Movies and TvShows featuring "world-war-two-hero" theme.

During World War II, a widow becomes a secret agent and joins the French Resistance to carry out dangerous missions, including acts of sabotage and espionage.

Above and Beyond is a movie set during World War II, following the crew of the Enola Gay as they embark on a top-secret mission to drop the atomic bomb on Japan in 1945. The movie explores the moral dilemma faced by the crew members and the consequences of their actions.

To Please a Lady is a romantic drama set in the world of race car driving. A cynical friend introduces a race car mechanic to a feisty female newspaper columnist. As their relationship develops, they must navigate the challenges of the racing world, including an insurance fraud scandal, guilt, and self-sacrifice. The story culminates in a climactic showdown on the race track circuit.

Thrill of a Romance is a romantic comedy set at a hotel resort where a wealthy businessman falls for a scatter-brained woman. Their honeymoon gets derailed but they eventually find love through various comical situations.

At the memorial for his father, WWII hero Major James Prentis (Alan Bates), John (Lambert Wilson) confesses a dark family secret to his own son Martin (David Oakes), something that he has harbored for over twenty years. A suspense drama, it explores the complex nature of heroism, betrayal, and father-son relationships. This is a reworking of the director's original 1993 film entitled simply, Shuttlecock.

The painfully true story of welterweight boxing champion Barney Ross is detailed in Monkey on My Back. Cameron Mitchell stars as Ross, whose meteoric ring career is interrupted when he joins the Marines at the outset of WWII. A highly decorated hero, Ross contracts malaria oversees and is given morphine to assuage the pain. By the time he returns to the states, Ross is a confirmed drug addict. Before he can rise to the top again, he must hit rock bottom and his descent into the hell of narcotics dependency is graphically illustrated (so much so that the film was almost denied a Production Code seal). Though a cured Barney Ross served as technical advisor for Monkey on My Back, he ended up suing the producers for defamation of character -- and lost.

Documentary about Gordon Kahl, a tax protester who was killed in a shootout with local law enforcement officials in Smithville, Arkansas in 1983.