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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..
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..
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..
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..
Beautifully filmed in the Yorkshire Dales '1914 All Out' mixes the heartbreak of the 1914-18 War with the romance of village life. It tells the story of two brothers and their love for the same beautiful girl, Jean whose peaceful existence is shattered by the tragic events of The Great War. It is August Bank Holiday 1914 in the picturesque Yorkshire village of East Grisewold and the villagers are celebrating with a cricket match. The tr..
1914 tells the story of the 21st Battalion as they prepare for the battle of Courcellette in World War I. Taking place in real time, the film follows Sgt. Reid as he must get his men ready for the impending battle. Not only must he prepare his battalion Sgt. Reid must also deal with the day to day difficulties of Life in the trenches, including terrible injuries to his men, exhaustive supply issues, and an underage recruit who has joine..
As the war rages across Europe, the once idyliic Alpines become host to one of the most brutal battles of the First World War. When he is drafted to fight for his country, young Andreas (William Moseley - The Chronicles of Narnia) is torn from his family and his love, Francesca. With the front line cutting through the mighty Dolomite mountains, Andreas' battalion must hold the final line of defence and survive both the brutal war and th..
Sam Mendes directs and writes this war drama which follows two young soldiers during WWI as they are sent on a dangerous mission that, if successfully carried out, could save the lives of 1,600 British men. Private Schofield (George MacKay) and Private Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman) have been tasked with delivering a message across the enemy line which will save the battalion from a deadly ambush into which they are currently being lured...
Sam Mendes directs and writes this war drama which follows two young soldiers during WWI as they are sent on a dangerous mission that, if successfully carried out, could save the lives of 1,600 British men. Private Schofield (George MacKay) and Private Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman) have been tasked with delivering a message across the enemy line which will save the battalion from a deadly ambush into which they are currently being lured...
Sam Mendes directs and writes this war drama which follows two young soldiers during WWI as they are sent on a dangerous mission that, if successfully carried out, could save the lives of 1,600 British men. Private Schofield (George MacKay) and Private Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman) have been tasked with delivering a message across the enemy line which will save the battalion from a deadly ambush into which they are currently being lured...
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...
War drama directed by Uri Barbash and starring Joseph Fiennes and Kelly Harrison.Doctor Artur Planck (Fiennes) and his family are Polish Jews, on the run from the Nazis in 1941.They find a hiding place at the farm of Emilia (Harrison), a woman whose husband left to fight and hasn't returned.When Artur and Emilia's friendship develops into an affair, Artur is put in a difficult position.His behaviour could destroy his family but ..
In the summer of 1940, the RAF hastily assembles the 303 squadron made up exclusively of Polish airmen, who have made their way across the English Channel following the Nazi invasion of their homeland. Ace pilot Jan Zumbach (Maciej Zakoscielny) is among the brave recruits, who arrives in Britain with a broken heart, believing his sweetheart Jagoda (Anna Prus) is trapped in their invaded homeland. Jan dedicates himself to supporting the ..
WWII drama directed by Denis Delic about the efforts of a highly regarded Polish flying squadron during the Battle of Britain. The story follows the Polish airmen contending with fears about the wellbeing of their loved ones back home as they are stationed in Britain. These anxieties must be put to the side when the German offensive intensifies and the Polish squadron is called upon to defend Britain against the Luftwaffe's planes...
Mosquito 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..
Norwegian resistance fighter Erik Bergman (George Chakiris) offers the British Royal Air Force an irresistable target when he reveals the location of a secret Nazi factory. American pilot Roy Grant (Cliff Robertson) commands the fighter squadron ordered to take out the plant, but he discovers that the location is even more formidable than he had been told. When the promised ground support troops fail to show up, Grant fears he and his m..
Post-communist Russia's highest grossing film to date, 9th Company is a stirring and extremely timely modern day war movie on a par with Hollywood blockbusters 'Full Metal Jacket' and 'Platoon'. In 1988, a band of 39 Soviet soldiers held “Hill 3234” against 400 Afghan rebels in a remarkable chapter in military history. Based on real events, the film follows the ill-fated fortunes of a small group of young Russian soldiers, from the tria..
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..
