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The Scarlet and the Black
7.5

The Scarlet and the Black

Fr. Hugh O’Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance ...
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
7.2

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. ...
The Mother of the Kings
7.2

The Mother of the Kings

Made in 1982, shelved for five years. Story opens with Lucja Krol’s husband under the tram. She gives birth to her fourth son on the floor ...
Last Plane Out
4.4

Last Plane Out

Sep. 23, 1983

Last Plane Out

An American journalist covering the civil war in Nicaragua falls in love with a beautiful Sandinista rebel.
The Imperial Navy
6.8

The Imperial Navy

Aug. 08, 1981

The Imperial Navy

A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan’s greatest ...
Entre Nous
7

Entre Nous

Apr. 06, 1983

Entre Nous

In 1942 in occupied France, a Jewish refugee marries a soldier to escape deportation to Germany. Meanwhile a wealthy art student loses her first ...
Sophie’s Choice
7.5

Sophie’s Choice

Dec. 08, 1982

Sophie’s Choice

Stingo, a young writer, moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he becomes friendly with Sophie and her lover Nathan, he ...
Privates on Parade
4.8

Privates on Parade

Mar. 18, 1983

Privates on Parade

It is 1947, the year of the communist rebellion in Malaya and the British army’s SADUSEA (Song And Dance Unit South East Asia) are called ...
Monsignor
5.1

Monsignor

Oct. 22, 1982

Monsignor

The vows of an ambitious young American priest are tested during World War II. Not only does Father John Flaherty get involved with the black ...
The Highest Honour
6.4

The Highest Honour

May. 15, 1982

The Highest Honour

After a highly successful raid on Singapore Harbour, soldiers of Z Special Unit lead a new expedition in Singapore, with disastrous results.
First Blood
7.7

First Blood

Oct. 22, 1982

First Blood

When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and ...
Attack Force Z
5.4

Attack Force Z

Jun. 01, 1982

Attack Force Z

Sent to rescue survivors from the site of a plane crash in the South Pacific during WWII, Captain Kelly and his elite squad of Australian ...
Escape to Victory
6.7

Escape to Victory

Jun. 17, 1981

Escape to Victory

A group of POWs in a German prison camp during World War II play the German National Soccer Team in this powerful film depicting the role of ...
Search and Destroy
5.6

Search and Destroy

Jul. 05, 1979

Search and Destroy

The hunter becomes the prey as a Vietnam veteran (Perry King) tries to ferret out the real culprit after being tagged as the prime suspect in the ...
Genocide
7.3

Genocide

Mar. 14, 1982

Genocide

The mass murder of Jewish people by the Nazi regime is chronicled, with a warning that anti-Semitism is on the rise and the events of the ...
Gallipoli
7.4

Gallipoli

Aug. 13, 1981

Gallipoli

As World War I rages, brave and youthful Australians Archy and Frank—both agile runners—become friends and enlist in the Australian and New ...
The Bunker
6.9

The Bunker

Apr. 15, 1981

The Bunker

Dramatization depicting the events surrounding Adolf Hitler’s last weeks in and around his underground bunker in Berlin before and during ...
Das Boot
8.4

Das Boot

Sep. 17, 1981

Das Boot

A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, ...
The Boat Is Full
7.1

The Boat Is Full

Jan. 15, 1981

The Boat Is Full

During World War II, Switzerland severely limited refugees: “Our boat is full.” A train from Germany halts briefly in an isolated ...
The Sea Wolves
6.3

The Sea Wolves

Jul. 03, 1980

The Sea Wolves

A German spy is passing on information about the location of Allied ships in the neutral harbor of Goa, India, with catastrophic results. Unable ...
Lion of the Desert
8.2

Lion of the Desert

Apr. 17, 1981

Lion of the Desert

This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conquest of Libya during the second Italo-Senussi ...
Lesson of a Dead Language
6.4

Lesson of a Dead Language

An officer stationed in a remote Ukranian outpost at the end of the First World War is dying of consumption. Suffering from feverish dreams and ...
Kagemusha
7.9

Kagemusha

Apr. 26, 1980

Kagemusha

Akira Kurosawa’s lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order ...
The Final Countdown
6.7

The Final Countdown

Jan. 31, 1980

The Final Countdown

During routine manoeuvres near Hawaii in 1980, the aircraft-carrier USS Nimitz is caught in a strange vortex-like storm, throwing the ship back ...
The Last Metro
7.3

