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....
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
8.6/10
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Tom Sizemore, Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Edward Burns
This highly acclaimed portrait about one unit's search for a soldier who has been ordered home stars Tom Hanks and Matt Damon. Famous for its intense... Read more
Saving Private Ryan ( Blu-ray ) (1998)
8.6/10
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Edward Burns, Matt Damon, Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore
This highly acclaimed portrait about one unit's search for a soldier who has been ordered home stars Tom Hanks and Matt Damon. Famous for its intense... Read more
Saving Private Ryan: The World War II Collection (1998)
8.6/10
Director: James Moll, Steven Spielberg, Richard Schickel
Starring: Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Matt Damon, Edward Burns
"Saving Private Ryan" (1998) - This highly acclaimed portrait about one small unit's search for a soldier who has been ordered home, following the dea... Read more
Savior (1998)
7.3/10
Director: Peter Antonijevic
Starring: Stellan Skarsgard, Nastassja Kinski, Dennis Quaid
This compelling drama, based on a true story, focuses on a man who, embittered after the killing of his family by terrorists, joins the Foreign Legion... Read more
Schindler's List (1993)
8.9/10
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Jonathan Sagalle, Em...
Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson) is a Nazi Party member out to profit from the war. The local Jewish population provide a ready source of cheap labour fo... Read more
Schindler's List ( Blu-ray ) (1993)
8.9/10
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Caroline Goodall, Embeth Davidtz, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Jona...
Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson) is a Nazi Party member out to profit from the war. The local Jewish population provide a ready source of cheap labour fo... Read more
Sea of Sand (1958)
Director: Guy Green
Starring: John Gregson, Michael Craig, Richard Attenborough
The North African desert in World War II is the setting for this gripping thriller about a British patrol charged with locating and destroying a key G... Read more
Secret Army: Series 1 (1977)
8.7/10
Director: Viktors Ritelis
Starring: Bernard Hepton, Christopher Neame, Lisa Colbert
This highly-acclaimed, BBC television programme about World War II and the growing numbers of citizens who resisted the Germans, is a first rate progr... Read more
Secret Army: Series 2 (1978)
8.7/10
Starring: Bernard Hepton, Clifford Rose, Stephen Yardley, Angela Richards
This award-winning BBC TV drama series, about the growing numbers of citizens who resisted the Germans during World War II, include the owner of the p... Read more
Secret Army: Series 3 (1979)
8.7/10
Starring: Bernard Hepton, Clifford Rose, Stephen Yardley, Angela Richards
This third and final series of thirteen episodes follows the Belgian Lifeline evasion network during the last days of the war. Albert's past is about... Read more