Desertion movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant desertion movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, captivating, suspense, atmospheric and exciting films and TV shows about / with desertion, soldier, war, military, murder, death, danger, deserter, doctor and world war plots mostly in Drama, War and Action genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as desertion: The White Crow (2018), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Risen (2016), Torn Curtain (1966), Fortress of War (2010), An Accidental Soldier (2013), D.P. (2021), Snapphanar (2006), Catch-22 (2019), Despite the Falling Snow (2016).

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The White Crow (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, France, Serbia
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Director Ralph Fiennes captures the raw physicality and brilliance of Rudolf Nureyev, whose escape to the West stunned the world at the height of the Cold War. With his magnetic presence, Nureyev emerged as ballet’s most famous star, a wild and ...
Style: captivating, tense, psychological, disturbing, retro ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: ballet, cold war, dancer, dancing, gay, politics, desertion, kgb, painting, biopic, nudity, lgbt ...
Time: 50s, year 2019, year 1961, 1950s, year 1938
Place: paris france, soviet union, moscow russia, ussr
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The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: A new Soviet nuclear missile sub (a Boomer) heading out on her maiden voyage that is being tracked by a Los Angeles class American submarine suddenly goes silent and "disappears". This focuses the attention of both U.S. Intelligence and ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, realistic, political thriller, political ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: submarine, cold war, spy, navy, espionage, nuclear threat, cia, politics, underwater, nuclear submarine, u.s. navy, sea ...
Time: 80s, year 1990, year 1984, 20th century
Place: russia, washington d.c., usa, maine, soviet union ...
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 6.3
 30K
Risen (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Clavius, a powerful Roman military tribune, and his aide, Lucius, are tasked with solving the mystery of what happened to Jesus in the weeks following the crucifixion, in order to disprove the rumors of a risen Messiah and prevent an uprising in ...
Style: biblical, christian film, atmospheric, historical drama, tense ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: christianity, roman empire, apostle, investigation, jesus christ, easter, resurrection, messiah, religion, jesus, religious, christian ...
Time: 1st century, biblical epic, 1930s
Place: jerusalem, china
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1898: Our Last Men in the Philippines (2016)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The Spanish troops in the Philippines Have to fight for their lives as they are forgot by the Spanish Empire
Style: perverse
Plot: military, siege, war, paranoia, hallucination, desertion, respect, drug, jungle, tribute, spanish history, dictator ...
Time: 19th century, ancient times, 1890s, victorian era
Place: the philippines, southeast asia, spain, manila philippines, usa ...
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 6.6
 29K
Torn Curtain (1966)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: During the Cold War, an American scientist appears to defect to East Germany as part of a cloak and dagger mission to find the formula for a resin solution, but the plan goes awry when his fiancee, unaware of his motivation, follows him across the ...
Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, stylized, political thriller ...
Plot: cold war, espionage, spy, secret agent, iron curtain, political intrigue, politics, stasi, secrets, manipulation, police investigation, murder mystery ...
Time: 20th century, year 1966, 60s
Place: east germany, germany, berlin germany, europe, east berlin ...
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Fortress of War (2010)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Belarus, Russia
Duration: 138 min.
Story: A war drama set during the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, in which Russian troops held on to a border stronghold for nine days. The film shows the heroic defense of Brest Fortress, which has taken upon the first stroke of German ...
Style: serious, realistic, tense, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, military, battles, war, red army, infantrymen, wehrmacht, border guard, nazism, heroes, nazi, invasion ...
Time: 1940s, year 1941, 2010s, 20th century
Place: russia, europe
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An Accidental Soldier (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min.
Story: An unexpected love story set in WW1 France between a young Australian baker who has deserted the front line, and a grieving French woman, who puts her own life at risk by sheltering him from the authorities.
Style: thrilling, romantic drama, romantic, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: world war one, in love, love story, love and romance, couple relations, fall in love, soldier, love affair, military, romantic relationship, wartime, relationships ...
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 8.2
 9K
D.P. (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: A young private’s assignment to capture army deserters reveals the painful reality endured by each enlistee during his compulsory call of duty.
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological, dark
Plot: korean army, military police, soldier, escape, deserter, army, military, team, military service, desertion, officer, public service ...
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 5.5
 1K
Snapphanar (2006)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Sweden, Lithuania, Denmark, Finland, Norway
Duration: 174 min.
TV show
Story: In the year of our Lord 1678, Sweden is plagued by countless wars and a dysfunctional royal rule. One night, the young and devout Nils losing everything he holds dear and tragedy drives him on a quest for vengeance. It will be a raid, which makes ...
Style: suspense, realistic, serious, depressing, baroque
Plot: resistance fighter, resistance, noble, escape, save the day, renegade, anti war, war, society, danger, life risking, fugitives ...
