Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "tobruk"

1. The English Patient (1996)

R | 162 min | Drama, Romance, War

At the close of World War II, a young nurse tends to a badly burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.

Director: Anthony Minghella | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas

Votes: 200,700 | Gross: $78.65M

2. Sahara (I) (1943)

Approved | 97 min | Action, Drama, War

After the fall of Tobruk in 1942, during the Allied retreat in the Libyan desert, an American tank picks-up a motley group of survivors but they face advancing Germans and a lack of water.

Director: Zoltan Korda | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Bruce Bennett, J. Carrol Naish, Lloyd Bridges

Votes: 9,746

3. Tobruk (1967)

Approved | 107 min | Drama, War

A Canadian POW major is rescued by a special British military unit made up of Germans to help lead an attack on a major German fuel depot in Tobruk, Libya.

Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Rock Hudson, George Peppard, Nigel Green, Guy Stockwell

Votes: 3,583

4. The Desert Rats (1953)

Approved | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Richard Burton plays a Scottish Army officer put in charge of a disparate band of ANZAC troops on the perimeter of Tobruk with the German Army doing their best to dislodge them.

Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Richard Burton, James Mason, Robert Newton, Robert Douglas

Votes: 5,296

5. Raid on Rommel (1971)

GP | 99 min | Drama, War

In 1942 Libya, a German-speaking British Intelligence officer uses former British POWs, some dressed in German uniforms, to fulfill a secret sabotage mission inside German-captured Tobruk.

Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Richard Burton, John Colicos, Clinton Greyn, Wolfgang Preiss

Votes: 2,430

6. A Man Called Sarge (1990)

PG-13 | 88 min | Comedy, War

The French Foreign Legion will never be the same after the uproarious World War II exploits of Sgt. Duke Roscoe and his band of military misfits. It's a hilarious "war movie" that will leave you shell-shocked with laughter.

Director: Stuart Gillard | Stars: Gary Kroeger, Gretchen German, Marc Singer, Jennifer Runyon

Votes: 553

7. Taxi for Tobruk (1961)

95 min | Drama, War

During World War II, French commandos join forces with a German officer in order to survive the African desert.

Director: Denys de La Patellière | Stars: Hardy Krüger, Lino Ventura, Maurice Biraud, Charles Aznavour

Votes: 2,087

8. The Rats of Tobruk (1944)

68 min | Action, Drama, War

Tells the story of three men--Bluey, a tough two fisted drover (Taylor), Milo, a laconic dingo trapper (Rafferty), and Pete, an intellectual English "new chum" (Finch). Together they serve ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Chauvel | Stars: Grant Taylor, Peter Finch, Chips Rafferty, Pauline Garrick

Votes: 305

9. La battaglia del deserto (1969)

87 min | Action, Drama, War

A small group of British and German soldiers is trapped in the desert and has to try to work together in order to survive back to their own lines.

Director: Mino Loy | Stars: Robert Hossein, George Hilton, Frank Wolff, Rik Battaglia

Votes: 102

10. The Rover of Tobruk (2021 TV Movie)

23 min | Documentary, Biography, History

A documentary written by Kane McKay, a returned military serviceman, about Bob Quinn, a recipient of the Military Medal for his heroic actions in World War II in Tobruk, 1941, and also ... See full summary »

Director: Stephen de Villiers | Stars: Erin Phillips, Greg Quinn, Tim Ginever, Ashley Porter

Votes: 14

11. Operation Darkness (2007 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Drama

Taken place in the settings of World War II of the battle against the Nazis led by Adolf Hitler, Edward Kyle and his friend Jude Lancelot are enlisted in the British Special Forces led by ... See full summary »

Director: Hisakazu Masubuchi | Stars: JB Blanc, Robin Atkin Downes, Tesshô Genda, Grant George

Votes: 28

12. The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode: The Desert: North Africa - 1940-1943 (1973)

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War

The desert war, starting with Italy's invasion of Egypt and the attacks and counterattacks between Germany and Italy and the Commonwealth forces, the Axis defeat at El Alamein.

Stars: Laurence Olivier, Paola Colacicchi, David Belchem, Richard O'Connor

Votes: 419

13. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: The Battle for the Mediterranean (2002)

Documentary, History, War

We tell the story of the crucial battles for control of the Mediterranean, North Africa, and the irreplaceable oil fields in World War 2 and the story of the war in Greece.

Stars: Jonathan Booth, Harold Alexander, Claude Auchinleck, Winston Churchill

Votes: 5

14. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: The Battles for Tunisia (2001)

Documentary, History, War

The campaign in Tunisia in World War Two saw the battles that finally ended the brutal war in the desert. We look at the weapons used and tactics and tell the story of the battle itself.

Stars: Jonathan Booth, Harold Alexander, Kenneth Anderson, Claude Auchinleck

Votes: 6

15. Battle Honours (2021– )
Episode: Desert Rats (2021)

Documentary, History, War

The story of the armoured units who landed in Normandy to spearhead the Allied advance into Nazi occupied Europe and break open the Third Reich's defences.

Directors: Adam Luria, Ian Bremner | Stars: Dick Taylor, Jon Trigg, Rodney Scott, Cecil Newton

16. The Armchair Historian (2017– )
Episode: North African Campaign 1941 (2019)

13 min | Documentary, Animation

Adolph Hitler appoints Erwin Rommel to command German forces in North Africa in order to clean up the mess created by Mussolini and his Italian troops. He manages to besiege tens of ... See full summary »

Director: Griffin Johnsen | Star: Griffin Johnsen

17. Nazi Underworld (2011– )
Episode: Hitler's Desert Fox (2011)

Documentary

Rommel is an enigma. Was he the military genius he appeared to be or an impulsive leader who overcame adversaries with surprise or fortunate to be supplied with back channel intelligence? ... See full summary »

Directors: Christian Frey, Tim Versteegen | Stars: Winrich Behr, Allan Corduner, Sönke Neitzel, Richard Overy

Votes: 16

18. Military Masterminds (2022)
Episode: Rapid Dominance (2022)

52 min | Documentary, History, War

From Julius Caesar to Napoleon Bonaparte, ancient generals took advantage of a military tactic still used in modern warfare - a tactic known as Rapid Dominance.

Director: Roberto Irwin | Stars: Ahron Bregman, Lawrence Freedman, Jenny Grant, Dina Gusejnova

19. How to Lose a War (2023)
Episode: The Right Tools (2023)

Documentary, History, War

Victory in war doesn't just require sound military strategy, vital resources and equipment are also critical. Discover how the Axis powers failed in this regard.

Director: Tim Bosanquet | Stars: Richard Hammond, Giuseppe Finaldi, Alexander Henry, Charles Schencking

20. SAS: Rogue Warriors (2017)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2017)

58 min | Documentary

Ben Macintyre raids the SAS archives to tell of the formation of the unit in the heat of the North African desert in 1941 when an eccentric young British Army officer had a vision for a new kind of war.

Director: Matthew Whiteman | Stars: Ben Macintyre, Isabella Whiteman, David Stirling, Jim Almonds

Votes: 17