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"One of the most honest and powerful war pictures" (Life) of all time, this "thrilling, dramatic thunderbolt" (The Hollywood Reporter) "soars right up into the bright blue yonder" (Los Angeles Times). Blending "thrilling action" with "personal drama brought to heroic heights" (The New York Times), this Winner of two Academy Awards stars Gregory Peck in "the best performance of his career" (Look), a role which earned him a Best Actor Osc..
In 12 Strong, a U.S. Special Forces team, led by their new Captain, Mitch Nelson (Hemsworth), is sent into Afghanistan for an extremely dangerous mission. There, in the rugged mountains, they must convince a Northern Alliance General to join forces with them to fight their common adversary: the Taliban and their Al Qaeda allies. In addition to overcoming mutual distrust and a vast cultural divide, the team accustomed to state-of-the-art..
In 12 Strong, a U.S. Special Forces team, led by their new Captain, Mitch Nelson (Hemsworth), is sent into Afghanistan for an extremely dangerous mission. There, in the rugged mountains, they must convince a Northern Alliance General to join forces with them to fight their common adversary: the Taliban and their Al Qaeda allies. In addition to overcoming mutual distrust and a vast cultural divide, the team accustomed to state-of-the-art..
When everything went wrong, six men had the courage to do what was right. Visionary director Michael Bay delivers a "Rock-Solid Action Drama" you won't soon forget in 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi. Follow the elite ex-military operators who fought back against overwhelming odds to save American lives in this "Visceral, Power, Pulse-Pounding" portrayal of true heroism.Special Features Over An Hour Of Behind-The-Scenes Bonus..
13 Rue Madeleine. It's where you'll find the Gestapo in wartime Paris - but it's much more likely they'll find you first. James Cagney risks this fate when he leads a small band of operatives on an almost impossible mission: to find a secret Nazi missile site in occupied France. Three other agents share his mission - but one of them is actually a Gestapo double agent. Co-starring the beautiful Annabella, Red Buttons and E.G. Marshall, 1..
Celebrate the landmark 100th movie of Jackie Chan's outstanding career in film and re-live the violent and heartbreaking events of The Xinhai Revolution: a bloody uprising that brought the despotic Qing Dynasty crashing to its knees, ending nearly 3,000 years of feudal oppression. Action legend, Jackie Chan, commands the screen as Huang Xing: the fearless resistance leader and military genius, who opposed a 20,000-strong Imperial Army d..
1st September 1939 will forever be remembered for the epic Battle of Westerplatte that announced the beginning of the Second World War in Europe. Over one week, fewer than 200 Polish soldiers fought against heavy German bombardment. In the fight against the forces of tyranny they came to symbolize the power of resistance...
3 to 4 DaysSummer 1941 and the Finnish army has been mobilized along the Russian border. A platoon, led by Lieutenant Eero Perkola, receives orders for a dangerous recon mission to search out Russian defensive positions. As Perkola's mission begins he learns that his beloved fiance has been killed in an ambush by Russian partisans. This traumatic event transforms the young Lieutenant from a blue eyed, idealistic officer into a killer intent on vin..
Pandemonium erupts in Los Angeles after the WWII attack on Pearl Harbor in the wartime spoof, 1941, directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, this epic comedy souffle features lavish special effects and screwball characters in an all-star extravaganza set on the streets of Hollywood. As hysterical Californians prepare for an imagined Japanese invasion, a motley crew of defenders attempt to guard their beloved ..
North Africa, II. WW, Fall 1941. Jiri Pospichal, eighteen years old, signs up as a volunteer in the Czechoslovak army. His naive ideas about heroism are rawly confronted with the hell of the African desert, complicated relationships in his unit and the ubiquitous threat of death. All this takes its cruel toll in the shape of his gradual loss of self respect and courage...
In 1944 the Battle of Tannenberg would become one of the bloodiest conflicts of World War II, second only to the Battle Of Stalingrad. The Waffen-SS are repelling the Russian invasion of Germany, but half of the infantry is made up of eastern Europeans, drafted in from Siberian labor camps and forced to fight their own brothers. 1944 Forced To Fight is the incredible and harrowing true story of one of the darkest periods of World War II..
3 to 4 DaysMosquito Squadron: David McCallum ("The Man From U.N.C.L.E.") stars in an epic adventure that balances large-scale spectacle with searing human drama, perfectly capturing the explosive action and emotional torment of war. With its astonishing special effects, stark cinematography and brilliantly choreographed aerial combat sequences, The Mosquito Squadron catapults the viewer into the searing heat of battle. As Allied forces struggle ag..
