This is a list of World War I films.
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Feature films YearCountryMain title(alternative title)Original title(original script)DirectorSubject1916FranceAlsaceHenri PouctalAlsatian family divided by Franco-German loyalties at the outbreak of World War I 1917United StatesThe Little AmericanCecil B. DeMilleAn American woman falls in love with both a German and French soldier 1918United StatesHearts of the WorldD. W. GriffithA young French couple are torn apart during the war1918United StatesMy Four Years in GermanyWilliam NighA biopic of James W. Gerard, the U.S. Ambassador to Germany1918United StatesShoulder ArmsCharlie ChaplinDoughboy on the Western FrontThis film is available at the Internet Archive.1919United StatesThe Lost BattalionBurton L. KingThe film follows the formation of the eponoymous Lost Battalion's formation and battle in October 1918 during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive and features some of the original soldiers as actors.1919United StatesYankee Doodle in BerlinF. Richard JonesCaptain Bob White, an American pilot disguises himself as a woman in order to fool and steal an important map from Kaiser Wilhelm and the German Government1919FranceJ'accuseAbel GanceIt follows a French soldier named François Laurin who enlisted in 1914 and is eventually consumed by the war.1921United StatesThe Four Horsemen of the ApocalypseRex IngramArgentinian family of mixed Franco-German heritage divided by the war's outbreak1922United StatesSmilin' ThroughSidney FranklinA man haunted by the ghost of his murdered fiancé, raises the fiancé's niece as his own. Once she's an adult, he tries to keep her from marrying the son of the man that killed his fiancé.1925United StatesThe Big ParadeKing VidorUS Army's Rainbow Division1925United StatesThe Dark AngelGeorge FitzmauriceAfter being blinded in WW1, a man disappears and becomes a famous author. Thinking he's dead, his friend tries to move in on his girl.1925United KingdomYpresWalter SummersBattle reconstruction film of the several battles at Ypres.1926United StatesThe Better 'OleCharles Reisner 1926United StatesWhat Price Glory?Raoul WalshRival United States Marines sergeants in France1926United KingdomMonsWalter SummersBattle reconstruction of the BEF 1914 retreat from Mons1927United KingdomRoses of PicardyMaurice ElveyIn France, an ex-lieutenant returns to find his sweetheart is caring for a baron's blinded son.1927United StatesHotel ImperialMauritz StillerAn Austrian officer separated from his army hides in the hotel of a frontier town occupied by the Russians with the help of the Hungarian chambermaid1927United StatesWingsWilliam A. WellmanTwo American pilots on the Western Front1927United StatesBarbed WireRowland V. LeeAnti-war romance. A French farm girl and a German POW fall in love.1927United StatesTwo Arabian KnightsLewis MilestoneTwo American soldiers are captured by the Germans on the Western Front and escape a POW camp only to stumble into further life-threatening adventures when they come across an Arabian king's daughter while on the lam.1928CanadaCarry on, Sergeant!Bruce BairnsfatherCanadian soldier and French waitress1928United KingdomDawnHerbert WilcoxNurse Edith Cavell1928United StatesFour SonsJohn FordFour Bavarian brothers, in the German and American armies1928United StatesFinders KeepersWesley Ruggles & Otis B. Thayer1928United StatesThe Legion of the CondemnedWilliam A. WellmanFour young men from various walks of life sign up for the Lafayette Escadrille, known as "The Legion of the Condemned"1929United KingdomLost PatrolWalter SummersA British patrol is cornered at an oasis by enemy Arab tribesmen during the Mesopotamian campaign1929United StatesShe Goes to WarHenry KingA young woman disguises herself as a man and follows her fiancée into the trenches during World War I to find out what war is really like.1930United KingdomThe W PlanVictor SavilleA British spy helps prisoners of war destroy Germans during WW11930United