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....
Unknown Soldier (Tuntematon sotilas) (Blu-ray) (2017)
7/10
Starring: Johannes Holopainen
A film adaptation of Väinö Linna's best selling novel The Unknown Soldier (1954) and the novel's unedited manuscript version, Sotaromaani. Read more
Journey's End (2017)
6.6/10
Director: Saul Dibb
Starring: Asa Butterfield, Sam Claflin, Paul Bettany, Tom Sturridge, Toby Jones, Stephen G...
Led by young officer Stanhope, whose mental health is rapidly disintegrating, a group of British soldiers await their fate in an Aisne dugout during t... Read more
The Ottoman Lieutenant (2017)
6.7/10
Director: Joseph Ruben
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Josh Hartnett, Michiel Huisman, Haluk Bilginer, Michiel Huisman, H...
A strong-willed woman, frustrated by ongoing injustice at home, leaves the United States after meeting Jude, an American doctor who runs a remote medi... Read more
See You Up There (Au revoir la-haut) (2017)
7.6/10
Director: Albert Dupontel
Starring: Albert Dupontel, Andre Marcon, Niels Arestrup, Emilie Dequenne, Nahuel Perez Bis...
November 1918. A few days before the Armistice, Édouard Péricourt saves Albert Maillard's life. These two men have nothing in common but the war. Lieu... Read more
Last Flag Flying (2017)
6.9/10
Director: Richard Linklater
Starring: Cicely Tyson, Laurence Fishburne, Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, Yul Vazquel
Thirty years after serving together in the Vietnam War, Larry "Doc" Shepherd, Sal Nealon and the Rev. Richard Mueller reunite for a different type of... Read more
Rex ( AKA Megan Leavey ) (2017)
3.3/10
Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Starring: Edie Falco, Will Patton, Kate Mara, Ramon Rodriguez, Tom Felton
The true life story of Megan Leavey, a young Marine corporal whose unique discipline and bond with a military combat dog saved many lives during her d... Read more
Darkest Hour (2017)
7.4/10
Director: Joe Wright
Starring: Ben Mendelsohn, Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ronald Pickup, Stephen Dillan...
A thrilling and inspiring true story begins at the precipice of World War II as, within days of becoming Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Chur... Read more
Darkest Hour (Blu-Ray) (2017)
7.4/10
Director: Joe Wright
Starring: Ben Mendelsohn, Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ronald Pickup, Stephen Dillan...
A thrilling and inspiring true story begins at the precipice of World War II as, within days of becoming Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Chur... Read more
Un village francais: Volume 7 ( A French Village ) (2017)
8.4/10
Starring: Robin Renucci, Nade Dieu, Audrey Fleurot, Emmanuelle Bach, Marie Kremer, Thierry...
This is it. After the longest war in history, some resolution. And some flash forward sequences that will complete the story. Read more
Dunkirk (Blu-Ray) (2017)
8/10
Director: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Mark Rylance, Michael Caine, Tom Hardy
In May 1940, Germany advanced into France, trapping Allied troops on the beaches of Dunkirk. Under air and ground cover from British and French forces... Read more