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Rental > Action/Adventure > War: 198 Films to Rent
- Civil War (2024)
- Dir. Alex Garland
Feat. Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Stephen McKinley Henderson…
- The most expensive film made by upstart studio A24, this urgent and chillingly relevant dystopian thriller represents a solid return to form for…
- Outpost, The (2020)
- Dir. Rod Lurie
Feat. Scott Eastwood, Caleb Landry Jones, Orlando Bloom…
- War movie depicting events during the War in Afghanistan in 2009, when the Taliban attacked a vulnerable US Army outpost called Combat Outpost…
- Catch-22 (TV Mini-series) (2019)
- Dir. Grant Heslov, George Clooney
Feat. Christopher Abbott, Kyle Chandler, Daniel David Stewart…
- Updated six–part adaptation of the difficult–to–adapt classic Joseph Heller novel, a WWII satire which was formerly adapted as a…
- Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan (2019)
- Dir. Kriv Stenders
Feat. Travis Fimmel, Luke Bracey, Richard Roxburgh…
- Australian war film set in a Vietnamese rubber plantation in 1966, where 108 inexperienced Australian and New Zealand soldiers are fighting against…
- Kill Team, The (2019)
- Dir. Dan Krauss
Feat. Nat Wolff, Adam Long, Osy Ikhile…
- War drama which fictionalises events from the documentary of the same name from 2013, following a morally conflicted US Specialist whose platoon are…
- Midway (2019)
- Dir. Roland Emmerich
Feat. Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Woody Harrelson…
- Thrilling war film set during the Battle of Midway, fought during WWII between the American and Japanese armies in the Pacific. Features a strong…
- 12 Strong (2018)
- Dir. Nicolai Fuglsig
Feat. Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Pena…
- An American special forces team is deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11 with a mission to track down the Taliban. A rousing tribute to American heroism…
- Hurricane (Mission of Honor) (2018)
- Dir. David Blair
Feat. Iwan Rheon, Milo Gibson, Stefanie Martini…
- The tale of a Polish pilot who together with his comrades join the Hurricane Squadron 303 of the British Royal Air Force to fight during the Battle…
- Overlord (2018)
- Dir. Julius Avery
Feat. Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, Mathilde Ollivier
- A small group of American soldiers discover secret Nazi experiments after they are dropped behind enemy lines the day before D–day. A gleefully…
- Dunkirk (2017)
- Dir. Christopher Nolan
Feat. Fionn Whitehead, Jack Lowden, Barry Keoghan…
- Christopher Nolan's grandiose staging of the famous evacuation of the French port of Dunkirk in May 1940 is a departure from the fantasy pictures the…
- Journey's End (2017)
- Dir. Saul Dibb
Feat. Sam Claflin, Asa Butterfield, Paul Bettany…
- Adaptation of the 1928 play by war veteran R.C. Sheriff, set in the trenches in Aisne during WWI, where British officers face tensions, terror,…
- Megan Leavey (Rex) (2017)
- Dir. Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Feat. Kate Mara, Ramon Rodriguez, Tom Felton…
- Heartfelt war drama based on the true events about the eponymous young female US Marine corporal whose unique discipline and bond with a military…
- Wall, The (2017)
- Dir. Doug Liman
Feat. Aaron Taylor-Johnson, John Cena, Laith Nakli
- Two American soldiers are trapped by an Iraqi sniper in this deadly psychological thriller. Combining impressive marksmanship with a battle of wits,…
- War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
- Dir. Matt Reeves
Feat. Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn
- The third and final installment in the excellent Planet of the Apes prequel trilogy, with director Matt Reeves returning to complete the story that…
- 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)
- Dir. Michael Bay
Feat. James Badge Dale, John Krasinski, Max Martini…
- Michael Bay is comparatively restrained as he helms this visceral recreation of the attack on the U.S. compound in Libya.
- 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)
- Dir. Noam Murro
Feat. Sullivan Stapleton, Eva Green, Lena Headey…
- A second wave of sword and sandal gore, with Greek general Themistokles, outnumbered but determined, leading the charge against another massive…
- Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond (TV Mini-Series) (2014)
- Dir. Mat Whitecross
Feat. Dominic Cooper, Lara Pulver, Lesley Manville…
- The colourful and perilous adventures of Ian Fleming are liberally brought to life in this wartime spy romp pitched as the making of James Bond.
- Fury (2014)
- Dir. David Ayer
Feat. Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman…
- An Allied tank on a deadly mission behind enemy lines finds itself outnumbered and outgunned in this heavy duty WWII vehicle for Brad Pitt, more…
- Kajaki: Kilo Two Bravo (2014)
- Dir. Paul Katis
Feat. David Elliot, Mark Stanley, Scott Kyle
- Nerve–wracking thriller, based on a true story, finds a unit of British paratroopers stranded in a minefield left over from the Soviet invasion.
- William Kelly's War (2014)
- Dir. Geoff Davis
Feat. Tony Bonner
- Low budget Australian WWI film following two brothers who enlist and are sent to Europe, fighting from the trenches of Gallipoli to the Western…
- Lone Survivor (2013)
- Dir. Peter Berg
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch…
- Mark Wahlberg portrays Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell, the eponymous lone survivor of a covert mission against al–Qaeda gone wrong, in this powerful…
- 1612 (2012)
- Dir. Vladimir Khotinenko
Feat. Pyotr Kislov
- Bloated Russian 'historical' epic renders the 17th century civil war that ravaged the divided country as a Peter Jackson–esque battle fantasy.…
- Into the White (2012)
- Dir. Petter Naess
Feat. Florian Lukas, Rupert Grint, David Kross…
- Gentle anti–war drama with downed German and English pilots taking refuge in the same cabin in snow–bound Norway. Based on a true story.
