War Docos
Innovative German film-maker Leni Riefenstahl's pioneering masterwork epic "Triumph of the Will" (1934) was explicitly propagandistic yet historical in its spectacular yet horrifying documentation of the Nazi Party Congress rally in Nuremberg in 1934. It was a revolutionary film combining superb cinematography and editing of Third Reich propaganda. She also documented the 1936 Berlin Olympics in the stunning film "Olympia" (1938) - with graceful and beautiful images of 'Aryan' athletes in competition. To respond to the Nazi propaganda, Frank Capra was commissioned by the US War Department to direct seven films in a "Why We Fight" (1943) series of narrated WWII newsreel-style films. The first in the series, "Prelude to War," a look at the events from 1931-1939, won the Academy Award for Best Documentary in 1942. These and many other truely great War Documentaries, including the BBC's brilliant "World At War" series, are available by scrolling below.
Right: William Wyler's Academy Award winning "The Memphis Belle"Â
Stalingrad: The 3 Part Documentary (2003)
7.5/10
Stalingrad - a name forever associated with horrors of war at its most unimaginable and traumatic. This three-part film was conceived and edited by in... Read more
Standard Operating Procedure (2008)
7.5/10
Director: Errol Morris
Master documentarian Errol Morris takes an unflinching look at the Abu Ghraib prison scandal while meditating on the frightening side effects of the '... Read more
Standard Operating Procedure (Blu-ray) (2008)
7.4/10
Director: Errol Morris
Master documentarian Errol Morris takes an unflinching look at the Abu Ghraib prison scandal while meditating on the frightening side effects of the '... Read more
Submariners: The Complete Series (2006)
7.9/10
Director: Hugh Piper
A six-part expository-style documentary series following the crew of HMAS Rankin, the newest of Australia's Collins Class Submarines, as they undertak... Read more
Suicide Killers (2006)
6.5/10
Director: Pierre Rehov
An in-depth documentary that attempts to unwind the psycho-pathology behind suicide bombers, and more specifically Palestinian suicide bombers. Filmm... Read more
Swastika (1973)
7.1/10
Director: Philippe Mora, Lutz Becker
Produced by David Puttnam in 1973, this revelatory documentary tracks the rise of Hitler's Nazi regime and the seduction of the German people, using f... Read more
Taxi to the Dark Side (2007)
7.6/10
Director: Alex Gibney
A perpetually shocking documentary exposing the Bush administration's use of torture when dealing with political prisoners, focusing in particular on... Read more
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Volume 2, Part 1 (1993)
7.4/10
Starring: Sean Patrick Flanery, Corey Carrier, George Hall, Ronny Coutteure
The award-winning adventures of the young Indiana Jones continue with 'The War Years'. This time, Jones (Sean Patrick Flanery) is serving in the infan... Read more
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Volume 2, Part 2 (1993)
7.4/10
Starring: Sean Patrick Flanery, Corey Carrier, George Hall, Ronny Coutteure
The award-winning adventures of the young Indiana Jones continue with 'The War Years'. This time, Jones (Sean Patrick Flanery) is serving in the infan... Read more
The American War Machine of WWII (2008)
This is the story of the creation of the American Military from the small 100,000 man force of the post World War One era to the mighty military indus... Read more