Five Came Back is a 1939 (1939 in film) melodrama and a precursor of the disaster film genre. A B movie with an A-level cast and crew, the film boasts direction by John Farrow, photography by renowned film noir cinematographer Nicholas Musuraca, and a screenplay by Jerry Cady (Jerome Cady), Dalton Trumbo and Nathanael West.

In 1956, producer-director Farrow remade the film as Back from Eternity starring Robert Ryan and Anita Ekberg. However, despite a larger budget, most critics considered it inferior to this version.