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Directed by Lloyd BaconOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Biography,
HistoricalThemes Political films,
Children's filmsActors Anne Baxter,
Thomas Mitchell,
Selena Royle,
Trudy Marshall,
John Alvin,
Roy RobertsRating74%
The Irish-American, Catholic Sullivan brothers are introduced through a progression of baptisms: George Thomas in 1914, Francis "Frank" Henry in 1916, Joseph Eugene in 1918, Madison "Matt" Abel in 1919, and Albert Leo in 1922 in their hometown of Waterloo, Iowa. There is also sister Genevieve, nicknamed "Gen", making the Sullivans a happy family of eight. As the boys grow, they are doted upon by their mother and sister Genevieve and given stern but loving guidance by their father, who is a railroad freight conductor. Each day, the boys climb the water tower by the tracks and wave to their father as he passes by on the train. The brothers are shown getting into their fair share of trouble growing up: a fight, a near drowning (after which their mother makes them promise not to set foot on a boat again until they are adults), and accidentally flooding the kitchen., 3h17
Directed by David LeanOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Historical,
Melodrama,
RomanceThemes Politique,
Films about sexuality,
Transport films,
Rail transport films,
Political filmsActors Omar Sharif,
Julie Christie,
Geraldine Chaplin,
Rod Steiger,
Alec Guinness,
Tom CourtenayRating78%
The film takes place mostly against a backdrop of the pre-World War I years, World War I itself, the Russian Revolution of 1917, and the Russian Civil War. A narrative framing device, set in the late 1940s to early 1950s, involves KGB Lieutenant General Yevgraf Andreyevich Zhivago (Alec Guinness) searching for the daughter of his half brother, Doctor Yuri Andreyevich Zhivago (Omar Sharif), and Larissa ("Lara") Antipova (Julie Christie). Yevgraf believes a young woman, Tanya Komarova (Rita Tushingham), may be his niece and tells her the story of her father's life., 1h50
Directed by Arthur Hiller,
Joseph KaneOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
HistoricalThemes Films set in Africa,
Political films,
Le désert,
Guerre du désertActors Rock Hudson,
George Peppard,
Nigel Green,
Guy Stockwell,
Jack Watson,
Robert WoldersRating63%
In September 1942, Rommel's Africa Korps is only 90 miles (144 km) from the Suez Canal, but running dangerously low on fuel. The British approve a plan to destroy German fuel bunkers at Tobruk in an attempt to cripple Rommel's attack., 1h50
Directed by Costa-Gavras,
Alain Corneau,
Bernard PaulOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
War,
Thriller,
HistoricalThemes French war films,
Political films,
Histoire de France,
L'Occupation allemande en FranceActors Charles Vanel,
Bruno Cremer,
Jean-Claude Brialy,
Michel Piccoli,
Gérard Blain,
Claude BrasseurRating69%
Set in central France, the film follows French resistance fighters who press the battle on the Germans. Along the way, they break into a prison and release some German prisoners, but discover there may be a spy deliberately planted to flush them all out., 1h57
Directed by Mark RobsonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
HistoricalThemes Prison films,
Transport films,
Aviation films,
Rail transport films,
Political films,
Évasion,
Children's films,
Disaster films,
Films about aviation accidents or incidentsActors Frank Sinatra,
Trevor Howard,
Raffaella Carrà,
Adolfo Celi,
Sergio Fantoni,
Brad DexterRating70%
Colonel Joseph Ryan (Frank Sinatra) is a U.S. Army Air Corps pilot who is shot down over Italy. He is captured by Italian troops and taken to a POW camp, run by the cruel Blackshirt Major Basilio Battaglia (Adolfo Celi). The camp is mainly populated by British prisoners., 1h34
Directed by M. J. BassettOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
War,
Thriller,
Fantastic,
Horror,
HistoricalThemes Ghost films,
Political filmsActors Jamie Bell,
Laurence Fox,
Kris Marshall,
Rúaidhrí Conroy,
Andy Serkis,
Hugo SpeerRating58%
During the prologue, a squad of British soldiers is seen assaulting a German trench at night. Sergeant David Tate (Hugo Speer) is caught in the barbed wire and calls out to Private Charlie Shakespeare (Jamie Bell), a 16-year-old member of the squad, to rescue him from the entanglement. Shakespeare, however, has completely broken down from fear due to the chaos around him, and runs off into the fighting, only to be seemingly buried by shellfire moments later., 1h56
Directed by Christian CarionOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
War,
Historical,
Musical,
RomanceThemes French war films,
Christmas films,
Political filmsActors Benno Fürmann,
Guillaume Canet,
Daniel Brühl,
Diane Kruger,
Gary Lewis,
Dany BoonRating76%
The story centers mainly upon six characters: Gordon (a Lieutenant of the Royal Scots Fusiliers); Audebert (a French Lieutenant in the 26th Infantry and reluctant son of a general); Horstmayer (a Jewish German Lieutenant of the 93rd Infantry); Palmer (a Scottish priest working as a stretcher-bearer); and German tenor Nikolaus Sprink and his Danish fiance, mezzo-soprano, Anna Sørensen (two famous opera stars)., 2h3
Directed by Sam MendesOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Biography,
Action,
Adventure,
HistoricalThemes Political films,
Le désert,
United States Armed Forces in filmsActors Jake Gyllenhaal,
Peter Sarsgaard,
Chris Cooper,
Jamie Foxx,
Lucas Black,
Jacob VargasRating69%
In 1989, Anthony "Swoff" Swofford (Jake Gyllenhaal) attends or assists to U.S. Marine Corps training before being stationed at Camp Pendleton. Claiming that he joined the military because he "got lost on the way to college", Swofford finds his time at Camp Pendleton difficult, and struggles to make friends. While Swofford feigns illness to avoid his responsibilities, a "lifer", Marine Staff Sergeant Sykes (Jamie Foxx), takes note of his potential and orders Swofford to attend his Scout Sniper course. , 1h9
Directed by Robert WiseOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
HistoricalThemes Political filmsActors Simone Simon,
John Emery,
Kurt Kreuger,
Alan Napier,
Helen Freeman,
Jason Robards Sr.Rating62%
In occupied France during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, a beautiful young laundress, Elizabeth Rousset (Simone Simon), shares a stage coach ride from Rouen with a group of condescending nobles and businessmen and their wives, a political firebrand named Jean Cornudet (John Emery) and a young priest on his way to his new assignment (Edmund Glover). When they stop for the night at a village controlled by Prussian Lieutenant von Eyrick, known to his fellow officers as "Mademoiselle Fifi" (Kurt Kreuger), their coach is held up until the laundress agrees to "dine" with the lieutenant. Unlike her social betters, who have all fraternized with the enemy, and had them as guests in their homes, Elizabeth is a simple patriot, and will not eat or consort with the invaders of her country, so the coach cannot go on. The group finally convinces her that it would be best for France for them to get on with their business, and she concedes. While she is closeted with the arrogant Prussian, whose aim is to humiliate and degrade her, the rest of the travellers celebrate their deliverance by getting drunk on champagne, and following the progress of the evening's encounter through the sounds coming from inside., 1h30
Directed by Ryan LittleOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Action,
Adventure,
HistoricalThemes Films about religion,
Political filmsActors Alexander Polinsky,
Corbin Allred,
Kirby Heybone,
Larry Bagby,
Peter HoldenRating66%
The film begins with the Malmedy massacre and the escape of American soldiers from their German captors. During the escape, Corporal 'Deacon' Greer (Corbin Allred) manages to disarm a German soldier but does not shoot him - even at the insistence of medic Gould (Alexander Niver).