The Great Escape: In 1943, the Germans opened Stalag Luft III, a maximum-security prisoner-of-war camp designed to hold even the craftiest escape artists. In doing so, however, the Nazis unwittingly assembled the finest escape team in military history - brilliantly portrayed here by Steve McQueen, James Garner, Charles Bronson and James Coburn - who worked on what became the largest prison breakout ever attempted. One of the most ingen..
A Bridge Too Far: An epic film that re-creates in stunning detail one of the most disastrous battles of World War II, A Bridge Too Far is a spectacular war picture. Painstakingly recreated on actual battlefield locations and boasting a remarkable cast that includes Sean Connery, Anthony Hopkins, Sir Laurence Olivier and Robert Redford, A Bridge Too Far accurately recaptures the monumental scope, excitement and danger behind one of the b..
A Bridge Too Far: An epic film that re-creates in stunning detail one of the most disastrous battles of World War II, A Bridge Too Far is a spectacular war picture. Painstakingly recreated on actual battlefield locations and boasting a remarkable cast that includes Sean Connery, Anthony Hopkins, Sir Laurence Olivier and Robert Redford, A Bridge Too Far accurately recaptures the monumental scope, excitement and danger behind one of the b..
Painstkingly recreated on actual World War II Battlefield locations, and boasting a remarkable cast that includes Sean Connery, Anthony Hopkins, Robert Redford and Laurence Olivier, A Bridge Too Far accurately recaptures the monumental scope, excitement and danger behind Operation Market Garden - one of the biggest military gambles in history.Special Features A Bridge Too Far Trailer, Platoon Trailer..
An epic film that re-creates in stunning detail one of the most disastrous battles of World War II, A Bridge Too Far is a spectacular war picture. Painstakingly recreated on actual battlefield locations and boasting a remarkable cast that includes Sean Connery, Anthony Hopkins, Sir Laurence Olivier and Robert Redford, A Bridge Too Far accurately recaptures the monumental scope, excitement and danger behind one of the biggest military ga..
3 to 4 DaysTyrone Power and Betty Grable are captivating in this romantic WWII drama. When slick, money-motivated pilot Tim Baker (Power) takes a high-paying job ferrying bombers across the Atlantic, he meets up with Carol (Grable), an old flame who sparks enough new heat that Baker joins England's R.A.F. just to be near her. But Carol is also pursued by another pilot - Baker's superior officer! And when Baker must begin flying bombing missions, l..
Sir John Mills and Sir Donald Sinden head a British cast in this World War II drama. The Battle of the Atlantic is raging and British ships are desperately needed. Most, however, are surrounding the deadly German battleship, Tirpitz. A plan is formulated to destroy it, but the only way is to use midget submarines. Will they succeed, and if so, at what cost? A gripping, action-packed battle from beginning to end...
Aces High is a World War One film from 1976 directed by Jack Gold and starring Malcolm McDowell, Peter Firth, Christopher Plummer and Simon Ward. Croft (Peter Firth), a public school boy turned RFC officer, arrives in France to take over as Second Lieutenant of a British detachment. He has deliberately manoeuvred his way into this particular position in order to be with Gresham (Malcolm McDowell), an old boy from his school who has beco..
ACT OF VALOUR stars active-duty Navy Seals who take you deep into the secretive world of the most elite, highly trained and deadly group of warriors in modern combat. - When the rescue of a kidnapped CIA operative leads to the discovery of a deadly terrorist plot, a team of SEALs is dispatched on a global manhunt. As the men race to stop a coordinated attack that could kill and wound thousands of innocent civilians, they must balance th..
Unlike most "message" films which date themselves almost immediately, Lewis Milestone's low-key unpolished and deeply-felt screen adaptation of the Erich Maria Remarque anti-war novel has lost little of its original impact. Years after its release it was still being banned in countries mobilizing for war. The plot follows a group of young German recruits in World War I through their passage from idealism to disillusionment. As the centr..
Unlike most "message" films which date themselves almost immediately, Lewis Milestone's low-key unpolished and deeply-felt screen adaptation of the Erich Maria Remarque anti-war novel has lost little of its original impact. Years after its release it was still being banned in countries mobilizing for war. The plot follows a group of young German recruits in World War I through their passage from idealism to disillusionment. As the centr..
When his National Guard unit is deployed to Iraq, Lieutenant Danny Sefton is granted a questionable transfer that will keep him in the U.S. When one of his unit finds that his son is sick he asks Danny to help him go AWOL so that he can avoid returning to the war zone. This forces Danny to choose between his friend and the army as they embark on a dangerous mission to try and outwit the military that could have a devastating outcome for..
