Subgenre Sampler
Rental > War: 67 Films to Rent on VHS
- Purple Hearts (1984)
- Dir. Sidney J Furie
Feat. Ken Wahl, Cheryl Ladd, R. Lee Ermey…
- Vietnam War set romance with Wahl and Ladd as love struck medics.
- Keep, The (1983)
- Dir. Michael Mann
Feat. Scott Glenn, Alberta Watson, Jurgen Prochnow…
- German soldiers camping in a Romanian castle are visited by various ghoulies in Michael Mann's off–beat supernatural yarn set during WWII,…
- Atomic Cafe, The (1982)
- Dir. Kevin Rafferty, Jayne Loader, Pierce Rafferty
- An insight into the American phenomenon of A–Bomb culture, which compiles cheesy propaganda flicks and newsreels with hilariously naive…
- Great Santini, The (1979)
- Dir. Lewis John Carlino
Feat. Robert Duvall, Blythe Danner, Michael O'Keefe
- Exploring the internal contradictions of ex–fighter pilot Robert Duvall, stranded in post WWll peacetime with his long–suffering family,…
- Henry IV - Part 1 and 2 (1979)
- Dir. David Giles
Feat. Jon Finch, Anthony Quayle, Tim Pigott-Smith…
- Part of the BBC's excellent series of Shakespeare productions, filmed in a 'theatrical' TV environment utilising the best of English acting talent.
- Coming Home (1978)
- Dir. Hal Ashby
Feat. Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern
- A provocative weepie about the effects of the Vietnam war on the relatives at home. Jane Fonda involves herself with paraplegic veteran Jon Voight.
- Other Side of Midnight, The (1977)
- Dir. Charles Jarrott
Feat. Marie-France Pisier, John Beck, Susan Sarandon…
- Soapy Sidney Sheldon drama follows the exploits of a young French woman who vows revenge on a ne'er do well Canadian pilot for leaving her pregnant,…
- John Pilger's Documentaries That Changed the World (The Quiet Mutiny; Do You Remember Vietnam?; Year Zero; Death of a Nation) (1970-1994)
- Dir. David Munro, John Pilger
Feat. John Pilger
- Four of journalist John Pilger's most important documentaries, that exemplify his fiercely humanist perspective which makes few concessions to…
- Virgin Soldiers, The (1969)
- Dir. Norman Cohen
Feat. Lynn Redgrave, Hywel Bennett, Nigel Davenport…
- Comdey–drama following a squad of naive young British soldiers in 1950's Singapore who fall for the daughter of the Regimental Sergeant Major.
- Guerre Est Finie, La (1966)
- Dir. Alain Resnais
Feat. Yves Montand, Ingrid Thulin, Genevieve Bujold…
- (The War is Over). Deeply romantic film in which Spanish Civil War refugee Yves Montand tries in vain to keep alive the memory of his struggle.