- 5 Days Of War (2011)
- Dir. Renny Harlin
Feat. Rupert Friend, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Richard Coyle…
- Mediocre propaganda piece in which an American journalist, his cameraman, and a Georgian native get caught in the crossfire in the war between Russia…
- Bomber, The (Ballada o bombere (Ballad Of A Bomber)) (2011)
- Dir. Vitaliy Vorobyov
Feat. Nikita Efremov, Ekaterina Astakhova, Aleksandr Davydov
- Hum–drum war film – originally a television series – has a Russian aircraft crashing in Nazi occupied territory and the three…
- Fall of the Innocent (The Butcher of Prague) (2011)
- Dir. Petr Nikolaev
Feat. Karel Roden, Zuzana Fialova, Zuzana Bydzovska
- WWII drama about the Nazi massacre and destruction of the Czech village of Lidice.
The main protagonist is a man from the village who is sent to…
- Front Line, The (2011)
- Dir. Hun Jang
Feat. Ha-kyun Shin, Soo Go
- Big battles clash with big themes in this sizable war epic set during the last days of the Korean war, where soldiers from both the North and South…
- My Way (2011)
- Dir. Kang Je-Gyu
Feat. Jang Dong-Gun, Joe Odagiri, Bingbing Fan
- The director of BROTHERHOOD OF WAR raises the stakes with this louder, bloodier, more spectacular WWII epic, centred on the true story of rival…
- Sinking of the Laconia, The (TV Mini-Series) (2011)
- Dir. Uwe Janson
Feat. Andrew Buchan, Brian Cox, Franke Potente
- Gripping reenactment of the events surrounding the ill–fated Laconia, a British ocean liner crippled by a German U–boat, who in turn…
- Beneath Hill 60 (2010)
- Dir. Jeremy Sims
Feat. Brendan Cowell, Gyton Grantley, Harrison Gilbertson…
- Gripping, untold story of Australian daring beneath the trenches of WWI concerns a group of rag–tag engineers charged with sabotaging the…
- Green Zone (2010)
- Dir. Paul Greengrass
Feat. Matt Damon, Amy Ryan, Brendan Gleeson…
- Action ace Paul Greengrass deploys Bourne leading man Matt Damon in this frenetic, politically pointed thriller focused on the hunt for Weapons of…
- Pacific, The (TV Series) (2010)
- Feat. Joseph Mazzello, James Badge Dale, John Seda…
- Searing, no–expense–spared follow–up to the Tom Hanks/Steven Spielberg–produced BAND OF BROTHERS shifts its epic perspective…
- Strike Back (TV Series) (2010-2017)
- Feat. Andrew Lincoln, Richard Armitage, Michelle Lukes…
- An high–octane action series centred on the intersecting operations of an SAS Sergeant (Armitage) and an SIS Agent (Lincoln) over the course of…
- Attack on Leningrad (2009)
- Dir. Aleksandr Buravsky
Feat. Gabriel Byrne, Mira Sorvino, Armin Mueller-Stahl
- A soaring, action–packed journey of heroism and sacrifice as one crusading journalist desperately fights to uncover the horrors buried within…
- Betrayal (2009)
- Dir. Hakon Gunderson
Feat. Lene Nystrøm, Götz Otto, Kåre Conradi
- Deceit and opportunism are the currencies traded in this passable wartime thriller, recommended for fans of MAX MANUS. Lene Nystrøm (of 90’s pop…
- Inglourious Basterds (Inglorious Bastards) (2009)
- Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Feat. Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Eli Roth…
- A cocky, revisionist war epic channeling spaghetti westerns and the Dirty Dozen, Quentin Tarantino’s long–time pet project is perhaps his…
- Defiance (2008)
- Dir. Edward Zwick
Feat. Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell…
- Edward Zwick (GLORY) delivers big, earnest moments in this true story of four brothers who launch an all–Jewish resistance against the Nazis…
- Female Agents (Les femmes de l'ombre) (2008)
- Dir. Jean-Paul Salome
Feat. Sophie Marceau, Julie Depardieu, Marie Gillain…
- Substantial, exciting WWII espionage thriller following an all–female commando unit of the French Resistance recruited to rescue a British…
- Max Manus: Man of War (2008)
- Dir. Joachim Roenning, Espen Sandberg
Feat. Aksel Hennie, Agnes Kittelsen, Nicolai Cleve Broch…
- Rousing wartime actioner chronicles the exploits of irrepressible Norwegian resistance hero Max Manus, whose sabotaging of the Nazi’s stampede…
- Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
- Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Derek Luke, John Turturro, Joseph Gordon-Levitt…
- A messily formed, though nonetheless vital piece of corrective history, with Spike Lee directing this recreation of the feats of the…
- Rambo: Reloaded (2008)
- Dir. Sylvester Stallone
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Julie Benz, Matthew Marsden…
- Rambunctious, ultra–violent Sylvester Stallone–directed actioner sees Sly reprising his ammo–strapped role (this time in…
- Red Baron, The (Der rote Baron) (2008)
- Dir. Nikolai Müllerschön
Feat. Maxim Mehmet, Til Schweiger, Joseph Fiennes…
- Biographical melodrama focused around Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the celebrated showboating WW1 pilot. Thrilling airborne set–pieces make up…
- Tropic Thunder (2008)
- Dir. Ben Stiller
Feat. Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jnr., Jack Black…
- Ferociously funny action comedy from actor–director Ben Stiller, following a group of pretentious actors on a mission to create the biggest…
- Tunnel Rats (2008)
- Dir. Uwe Boll
Feat. Wilson Bethel, Michael Pare, Mitch Eakins
- Inept Vietnam War pic with U.S Special Forces sent into an elaborate underground maze to kill the Vietcong.