From the director of Forrest Gump and Cast Away comes "a gripping, classy historical thriller" (Star). When Intelligence Officer Max Vatan (Academy Award nominee Brad Pitt) learns his wife (Academy Award winner Marion Cotillard) may be secretly working with the enemy, he has only 72 hours to prove her innocence and save his family before he must do the unthinkable. "Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard are sensational" in this exciting race a..
As part of a secret mission to end World War II a team of British and American commandos are dropped behind enemy lines – their assignment to secure intelligence vital to shortening the war. When the mission is compromised, the commandos must put aside their differences and fight their way back to the Allied front line. Hot on their heels is an entire German battalion, intent on capturing the soldiers and retrieving the stolen intellige..
Based on a true story, Alone We Fight takes place in the winter of 1944. A squad of soldiers are struggling during the last days of the Battle Of Hurtgen Forest, their forces have been decimated and their supplies are low. Tasked with defending the field hospital close to the front line they must throw themselves into danger surrounded by tank traps, fortified bunkers, mortars and deadly snipers. Alone We Fight tells the story of the de..
Iraq, 2004: during a routine sortie a US patrol is ambushed and the young soldiers are forced to put their training and skills into action fast. A determined foe with superior local knowledge, the Fedayeen insurgents soon draw them into close quarter combat and a desperate fight for survival. Battered and hopeless, the devastated and weary soldiers can only find one reason to go on: staying alive at any cost. - American Soldiers A Day I..
Apocalypse Now One of the most iconic films ever made and one of the most disturbing dramatisations of the Vietnam War ever seen, Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now is cinema at its most fascinating and unforgettable. Giving sense to “the horror, the madness, the sensuousness and the moral dilemma of the Vietnam war” (Francis Ford Coppola), the movie follows the epic, bloody and muddy trip of Captain Willard, sailing up the Nung Riv..
3 to 4 DaysApocalypse Now One of the most iconic films ever made and one of the most disturbing dramatisations of the Vietnam War ever seen, Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now is cinema at its most fascinating and unforgettable. Giving sense to “the horror, the madness, the sensuousness and the moral dilemma of the Vietnam war” (Francis Ford Coppola), the movie follows the epic, bloody and muddy trip of Captain Willard, sailing up the Nung Riv..
A never-before-seen and newly restored cut of Francis Ford Coppola’s spectacular cinematic masterpiece in a way which the director believes “looks better than it has ever looked and sounds better than it has ever sounded”. Apocalypse Now was nominated for 8 Academy Awards® (including Best Picture) and won 2 Academy Award® for Best Cinematography and Best Sound, 2 BAFTAs for Best Direction and Best Supporting Actor and the Palme d’Or i..
Melville's most personal film, rooted in his wartime experiences in the French Resistance, ARMY OF SHADOWS is a hard, tense drama, depicting man’s capacity for both bravery and evil. In the winter of 1942-1943, as France exists under German occupation, an underground cell operates in the shadows. In the clandestine world of the Resistance, the freedom fighters work against their enemies under the constant risk of betrayal, ordinary men ..
December 1944. Rumours are flying among the battle-weary infantrymen of the Fragile Fox Company: they're being sent to the rear! But the rumours vanish in the dust of the approaching tanks as Germany unleashes a savage surprise counterattack. The Battle of the Bulge is underway. Oscar Winner Jack Palance stars as Lieutenant Joe Costa, a heroic soldier fighting on two fronts. One pits Costa and his men against the thundering Panzer 88s a..
Featuring a stellar cast, including Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Laurence Olivier, Christopher Plummer, Michael Redgrave and Robert Shaw, Battle Of Britain recreates the greatest air battle in history, when the outnumbered British Royal Air Force defeated the German Luftwaffe at the beginning of World War II and saved England from invasion...
Guy Hamilton's classic war film looks at how England defended itself from the German aerial onslaught of the summer of 1940. Laurence Olivier plays Sir Hugh Dowding, the air chief marshal whose fleet outmanouevre the Luftwaffe, despite a numerical disadvantage; and those few to whom so many owed so much are portrayed by an all-star cast including Michael Caine, Kenneth More and Ralph Richardson. Despite its pro-British slant, the authen..
3 to 4 DaysFive months after D-Day, most American soldiers think the German army is broken. The Germans think otherwise. In an attempt to buy time to fill the skies with their invincible new jets, they launch one fast, furious offensive: the Battle of the Bulge. For this epic recreation of one of World War II's most crucial confrontations, director Ken Annakin (The Longest Day) captures the explosive action of massive forces squaring off as well a..
