7 Man Army (1976)
7 Man Army (1976) Another iconoclastic work from the action auteur Chang Cheh, and winner of Honourable Mention for Dramatic Feature at the 13th Golden Horse Awards, 7-Man Army retells the legend of seven patriots defending against 20,000 Japanese soldiers and 50 tanks for 5 days, at a strategic key
Amin: The Rise and Fall (1981)
Amin: The Rise and Fall (1981) This biographical movie begins with a short blurb about Uganda, followed by the joyous scenes surrounding Amin's military takeover from Milton Obote. He goes about arresting and torturing the rebels. In his freezer he keeps the heads of his rivals and says: "It is
Fatherland (1994)
Fatherland (1994) Fictional historical account of what might have happened if Adolf Hitler had won the Second World War. Germany has corralled all European countries into a single state called Germania, and continues fighting against the Soviet Union. It is now 1964 and Germany's war crimes against
Walters War (2008)
Walters War (2008) The substantially true story of Walter Tull, a black man whose grandfather was a slave but who was born in Folkestone, Kent, in England, and who, in the years prior to the First World War, was a professional football player for Tottenham Hotspur. However, despite the odd flashback
Camille (2019)
Camille (2019) The story of Camille Lepage, a French photojournalist who was killed at age 26 in the Central African Republic.
Raintree County (1957)
Raintree County 1957 In mid 19th century Freehaven, Raintree County, Indiana, John Wickliff Shawnessy Montgomery Clift has just graduated from high school at the top of his class, with a promising career as a writer He is a romantic, principled idealist, believing the story of the golden raintree af
I Am Cuba (1964)
I Am Cuba (1964) This study of Cuba--partially written by renowned poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko--captures the island just before it made the transition to a post-revolutionary society. Moving from city to country and back again, I AM CUBA examines the various problems caused by political oppression as w
Taegukgi hwinalrimyeo (2004)
Taegukgi hwinalrimyeo (2004) In 1950, in South Korea, shoe-shiner Jin-tae Lee and his 18-year-old old student brother, Jin-seok Lee, form a poor but happy family with their mother, Jin-tae's fiancé Young-shin Kim, and her young sisters. Jin-tae and his mother are tough workers, who sacrifice themse
More American Graffiti (1979)
More American Graffiti (1979) College graduates deal with Vietnam and other issues of the late '60s.
Phantom Soldiers (1989)
Phantom Soldiers (1989) Texas Ranger Daniel Custer leaves for Vietnam to find his brother Michael, a Green Beret Lieutenant who has been reported missing in action. Michael's squad was searching for a mysterious group of 'phantom soldiers' that had been using US-made arms for massacring villages and
1969 (1988)
Two friends, Ralph and Scott live in a small minded town at the onset of wide public dissatisfaction with the Vietnam war. While Scott's brother enlists, he and Ralph are outspoken in their...
Women of Valor (1986)
Women of Valor (1986) Col. Jessup (Susan Sarandon), an American military nurse, presents a case for a bronze medal with Valor to a military hearing. She tells her story of being taken prisoner in the Phillipines by the Japanese during WWII. Having survived a death march from Bataan Col. Jessup is pu
The Battle of Port Arthur (1980)
The Battle of Port Arthur (1980) Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War 1904 - 1905. In the story dominated the character Lt Takeshi Kogyo (Teruhiko Aoi), teachers, and a reserve officer who became commander of the platoon and later company. At the same ti
Youth (2017)
Youth (2017) A look at the lives of members of a Military Cultural Troupe in the 1970s.
Birdy (1984)
Birdy (1984) Philly boys Al and Birdy became friends in high school despite the extreme difference in their personalities, Al being the popular and athletic extrovert, Birdy the antisocial "weird" introvert. Al gave Birdy his nickname because of his fascination - obsession really - with bi
Richard III (1995)
Richard III (1995) William Shakespeare's classic play is brought into the present with the setting as Great Britian in the 1930s. Civil war has erupted with the House of Lancaster on one side, claiming the right to the British throne and hoping to bring freedom to the country. Opposing is the House
Naked Among Wolves (2015)
Naked Among Wolves (2015) Taking place at the Concentration camp Buchenwald at the end of March 1945, prisoner Hans Pippig discovers in a carrying case of an incoming prisoner a Jewish child. If reported the three-year-old is sure to die. On the other hand, a violation of the rules of the camp would
Das Boot ist voll (1981)
Das Boot ist voll (1981) During World War II, Switzerland severely limited refugees: "Our boat is full." A train from Germany halts briefly in an isolated corner of Switzerland. Six people jump off seeking asylum: four Jews, a French child, and a German soldier. They seek temporary refuge
South Pacific (2001)
South Pacific (2001) During World War II in the South Pacific love is found between a young nurse, Nellie Forbush (Glenn Close) and an older French plantation owner, Emile de Becque (Rade Serbedzija). The war is tearing them apart.
