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....
Joy Division (2006)
6.3/10
Director: Reg Traviss
Starring: Ed Stoppard, Bernard Hill, Bernadette Heerwagen
As a teenager, Thomas is forced into a deadly battle against the advancing Red Army and subsequently captured. He disappears behind the Iron Curtain f... Read more
Joyeux Noel (2005)
7.8/10
Director: Christian Carion
Starring: Diane Kruger, Benno Furmann, Guillaume Canet, Daniel Bruhl, Gary Lewis
This Oscar-nominated film tells the true story of troops whose lives were changed on Christmas Eve of 1914 as they put down their weapons and celebrat... Read more
Kajaki: Kilo Two Bravo (2014)
Director: Paul Katis
Starring: David Elliot, Mark Stanley, Scott Kyle
KILO TWO BRAVO relives the true story of a platoon tasked with neutralizing a Taliban roadblock in the Kajaki region of Afghanistan. As they close in... Read more
Kajaki: Kilo Two Bravo (Blu-ray) (2014)
Director: Paul Katis
Starring: David Elliot, Mark Stanley, Scott Kyle
KILO TWO BRAVO relives the true story of a platoon tasked with neutralizing a Taliban roadblock in the Kajaki region of Afghanistan. As they close in... Read more
Kandahar Break (2009)
5.3/10
Director: David Whitney
Starring: Rasheed Naz, Dean Andrews, Shaun Dooley, Tatmain Ul Qulb
Kandahar, Afghanistan, 1999. British mine clearance experts are working for the Taliban Government, who distrust the foreigners completely. Matters on... Read more
Katyn (2007)
7.1/10
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Starring: Andrzej Chyra, Maja Ostaszewska, Artur Zmijewski, Danuta Stenka, Jan Englert
Lauded Polish director Andrzej Wajda details the tragic events surrounding the 1940 massacre of 15,000 Polish army officers by Soviet troops in the Ka... Read more
Kelly's Heroes (1970)
7.7/10
Director: Brian G Hutton
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles, Carroll O'Connor, Donald Sutherland
They were goldbricks until they found out about the gold bricks - a fortune in Nazi-confiscated bullion! Clint Eastwood reups with the director of his... Read more
Kelly's Heroes ( Blu-ray ) (1970)
7.7/10
Director: Brian G Hutton
Starring: Carroll O'Connor, Clint Eastwood, Don Rickles, Donald Sutherland, Telly Savalas
They were goldbricks until they found out about the gold bricks - a fortune in Nazi-confiscated bullion! Clint Eastwood reups with the director of his... Read more
King and Country (1964)
Director: Joseph Losey
Starring: Barry Foster, Dirk Bogarde, Leo McKern, Simone Signoret, Tom Courtenay
In Joseph Losey's stirring World War I saga, Dirk Bogarde is a no-nonsense British captain assigned to defend fellow soldier Tom Courtenay, accused of... Read more
King Of The Royal Mounted (1940)
7.4/10
Director: William Witney, John English
Canadian Tom Merritt has discovered a substance, Compound X, that will cure infantile paralysis, which he extracts from a mine at Caribou, Canada. A c... Read more