War and Anti-War Films
"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....
Mutiny (1952)
5.1/10
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Starring: Mark Stevens, Angela Lansbury, Gene Evans
Mark Stevens stars as Captain James Marshall of the American ship Concord in the classic period drama, set during the War of 1812. After finding himse... Read more
Sky Raiders (1941)
7.3/10
Director: Ray Taylor, Ford Beebe
Starring: Robert Armstrong, Donald Woods, Billy Halop
Dastardly spy Felix Lynx attacks our hero Robert Dayton through twelve thrilling chapters of high-flying action! Felix wants to steal Robert's amazing... Read more
The Flemish Farm (1943)
5.9/10
Director: Jeffrey Dell
Starring: Clive Brook, Clifford Evans, Philip Friend, Jane Baxter
Based on a true story, this classic war drama poignantly conveys the pain of war. During WWII a squadron of Belgian pilots uses a Flemish farm as a la... Read more
1911 Revolution (Blu-ray) (2011)
Director: Jackie Chan
Starring: Jackie Chan, Li Bingbing
A historical drama based on the founding of the Republic of China when nationalist forces led by Sun Yat-sen overthrew the Qing Dynasty. Read more
Iron Fury (T-34) (2018)
6.5/10
The Great Patriotic War is going on. Junior Lieutenant Nikolay Ivushkin in a small truck, along with the driver Vasya, barely survived, break away fro... Read more
The Captain (Blu-ray) (2017)
7.4/10
Director: Robert Schwentke
Starring: Alexander Fehling
In the last moments of World War II, a young German soldier fighting for survival finds a Nazi captain's uniform. Impersonating an officer, the man qu... Read more
The Way Ahead (1944)
7.1/10
Director: Carol Reed
Starring: David Niven, James Donald, John Laurie, Peter Ustinov, Stanley Holloway, Trevor...
A.k.a. "The Immortal Battalion". Having seen a 44 minute training film called 'The New Lot', Winston Churchill approached actor David Niven about maki... Read more
Nowhere in Africa (2001)
7.6/10
Director: Caroline Link
Starring: Juliane Kohler, Merab Ninidze, Matthias Habich, Sidede Onyulo, Lea Kurka
Extraordinary true story of a Jewish family who flees the Nazi regime in 1938 for a remote farm in Kenya. Abandoning their once comfortable existence... Read more
The Silent Invasion (1962)
4.5/10
Director: Max Varnel
Starring: Petra Davies, Francis De Wolff, Eric Flynn
A wartime drama starring Eric Flynn, Petra Davies and Francis De Wolff, 'The Silent Invasion' is set in the small French town of Mereux, where the sta... Read more
Generation Kill ( Blu-ray ) (2008)
8.6/10
Starring: Lee Tergesen, Stark Sands, Jon Huertas, Alexander Skarsgard, James Ransone
Based on the best-selling book by Evan Wright, this acclaimed seven-part miniseries from HBO examines the first 40 days of the Iraq War from the persp... Read more