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....
Hornblower: The Complete Collection (1998)
Director: Andrew Grieve
Starring: Jamie Bamber, Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, Paul McGann, David Warner, Nicholas...
Digitally Re-mastered for the very first time! Epic award-winning films based on C.S. Forester's classic adventure stories. Set during the 18th centur... Read more
How I Live Now (2013)
6.5/10
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Starring: Anna Chancellor, George MacKay, Saoirse Ronan, Tom Holland, Harley Bird
Set in the near-future UK, Saoirse Ronan plays Daisy, an American teenager sent to stay with relatives in the English countryside. Initially withdrawn... Read more
How I Won The War (1967)
5.8/10
Director: Richard Lester
Starring: Michael Crawford, John Lennon, Roy Kinnear
John Lennon stars in this often hilarious study of one man's military career and the strange way he has of reminiscing by distorting the truth. With M... Read more
Hurricane (Mission of Honor) (2018)
4.5/10
Director: David Blair
Starring: Iwan Rheon, Milo Gibson, Stefanie Martini
Polish pilots overcome prejudice to fight against the Luftwaffe with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, in the hope of protecting both G... Read more
I Am David (2003)
7.3/10
Director: Paul Feig
Starring: Jim Caviezel, Joan Plowright, Ben Tibber
A brave 12-year-old boy escapes from a Communist concentration camp in Bulgaria, making his way across Europe in order to deliver an important letter... Read more
I Served The King of England (2007)
7.4/10
Director: Jiri Menzel
Starring: Ivan Barnev, Oldrich Kaiser
While serving the cream of Prague society, humble waiter, Jan Dite (Ivan Barnev) dreams of owning his own hotel and becoming a millionaire. Full of de... Read more
I Was Monty's Double (1958)
Director: John Guillermin
Starring: Clifton James, John Mills, Cecil Parker, Marius Goring, John Le Mesurier
If official documentation didn't exist, we'd never believe a fantastic yarn like this. Actor M.E. Clifton James plays himself, a British stock-company... Read more
Ice Cold In Alex (1958)
7.9/10
Director: J Lee Thompson
Starring: John Mills, Sylvia Syms, Anthony Quayle
A well-made psychological drama of a British ambulance officer, two nurses and a German soldier bought together in the African desert. John Mills, Syl... Read more
Ill Met By Moonlight (1957)
5.8/10
Director: Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Marius Goring, David Oxley
A taut World War II actioner set in Crete about the abduction of a high ranking German officer by a select band of British soldiers headed by Dirk Bog... Read more
Immortal Sergeant (1942)
6.7/10
Director: John M Stahl
Starring: Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Hara, Thomas Mitchell, Reginald Gardiner, Melville Cooper
Henry Fonda delivers one of his finest performances in this powerful WW2 tale of honour, bravery and love worth fighting for. Colin has never been a b... Read more