Set in World War II and based on a true story, Battle of the V.1 starring Michael Rennie, Patricia Medina and Christopher Lee is set in Nazi held Poland. Polish Resistance discover a mysterious pilot-less plane being built and tested in Poland - the resistance inform Britain of the plane and British enlist a Polish school teacher (Michael Rennie) to infiltrate the factory where the “strange plane” was being built and pass as much inform..
In the thick of WWII, the 1st Special Forces unit is called to duty on a secret rescue mission. Challenged by Nazis at every turn, our band of heroes bunker in a bombed out city and race against time to relay a message that is crucial to the Allies D-Day invasion. Cornered and caught between a rock and a hard place, they only have one option: Fire More Bullets!..
Behind Enemy Lines: When U.S. Navy pilot Chris Burnett (Owen Wilson) is shot down over Bosnia, he must fight to stay alive and evade hostile Serbian forces. With time running out, Burnett's commanding officer (Gene Hackman) risks everything by launching a renegade rescue mission-against strict NATO directives to bring an American hero home.Behind Enemy Lines II: When a team of U.S. Navy SEALs is assigned to destroy a North Korean mis..
A Word War II drama starring Richard Burton (Academy Award nominee for Best Actor, Equus 1977 and Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf?, 1966) and Curt Jurgens (The Spy Who Loved Me) as Captain Leith and Major Brand, a pair of British Army officers assigned to execute a daring commando raid on the Libyan stronghold of General Rommel. Even before the mission begins, the tension between the two is evident. This is further exacerbated when Brand ..
From acclaimed director Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Hannibal) and renowned producer Jerry Bruckheimer (Pearl Harbour, Armageddon) comes a gripping true story about bravery, camaraderie and the complex reality of war. Black Hawk Down stars an exceptional cast including Josh Hartnett (Pearl Harbour), Ewan McGregor (Moulin Rouge!), Tom Sizemore (Saving Private Ryan), Eric Bana (Chopper), William Fichtner (The Perfect Storm), Ewen Bremner (Sna..
In 1993, an elite group of American Rangers and Delta Force soldiers are sent to Somalia on a critical mission to capture a violent warlord whose corrupt regime has led to the starvation of hundreds of thousands of Somalis. When the mission goes terribly wrong, the men find themselves outnumbered and literally fighting for their lives.Special Features Commentary With Author Mark Bowden & Screenwriter Ken Nolan, Commentary With Produce..
From acclaimed director Ridley Scott and renowned producer Jerry Bruckheimer and based on actual events, Black Hawk Down is the heroic account of a group of elite U.S. soldiers sent into Mogadishu, Somalia in October 1993 as part of a U.N. peacekeeping operation. When their mission takes an unexpected turn it results in the U.S. military's single biggest firefight since Vietnam. Starring Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, Eric ..
It is 1941 and the Battle of Kiev and the brutal massacre of Babi Yar are terrifying the nation. When a Soviet penitentiary falls into disorder after being threatened by the Nazis, a group of hardened prisoners make their escape. Only seven make it out alive and led by 'Picasso', an outsider amongst the men, they take refuge in an isolated village. But soon the village is threatened by a group of subversive Nazis and the only chance of ..
Afghanistan October 2014. Five British soldiers, trying to stay alive on the last night of the Afghan War, face not only the Taliban, but also supernatural forces more terrifying than anything they've encountered before. As the night unfolds and their mission is finally explained to them, they find themselves engulfed in a labyrinthine nightmare and forces seemingly from another realm...
Tom Cruise delivers a riveting and unforgettable portrayal of Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic in Oliver Stone's Academy Award-winning masterpiece. Based on a true story, the acclaimed film follows the young Kovic from a zealous teen who eagerly volunteers for the Vietnam War, to an embittered veteran paralyzed from the mid-chest down. Deeply in love with his country, Kovic returned to an environment vastly different from the one he left, and ..
Tom Cruise delivers a riveting and unforgettable portrayal of Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic in Oliver Stone's Academy Award-winning masterpiece. Based on a true story, the acclaimed film follows the young Kovic from a zealous teen who eagerly volunteers for the Vietnam War, to an embittered veteran paralyzed from the mid-chest down. Deeply in love with his country, Kovic returned to an environment vastly different from the one he left, and ..
Tom Cruise delivers a riveting and unforgettable portrayal of Vietnam veteran, Ron Kovic, in Oliver Stone's Academy Award winning masterpiece. Based on a true story, the acclaimed film follows the young Kovic from a zealous teen who eagerly volunteers for the Vietnam War, to an embittered veteran paralysed from the mid-chest down. Deeply in love with his country, Kovic returned to an environment vastly different from the one he left, an..