By consensus this is Boll's "best"…
- Assembly (2007)
- Dir. Feng Xiaoning
Feat. Hanyu Zhang
- Searing Chinese war drama set during the country's last days of Civil war, in which a courageous army captain fights tooth and nail to stave off a…
- Black Belt (Kuro-obi) (2007)
- Dir. Shunichi Nagasaki
Feat. Akihito Yagi, Tatsuya Naka
- Defence meets attack in this measured martial arts drama set in 1930s Japan, in which two karate experts (played by real–life karate pros) take…
- Hunting Party, The (2007)
- Dir. Richard Shepard
Feat. Richard Gere, Terrence Howard, James Brolin…
- Action–packed serio–comic political thriller in the spirit of THREE KINGS centres on the shaggy dog story of an intrepid trio of…
- Last Legion, The (2007)
- Dir. Doug Lefler
Feat. Colin Firth, Ben Kingsley, Aishwarya Rai
- CGI fantasy dramatising the plight of Rome's last emperor, the child Romulus Augustus, and his protectors – Firth, Kingsley, and Bollywood star…
- Mark of Cain, The (2007)
- Dir. Marc Munden
Feat. Leo Gregory, Matthew McNulty, Gerard Kearns…
- Based on real first–person accounts, this fictional British war drama explores the effects of the Iraq conflict on two young soldiers who can…
- Mongol (2007)
- Dir. Sergei Bodrov
Feat. Tadanobu Asano
- A fiercely–mounted early history of Genghis Khan, from the Mongol leader’s childhood years through to his all–conquering warpath across…
- 300 (2006)
- Dir. Zack Snyder
Feat. Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Dominic West…
- Brawny, unapologetic war mongering from the imagination of Frank Miller (SIN CITY), this ancient warrior epic indulges heavily in CGI effects and a…
- Above and Beyond (TV Mini-Series) (2006)
- Dir. Sturla Gunnarsson
Feat. Jason Priestley, Joss Ackland, Kenneth Welsh…
- Commendable mini–series based on the true story of the Atlantic Ferry Operation in WW2 – a last–ditch aerial attack from Canada's…
- Black Book (Zwartboek) (2006)
- Dir. Paul Verhoeven
Feat. Carice Van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman
- A Jewish singer goes deep undercover for the Dutch resistance in this splashy, larger–than–life WWII yarn set in Nazi–occupied…
- Flyboys (2006)
- Dir. Tony Bill
Feat. James Franco, Martin Henderson, Jean Reno
- Soaring, occasionally hokey aviation adventure recalling the true–life exploits of the Lafayette Escadrille, a French fighter squadron patched…
- Rescue Dawn (2006)
- Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Christian Bale, Steve Zahn, Jeremy Davies
- In dramatizing the unforgettable true story of Dieter Dengler – heroic subject matter of doco LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY – Werner Herzog…
- Great Raid, The (2005)
- Dir. John Dahl
Feat. Benjamin Bratt, James Franco, Connie Nielsen…
- Forthright retell of one of WWII's most daring missions, where a group of US Army Rangers plotted to rescue 511 American POWs from a Japanese prison…
- Kokoda (2005)
- Dir. Alister Grierson
Feat. Jack Finsterer, Simon Stone, Travis McMahon…
- Visceral, against–the–odds WWII flick revisits the legendary story of inexperienced Aussie battlers taking on the mighty Japanese army in…
- Last Drop, The (2005)
- Dir. Colin Teague
Feat. Billy Zane, Michael Madsen, Sean Pertwee…
- Competent, if not exactly scintillating, suspenser in which a group of allied soldiers are airdropped into Europe to steal gold and other treasures…
- Lord Of War (2005)
- Dir. Andrew Niccol
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Jared Leto, Bridget Moynahan…
- A thoughtful though heavy–handed thriller about an intelligently amoral Ukrainian–American (Cage), who dedicates himself to the world…
- Over There (TV Series) (2005)
- Feat. Josh Henderson, Luke MacFarlane, Erik Palladino
- Demanding Iraqi War excursion from Steven Bochco (NYPD BLUE) focuses on a US army unit’s dispatch to Iraq. Light on politics, this nevertheless…
- Brotherhood of War (Tae Guk Gi) (2004)
- Dir. Kang Je-Gyu
Feat. Jang Dong-Gun, Won Bin, Lee Eun-Joo
- Deemed as one of the most graphic and violent war films ever made, this tells the story of two South Korean brothers (Bin and Dong–Gun) who…
- Ike: Countdown to D-Day (2004)
- Dir. Robert Harmon
Feat. Tom Selleck, James Remar, Timothy Bottoms…
- Historical war dramatization of the three months leading up to Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy, and how General Dwight Eisenhower…
- Troy (2004)
- Dir. Wolfgang Petersen
Feat. Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom…
- Homer's epic is cranked up to full fury in this Hollywood CGI–ed adaptation, depicting the seige of Troy by the vengeful Greek army and the…
- Master and Commander - The Far Side of the World (2003)
- Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, James D'Arcy
- Vivid sea–chase yarn, set during the Napoleonic Wars, with Crowe commanding the screen as the sympathetic captain of a British frigate…
- 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…
- Four Feathers, The (2002)
- Dir. Shekhar Kapur
Feat. Heath Ledger, Wes Bentley, Kate Hudson
- The British Army copes with an uprising in Sudan in 1875, while one officer must redeem himself from a charge of cowardice – which earned him…
- Gods and Generals (2002)
- Dir. Ronald F. Maxwell
Feat. Jeff Daniels, Stephen Lang, Robert Duvall…
- Prequel to GETTYSBURG, this American Civil War drama follows the career of Confederate general 'Stonewall' Jackson.
