Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "skirmish"

1. The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)

PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

When her mother disappears, Clary Fray learns that she descends from a line of warriors who protect our world from demons. She joins forces with others like her and heads into a dangerous alternate New York called the Shadow World.

Director: Harald Zwart | Stars: Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Robert Sheehan, Jemima West

Votes: 138,844 | Gross: $31.17M

2. Risen (2016)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Drama, History

In 33 AD, a Roman Tribune in Judea is tasked to find the missing body of Jesus Christ, who rose from the dead.

Director: Kevin Reynolds | Stars: Joseph Fiennes, Tom Felton, Peter Firth, Cliff Curtis

Votes: 30,907 | Gross: $36.87M

3. Gadar 2 (2023)

Not Rated | 170 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

When Tara Singh goes missing during a skirmish and is believed to be captured in Pakistan, his son Jeetey sets out to rescue him and enters a labyrinth from which they both must escape at all costs.

Director: Anil Sharma | Stars: Sunny Deol, Ameesha Patel, Utkarsh Sharma, Simratt Kaur Randhawa

Votes: 22,305

4. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)

PG | 117 min | Comedy, Drama

Two minor characters from the play 'Hamlet' stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.

Director: Tom Stoppard | Stars: Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Richard Dreyfuss, Livio Badurina

Votes: 23,880 | Gross: $0.74M

5. Life (2009)

TV-G | 43 min | Documentary

David Attenborough's legendary BBC crew explains and shows wildlife all over planet earth. From giving an overview of the challenges facing life to hunting the deep sea and various major evolutionary groups of creatures.

Stars: Oprah Winfrey, David Attenborough, Doug Allan, Roger Munns

Votes: 42,883

6. A Midnight Clear (1992)

R | 108 min | Drama, War

The Ardennes Forest, December 1944. A squad of six US infantrymen is sent to occupy a house to use as an observation post as the German Army is expected to advance through that area. However, the Germans seem oddly friendly.

Director: Keith Gordon | Stars: Peter Berg, Kevin Dillon, Arye Gross, Ethan Hawke

Votes: 9,808 | Gross: $1.53M

7. Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973)

PG | 103 min | Action, Crime, Drama

In the early 1970s, a young woman passing through rural Tennessee unintentionally gets caught in a feud between two local neighboring clans, the Feathers and the Gutshalls.

Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: Rod Steiger, Katherine Squire, Scott Wilson, Timothy Scott

Votes: 849

8. Tangerines (2013)

Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, War

In 1992, war rages in Abkhazia, a breakaway region of Georgia. An Estonian man, Ivo, has decided to stay behind and harvest his crops of tangerines. In a bloody conflict at his door, a wounded man is left behind, and Ivo takes him in.

Director: Zaza Urushadze | Stars: Lembit Ulfsak, Elmo Nüganen, Giorgi Nakashidze, Misha Meskhi

Votes: 49,057 | Gross: $0.14M

9. The King's Choice (2016)

133 min | Biography, Drama, History

April 1940. Norway has been invaded by Germany and the royal family and government have fled into the interior. The German envoy to Norway tries to negotiate a peace. Ultimately, the decision on Norway's future will rest with the king.

Director: Erik Poppe | Stars: Jesper Christensen, Anders Baasmo, Karl Markovics, Tuva Novotny

Votes: 10,095 | Gross: $0.11M

10. World War III (1982)

200 min | Drama, Thriller, War

In 1987, Soviet paratroopers drop into Alaska to sabotage the oil pipeline in retaliation against a United States grain embargo. A skirmish occurs at a pumping station, lightly defended by ... See full summary »

Stars: David Soul, Brian Keith, Cathy Lee Crosby, Jeroen Krabbé

Votes: 796

11. April Morning (1988 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, History, War

On the morning of April 19, 1775, the American Revolution began with the "shot heard 'round the world".

Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Susan Blakely, Chad Lowe, Robert Urich

Votes: 783

12. The Wildcat (1921)

Not Rated | 79 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A charismatic lieutenant newly assigned to a remote fort is captured by a group of mountain bandits, thus setting in motion a madcap farce that is Lubitsch at his most unrestrained.

Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Pola Negri, Victor Janson, Paul Heidemann, Wilhelm Diegelmann

Votes: 1,316

13. The Outcasts (1968–1969)

60 min | Western

A bounty hunter who was a Confederate Officer teams up with an ex-slave who was a Union Soldier during the Civil War. They are the Outcasts.

Stars: Don Murray, Otis Young, Don 'Red' Barry, Art Metrano

Votes: 182

14. Mother (1926)

Not Rated | 89 min | Drama

A story about a family torn apart by a worker's strike. At first, the mother wants to protect her family from the troublemakers, but eventually she realizes that her son is right and the workers should strike.

Director: Vsevolod Pudovkin | Stars: Vera Baranovskaya, Nikolay Batalov, Aleksandr Chistyakov, Anna Zemtsova

Votes: 3,075

15. Cheon gun (2005)

PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

In a historically altered Korea, by 2005 the North and South Korean governments have secretly joined forces to create a nuclear warhead.

Director: Joon-ki Min | Stars: Kim Byeong-chun, Ma Dong-seok, Kil Eun-sung, Kong Hyo-jin

Votes: 616

16. Sir Arne's Treasure (1919)

Not Rated | 122 min | Drama, History

In 16th century Sweden, the lives of three Scottish mercenaries and a vicar's family intersect after a crime forever alters a small coastal town. As the three try to escape, they find themselves trapped when all ships are frozen in ice.

Director: Mauritz Stiller | Stars: Erik Stocklassa, Bror Berger, Richard Lund, Axel Nilsson

Votes: 1,559

17. Les camisards (1972)

100 min | Drama, History, War

King Louis XIV orders all Protestants to convert to Catholicism.

Director: René Allio | Stars: Rufus, Jacques Debary, Gérard Desarthe, Philippe Clévenot

Votes: 244

18. Pretty Good for a Human (1977)

132 min | Comedy, Drama, History

Rhapsodic story from a small Finnish town in the 1920s. The wounds of the civil war in 1918 are not yet fully healed. The current ban legislation on alcohol triggers a diligently moon-shining.

Director: Rauni Mollberg | Stars: Olavi Ahonen, Lauri Arajuuri, Ossi Aronen, Esko Hannula

Votes: 198

19. Galaxy Beat (1994 TV Movie)

30 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Dack is one of the best starship captains out there. That's why Chief reassigns him to the worst sector of the galaxy to fight evil aliens, instead of promoting him. Feeling betrayed, Dack wants to quit, but his ragtag crew inspires him.

Director: Les Landau | Stars: Gregory Harrison, Tracy Scoggins, Alex Désert, Roddy McDowall

Votes: 32

20. Action on NTV: Definitive Edition (2021)

90 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

It all started for non-payment of debts. An authority named Boss and his gang are now trying to lure out of Pushnoy's values in any way. Bandits graze him heavily. The struggle is not for ... See full summary »

Director: Ilya Novikov | Stars: Dmitry Kostuchenkov, Ilya Novikov

Votes: 10

21. The Hessian Renegades (1909)

10 min | Drama, Short, War

During the American Revolution, a young soldier carrying a crucial message to General Washington is spotted and pursued by a group of enemy soldiers. He takes refuge with a civilian family,... See full summary »

Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Owen Moore, Linda Arvidson, Kate Bruce, William J. Butler

Votes: 214

22. Skirmish of Rough Riders (1899)

1 min | Short, Drama, War

"Shielded by a thick bit of timber at a turn of the road stands a company of mounted men, awaiting the order to advance. In the foreground, left by the flotsam of battle, is a dead horse ... See full summary »

Director: James H. White

Votes: 108

23. The Outcasts (1968–1969)
Episode: A Time of Darkness (1969)

60 min | Western

Caught in a heavy thunderstorm, Earl and Jemal seek shelter in a small cave. But they soon discover it's an Indian burial cave. They battle superstition, each other, and outside Indians who... See full summary »

Director: Allen Reisner | Stars: Don Murray, Otis Young, A Martinez

Votes: 12

24. The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode: Lithia (1998)

TV-PG | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Major Jason Mercer awakes from a cryogenics experiment to a primitive Earth society devoid of men. His presence among these women, many of whom have never seen a man, begins to complicate ... See full summary »

Director: Helen Shaver | Stars: David Keith, Claire Rankin, Nadia Capone, Kirsten Alter

Votes: 364

25. Investigating History (2003– )
Episode: The Lost Battle of the Civil War (2004)

Documentary, History

Realing from strategic defeats in the East, Confederate forces plan a flanking attack on the Western frontier in an attempt to draw Union forces to the west and relieve the pressure on ... See full summary »

Director: Jamie Schenk | Star: Bill Kurtis

26. Space Force (2020–2022)
Episode: Space Flag (2020)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy

Armed with weapons that are less than intimidating, Space Force soldiers - led by General Naird - play war games with their Air Force rivals.

