"Of the many unpleasant things associated with war, the experience of being a prisoner of war would have to rank among the least desirable, for obvious reasons. Survivor testimonies from being in prison camps where enemy combatants are the wardens/captors are always harrowing to read, and though certain prison camps have likely been worse than others, none have conditions one would ever want to experience for themselves. Various war movies deal with being captured and imprisoned by an enemy force during warfare. The majority of these prisoner-of-war movies revolve around World War II, and occasionally other 20th-century conflicts, like World War I and the Vietnam War. Some focus on survival, while others are centered around escape, and are generally based on true events/people or, at the very least, inspired by real-world events. Some of the best of these films are ranked below, beginning with the very good and ending with the greatest." - collider.com