Filled with the same epic…
- K19 - Widowmaker (2002)
- Dir. Kathryn Bigelow
Feat. Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson
- Solid actioner revisits the long–censored account of a Russian super–submarine which had a disastrous reactor meltdown…
- We Were Soldiers (2002)
- Dir. Randall Wallace
Feat. Mel Gibson, Greg Kinnear, Chris Klein…
- Big–budget, lavish re–enactment of America’s curtain–raiser in the Vietnam War, the fierce battle of la Drang, with an…
- Windtalkers (2002)
- Dir. John Woo
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Christian Slater, Adam Beach…
- Based on a little–known chapter of WWII – the use by the US army of Navajo Indians for their ‘unbreakable’ language to help…
- 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’,…
- Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
- Dir. Jason Moore
Feat. Owen Wilson, Gene Hackman
- Beyond–credibility gungho actioner which has fighter–pilot Owen Wilson shot down over Bosnia because he’s witnessed a Serb…
- Black Hawk Down (2001)
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Sam Shepard, Ewan McGregor, Josh Hartnett…
- Intense, eardrum–battering re–enactment of a street–battle during the US campaign in Mogadishu, Somalia in 1993, painting the…
- Enemy at the Gates (2001)
- Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud
Feat. Jude Law, Ed Harris, Rachel Weisz…
- A big–budget recreation of the crucial WWII battle of Stalingrad, in which Germans and Russians fought it out till there was a toll of over 1…
- Pearl Harbour (2001)
- Dir. Michael Bay
Feat. Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale, Josh Hartnett…
- Overblown, but technically impressive rendition of the 1941 Japanese surprise–attack on Pearl Harbour in which a sizable proportion of the US…
- Tigerland (2001)
- Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Colin Farrell, Clifton Collins Jr., Matthew Davis…
- The dir. of recent Hollywood gloss forsakes stars for a gritty, admired character piece set in a Vietnam War–bootcamp in Louisiana, 1971.…
- Uprising (2001)
- Dir. Jon Avnet
Feat. Leelee Sobieski, Hank Azaria, David Schwimmer…
- An above–par telemovie that depicts the clearing of the Warsaw Ghetto during WWII by the Nazis.
Treading similiar territory to SCHINDLER'S…
- Patriot, The (2000)
- Dir. Roland Emmerich
Feat. Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson…
- Mel Gibson transplants the patriotic, anti–English fervour of BRAVEHEART into an American Revolutionary setting, playing real–life…
- Rules of Engagement (2000)
- Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Tommy Lee Jones, Guy Pearce…
- Colonel Samuel L. Jackson interprets the 'rules' when the US Embassy in Yemen is attacked by terrorists.
But after the smoke has cleared 83…
- U-571 (2000)
- Dir. Jonathan Mostow
Feat. Matthew McConaughey, Harvey Keitel, Bill Paxton…
- World War 2: Matthew McConaughey and his submarine crew snatch a vital German spy machine, then find themselves trapped on a U–boat where all…
- Crossing, The (1999)
- Dir. Robert Harmon
Feat. Jeff Daniels, Roger Rees, Sebastian Roche
- Acclaimed telemovie recreation of George Washington's crossing of the Delaware during the American War of Independence. Jeff Daniels lives up to the…
- Emperor and the Assassin, The (Jing Ke Ci Qin Wang) (1999)
- Dir. Chen Kaige
Feat. Gong Li, Zhang Fenyi
- Vast, gilded historical spectacle set in the 3rd Century BC, centred on China's legendary first Qin emperor's struggle to consolidate a unified…
- Three Kings (1999)
- Dir. David O. Russell
Feat. George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice-Cube…
- A refreshingly irreverent view of the US Military translated into a box–office hit for this unpredictable black–comedy that puts a…
- Trench, The (1999)
- Dir. William Boyd
Feat. Paul Nicholls, Daniel Craig, Danny Dyer…
- WWI film set in the 48 hours leading up to the Battle of the Somme, in which the British Army lost the greatest number of soldiers in a single day of…
- Hornblower (TV Series) (1998-2003)
- Feat. Ioan Gruffudd
- Lavish, high–end production of C. S. Forester's legendary Horatio Hornblower, with Ioan Gruffudd staunchly portraying the British Naval…
- Saving Private Ryan (1998)
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns…
- Tom Hanks commands a squad assigned to retrieving a single man from behind German lines in WWII France.
With 'sacrifice' the key theme,…
- Soldier (1998)
- Dir. Paul Anderson
Feat. Kurt Russell, Gary Busey, Jason Scott Lee
- Military sci–fi adventure wherein Kurt Russell utters terse words as an out–moded fighting machine grasping at a few straws of humanity…
- Thin Red Line, The (1998)
- Dir. Terrence Malick
Feat. Nick Nolte, Sean Penn, Elias Koteas…
- A studiously arthouse rendition of WWII, isolating a crucial battle of the Pacific campaign (Guadacanal) as a minutely observed microcosm of humanity…
- GI Jane (1997)
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Demi Moore, Viggo Mortensen, Anne Bancroft
- A staunch, suede–headed Demi Moore is enlisted in a US Army commando squad in a call for equal–opportunity by stylist dir. Ridley Scott. …
- Andersonville (TV Mini-series) (1996)
- Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Frederic Forrest, Ted Marcoux, Jarrod Emick
- TV western set during the American Civil War, about a group of Union soldiers who are sent to a Confederate prison camp near Andersonville, Georgia…
- Blade, The (1996)
- Dir. Tsui Hark
Feat. Xin Xin Xiong, Moses Chan, Man Cheuk Chiu
- Honour and retribution are the key themes in this densely–plotted, straight–faced actioner set in a mythic–historical setting.…
- Gettysburg (1993)
- Dir. Ronald F. Maxwell
Feat. Jeff Daniels, Tom Berenger, Martin Sheen
- A truly epic screen version of the three–day American Civil War battle of 1863. The director's decade–long obsession is rich in military…
- Stalingrad (1992)
- Dir. Joseph Vilsmaier
Feat. Dominique Horwitz, Thomas Kretschmann, Jochen Nickel
- Superlative evocation of WW2 tragedy from a German perspective. A unit of soldiers are posted to the front line in the merciless Russian winter to…
- 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…
- Rambo 3 (1988)
- Dir. Peter MacDonald
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna
- The belated finale to the RAMBO series sees the human battletank John Rambo (Stallone) dropped into Afghanistan to rescue his mentor (Crenna).
