Hapless soldier movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant hapless soldier movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, captivating, bleak, tense and suspense films and TV shows about / with hapless soldier, soldier, military, military life, war, survival, army, world war two, weapons and death plots mostly in Drama, War and Action genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as hapless soldier: Civil Love (2012), Enlisted (2014), Guy X (2005), '71 (2014), Zero Motivation (2014), Hart's War (2002), Saints and Soldiers (2003), Band of Brothers (2001), The Royal Bodyguard (2011), Military Academy (2007).
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List of hapless soldier movies
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Rachel is a widow during the Civil War who holds the South responsible for her husband's death. When a wounded enemy soldier takes refuge in her barn, Rachel reluctantly helps him. As she gets to know him more, she realizes she must protect him ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, touching, serious, tension ...
Plot:
american civil war, family relations, wartime life, fall in love, hopes, parents and children, hapless soldier, life is a bitch, soldier, love and romance, civil war, farm ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Enlisted is an upcoming American television series that is set to premiere on Fox on January 10, 2014. Fox placed a 13-episode order for the single-camera comedy.
Style:
sitcom, realistic, humorous, not serious
Plot:
basic training, soldier, military, sibling relationship, military life, squad, fish out of water, hapless soldier, social misfits, sergeant, misfit, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, florida
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2K
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: UK, Canada, Iceland, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A black comedy set in 1979, about a soldier mistakenly posted to an Arctic military base.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, dark comedy, biting ...
Plot:
military life, mistaken identity, disorder, military base, hapless soldier, dishonesty, military, uncover truth, dark humor, isolation, snow, vietnam war ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
europe, denmark
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65K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young British soldier must find his way back to safety after his unit accidentally abandons him during a riot in the streets of Belfast.
Style:
suspenseful, political, intense, atmospheric, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, soldier, war, survival, ira, military, british soldier, combat, riot, wartime, chase, british military ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1971, year 2014
Place:
ireland, northern ireland, britain, belfast, london ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Filmmaker Talya Lavie steps into the spotlight with a dark comedy about everyday life for a unit of young female Israeli soldiers. The human resources office at a remote desert base serves as the setting for this cast of characters, who bide their ...
Style:
funny, witty, talky, humorous, dark comedy ...
Plot:
office, kick-butt women, satire, military, virginity, female soldier, military base, soldier, friendship, female pubic hair, israeli army, israeli ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine, russia, tokyo
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Fourth-generation Army Col. William McNamara is imprisoned in a brutal German POW camp. Still, as the senior-ranking American officer, he commands his fellow inmates, keeping a sense of honor alive in a place where honor is easy to destroy, all ...
Style:
tense, realistic, harsh, factual, suspense ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi, racism, war, prison, prisoner of war camp, court martial, pow, moral dilemma, prison escape, soldier, propaganda ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 2002, post world war two
Place:
germany, europe, belgium, poland
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Five American soldiers fighting in Europe during World War II struggle to return to Allied territory after being separated from U.S. forces during the historic Malmedy Massacre.
Style:
touching, epic, intense, rough, emotional ...
Plot:
world war two, military, behind enemy lines, soldier, battles, winter, survival, friendship, pow, allies, world war, heroic mission ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
belgium, germany, europe, berlin germany, louisiana ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men from paratrooper training in Georgia through the end of the war. As an elite rifle company ...
Style:
heroic, captivating, epic, historical drama, period piece ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
world war two, combat, military, war, battles, soldier, american soldier, paratrooper, courage, behind enemy lines, infantry, nazi germany ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, y2k, 2000s, post world war two
Place:
germany, europe, belgium, netherlands, austria ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The Royal Bodyguard is a British television sitcom, written by Mark Bussell and Justin Sbresni, and starring David Jason, Geoffrey Whitehead, Tim Downie and Timothy Bentinck. A series of six episodes began on 26 December 2011, concluding on 30 ...
Style:
sitcom, realistic, humorous, not serious, exciting ...
Plot:
workplace situations, escapades, farce, comedy of errors, nothing goes right, disorder, goofy hero, hapless soldier, danger, workplace, anti hero, royal family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The movie deals with a guy who gets to join the German Bundeswehr involuntarily because a colleague loses his denial papers in order to get the chance to get down on his girlfriend. When entering the Bundeswehr he acts like a giant idiot and of ...