In the face of insurmountable odds, one man will risk everything to take back his country. Czechoslovakia, 1943, and the world is enveloped by the dark clouds of war. Showing unimaginable bravery, a Jewish teenager manages to escape the clutches of a concentration camp and joins a group of partisans fighting to liberate Europe from the Nazis. With explosive action and a moving storyline based on the memoirs of Martin Friedmann-Petrasek,..
WWI veteran Jack lives a solitary, isolated existence, struggling to come to terms with life after the war and haunted by memories of the horror and bloodshed of the trenches. His only company is the ghost of a long-dead friend until his insular existence is shattered by the unexpected arrival of Masaru, an escaped and desperate Japanese POW. Jack's disturbing past is flung into the here-and-now as the shocking events of this new war ar..
Casablanca: easy to enter, but much harder to leave, especially if you're wanted by the Nazis. Such a man is Resistance leader Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid), whose only hope is Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), a cynical American who sticks his neck out for no one... especially Victor's wife, Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman), the ex-lover who broke his heart. Ilsa offers herself in exchange for Laszlo's transport out of the country and bitter Rick mus..
3 to 4 DaysCasablanca: easy to enter, but much harder to leave, especially if your name is on the Nazis' most wanted list. Atop that list is Czech resistance leader Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid), whose only hope is Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), a cynical American who sticks his neck out for no one, especially Victor's wife Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman), the ex-lover who broke his heart. So when Ilsa offers herself in exchange for Laszlo's safe transport o..
A 10th Century castle... A 20th Century war... and the outspoken novel come to life on the screen!Special Features High Definition Remaster, Original Mono Audio, Alternative 4.0 Surround Track, The John Player Lecture With Burt Lancaster (1972, 100 Mins): An Archival Audio Recording Of An Interview Conducted By Joan Bakewell At The National Film Theatre, London, The Lullaby Of War (2017, 18 Mins): A New Interview With Actor Tony Bill ..
Hailed by critics as a masterpiece, Casualties of War is based on the true story of a squad of soldiers caught in the moral quagmire of wartime Vietnam. Witness to a vile crime, Private Eriksson (Michael J. Fox, Back To The Future) is forced to stand alone against his fellow soldiers and commanding officer Sergeant Meserve (Academy Award winner - Sean Penn, 2004, Best Actor, Mystic River), a powerful and charismatic man pushed over the ..
Hailed by critics as a masterpiece, Casualties of War is based on the true story of a squad of soldiers caught in the moral quagmire of wartime Vietnam. Witness to a vile crime, Private Eriksson (Michael J. Fox, The Frighteners) is forced to stand alone against his fellow soldiers and commanding officer Sergeant Meserve (Sean Penn, Mystic River). A powerful and charismatic man pushed over the edge of barbarism by the terror and brutalit..
Based on the classic William March novel of the same name, Company K is the gripping and honest story of a unit of American Marines fighting on the Western Front during the latter stages of World War I. Graphically detailing his own experiences, and those of his close comrades, March vividly brings to life the horror these men had to endure in the war torn trenches of France together with the unflinching camaraderie that existed between..
Inspired by true events. A company of American soldiers is lost behind enemy lines during the Battle of the Bulge and makes a horrific discovery - a super bomb in development. The soldiers soon learn about a secret allied mission to retrieve a defecting German scientist in charge of a secret weapons program. Faced with impossible odds, the company and an escaping POW go on a daring raid into the heart of Nazi Germany in pursuit of the s..
Inspired by true events. A company of American soldiers is lost behind enemy lines during the Battle of the Bulge and makes a horrific discovery - a super bomb in development. The soldiers soon learn about a secret allied mission to retrieve a defecting German scientist in charge of a secret weapons program. Faced with impossible odds, the company and an escaping POW go on a daring raid into the heart of Nazi Germany in pursuit of the s..
Leslie Banks (The Arsenal Stadium Mystery, Went The Day Well?) stars as inventor John Barrington in this thrilling Second World War feature film. Secretly testing bomb mechanisms for the Air Ministry at a laboratory in his remote country house, Barrington is key to the war effort. Unbeknownst to him, various members of his domestic staff are undercover spies working for the enemy and their plan is to kidnap Barrington, aided by a German..