In…
- Escape From Sobibor (1987)
- Dir. Jack Gold
Feat. Rutger Hauer, Alan Arkin, Joanna Pacula
- An unsettling and chilling account of an attempt by Jews to escape the Sobibor concentration camp in Eastern Poland in 1944.
Originally made for…
- Full Metal Jacket (1987)
- Dir. Stanley Kubrick
Feat. Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio…
- Disturbing account of the recruitment, training and combat of young Americans in Vietnam. A powerful indictment of the senselessness of war, superbly…
- Hamburger Hill (1987)
- Dir. John Irvin
Feat. Anthony Barrile, Don Cheadle, Courtney B. Vance…
- Matter–of–fact depiction of a particularly costly battle of the Vietnam War, in which US troops repeatedly tried to capture 'Hill 937' in…
- Lighthorsemen, The (1987)
- Dir. Simon Wincer
Feat. Peter Phelps, Jon Blake, Sigrid Thornton…
- Gung–ho and melodrama collide in this WWI adventure of Australian–mounted infantry (and a few Gallipoli veterans) in Palestine. The tone…
- Platoon (1986)
- Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen
- This film won the Best Picture Oscar for its compelling and sincere account of the Vietnam, also ushering the era of 1980s film reappraisals of the…
- Rambo 2 (1985)
- Dir. George Pan Cosmatos
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Charles Napier
- Iconic actioner in which traumatised commando John Rambo (Stallone) returns to Vietnam to rescue imprisoned G.I.s. Simplistic and violent, but a key…
- Missing in Action (1984)
- Dir. Joseph Zito
Feat. Chuck Norris, M. Emmet Walsh
- Simplistic but iconic 80s actioner, with Norris as a RAMBO–figure, a Vietnam Vet who returns to liberate POWs from their jungle hellholes.…
- Red Dawn (1984)
- Dir. John Milius
Feat. Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Harry Dean Stanton…
- Playing out the US fear/fantasy of Commie invasion, this sees a high–school football team (led by Patrick Swayze) make for the hills and wage…
- Hong Kong 1941 (Dang doi lai ming) (1983)
- Dir. Po-Chi Leong
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat, Alex Man, Kien Shih…
- One of Chow Yun–Fat's early classics, this portrays the disturbing invasion of Hong Kong by the Japanese in 1941, which disrupts the dreams and…
- Uncommon Valor (1983)
- Dir. Ted Kotcheff
Feat. Gene Hackman, Fred Ward, Reb Brown…
- Gene Hackman plays an American marine who believes his son is still being held in Laos in the aftermath of The Vietnam War. From the director of the…
- Under Fire (1983)
- Dir. Roger Spottiswoode
Feat. Nick Nolte, Joanna Cassidy, Gene Hackman…
- A sterling drama concerning journalistic ethics in the mire of the Nicaraguan civil war.
Nick Nolte is a photographer who is tempted into taking…
- 1915 (TV Mini-series) (1982)
- Feat. Scott Burgess, Scott McGregor, Lorraine Bayly…
- A solid recreation of the Great War era, this TV mini–series charts the experiences of several young men leaving the home–front in…
- Attack Force Z (1982)
- Dir. Tim Burstall
Feat. Mel Gibson, Sam Neill, Chris Haywood
- Manly, gung–ho war vehicle stars fresh–faced Australasians Mel Gibson and Sam Neill as commandos dispatched to rescue survivors of a…
- Das Boot (The Boat) (1981)
- Dir. Wolfgang Petersen
Feat. Jurgen Prochnow
- Nail biting, meticulous and realistic account of a German U–boat's prowlings through the North Atlantic. The most expensive German film to…
- Victory (Escape to Victory) (1981)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Max von Sydow
- Implausible yet jolly entertaining WWII story has a soccer team of assorted POWs attempting to escape a Paris stadium during a match against the Nazi…
- Big Red One, The (1980)
- Dir. Samuel Fuller
Feat. Lee Marvin
- The best role in years for Lee Marvin, who plays the intrepid squadron leader of director Sam Fuller's WWII memoirs. Distinctive war film is…
- Dogs of War, The (1980)
- Dir. John Irvin
Feat. Christopher Walken, Colin Blakely, Tom Berenger
- Frederick Forsyth's best–seller gets reasonably good treatment here, Christopher Walken playing a hard bastard mercenary hired by Big Business…
- Kagemusha (1980)
- Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara
- A majestic 16th century saga about a petty thief who ascends to tribal leadership on account of his resemblance to a dying warlord. Shared the top…
- Lion of the Desert (1980)
- Dir. Moustapha Akkad
Feat. Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, John Gielgud…
- An epic account of the 'David and Goliath' battle on the Libyan desert between Mussolini's all–powerful army and the Bedouin, circa 1930.
