The Fleet That Came to Stay (1945)
The Fleet That Came to Stay 1945 Well before he made the Westerns for which he would primarily be remembered, director Budd Boetticher put together this documentary of World War IIs Battle of Okinawa from footage shot by Navy cameramen in the thick of the fighting The vital editing skills Boetticher
Words for Battle (1941)
Words for Battle (1941) Poetry by Rudyard Kipling, John Milton, and William Blake, and excerpts from speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill, all read by Laurence Olivier, illuminate documentary footage of England during its defense against the Nazi blitz in World War II. This short film s
Adieu Bonaparte (1985)
Adieu Bonaparte 1985 A story during the French Occupation of Egypt 1797 1803, depicting the conflict between tradintion and modernization in the context of fighting the French invadors
Missing in America (2005)
Missing in America 2005 A haunted Vietnam veteran Danny Glover, living in exile in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, is faced with a life changing decision after he is visited by a former platoon member David Strathairn and his young Amerasian daughter newcomer Zoe Weizenbaum
Léon Morin, prêtre (1961)
Léon Morin, prêtre (1961) In World War II, the widow Barny sees the Italian soldiers arriving in occupied Saint Bernard while walking to her job. Barny lives with her daughter and works correcting tests and feels a great attraction toward her boss Sabine. When the Germans arrive, Barny sends her h
Force of Arms (1951)
Force of Arms 1951 Winter, 1943 The German army has halted the American advance in the mountains of Italy back and forth combat decimates Joe Petersons platoon On leave in Naples, Joe meets WAC lieutenant Eleanor MacKay initially cool, she begins to melt during a bombing raid Their romance develops
A Melody to Remember (2016)
A Melody to Remember (2016) Second Lieutenant Han Sang-Yeok (Si Wan) leads his platoon during the Korean War in the early 1950s. During the war, Sang-yeok encounters a children's choir who have lost everything due to the war. Emphasising with their plight, he tries to protect the children.
Himmlers Folly (2022)
Himmlers Folly 2022 In a bid a bid to support the Battle of the Bulge, Himmler launches a surprise offensive into France against nearly arrived, green US troops
Ballad of the Little Soldier (1984)
Ballad of the Little Soldier (1984) The film focuses on a group of Miskito in Nicaragua who used child soldiers in their resistance against the Sandinistas.
Freedom (2023)
Freedom 2023 In the chaotic days of the December 1989 revolution that overthrew the Communist regime, the Transylvanian city of Sibiu becomes the scene of a violent assault on a Police unit that quickly escalates into a bloody confrontation be
Made in Auschwitz: The Untold Story of Block 10 (2019)
Made in Auschwitz: The Untold Story of Block 10 (2019) This chilling documentary uses intimate survivor testimonies, archival footage and legal records to tell the story of the over 400 young women who underwent medical experimentation in ...
Animali nella Grande Guerra (2015)
In the First World War, alongside the men fought an army of animals Mules, oxen, dogs, horses, pigs, pigeons were used for moving units and materials, communications, and for the support of the troops The forced cohabitation with men closer to each other in a possible fate of death and suffering off
Ekdromi (1966)
Ekdromi 1966 The love story between a captains wife and his sergeant which has a tragic ending
D Day the Sixth of June (1956)
D Day the Sixth of June 1956 Twas the night before D Day One ship, carrying Special Force Six, leaves ahead of the main invasion on a dangerous mission On board are British Colonel Wynter and American Captain Parker, who each, in flashback, reminisce about their separate involvements with beauteous
Hanagatami (2017)
Hanagatami (2017) Fulfilling his filmmaking dream of 40 years, Nobuhiko Obayashi's luminous new feature "Hanagatami" delivers a timeless story of the pureness of youth beset by the chaos of war.
The Angel of Auschwitz (2018)
This is a tale of how the angel of life was confronted by the angel of death Set in Auschwitz Birkenau, 1944
Lange flate ballr II (2008)
Lange flate ballr II 2008 Six beer bellied guys from the Ed Garage find their plans for the week totally changed by a draft for a National Guard maneuver After an accidental meeting with a U S Admiral Don Johnson, we find our six misfits are the only ones between us and a nuclear holocaust
Desert Commandos (1967)
Desert Commandos (1967) German commandos are dropped behind enemy lines in the Sahara Desert tasked with getting to Casablanca in an assassination attempt on allied leaders.
Winter in Wartime (2008)
Winter in Wartime 2008 In the Nazi occupied Netherlands, a teenage boy gets involved in the Dutch Resistance after coming to the aid of a wounded RAF pilot
How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines (1943)
How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines (1943) A training film for OSS agents who are to be dropped behind enemy lines, covering cover and concealment, ambush techniques, etc.
Ace of Aces (1933)
Ace of Aces (1933) A sculptor who doesn't want to have any part of World War I is shamed by his girlfriend into joining the army. He becomes a fighter pilot, and undergoes a complete personality change.
