MyMovies: Korea
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1. The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
Approved | 102 min | Drama, Romance, War
Set during the Korean War, a Navy fighter pilot must come to terms with with his own ambivalence towards the war and the fear of having to bomb a set of highly defended bridges. The ending of this grim war drama is all tension.
Director: Mark Robson | Stars: William Holden, Grace Kelly, Fredric March, Mickey Rooney
Votes: 6,336
2. Pork Chop Hill (1959)
Approved | 97 min | Drama, War
During the Korean War peace talks, U.S. troops fight to retake a hill from the Communist Chinese forces.
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Gregory Peck, Harry Guardino, Rip Torn, George Peppard
Votes: 5,279 | Gross: $4.02M
3. The Hunters (1958)
Approved | 108 min | Action, Drama, Romance
In 1952, during the Korean War, two American pilots become bitter enemies over the same woman but must shelf their personal feud when confronted by deadly Chinese MIG fighter jets in battle.
Director: Dick Powell | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Robert Wagner, Richard Egan, May Britt
Votes: 1,655
4. M*A*S*H (1970)
R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, War
The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and high jinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman
Votes: 76,966 | Gross: $81.60M
5. M*A*S*H (1972–1983)
TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy, Drama, War
The staff of an Army hospital in the Korean War find that laughter is the best way to deal with their situation.
Stars: Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, Loretta Swit, Jamie Farr
Votes: 63,852
6. The Forgotten (2003)
Action, Drama
The Forgotten tells the story of an American Corporal's last days while left to command his isolated front line tank unit during the Korean War.
Director: Vincente Stasolla | Stars: Randy Ryan, Betty Ouyang, Malcolm Barrett, Stephen Kilcullen
Votes: 85
7. Sergeant Ryker (1968)
85 min | Drama, War
During the Korean War Sergeant Paul Ryker is accused of defecting to Communist China and then returning to his unit as a spy. He's court-martialed and sentenced to death but his attorney believes Ryker's innocent and asks for a new trial.
Director: Buzz Kulik | Stars: Bradford Dillman, Peter Graves, Vera Miles, Lloyd Nolan
Votes: 449
8. The Glory Brigade (1953)
Approved | 82 min | Action, Drama, War
During the Korean War, an American unit of combat engineers must work with Greek troops in order to perform a reconnaissance mission behind Communist lines.
Director: Robert D. Webb | Stars: Victor Mature, Alexander Scourby, Lee Marvin, Richard Egan
Votes: 358
9. Men in War (1957)
Approved | 102 min | Action, Drama, War
During the Korean War, a battle-worn lieutenant and his platoon are behind enemy lines, and have orders to march to Hill 465 for possible relief.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray, Robert Keith, Phillip Pine
Votes: 2,999
10. Hell in Korea (1956)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, History, War
During the Korean War retreat in 1951, a small British recon group is surrounded by Chinese troops and holds out in a lonely temple atop a hill.
Director: Julian Amyes | Stars: Stephen Boyd, Ronald Lewis, George Baker, Harry Andrews
Votes: 619
11. Fixed Bayonets! (1951)
Not Rated | 92 min | Action, Drama, War
The story of a platoon during the Korean War. One by one Corporal Denno's superiors are killed until it comes to the point where he must try to take command responsibility.
Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: Richard Basehart, Gene Evans, Michael O'Shea, Richard Hylton
Votes: 2,113
12. 71: Into the Fire (2010)
Not Rated | 120 min | Action, Drama, War
The story of student-soldiers trying to protect a middle school during the early days of the Korean War.
Director: John H. Lee | Stars: Cha Seung-won, Kwon Sang-woo, Choi Seung-hyun, Kim Seung-woo
Votes: 5,818
13. Korea Patrol (1951)
59 min | Drama, War
When North Korean troops invade South Korea in 1951, an American officer attached to a South Korean army unit leads a mixed American-South Korean patrol to blow up an important bridge in order to delay the North Korean advance.
Director: Max Nosseck | Stars: Richard Emory, Sung Li, Benson Fong, Al Eben
Votes: 23
14. The Nun and the Sergeant (1962)
Not Rated | 74 min | Drama, War
A weary sergeant in Korea commands military prisoners on a dangerous mission and is joined by a nun and a group of schoolgirls in enemy territory.
Director: Franklin Adreon | Stars: Robert Webber, Anna Sten, Leo Gordon, Hari Rhodes
Votes: 96
15. The Young and the Brave (1963)
Approved | 84 min | Drama, War
A boy accompanies three soldiers in their escape from the enemy in Korea.
Director: Francis D. Lyon | Stars: Rory Calhoun, William Bendix, Richard Jaeckel, Richard Arlen
Votes: 232
16. All the Young Men (1960)
Approved | 87 min | Action, Drama, War
During the Korean War, a platoon leader dies, leaving his inexperienced black Sergeant in charge of his squad of belligerent and racist white men.
