Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Classics > War: 265 Films to Rent
- Zulu (1969)
- Dir. Cy Endfield
Feat. Sir Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson…
- Vivid historical epic about a British army post besieged by the Zulu hordes in 19th century South Africa. Half of the film is a blow by blow recount…
- Anzio (1968)
- Dir. Edward Dmytryk, Duilio Coletti
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Peter Falk, Arthur Kennedy…
- Robert Mitchum and Peter Falk lead an international cast for this ropey war epic – an Italian–American co–production about…
- Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
- Dir. Tony Richardson
Feat. Trevor Howard, John Gielgud, David Hemmings
- Updated version of the Mid–Victorian battle made in the sardonic spirit of the swinging sixties. Trevor Howard, John Gielgud and David Hemmings…
- Damned, The (1968)
- Dir. Luchino Visconti
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, Ingrid Thulin, Helmut Berger
- Italian dir. Luchino Visconti casts a languorous eye over the decline of a German industrialist family during the Nazi era. Heavyweight cast includes…
- Green Berets, The (1968)
- Dir. Ray Kellogg, John Wayne
Feat. John Wayne, David Janssen, Jim Hutton…
- Notoriously jingoistic blockbuster designed to drum up support for America's invasion of Vietnam. The Duke leads two ace fighting teams into battle…
- Hell in the Pacific (1968)
- Dir. John Boorman
Feat. Lee Marvin, Toshiro Mifune
- American GI Lee Marvin encounters lone Japanese soldier Toshiro Mifune on a remote Pacific island. A series of tense confrontations unfolds, expertly…
- Play Dirty (1968)
- Dir. Andre De Toth
Feat. Michael Caine, Nigel Davenport, Nigel Green
- During the Desert War in North Africa, a group of British commandos disguised in Italian soldiers must travel behind enemy lines and destroy a vital…
- Villa Rides (1968)
- Dir. Buzz Kulik
Feat. Yul Brynner, Robert Mitchum, Herbert Lom…
- Violent western set during the Mexican revolution, with Robert Mitchum playing a corrupt Texas gunrunner and pilot who joins Pancho Villa (Yul…
- How I Won the War (1967)
- Dir. Richard Lester
Feat. John Lennon, Michael Crawford
- John Lennon and Michael Crawford do service in this black satire on military lunacy.
- Night of the Generals, The (1967)
- Dir. Anatole Litvak
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay…
- WWII crime thriller concerning the prolonged investigation of the murder of a Polish prostitute and German agent that implicates three generals, and…