War
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
1985
Raoul Wallenberg: A Hero's Story is a perfection-plus TV biopic, scripted by Gerald Green (Holocaust) and directed by Lamont Johnson (who won an Emmy for his efforts)....
Rhineland
2006
The year is 1945, and as World War II grinds to a bloody close, a young military man finds himself at the mercy of a caustic staff sergeant and a war-weary lieutenant after...
Desperate Journey
NR 1942
Errol Flynn are the on-screen spark plugs in this bracing propaganda yarn, which relies on the personalities of its casts as well as the lively direction of Raoul Walsh to...
The Hasty Heart
1949
Richard Todd plays an insufferable Scots soldier confined to a World War II military hospital. Ronald Reagan is an all-American patient who befriends the headstrong...
Army of Crime
NR 2009
A daring band of rebels takes on Nazi forces in Europe in this wartime drama from director Robert Guédiguian. Born in Armenia, Missak Manouchian (Simon Abkarian) had...
The Expendables
R 2010
An all-star cast of action-movie icons headline Sylvester Stallone's explosive action thriller about a group of hard-nosed mercenaries who are double-crossed during a...
The Pacific
2010
Band of Brothers producers Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg re-team to produce this ten-hour World War II miniseries based on the books With the Old Breed by Eugene...
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
R 1983
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence was the first English-language project of Japanese director Nagisa Oshima (Death by Hanging, In the Realm of the Senses). In tune with...
9th Company
R 2006
Fedor Bondarchuk, the son of noted Russian filmmaker Sergei Bondarchuk, debuts as a director with the harrowing and relentless military drama 9th Company, set between...
Stall on Savlador
1967
Polish resistance fighters battle against Nazi occupation during World War II. A key rebel leader is arrested by the Gestapo and tortured by his captors. His girlfriend has also...
Everyman's War
2009
Inspired by a true story, director Thad Smith's snowbound World War II drama details the attack by the German 11th Panzer "ghost" division on the small town of Nenning,...
Jarzebina Czerwona
1970
Husband-and-wife Polish filmmakers Ewa Petelska and Czeslaw Petelski co-helmed this gritty but long-forgotten war epic, which recreates as a docudrama the March 1945...
Kapò
1959
The French/Italian/Yugoslav concentration camp drama Kapo stars Susan Strasberg, who several years earlier had originated the title role in the Broadway production {~The...
Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon
R 2008
This sweeping martial arts epic - a co-production of Hong Kong and Korea - stars Asian screen idol Andy Lau as Zhao, a layman caught up in a rising tide of chaotic...
Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield
2003
Historical action and hysterical laughter combine as Shilla's King Kim Choon-chu seeks the assistance of the Tang Empire to defeat Koguryo and Baekche, his sworn enemies. In the...
Under Heavy Fire
R 2001
The members of Echo Company, lead by rookie captain Ramsey (Casper Van Dien), experience a disastrous tragedy when several Marines are killed by friendly fire during an...
The Last Grenade
R 1970
In this grim wartime drama, two vengeful soldiers of fortune engage in a deadly competition to see who can kill the other first. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi...
Ostani Etap
1949
The Last Stop (original Polish title: Ostatni Etap) explores in excruciating detail the treatment of women inmates in the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz. The film is nearly...
The Hurt Locker
R 2008
Based on the personal wartime experiences of journalist Mark Boal (who adapted his experiences with a bomb squad into a fact-based, yet fictional story), director Kathryn...
Inglourious Basterds
R 2009
A group of hardened Nazi killers stalk their prey in Nazi-occupied France as a Jewish cinema owner plots to take down top-ranking SS officers during the official premiere of a...