Style:
sexy, not serious, humorous, realistic, feel good ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
military, military life, life turned upside down, disorder, soldier, misfit, adolescence vs adulthood, hapless soldier, basic training, fish out of water, boot camp, military base ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Is relevant?
142K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A 10-part mini-series from the creators of "Band of Brothers" telling the intertwined stories of three Marines during America's battle with the Japanese in the Pacific during World War II.
Style:
serious, disturbing, emotional, suspenseful, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, military, battlefield, war, squad, combat, battles, soldier, marines, american soldier, japanese soldier, imperial japan ...
Time:
1940s, 2010s, 20th century, year 1945
Place:
pacific ocean, japan, alabama, okinawa japan, asia ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 184 min.
TV show
Story:
Platoon commander Lt. Kravtsov reports for active duty. Military 'fate' allocates for such lieutenants only three days of life, on average. During this time, Kravtsov should become the commander of his troops and lead them in a hopeless ...
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, grim, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, world war two, sacrifice, death, heroism, battlefield, lieutenant, duty, war violence, wartime life, battles, wartime ...
Time:
1940s
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
In the confused melee that follows a roadside bomb attack on their convoy in Afghanistan, a Dutch soldier opens fire on a suspect Afghan, only to find that this killing unleashes a chain of dramatic events that will cast a long shadow over the lives ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
military, soldier, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, hapless soldier, murder, afghanistan veteran, problem, wartime life, military officer, military life ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Soldier Brian Wood, is accused of war crimes in Iraq by the human rights lawyer Phil Shiner. The two men go head to head in a legal and moral conflict that takes us from the battlefield, at so-called Checkpoint Danny Boy, to the courtroom and one of ...
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
iraq war, war crime, american soldier, ex soldier, human rights, military, accused of murder, framed for a crime, framed for murder, military officer, soldier, war violence ...
Place:
united kingdom
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Genre: War
Country: South Korea, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Korean War, September 1950. In order to fight the enemy forces based in the South of the peninsula, General MacArthur orders the start of the Incheon Landing Operation, deploying diversionary attacks in other locations. Without real military forces ...
Style:
bleak, suspense, tense, epic, disturbing ...
Plot:
korean war, combat, military, infantry, mission, soldier, battles, female reporter, heroism, bravery, courage, battle zone ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, year 1950
Place:
korea
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In November of 1918 as World War I was ending, a unit of American soldiers goes behind enemy lines to find a lost platoon of African American soldiers.
Style:
captivating, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war one, trench warfare, military, soldier, rescue mission, army, death, battlefield, military life, combat, war violence, battles ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1918
Place:
europe
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Lt. Commander Finchhaven, a ghostly relic from the First World War, he had fallen down dead drunk on his first assignment and been consigned from the great beyond to sail the seas until a further opportunity arises to redeem his actions. During the ...
Style:
not serious, humorous
Plot:
world war two, ship, afterlife, great war, soldier, ghost, disorder, confined, supernatural, military, military life, isolation ...
Time:
year 1969, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
the philippines
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Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When the seeds from the original Garden of Eden are carelessly released into today's toxic climate, the plant is transformed by our contaminated environment into a writhing mass of foliage that wreaks havoc over earth.
Style:
suspense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, ecological disaster, save the world, forces of nature, danger, chaos, escapades, inventions and discoveries, experiment gone awry, environmentalist, heroes, creature feature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, Morocco
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Afghanistan, 2006, Helmand Province becomes one of the most dangerous places on Earth as the British Army is deployed into the Taliban heartland. The Operation, Herrick, became synonymous with the struggle as British troops fought a losing battle ...
Style:
tense, psychological, realistic, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
war, military, british army, soldier, isolation, military life, danger, confined, chaos, war on terror, army, anti war ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan, morocco, middle east
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A climate of civil war, a fight that has made them lose everything including their youth, four soldiers aged 13 to 20 years, will meet and build friendships. In the grip of an adult conflict, which they do not understand, Matéo, Dominique, Big Max ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, captivating, bleak ...
