"War and Anti-War Films" often acknowledge the horror and heartbreak of war, letting the actual combat fighting or conflict (against nations or humankind) provide the primary plot or background for the action of the film. Typical elements in the action-oriented war plots include POW camp experiences and escapes, submarine warfare, espionage, personal heroism, "war is hell" brutalities, air dogfights, tough trench/infantry experiences, or male-bonding buddy adventures during wartime. Themes explored in war films include combat, survivor and escape stories, tales of gallant sacrifice and struggle, studies of the futility and inhumanity of battle, the effects of war on society, and intelligent and profound explorations of the moral and human issues. Listed below are all the very best of this genre. Scroll yer heart out....
A.k.a. "Soldiers of the Air". A remote military base in the Arizona desert is the site for the love triangle that develops between a beautiful rancher... Read more
Director Joel Schumacher's acclaimed, gritty Vietnam War-era drama follows a group of Army recruits through boot camp and a gruelling series of drills... Read more
Tells the true story of four Allied POWs who endure harsh treatment from their Japanese captors during WWII while being forced to build a railroad thr... Read more
The most decorated American soldier of World War II, Audie Murphy, stars as himself in this gritty, unflinching biography. Follow the exploits of a re... Read more
Thi action-packed offering tells of two reluctant soldiers (Michael Caine and Cliff Robertson) sent on a suicide mission on a Pacific Island during WW... Read more
This $25 million epic collaboration faithfully recreates the events leading up to Japan's attack on Pearl Harbour. An insightful and well-crafted Wor... Read more
Covering the 1988 clash between the Iraqi military and the Kurds, battle-scarred photojournalist Mark Walsh (Colin Farrell) suffers an injury that for... Read more
Loosely based on a true story, this sublime drama from director Eric Rohmer follows the complex marriage between a Greek painter and her White Russian... Read more
World War II true story in which master spy Eddie Chapman (Christopher Plummer) works both sides of the fence going for whichever player offers him th... Read more
A Jewish boxer and his family are transported from Greece to Auschwitz by the Nazis and are separated. His captors discover he is a boxer and give him... Read more