281. The Black Tent
Year of Release: 1957
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst
Actors: Donald Sinden, Anthony Steel, Anna-Maria Sandri, André Morell, Terence Sharkey, Donald Pleasence
282. Battle of Okinawa, The ( Gekido no showashi: Okinawa kessen )
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kihachi Okamoto
Actors: Keiju Kobayashi, Yûzô Kayama, Tetsurô Tanba, Tatsuya Nakadai, Mayumi Ozora, Katsuhiko Sasaki
Plot: Told from the Japanese perspective.
283. The Passage
Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Actors: Anthony Quinn, James Mason, Malcolm McDowell, Patricia Neal, Christopher Lee, Kay Lenz
284. Fear and Desire
Year of Release: 1953
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Actors: Frank Silvera, Paul Mazursky, Kenneth Harp, Stephen Coit, Virginia Leith
Plot: Stanley Kubrik's first, and rarely-screened film: four men survive a plane crash in an unspecified country during war. Six miles behind enemy lines, they must come up with a plan to get back to their own side but complications erupt in the form of a woman who discovers their location and one man's desire to take out an enemy general.
285. Never So Few
Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Sturges
Actors: Frank Sinatra, Gina Lollobrigida, Peter Lawford, Steve McQueen, Paul Henreid, Brian Donlevy
286. The Red Badge of Courage
Year of Release: 1951
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Huston
Actors: Audie Murphy, Bill Mauldin, Royal Dano, Douglas Dick, Arthur Hunnicutt, John Dierkes
287. Overlord
Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Stuart Cooper
Actors: Brian Stirner, Davyd Harries, Nicholas Ball, Julie Neesam, Sam Sewell, John Franklyn-Robbins
Plot: A young British man leaves home and enlists in the army as preparations for D-Day take place.
288. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Nagisa Ôshima
Actors: David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryûichi Sakamoto, Takeshi Kitano, Jack Thompson, Johnny Okura
289. Gardens of Stone
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Actors: James Caan, Anjelica Huston, James Earl Jones, D.B. Sweeney, Dean Stockwell, Mary Stuart Masterson
Plot: Gardens of Stone concentrates on the trials and tribulations of the Arlington National Cemetery home guard.
290. Iron Eagle
Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/War
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Actors: Louis Gossett Jr., Jason Gedrick, Tim Thomerson, Larry B. Scott, Caroline Lagerfelt, Jerry Levine
Plot: An Air Force pilot, along with a Colonel, go behind enemy lines in order to save the pilot's father who was shot down in a radical Middle Eastern state.