Time: 17th century
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 7.7
 20K
Catch-22 (2019)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Set in Italy during World War II, the series follows the story of the incomparable, artful dodger Yossarian, a bombardier for the U.S. Air Force, who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. But his real ...
Style: exciting, captivating, thought provoking, humorous, historical drama ...
Plot: world war two, aviator, u.s. air force, war, air raid, soldier, world war, transformation, frustration, society, escapades, friendship ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1944
Place: mediterranean sea, southern italy
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Despite the Falling Snow (2016)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In Cold War Moscow, a female spy steals secrets from an idealistic politician – and falls in love with him. Moscow, 1959: Katya (Rebecca Ferguson, Mission Impossible- Rogue Nation, The Girl on the Train, The White Queen), is young, beautiful – ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, suspense, touching, emotional
Audience: girls' night
Plot: cold war, love, politics, forbidden love, female secret agent, secret, danger, female spy, love and romance, espionage, spy, desertion ...
Time: 90s, 60s, 20th century
Place: soviet union, russia, moscow russia, ussr
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 4.3
 2K
Pentathlon (1994)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: When East German Eric Brogar (Dolph Lundgren) wins a gold medal in the pentathlon, he escapes to freedom in the west with the help of a beautiful American athlete. But his demanding coach, Heinrich Mueller (David Soul) vows revenge and Eric's ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, perverse ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: olympics, athlete and trainer, athlete's life, vengeance, contests and competitions, power relations, human spirit, rivalry, betrayal, employer employee relationship, coach, die hard ...
Time: 70s, 80s
Place: europe, east germany, berlin germany, seoul, usa ...
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Guns in the Heather (1969)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story: Walt Disney's 3-part made-for-TV feature, The Secret of Boyne Castle (1969), originally shown on "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" (the new title for "Disneyland"), re-edited into feature film form for European ...
Plot: desertion, espionage, spy, prospector, truth serum, dungeon, tourist, castle, physicist, student, bound and gagged
Place: ireland
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The Execution of Private Slovik (1974)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The story of Eddie Slovik, who was executed by the Army in 1945, the only American soldier to be executed for desertion since the Civil War.
Plot: firing squad, world war two, world war, execution, fictional history, death row, nazi, holocaust, death penalty, desertion, biopic, social commentary ...
Time: 1940s
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The Flim-Flam Man (1967)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Mordrcai Jones (George C. Scott) is a rural con artist (a 'flim flam man') who takes on a young army deserter Curley (Michael Sarrazin) as his protégé and teaches him the tricks of the trade. Sheriff Slade (Harry Morgan) is in hot ...
Style: cynical, realistic, semi serious, offbeat, humorous
Plot: chase, gambling, desertion, great depression, drifter, stage play, sheriff, con men, friendship, prison, going straight, rural setting ...
Time: year 1967, 60s
Place: southern usa
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Story of a Prostitute (1965)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Disappointed by the marriage of her lover to a woman he does not love, prostitute Harumi drifts from the city to a remote Japanese outpost in Manchuria to work in a "comfort house," or brothel, during the Sino-Japanese war. The commanding ...
Style: sex comedy, erotic, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot: world war two, prostitute, prostitution, soldier, female nudity, desertion, crazy love, wartime, sex, whore, japanese history, world war ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s
Place: china, japan
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King & Country (1964)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: During World War I a British soldier, charged with desertion, is defended by an officer who at first despises his actions and then grows to feel sympathy for him.
Style: thought provoking, tense, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot: world war one, courtroom, military, great war, anti war, courtroom drama, lawyer, world war, trial, desertion, court martial, aviation ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, year 1917
Place: england, belgium
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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The crew of an atomic submarine battle to save the world from global destruction.
Style: melancholic, talky, suspense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: kids, boys' night
Plot: submarine, underwater, disaster, survival, betrayal, race against time, apocalypse, moral dilemma, dystopic future, brutality, rescue, shark ...
Time: future, year 1961, 20th century
Place: new york
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 7.1
 11K
Belle Epoque (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, Portugal, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story: In 1931, a young soldier deserts from the army and falls into a country farm, where he is welcomed by the owner due to his political ideas. Manolo has four daughters, Fernando likes all of them and they like him, so he has to decide which one to ...
Style: sexy, humorous, rom com, independent film, eros ...
Audience: date night
Plot: lesbian, polyamory, spanish civil war, love, libertine, marriage, farm, soldier, obsession, politics, seductive, erotica ...
Time: 1930s, year 1992, 20th century, year 1931
Place: spain, iberian peninsula, europe, madrid, rome italy
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 8.1
 182K
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 185 min.
Story: In the Eighteenth Century, in a small village in Ireland, Redmond Barry is a young farm boy in love with his cousin Nora Brady. When Nora engages to the British Captain John Quin, Barry challenges him for a duel of pistols. He wins and escapes to ...
Style: epic, visually stunning, period piece, realistic, visual ...
