During World War II, an American who sympathizes with the Nazi cause defects to Germany, where he is greeted as a hero and given a job broadcasting propaganda to the West. Read More »
War
Lafayette Escadrille (1958) William A. Wellman, Tab Hunter, Clint Eastwood, Etchika Choureau, Drama, Romance, War
The brave Americans who flew for France before the U.S. entered World War I are saluted in Lafayette Escadrille, a rousing and flavorful adventure filled with flyboy camaraderie. Read More »
Carica Eroica / Heroic Charge (1952) Francesco De Robertis, Antonio Caprice, Giuseppe Carignani, Ludovico Ceriana, Drama, War
In 1941 an Italian regiment known as the Savoy Cavalry is sent by Mussolini to Russia to assist the German invasion. Read More »
Private Snuffy Smith (1942) Edward F. Cline, Bud Duncan, Edgar Kennedy, Sarah Padden, Comedy, Romance, War
Snuffy Smith, moonshining hillbilly, grows tired of dodging revenue agents, headed by Cooper, and decides to take the army up on their offer of free clothes, food and $21.00 a month. Read More »
The Red Beret (1953) Terence Young, Alan Ladd, Leo Genn, Susan Stephen, Drama, War
Alan Ladd is the focus of this story based on the wartime raid on the German radar station at Bruneval. Read More »
Les petites guerres / Little Wars (1982) Maroun Bagdadi, Soraya Khoury, Nabil Ismaïl, Roger Hawa, Drama, War
Lebanon, 1975. How Tahal, an affluent young man becomes a warlord ; how Soraya, the girl he leaves behind, tries to help him in abducting a businessman Read More »
Wake Island (1942) John Farrow, Brian Donlevy, Robert Preston, Macdonald Carey, Action, Drama, War
In November 1941, Major Caton takes command of the small Marine garrison on Wake Island. His tendency toward spit and polish upsets the men’s tropical lassitude Read More »
Sanjûsangen-dô, tôshiya monogatari / A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo (1945) Mikio Naruse, Kazuo Hasegawa, Kinuyo Tanaka, Sensho Ichikawa, War, Drama
After a renowned archer commits harakiri because he’s lost the big tournament, innkeeper Kinuyo Tanaka takes in his boy and sees to his training so he can compete in the next big contest.
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Elle s’appelait Sarah / Sarah’s Key (2010) Gilles Paquet-Brenner, Kristin Scott Thomas, Mélusine Mayance, Niels Arestrup, Drama, War
One of the darkest moments in French history occurred in 1942 Paris when French officials rounded up over 10,000 Jews and placed them in local camps. Read More »
Battle of the Coral Sea (1959) Paul Wendkos, Cliff Robertson, Gia Scala, Teru Shimada, Drama, War, Action
In 1942 submarine commander Jeff Conway secretly photographs Japanese aircraft carriers in the Coral Sea. Read More »