Director: Dee Rees | Stars: Steve Carell, John Malkovich, Ben Schwartz, Diana Silvers

Votes: 2,136

27. Ang probinsyano (2015–2022)
Episode: Rescue (2021)

TV-14 | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

In a bid to save Diana and Teddy, the members of Task Force Agila clash with Art's men. Amid the skirmish, Lily makes a move to finally get rid of the bone in her throat. Soon, all hell ... See full summary »

Directors: Albert Langitan, Coco Martin, Malu Sevilla, Mark Kevin A. De Vela, Jeffrey Sonora | Stars: Coco Martin, Susan Roces, Marc Abaya, Angel Aquino

28. CaspianReport (2010– )
Episode: Central Asia on the verge of a water war (2021)

15 min | Documentary

When central Asia belonged to the Soviet Union convoluted borders were created to deliberately induce resource disputes that could only be settled by Moscow. Post Soviet Union the borders ... See full summary »

Star: Shirvan Neftchi

29. Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode: Battlefield Deceptions

TV-PG | 51 min | Documentary, History, War

From rubber tanks and camouflage to booby traps and tactical manoeuvers of deception, the role "trickery" plays on the modern battlefield.

Stars: Charlton Heston, James F. Dunnigan, Albert Nofi, Douglas Waller

30. Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode: Cold War: Brezhnev's Kremlin (2001)

TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary, History, War

Before Leonid Brezhnev signed nuclear arms reduction agreements with the West, he led the Soviets into one conflict after another - from Soviet involvement in Vietnam and its role in ... See full summary »

Stars: Charlton Heston, Vladimir Semichastny, Andrei Gratchev, James Schlesinger

Votes: 19

31. Game of Thrones (2011–2019)
Episode: What Is Dead May Never Die (2012)

TV-MA | 53 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Tyrion tries to see who he can trust in the Small Council. Catelyn visits Renly to try and persuade him to join Robb in the war. Theon must decide if his loyalties lie with his own family or with Robb.

Director: Alik Sakharov | Stars: Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Michelle Fairley, Aidan Gillen

Votes: 32,341

32. Corto Maltese (2003–2004)
Episode: Corto Maltese: Les Celtiques (2004)

78 min | Animation

In 1915, laconic adventurer and former ship captain Corto Maltese, a popular European comic book character, is in war-torn Europe. During WWI, he visits four historical locations - Venice, Caporetto, Stonehenge and Vaux-sur-Somme.

Directors: Richard Danto, Liam Saury | Stars: Richard Berry, Frédéric Barbe, Georges Bécot, Hervé Bellon

Votes: 128

33. Military History Visualized (2016– )
Episode: Napoleonic Infantry Tactics (2019)

14 min | Documentary

Napoleonic Era infantry generally fought in line or column formations with skirmishers to harass the enemy's formations. While strange to the modern eye this method allowed fort volley fire... See full summary »

Star: Bernhard Kast

34. Tucker on X (2023– )
Episode: The National Security State Is the Main Driver of Censorship and Election Interference in the United States. (2024)

News

Mike Benz describes the military rule, The national security state is the main driver of censorship and election interference in the United States.

Stars: Tucker Carlson, Mike Benz

Votes: 17

35. Grant (2020)
Episode: Unlikely Hero (2020)

TV-14 | 81 min | Documentary, Biography, History

In an unlikely American history story, Ulysses S. Grant rises from his humble beginnings to become the winning general in one of the Civil War's bloodiest battles.

Director: Malcolm Venville | Stars: Francis Chouler, Owen de Wet, Doug Douds, David Dukas

Votes: 188