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

1. 20 Days in Mariupol (2023)

TV-PG | 95 min | Documentary, War

As the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting the war's atrocities.

Director: Mstyslav Chernov | Stars: Mstyslav Chernov, Evgeniy Maloletka, Liudmyla Amelkina, Roman Golovanov

Votes: 20,885

2. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)

R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A Highway Patrol Officer, two criminals and a station secretary defend a defunct Los Angeles precinct office against a siege by a bloodthirsty street gang.

Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer, Martin West

Votes: 55,857

3. Hard to Be a God (2013)

Not Rated | 177 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

In the distant future, a space traveler from Earth breaks a special law and interferes with the history of another, Medieval-like planet.

Director: Aleksey German | Stars: Leonid Yarmolnik, Aleksandr Chutko, Yuriy Tsurilo, Evgeniy Gerchakov

Votes: 6,395

4. Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (2017 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Drama

In 1961, BJ Blazkowicz and his ragtag team of allies arrive in Nazi-controlled America on a mission to recruit the boldest resistance leaders left and restart the American Revolution.

Directors: Fredrik Ljungdahl, Jens Matthies, Tom Keegan | Stars: Brian Bloom, Alicja Bachleda, Gideon Emery, A.J. Trauth

Votes: 5,405

5. Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941)

Passed | 216 min | Action, Adventure, Family

To protect a magic talisman from being used for evil, a teenage boy named Billy Batson is given the power to become an adult superhero, Captain Marvel, with a single magic word: "Shazam!"

Directors: John English, William Witney | Stars: Tom Tyler, Frank Coghlan Jr., William 'Billy' Benedict, Louise Currie

Votes: 1,525

6. Stars of Eger (1968)

157 min | Adventure, History, Romance

1552, the great Turkish Empire wants to conquer Europe, and the world. The last stand is Hungarian Kingdom, and the castle of Eger. The brave soldiers decides they will fight till the end of their lives.

Director: Zoltán Várkonyi | Stars: István Kovács, Vera Venczel, Imre Sinkovits, György Korga

Votes: 2,654

7. The Fog of Courage (2014)

TV-Y7 | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Proposed CGI pilot for a revival of Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999) show. Courage unearths a cursed amulet which unleashes the furious spirit of a dead man who wants it back in order to be reunited with his lost love once again.

Director: John Dilworth | Stars: Wallace Shawn, Marty Grabstein, Thea White, Paul Schoeffler

Votes: 297

8. Battle for the Bulge (1969)

48 min | Documentary, History, War

This WWII documentary uses current location filming and authentic historic film clips to document the Battle of the Bulge, the last big German offensive in World War II, which was launched ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Batty | Stars: Hasso von Manteuffel, Robert Hasbrouck, John Mace, David Belchem

Votes: 16

9. Apache War Smoke (1952)

Passed | 67 min | Western

Apaches surround and attack a remote stage relay station - trapping a stagecoach, passengers, cash box, a local bandit, a drifter and the station staff - in a search for a killer of their tribesmen.

Director: Harold F. Kress | Stars: Gilbert Roland, Glenda Farrell, Robert Horton, Barbara Ruick

Votes: 264

10. Inside Waco (2013)

60 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

In February 1993, the world watched as the biggest armed siege in American history. The bungled raid, on the headquarters of the extreme religious group led by David Koresh, culminated in the deaths of 84, including 22 Britons.

Stars: Jeff Jarmer, Derek Lovelock, Natalie Norbrega, Byron Sage

Votes: 5

11. Fort 27 (1948)

70 min | Adventure, Drama, War

Fort 27 was one of the Greek forts on the Rupel straits. In the film, we watch the men defending it against the German attacks, and later, when the front collapses, their resistance to the occupying forces.

Director: Mavrikios Novak | Stars: Billy Konstantopoulou, Giorgos Loukakis, Kostas Papahristos, Anthi Miliadi

Votes: 12

12. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: The Siege of Leningrad (2000)

Documentary, History, War

Tim Pigott-Smith narrates the story of one of the Second World War's most harrowing episodes - the 890-day siege of the Soviet Union's second city Leningrad which was not liberated until January 1944.

Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, Rolf Carls, Karl Dönitz, Joseph Goebbels

Votes: 7

13. Battle Plan Under Fire (2004– )
Episode: Siege (2004)

Documentary, History, War

We explore siege warfare which is almost as old as history itself and can have several aims.

Director: Gordon Stevens | Stars: Bruce Gudmundsson, Lloyd Clark, Eric Meyers, Christian de Castries

14. Ukraine on Fire 2 (2022– )
Episode: Hero City Mariupol 5: Unconquered Spirit Inspires (2022)

Documentary, Drama, War

Since 1 March 2022 Ukraine's Mariupol has been under siege and partly occupied by Russia. Inspired Ukrainian localities, places as streets and squares, are named after unconquered heroes of Mariupol.

Stars: Vitali Klitschko, Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Votes: 13

15. Ukraine on Fire 2 (2022– )
Episode: Last Shooting in Mariupol: Mantas Kvedaravicius (2022)

Documentary, Drama, War

Working on his new film, Mantas disappeared on 27 March 2022 in Mariupol besieged by Russia. He was executed by Russian soldiers and his body was found on 1 April. Mantas left lasting impressions as a human being and film director.

Stars: Mantas Kvedaravicius, Olga Novikova

Votes: 12

16. Ukraine on Fire 2 (2022– )
Episode: Hero City Okhtyrka 3: Burnt in Fire (2022)

Documentary, Drama, War

The Russian forces continue attacking infrastructure of the besieged town of Okhtyrka but people keep on resisting, documenting their war crimes.

Votes: 10

17. Ukraine on Fire 2 (2022– )
Episode: Hero City Hostomel 10: Massacre of Civilians: Maksymenko (2022)

Documentary, Drama, War

As Russian forces blockade Hostomel, civilians try to leave it on their own. But they are massacred in another Russian war crime. Why does father lose his son?

Star: Oleksandr Maksymenko

Votes: 10

18. Ukraine on Fire 2 (2022– )
Episode: Hero City Hostomel 13: Cossack Drive of Victory (2022)

Documentary, Drama, War

Russian Blitzkrieg on Kyiv via Hostomel turns into a disaster. Losing thousands, Russian forces are forced to escape due to Ukrainian Cossack Drive.

Votes: 10

19. Apocalypse, le crépuscule d'Hitler (2023)
Episode: Le dernier acte (2023)

Documentary, History, War

Its 1944, and as the Allied forces take over the West and Nazis retreat in the East, Hitler orders his country to its ruin from his underground bunker.

Directors: Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Stephen Rashbrook, Ahmed Ben Bella, Blondi

Votes: 8

20. Secrets of the Dead (2000– )
Episode: Jamestown's Dark Winter (2015)

TV-14 | 54 min | Documentary, History, War

Forensic anthropologists investigate the recently found remains of a young girl in the British colony of Jamestown, Virginia, which may prove the rumors of cannibalism in the colony during the time of great hunger around 1610.

Director: Richard J. Wells | Stars: William Kelso, James Horn, Jamie May, Bly Straube

Votes: 58

21. Apocalypse: Stalin (2015)
Episode: L'Homme rouge (2015)

TV-14 | 53 min | Documentary, History, War

1942.After blocking the Germans right outside of Moscow, Stalin now faces Hitler's second assault. The world's fate will be decided in Stalingrad. Like in Leningrad, men, women and children, plunged into hell, are sacrificed.

Directors: Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Doug Rand, Nadezhda Alliluyeva, Svetlana Alliluyeva

Votes: 79