Subgenre Sampler
War: 952 Films to Buy & Rent
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…
Five Days in June (1989)
- Dir. Michel Legrand
Feat. Sabine Azema, Annie Girardot, Matthieu Roze
- Yet another addition to the canon of dramas based on childhood memoirs. A renowned composer takes the helm to recall five days in his life on the…
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.
Jeweller's Shop, The (1989)
- Dir. Michael Anderson
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Olivia Hussey, Ben Cross
- Charming, low–key adaptation of a play by Pope John Paul the Second. Burt Lancaster in his last film role plays a jeweller in 1930's Poland…
Sandwich Years (Les années sandwiches) (1989)
- Dir. Emile Ghigo
Feat. Michel Aumont, Clovis Cornillac
- In post–war France, a young Jewish boy befriends an elderly op–shop owner after his parents are arrested.
Triumph of the Spirit (1989)
- Dir. Robert M. Young
Feat. Willem Dafoe
- Harrowing tale of a Greek–Jewish boxer (Willem Dafoe) who is deported to Auschwitz during WW2.