Richard Attenborough's star-studded account of the failed 1944 Arnheim assault. Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Robert Redford and Sean Connery are among those battling against insurmountable odds - foul weather, bad luck, negligence on the part of intelligence officers - to secure one of the bridges essential to the Allied advance into Germany. Gene Hackman, Michael Caine and Anthony Hopkins also star. The screenplay is by William Goldman ('..
Based on a wartime true story. Linda Hamilton stars as Elizabeth, a German woman spending Christmas with her young son in the Ardennes. However, her plans are interrupted by 3 escaped American POWs seeking sanctuary. When the Germans chasing them also turn up, all parties are forced to spend the night together and discover that they have more in common than they thought...
Company commander Claus Michael Pedersen (Pilou Asaek - Lucy, A Hijacking) and his men are stationed in an Afghan province. Meanwhile, back in Denmark, Claus’ wife Maria (Tuva Novotny - TV Series Spiral) is trying to hold everyday life together with a husband at war and three children missing their father. During a routine mission, the soldiers are caught in heavy crossfire and in order to save his men, Claus makes a fateful decision th..
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...
Drama following the journey of a Jewish comedian who survives the holocaust only to find himself confined in a mental institution. Adam Stein (Jeff Goldblum) is one of the foremost entertainers of 1930s Germany. Unfortunately for Stein, historical events overtake him and he finds himself in a concentration camp run by the fearsome Commandant Klein (Willem Dafoe). While his wife and children are taken away to be executed, Klein is kept a..
Drama about rivalry and comradeship in World War Two. Upon returning to base after a mission, Lieutenant Davis (Richard Arlen) finds that his crew are either missing or dead. In order to unveil the reason behind this failure, Davis recounts the mission in a series of flashbacks which reveal his aerial gunner Sgt 'Foxy' Pattis (Chester Morris) as his adversary...
Inspired by the true story of 'James Bond' author Sir Ian Fleming's formation of one of most important elite units in the history of the British Armed Forces, Age Of Heroes is a spectacular World War II action-thriller. Like its sister special ops unit, the SAS, 30 Commando was a new breed of taskforce created to carry out some of the most dangerous missions in the war. Starring Sean Bean (Lord Of The Rings, Black Death) and Danny Dyer ..
Inspired by the true story of 'James Bond' author Sir Ian Fleming's formation of one of most important elite units in the history of the British Armed Forces. Ages Of Heroes is a spectacular World War II action-thriller. Like its sister special ops unit, 30 Commando was a new breed of taskforce created to carry out some of the most dangerous missions in the war. Starring Sean Bean (Lord Of The Rings, Black Death) and Danny Dyer (The Bus..
Inspired by the true story of 'James Bond' author Sir Ian Fleming's formation of one of most important elite units in the history of the British Armed Forces. Ages Of Heroes is a spectacular World War II action-thriller. Like its sister special ops unit, 30 Commando was a new breed of taskforce created to carry out some of the most dangerous missions in the war. Starring Sean Bean (Lord Of The Rings, Black Death) and Danny Dyer (The Bus..
Based on an unpublished novella by John Steinbeck (written on commission expressly to provide treatment material for Hitchcock’s screen scenario), Lifeboat found the Master of Suspense navigating a course of maximal tension – in the most minimal of settings – with a consistently inventive, beautifully paced drama that would foreshadow the single-set experiments of Rope and Dial M for Murder. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to pres..
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..
A second film version (the first was made in 1930) of Erich Maria Remarque's story about a group of idealistic young Germans recruited to fight on the Western Front in 1914. Amongst their number is the patriotic Paul Baumer (Richard Thomas), whose preconceptions are rapidly shattered upon witnessing the horror of life at the front...
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..
Vincent Perez directs this historical drama adapted from Hans Fallada's novel. The film follows the story of working-class couple Otto (Brendan Gleeson) and Anna (Emma Thompson) as they wage an anonymous propaganda war against the Nazis in 1940s Berlin. After receiving news that their only son has been killed in battle the parents are left devastated and angry, blaming the Nazi regime for his untimely death. Looking to get some form of ..
From 20th Century Fox we present, for the first time on DVD in the UK, the wonderful 1950 film, American Guerrilla In the Philippines. This is a long-awaited opportunity to view the movie which was directed by the giant of cinema, Fritz Lang, and shot in Technicolor on location in the Philippines. Based on Ira Woldert's true accent, the movie casts Tyrone Power as an American Navy officer stranded after the wreck of Bataan. Along with h..
