Subgenre Sampler
War: 952 Films to Buy & Rent
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…
Sword of Honour (2001)
- Dir. Bill Anderson
Feat. Daniel Craig, Megan Dodds, Katrin Cartlidge
- Ambitious attempt to depict the entire "Sword of Honour" trilogy of novels by Evelyn Waugh in one large television film. A Catholic man joins the…
Taking Sides (2001)
- Dir. Istvan Szabo
Feat. Harvey Keitel, Stellan Skarsgard, Moritz Bleibtreu
- The ambiguities of Germany during the Nazi era are interrogated with skill in this taut examination of the case of famed classical conductor Dr…
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.…
To End All Wars (2001)
- Dir. David L Cunningham
Feat. Robert Carlyle, Kiefer Sutherland, Ciaran McMenamin
- Underrated drama based around the infamous building of the bridge over the River Kwai by allied POWs during WW2, 'encouraged' by their Japanese…
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…
War Photographer (2001)
- Dir. Christian Frei
- A clear–minded documentary on acclaimed war–photographer James Nachtwey, who began his career in 1980s on the battlefields of the Third…
Zookeeper, The (2001)
- Dir. Ralph Ziman
Feat. Sam Neill, Gina McKee, Ulrich Thomsen…
- A quiet, little–seen drama set in a wartorn Communist country in Eastern Europe, with a zookeeper (Neill) struggling to care for the animals…
Bonhoeffer - Agent of Grace (2000)
- Dir. Eric Till
Feat. Ulrich Tukur, Johanna Klante
- The historical enigma of Dietrich Bonhoeffer – a religious adviser to the Nazi Party – is examined into this informative, though thoroughly minor…
Fighter (2000)
- Dir. Amir Bar-Lev
Feat. Arnost Lustig, Jan Wiener
- A powerfully affecting documentary that juxtaposes two compelling stories: Jan Wiener’s thrilling escape from Nazi–occupied Czechoslovakia to…