- Sea Wolves, The (1980)
- Dir. Andrew McLagen
Feat. Gregory Peck, Roger Moore, David Niven…
- Salty War drama based on a real covert mission during World War II in which a group of middle–aged civilian ex–soldiers are sent by the…
- Apocalypse Now (1979)
- Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall…
- A harrowing account of a soldier's hazardous river journey, his mission to assasinate a renegade colonel who has gone mad in the depths of the…
- Apocalypse Now Redux (1979)
- Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall…
- Twenty years after its release, dir. Coppola’s expressionist epic of the Vietnam War, is ‘healed’ (redux in Latin) by the re–inclusion of…
- From Hell to Victory (1979)
- Dir. Umberto Lenzi
Feat. George Peppard, George Hamilton, Horst Buchholz…
- Italian exploitation hack Umberto Lenzi directs this serviceable WWII epic, about six friends who vow to reunite despite going their separate ways…
- G.I. Samurai (Sengoku jieitai; Time Slip) (1979)
- Dir. Mitsumasa Saito
Feat. Sonny Chiba, Jun Eto
- A squadron of Japanese soldiers, together with their weaponry, helicopter and gunboat, are accidentally caught in a 'time slip' and transported back…
- Boys in Company C, The (1978)
- Dir. Sidney J. Furie
Feat. Stan Shaw, Andrew Stevens, R. Lee Ermey…
- A rugged and absurdist action film about young soldiers scarred by the horrors and blunders of war. Faintly critical of America’s involvement, this…
- Deer Hunter, The (1978)
- Dir. Michael Cimino
Feat. Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep
- A grimly realistic portrait of how the atrocities of the Vietnam war have an effect on a group of friends. Robert De Niro heads a virtuoso cast in…
- Wild Geese, The (1978)
- Dir. Andrew McLagen
Feat. Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris…
- Trashily entertaining adventure yarn has a gaggle of middle–aged mercenaries drawn into a rescue job for a kidnapped politician in deepest…
- Bridge Too Far, A (1977)
- Dir. Richard Attenborough
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, Robert Redford, Sean Connery…
- Perhaps a battle–scene too far for some, but for afficiandos this epic account of an abortive Allied invasion of Holland is sure to provide…
- Cross of Iron (1977)
- Dir. Sam Peckinpah
Feat. James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason…
- A doomed German platoon facing annihilation at Russian hands find their instinct for personal glory greater than their instinct for…
- Eagle Has Landed, The (1977)
- Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, Robert Duvall
- German commandos plot to assasinate Winston Churchill in this suspenseful thriller, apparently based on fact. Michael Caine, strangely plausible as a…
- Last Remake of Beau Geste, The (1977)
- Dir. Marty Feldman
Feat. Marty Feldman, Michael York, Ann-Margret…
- Marty Feldman directs and co–writes this star–studded satire loosely based on the novel Beau Geste, a frequently–filmed story of…
- MacArthur (1977)
- Dir. Joseph Sargent
Feat. Gregory Peck
- A well–mounted political biography of the WW2 General during the Pacific wars.
- Battle of Midway (1976)
- Dir. John Smight
Feat. Henry Fonda, Charlton Heston
- A large–scale re–enactment of this decisive WWII naval battle. A huge all–star cast, scrap it out.
- Conduct Unbecoming (1975)
- Dir. Michael Anderson
Feat. Michael York, Richard Attenborough, Trevor Howard
- Well–made, though somewhat old–fashioned version of Barry England's play about misbehaviour among the British Army in India. The stars…
- A Fistful of Dynamite (Duck, You Sucker!) (1971)
- Dir. Sergio Leone
Feat. Rod Steiger, James Coburn, Romolo Valli
- Leone’s final spaghetti–western is a sprawling adventure set in the Mexican revolution, with fistfuls of action and comedy aplenty to rival…
- Last Valley, The (1971)
- Dir. James Clavell
Feat. Michael Caine, Omar Sharif, Brian Blessed
- Epically framed, though a little ponderous, this action vehicle for Michael Caine is set in the final decade of the 17th century 'Thirty Years War'.…
- Murphy's War (1971)
- Dir. Peter Yates
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Sian Phillips, Philippe Noiret
- Shipwrecked off the coast of Venezuala by a U–Boat near the end of WWII, Peter O'Toole decides to recuperate a derelict seaplane and mount a…
- Raid on Rommel (1971)
- Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. Richard Burton, John Colicos, Wolfgang Preiss
- In 1942 Libya, a German–speaking British Intelligence officer uses former British POWs, some dressed in German uniforms, to fulfill a secret…
- McKenzie Break, The (Escape) (1970)
- Dir. Lamont Johnson
Feat. Brian Keith, Helmut Griem, Ian Hendry
- Mostly engrossing, and certainly unusual and authentic, this is a WWII POW escape yarn with a difference – here, it's Germans attempting to…
- Too Late The Hero (Suicide Run) (1970)
- Dir. Robert Aldrich
Feat. Michael Caine, Cliff Robertson, Ian Bannen…
- An impressive WW2 actioner from one of the experts, dir. Aldrich (ATTACK) investing a dangerous mission in the Pacific with a certain moral…
- Battle of Britain (1969)
- Dir. Guy Hamilton
Feat. Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier, Trevor Howard…
- Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier head an ensemble cast of British old boys for this extravagant re–enactment of the famous aerial battle that…
- Bridge at Remagen, The (1969)
- Dir. John Guillermin
Feat. George Segal, Robert Vaughn, Ben Gazzara…
- One of the tougher, smaller 60s Hollywood depictions of war in a period otherwise dominated by epic clunkers. In the later stages of WW2, George…
- Probability Zero (1969)
- Dir. Maurizio Lucidi
Feat. Henry Silva
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- Anzio (1968)
- Dir. Edward Dmytryk, Duilio Coletti
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Peter Falk, Arthur Kennedy…
- Robert Mitchum and Peter Falk lead an international cast for this ropey war epic – an Italian–American co–production about…
- Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
- Dir. Tony Richardson
Feat. Trevor Howard, John Gielgud, David Hemmings
- Updated version of the Mid–Victorian battle made in the sardonic spirit of the swinging sixties. Trevor Howard, John Gielgud and David Hemmings…
- Devil's Brigade, The (1968)
- Dir. Andrew V. McLaglen
Feat. William Holden, Cliff Robertson, Vince Edwards…
- Efficient actioner with an American colonel tasked with creating a special forces unit from Canadian troops and a ragtag group of American misfits.