3 to 4 DaysRichard Harris and Sir Alec Guinness star in this sweeping, handsomely-mounted epic drama recounting the battle which raged between the monarchy and a commoner over the very soul of Great Britain. In 17th-century England, ambitious country gentleman Oliver Cromwell (Harris) dared to challenge the political oppression and corruption which besieged his nation. Watching his power being usurped by a commoner, King Charles I (Two-time Oscar-..
Based on the novel by Will Heinrich, Sam Peckinpah's (The Wild Bunch) only war film is an intense and uncompromising affair that brilliantly reflects both the futility of conflict and the director's fascination with individuals confronted by events beyond their control. A World War II tale told from the German perspective, Cross Of Iron follows a platoon of German soldiers in Russia when the German Wehrmacht forces had been decimated a..
June 6, 1944, known as D-Day, marked the beginning of the massive Allied invasion of Normandy, France, and the turning point of World War II that would ultimately end Nazi domination in Europe. To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the largest military mission in history, this triumphant D-Day Remembered film collection includes 8 of the greatest war movies of all time, featuring powerful performances by Hollywood's biggest heroes! 8-D..
Captain Mainwaring and his men create comedy mayhem when they go on manoeuvres with other military companies under the eyes of a real Major-General. The result is disaster after disaster.... After the shambles, the Walmington-On-Sea defenders return home just as a German scout plane crashes near their town. Its crew captures the Church Hall and holds the vicar and Mayor as hostages. The Major General sends the Army, the army sends for t..
Unaware of what they would find, a group of international journalists visit a small village in Darfur under the protection of the African Union (AU). They manage to convince their guide to take them to a village in Janjaweed territory. When they arrive, the journalists see how the Sudanese live daily in fear of rape, torture and murder by the government and the rebel militia. While they are interviewing the Sudanese men and women for ac..
At the height of WWII, a young submarine crew heads out to sea on a top-secret mission that all but ensures most will never make it home alive. Ordered to patrol the Atlantic and destroy an allied armada bringing supplies to Britain, these raw recruits must band together, bracing themselves against a depth-charge assault from an unseen enemy. Oscar-nominated director Wolfgang Petersen's epic adventure deftly explores tension as pressure..
Das Boot is a graphic and gripping tale that follows the daring patrol of U-96, one of the famed German U-Boats known as `The Grey Wolves'. Prowling the North Atlantic, they challenged the British Navy at every turn. The crew aboard the U-96 is portrayed in a desperate life-and-death struggle, coping with endless hours of claustrophobic boredom at sea, which quickly gives way to terror when confronting the enemy. Originally nominated fo..
Days Of Glory: 1943. Although they have never set foot on French soil, four young Algerian soldiers feel it is their duty to enlist along with 130,000 other 'indigenous troops'. Their noble aim is to fight for the liberation of their 'fatherland' from the Nazi enemy ravaging Europe and the world. The epic journey these forgotten heroes embark upon shows us the injustices they faced in the time of war, the fearless courage they displayed..
Edward G Robinson (Little Caesar, Key Largo) and Glenn Ford (Gilda, 3:10 to Yuma) star in this gripping 1943 war movie from Columbia Pictures set aboard a US Navy warship fighting in the Pacific during the Second World War. When the fighting ship USS John Paul Jones is sunk by the Japanese, veteran navy man Steve Boleslavski (Edward G Robinson) pulls every string he can to get assigned to its replacement - the new destroyer John Paul Jo..
The ever-dashing Errol Flynn stars alongside Fred MacMurray in this action packed drama set at the U.S. Naval Air Station in San Diego during the uncertain year of 1941. With war already raging in Europe, U.S. Forces began to prepare for their seemingly inevitable involvement in the conflict. As part of the preparation Naval flight surgeon Lt. Doug Lee (Errol Flynn) is determined to eradicate pilot blackout and altitude sickness, thus h..
A peerless filmmaker of substance and scale, David Lean directs Boris Pasternak's tumultuous tale of Russia divided by war and hearts torn by love. Epic images abound: revolution in the streets, an infantry charge into no-man's-land, the train ride to the Urals, and icebound dacha. Omar Sharif plays the title role, Julie Christie is his haunting, long-time love Lara and both are caught up in the tidal wave of history. Hauntingly scored ..
David Lean demonstrates again why he's a peerless filmmaker of substance and scale, directing Boris Pasternak's tumultuous tale of Russia divided by war and hearts torn by love. Epic images abound: revolution in the streets, an infantry charge into No Man's Land, the train ride to the Urals, an icebound dacha. Golden Globe Best Actor Award winner Omar Sharif plays the title role, in love with Lara (Julie Christie, the National board of ..
