City of Life and Death / Nanjing! Nanjing! (2009)
Drama | History | War
Centers on the Nanking Massacre that occurred in December, 1937, when Japanese aggressor troops occupied the eastern Chinese city and killed over 300,000 citizens.
Starring: Ye Liu, Yuanyuan Gao, Hideo Nakaizumi, John Paisley, Wei Fan
Director: Chuan Lu
The North Star / Armored Attack! (1943)
Drama | Musical | Romance | War
When the school year ends, five friends from a small Ukrainian village decide to travel to Kiev. Their trip is cut short when German aircraft attack and their town falls under occupation. While many escape to the hills to form an anti-Nazi resistance group, a German doctor, Dr. Otto Von Harden (Erich von Stroheim), begins to use the children for medical experiments and as sources of blood transfusions for wounded German soldiers. Directed by Lewis Milestone, this story of valiant resistance stars Dana Andrews, Anne Baxter and Walter Huston as the Russian doctor who discovers the nefarious German plot. THE NORTH STAR was re-released in the midst of the Cold War as ARMORED ATTACK! The original references to the allied Russian military were excised and an overtly anti-Communist narration track was added.
Starring: Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, Walter Huston, Walter Brennan, Ann Harding, Jane Withers
Director: Lewis Milestone
Silent Mountain / The Silent Mountain (2014)
Adventure | Drama | Romance | War
May 1915, at his sister's wedding, Anderl (William Moseley) meets Francesca (Eugenia Costantini), a stunning seventeen-year-old Italian girl, but their blossoming love is interrupted when Italy declares war against Austria, and he is sent off to front lines. As the conflict tears families apart and turns neighbors into enemies, Anderl fights his way through the mountainous battleground of the Alps, determined to return to Francesca and rescue her from impending danger.
Starring: William Moseley, Eugenia Costantini, Claudia Cardinale, Werner Daehn, Corrado Invernizzi, Fritz Karl, Harald Windisch, Giulio Cristini, Emily Cox
Director: Ernst Gossner
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Baraka (1992)
Documentary | War
A 70mm film shot entirely without dialogue, just sound and images, on six continents and in 24 countries, exploring the formation and evolution of Earth, the ascendance of man and the consequences of technology.
Starring: Ron Fricke
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957)
Action | Adventure | Drama | War
This beautiful romantic drama, set during World War II, co-stars Robert Mitchum and Deborah Kerr (whose performance earned her a Best Actress Oscar nomination in 1957). Stranded on a Pacific Island, an Irish nun (Kerr) and a heroic Marine sergeant live a life of constant peril, hiding from Japanese troopers who have a base on the island. Eventually, the sergeant falls deeply in love with the religious woman, which compels her to question her vows. With its surprising blend of suspense and humour, excellent performances and acclaimed direction by John Huston, this 'unique and powerful' (Los Angeles Times) film is a true classic.
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Deborah Kerr
Director: John Huston
Jarhead (2005)
Biography | Drama | War
Set during the Gulf War, the episodic tale follows Anthony Swofford (a.k.a. "Swoff"), a third- generation enlistee, from his sobering stint in boot camp to active duty, where he's sporting a sniper's rifle and a hundred-pound ruck sack on his back, while moving through Middle East deserts with no cover from the intolerable heat. As well, he advances with no protection from the Iraqi soldiers–and there's always a potential enemy sighting, just over the next horizon. Swoff and his fellow Marines sustain themselves on humor and camaraderie as they tread the blazing desert fields in a country they don't understand, against an enemy they can't see, for a cause they don't fully fathom.
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Lucas Black, Jamie Foxx, Brian Geraghty, Jacob Vargas, Chris Cooper
Director: Sam Mendes
The Americanization of Emily (1964)
Comedy | Drama | War
Satirical romantic dramedy about a war-time romance between a London widow and an American Navy officer who specializes in procuring hard-to-find luxury goods for a top U.S. admiral. As D-Day approaches, the relationship encounters unlikely obstacles.
Starring: James Garner, Julie Andrews, Melvyn Douglas, James Coburn, Joyce Grenfell, Keenan Wynn
Director: Arthur Hiller
El Cid (1961)
Adventure | Biography | Drama | History | Romance | War
Anthony Mann masterfully directs this classic tale of the 11th-century hero (Charlton Heston) who fought to unite Spain. Known as history's "compassionate warrior," the film follows El Cid's remarkable journey from peace-broker accused of treason to the King's fighting champion, and later from exiled hero to legendary martyr. Unequaled in scope, grandeur and adventure, EL CID is an essential part of any film lover's collection.
Starring: Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren, Raf Vallone, Geneviève Page, John Fraser, Gary Raymond
Director: Anthony Mann
Kya Dilli Kya Lahore / K.D.K.L (2014)
Drama | History | War
In 1948, a cross-fire erupts at an isolated stretch of Indo-Pak border, leaving only two soldiers alive. One is an Indian soldier of Pakistani origin while the other happens to be a Pakistani soldier of Indian origin. An ironic story of pride and survival begins when – in an attempt to evade danger, they bump into each other. And amidst continuous exchange of bullets, altercations and murkier situations, it evolves into a journey of human connection with an unforeseeable end.
Starring: Vijay Raaz, Manu Rishi Chadha, Rajendranath, Vishwajeet Pradhan
Director: Vijay Raaz, Karan Arora
Le hussard sur le toit / The Horseman on the Roof (1995)
Adventure | Drama | Romance | War
In 1832, cholera ravages Provence (South of France). After several misadventures, Angelo, young Italian officer hunted by the Austrian secret police, meets Pauline de Theus, a young lady. After a second accidental meeting, both will start the search of Pauline's husband in a chaotic country.
