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British cinema: War
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Terry George
Early in the spring of 1994, the African country Rwanda descends into tribal anarchy as the Hutu controlled government attempts to put down an uprising by Tutsi rebels...
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Terry George
I Was Monty's Double (1958)
John Guillermin
England, 1944. The German High Command are apprised of the Allies' intention to launch a full-scale invasion of France but remain in the dark as to where the attack will commence...
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John Guillermin
Ice Cold in Alex (1958)
J. Lee Thompson
Tobruk, 1942. With German forces encroaching further into North Africa, a battle-weary English officer, Captain Anson, is ordered to escort two nurses, Diana Murdoch and Denise Norton, to the British lines in Alexandria...
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J. Lee Thompson
In Which We Serve (1942)
Noel Coward
Captain Kinros is the commander of HMS Torrin, a Royal Navy destroyer whose launch coincides with the outbreak of World War II...
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Noel Coward
Joyeux Noël (2005)
Christian Carion
24th December 1914. Five months into World War I, regiments of French and Scottish troops face off their German opponents in the muddy, snow-covered wastes of No Man's Land...
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Christian Carion
The Key (1958)
Carol Reed
In 1941, David Ross, an American sergeant serving in the Canadian army, is reassigned to command a Royal Navy tugboat, whose purpose is to drag stricken cargo vessels to shore... [More...]
Carol Reed
In 1941, David Ross, an American sergeant serving in the Canadian army, is reassigned to command a Royal Navy tugboat, whose purpose is to drag stricken cargo vessels to shore... [More...]
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
David Lean
In the early years of the First World War, Oxford-educated archaeologist T.E. Lawrence finds himself in Cairo, a deskbound lieutenant in the British Army... [More...]
David Lean
In the early years of the First World War, Oxford-educated archaeologist T.E. Lawrence finds himself in Cairo, a deskbound lieutenant in the British Army... [More...]
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
Michael Powell
London, 1943. Humiliated in a Home Guard training exercise by an impulsive young army officer, General Clive Wynne-Candy casts his mind back forty years to the time when he too was a dashing man of action... [More...]
Michael Powell
London, 1943. Humiliated in a Home Guard training exercise by an impulsive young army officer, General Clive Wynne-Candy casts his mind back forty years to the time when he too was a dashing man of action... [More...]
The Long and the Short and the Tall (1961)
Leslie Norman
Deep in the jungles of South-East Asia in 1942, Sergeant Mitchem leads a seven-man patrol on a mission to draw the Japanese troops away from the main Allied contingent by creating a sonic diversion... [More...]
Leslie Norman
Deep in the jungles of South-East Asia in 1942, Sergeant Mitchem leads a seven-man patrol on a mission to draw the Japanese troops away from the main Allied contingent by creating a sonic diversion... [More...]
Millions Like Us (1943)
Sidney Gilliat
England, during WWII. Celia Crowson is an ordinary young woman who lives at home with her sister and her old father, whilst her brother serves in the army... [More...]
Sidney Gilliat
England, during WWII. Celia Crowson is an ordinary young woman who lives at home with her sister and her old father, whilst her brother serves in the army... [More...]
Night Train to Munich (1940)
Carol Reed
Just before his country is annexed by Nazi Germany, the Czech inventor Axel Bomasch manages to escape to England, but his daughter Anna is arrested and sent to a concentration camp... [More...]
Carol Reed
Just before his country is annexed by Nazi Germany, the Czech inventor Axel Bomasch manages to escape to England, but his daughter Anna is arrested and sent to a concentration camp... [More...]
Odette (1950)
Herbert Wilcox
In the early years of WWII, Odette Sansom, an ordinary French woman living in England, is recruited by the Special Operations department of the War Office to work as an agent in Nazi-occupied France... [More...]
Herbert Wilcox
In the early years of WWII, Odette Sansom, an ordinary French woman living in England, is recruited by the Special Operations department of the War Office to work as an agent in Nazi-occupied France... [More...]
On the Fiddle (1961)
Cyril Frankel
Incorrigible spiv Horace Pope is not one to let a small thing like World War II get in the way of his money making exploits... [More...]
Cyril Frankel
Incorrigible spiv Horace Pope is not one to let a small thing like World War II get in the way of his money making exploits... [More...]
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)
Michael Powell
1941. In a raid over Nazi Germany, the crew of an RAF Wellington bomber are forced to bail out when their aeroplane is damaged by enemy fire... [More...]
Michael Powell
1941. In a raid over Nazi Germany, the crew of an RAF Wellington bomber are forced to bail out when their aeroplane is damaged by enemy fire... [More...]
The Pianist (2002)
Roman Polanski
Warsaw, September 1939. Wladyslaw Szpilman is making a comfortable living as a virtuoso pianist in Poland when the Nazis invade his country and begin their systematic persecution of its Jewish population... [More...]
Roman Polanski
Warsaw, September 1939. Wladyslaw Szpilman is making a comfortable living as a virtuoso pianist in Poland when the Nazis invade his country and begin their systematic persecution of its Jewish population... [More...]
Pimpernel' Smith (1941)
Leslie Howard
On the eve of WWII, Horatio Smith, an eccentric Cambridge history professor, leads a party of students to Nazi Germany to look for evidence for an ancient Aryan civilisation... [More...]
Leslie Howard
On the eve of WWII, Horatio Smith, an eccentric Cambridge history professor, leads a party of students to Nazi Germany to look for evidence for an ancient Aryan civilisation... [More...]
Private's Progress (1956)
John Boulting
In 1941, Stanley Windrush has his university studies interrupted when he is conscripted into the British army. Because of his aristocratic background, Windrush is considered officer material, but when he fails to get past an officer selection board, he ends up being posted to a holding unit, under the command of the hard-to-please Major Hitchcock... [More...]
