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....
Hacksaw Ridge ( Blu-ray ) (2016)
8.2/10
Director: Mel Gibson
Starring: Hugo Weaving, Rachel Griffiths, Vince Vaughn, Sam Worthington, Teresa Palmer, An...
Directed by Mel Gibson and with 9 AACTA award wins and 3 Golden Globe nominations, this Australian production is an extraordinary true story. Desmond... Read more
Hacksaw Ridge (4K Ultra HD) (2016)
8.1/10
Director: Mel Gibson
Starring: Hugo Weaving, Rachel Griffiths, Vince Vaughn, Sam Worthington, Teresa Palmer, An...
Directed by Mel Gibson and with 9 AACTA award wins and 3 Golden Globe nominations, this Australian production is an extraordinary true story. Desmond... Read more
Hamburger Hill (1987)
6.7/10
Director: John Irvin
Starring: Anthony Barrile, Michael Boatman, Don Cheadle, Michael Dolan, Dylan McDermott
It was one of the bloodiest campaigns of the Vietnam War, and for a company of American soldiers, the taking of Hill 937 was the closest they'd come t... Read more
Hangmen Also Die (1944)
7.5/10
Director: Fritz Lang
Starring: Brian Donlevy, Walter Brennan, Dennis O'Keefe
The 1942 assassination of Nazi collaborator Reinhard Heydrich in Prague inspired director/co-writer Fritz Lang to create this fictional account. Brian... Read more
Hanover Street (1979)
6.1/10
Director: Peter Hyams
Starring: Harrison Ford, Lesley-Anne Down, Christopher Plummer, Michael Sacks, Richard Mas...
Harrison Ford is an American bomber pilot stationed in London during World War II. During an air raid, Harrison meets Lesley Anne-Down, a married Brit... Read more
Harrison's Flowers (2000)
7.1/10
Director: Elie Chouraqui
Starring: Elias Koteas, David Strathairn, Brendan Gleeson, Andie MacDowell, Adrien Brody
This sweeping drama is set in 1991 focusing on David Strathairn, a prize-winning Newsweek photographer, who takes one last assignment in war-torn Yugo... Read more
Harsh Times (2005)
6.9/10
Director: David Ayer
Starring: Christian Bale, Freddy Rodriguez, Eva Longoria, Tammy Trull, Terry Crews
The de-humanising effects of war are graphically illustrated through the disintegration of one man into psychosis, as the writer of 'Training Day' mak... Read more
Hart's War (2002)
6.3/10
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Starring: Marcel Iures, Colin Farrell, Terrence Howard, Linus Roache, Bruce Willis
Moody and powerful WWII drama starring Colin Farrell as a young US lieutenant and senator's son who is captured in 1944 and sent to a German POW camp.... Read more
Hart's War ( Blu-ray ) (2002)
6.3/10
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Starring: Bruce Willis, Cole Hauser, Linus Roache, Colin Farrell, Marcel Iures, Terrence H...
Moody and powerful WWII drama starring Colin Farrell as a young US lieutenant and senator's son who is captured in 1944 and sent to a German POW camp.... Read more
Hatfields and McCoys (2012)
4/10
Director: Kevin Reynolds
Starring: Bill Paxton, Jena Malone, Kevin Costner, Mare Winningham, Powers Boothe, Tom Ber...
Bonded by their oath to the same flag, two confederate soldiers, "Devil" Anse Hatfield (Kevin Costner) and Randall McCoy (Bill Paxton), return home se... Read more