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Subgenre Sampler

 
Front Line, TheFront Line, The (2011)
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…
DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
KokodaKokoda (2005)
Visceral, against–the–odds WWII flick revisits the legendary story of inexperienced Aussie battlers taking on the mighty Japanese army in…
DVD $24.95 $18.70
Hornblower (TV Series)Hornblower (TV Series) (1998-2003)
Lavish, high–end production of C. S. Forester's legendary Horatio Hornblower, with Ioan Gruffudd staunchly portraying the British Naval…
DVD $49.95
Saving Private RyanSaving Private Ryan (1998)Recommended
Tom Hanks commands a squad assigned to retrieving a single man from behind German lines in WWII France. With 'sacrifice' the key theme,…
DVD $19.95 $14.95
Thin Red Line, TheThin Red Line, The (1998)Aro Favourite
A studiously arthouse rendition of WWII, isolating a crucial battle of the Pacific campaign (Guadacanal) as a minutely observed microcosm of humanity…
DVD $20 $15
StalingradStalingrad (1992)Recommended
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…
DVD $20 $15
Full Metal JacketFull Metal Jacket (1987)Recommended
Disturbing account of the recruitment, training and combat of young Americans in Vietnam. A powerful indictment of the senselessness of war, superbly…
DVD $19.95 $14.95
Rambo 2Rambo 2 (1985)
Iconic actioner in which traumatised commando John Rambo (Stallone) returns to Vietnam to rescue imprisoned G.I.s. Simplistic and violent, but a key…
Blu-Ray $20 $15
Das BootDas Boot (The Boat) (1981)Aro Favourite
Nail biting, meticulous and realistic account of a German U–boat's prowlings through the North Atlantic. The most expensive German film to…
DVD $24.95 $18.70
Big Red One, TheBig Red One, The (1980)Recommended
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…
Poster (U) $12.95
Dogs of War, TheDogs of War, The (1980)
Frederick Forsyth's best–seller gets reasonably good treatment here, Christopher Walken playing a hard bastard mercenary hired by Big Business…
DVD $15 $11.25
G.I. SamuraiG.I. Samurai (Sengoku jieitai; Time Slip) (1979)
A squadron of Japanese soldiers, together with their weaponry, helicopter and gunboat, are accidentally caught in a 'time slip' and transported back…
DVD $19.95 $14.95
Cross of IronCross of Iron (1977)Recommended
A doomed German platoon facing annihilation at Russian hands find their instinct for personal glory greater than their instinct for…
DVD $19.95
Battle of BritainBattle of Britain (1969)
Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier head an ensemble cast of British old boys for this extravagant re–enactment of the famous aerial battle that…
DVD $20 $15
Charge of the Light BrigadeCharge of the Light Brigade (1968)
Updated version of the Mid–Victorian battle made in the sardonic spirit of the swinging sixties. Trevor Howard, John Gielgud and David Hemmings…
Blu-Ray $19.95 $14.95
Blue Max, TheBlue Max, The (1966)
Impressively staged, this WW1 actioner concerns the career of ace German combat pilot Bruno Stachel (Peppard). Although the human drama is fairly…
DVD $29.95
Is Paris Burning?Is Paris Burning? (Paris brûle-t-il?) (1966)
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…
DVD $24.95 $18.70
Great Escape, TheGreat Escape, The (1963)Recommended
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…
DVD $19.95 $14.95
Henry VHenry V (1944)Recommended
Brimming with zest, this Shakespeare adaption became an instant classic when released, featuring Laurence Olivier in full sail as the youthful…
DVD $19.95 $14.95
Rats of Tobruk, TheRats of Tobruk, The (The Fighting Rats of Tobruk) (1944)
Aussie battler Chips Rafferty fight hard in the Battle of Rommel in this chest–thumping follow–up to FORTY THOUSAND HORSEMEN.
DVD $24.95

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