StatesJourney's EndJames WhaleBritish infantry on the Western Front1930United StatesAll Quiet on the Western FrontLewis MilestoneGerman infantry on the Western Front1930United States A Man from WyomingRowland V. Lee1930United StatesInside the LinesRoy PomeroyDuring WW1, the paths of an officer in the English secret service and a German spy converge in Gibraltar.1930United StatesAnybody's WarLloyd CorriganTwo blackfaced men and their dog get talked into joining WW11930United StatesThe Dawn PatrolHoward HawksRFC pilots on the Western Front1930United StatesDoughboysEdward Sedgwick 1930United StatesHalf Shot at SunrisePaul Sloane MPs in Paris chase two AWOL doughboys posing as officers with the colonel's daughter.1930United StatesHell's AngelsHoward HughesEdmund Goulding (uncredited) James Whale (uncredited)RFC pilots on the Western Front1930United StatesWar NurseEdgar SelwynWomen from various backgrounds volunteer as nurses in France at the outbreak of World War I1930Weimar RepublicWestfront 1918Vier von der InfanterieGeorg Wilhelm PabstGerman infantry on the Western Front1931United StatesSeas BeneathJohn FordUSN mystery ship seeks German U-boat1931United StatesDishonoredJosef von Sternberg Espionage1931United StatesBorn to LovePaul L. Stein A war officer who is thought dead returns to the woman he loves, only to find she has remarried.1931United StatesA Woman of ExperienceThe Registered WomanHarry Joe Brown During World War I, a woman is rejected for volunteer work because of her dubious reputation, but that same reputation gets her recruited as a spy for Austria.1931United StatesChancesAllan DwanTwo brothers on leave, fall for the same girl in World War I London.1931United StatesThe Gay DiplomatRichard BoleslawskiA Russian captain frequents drawing rooms of WW1 Bucharest to find a female spy.1931United StatesThe Last FlightWilliam DieterleAfter World War I, three pilots suffering from shell shock, band together in Paris. Feeling they have no future, the men are constantly drunk. They meet and invite a wealthy but aimless woman into their group.1931United StatesWaterloo BridgeJames WhaleSoldier meets chorus girl turned prostitute in London during an air raid.1931United StatesMata HariGeorge FitzmauriceSpy Mata Hari1931Weimar RepublicHell on EarthNiemandslandVictor TrivasSoldiers from opposing sides trapped together.1931Weimar RepublicMountains on FireBerge in FlammenKarl HartlLuis TrenkerAn Italian and an Austrian climbers find themselves fighting on different sides1932FranceWooden CrossesLes Croix de boisRaymond Bernard1932United StatesCock of the AirTom BuckinghamAn opera diva sets her sights on a womanizing Army officer.1932United StatesSky DevilsGround HogsEdward Sutherland & Busby BerkeleyDraft dodger blunders into a warzone1932United StatesPack Up Your TroublesGeorge MarshallRaymond McCarey1932United StatesSmilin' ThroughSidney FranklinA man haunted by the ghost of his murdered fiancé, raises the fiancé's niece as his own. Once she's an adult, he tries to keep her from marrying the son of the man that killed his fiancé.1932United StatesA Farewell to ArmsFrank BorzageAmerican soldier and British nurse1932United StatesRasputin and the EmpressRichard BoleslawskiGrigori Rasputin1932Weimar RepublicCruiser EmdenKreuzer EmdenLouis Ralph1932Weimar RepublicSwitzerlandTannenbergTannenbergHeinz PaulThe Battle of Tannenberg1933United StatesPrivate JonesRussell MackAn unwilling American is drafted to fight Germans after the US enters the war in 1917.1933United StatesToday We LiveHoward HawksRichard RossonA naval officer and an aviator compete for the same beautiful young woman.1933United StatesThe Eagle and the HawkStuart WalkerFilm follows two rival fighter pilots as one of them starts to crack and pays the price for glory.1933United StatesHell BelowPigboatsJack ConwaySubmarine warfare on the Adriatic Sea.1933United StatesStorm at DaybreakRichard BoleslawskiRomance and intrigue in a Hungarian town with a Serbian mayor, from the assassination of the Archduke