Subgenre Sampler
War: 954 Films to Buy & Rent
City of Ghosts (2017)
- Dir. Matthew Heineman
- The director of CARTEL LAND lands on Syrian soil for another risk–taking venture that documents the efforts of "Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered…
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…
Foxtrot (2017)
- Dir. Samuel Maoz
Feat. Lior Ashkenazi, Sarah Adler
- The impressive sophomore effort of director Samuel Maoz (LEBANON) is a perceptive and bold exploration of war and grief. An affluent couple living in…
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,…
Last Post, The (TV Mini-series) (2017)
- Dir. Jonny Campbell
Feat. Jessie Buckley, Stephen Campbell Moore, Ben Miles
- Set in the mid–Sixties in the shimmering heat of Aden (Yemen), this BBC drama from the writer of THE VILLAGE centres on a unit of Royal…
Man With The Iron Heart, The (2017)
- Dir. Cédric Jimenez
Feat. Jason Clarke, Rosamund Pike, Jack O'Connell…
- As German fascism spreads throughout Europe, two young members of the Czech resistance in London plan to assassinate the mastermind of the "Final…
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…
See You Up There (Au revoir là-haut) (2017)
- Dir. Albert Dupontel
Feat. Albert Dupontel, Nahuel Pérez Biscayar, Laurent Lafitte…
- French film adaptation of the ambitious novel set a few days before the 1918 Armistice, where, among the ruins of WWI, a genius draftsman and a…
SS-GB (TV Mini-series) (2017)
- Feat. Sam Riley, James Cosmo, Rainer Bock…
- BBC series speculating on what German occupied Britain would like like if the Nazis had won WII. Arrestingly dystopian TV, based on the…
Thank You for Your Service (2017)
- Dir. Jason Hall
Feat. Miles Teller, Haley Bennett, Joe Cole…
- A group of US soldiers return from Iraq and face the difficulties of reintegrating into civilian society in this finely tuned drama about PTSD. Miles…