Plot:
soldier, friendship, life is a bitch, wartime life, social decay, danger, military, youth, society, battles, teenage life, nothing to lose ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
quebec
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
From the creators of Scary Movie and Date Movie comes this tongue-in-cheek parody of the sword-and-sandal epics, dubbed Meet the Spartans. The 20th Century Fox production was written and directed by the filmmaking team of Jason Friedberg and Aaron ...
Style:
parody, slapstick, satirical, humorous, absurd ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
goofy hero, homoeroticism, stupidity, satire, breakdance, oracle, male male relationship, queen, celebrity, heroic mission, army, heroes ...
Time:
year 2008, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
ancient greece, greece
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Not everyone is born to be a soldier. Not even in Israel, where universal conscription is the tradition. This movie is about a Sad Sack in the Israeli army, incompetent to complete training and yet incompetent to extricate himself.
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, thought provoking, bleak
Plot:
israeli, basic training, power relations, soldier, misfit, army investigation, military, hapless soldier, military life, officers and cadets, boot camp, nudity ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
israel
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An Israeli soldier is taken hostage by a small PLO squad in Lebanon. The soldier planned to go on vacation and to fly to the world final soccer cup, he and his capturers share the love to soccer and toward the (not so happy) end a relationship is ...
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, realistic, serious, bleak
Plot:
soccer, football, israeli, military, life is a bitch, war, confined, soldier, wartime life, infantrymen, hapless soldier, anti war ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
lebanon, middle east, palestine
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The story of young recruits doing their compulsory military service in the East German army 'NVA' prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, captivating, feel good ...
Plot:
military base, army, soldier, rebelliousness, military life, military, misfit, boot camp, basic training, daydreamer, friends, prank ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
german democratic republic, germany, east germany, europe
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Netherlands, Czech Republic
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Toward the end of World War II, Russian soldiers pushing into eastern Germany stumble across a secret Nazi lab, one that has unearthed and begun experimenting with the journal of one Dr. Victor Frankenstein. The scientists have used the legendary ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, mockbuster ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
zombie, frankenstein, mad scientist, nazi zombie, nazi, found footage, deadly creature, secret mission, nazi occultism, body horror, creature feature, monster ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
germany
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Uuno is forced to complete his mandatory military service when it is revealed that he only spent one day in the army in his youth. As is typical of the Turhapuro series his family and friends become closely tied in with these events. His friends ...
Style:
slapstick, lighthearted, realistic, not serious, humorous
Plot:
farce, absurd humor, army life, fish out of water, satire, conscription, mistaken identity, cross dressing, political satire, escapism, army, soldier ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
finland
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45K
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana's infamous Tigerland, last stop before Vietnam for tens of thousands of young men in 1971
Style:
psychological, talky, harsh, stylized, intense ...
Plot:
military, boot camp, vietnam war, basic training, recruit, anti war, profanity, military base, insubordination, buddies, military training, world war two ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 2000, year 1971
Place:
vietnam, usa, kansas, louisiana, indochina
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Estonia, Georgia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
War in Abkhazia 1990. An Estonian man Ivo has stayed behind to harvest his crops of tangerines. In a bloody conflict at his door, a wounded man is left behind, and Ivo is forced to take him in.
Style:
harsh, thought provoking, tense, heartbreaking, compassionate ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
anti war, humanity, brutality, wartime life, civil war, tragedy, life & death, survival, character study, bullet wound, war, caucasian ...
Time:
90s, year 1992, year 2013, year 2014, 20th century
Place:
georgia, caucasus, middle east, iraq, soviet union ...
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
Based on the graphic novel by James Jones, The Thin Red Line tells the story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II ...
Style:
philosophical, visually stunning, visually appealing, visual, epic ...
Plot:
war, world war two, sergeant, jungle, infantry, soldier, pacific war, anti war, u.s. army, pacific island, survival, existentialism ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 90s, year 1998, year 1940 ...
Place:
asia, japan, america, germany, pacific ocean ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
Style:
realistic, epic, contemplative, disturbing, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, adult
Plot:
world war two, war, military, japanese history, battles, anti war, survival, japanese military, japanese army, imperial japan, violence, stallion ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 2006, ancient times, 2000s ...
Place:
japan, asia, nebraska, tokyo, germany
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