Subgenre Sampler
War: 952 Films to Buy & Rent
Kanal (1956)
- Dir. Andrzej Wajda
Feat. Teresa Izewska, Tadeusz Janczar
- The darkest chapter of dir. Wadja's WWII 'Trilogy', is an unremitting portrayal of the last gasps of the 1944 Warsaw uprising. With desperate…
Man Who Never Was, The (1956)
- Dir. Ronald Neame
Feat. Clifton Webb, Gloria Grahame, Robert Flemyng…
- Riveting adaptation of Ewen Montagu's book about the true story of a British Navy commander's involvement in a tricky scheme to fool the Nazis, by…
Private's Progress (1956)
- Dir. John Boulting
Feat. Richard Attenborough, Dennis Price, Terry-Thomas…
- Popular Ealing war satire finds Ian Carmichael, as the film’s spotty college freshman, conscripted to military service where he’s whipped into…
Reach for the Sky (1956)
- Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Kenneth More
- British WW2 favourite tells the courageous true story of pilot Douglas Bader who overcame the amputation of both legs to miraculously continue his…
Above Us the Waves (1955)
- Dir. Ralph Thomas
Feat. John Mills, Donald Sinden, John Gregson…
- Robust submarine yarn from WW2 concerns the efforts of Commander John Mills and his men to sink the deadly German battle–ship 'Tirpitz' with…
Battle Cry (1955)
- Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. Van Heflin, Raymond Massey, Aldo Ray…
- Entertaining WWII yarn concerning a squad of American marines romancing and training (in Paekakariki, New Zealand!) before heading off to action in…
Cockleshell Heroes (1955)
- Dir. Jose Ferrer
Feat. Jose Ferrer, Trevor Howard, Anthony Newley…
- Fictionalised account of Operation Frankton, a British canoe–borne raid on Bordeaux Harbour during WWII.
Colditz Story, The (1955)
- Dir. Guy Hamilton
Feat. John Mills, Eric Portman, Christopher Rhodes
- A compulsive and tightly wound prison yarn, set around the supposedly unescapable German POW camp. Britisher John Mills unites prisoners of various…
Long Gray Line, The (1955)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Donald Crisp
- Engrossing true life tale of military instructors Marty Maher and his rise to the top of his profession.
Mister Roberts (1955)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. Henry Fonda, James Cagney, Jack Lemmon
- Naval officer Henry Fonda yearns for combat but instead must tolerate his eccentric captain (James Cagney). Jack Lemmon won an Oscar for his funny…