Beachhead (1954)
Beachhead (1954) On a Japanese-occupied island during World War II, only two soldiers remain alive after a mission attempt goes horribly wrong. Trapped on the island, they must escort a scientist and his daughter to the other side of the island where their ship awaits. They must battle nature, hard
21 Brothers (2011)
21 Brothers (2011) 21 Brothers tells the story of the Canadians 21st Battalion as they prepare for the battle of Courcelette in WWI. Taking place in real time, the film follows Sgt. Reid as he must get his men ready for the impending battle. Not only must he prep his battalion Sgt. Reid must also de
The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler (1943)
The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler 1943 A clerk in 1942 Vienna who has a gift for mimicry, is arrested for doing a Hitler impression The Gestapo decide to give him plastic surgery to look like Hitler so he can take his place in public, acting as a decoy for assassination attempts
The Memory of Justice (1976)
The Memory of Justice 1976 Explores the subject of atrocities during wartime, especially during World War II and the Vietnam War
Bastards (2006)
Bastards (2006) A "Hitlerjugend" kind of story, set in the Soviet Union during the Second World War, based on a fictitious story from the eponymous book by Vladimir Kunin. The Red Army has a gang of juveniles for a clandestine operation against the Nazis. The boys are trained by a dangerou
Underground Rendezvous (2007)
Underground Rendezvous 2007 Set in the 1980s, the eldest son of a poor family decides to move to Seoul to become a teacher Yet as soon as he reaches the city, his money is stolen and his bags are lost He manages to reach a remote town, where coincidentally they were looking for a new teacher for the
Trappola diabolica (1988)
Trappola diabolica (1988) Michael Ransom's Vietnam squad leader, Vic Jenkins, is captured by terrorists demanding ten million dollars worth of diamonds in return for his release. Michael, reluctantly aided by local tough-girl Rosanna Boom, is dispatched by the C.I.A. to recapture Jenkins, and put a
1941 (1979)
1941 (1979) Hysteria grips California in the wake of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. An assorted group of defenders attempt to make the coast defensible against an imagined Japanese invasion, in this big budget, big cast comedy. Members of a Japanese submarine crew scout out the madness, along with a C
The Battle of Russia (1943)
The Battle of Russia (1943) In this installment of the "Why We Fight" propaganda series, we learn about the events on the Russian front of World War II. We learn about Russia's heroic resistance to invasion in the past and how those qualities were called upon in the current war. We also le
Max and Helen (1990)
Max and Helen (1990) Based on the fact-based novel by Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal based on his 1962 prosecution of the head of a German factory whom he learns was a murderous labor camp commandant. To be able to take him to justice, he must find witnesses who can help him. This leads him to Max Ros
Double Target (1987)
Double Target (1987) After several American and British military personnel are killed in suicide attacks throughout southeast Asia, the U.S. begins to suspect a plot by the Vietnam government. To uncover the truth, the U.S. army calls upon a former commando who is looking for his long-lost son in Vi
Zeppelin (1971)
Zeppelin (1971) The outbreak of World War I places Scots officer Geoffrey Richter-Douglas in an uncomfortable position. Although his allegiance is to Britain, his mother was from an aristocratic Bavarian family, and he spent his summers in Germany as a child. When Geoffrey is approached by a German
Cavalcade (1933)
Cavalcade (1933) A cavalcade of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 until 1933 seen through the eyes of well-to-do Londoners Jane and Robert Marryot. Amongst events touching their family are the Boer War, the death of Queen Victoria, the sinking of the Titanic and the Great War.