The Last Metro

Sep. 17, 1980

The Last Metro

In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.
The Big Red One
7.1

The Big Red One

Jan. 22, 1980

The Big Red One

A veteran sergeant of World War I leads a squad in World War II, always in the company of the survivor Pvt. Griff, the writer Pvt. Zab, the ...
The Boy Soldier
7.4

The Boy Soldier

Mar. 04, 1981

The Boy Soldier

In the 1930s a young fellow, Simon Chalumet, is sent to a military school by his overbearing father, an ex-soldier who has little sympathy for ...
Port Arthur
6.6

Port Arthur

Aug. 02, 1980

Port Arthur

Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War ...
Breaker Morant
7.8

Breaker Morant

Jun. 11, 1980

Breaker Morant

During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners. Though they acted under orders, they are being used ...
Zulu Dawn
6.6

Zulu Dawn

May. 14, 1979

Zulu Dawn

In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.
Yanks
6.4

Yanks

Sep. 01, 1979

Yanks

During WWII, the United States set up army bases in Great Britain as part of the war effort. Against their proper sensibilities, many of the ...
The War at Home
7.6

The War at Home

Dec. 01, 1979

The War at Home

Documentary film about the anti-war movement in the Madison, Wisconsin area during the time of the Vietnam War. It combines archival footage and ...
The Medic
5.3

The Medic

Oct. 26, 1979

The Medic

The film is set in a modern war, probably between a European country and a country in the Far East. Behind the battle lines, in a medical unit, a ...
The Passage
6

The Passage

Mar. 09, 1979

The Passage

During WW 2, a Basque shepherd is approached by the underground, who wants him to lead a scientist and his family across the Pyrenees. While ...
The Odd Angry Shot
6.6

The Odd Angry Shot

Mar. 01, 1979

The Odd Angry Shot

A group of Australian SAS regiment soldiers are deployed to Vietnam around 1967/8 and encounter the realities of war, from the numbing boredom of ...
More American Graffiti
5.4

More American Graffiti

College graduates deal with Vietnam and other issues of the late ’60s.
Operation Leopard
5.6

Operation Leopard

Jan. 09, 1980

Operation Leopard

In May 1978, the mining town of Kolwezi in Katanga, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo, the former Belgian Congo) is under attack from a ...
The Uprising
6.5

The Uprising

Oct. 23, 1980

The Uprising

This movie is about the liberation by the Sandinistas of the Anastasio Somoza regime in NIcaragua. The movie covers some of te key points in the ...
Henry V
7.4

Henry V

Dec. 23, 1979

Henry V

The life of King Henry the Fifth.
Hanover Street
6

Hanover Street

May. 18, 1979

Hanover Street

Margaret is a nurse in England during WW2, and married to a secret agent. Things get complicated when she falls for David, an American pilot.
Friendly Fire
7.2

Friendly Fire

Nov. 09, 1980

Friendly Fire

In March 1970, a U.S. Army officer arrived at the Iowa farm of Peg and Gene Mullen and informed them that their son Michael had been killed in ...
Escape to Athena
5.7

Escape to Athena

May. 21, 1979

Escape to Athena

During the World War II, the prisoners of a German camp in a Greek island are trying to escape. They not only want their freedom, but also seek ...
From Hell to Victory
5.3

From Hell to Victory

Mar. 15, 1979

From Hell to Victory

In 1939, at a Paris café, six friends of various nationalities vow to meet again at the same spot after the end of WW2.
Cuba
5.6

Cuba

Dec. 21, 1979

Cuba

A British mercenary arrives in pre-Revolution Cuba to help train the corrupt General Batista’s army against Castro’s guerrillas while ...
The Tin Drum
7.4

The Tin Drum

May. 02, 1979

The Tin Drum

Oskar Matzerath is a very unusual boy. Refusing to leave the womb until promised a tin drum by his mother, Agnes, Oskar is reluctant to enter a ...
Apocalypse Now
8.4

Apocalypse Now

May. 19, 1979

Apocalypse Now

At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, “does not exist, nor will it ...
All Quiet on the Western Front
7.1

All Quiet on the Western Front

At the start of World War I, Paul Baumer is a young German patriot, eager to fight. Indoctrinated with propaganda at school, he and his friends ...
1941
5.8

1941

Dec. 14, 1979

1941

In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads a mob chasing a Japanese sub.
Go Tell the Spartans
6.6

Go Tell the Spartans

Jul. 12, 1978

Go Tell the Spartans

Go Tell the Spartans is a 1978 American war film based on Daniel Ford’s 1967 novel “Incident at Muc Wa.” It tells the story ...