Subgenre Sampler
War: 952 Films to Buy & Rent
They Died With Their Boots On (1941)
- Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland
- Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland lead a great cast for the life and times of General Custer. Part romantic comedy, part tragedy, done in grandest…
Fighting 69th, The (1940)
- Dir. William Keighley
Feat. James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, George Brent
- James Cagney plays a loudmouthed braggart who alienates his comrades and officers, but the regimental chaplain (Pat O'Brien) has faith that he'll…
Forty Thousand Horsemen (40,000 Horsemen) (1940)
- Dir. Charles Chauvel
Feat. Chips Rafferty
- This rollicking war romp depicts the deeds of the Australian Light Horse cavalry during WWI. Stars the archetypal Aussie bushman, Chips Rafferty.
Let George Do It! (1940)
- Dir. Marcel Varnel
Feat. George Formby, Phyllis Calvert, Garry Marsh
- Ealing Studios comedy sees George Formby star as a ukulele player who unwittingly takes the wrong boat and finds himself mistaken for a British…
Mortal Storm, The (1940)
- Dir. Frank Borzage
Feat. Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Robert Young…
- Drama set in Germany in 1933, following a group of people as they contend with the rise of the Nazi Party and the effect it has on their lives. James…
Four Feathers, The (1939)
- Dir. Zoltan Korda
Feat. John Clements, Ralph Richardson, Sir C. Aubrey Smith…
- Best version of the much–filmed, classic A E W Mason story, where a British civilian (John Clements), accused of cowardice, must prove himself…
Spy In Black, The (U-Boat 29) (1939)
- Dir. Michael Powell
Feat. Conrad Veidt, Valerie Hobson, June Duprez
- The brilliant debut collaboration between Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (COLONEL BLIMP, THE RED SHOES), twists an already exciting spy yarn…
War Years (1939-1945)
- An excellent representative selection of wartime footage shot by the National Film Unit during WW2. Originally distributed as newsreels, this…
Alexander Nevsky (1938)
- Dir. Sergei Eisenstein
Feat. Nikolai Cherkassov, Nikolai Okhlopkov
- Eisenstein's first sound film is a patriotic epic about the 13th century hero who led his people against the Teutonic Knights. Monumental battle…
Dawn Patrol, The (1938)
- Dir. Edmund Goulding
Feat. Errol Flynn, David Niven
- Errol Flynn and David Niven play ace fighter–pilots in a tense action/drama set during WWI.