Friends and Lovers (1931)
Friends and Lovers 1931 British Army Captain Geoff Roberts carries on an affair with Alva, the wife of the cruel Victor Sangrito Sangrito, however, is well aware of the affair, as he uses his beautiful wife to lure men into romance with her, then blackmailing them to save their careers When Roberts
The Eighty Days (1944)
The Eighty Days (1944) This film is structured around British attempts to prevent the V1 missiles from getting through to their targets. Gunners, pilots and barrage balloons are the layers of National Defence, layers of defence that can't be entirely successful.
San Demetrio London (1943)
San Demetrio London 1943 The San Demetrio of the title is a British merchant ship in an Atlantic convoy in 1940 Disabled and left to the mercy of patrolling U boats the crew must keep her afloat and out of harms way
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
Dont Cry Peter (1964)
Dont Cry Peter 1964 Two partisan coalminers need to take three orphan children away from dangerous area to the liberated land
Summer Soldiers (1972)
Summer Soldiers (1972) A Vietnam veteran deserts from the US Army while on leave in Japan.
The Tenth Man (1988)
The Tenth Man 1988 Based on the novel of the same name by Graham Greene, this is a story of a French advocate Chavel who, while imprisoned by the Germans during the occupation, trades his material possessions to another prisoner in exchange for his life when condemned to the firing squad At the end
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
Sensou to seishun (1991)
An auto repairmans daughter questions him about what happened to her aunt during the war, but the father remains reticent Finally the man opens up, and the girl is able to piece together her aunts tragic story
Operation Lady Marlene (1975)
Operation Lady Marlene 1975 During WWII, Robert Lamoureux plays a General in the Resistance With an unlikely team of French patriots, he easily outwits the buffoonish Germans and steals the master copy of their plans to invade England
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
Charlies Letters (2017)
Charlies Letters (2017) 16 year old aspiring director Elliott Hasler's epic depiction of his great-grandfather's WW2 experiences; an escaped POW's battle for survival whilst on the run in war-torn Italy, as his wife and young son eagerly await news in England.
Beyond the Front Line (2004)
Beyond the Front Line 2004 A movie based on real wartime diaries tells the story of the Swedish speaking Finns infantry regiment 61 The story follows the regiment during the Continuation War from 1942 to 1944 and from Syvari to the Karelian Isthmus where they faced some of the most grueling battles
Divided We Fall (1982)
Divided We Fall 1982 The story depicts two brothers who fight on opposites sides in the U S Civil War and end up meeting in battle
Gusarskaya ballada (1962)
Gusarskaya ballada 1962 A young girl decides to join a Husar squadron and fight against Napoleon Dressed as a man she has a hard time adjusting to the rude Husar life styles
Olimpiada 40 (1980)
Olimpiada 40 1980 The film deals with the a clandestine Olympiade held in a German POW camp during WW II, housing many Poles, but also French and Brits A spit and a Polish German lieutenant is added to the staff of a prison camp He sees a Pole, the acknowledged leader of the Polish prisoners, agains
Allegheny Uprising (1939)
Allegheny Uprising 1939 In British colonial America, Captain Swansons adherence to the rules results in Trader Callendars selling to the Indians under cover of a government permit Jim Smith wont sit still for that He organizes troopers to dress up as Indians and intercept the shipments which, of cou
The Rotterdam Bombing (2012)
The Rotterdam Bombing 2012 In 1940, a struggling poor young man falls for a girl who must pay a terrible price to save her mentally disabled brother by marrying a powerful shrewd businessman Then Rotterdam Blitz, a devastating German bombardment, begins
How the West Was Won (1962)
How the West Was Won 1962 Setting off on a journey to the west in the 1830s, the Prescott family run into a man named Linus who helps them fight off a pack of thieves Linus then marries daughter Eve Prescott Carroll Baker, and 30 years later goes off with their son to fight in the Civil War, with bl
Tjoet Nja Dhien (1988)
Tjoet Nja Dhien 1988 Set in 1896, Tjoet Nja Dhien celebrates one of Indonesias great heroes who fought for independence from the Dutch The pious Muslim people of Aceh, a city that had flourished since ancient times as a trade port, enter into a fierce war with the Dutch Tjoet Nja Dhien, the widow of
Wil (2023)
Wil 2023 Wilfried Wils must survive as an auxiliary policeman during the Nazi occupation of Antwerp
Frieda (1947)
Frieda 1947 A Royal Air Force pilot who was shot down during World War II returns home to his English village with his new bride The trouble is that she is the German lady who helped him escape Then her brother arrives
Battle Over Britain (2023)
Battle Over Britain 2023 During the height of the Battle of Britain, a Flight of exhausted Spitfire pilots fight to the last man in defence of their country
S.S. Ionian (1939)
Just before World War II begins, a British merchantman makes her rounds in the Mediterranean Sea
Trader Tom of the China Seas (1954)
