Essentially true story of how Spartan king Leonidas led an extremely small army of Greek Soldiers (300 of his personal body guards from Sparta) to hold off an invading Persian army now thought to have numbered 250,000.
Casts Richard Egan, Ralph Richardson, Diane Baker, Barry Coe, David Farrar, Anne Wakefield, Donald Houston, Anna Synodinou, Robert Brown, Laurence Naismith
MOVIE COMMENTS
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The Dirty Dozen
Troy
You Only Live Twice
The Travelling Players
All Quiet on the Western Front
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Starship Troopers
The Last Samurai
Wild Youth
Asterix and Cleopatra
Rescue Dawn
Hamburger Hill
Henry V
The Four Feathers
We Were Soldiers
Hart's War
Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero
A Bridge Too Far
A Very Long Engagement
Highlander
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The Dirty Dozen
IMDB 7.6 | Jun , 1967
12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy château and kill the Nazi officers vacationing there. The soldiers, most of whom are facing death sentences for a variety of violent crimes, agree to the mission and the possible commuting of their sentences.Troy
IMDB 7.2 | May , 2004
In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnon to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. They set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy.You Only Live Twice
IMDB 6.6 | Jun , 1967
A mysterious spacecraft captures Russian and American space capsules and brings the two superpowers to the brink of war. James Bond investigates the case in Japan and comes face to face with his archenemy Blofeld.The Travelling Players
IMDB 7.4 | Jul , 1975
This expansive Greek drama follows a troupe of theater actors as they perform around their country during World War II. While the production that they put on is entitled "Golfo the Shepherdess," the thespians end up echoing scenes from classic Greek tales in their own lives, as Elektra plots revenge on her mother for the death of her father, and seeks help from her brother, Orestes, a young anti-fascist rebel.All Quiet on the Western Front
IMDB 7.8 | Apr , 1930
When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat.Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
IMDB 7.4 | Jul , 2000
Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physically-skilled, teenage nobleman's daughter, who is at a crossroads in her life.Starship Troopers
IMDB 7.1 | Nov , 1997
Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species known as "the Bugs."The Last Samurai
IMDB 7.6 | Dec , 2003
Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.Wild Youth
IMDB 4.7 | Jan , 1982
Sifis, a young boxer, is going to challenge the Greek champion Vlassis Hristou, despite the opposition of his cruel, conservative father. His little sister Maria, a virgin teenager, gets pregnant after a romance with Lefteris. Her father reacts violently, because Lefteris comes from a destroyed family: his mother is a poor charwoman, his sister, Roula, a young harlot and his brother, Foivos, an ex-convict.Asterix and Cleopatra
IMDB 6.9 | Dec , 1968
Popular animated hero Asterix and his faithful sidekick Obelix travel to ancient Egypt to help Cleopatra build a new summer home. Cleopatra and Julius Caesar have made a bet, with Caesar wagering the project cannot be completed in a few weeks time. With the help of a magic potion, Asterix comes to the rescue of the Queen of the Nile as Caesar and an angry architect plot against them.Rescue Dawn
IMDB 7 | Sep , 2006
A US Fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.Hamburger Hill
IMDB 6.6 | Aug , 1987
The men of Bravo Company are facing a battle that's all uphill… up Hamburger Hill. Fourteen war-weary soldiers are battling for a mud-covered mound of earth so named because it chews up soldiers like chopped meat. They are fighting for their country, their fellow soldiers and their lives. War is hell, but this is worse. Hamburger Hill tells it the way it was, the way it really was. It's a raw, gritty and totally unrelenting dramatic depiction of one of the fiercest battles of America's bloodiest war. This happened. Hamburger Hill - war at its worst, men at their best.Henry V
IMDB 7.1 | Oct , 1989
In the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.The Four Feathers
IMDB 7 | Apr , 1939
A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.We Were Soldiers
IMDB 7.1 | Mar , 2002
The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.Hart's War
IMDB 6.4 | Feb , 2002
When Col. William McNamara is stripped of his freedom in a German POW camp, he's determined to keep on fighting even from behind enemy lines. Enlisting the help of a young lieutenant in a brilliant plot against his captors, McNamara risks everything on a mission to free his men and change the outcome of the war.Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero
IMDB 7.8 | Apr , 2018
The true story of the most decorated dog in American military history -- Sgt. Stubby -- and the enduring bonds he forged with his brothers-in-arms in the trenches of World War I.A Bridge Too Far
IMDB 7.2 | Jun , 1977
The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland allowing access over the Rhine into Germany. A combination of poor allied intelligence and the presence of two crack German panzer divisions meant that the final part of this operation (the bridge in Arnhem over the Rhine) was doomed to failure.A Very Long Engagement
IMDB 7.3 | Oct , 2004
Young Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancé, lost during World War I, and learns many unexpected things along the way. The love of her life is gone. But she refuses to believe he's gone forever — and she needs to know for sure.Highlander
IMDB 6.9 | Mar , 1986
He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York City in 1986. His name is Connor MacLeod. He is immortal.