John Boulting
In 1941, Stanley Windrush has his university studies interrupted when he is conscripted into the British army. Because of his aristocratic background, Windrush is considered officer material, but when he fails to get past an officer selection board, he ends up being posted to a holding unit, under the command of the hard-to-please Major Hitchcock... [More...]
Reach for the Sky (1956)
Lewis Gilbert
In 1931, a few years after enrolling as an officer cadet in the Royal Air Force, 21-year-old Douglas Bader has his dreams shattered when he crashes an aeroplane in a foolish show of bravado... [More...]
Lewis Gilbert
In 1931, a few years after enrolling as an officer cadet in the Royal Air Force, 21-year-old Douglas Bader has his dreams shattered when he crashes an aeroplane in a foolish show of bravado... [More...]
Richard III (1955)
Laurence Olivier
England, 1461. The rivalry between the royal houses of York and Lancaster that has resulted in bloody civil wars appears to be at an end when Edward IV is crowned king of England... [More...]
Laurence Olivier
England, 1461. The rivalry between the royal houses of York and Lancaster that has resulted in bloody civil wars appears to be at an end when Edward IV is crowned king of England... [More...]
Sailors Three (1940)
Walter Forde
During WWII, a British destroyer, H.M.S. Ferocious, patrols the South Atlantic, her mission: to locate and destroy the German pocket battleship Ludendorf... [More...]
Walter Forde
During WWII, a British destroyer, H.M.S. Ferocious, patrols the South Atlantic, her mission: to locate and destroy the German pocket battleship Ludendorf... [More...]
San Demetrio London (1943)
Charles Frend
In the autumn of 1940, the oil tanker San Demetrio London arrives in Galveston Texas to pick up a load of petroleum that is desperately needed by a besieged Britain... [More...]
Charles Frend
In the autumn of 1940, the oil tanker San Demetrio London arrives in Galveston Texas to pick up a load of petroleum that is desperately needed by a besieged Britain... [More...]
The Silver Fleet (1943)
Vernon Sewell
During WWII, with Holland under German occupation, naval engineer Jaap van Leyden cooperates with the Nazis by helping to build U-boats in his shipyard... [More...]
Vernon Sewell
During WWII, with Holland under German occupation, naval engineer Jaap van Leyden cooperates with the Nazis by helping to build U-boats in his shipyard... [More...]
The Small Back Room (1949)
Michael Powell
In the spring of 1943, Great Britain is losing the war against Nazi Germany. Sammy Rice, a leading bomb disposal expert, is called in to investigate a new kind of bomb that the Germans have begun dropping over England... [More...]
Michael Powell
In the spring of 1943, Great Britain is losing the war against Nazi Germany. Sammy Rice, a leading bomb disposal expert, is called in to investigate a new kind of bomb that the Germans have begun dropping over England... [More...]
The Spy in Black (1939)
Michael Powell
In 1917, German U-boat commander Captain Hardt is sent to the northeastern coast of Scotland to make preparations for an attack on the British naval fleet... [More...]
Michael Powell
In 1917, German U-boat commander Captain Hardt is sent to the northeastern coast of Scotland to make preparations for an attack on the British naval fleet... [More...]
The Square Peg (1959)
John Paddy Carstairs
During WWII, Norman Pitkin believes that he, a humble council employee, is making an invaluable contribution to the war effort, by digging up roads... [More...]
John Paddy Carstairs
During WWII, Norman Pitkin believes that he, a humble council employee, is making an invaluable contribution to the war effort, by digging up roads... [More...]
Tea with Mussolini (1999)
Franco Zeffirelli
Florence, Italy, 1935. A group of harmless old English ladies, known by the locals as the Scorpioni, live in happy exile, meeting up to take tea together every afternoon... [More...]
Franco Zeffirelli
Florence, Italy, 1935. A group of harmless old English ladies, known by the locals as the Scorpioni, live in happy exile, meeting up to take tea together every afternoon... [More...]
Waterloo Road (1945)
Sidney Gilliat
In 1940, towards the start of the Second World War, Jim Colter is away doing his bit in the fight against Hitler whilst his wife Tillie stays at home in London with his mother and sisters, Ruby and Vera... [More...]
Sidney Gilliat
In 1940, towards the start of the Second World War, Jim Colter is away doing his bit in the fight against Hitler whilst his wife Tillie stays at home in London with his mother and sisters, Ruby and Vera... [More...]
The Way Ahead (1944)
Carol Reed
England, 1941. A disparate group of conscripts, new recruits into the Duke of Glendon's Light Infantry, grudgingly begin their training at Hacklefield army camp... [More...]
Carol Reed
England, 1941. A disparate group of conscripts, new recruits into the Duke of Glendon's Light Infantry, grudgingly begin their training at Hacklefield army camp... [More...]
We Dive at Dawn (1943)
Anthony Asquith
When the Royal Navy submarine Sea Tiger returns to base after a long period at sea, her crew, led by Lieutenant Taylor, is looking forward to some well-earned leave... [More...]
Anthony Asquith
When the Royal Navy submarine Sea Tiger returns to base after a long period at sea, her crew, led by Lieutenant Taylor, is looking forward to some well-earned leave... [More...]
Went the Day Well? (1942)
Alberto Cavalcanti
One day in May 1942 a British Army convoy rolls into the sleepy English village of Bramley End. The commander, Major Hammond, explains to the startled villagers that his platoon is making a review of local defences in readiness for a possible Nazi invasion... [More...]
Alberto Cavalcanti
One day in May 1942 a British Army convoy rolls into the sleepy English village of Bramley End. The commander, Major Hammond, explains to the startled villagers that his platoon is making a review of local defences in readiness for a possible Nazi invasion... [More...]