The Best Movies With Courage in the Title

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Updated May 7, 2024 41 items

How many movies with courage in the title can you name? This list ranks the best movies with courage in the name, whether they're documentaries, dramas, horror movies, or any other genre of film. Do you have a favorite movie with courage in the title? Categorizing movies by words in their titles is kind of uncommon, but that's a big part of why this list is so fun to scroll through. There's probably one movie with courage in the title you think of right away, but you might be shocked to see how many others exist as well.

Notable films with courage in the title include Courage Under Fire, The Red Badge of Courage, and Courage of Lassie, although there are many more examples on this list. This poll is interactive, meaning you can vote the courage movies up or down depending on how much you like them.
  • Two O'Clock Courage
    1
    Tom Conway, Ann Rutherford, Richard Lane
    4 votes
    A confused man (Tom Conway) with a gash on his head stumbles into the taxi of cabbie Patty Mitchell (Ann Rutherford). He says that he can't recall his own name, any facts about his life or even what he was doing before he got in the cab. The sympathetic Patty decides to help him try to reassemble the pieces of his past, but, as they scour the city for clues, they learn the cops are investigating a murder that took place just prior to the man's blackout -- and he fits the killer's description.
  • Courage Under Fire
    2
    Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan, Lou Diamond Phillips
    4 votes
    During the 1991 Gulf War, Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling (Denzel Washington) accidentally caused a friendly fire incident, a mistake that was hushed up by his superiors. Following the war, he is assigned to investigate the case of Army Captain Karen Walden (Meg Ryan), killed in action when her Medevac unit was attempting to rescue the crew of a downed helicopter. But, as Serling interviews the members of Walden's crew, he realizes their stories about the incident don't add up.
  • Western Courage
    3

    Western Courage

    2 votes
    Western Courage is a 1950 short musical western film directed by Will Cowan.
  • My Mother's Courage
    4
    Pauline Collins, Ulrich Tukur, Simon Verhoeven
    2 votes
    My Mother's Courage is a 1995 drama film written by George Tabori and Michael Verhoeven and directed by Michael Verhoeven.
  • The Color of Courage
    5
    Linda Hamilton, Lynn Whitfield, Bruce Greenwood
    3 votes
    African-American Mac McGhee (Roger Guenveur Smith) moves into an exclusively white neighborhood in the 1940s along with his wife, Minnie (Lynn Whitfield), and their two sons. Their next-door neighbor, Anna Sipes (Linda Hamilton), welcomes them, and the women become good friends. But the rest of the neighbors, including Anna's husband, Benjamin (Bruce Greenwood), aren't so happy living near a black family, and band together to have the McGhees removed. This film is based on true events.
  • Courage Mountain
    6
    Charlie Sheen, Leslie Caron, Nicola Stapleton
    3 votes
    Courage Mountain is a 1990 independent drama film sequel to Johanna Spyri's novel Heidi. It was directed by Christopher Leitch and stars Charlie Sheen, Leslie Caron, Juliette Caton and Jan Rubes.
  • Lion of Oz and the Badge of Courage
    7
    Tim Curry, Kathy Griffin, Jason Priestley
    5 votes
    Lion of Oz is an animated film set before the children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. It tells the story of how the Cowardly Lion, formerly part of the Omaha Circus, came to be in Oz, how he stopped the Wicked Witch of the East from getting the Flower of Oz. It is based upon the book Lion of Oz and the Badge of Courage by Roger S. Baum.
  • Wings of Courage
    8
    Craig Sheffer, Elizabeth McGovern, Tom Hulce
    3 votes
    The film tells the dramatic story of three legendary French aviators and the first historic airmail flights in the Andes. It combines a tale of high adventure and excitement with cutting-edge technology, and is the fulfillment of one of Annaud's long-held dreams.
  • Courage of Lassie
    9
    Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Morgan, Tom Drake
    3 votes
    Teen Kathie Eleanor Merrick (Elizabeth Taylor) finds a dog in the woods, takes him home and dubs him "Bill." But after Bill is injured and goes missing, the dog is shipped from hospital to military training center to Europe, where he aids the Americans during World War II. He and Kathie meet again, but Bill, hardened by the war, is quick to turn on strangers. Hoping to keep him out of trouble, Kathie gets help from volunteer lawyer Harry MacBain (Frank Morgan).
  • Courage
    10
    Sophia Loren, Mary McDonnell, Billy Dee Williams
    4 votes
    Courage is a 1986 drama film written by Michael Daly and E.Jack Neuman and directed by Jeremy Kagan.
  • First Comes Courage
    11

    First Comes Courage

    Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, Carl Esmond
    1 votes
    Beautiful Norwegian woman Nicole Larsen (Merle Oberon) is dedicated to the local resistance movement, and seduces Nazi officer Paul Dichter (Carl Esmond) in order to gain information that will help to defeat the Germans. Complicating matters for Nicole are both the difficulty of her loathsome undercover work and the appearance of an old flame, handsome English soldier Allan Lowell (Brian Aherne), who would like nothing more than to reunite with her.
  • Courage
    12

    Courage

    Robert Wiฤ™ckiewicz, Marian Dziฤ™dziel, Lukasz Simlat
    1 votes
    Courage is a 2011 drama film written by Greg Zglinski and Janusz Marganski and directed by Greg Zglinski.
  • The Courage to Care
    13