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Olivier Martinez, Pierre Arditi, François Cluzet
Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Hearts and Minds (1974)
Documentary | War
A courageous and startling film, Peter Davis's landmark documentary Hearts and Minds unflinchingly confronts the United States' involvement in Vietnam. Using a wealth of sources-from interviews to newsreels to documentary footage of the conflict at home and abroad-Davis constructs a powerfully affecting portrait of the disastrous effects of war. Explosive, persuasive, and shocking, Hearts and Minds is an overwhelming emotional experience and the controversial winner of the 1974 Academy Award for Best Documentary.
Starring: Georges Bidault, Clark Clifford, George Coker , Kay Dvorshock, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Daniel Ellsberg, Randy Floyd, J. William Fulbright
Director: Peter Davis
The Train (1964)
Action | Thriller | War
In 1944, a German colonel loads a train with French art treasures to send to Germany. The Resistance must stop it without damaging the cargo.
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau, Suzanne Flon, Michel Simon, Wolfgang Preiss
Director: John Frankenheimer
Passage to Marseille (1944)
Adventure | Drama | War
Unfolded in a complex flashback-within-flashback structure, this is the story of Jean Matrac, a freedom-loving French journalist who sacrifices his happiness and security to battle Nazi tyranny. The film opens as French liason officer Freycinet, stationed in London, tells Mantrac's story to a British reporter. Freycinet reveals that Mantrac, happily married to Paula, was framed by pro-fascists and sentenced to Devil's Island. Here he engineered a daring escape with such lost souls as Marius, Garou, Petit and Renault. Adrift in a lifeboat, the escapees were picked up by a French vessel commandeered by pro-fascist Major Duval. With the help of Mantrac and the prisoners, the ship's patriotic captain thwarted Duval's evil machinations, enabling Mantrac to continue his battle against Nazism as a member of the RAF.
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Claude Rains, Michèle Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Helmut Dantine
Director: Michael Curtiz
The English Patient (1996)
Drama | Romance | War
Set in North Africa and Italy during the late 1930's and early '40's, 'The English Patient' is an epic drama of two haunting love stories that unfolds against a background of international upheaval. Through the prism of war, and of love and friendship, various themes — of fidelity, adultery, nationality and betrayals — are dramatized and explored. The story, based on Michael Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning novel, is told elliptically, through the histories of four characters who find themselves in a ruined monastery in Italy at the end of World War II. Slowly they reveal themselves and, in the process, the true identity of the English patient — the unknown survivor of a plane shot down over the Sahara who lies dying in the monastery — is made clear. Passion fires these stories, whether it is the raw passion between lovers, or the compulsive passion which drives men to explore remote and inhospitable regions, or to pursue across time and countries those they think have wronged them.
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas, Naveen Andrews, Colin Firth
Director: Anthony Minghella
The Wind Rises / / Untitled Hayao Miyazaki Project / Kaze tachinu (2013)
Animation | Biography | Drama | History | Romance | War
Inspired by the aesthetics of design, and the freedom of flying, Jiro Horikoshi only dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes. Nearsighted from a young age, and unable to be a pilot, Jiro joins a major Japanese engineering company in 1927. Having dreamed of creating an elegant and flight worthy plane since childhood, Jiro's life-long labor finally pays off in adulthood, when he creates the Mitsubishi A6M Zero. What Jiro never imagined, however, not even in his wildest dreams, was the fate that would befall his beloved creation – that his labor of love would eventually be used for something beyond his wildest expectation: war.
Starring: Hideaki Anno, Miori Takimoto, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Masahiko Nishimura, Steve Alpert, Morio Kazama
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
9th Company / 9 rota (2005)
Action | Drama | History | War
A year in the shared lives of a group of young soldiers drafted to serve in Afghanistan during the final year of the Soviet conflict. It is a story of the unit s dedication to each other during their valiant defense of Height 3234…a futile battle.
Starring: Aleksey Chadov, Artur Smolyaninov, Konstantin Kryukov, Mikhail Porechenkov, Fedor Bondarchuk, Mikhail Evlanov
Director: Fedor Bondarchuk
Goodnight, Mister Tom / Masterpiece Theatre: Goodnight Mister Tom (1998)
Drama | War
John Thaw stars as the widowed and cantankerous Tom Oakley in this charming film adaptation of the prize-winning children’s novel by Michelle Magorian. When the Second World War is declared, Tom finds that his quiet life in the village of Little Weirwold is set to change when nine-year old Willie Beech (Nick Robinson) is evacuated from London and billeted on him. Willie is a quiet, sad child with a deprived and disturbing past, but he slowly begins to flourish under the care of 'Mister Tom' and enjoys an idyllic village life.
Starring: John Thaw, Nick Robinson, Annabelle Apsion
Director: Jack Gold
Overlord (1975)
Drama | History | War
During the war a young lad is called up and, with an increasing sense of foreboding, undertakes his army training ready for D-day.
Starring: Brian Stirner, Davyd Harries, Nicholas Ball, Julie Neesam, Sam Sewell, John Franklyn-Robbins, Stella Tanner
Director: Stuart Cooper
Flying Tigers (1942)
Action | Drama | Romance | War
Capt. Jim Gordon's command of the famed American mercenary fighter group in China is complicated by the recruitment of an old friend who is a reckless hotshot.
Starring: John Wayne, John Carroll, Anna Lee, Paul Kelly, Mae Clarke, Addison Richards
Director: David Miller
Casualties of War (1989)
Drama | History | War
The true story of a group of U.S. soldiers, and their battle-scarred sergeant who takes his problems out on a new squad member during the war in Vietnam.
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Sean Penn, Don Harvey, John C. Reilly, John Leguizamo, Dale Dye
Director: Brian De Palma