Trader Tom of the China Seas 1954 The United Nations has island trader Tom Rogers Harry Lauter and Vivian Wells Aline Towne, daughter of a schooner captain, spearheading the effort to keep subversive native groups from starting revolutions in Burmatra and neighboring Asian countries, which, thank yo
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
The Sea Chase (1955)
The Sea Chase 1955 As the Second World War breaks out, German freighter captain Karl Ehrlich is about to leave Sydney, Australia with his vessel, the Ergenstrasse Ehrlich, an anti Nazi but proud German, hopes to outrun or out maneuver the British warship pursuing him Aboard his vessel is Elsa Keller
The Attempt Dossier (2010)
The Attempt Dossier 2010 Tells the story behind an assassination attempt perpetrated in 1897, by a dipsomaniac man, against the President of the Mexican Republic, General Porfirio Diaz
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
Gulltransporten (2022)
Gulltransporten 2022 Hes not the bravest of men, but hes given a great responsibility and an enormous task to get the whole Norwegian gold reserve away from the Germans during the invasion of Norway during the outbreak of WW2
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
RocKabul (2018)
RocKabul 2018 Today, Afghans are one of the largest migrant populations fleeing their country for Europethe West Since 2002 the international community has injected more than a trillion dollars into Afghanistan What went wrong This film examines the counter insurgency culture campaign that the US go
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
Apres la guerre (1989)
Apres la guerre 1989 The film is set in France in August 1944 at the end of the war German troops are in retreat as the allies are coming in Two French boys run from home and on their journey they stumble upon a German soldier Soon they become friends and together they head towards Lyon
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
Death Metal Angola (2012)
Death Metal Angola 2012 DEATH METAL ANGOLA follows a loving Angolan couple, Sonia and Wilker, whose love for death metal music is bringing hope to the town and children of Huambo, and Angola as a country The devastating reality of Angolas history of wars, and civil unrest has left the countrys peopl
Ekdromi (1966)
Ekdromi 1966 The love story between a captains wife and his sergeant which has a tragic ending
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024)
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare 2024 The British military recruits a small group of highly skilled soldiers to strike against German forces behind enemy lines during World War II
Hawai · Maree oki kaisen (1942)
Hawai · Maree oki kaisen (1942) When a boy who is in the navy college returns home for vacation he meets his young cousin who also wants to join in order to become a pilot. However, the younger man's mother is ...
Operation Dames (1959)
Operation Dames 1959 During the Korean War, a troupe of traveling USO entertainers find themselves behind enemy lines with a squad of American soldiers Together they try to find their way back to their own lines while trying to avoid capture, but the North Koreans discover their presence and set out
Freedom Fighter (1988)
Freedom Fighter 1988 A U S soldier sees the Berlin Wall go up in 1961 and helps a group of East Germans escape to the West
Dipso (2012)
Dipso (2012) A haunting portrait of a down and out comedian, part tale of redemption, love story and classic America family saga. A slice of life straight from the glass that cuts us.
Raiders in the Sky (1953)
Raiders in the Sky 1953 Wing Commander Tim Mason Sir Dirk Bogarde leads a squadron of Lancaster bombers on almost nightly raids from England Having flown eighty seven missions, he will shortly be retiring from flying, but the strain is showing He tries to make sure his men concentrate only on their
Chaco (2020)
Chaco 2020 In 1934, Bolivia is at war with Paraguay Liborio and Ticona and other Bolivian indigenous soldiers are lost in the hell of the Chaco, under the commandment of German Captain Kundt Theyre looking for the Paraguayan enemy that they havent seen for months, and that they will never find They
What Was Ours (2016)
What Was Ours 2016 On the isolated Wind River Reservation in Wyoming, three tribal members attempt to learn the location of vanished artifacts Thousands of ancestral artifacts are in the darkness of underground archives of museums and churches, boxed away and forgotten Like millions of indigenous pe
Born to Defense (1986)
Born to Defense 1986 Jet, a young soldier at the end of the second World War must overcome some abusive Americans who are bullying him as well as the Chinese people
Higher Than a Kite (1943)
Higher Than a Kite 1943 The stooges are auto mechanics working for the Royal Air Force in England After wrecking an officers car they need a place to hide, but their choice, a sewer pipe, turns out to a bomb which is dropped on the enemy Finding themselves behind enemy lines, Moe and Curly disguise
La verte moisson (1959)
La verte moisson 1959 In 1943, a group of high school students decide to take action against the Nazi occupying forces Showing courage and imagination, they manage to blow up the Kommandantur and to release hostages But after the killing of a German soldier the Nazi police apparatus strikes back The