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Ike: Countdown to D-DayIke: 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…
TroyTroy (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 WorldMaster and Commander - The Far Side of the World (2003) Recommended
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)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, TheFour 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 GeneralsGods 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 - WidowmakerK19 - 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 SoldiersWe Were Soldiers (2002) Recommended
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…
WindtalkersWindtalkers (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)Band of Brothers (TV Series) (2001) Recommended
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’,…

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