Set in Berlin, 1945, this powerful and provocative war drama retells the final days of the Second World War as recorded in the diaries of Adolf Hitler's private secretary, Traudl Junge, while barricaded with Hitler and his closest confidants in the Fuhrer's secret bunker. Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel (The Experiment) with an astonishing performance by Bruno Ganz (The Manchurian Candidate) as history's most notorious figure, this unpr..
Set in Berlin, 1945, this powerful and provocative war drama retells the final days of the Second World War as recorded in the diaries of Adolf Hitler's private secretary, Traudi Junge, while barricaded with Hitler and his closest confidants in the Fuhrer's secret bunker. Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel (The Experiment) with an astonighing performance by Bruno Ganz (The Manchurian Candidate) as history's most notorious figure, this unpr..
Stanley Kubrick’s painfully funny take on Cold War anxiety is without a doubt one of the fiercest satires of human folly ever to come out of Hollywood. The matchless shape-shifter Peter Sellers (The Pink Panther) plays three wildly different roles: Air Force Captain Lionel Mandrake, timidly trying to stop a nuclear attack on the USSR ordered by an unbalanced general (Sterling Hayden); the ineffectual and perpetually dumbfounded U.S. Pre..
Stanley Kubrick's black comedy classic about an "accidental" nuclear attack received four 1964 Oscar nominations (including Best Picture, 1964). Convinced the Commies to pollute America's "precious bodily fluids," a crazed general (Sterling Hayden) orders a nuclear air strike on the USSR. As his aide Captain Mandrake (Peter Sellers), scrambles to unlock a recall code to stop the bombing, the U.S. President (Sellers again) calls a drunk..
Stanley Kubrick's classic black comedy about a group of war-eager military men who plan a nuclear apocalypse is both funny and frightening - and seems as relevant today as ever. Through a series of military and political accidents, two psychotic generals - U.S. Air Force Commander Jack D. Ripper (Sterling Hayden) and Joint Chief of Staff "Buck" Turgidson (George C. Scott) - trigger an ingenious, irrevocable scheme to attack Russia's str..
From filmmaker Christopher Nolan (Interstellar, Inception, The Dark Knight Trilogy) comes the epic action thriller Dunkirk starring Fionn Whitehead, Kenneth Branagh, Mark Rylance and Tom Hardy. The story unfolds on land, sea and air, as hundreds and thousands of British and Allied troops are trapped on the beaches of Dunkirk with enemy troops closing in. RAF Spitfires engage the enemy in the skies above the Channel, trying to protect th..
Directed by Leslie Norman (The Long, The Short And The Tall), starring John Mills (Ice Cold In Alex, Goodbye Mr Chips, Great Expectations) Richard Attenborough (Brighton Rock, The Great Escape) and a cast featuring genuine army officers, Dunkirk is one of the most authentic representations of conflict during World War II. Dunkirk follows the dramatic events leading up to Operation Dynamo, where upon the British Army attempted to rescue ..
Trapped on the beach with their backs to the sea, British and Allied troops are surrounded by enemy forces facing a fierce battle in World War II...
A gripping tale of love and honour forged between fierce enemies of war, Emperor unfolds the story, inspired by true events, of the bold and secret moves that won the peace in the shadows of post-war Japan. Matthew Fox joins with Academy Award winner Tommy Lee Jones, Eriko Hatsune and Toshiyuki Nishida to bring to life the American occupation of Japan in the perilous and unpredictable days just after Emperor Hirohito's World War II surr..
Steven Spielberg's film Empire Of The Sun is an inspiring action-packed epic of a small boy in a great war. That boy is Jim Graham, a young Briton whose unconquerable spirit soars high and free above the harsh confines of a Japanese internment camp during World War II. Through his eyes we see the fascination and horror of war. And we see Jim's hold on childhood weaken as his struggle to survive grows fiercer. Based on J.G. Ballard's mem..
Steven Spielberg's film Empire Of The Sun is an inspiring action-packed epic of a small boy in a great war. That boy is Jim Graham, a young Briton whose unconquerable spirit soars high and free above the harsh confines of a Japanese internment camp during World War II. Through his eyes we see the fascination and horror of war. And we see Jim's hold on childhood weaken as his struggle to survive grows fiercer. Based on J.G. Ballard's mem..
3 to 4 DaysIt's 1942 and the German and Russian armies are embroiled in one of the most momentous battles of WW2, the Battle of Stalingrad. Defeat at Stalingrad could hand Germany victory in Europe and Stalin has sent Kruschev (Bob Hoskins) to personally oversee the city's defense. In another corner of the city Danilov (Joseph Fiennes), a political officer, encounters Vassili Zaitsev (Jude Law), a simple soldier from the Urals who possesses an ext..
