The Human Shield (1991)
An ex Marine who was hired to train Iraqi soldiers to fight Iran returns to Iraq as a CIA agent to free his brother, who has been imprisoned there by a renegade general
Night Will Fall (2014)
Researchers discover film footage from World War II that turns out to be a lost documentary shot by Alfred Hitchcock and Sidney Bernstein in 1945 about German concentration camps
Instrument of War (2017)
U S bomber pilot Clair Cline is captured by Germans during WWII As a POW, he and fellow prisoners bond to survive captivity and maintain hope, transcending oppression Based on true events
Forbidden Games (1952)
A young French girl orphaned in a German air attack is befriended by the son of a poor farmer, and together they try to come to terms with the realities of death
Max and Helen (1990)
Based on the fact based novel by Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal based on his 1962 prosecution of the head of a German factory whom he learns was a murderous labor camp commandant To be able to take him to justice, he must find witn
No Time for Sergeants (1958)
Will Stockdale is a country bumpkin drafted into the Air Force and too dumb to realize hes driving everyone around him crazy, no one more than Sergeant King
In Enemy Hands (2004)
When American submarine Swordfish is torpedoed the survivors are picked up by a passing German U boat but an outbreak of meningitis threatens all aboard
Back Door to Hell (1964)
During World War II, a three man commando team places its trust in the hands of a band of Filipino resistants, as they try to knock out a Japanese communication center
Army of Shadows (1969)
An account of underground resistance fighters in Nazi occupied France
Unfallen (2016)
Seven year old old twin brothers, separated during the Civil War in Tajikistan, face each other years later in a new war where one is an American soldier and the other is Taliban
Redacted (2007)
The devastating reconstruction of the rape and murder of a 15 year old Iraqi girl by American soldiers in Samarra in 2006
The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1932)
A Chinese warlord and an engaged Christian missionary fall in love
Until They Sail (1957)
During WWII, unmarried New Zealand women meet and marry American soldiers who are fighting in the Pacific theater
The Gatekeepers (2012)
A documentary featuring interviews with all surviving former heads of Shin Bet, the Israeli security agency whose activities and membership are closely held state secrets
Under Fire (1983)
Three journalists in a romantic triangle are involved in political intrigue during the last days of the corrupt Somoza regime in Nicaragua before it falls to a popular revolution in 1979
The History of Love (2016)
The story of a long lost book that mysteriously reappears and connects an old man searching for his son with a girl seeking a cure for her mothers loneliness
The Puppetmaster (1993)
Puppeteer Li Tian lu tells his life story, and through it, the story of Taiwan in the first half of the 20th century
The Inglorious Bastards (1978)
In 1944 France, a group of escaped American military prisoners en route to Switzerland volunteers to steal a German V2 rocket warhead for the Allies
King & Country (1964)
During World War I, Army Private Arthur James Hamp is accused of desertion during battle The officer assigned to defend him at his court martial, Captain Hargreaves, finds out there is more to the case than meets the eye
Something of Value (1957)
In British Colonial Kenya during the Mau Mau uprising, Peter and Kimani, who grew up together, find themselves on the opposite sides
Men in War (1957)
During the Korean War, a battle worn lieutenant and his platoon are behind enemy lines, and have orders to march to Hill 465 for possible relief
A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)
On the Russian front in 1944, German private Ernst Graeber receives a leave and visits his family in Germany but Germany isnt the same country he left behind
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
In 1854, during the Crimean War, poor planning leads to the British Light Brigade openly charging a Russian artillery position with tragic consequences
The Boys in Company C (1978)
In 1967, five young men undergo boot camp training before being shipped out to Vietnam Once they get there, the experience proves worse than they could have imagined
Run Silent Run Deep (1958)
A U S sub commander, obsessed with sinking a certain Japanese ship, butts heads with his first officer and crew
Hearts and Minds (1974)
A startling and courageous landmark documentary that unflinchingly confronted the United States involvement in Vietnam at the height of the controversy that surrounded it
Hondo (1953)
Army dispatch rider Hondo Lane discovers a woman and young son living in the midst of warring Apaches and becomes their protector
The Odd Angry Shot (1979)
In between drinking cans of Fosters beer, Australian soldiers tread on a few landmines, and generally experience the war in Vietnam
Pans Labyrinth (2006)
In the Falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world
Richard III (1995)
The classic Shakespearean play about the murderously scheming 15th century king is reimagined in an alternative setting of 1930s England as clouds of fascism gather
Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)
American and British journalists Flynn and Michael Henderson, along with their respective news teams, meet at the beginning of the Bosnian war in Sarajevo During their reports, the group find an orphanage run by the devoted Mrs
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
During World War I, a patriotic young American is rendered blind, deaf, limbless, and mute by a horrific artillery shell attack Trapped in whats left of his body, he desperately looks for a way to end his life
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! (1966)
Without hostile intent, a Soviet submarine runs aground off New England Men are sent for a boat, but many villagers go into a tizzy, risking bloodshed
Raid on Rommel (1971)
In 1942 Libya, a German speaking British Intelligence officer uses former British POWs, some dressed in German uniforms, to fulfill a secret sabotage mission inside German captured Tobruk
Overlord (1975)
During World War 2, a young lads called up and, with increasing sense of foreboding, undertakes his army training for D day
Ride with the Devil (1999)
During the American Civil War, two friends join the Bushwhackers, a militant group loyal to the Confederacy
The Battle of Algiers (1966)
In the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of Algiers fight for independence from the French government
Defying the Nazis: The Sharps War (2016)
In February 1939, Waitstill Sharp, a Unitarian minister, and Martha Sharp, a trained social worker, boldly commit to a life threatening mission in Europe to assist refugees
Imminent Threat (2015)
James Cromwell presents a feature documentary on the War on terrors impact on civil liberties and the strange coalition it may create between the progressive left and libertarian right on these issues
The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
As the Allied armies close in, the Germans decide to blow up the last Rhine bridge, trapping their own men on the wrong side But will it happen
The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
A young Australian reporter tries to navigate the political turmoil of Indonesia during the rule of President Sukarno with the help of a diminutive photographer
The Beguiled (1971)
While recuperating in a Confederate girls boarding school, a Union soldier cons his way into each of the lonely womens hearts, causing them to turn on each other, and eventually, on him
Operation Dunkirk (2017)
A band of soldiers must battle their way through Nazi territory to rescue a scientist that could help turn the tide of WWII
Go Tell the Spartans (1978)
During the early 1960s, U S military advisers in South Vietnam discover the same challenges that plagued the French army in Indochina ten years prior
Death in Love (2008)
The devastating legacy of a liaison between a concentration camp inmate and a Nazi doctor reflects on the lives of her sons
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)
A tenacious British woman becomes a missionary and runs an inn for travelling merchants in China during the Japanese invasion and the tumultuous years leading up to the Second World War