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....
Jojo Rabbit (2019)
8/10
Director: Taika Waititi
Starring: Taika Waititi, Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Scarlett Johansson, Rebel...
A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy named Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis) whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his s... Read more
Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan (Blu-Ray) (2019)
7.6/10
Director: Kriv Stenders
Starring: Travis Fimmel, Luke Bracey, Myles Pollard, Anthony Hayes, Richard Roxburgh
In 1966, Major Harry Smith and his dispersed company of Australian and New Zealand soldiers face overwhelming odds as they fight to hold Viet Cong and... Read more
Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan (2019)
7/10
Director: Kriv Stenders
Starring: Travis Fimmel, Luke Bracey, Myles Pollard, Anthony Hayes, Richard Roxburgh
In 1966, Major Harry Smith and his dispersed company of Australian and New Zealand soldiers face overwhelming odds as they fight to hold Viet Cong and... Read more
The Aftermath (2019)
6.3/10
Director: James Kent
Starring: Keira Knightley, Alexander Skarsgard, Jason Clarke
In 1946 Rachael Morgan arrives in the ruins of Hamburg to be reunited with her husband, Lewis, who is a British colonel charged with rebuilding the sh... Read more
Where Hands Touch (2018)
6.4/10
Director: Amma Asante
Starring: Abbie Cornish, Amandla Stenberg, George MacKay, Christopher Eccleston, Tom Goodm...
Germany 1944: 15-year old Leyna (Amandla Stenberg), daughter of a white German mother and a black father, lives in fear due to the color of her skin.... 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
Girls of the Sun (2018)
6.3/10
Director: Eva Husson
Starring: Golshifteh Farahani, Emmanuelle Bercot
Bahar is the leader of the Girls of the Sun, a battalion of women in Kurdistan who are fighting women against extremists who have conquered their smal... Read more
A Private War (2018)
6.7/10
Director: Matthew Heineman
Starring: Rosamund Pike, Jamie Dornan, Stanley Tucci, Tom Hollander, Faye Marsay, Nikki Am...
In a world where journalism is under attack, Marie Colvin (Rosamund Pike) is one of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time. Colvin is an u... Read more
Hurricane (Mission of Honor) (2018)
4.5/10
Director: David Blair
Starring: Iwan Rheon, Milo Gibson, Stefanie Martini
Polish pilots overcome prejudice to fight against the Luftwaffe with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, in the hope of protecting both G... Read more
Mary Queen of Scots (Blu-Ray) (2018)
6.3/10
Director: Josie Rourke
Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Guy Pearce, David Tennant, Jack Lowden, Joe Alwyn,...
Queen of France at 16 and widowed at 18, Mary Stuart defies pressure to remarry. Instead, she returns to her native Scotland to reclaim her rightful t... Read more