War and Anti-War Films
"War and Anti-War Films" often acknowledge the horror and heartbreak of war, letting the actual combat fighting or conflict (against nations or humankind) provide the primary plot or background for the action of the film. Typical elements in the action-oriented war plots include POW camp experiences and escapes, submarine warfare, espionage, personal heroism, "war is hell" brutalities, air dogfights, tough trench/infantry experiences, or male-bonding buddy adventures during wartime. Themes explored in war films include combat, survivor and escape stories, tales of gallant sacrifice and struggle, studies of the futility and inhumanity of battle, the effects of war on society, and intelligent and profound explorations of the moral and human issues.
Listed below are all the very best of this genre. Scroll yer heart out....
Generation Kill (2008)
8.6/10
Starring: Lee Tergesen, Stark Sands, Jon Huertas, Alexander Skarsgard, James Ransone
Based on the best-selling book by Evan Wright, this acclaimed seven-part miniseries from HBO examines the first 40 days of the Iraq War from the persp... Read more
Generation Kill ( Blu-ray ) (2008)
8.6/10
Starring: Lee Tergesen, Stark Sands, Jon Huertas, Alexander Skarsgard, James Ransone
Based on the best-selling book by Evan Wright, this acclaimed seven-part miniseries from HBO examines the first 40 days of the Iraq War from the persp... Read more
Gettysburg (1993)
7.6/10
Director: Ronald F Maxwell
Starring: Tom Berenger, Jeff Daniels, Martin Sheen, Richard Jordan, Stephen Lang
The bloody, three day Civil War battle that took place in July of 1863 that saw 53,000 lives lost is depicted in spectacular style in this epic film m... Read more
Gettysburg (blu-ray) (1993)
7.7/10
Director: Ronald F Maxwell
Starring: Tom Berenger, Jeff Daniels, Martin Sheen, Richard Jordan, Stephen Lang
The bloody, three day Civil War battle that took place in July of 1863 that saw 53,000 lives lost is depicted in spectacular style in this epic film m... Read more
Gift Horse (1951)
Director: Compton Bennett
Starring: Dora Bryan, Richard Attenborough, Sonny Tufts, Trevor Howard
Aka "Glory at Sea". A fine WWII drama with Trevor Howard as a demanding, no-nonsense commander of a battleship who wins the respect of his men while b... Read more
Girls of the Sun (2018)
6.3/10
Director: Eva Husson
Starring: Golshifteh Farahani, Emmanuelle Bercot
Bahar is the leader of the Girls of the Sun, a battalion of women in Kurdistan who are fighting women against extremists who have conquered their smal... Read more
Glory (1989)
7.9/10
Director: Edward Zwick
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Cary Elwes, Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, Andre Braugher...
A true story based in part on the letters of a young and inexperienced white soldier from the North given the task of training America's first unit of... Read more
Go Tell The Spartans (1978)
6.8/10
Director: Ted Post
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Craig Wasson, Jonathan Goldsmith
A powerful but overlooked Vietnam War drama set in 1964 during the early days of the US involvement. Burt Lancaster plays a cynical military advisor c... Read more
Gods and Generals (2002)
6.3/10
Director: Ronald F Maxwell
Starring: Jeff Daniels, Stephen Lang, Robert Duvall, Mira Sorvino, Kevin Conway, C Thomas...
Based on Jeffrey M. Shaara's bestseller, "Gods and Generals" recounts the fierce allegiances and combat of the early Civil War. Ronald F. Maxwell dire... Read more
Gods and Generals ( Blu-ray ) (2002)
6.3/10
Director: Ronald F Maxwell
Starring: C Thomas Howell, Jeff Daniels, Kevin Conway, Mira Sorvino, Robert Duvall, Stephe...
Based on Jeffrey M. Shaara's bestseller, "Gods and Generals" recounts the fierce allegiances and combat of the early Civil War. Ronald F. Maxwell dire... Read more