Director: Hall Bartlett | Stars: Alan Ladd, Sidney Poitier, James Darren, Glenn Corbett
Votes: 653
17. Battle Circus (1953)
Approved | 90 min | Drama, Romance, War
Set in Korea and made during the war, this is the love story of a hard-bitten Army surgeon, and a new nurse ready to save the world.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, June Allyson, Keenan Wynn, Robert Keith
Votes: 1,663
18. Battle Flame (1959)
Approved | 78 min | Drama, War
The trials and tribulations of a platoon of U.S. Marines, led by 1st Lt. Frank Davis, during the Korean War.
Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Scott Brady, Elaine Edwards, Robert Blake, Wayne Heffley
Votes: 54
19. Battle Hymn (1957)
Passed | 108 min | Biography, Drama, History
A remorseful bomber pilot-turned-minister rejoins for the Korean War.
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Rock Hudson, Martha Hyer, Dan Duryea, Don DeFore
Votes: 1,306
20. Battle Taxi (1955)
82 min | Drama, War
In the Korean war, the commander of an Air Rescue helicopter team must show a hot-shot former jet pilot how important helicopter rescue work is and turn him into a team player.
Director: Herbert L. Strock | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Arthur Franz, Marshall Thompson, Leo Needham
Votes: 268
21. Battle Zone (1952)
Approved | 81 min | War
During the Korean War, two combat photographers with the U.S. Marine Corps compete for the heart of a pretty Italian Army nurse.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: John Hodiak, Linda Christian, Stephen McNally, Martin Milner
Votes: 219
22. Dragonfly Squadron (1953)
Approved | 82 min | Drama, War
In Pusan, shortly before the start of the Korean War, American flight instructors teach South Korean pilots how to fly US-made warplanes.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: John Hodiak, Barbara Britton, Bruce Bennett, Jess Barker
Votes: 168
23. Field of Honor (1986)
R | 93 min | Drama, War
Korea 1951: After a Chinese attack Dutch mercenary sergeant De Koning is left alone by his army. While trying to survive, he meets a woman who is attempting to save her little brother. The image of the boy in shock changes him.
Directors: Dae-hie Kim, Hans Scheepmaker | Stars: Everett McGill, Ron Brandsteder, Bart Römer, Anis de Jong
Votes: 180
24. Flight Nurse (1953)
Approved | 90 min | Biography, Drama, War
During the Korean War, a United States Air Force nurse with the Medical Air Evacuation Unit flies on C-47 transport aircraft based in Japan where she ferries servicemen wounded in combat.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Joan Leslie, Forrest Tucker, Arthur Franz, Jeff Donnell
Votes: 154
25. Hell's Horizon (1955)
Approved | 80 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Interaction among men of a bombing squadron during the Korean War.
Director: Tom Gries | Stars: John Ireland, Marla English, Bill Williams, Hugh Beaumont
Votes: 137
26. Inchon (1981)
PG | 140 min | Drama, History, War
During the Korean War, General Douglas MacArthur masterminds the amphibious invasion of Inchon in September 1950.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Jacqueline Bisset, Ben Gazzara, Toshirô Mifune
Votes: 849 | Gross: $5.20M
27. Jet Attack (1958)
Approved | 69 min | Drama, War
Three American pilots are shot down behind enemy lines during the Korean war, where they encounter a mysterious Russian nurse. Their life is in her hands.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: John Agar, Audrey Totter, Gregory Walcott, James Dobson
Votes: 246
28. Korea (1952)
Drama, War
Director: Lamberto V. Avellana | Stars: Jaime de la Rosa, Tony Santos, Alfonso Carvajal, Gil de Leon
Votes: 13
29. This Is Korea! (1951)
Not Rated | 50 min | Documentary, War
Director John Ford's documentary about the beginnings of the Korean War, after North Korenn troops invaded South Korea and battled U.S., South Korean and United Nations forces. Notable in ... See full summary »
Director: John Ford | Stars: Ward Bond, Edward A. Craig, Allan Dwan, John Ireland
Votes: 204
30. Korea: The Forgotten War (1987 TV Movie)
120 min | Documentary
For a police action the 1950's Korean conflict must have seemed a hell of a lot like a war, which this collection of newsreels all too clearly shows.
Director: Don Horan | Stars: Mark W. Clark, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Turner Joy, Douglas MacArthur
Votes: 41
31. Korea: The Unfinished War (2003– )
Drama, History, War
The history of the Korean War.
