military training

30 movies and shows

G.I. Jane

Tue, 19 Aug 1997

In response to political pressure from Senator Lillian DeHaven, the U.S. Navy begins a program that would allow for the eventual integration of women into its combat services. The program begins with a single trial candidate, Lieutenant Jordan O'Neil, who is chosen specifically for her femininity. O'Neil enters the grueling Navy SEAL training program under the command of Master Chief John James Urgayle, who unfairly pushes O'Neil until her determination wins his respect.

Private Benjamin

Mon, 06 Oct 1980

A sheltered young high society woman joins the US Army on a whim and finds herself in a more difficult situation than she ever expected.

Stripes

Fri, 26 Jun 1981

John Winger, an indolent sad sack in his 30s, impulsively joins the US Army after losing his job, his girlfriend and his apartment.

Scorpius Gigantus

Tue, 25 Jul 2006

Geneticist seeks to make a name for herself by saving the planet from disease by using eons-old antibodies, harvested from enlarged six legged creatures. The creatures don't like being big and escape. Send for help.

Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky

Sat, 01 May 1943

Young men endure challenging flight training in the Yokaren, a program feeding new pilots into the Army and Navy. By the time of the filming, the pressure of the war had led the government to shorten the training and expand the age range of the recruits. Yokaren was highly selective, and thus an object of great fascination and desire for boys and young men. In this Navy–sponsored film, Setsuko Hara plays the daughter of a family that often entertains recruits on their days off—a surrogate sister to many trainees. Her fragile younger brother aspires to join the program, but is rejected. With perseverance and much support from Hara and their mother, he surmounts his weaknesses and becomes a flier.

Beautiful Mystery

Fri, 01 Apr 1983

Shinohara, a young bodybuilder, joins a para-military sect in northern Japan. His instructor, Takizawa, takes a liking to the new recruit. After an early “special” training session the two develop a lasting and loving relationship.

Atropia

Sat, 25 Jan 2025

When an aspiring actress in a military role-playing facility falls in love with a soldier cast as an insurgent, their unsimulated emotions threaten to derail the performance.

The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya

Thu, 03 Dec 1942

Japanese Navy air cadets train for the attacks on Pearl Harbor and the HMS Prince of Wales.

Keep Your Powder Dry

Sun, 01 Apr 1945

A debutante, a serviceman's bride and a girl from a military family join the Women's Army Corps.

Sisters Apart

Thu, 15 Jul 2021

Rojda, a native of Iraqi Kurdistan and a soldier in the German army, travels to a refugee camp in Greece where she manages to meet her mother, who has bad news about her sister Dilan.

Resisting Enemy Interrogation

Tue, 01 Aug 1944

A downed American bomber crew quickly falls prey to the clever interrogation techniques of the Germans in this dramatic WW2 training film.

Ah Boys to Men 4

Thu, 09 Nov 2017

The fourth addition to the franchise sees the return of the army boys including Sergeant Ong, Lobang, Ken Chow and Aloysius, joined by a new female officer, as they are called back for in-camp training under the Armoured Formation of the Singapore Armed Forces. Hilarious situations happen when they are back training together and their military roles reversed. Their brotherhood is also put to the test when new enemy threats arise.

Men of the Sky

Sat, 25 Jul 1942

A propaganda film, made in the early months of World War II, dramatizing a new group of U.S. Army Air Force pilots receiving their wings from Lt. General H.H. Arnold. An off-screen narrator introduces four of them to us; we see them before the war, during flight training, and in their first assignments as pilots.

The Tanks Are Coming

Sat, 04 Oct 1941

Educational short about the status of battle tanks and tank training in the U.S. Army in pre-War 1941, featuring a comical Army trainee from the Bronx.

Ricochet

Tue, 03 Oct 1961

An army sergeant blames himself for causing a rookie's death during training.

Vääpeli Körmy ja vetenalaiset vehkeet

Fri, 18 Oct 1991

Sergeant Friman is developing an automatic submarine detector that piques the interest of both, Swedish and Russian spies.

Watch Over Me

Fri, 24 Sep 2010

On completing his training in a secret elite army unit, Eitan is taken out by mates from the unit to celebrate. During a night of drinking in Tel Aviv he learns things about the unit and about himself that shake his world. An encounter with Shahar, who lives the way Eitan never dared, gives him a chance for a new beginning. But when he tries to go with the change, he discovers the ultimate price of his previous choices.