Subgenre Sampler
Television > War: 84 Films to Buy & Rent
- Oppenheimer (TV Mini-series) (1980)
- Dir. Barry Davis
Feat. Sam Waterston, Shane Rimmer, David Suchet
- Excellent mini–series starring Waterson as nuclear physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, who helped build the atomic bomb for the 'Manhattan…
- Spoils of War, The (TV Series) (1980)
- Feat. Alan Hunter, William Lucas, Emily Moore
- British drama series examining the effects of World War II on two families.
- To Serve Them All My Days (TV Series) (1980)
- Feat. John Duttine
- A shell–shocked WWI vet retreats to a teaching post in Devon, England, where he inspires students through unconventional and empowering means.…
- Ike (TV Mini-series) (1979)
- Dir. Boris Sagal, Melville Shavelson
Feat. Robert Duvall, Lee Remick, Dana Andrews…
- Robert Duvall is expectedly good in this three–part miniseries detailing the life of Dwight D. Eisenhower, who commanded American forces during…
- Testament of Youth (Mini-series) (1979)
- Dir. Moira Armstrong
Feat. Cheryl Campbell, Peter Woodward, Emrys James…
- Sterling adaptation of Vera Brittain's memoir recounts her early years and lost loves admidst the turmoil of the first world war.
- Secret Army (TV Series) (1977)
- Feat. Bernard Hepton
- This gripping – and unlike its comedy spoof successor ALLO' ALLO!, deadly serious – BBC dramatic series focused on the exploits of a…
- Once an Eagle (TV Mini-Series) (1976)
- Feat. Sam Elliott, Glenn Ford, Amy Irving…
- Much lauded, epic mini–series spanning the tumultuous years from WWI to the Vietnam Era, about two Army officers whose vast personal…
- When The Boat Comes In (TV Series) (1976)
- Feat. James Bolam, James Garbutt, Jean Heywood
- 'Northern' drama series set in a post–WW1 Britain, where Ex–Sergeant Jack Ford (Bolam) and his family must deal with the aftermath…
- It Ain't Half Hot Mum (TV Series) (1974)
- Feat. Windsor Davies
- The riotous misadventures of a concert party touring the hot and steamy jungles of Burma entertaining troops during World War II. With a typically…
- QB VII (TV Mini-Series) (1974)
- Dir. Tom Gries
Feat. Ben Gazzara, Anthony Hopkins, Leslie Caron…
- A multiple Emmy–winning adaptation of the novel by Leon Uris (best known for "Exodus") detailing the gripping court battle between a…