Stars: Brian McKenna, Terence McKenna, Tim Post, Gianpaolo Venuta
Votes: 29
32. Marines, Let's Go (1961)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Four privates romp their way through occupied Japan while on leave, finding a little romance and some laughs. After it's over they head to the front lines of the Korean War where brutality and death are constant.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Tom Tryon, David Hedison, Tom Reese, Linda Hutchings
Votes: 236
33. Mission Over Korea (1953)
Approved | 85 min | Drama, War
In the early days of the Korean War, a commanding officer tries to rein in a headstrong rookie pilot determined to avenge his brother's death.
Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: John Hodiak, John Derek, Audrey Totter, Maureen O'Sullivan
Votes: 136
34. The Steel Helmet (1951)
Approved | 85 min | Action, Drama, War
A ragtag group of American stragglers battles against superior Communist troops in an abandoned Buddhist temple during the Korean War.
Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: Gene Evans, Robert Hutton, Steve Brodie, James Edwards
Votes: 4,737
35. Mr. Walkie Talkie (1952)
Passed | 65 min | Action, Comedy, War
Joe Sawyer and William Tracy return in another wacky service comedy, Sawyer as the exasperated sergeant of a GI trainee (Tracy) who remembers everything he has ever heard. Their ... See full summary »
Director: Fred Guiol | Stars: William Tracy, Joe Sawyer, Margia Dean, Robert Shayne
Votes: 92
36. Operation Dames (1959)
Approved | 74 min | Drama, Romance, War
During the Korean War, a troupe of traveling USO entertainers find themselves behind enemy lines with a squad of American soldiers. Together they try to find their way back to their own ... See full summary »
Director: Louis Clyde Stoumen | Stars: Eve Meyer, Chuck Henderson, Don Devlin, Ed Craig
Votes: 126
37. Prisoner of War (1954)
Approved | 81 min | Drama, War
During the Korean War, an American officer is tasked with infiltrating a Communist-run POW camp in order to investigate the treatment of American prisoners by the enemy.
Director: Andrew Marton | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Steve Forrest, Dewey Martin, Oscar Homolka
Votes: 288
38. Retreat, Hell! (1952)
Approved | 95 min | Drama, War
The saga of a battalion of U.S. Marines during the Korean War, starting with their training, landing at Inchon in 1950, advance into North Korea and their subsequent retreat back to the 38th parallel.
Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Frank Lovejoy, Richard Carlson, Anita Louise, Russ Tamblyn
Votes: 543
39. Sabre Jet (1953)
Passed | 90 min | Drama, War
The story of jet pilots flying over Korea by day, from their Itazuke Air Base in Japan, and of their wives, on station with them, who have dinner ready when they return. Jane Carter (Coleen... See full summary »
Director: Louis King | Stars: Robert Stack, Coleen Gray, Richard Arlen, Julie Bishop
Votes: 164
40. Battle on Shangganling Mountain (1956)
Not Rated | 124 min | War, Drama
The story takes place during the Korean War (1951-1953). In the fall of 1952, the American troops launched a large-scale attack by the border between South Korea and North Korea during the ... See full summary »
Directors: Shan Lin, Meng Sha | Stars: Baocheng Gao, Linge Xu, Liang Zhang, Yuru Li
Votes: 168
41. Submarine Command (1951)
Approved | 87 min | Drama, War
Submarine commander Ken White reminisces about his wartime years aboard submarine USS Tiger Shark and struggles with feelings of personal guilt.
Director: John Farrow | Stars: William Holden, Nancy Olson, William Bendix, Don Taylor
Votes: 685
42. Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004)
R | 140 min | Action, Drama, War
When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.
Director: Kang Je-kyu | Stars: Jang Dong-Gun, Won Bin, Eun-ju Lee, Kong Hyeong-jin
Votes: 41,081 | Gross: $1.11M
43. Tank Battalion (1958)
Approved | 80 min | War, Drama
Four men in their tank, during the Korean War in 1951, find themselves behind enemy lines.
Director: Sherman A. Rose | Stars: Don Kelly, Leslie Parrish, Edward G. Robinson Jr., Frank Gorshin
Votes: 191
44. The Hook (1963)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, War
In the final days of the Korean War, an enemy airman is captured by three American soldiers who cannot bring themselves to follow the order to execute their prisoner.
Director: George Seaton | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Robert Walker Jr., Nick Adams, Pancho Magalona
Votes: 782
45. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
PG-13 | 126 min | Drama, Thriller
An American POW in the Korean War is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury
Votes: 79,867
46. The McConnell Story (1955)
Approved | 106 min | Drama, Romance, War
A Korean War fighter pilot hero returns home to test fly the new Sabre jets despite his wife's uneasiness regarding his job.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Alan Ladd, June Allyson, James Whitmore, Frank Faylen
Votes: 628
47. The Rack (1956)
Passed | 100 min | Drama, War
A decorated Korean War hero inexplicably collaborates with the enemy while interred in a POW camp and is court-martialed.