Chris Kyle's (Bradley Cooper) mission is to protect his brothers in arms while being a prime target of insurgents. Despite the danger, as well as the toll on his family at home, Chris serves through four harrowing tours of duty in Iraq, personifying the spirit of the SEAL creed to "leave no one behind." But upon returning to his wife, Taya (Sienna Miller), and kids, Chris finds that it is the war he can't leave behind.Special Features..
Chris Kyle's (Bradley Cooper) mission is to protect his brothers in arms while being a prime target of insurgents. Despite the danger, as well as the toll on his family at home, Chris serves through four harrowing tours of duty in Iraq, personifying the spirit of the SEAL creed to "leave no one behind." But upon returning to his wife, Taya (Sienna Miller), and kids, Chris finds that it is the war he can't leave behind.Special Features..
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..
In 1979 renowned director Francis Ford Coppola changed cinema history with his mesmerising epic Apocalypse Now, one of the most unforgettable, authentic and harrowing depictions of the Vietnam War. In 2001 he re-approached his hallucinatory masterpiece to create a definitive version, reinstating 49 minutes of previously unseen material. The result is Apocalypse Now Redux. Tormented army captain Benjamin L. Willard is sent on a secret mi..
As the Battle of the Bulge rages on, with the Nazis repelling the Allied invasion of Germany, an American tank unit gets trapped behind enemy lines. With only hours to go before the bombs of Operation Ardennes Fury fall, the tank's commander makes the incredibly risky decision to rescue an orphanage and the innocent nuns and children inside...
Mel Gibson commands an elite military team dispatched during WWII, to locate and rescue the survivors of a shot-down plane, stranded on a South Pacific island occupied by the Japanese.One of the castaways, a defecting Japanese official, holds the secret to ending the war, and must be saved at all costs...
A soaring, action-packed journey of heroism and sacrifice as one crusading journalist desperately fights to uncover the horrors buried within the infamous Nazi siege of Leningrad in the savage winter of 1941. In the height of World War II, journalist Kate Davis becomes trapped within the devastated city of Leningrad. Separated from her lover, American writer Philip Parker, Kate is rescued by Nina Tsvetkova, a member of the Leningrad mil..
A soaring, action-packed journey of heroism and sacrifice as one crusading journalist desperately fights to uncover the horrors buried within the infamous Nazi siege of Leningrad in the savage winter of 1941. In the height of World War II, journalist Kate Davis becomes trapped within the devastated city of Leningrad. Separated from her lover, American writer Philip Parker, Kate is rescued by Nina Tsvetkova, a member of the Leningrad mil..
World War II action drama starring Lloyd Bridges. Bridges plays Major Jamie Wilson, who must train and then lead his troops in the D-Day invasion of Normandy, with the knowledge that most, if not all, will likely not return. As he is haunted by former missions of a similar nature, matters are made worse for Wilson when he is teamed with a captain who opposes his plans but is tasked with the transportation of the troops. Facing overwhelm..
Audie Murphy stars in this 1960s war drama directed by Herbert Coleman. After becoming separated from his wife Ruth (Dolores Michaels) during Japan's invasion of the Philippines, US citizen Craig Benson (Murphy) joins a group of guerilla fighters. In the meantime he searches for Ruth but discovers she has since become involved with guerilla leader Julio Fontana (Alejandro Rey), believing that her husband had been killed. Benson attempts..
Biographical war drama starring Rock Hudson as US Air Force pilot Colonel Dean Hess. As a training officer in the Korean War, Hess gets the chance to atone for his unintentional bombing of a German orphanage during World War II. While fighting the enemy he attempts to save orphaned refugees by building a shelter and later evacuating them from dangerous territory...
An amphibious attack by American troops on a South Pacific island meets with a heavy Japanese defence killing all but two survivors, leaving one unable to walk. Isolation, lack of food and a primal fear all begin to take their toll as the months pass and when the realisation of their situation begins to sink in, the men have a new enemy to fight each other.Special Features 1. Scouting 2. Enemy Encounter 3. Island Survival 4. Ambush 5...
