Subgenre Sampler
War: 952 Films to Buy & Rent
Welcome Home (1989)
- Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner
Feat. Kris Kristofferson, JoBeth Williams, Sam Waterston…
- Fairly tepid post–Vietnam War drama has Kris Kristofferson play a pilot shot down over Cambodia and was rescued by a Khmer Rouge woman, whom he…
And the Violins Stopped Playing (1988)
- Dir. Alexander Ramatu
Feat. Horst Buchholz
- At times distressing, this true–life account of a gypsy family’s entanglement in the Holocaust, is the only film to depict this…
Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank (1988)
- Dir. John Erman
Feat. Mary Steenburgen, Paul Scofield
- Well–remembered telemovie depiction of the well–known story of Anne Frank, who with her Jewish family was hidden from the Nazis during…
Bat 21 (1988)
- Dir. Peter Markle
Feat. Gene Hackman, Danny Glover, Jerry Reed…
- Gene Hackman is shot down over enemy lines deep in war–torn Vietnam; Danny Glover is the Air Force pilot charged with saving his skin. Expect…
Beast, The (the Beast Of War) (1988)
- Dir. Kevin Reynolds
Feat. George Dzundza, Jason Patric, Stephen Baldwin…
- Laying aside the usual sympathies, this American war–drama pursues a tense running–battle between a Soviet tank–crew and Afghani…
Biloxi Blues (1988)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Matthew Broderick, Christopher Walken
- Famed scriptwriter Neil Simon (THE GOODBYE GIRL) here gives a semi–autobiographical account of his experiences in boot–camp during WW2,…
China Beach (TV Series) (1988)
- Feat. Dana Delany, Michael Boatman, Nan Woods
- TV series set at an evacuation hospital during the Vietnam War, following the unique perspectives of a range of characters including US Army doctors…
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1988)
- Dir. Bill Couturie
- Intensely moving docudrama of the Vietnam experience in which some of Hollywoods most famed actors read soldier's letters sent home to their…
Grave of the Fireflies (Hotaru no Haka) (1988)
- Dir. Isao Takahata
- Modest 'classic' of Japanese anime that tells the story of two children caught up in the devastating fire–bombing of Kobe in WW2.
Amid the…
Hanussen (1988)
- Dir. Istvan Szabo
Feat. Klaus Maria Brandauer
- Klaus Maria Brandauer adds to his list of distinctive roles in this allegedly true tale of an Austrian soldier who recovers from shotgun wounds and…