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War
Stripes (1981) Ivan Reitman, Bill Murray, John Candy, Harold Ramis
Hard-luck cabbie John Winger (Bill Murray) – directionless after being fired from his job and dumped by his girlfriend Read More »
The Naked and the Dead (1958) Raoul Walsh, Aldo Ray, Cliff Robertson, Raymond Massey
In the Pacific during World War 2, the officers live a comfortable life with good food, good drink and good quarters. Read More »
Jungle Patrol (1948) Joseph M. Newman, Kristine Miller, Arthur Franz, Ross Ford
A visit from a USO entertainer lifts the spirits of the pilots stationed in New Guinea, who are beginning to worry that their luck will soon run short. Read More »
Lacombe Lucien (1974) Louis Malle, Pierre Blaise, Aurore Clément, Holger Löwenadler
A small town in the south-west of France, summer of 1944. Having failed to join the resistance, the 18 year old Lucien Lacombe Read More »
Au Revoir les Enfants (1987) Louis Malle, Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejtö, Francine Racette
In 1944, upper class boy Julien Quentin and his brother François travel to Catholic boarding school in the countryside after vacations. Read More »
A Soldiers Plaything (1930) Michael Curtiz, Ben Lyon, Harry Langdon, Lotti Loder
At the beginning of the war, Georgie Wilson, an irresponsible but likable citizen having no sympathy with the conflict Read More »
Sheba and the Gladiator (1959) Guido Brignone, Anita Ekberg, Georges Marchal, Folco Lulli
Zenobia, Queen of Palmira, revolts against Rome and defeats the Roman troops under the command of the consul Marcus Valerius. Read More »
Appointment in Bray (1971) André Delvaux, Anna Karina, Mathieu Carrière, Roger Van Hool
In 1917, the First World War is raging. Julien is from Luxemburg, so instead of having to go to war he studies piano in Paris. Read More »
The Sullivans (1944) Lloyd Bacon, Anne Baxter, Thomas Mitchell, Selena Royle
The lives of a close-knit group of brothers growing up in Iowa during the days of the Great Depression and of World War II Read More »
Homecoming (1948) Mervyn LeRoy, Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Anne Baxter
Self-absorbed Dr. Lee Johnson enlists with the Army medical corps during World War II, more out of a feeling that it’s “the thing to do” rather than deep-seated patriotism. Read More »
The Heroes (1973) Duccio Tessari, Rod Steiger, Rosanna Schiaffino, Claude Brasseur
Four soldiers and a beautiful Greek nurse, thrown together in North Africa during World War II, team up to pull off a heist of two-million pounds in boxes marked “plasma.” Read More »
The Peach Thief (1964) Vulo Radev, Nevena Kokanova, Rade Markovic, Mikhail Mikhajlov
World War I is coming to its end. Prisoners of war are coming into the town with Serb Ivo among them. Read More »
The Conqueror (1956) Dick Powell, John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Pedro Armendáriz
In ancient times, the Mongolian warlord Temujin must do battle against the rival tribe that killed his father. Read More »
Taras Bulba (1962) J. Lee Thompson, Tony Curtis, Yul Brynner, Christine Kaufmann
A “Romeo and Juliet” story that takes place in the late 16c. Ukraine. Taras has settled into comfortable farm life after years of adventures Read More »