- Play Dirty (1968)
- Dir. Andre De Toth
Feat. Michael Caine, Nigel Davenport, Nigel Green
- During the Desert War in North Africa, a group of British commandos disguised in Italian soldiers must travel behind enemy lines and destroy a vital…
- Villa Rides (1968)
- Dir. Buzz Kulik
Feat. Yul Brynner, Robert Mitchum, Herbert Lom…
- Violent western set during the Mexican revolution, with Robert Mitchum playing a corrupt Texas gunrunner and pilot who joins Pancho Villa (Yul…
- Dirty Dozen, The (1967)
- Dir. Robert Aldrich
Feat. Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson…
- A group of hardened criminals redeem themselves when recruited for a suicide mission during World War 2. An exciting adventure classic.
- Night of the Generals, The (1967)
- Dir. Anatole Litvak
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay…
- WWII crime thriller concerning the prolonged investigation of the murder of a Polish prostitute and German agent that implicates three generals, and…
- Blue Max, The (1966)
- Dir. John Guillermin
Feat. George Peppard, Anton Diffring, James Mason…
- Impressively staged, this WW1 actioner concerns the career of ace German combat pilot Bruno Stachel (Peppard). Although the human drama is fairly…
- Is Paris Burning? (Paris brûle-t-il?) (1966)
- Dir. Rene Clement
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, Leslie Caron…
- An international cast grace this lengthy war drama, set in 1944 Paris as the retreating Germans prepared to burn the city to the ground on Hitler's…
- Tobruk (1966)
- Dir. Arthur Hiller
Feat. Rock Hudson, George Peppard, Guy Stockwell…
- This WW2 desert actioner is about the activities of the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG), who ran commando raids against Rommel and his Afrika…
- Triple Cross (1966)
- Dir. Terence Young
Feat. Christopher Plummer, Romy Schneider, Trevor Howard…
- Minor curio concerns the real–life adventures of English safe–cracker Eddie Chapman (Plummer) who was in prison on Jersey when the Nazis…
- Battle of the Bulge (1965)
- Dir. Ken Annakin
Feat. Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan…
- Admirable and far from simplistic recreation of the Nazi's WW2 counter–offensive in the Ardennes in 1944, which led to a series of bitter…
- Cast a Giant Shadow (1965)
- Dir. Melville Shavelson
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Senta Berger, Angie Dickinson…
- Spectacular epic concerning the Israeli War of Independence in 1947–8, that like EXODUS somewhat romanticises events. Weaves a romance around…
- Heroes of Telemark, The (1965)
- Dir. Anthony Mann
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Richard Harris, Ulla Jacobsson…
- Douglas and Harris are bickering leaders of an allied attempt to destroy a Nazi atom–bomb factory in the snowy wastes of Norway. Predictably…
- In Harm's Way (1965)
- Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Patricia Neal…
- Epic and stately treatment of the aftermath of Japan's WW2 attack on Pearl Harbour, with Wayne playing a sidelined Admiral who tries to claw back…
- Morituri (1965)
- Dir. Bernhard Wicki
Feat. Marlon Brando, Yul Brynner, Trevor Howard…
- Unusual WW2 adventure features Brando as an anti–Nazi German who tries to persuade a German freighter plying the Pacific to defect to the…
- Weekend at Dunkirk (1964)
- Dir. Henri Verneuil
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Spaak, Georges Geret…
- The decimation of French and English troops who retreated to the coastal settlement of Dunkirk in 1940 is the sobering subject of this otherwise…
- Great Escape, The (1963)
- Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough…
- McQueen heads a star–studded international cast in this superb drama based on a true account of an escape from a German POW camp by a group of…
- Hell Is For Heroes (1962)
- Dir. Don Siegel
Feat. Steve McQueen, Bobby Darin, Fess Parker…
- An expertly written and delivered WWII adventure, where a small squad of US soldiers, headed by Steve McQueen, must hold off an advancing German…
- War Lover, The (1962)
- Dir. Philip Leacock
Feat. Steve McQueen, Robert Wagner, Shirley Anne Field…
- WW2 drama involving two Yankee pilots in England who form a deadly duo in the air, and two sides of a love triangle on the ground. Slow–moving,…
- On the Double (1961)
- Dir. Melville Shavelson
Feat. Danny Kaye, Dana Wynter, Wilfrid Hyde-White
- Zany action–comedy set during the Invasion of Normandy, where an American soldier and talented mimic (Danny Kaye) impersonates a British high…
- Long and the Short and the Tall, The (1960)
- Dir. Leslie Norman
Feat. Richard Todd, Laurence Harvey, Richard Harris…
- A taut WW2 drama, based on a stageplay, set around a dysfunctional British patrol caught out behind enemy lines in Burma.
Hinging on the treatment…
- Sink the Bismarck (1960)
- Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Kenneth More, Dana Wynter, Laurence Naismith…
- A no–nonsense depiction of the WW2 hunt by the British navy to destroy the German super–warship Bismarck.
Conveying both the allied…
- Hidden Fortress (1958)
- Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Toshiro Mifune
- Toshiro Mifune displays astounding skill with horse and sword as the ultimate warrior in this innovative amalgam of fairy–tale and Samurai…
- Ice Cold In Alex (1958)
- Dir. J. Lee-Thompson
Feat. John Mills, Anthony Quayle
- After a hurried retreat from the siege of Tobruk, a band of medics and nurses in an ambulance, attempt an arduous crossing of the Libyan Sahara…
- Men in War (1958)
- Dir. Anthony Mann
Feat. Aldo Ray, Robert Ryan, Vic Morrow…
- Robert Ryan and Aldo Ray play the leaders of a small detachment of American soldiers cut off and desperately trying to rejoin their division over a…
- China Gate (1957)
- Dir. Samuel Fuller
Feat. Gene Barry, Angie Dickinson
- In 1954, during the French Indochina War, an Eurasian female smuggler and a group of French Foreign Legion mercenaries, infiltrate the enemy…
- Pride and the Passion, The (1957)
- Dir. Stanley Kramer
Feat. Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Sophia Loren…
- A solemn epic set around Napoleon's campaign in Spain in the early 19th century – the cast doing their sincere best with a fairly passionless…
- Throne of Blood (1957)
- Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura
- Kurosawa transposes MacBeth into a Samurai setting and the result justifies his reputation. Nothing short of an awesome spectacle Shakespeare himself…
- D-Day - The Sixth of June (1956)
- Dir. Henry Koster
Feat. Robert Taylor, Richard Todd, Edmond O'Brien…
- Well–executed enactment of the Normandy landings in WW2, with some extravagent action scenes and solid dramatics.
