Korean War Movies
War Movies about the Korean War, 1950-1953
The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
Yet another addition to the “all time best classic war movies” list, 1954’s The Bridges at Toko-Ri stands as a shining example of quite possibly *the* perfect war movie. Well, maybe that’s stretching it, but man, this is really hard to beat. The film starts on board the aircraft carrier Savo Island in the... »
The Steel Helmet (1951)
Before the epic The Big Red One, director Samuel Fuller created another war picture, The Steel Helmet. “Helmet” was a film about the Korean War, made right smack in the middle of the war, and in it, he pulls no punches on a lot of subjects. However, the execution leaves quite a bit to... »
Marines, Let’s Go! (1961)
OK, so lets put on our imagination caps for a moment. Imagine that Porky’s or Stripes or Animal House had been made in ‘61, and for some reason it’d been set in Tokyo during the Korean War with a bunch of misfit Marines. And lets say that they cast a bunch of nobody’s and... »
M*A*S*H (1970)
So is M*A*S*H a “war movie” or an “anti-war movie?” It’s been called both, and I think they’re right on both counts. Robert Altman’s 1970 masterpiece which spawned the spinoff TV series comes at you from both directions, dead serious and dead funny. All at the same time. It follows the doctors of the 4077th... »
