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Bullet in the Head (1990): Dir. John Woo
Feat. Tony Leung (Chiu-wai), Jacky Cheung, Waise Lee; John Woo's indictment of war as raw and visceral as its title. Three friends flee Hong Kong and find themselves knee deep in the corruption and…
Fourth War, The (1990): Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Roy Scheider, Jurgen Prochnow, Harry Dean Stanton; Cold War thriller set during the early days of detente has Scheider and Prochnow as two border commanders whose friendly rivalry on the…
Memphis Belle (1990): Dir. Michael Caton-Jones
Feat. Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz, Tate Donovan…; A likeable modern war drama with a well–known, fresh–faced male cast who make up the crew of the title B–17 bomber about to…
Night of the Fox (TV Mini-series) (1990): Dir. Charles Jarrott
Feat. Michael York, George Peppard, Deborah Raffin…; An American officer is captured on German soil during WWII and a daring plot is hatched by the allies to rescue him. based on the novel by Jack…
Born On the Fourth of July (1989): Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. Tom Cruise; Tom Cruise gives an exhilarating performance as Ron Kovic, the teenage patriot who became an embittered, paralysed Vietnam vet, to finally emerge as…
Casualties of War (1989): Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Sean Penn, Michael J. Fox, John Leguizamo…; A squad of soldiers become caught in the moral dilemma of wartime Vietnam. Platoon leader Sean Penn goes beyond the call of duty while Michael J.…
Farewell to the King (1989): Dir. John Milius
Feat. Nick Nolte, Nigel Havers, Frank McRae…; Half–successful attempt to fashion a mythic tale from the Japanese invasion of Borneo in WW2, with a US Army deserter (Nolte) and a British…
Glory (1989): Dir. Edward Zwick
Feat. Denzel Washington, Matthew Broderick, Cary Elwes…; Time and place is perfectly re–created in this moving account of the plight of Negro soldiers during the American civil war.
Bat 21 (1988): Dir. Peter Markle
Feat. Gene Hackman, Danny Glover, Jerry Reed…; Gene Hackman is shot down over enemy lines deep in war–torn Vietnam; Danny Glover is the Air Force pilot charged with saving his skin. Expect…
Beast, The (the Beast Of War) (1988): Dir. Kevin Reynolds
Feat. George Dzundza, Jason Patric, Stephen Baldwin…; Laying aside the usual sympathies, this American war–drama pursues a tense running–battle between a Soviet tank–crew and Afghani…

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