O.W. camp. Several escape attempts follow until they are eventually sent to a seemingly inescapable fortress. Info on The Grand Illusion / IMDB / YouTube

Stan, who has remained faithfully at his World War I post for twenty years, finally comes home where his best friend, Ollie, takes him in, thus allowing him to discover the many conveniences of the modern world. Details on Block-Heads / IMDB / YouTube

British flying aces in World War I contend with the harsh realities of war. Info on The Dawn Patrol / IMDB / YouTube

Shortly after the United States enters World War I in 1917, a Broadway actress agrees to let a naive soldier court her in order to impress his friends, but a real romance soon begins. Find out about The Shopworn Angel / IMDB / YouTube

A news-reel like movie about early part of the French Revolution, shown from the eyes of individual people, citizens of Marseille, counts in German exile and, of course the king Louis XVI, showing their own small problems. Find out about La Marseillaise / IMDB / YouTube

During the British Raj, Captain Carruthers works undercover to track smuggled shipments of arms on the restless North West Frontier of India. He fears a full-scale rebellion is brewing. To forestall this, the British governor signs a treaty with the friendly, peace-loving ruler of Tokot, a key kingdom in the region, which is described as four days' march northward fro. Find out about The Drum / IMDB / YouTube

Semi-fictional account of pirate Jean Lafitte's involvement in the War of 1812. Check out The Buccaneer / IMDB / YouTube

A simple peasant is forced to take up arms to defend his farm during the Spanish Civil War. Along the way he falls in love with Russian whose father is involved in espionage. Look into Blockade / IMDB / YouTube

A flock of wild ducks, headed by their ductator Daffy, steal Porky's corn depriving his chickens of food. This precipitates a war between the ducks and chickens which Porky tries to avert only to be drawn into it. Explore What Price Porky / IMDB / YouTube

In the fever-stricken areas of Cuba, a brave band of scientists, doctors, and U.S. Marines fight a losing battle against the deadly plague of 'Yellow Jack' until the great heroic risk taken by an Irish sergeant brings victory. Read about Yellow Jack / IMDB / YouTube

In Shanghai amidst Sino-Japanese warfare, an adventurer (Sanders) collecting money from gun suppliers, falls in loves with a French singer (Del Rio). Details on International Settlement / IMDB / YouTube

A young man befriends the last surviving Civil War veteran, intending to rob him of $50,000. Read about Young Fugitives / IMDB / YouTube

Marine Lieutenant Steve Landers has perfected a new bomb-release for airplanes which he is testing with the aid of his mechanics,'Singapore' Stebbins and Jack Murray. Dick Weber, one of a group of enemy agents attempting to steal the plans, is a friend of Colonel Dale, whose daughter, Linda, is engaged to Landers. Weber learns that Singapore and Jack are to deliver . Details on The Marines Come Thru / IMDB / YouTube