    The Courage to Care

    1 votes
    The Courage to Care is a 1985 American short documentary film directed by Robert H. Gardner and produced by Dr. Carol Rittner, RSM, about non-Jews who rescued Jews during the Holocaust. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. Dr. Rittner's book of the same name is a companion volume to the film, which also includes the personal narratives of the same persons in the film and many others.
  • Kindled Courage
    14
    Hoot Gibson
    2 votes
    Kindled Courage is a 1923 American Western film directed by William Worthington and featuring Hoot Gibson. Its survival status is classified as unknown, which suggests that it is a lost film.
  • Red Courage
    15
    Hoot Gibson
    2 votes
    Red Courage is a 1921 American Western film directed by B. Reeves Eason and featuring Hoot Gibson.
  • Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man
    16

    Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man

    Amanda Sandrelli, Luca Zingaretti, Gyรถrgy Cserhalmi
    2 votes
    Perlasca โ€“ Un eroe Italiano is a 2002 Italian drama about Giorgio Perlasca, an Italian businessman working in Hungary for his government. After Italy surrendered to the Allies, he took refuge in the Spanish Embassy. Aware of the threat to Jews, he first began to help them find shelter in Spanish safe houses. After the Spanish ambassador moved to Switzerland, Perlasca posed as the Spanish consul, tricking Nazi officials and saving the lives of more than 5,000 Jews in Hungary in 1944 during the Holocaust. The film was made by Rai Uno and aired as a two-part TV film. The Village Voice deemed this account as "more courageous than Spielberg."
  • Charlie Chan's Courage
    17
    2 votes
    Charlie Chan's Courage is the fifth film in which Warner Oland played detective Charlie Chan. It is a remake of the 1927 silent film The Chinese Parrot; both are considered lost films. An audio recreation accompanied by still photographs from the original film is included as a special feature on some DVD collections.
  • Courage of the North
    18
    Tom London, Jimmy Aubrey, William Desmond
    2 votes
    Courage of the North is a 1935 action, adventure and romance film written by Barry Barringer, Robert Emmett Tansey and directed by Robert Emmett Tansey.
  • Courage - Let's Run
    19
    Catherine Deneuve, Jean Rochefort, Dominique Lavanant
    2 votes
    Courage - Let's Run is a 1979 Comedy, Romance film written by Jean-Loup Dabadie and Yves Robert and directed by Yves Robert.
  • Courage of Black Beauty
    20

    Courage of Black Beauty

    Johnny Crawford
    2 votes
    Courage of Black Beauty is a 1958 film directed by Harold D. Schuster.
  • The Red Badge of Courage
    21
    Audie Murphy, Bill Mauldin, John Dierkes
    2 votes
    Henry Fleming (Audie Murphy) is a young Union soldier in the American Civil War. During his unit's first engagement, Henry flees the battlefield in fear. When he learns that the Union actually won the battle, shame over his cowardice leads him to lie to his friend Tom (Bill Mauldin) and the other soldiers, saying that he had been injured in battle. However, when he learns that his unit will be leading a charge on the enemy, Henry takes the opportunity to face his fears and redeem himself.
  • The Red Blood of Courage
    22
    Ann Sheridan, Charles King, George Regas
    2 votes
    The Red Blood of Courage is a 1935 American film directed by John English.
  • Bulldog Courage
    23
    Paul Fix, Ed Cassidy, John Elliott
    2 votes
    Bulldog Courage is a 1935 American Western directed by Sam Newfield, and produced by Sigmund Neufeld for Puritan Pictures.
  • Courage Unfolds
    24

    Courage Unfolds

    2 votes
  • The Courage of Kavik the Wolf Dog
    25
    John Candy, John Ireland, Ronny Cox
    2 votes
    The Courage of Kavik the Wolf Dog, also known as 'Kavik the Wolf Dog', is a 1980 made-for TV adventure film.
  • The Courage to Love
    26
    Vanessa L. Williams, Diahann Carroll, Stacy Keach
    3 votes
    In pre-Civil War New Orleans high society, Vanessa Williams portrays the beautiful African American daughter of a wealthy white plantation owner and his kept mistress. Fighting her family's wishes, society's rules and rampant racism, she rejects the traditions of an arranged marriage and sets out on a journey fraught with danger and forbidden desires. This inspiring true story of heroism and love illuminates the extraordinary life of Henriette Dalille, the first African-American saint
  • The Courage of Marge O'Doone
    27

    The Courage of Marge O'Doone

    Pauline Starke, Niles Welch
    0 votes
    The Courage of Marge O'Doone is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by David Smith and featuring Boris Karloff. The film is considered to be lost.
  • One Woman's Courage
    28

    One Woman's Courage

    Margot Kidder, Patty Duke, Dennis Farina
    0 votes
    One Woman's Courage is a 1994 TV film directed by Charles Robert Carner.
  • The Red Badge of Courage
    29

    The Red Badge of Courage

    Richard Thomas, Michael Brandon, Wendell Burton
    0 votes
    Pvt. Henry Fleming (Richard Thomas) is a nervous young Union soldier in the American Civil War. During what he believes is a lost battle, he flees to the woods. When he later learns that the Union actually won the battle, he becomes deeply ashamed of his cowardice and lies to his fellow soldiers about his disappearance. However, Fleming is given a chance to redeem himself and become a hero when he learns that his unit will be leading a charge on the enemy.
  • Courage
    30
    Marian Nixon, Belle Bennett, Richard Tucker
    0 votes
    Courage is a drama film which was produced by Warner Bros. in 1929 and released early in 1930. The movie is based on a stage play of the same name by Tom Barry which was a hit on Broadway in 1928.