The Lady with a Lamp (1951)
The Lady with a Lamp (1951) Based on the Reginald Berkeley stage play, this compelling historical drama offers a depiction of the life story of Florence Nightingale (Anna Neagle), the young 19th-century Englishwoman famously drawn to a career in nursing. Traveling to Turkey during the Crimean War, F
A Generation (1955)
A Generation 1955 1942 in Nazi occupied Poland Stach lives with his mother in a shanty town outside Warsaw When he starts working as an apprentice in a small workshop in the nearby suburb, a middle aged craftsman approaches him The man is a secret Communist leader, known as Comrade Sekula He introdu
Orders to Kill (1958)
Orders to Kill 1958 American agent faces an engrossing moral dilemma when he is parachuted into France to eliminate a suspected traitor in the French Resistance
Kinmontô ni kakeru hashi (1962)
He was an on board doctor As he was about to reach the Taiwanese piers of Kinmon Island, thoughts of his days in Japan crossed his mind he reminisced about the Taiwanese girl, Yan
Cluny Brown (1946)
Cluny Brown (1946) Amateur plumber Cluny Brown gets sent off by her uncle to work as a servant at an English country estate. While there, she becomes friendly with Adam Belinski, a charming Czech refugee. She also becomes interested in a dull shopkeeper named Mr. Wilson. Belinski soon falls in love
A Place in Hell (1969)
A Place in Hell (1969) After the U.S. defeat in the Philippines, Madison leads a rag-tag group of U.S. soldiers against the Japanese occupiers. In this WW II drama, the Japanese set an island trap for the American troops.
Disputed Passage (1939)
Disputed Passage (1939) A doctor's medical studies are threatened by his infatuation with a Chinese girl. The girl returns to China, but complications ensue when she runs into him in Nanking during a Japanese bombing raid.
Battle of the Japan Sea (1969)
Battle of the Japan Sea 1969 Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo Japanese War An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails, and a Russian fleet bears down on the Sea of Japan Admiral Heihachiro Togo sends his fleet to confront the Russians, with resul
Bravo Common Men, Uncommon Valor (2011)
Bravo Common Men, Uncommon Valor 2011 Twenty weeks before Khe Sanh, these men were boys, sitting in their mothers kitchens Then they went to war Through interviews, film footage, photographs and audio recorded in Vietnam in 1968, fifteen former Marines and Navy Corpsmen tell their tales of battle, f
The Two Marshals (1961)
The Two Marshals (1961) Seconda Guerra Mondiale. Antonio Capurro, un ladruncolo travestito da prete, viene arrestato dal maresciallo Cottone. In seguito, durante un bombardamento il lestofante riesce a impossessarsi della divisa del poliziotto, lasciandogli l'abito talare. Inizia così una serie di
Dienstbereit Nazis und Faschisten im Auftrag der CIA (2013)
Dienstbereit Nazis und Faschisten im Auftrag der CIA (2013) They were criminals, some of them even torturers and mass murderers: High-ranking National Socialists and fascists were allegedly since 1945 on the run from the justice of the Allies. But ...
Captive Hearts (1987)
Captive Hearts (1987) December 1944. As their bomber is shot down during a mission over Japan, Sergeant McManus and Robert, a young lieutenant, have no other choice but make a parachute jump. They are captured by local villagers and are saved from execution by Fukushima, the village elder. McManus n
They Came to Blow Up America (1943)
They Came to Blow Up America (1943) Because of his German parentage, government agent Carl Steelman is assigned to by his chief, Craig, to join the Nazi Bund, to obtain information on the underground activities of the group. Steelman is welcomed and becomes a trusted member of the group. His father,
The Woman Who Came from the Sea (1954)
The Woman Who Came from the Sea 1954 British intelligence attempts to combat the plans of the Italian navy to attach mines to the hulls of English navy warships
Johnny in the Clouds (1945)
Johnny in the Clouds (1945) Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join in the bomber offensive. The film centres around Pilot Officer Peter Penrose, fresh out of a training unit, who joins the sq
Operation Bullshine (1959)
Operation Bullshine (1959) The fun starts when a group of A.T.S. girls are posted to a light ack-ack command post on a remote part of the English coast.
Jew Suss: Rise and Fall (2010)
Jew Suss: Rise and Fall (2010) Rise and fall of actor Ferdinand Marian, who takes the chance and stars in the anti-semitic movie Jud Süß (1940).
Here and Elsewhere (1976)
Here and Elsewhere (1976) Godard, Miéville and Gorin (aka the "Dziga Vertov Group") examine the parallel lives of two families - one French, one Palestinian - using an exploratory combination of film and video.
The Black Tent (1956)
The Black Tent (1956) In the African desert, a British soldier romances the native chief's daughter and helps the tribe fight off a Nazi attack.
Captains of the Clouds (1942)
Captains of the Clouds 1942 Brian McLean is a ruthless bush pilot in Canada He offers some other pilots an opportunity of earning a lot of money, but he marries the girl friend of one of them After listening to Churchills famous Blood, Sweat and tears radio address he and some other pilots decide to
The McKenzie Break (1970)
The McKenzie Break 1970 In the closing days of World War II, German prisoners riot in a POW Camp in Scotland Fearful of a mass escape attempt, the British Army sends in an unorthodox Irish Captain in hopes of discovering exactly what is going on The Irishman at once comes into conflict with the seni
Boyhood (1951)
Boyhood (1951) When a family has to relocate due to the war, they are ostracized by their new community.
Dont Panic Chaps (1959)
Dont Panic Chaps (1959) Charming farce about British and German soldiers peacefully sharing a little island in the Adriatic in 1943 - that is until the beautiful Elsa is cast ashore.
Lesson of a Dead Language (1979)
Lesson of a Dead Language 1979 A young lieutenant Kiekeritz wants to give some meaning to his life He starts to collect works of art
Cease Fire! (1953)
Cease Fire! (1953) In this documentary, actual American soldiers and others re-enact a real Korean War operation, with some real battle footage, filmed some time before the actual truce. The story: with peace supposedly imminent, Lieut. Thompson and 13 men of his platoon are ordered on a deep scouti
Caught in the Draft (1941)
Caught in the Draft (1941) Don Bolton is a movie star who can't stand loud noises. To evade the draft, he decides to get married...but falls for a colonel's daughter. By mistake, he and his two cronies enlist. In basic training, Don hopes to make a good impression on the fair Antoinette and her fath