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..
Out of StockFive 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..
Cornel Wilde produced, directed and starred in this sincere, hard-edged look at World War II that doesn't flinch from the horrors of battle. The action takes place during a single American campaign to take an island held by the Japanese. The usual cliche characters are replaced by believable portrayals, such as the captain (Wilde) who loves his wife but hates the war, the sergeant (Rip Torn) who gets sadistic pleasure out of battle, the..
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..
Occupied France, 1940. A Nazi Commander discovers one of his prisoners, Danny (Sam Gittins) is a champion boxer. He forces him to fight for his company's entertainment. But the POWs realise they can use these contests, as cover for an audacious breakout, before they re sent to Germany, where escape will be almost impossible. Their fate and freedom may all come down to how long Danny can keep fighting...
Richard Fleischer directs this Second World War drama starring Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Broderick Crawford and Buddy Ebsen. Sam Gifford (Wagner) is an arrogant landowner and wealthy cotton farmer in the Deep South of America who is drafted into active service in the United States Army when his country enters the Second World War. After being transferred to George Company for hitting an officer, his lack of humility falls foul of Capt..
Richard Fleischer directs this Second World War drama starring Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Broderick Crawford and Buddy Ebsen. Sam Gifford (Wagner) is an arrogant landowner and wealthy cotton farmer in the Deep South of America who is drafted into active service in the United States Army when his country enters the Second World War. After being transferred to George Company for hitting an officer, his lack of humility falls foul of Capt..
December 1942, a country of uncertain future on the verge a Nazi German invasion. One dark, fateful night two restless young soldiers decide to leave the roadblock checkpoint they've been told to guard in search of excitement. But when they reach the border disaster, not adventure awaits them. The following morning they’re officially pronounced missing. When a rebellious Lieutenant discovers that one of the missing soldiers is his young..
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 ..
Out of StockSeptember 1944 – Nazi Occupied Holland. When her temporary safe house is destroyed by a bomb, the beautiful young Jewish chanteuse Rachel Stein joins fellow refugees in an attempt to reach safe Allied territory by boat. Tragedy strikes when a Nazi patrol intercepts their escape, ruthlessly killing everybody onboard including Rachel’s family; only Rachel escapes the massacre. Embittered and desperate for revenge, she joins the Resistance..
'Black Eagle' takes as its inspiration Reagan-era cold war paranoia. Jean-Claude Van Damme plays Andrei, a KGB operative and Sho Kosugi as CIA agent Ken Tani aka Black Eagle. This was Van Damme's second movie and helped to secure his reputation as one of the world's leading action heroes. After an F11 gets shot down over the Mediterranean Sea, the U.S. Government cannot afford to lose the top-secret laser tracking device that was on boa..
Military action feature starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. A top secret US tracking device goes missing when the F-111 fighter jet transporting it is shot out of the sky. The KGB, led by the infamous Andrei (Van Damme), have the upper hand in their race with the CIA to retrieve it, until the Americans level the playing field by enlisting the help of martial arts expert Ken Tani (Shô Kosugi), code-named the Black Eagle...
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..
Action-packed military thriller. Special Agent Tom Hardly (Adam Cardon) is given the task of assembling a crack team of scientists and soldiers to seek out a deadly micro nuclear weapon.The top secret unit known as SOL race against time to prevent the weapon from destroying the US, but in their path is a terrorist group of mercenaries, arms dealers and soldiers plotting their next attack.The team are also diverted from their mission..
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 ..
South African drama in which a Boer man must fight for the lives of his fellow prisoners when he decides to attempt to overcome the constant torture by making an offer to his captors. Taken prisoner during the Second Boer War, Willem Morkel (Stian Bam) stands up to represent the others in his camp and promises that they can beat their oppressors in a game of rugby. With one month to prepare for the game, will they be fit and strong enou..
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 volunteered 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, ..
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 volunteered 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, ..
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..
Khan Chittenden and Mo Tzu-yi star in this action adventure set in 1942 directed by Aaron Wilson. When Australian fighter pilot Jim (Chittenden) gets shot down during combat in Singapore, he awakens high up in the trees above the rainforest. As night sets in Jim must try to find his way out of the unforgiving jungle with the help of Chinese resistance fighter Seng (Tzu-yi) who is also lost...