- Battle Cry (1955)
- Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. Van Heflin, Raymond Massey, Aldo Ray…
- Entertaining WWII yarn concerning a squad of American marines romancing and training (in Paekakariki, New Zealand!) before heading off to action in…
- Purple Plain, The (1954)
- Dir. Robert Parrish
Feat. Gregory Peck, Win Min Than, Bernard Lee…
- Strong psychological drama, shot in lush Technicolor, with Peck as a shell–shocked pilot stuck with wounded comrades behind enemy lines in the…
- Malta Story (1953)
- Dir. Brian Desmond Hurst
Feat. Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Steel
- A taut wee adventure set among the special forces of the British Air Force defending the island of Malta during WW2. Real–life locations and a…
- Angels One Five (1952)
- Dir. George More O'Ferrall
Feat. Jack Hawkins, Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray…
- British war film following the experience of a young fighter pilot in the Battle of Britain during WWII. Based on the book "What Are Your Angels…
- Mutiny (1952)
- Dir. Edward Dmytryk
Feat. Angela Lansbury, Mark Stevens
- Adventure movie set during the War of 1812, where a captain collecting a war loan of gold finds that his crew have plotted a mutiny to try to obtain…
- Desert Fox, The (1951)
- Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. James Mason, Jessica Tandy, Sir Cedric Hardwicke…
- James Mason gives a definitive performance as Nazi General Rommel (which he repeated for THE DESERT RATS), whose troubles proved overwhelming despite…
- Red Badge of Courage, The (1951)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Audie Murphy, Royal Dano, Arthur Hunnicutt
- A classic film version of the classic American Civil War novel by Stephen Crane, which depicts the line between courage and cowardice in the Yankee…
- Halls of Montezuma (1950)
- Dir. Lewis Milestone
Feat. Richard Widmark, Jack Palance, Karl Malden…
- Unflashy and well–cast war film, that follows the US Marines into action on a Pacific island. Makes a fairly gung–ho contrast to dir.…
- Battleground (1949)
- Dir. William A. Wellman
Feat. Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalban…
- A tough depiction of WW2 combat set among an American squad during the gruelling Battle of the Bulge, that stands as something of an early classic.…
- Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
- Dir. Allan Dwan
Feat. John Wayne
- Popular WWII saga with John Wayne as a tough Sarg, spurring his troops on in the Pacific.
- 13 Rue Madeleine (1947)
- Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. James Cagney, Annabella, Richard Conte…
- A group of OSS operatives penetrate behind German lines in this rough–edged WWII thriller. Seeking a secret missile site, they must also…
- Theirs is the Glory (Men of Arnhem) (1946)
- Dir. Brian Desmond Hurst
Feat. Stanley Maxted
- British war movie depicting the 1st Airborne Division's involvement in the 1944 Battle of Arnhem, a battle which was also the subject of A BRIDGE TOO…
- Henry V (1944)
- Dir. Laurence Olivier
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks
- Brimming with zest, this Shakespeare adaption became an instant classic when released, featuring Laurence Olivier in full sail as the youthful…
- Purple Heart, The (1944)
- Dir. Lewis Milestone
Feat. Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, Farley Granger…
- Watchable flag–waver from WW2 depicts the show trial of a crew of American airmen (led by Andrews) who are shot down over Tokyo in 1944. Has…
- Rats of Tobruk, The (The Fighting Rats of Tobruk) (1944)
- Dir. Charles Chauvel
Feat. Chips Rafferty, Peter Finch
- Aussie battler Chips Rafferty fight hard in the Battle of Rommel in this chest–thumping follow–up to FORTY THOUSAND HORSEMEN.
- Guadalcanal Diary (1943)
- Dir. Lewis Seiler
Feat. Anthony Quinn, Lloyd Nolan, Preston Foster…
- Filmed just after US victory in the Solomon Islands during WW2, this standard issue war–film is a reasonably solid account of a grueling…
- We Dive at Dawn (1943)
- Dir. Anthony Asquith
Feat. John Mills, Eric Portman, Niall MacGinnis
- Sturdy WWII actioner has a British sub sent out to sink a heavily–armed Nazi battleship with the help of three German sailors, but getting into…
- One of Our Aircraft is Missing (1942)
- Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Feat. Eric Portman, Bernard Miles, Hugh Williams
- Brisk war–thriller about how a six man British aircrew must find their way back to England across the Occupied Netherlands. Raised above the…
- Forty Thousand Horsemen (40,000 Horsemen) (1940)
- Dir. Charles Chauvel
Feat. Chips Rafferty
- This rollicking war romp depicts the deeds of the Australian Light Horse cavalry during WWI. Stars the archetypal Aussie bushman, Chips Rafferty.
- Lives of a Bengal Lancer, The (1935)
- Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. Gary Cooper, Franchot Tone, Richard Cromwell
- Set in India during the British Raj, this rousing literary adaptation follows a British regiment struggling to retain it's stronghold in the…
- Hell's Angels (1930)
- Dir. Howard Hughes
Feat. James Hall, Jean Harlow, Ben Lyon…
- Still highly watchable, this early sound feature financed and 'directed' by the notorious Howard Hughes, boosts its melodramatic story of WWI heroics…