Warsaw 1942. The Second World War rages throughout Europe and Polish Jews are confined to life in harsh ghettos. Srulik, an eight year old boy, manages to escape from the Warsaw ghetto where he is held captive and flees into the nearby forest. Managing to live undetected in the forest he evades the Nazi soldiers sent to find him and soon finds his way onto a Polish farm where he must survive and avoid capture. Escape From Warsaw is a tr..
Hitler's plan to loot a treasure-laden Greek island is under way. A prison camp is built where the inmates gig up priceless art under the eye of the Austrian commandant Major Otto Hecht (Roger Moore). Zeno (Telly Savalas) the island's resistance leader and Eleana (Claudia Cardinale) scheme to defeat the occupiers. Leading a group of freedom fighters. They clash with the Nazis as they try the lives of condemned prisoners and the treasure..
Hitler's plan to loot a treasure-laden Greek island is under way. A prison camp is built where the inmates dig up priceless art under the eye of the Austrian commandant Major Otto Hecht (Roger Moore). Zeno (Telly Savalas), the island's resistance leader and Eleana (Claudia Cardinale) scheme to defeat the occupiers. Leading the group of freedom fighters. They clash with the Nazis as they try the lives of condemned prisoners and the treas..
This is no ordinary soccer match. This is war! The battlefield: a stadium in occupied Paris. The armies: German All-Stars vs. Ragtag Allied POWs. The objective: demonstrate another "proof" of Aryan superiority. Guess who wins? Better yet, guess who cleverly uses the match as a means of escape? Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine and Max von Sydow star in this rouser directed by the legendary John Huston. The climatic match is a heart-in-t..
London-based military intelligence officer Colonel Katherine Powell (Helen Mirren) is remotely commanding a top secret drone operation to capture a group of dangerous terrorists in Nairobi, Kenya. When the mission suddenly escalates from a “capture” to a “kill” operation and innocent lives are put at rick, the impossible decision of whether to strike gets passed up the chain of command. With the clock ticking, the brutal realities of mo..
Iconoclastic American director Samuel Fuller's first production for a major studio was this tense, snowbound Korean War drama. A small platoon of army grunts are ordered to stay behind to protect a 15,000-man division as it moves out under heavy enemy fire. One corporal, whom the platoon has mistakenly come to believe is a hero, is left with the responsibility of protecting the men - a decision that may cost them dearly amidst escalatin..
Legendary filmmaker Clint Eastwood cuts open the heart of war and reveals the souls of men on both sides in a landmark dual fim project hailed by critics as his masterpiece. Shot back to back to be viewed in sequence. Flags of our Fathers is a riveting chronicle of U.S. heroes on the front lines of battle and in the headlines at home while Letters from Iwo Jima reveals the untold stories of the ill-equipped but fierce Japanese fighters ..
Dennis Quaid pilots an outstanding ensemble cast in this action-packed film. When a cargo plane on a routine flight is force to crash-land hundreds of miles off course in the barren Gobi desert, the crew to build a new plane - against all odds and sometimes against each other.Special Features Audio Commentary By John Moore, John Davis, Wyck Godfrey and Production Designer Patrick Lumb, Trivia Track, Trailers HD..
When the commander of the crew of a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber is killed in action in a raid over Sicily in 1943, his replacement, a young, naive pilot struggles to be accepted by the plane's already tight-knit Irish American crew. Ordered into a suicide mission, their only chance for survival is to band together as brothers in battle. With unparalleled aerial action, Fortress pays homage to the sacrifices of an entire generation durin..
Written and directed by four-time Oscar nominee Gary Ross and starring Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club and The Wolf of Wall Street), Free State of Jones is an epic action-drama set during the Civil War, and tells the story of defiant Southern farmer, Newt Knight, and his extraordinary armed rebellion against the Confederacy. Banding together with other small farmers and local slaves, Knight launched an uprising that..
In this landmark film, passion and tragedy collide on a military base as a fateful day in December 1941 draws near. Private Prewitt (Montgomery Clift) is a soldier and former boxer being manipulated by his superior and peers. His friend Maggio (Frank Sinatra) tries to help him but has his own troubles. Sergeant Warden (Burt Lancaster) and Karen Holmes (Deborah Kerr) tread on dangerous ground as lovers in an illicit affair. Each of their..
April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy (Brad Pitt) commands a Sherman tank and his five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Outnumbered, outgunned, and with a rookie soldier thrust into their platoon, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.Special Features Blood Brothers: C..