The Flipside: rescuing weird and wonderful British films from obscurity and presenting them in new high-quality editions. Exploring the complex ways in which British POWs responded to brainwashing and torture techniques during the Korean War, John Krish's realistic and disturbing drama was previously only ever shown to a highly restricted audience of military officials. Made available to the public for the first time, Captured is presen..
A low-key treatment in semi-documentary style about the true story of Allied spy Violette Szabo (played by Virginia McKenna), who parachuted into Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II. Betrayed, she was captured, tortured and eventually executed by firing squad in Ravensbruck, France...
Out of StockCasablanca: 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..
Casablanca: 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..
Sydney Pollack’s Gothic war drama stars the great Burt Lancaster as the brutal, one-eyed army major in charge of a small group of American GIs fighting to save the castle they're stationed in during World War II. Extras INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES • High Definition remaster • Original mono audio • Alternative 4.0 Surround sound track • The John Player Lecture with Burt La..
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..
Mike Nichols' film version of Joseph Heller's celebrated black comedy about US airmen stationed in the Mediterranean during World War II.Paranoid bomber pilot Yossarian (Alan Arkin) is convinced that people are out to kill him - a fair assumption given that he is in the middle of a war.However, when he tries to get himself grounded on psychiatric grounds he comes up against the infamous Catch 22: insanity is a valid reason to be rem..
The Longest Day: The Longest Day is a vivid re-creation of the June 6, 1944 Allied invasion of France, which marked the beginning of the end of Nazi domination. Featuring a stellar international cast, and told from the perspectives of both sides, this fascinating look at one of history's biggest battles ranks as one of Hollywood's truly great war films.The Desert Rats: Richard Burton stars in this exciting film about the courageous me..
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..
Corvette K-225 is a stirring salute to the heroism of the Corvette crews and commanders who steered Allied convoys through the treacherous, U-Boat-infested Atlantic ocean throughout WWII. The story follows a particularly perilous voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Britain. The nail-biting tension is heightened by our knowledge that the film uses actual historic sea combat footage! Better known previously for his 'tall in the saddle' We..
Pre-OrderAníbal Milhais was one of 75,000 Portuguese soldiers sent to Flanders in defense of the Western Front. During the Battle of the Lys he stood alone his ground in his trench, armed only with his Lewis light machine gun, he single-handedly fought off successive waves of attack by the Germans...
Richard 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-..
With an all star cast, including Rupert Grint and David Kross (The Reader), Cross Of Honour, is a heroic true story of friendship, war and the fight for survival. 27th April 1940; as the war rages in Europe, a hostile chance encounter in the skies above the harsh Norwegian wilderness leaves two aircraft - one British, one German - shot down in a remote and isolated region. By strange coincidence the crews seek shelter in the same cabin...
With an all star cast, including Rupert Grint and David Kross (The Reader), Cross Of Honour, is a heroic true story of friendship, war and the fight for survival. 27th April 1940; as the war rages in Europe, a hostile chance encounter in the skies above the harsh Norwegian wilderness leaves two aircraft - one British, one German - shot down in a remote and isolated region. By strange coincidence the crews seek shelter in the same cabin...
Academy Award(R) winning director George Stevens' personal and comprehensive documentary of World War II,from the invasion of Normandy to the fall of Berlin. Photographed in color for the first time. Written,produced and narrated by George Stevens,Jr. Director: George Stevens Starring: George Stevens,Jr...
In this electrifying film, Robert Taylor portrays Captain Brad Parker, an American officer on the front lines on June 6, 1944 - D-Day when 3,000,000 men, 11,000 planes and 4,000 ships will come together to invade Normandy and determine the world's future. And since Parker and his commander (Richard Todd) are in love with the same woman (Dana Wynter), the day's fighting will also determine which of the two men can return home to her. Als..
In this electrifying film, Robert Taylor portrays Captain Brad Parker, an American officer on the front lines on June 6, 1944 - D-Day when 3,000,000 men, 11,000 planes and 4,000 ships will come together to invade Normandy and determine the world's future. And since Parker and his commander (Richard Todd) are in love with the same woman (Dana Wynter), the day's fighting will also determine which of the two men can return home to her. Als..