Tangerines (2013)
Tangerines (2013) War in Georgia, Apkhazeti region 1992: local Apkhazians are fighting to break free from Georgia. Estonian village between the mountains has become empty, almost everyone has returned to their homeland, only 2 men have stayed: Ivo and Margus. But Margus will leave as soon as he has
Noahs Ark (1928)
Noahs Ark (1928) After a short split prologue showing riches as the root of evil in ancient and modern times, the film settles into 1914 France, where the Orient Express is about to be wrecked when a bridge washes out. Among those on board are Al and Travis, Americans who are traveling Europe spendi
Sea Wife (1957)
Sea Wife (1957) In 1942, a cargo ship jammed with British evacuees from Singapore is sunk by a Japanese sub. A small lifeboat carries a beautiful woman, an army officer, a bigoted administrator, and a black seaman. Only the seaman knows the woman is a nun. The men reveal their true selves under the
Hells Angels (1930)
Hells Angels (1930) Two brothers attending Oxford enlist with the RAF when World War I breaks out. Roy and Monte Rutledge have very different personalities. Monte is a freewheeling womanizer, even with his brother's girlfriend Helen. He also proves to have a yellow streak when it comes to his Night
Which Way to the Front? (1970)
Which Way to the Front? (1970) Brendan Byers III, one of the richest men in America, has been pronounced 4-F and can't serve his country in it's fight against Hitler. However, Byers is not the kind of man who takes "No" ...
...and the Fifth Horseman Is Fear (1965)
...and the Fifth Horseman Is Fear (1965) Dr. Braun is forbidden to practice medicine because he's a Jew living in Nazi occupied Czechoslovakia. He's old, seems resigned about the fate of the Jews, and even works in the Department of Confiscation of Jewish Property. One day a neighbor asks him to ass
Kokoda: 39th Battalion (2006)
Kokoda: 39th Battalion (2006) A bitter battle is fought between Australian and Japanese soldiers along the Kokoda trail in New Guinea during World War II.
Anatahan (1953)
Anatahan (1953) Josef von Sternberg directed, photographed, provides the voice-over narration and wrote the screenplay (from a based-on-actual event novel by Michiro Maruyana translated by Younghill Kang) about twelve Japanese seaman who, in June 1944, are stranded on an abandoned-and-forgotten isla
Play Dirty (1969)
Play Dirty (1969) The Dirty Dozen meet the Stiff Upper Lip. A British Petroleum executive (Michael Caine) is assigned to work with the British Army in North Africa handling port duties for incoming fuels. This gives him the official rank of Captain in the British Army. The Colonel (Nigel Green) in c
Wings (1927)
Wings (1927) Two young men from the same town but different social classes end up as fighter pilots in WW1. Jack Preston is a keen auto mechanic, building and modifying cars. David Armstrong comes from a wealthy family. They are both in love with the same woman, Sylvia. Her heart belongs to David bu
Spy 77 (1933)
Spy 77 1933 Greta Nissen stars as an Italian noblewoman living a dangerous double life as a spy A remake of the celebrated German thriller Spione am Werk Co starring noted German actor Karl Ludwig Diehl and American matinee idol Don Alvarado The film takes place in Vienna, 1912 When an Austrian staf
That Kind of Woman (1959)
That Kind of Woman (1959) In June 1944, Kay and Jane travel on an overnight train from Miami to New York, accompanied by Harry. Kay is the mistress of "The Man", a rich industrialist, whom they are to meet so that they can help entertain an important general. Red, a young paratrooper on le
Night of the Fox (1990)
Night of the Fox (1990) An American officer on a Landing Craft carrying plans for the Allied invasion of Europe in Normandy takes part on landing maneuvers, his craft was attacked and sunk by German EBoats. and he finds himself on German occupied Jersey Islands. The Allies hatch a plot to rescue him
Klondike (2022)
Klondike 2022 The story of a Ukrainian family living on the border of Russia and Ukraine during the start of the war Irka refuses to leave her house even as the village gets captured by armed forces Shortly after they find themselves at the center of an international air crash catastrophe on July 17
Drone (2014)
Drone (2014) The documentary follows people on both sides of the drone technology. The unique access to drone victims in Waziristan is juxtaposed to drone pilots who struggle to come to terms with the new warfare. The film covers diverse and integral ground from the recruitment of young pilots at ga
Germania anno zero (1948)
Germania anno zero (1948) Edmund, a young boy who lives in war-devastated Germany after the Second World War has to do all kinds of work and tricks to help his family in getting food and barely survive. One day he meets a man who used to be one of his teachers in school and hopes to get support from