Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Television > War: 84 Films to Rent
- Augustus (TV Mini-Series) (2003)
- Dir. Roger Young
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Charlotte Rampling
- Peter O'Toole takes on the role of Augustus Caesar in this refreshing series focusing on the time when Augustus stepped into his adopted father's…
- Hitler - The Rise of Evil (2003)
- Dir. Christian Duguay
Feat. Robert Carlyle, Stockard Channing, Peter O'Toole…
- Somewhat controversial account of Adolf Hitler's rise to power, attempting to fathom his potential for evil–doing.
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- Killing Hitler (TV Mini-series) (2003)
- Dir. Jeremy Lovering
Feat. Peter McDonald, Kate Ashfield, Kenneth Cranham…
- Accurate docu–drama merging archival footage with recreations and educated interview to portray and dissect 'Operation Foxley' – a secret…
- Napoleon (TV Mini-series) (2003)
- Dir. Yves Simoneau
Feat. Christian Clavier, Gerard Depardieu, John Malkovich…
- A handsomely staged French (though English language) production of the life of Napoleon Bonaparte (Clavier) from his youthful antics, military…
- Vietnam War with Walter Cronkite (2003)
- Collection of CBS Documentaries narrated by broadcaster Walter Cronkite revealing the graphic inside story of the Vietnam War through the medium of…
- Foyle's War (TV Series) (2002-2015)
- Feat. Michael Kitchen, Honeysuckle Weeks, Anthony Howell
- A distinguished drama series of mysteries set at the dawn of World War II, from the makers of Midsomer Murders. Michael Kitchen stars as charismatic…
- Band of Brothers (TV Series) (2001)
- Dir. Phil Alden Robinson, Richard Loncraine, Mikael Salomon
Feat. David Schwimmer, Ron Livingston
- The brainchild of Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, this excellently–produced WWII mini–series follows the fortunes of ‘Easy Company’,…
- Monsignor Renard (TV Mini-series) (2000)
- Dir. Malcolm Mowbray
Feat. John Thaw, Cheryl Campbell, Dominic Monaghan
- ITV drama starring John Thaw as a humble parish priest who returns home to his French village to join the resistance during WWII after a twenty year…
- Nuremberg (2000)
- Feat. Alec Baldwin, Jill Hennessy, Brian Cox…
- This two part miniseries follows the Chief Prosecutor through the Nuremberg Trials of 1945–46.
- New Zealand Wars, The (1999)
- Dir. James Belich
Feat. James Belich
- Praised, yet inevitably controversial documentary series on New Zealand's 19th century history, in particular the various land–wars between…