Under siege

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows under siege

poster The Surrender of Tournavos
The Surrender of Tournavos
(2.7/5)
1mn - Action, War, Drama
Three military men, seen inside a fortification, are firing on an unseen enemy force. The call for reinforcements but ladders appear signalling the enemy is about to overrun this position.
poster The Island on Bird Street
The Island on Bird Street
(3.6/5)
0mn - Drama, War
Eleven-year-old Alex finds himself completely alone in the ruins of the Warsaw Ghetto during WWII, forced to master the deadly art of survival while hiding from Nazi patrols and searching for food in a wo…
poster Containment
Containment
77mn - Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi
Residents of an apartment block awaken to find themselves mysteriously sealed inside their homes with no power, no water, and no explanation, while hazmat-suited figures patrol outside and eliminate anyon…
poster Out of the Way!
Out of the Way!
(3.1/5)
61mn - Comedy
When the communists decide to renovate the city and try to demolish a badly positioned church, the religious citizens decide to fight for what is holy to them.
poster Outpost 11
Outpost 11
91mn - Sci-Fi, Horror
Three soldiers manning a remote Arctic listening post in an alternative steampunk world face isolation, madness, and mysterious arctic spiders when their warning system activates unexpectedly, plunging th…
poster While She Was Out
While She Was Out
90mn - Action, Adventure, Drama
A suburban housewife's routine Christmas Eve shopping trip turns into a deadly nightmare when her simple act of leaving a parking note triggers a terrifying confrontation with four violent thugs. Stranded…
poster Exposé
Exposé
(2.7/5)
Nonemn - Drama, Thriller, Horror
A paranoid writer is unable to get started on his second novel. He hires a secretary and then his troubles really begin.
poster This Is Not a Test
This Is Not a Test
(2.7/5)
73mn - Drama, Action, Thriller
Late one night on a rural road in the western US, a policeman sets up a roadblock and begins stopping all traffic. When several cars and a big truck have stopped, he tells everyone why: a nuclear attack o…
poster Escape from Sobibor
Escape from Sobibor
(3.7/5)
143mn - Drama, Thriller, Short
In the depths of Nazi-occupied Poland, where nearly 250,000 Jews have perished in the Sobibor death camp, hope arrives in the form of two unlikely leaders: Leon Feldhendler, a Polish Jew who has witnessed…
poster Post No Bills
Post No Bills
1mn - Documentary, Comedy
A soldier stands guard at a sentry box and leaves it unprotected for a moment, a moment that two men take advantage of to put up posters where it is prohibited.
poster The Wolf Pack
The Wolf Pack
0mn - Action, War
Nine elite commandos on a critical mission to reach Kafr Cenneh must fight for survival against overwhelming enemy forces in hostile territory, testing their skills, brotherhood, and will to complete the …
poster Attack on a China Mission
Attack on a China Mission
1mn - Action, Drama, History
The titles tell us this film is based on an incident in the Boxer Rebellion. A man tries to defend a woman and a large house against Chinese attackers. They attack with swords, guns, and paddles. He's ove…
poster Suspense.
Suspense.
10mn - Drama, Thriller, Horror
An isolated house is too remote for a lone servant, who leaves a note, quietly exits the back door, and puts the key under the mat. Left alone in the house is a mother and her infant. A tramp has watched …
poster Inside the Lines
Inside the Lines
(2.7/5)
72mn - Drama
During World War I, German spies will stop at nothing to spy on the allied war plans stored at Gibraltar.
poster Assignment Terror
Assignment Terror
87mn - Horror, Sci-Fi
Desperate aliens from a dying world attempt to conquer Earth by reviving humanity's greatest fears - Dracula, Frankenstein's monster, the Mummy, and a werewolf - but their monstrous army may prove impossi…
poster Stakeout
Stakeout
90mn - Crime, Drama
A young private investigator on the gritty streets of Los Angeles faces an impossible choice when he falls for the woman he's supposed to be surveilling for insurance fraud. With his sick mother's medical…
poster Great Guns
Great Guns
(3/5)
7mn - Animation, Comedy, War
Oswald's country is at war, like many other volunters he joins the army and finds himself soon in the trenches. A short battle leaves him wounded, but at least in the field hospital where his girlfriend i…
poster Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
(3.3/5)
68mn - Action, Adventure, Crime
When Sherlock Holmes rescues a Swiss scientist with a revolutionary bomb-sight from Nazi hands, he must outwit his nemesis Professor Moriarty in a deadly game of espionage and coded messages to prevent th…
poster Behind Office Doors
Behind Office Doors
(3.1/5)
82mn - Drama, Romance
Mary Linden is the secretary who is the unheralded power behind successful executive James Duneen. He takes her for granted until rival Wales tries to take her away from him.
poster The Quick and the Dead
The Quick and the Dead
(2.9/5)
92mn - War, Action, Drama
A small group of soldiers capture a German observation post, but in turn are captured themselves. They soon escape and--with the aid of two women--try to fight their way to safety.
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