Director: Arnold Laven | Stars: Paul Newman, Wendell Corey, Walter Pidgeon, Edmond O'Brien
Votes: 1,656
48. The Reluctant Heroes (1971 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 73 min | Drama, War
During the Korean War, a newly commissioned lieutenant finds that he and his men are trapped after the enemy surrounds their position. Despite having had no leadership training, he uses ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Day | Stars: Ken Berry, Jim Hutton, Trini López, Don Marshall
Votes: 103
49. Time Limit (1957)
Approved | 96 min | Drama, War
During the Korean War former prisoner of war, Major Harry Cargill admits to having collaborated with the enemy but military investigator Colonel William Edwards wants the details.
Director: Karl Malden | Stars: Richard Widmark, Richard Basehart, Dolores Michaels, June Lockhart
Votes: 1,254
50. Torpedo Alley (1952)
84 min | Drama
Carrier pilot Lieutenant Bob Bingham (Mark Stevens) is rescued at sea by a submarine after he freezes at the controls and crashes, killing his two crewmen. He returns to civilian life but ... See full summary »
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Mark Stevens, Dorothy Malone, Charles Winninger, Bill Williams
Votes: 185
51. War Hunt (1962)
Approved | 83 min | Drama, War
Dispatched to the front lines during the Korean War, an idealistic American soldier discovers the horrors of combat and comes at odds with a psychopathic member of his platoon.
Director: Denis Sanders | Stars: John Saxon, Charles Aidman, Sydney Pollack, Tommy Matsuda
Votes: 1,119
52. War Is Hell (1961)
81 min | Drama, War
During the Korean War, a glory-hunting sergeant leads his platoon on a mission against the enemy--not telling them that a cease-fire has just been declared--so that he can win medals. ... See full summary »
Director: Burt Topper | Stars: Tony Russel, Baynes Barron, Burt Topper, Judy Dan
Votes: 141
53. Incheon sanglyuk jakjeon (1965)
Drama, Romance, War
A North Korean agent falls in love with the South Korean Minister of Information. The agent begins to submit false reports to her superiors, paving the way for the UN forces landing safely in Incheon to recapture Seoul.
Director: Keung-ha Jo | Stars: Yeong-gyun Shin, Hye-jeong Kim, Il-bong Yun
54. The Front Line (2011)
Not Rated | 133 min | Action, Drama, History
A drama centered on the Korean War's final battle that will determine the border between north and south.
Director: Hun Jang | Stars: Shin Ha-kyun, Go Soo, Ryu Seung-su, Ko Chang-seok
Votes: 7,105 | Gross: $0.01M
55. The Bamboo Prison (1954)
Approved | 79 min | Drama, War
Corporal Brady (Brian Keith) an American soldier captured during the Korean War, is taken to a POW camp. There he meets Sergeant Rand (Robert Francis) a prisoner who is cooperating with the... See full summary »
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Robert Francis, Dianne Foster, Brian Keith, Jerome Courtland
Votes: 270
56. A Yank in Korea (1951)
Approved | 73 min | Drama, War
Shortly after the declaration of war between the United States and Korea, mechanical engineering college student Andy Smith inadvertently volunteers for enlistment in the Army while trying ... See full synopsis »
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Lon McCallister, William 'Bill' Phillips, Brett King, Larry Stewart
Votes: 35
57. One Minute to Zero (1952)
Approved | 105 min | Drama, War
During the early days of the Korean War, U.S. Army colonel Steve Janowski is one of the military advisers training the South Korean army and he's tasked with evacuating American civilians from the war zone.
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Ann Blyth, William Talman, Charles McGraw
Votes: 834
58. Target Zero (1955)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, War
Set during the Korean War, a unit of American soldiers, together with three British tank crew, find themselves trapped behind enemy lines.
Director: Harmon Jones | Stars: Richard Conte, Peggie Castle, Charles Bronson, Richard Stapley
Votes: 423
59. Jeonjaenggwa sarang (1962)
Drama, War
Yeong-yi makes her way south at the outbreak of the Korean War. She joins up with a doomed group of refugees who have the same idea. However, they soon find themselves caught in the ... See full summary »
Director: Muk Kim | Stars: Hae Hwang, Seung-ho Kim, Jang-kang Heo
60. Hold Back the Night (1956)
80 min | Drama, War
A Marine officer tells his squad the story behind a bottle of liquor that he always keeps with him but never drinks from.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: John Payne, Mona Freeman, Peter Graves, Chuck Connors
Votes: 182
61. Sniper's Ridge (1961)
Approved | 61 min | Drama, War
A combat unit under Capt. Tombol's command undertakes a perilous final patrol amidst heightened tensions, despite an imminent Korean War treaty. Tragically, Tombol steps on a "Bouncing Betty" landmine.
Director: John A. Bushelman | Stars: Jack Ging, Stanley Clements, John Goddard, Douglas Henderson
Votes: 146
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