to the aftermath of the war.1933United StatesCaptured!Roy Del RuthAllied soldiers in a German POW camp1933United StatesAce of AcesJ. Walter RubenThe film explores how war can turn a man's moral compass from pacifism to warmonger.1933United StatesAfter TonightGeorge ArchainbaudA Russian spy and an Austrian captain fall in love during WW1.1933United StatesEver in My HeartArchie MayoRomance and espionage in WW11934United StatesThe Lost PatrolJohn FordRemake of Lost Patrol1934United StatesKeep 'Em RollingRodneyGeorge ArchainbaudWW1 Doughboy disobeys orders to save the condemned cavalry horse that saved his life.1934United StatesStamboul QuestSam WoodDuring the First World War, a woman doctor falls in love with one of her patients who turns out to be a German spy. She herself ends up working for German intelligence.1934United StatesThe World Moves OnJohn Ford1935United KingdomBrown on ResolutionWalter FordeAnthony AsquithStory of heroism in the Navy during World War I. A captain's illegitimate son holds a German cruiser at bay with a rifle.1935United StatesThe Dark AngelSidney A. Franklin After being blinded in WW1, a man disappears and becomes a famous author. Thinking he's dead, the girl he loves marries his cousin.1935United StatesThe Last OutpostCharles BartonLouis J. Gasnier1935United StatesRendezvousWilliam K. HowardEspionage1936United KingdomSecret AgentAlfred HitchcockEspionage1936United StatesSons O' GunsLloyd BaconTheatre actor with no desire to fight in WW1, fakes enlisting to impress his fiancée. Unbeknownst to him, he actually enlists.1936United StatesSuzyGeorge FitzmauriceEspionage1936United StatesThe Road to GloryHoward Hawks Remake of Les Croix de bois, trench warfare on the Western Front1937FranceGrand IllusionLa Grande IllusionJean RenoirTwo French POWs plot their escape1937United KingdomA Romance in FlandersLost on the Western FrontMaurice ElveySet during the First World War with the British Expeditionary Force in Flanders. 1937United KingdomUnder Secret OrdersMademoiselle DocteurEdmond T. GrévilleDuring the First World War, a woman doctor falls in love with one of her patients who turns out to be a German spy. She herself ends up working for German intelligence.1937United StatesStreet of ShadowsMademoiselle DocteurG. W. PabstDuring the First World War, a woman doctor falls in love with one of her patients who turns out to be a German spy. She herself ends up working for German intelligence.1937United StatesThey Gave Him a GunW. S. Van DykeJimmy is drafted in Fred's troop in WW1 and becomes vicious with his gun, wins a medal, then weds Fred's nurse girlfriend, Rose. Years later after the war, Rose discovers Jimmy is a gangster, has him arrested, and finds a job in Fred's circus as Jimmy escapes, determined to kill Fred.1937United StatesThe Road BackJames WhaleHow German soldiers struggle with life in post-war Germany.1938United StatesThe Shopworn AngelH. C. PotterShortly after the United States enters World War I in 1917, a Broadway actress agrees to let a naive soldier court her in order to impress his friends, but a real romance soon begins.1938United StatesAlexander's Ragtime BandHenry King1938United StatesBlock-HeadsJohn G. Blystone1938United StatesMen with WingsWilliam A. WellmanUS pilot on the Western Front1938United StatesThe Dawn PatrolEdmund GouldingRFC pilots on the Western Front1938FranceJ'accuseAbel GanceA remake of the 1919 original. It follows a French soldier named François Laurin who enlisted in 1914 and is eventually consumed by the war.1939United StatesHotel ImperialRobert FloreyIn a frontier town alternatively occupied by the Austrians and the Russians, a Polish woman joins a hotel as a maid to seek revenge on the Austrian officer that caused her sister's suicide.1939United StatesNurse Edith CavellHerbert WilcoxTrue story of an English nurse caught up in the horrors of the First World War. Working in a Brussels hospital, Edith Cavell becomes sympathetic to the plight of the Belgians. So appalled is she by the Ger