Plot: nobility, rise and fall, aristocracy, opportunist, tragedy, literary, british army, gambling, funeral, sword fight, soldier, amputation ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, 20th century, victorian era, 19th century ...
Place: ireland, prussia, england, britain, berlin germany ...
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 8.2
 373K
Downfall (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Austria, Italy
Duration: 156 min.
Story: In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still ...
Style: psychological, bleak, dramatic, disturbing, harsh ...
Audience: adult
Plot: world war two, hitler, nazism, suicide, nazi, war, holocaust, fascism, third reich, national socialism, nazi germany, dictatorship ...
Time: 1940s, year 1945, year 2004, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place: germany, berlin germany, prague, europe, frankfurt germany ...
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Three Colors: White (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Switzerland, France, Poland
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique, divorces him after six months due to his impotence. Forced to leave France after losing the business they jointly owned, Karol enlists ...
Style: witty, emotional, touching, art house, visual ...
Plot: divorce, marriage, humiliation, love, obsession, funeral, vengeance, love story, relationships, crumbling marriage, business venture, revenge ...
Time: 90s, year 1994
Place: poland, paris france, france, eastern europe, europe ...
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 7.9
 82K
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy, UK, USA
Duration: 197 min.
Story: Doctor Zhivago is the filmed adapation of the Russian novel by Boris Pasternak from director David Lean that was an international success and today deemed a classic. Omar Sharif and Julie Christie play two protagonists who in fact love each other ...
Style: epic, atmospheric, emotional, visual, costume drama ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: world war one, revolution, communism, war, wartime, train, rape, love triangle, poet, communist, imperial russia, betrayal ...
Time: 20th century, 1920s, 1910s, 1940s, year 1965 ...
Place: russia, soviet union, moscow russia
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 7.1
 26K
Catch-22 (1970)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: A bombardier in World War II tries desperately to escape the insanity of the war. However, sometimes insanity is the only sane way to cope with a crazy situation. Catch-22 is a parody of a "military mentality" and of a bureaucratic society ...
Style: dark comedy, surreal, black comedy, absurd, cult classic ...
Plot: world war two, anti war, satire, military, aviation, bomber, social commentary, literary, wartime, world war, rebellion, war ...
Time: 1940s, year 1970, year 1944, 20th century
Place: new york, rome italy, italy, mediterranean sea, alexandria egypt ...
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 6.2
 43
Faneflukt (1975)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Norway
Duration: 97 min.
Story: 1941, Norway. The young kitchen maid Liv and the German officer Franz meet in the military camp where Liv works. They develop a friendship and decides to flee to Sweden.
Plot: world war two, desertion, father, love, escape, occupation, nazi, young
Time: 1940s
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 6.2
 438
Wolf Lake (1979)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Canadian film where in ex-marine Steiger, unhinged by the death of his son in Vietnam, terrorizes a young couple
Style: independent film
Plot: murder, desertion, revenge plot, revenge, rape, war veteran, lake, manhunt, deserter, world war two veteran, target practice, gang rape ...
Time: year 1980
Place: canada
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Sharpe's Gold (1995)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
TV show
Story: Sharpe is sent on a mission to exchange rifles for deserters with a strange band of Spanish guerillas. He also has to chaperone two women looking for their missing husband.
Style: exciting, captivating, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: napoleonic wars, napoleonic era, medieval, revolution, freedom, struggle, revolutionary, french revolution, british empire, napoleon bonaparte, spanish history, special forces ...
Time: 19th century
Place: spain, europe
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Farewell to the King (1989)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: An American soldier who escapes the execution of his comrades by Japanese soldiers in Borneo during WWII becomes the leader of a personal empire among the headhunters in this war story told in the style of Joseph Conrad and Rudyard Kipling. The ...
Style: epic, serious, exciting, rough, independent film ...
Plot: world war two, jungle, island, vengeance, survival, betrayal, soldier, military, u.s. navy, revenge, british, conquistador ...
Time: 1940s, year 1989, 20th century
Place: japan, asia, southeast asia, usa, manila philippines ...
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Funeral in Berlin (1966)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Colonel Stok, a Soviet intelligence officer responsible for security at the Berlin Wall, appears to want to defect but the evidence is contradictory. Stok wants the British to handle his defection and asks for one of their agents, Harry Palmer, to ...
Style: political thriller, suspenseful, visually stunning, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cold war, espionage, berlin wall, spy, funeral, 007, chase, betrayal, hotel, murder, intrigue, secret mission ...
Time: year 1966, 20th century, 1940s
Place: berlin germany, germany, east germany, west berlin west germany, england ...
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Where the Spies Are (1965)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: spy comedy, eurospy
Plot: spy, cold war, espionage, assassination, double agent, englishman abroad, doctor, desertion, british intelligence, male male relationship, electric torture, truth serum ...
Time: year 1966
Place: middle east, paris france, beirut lebanon, canada, lebanon
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