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American cinema: War
7th Heaven (1927)
Frank Borzage
Paris, 1914. Chico, an atheistic loner, has grown tired of toiling in the sewers and hopes that one day he will become a street washer like his neighbour Gobin...
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Frank Borzage
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Richard Attenborough
September, 1944. D-Day has come and gone but the allied advance has slowed to a crawl owing to over-extended supply lines...
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Richard Attenborough
A Farewell to Arms (1932)
Frank Borzage
During World War I, a young American, Frederick Henry, enlists as an ambulance driver in the Italian army. He meets and falls in love with a young English nurse, Catherine Barkley...
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Frank Borzage
Abraham Lincoln (1930)
D.W. Griffith
In 1809, a child was born in a humble log cabin who would grow up to become one of the greatest political leaders in history...
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D.W. Griffith
The African Queen (1951)
John Huston
In 1914, Rose Sayer assists her brother, the Reverend Samuel Sayer, in leading a missionary village in German East Africa...
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John Huston
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Lewis Milestone
At the outbreak of World War I in 1914, a German schoolmaster is urging his class of idealistic youths to enlist and do their bit to save the Fatherland... [More...]
Lewis Milestone
At the outbreak of World War I in 1914, a German schoolmaster is urging his class of idealistic youths to enlist and do their bit to save the Fatherland... [More...]
And the Violins Stopped Playing (1988)
Alexander Ramati
Poland, 1942. Dymitr Mirga is a Romani gypsy whose skills as a violin player are very much appreciated by German officers... [More...]
Alexander Ramati
Poland, 1942. Dymitr Mirga is a Romani gypsy whose skills as a violin player are very much appreciated by German officers... [More...]
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Francis Ford Coppola
Vietnam, 1969. Captain Willard, an American special operations agent, is in Saigon recuperating after a successful mission when intelligence officers approach him with a new assignment... [More...]
Francis Ford Coppola
Vietnam, 1969. Captain Willard, an American special operations agent, is in Saigon recuperating after a successful mission when intelligence officers approach him with a new assignment... [More...]
Arch of Triumph (1948)
Lewis Milestone
Paris, 1938. As Europe rushes towards war, the French capital is flooded with illegal immigrants hoping to escape persecution and imprisonment in their own countries... [More...]
Lewis Milestone
Paris, 1938. As Europe rushes towards war, the French capital is flooded with illegal immigrants hoping to escape persecution and imprisonment in their own countries... [More...]
Atonement (2007)
Joe Wright
England, in the summer of 1935. Briony Tallis is a 13-year-old girl with an overactive imagination who lives in a large country house with her older sister Cecilia... [More...]
Joe Wright
England, in the summer of 1935. Briony Tallis is a 13-year-old girl with an overactive imagination who lives in a large country house with her older sister Cecilia... [More...]
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
D.W. Griffith
In the early 1860s, the Stonemans, an affluent family from the Northern States, visit their friends, the Camerons, in the South... [More...]
D.W. Griffith
In the early 1860s, the Stonemans, an affluent family from the Northern States, visit their friends, the Camerons, in the South... [More...]
The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)
Frank Capra
When Megan Davis arrives in Shanghai to marry her fiancé, a missionary worker named Robert Strike, the country is in the midst of a bloody civil war... [More...]
Frank Capra
When Megan Davis arrives in Shanghai to marry her fiancé, a missionary worker named Robert Strike, the country is in the midst of a bloody civil war... [More...]
Bitter Victory (1957)
Nicholas Ray
During WWII, two British army officers stationed in Cairo are selected to lead a commando raid on German headquarters in Benghazi and steal some vital documents... [More...]
Nicholas Ray
During WWII, two British army officers stationed in Cairo are selected to lead a commando raid on German headquarters in Benghazi and steal some vital documents... [More...]
The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
John Guillermin
March 1945. The war in Europe has entered its final phase, with German troops retreating eastwards, driven back by a relentless Allied assault... [More...]
John Guillermin
March 1945. The war in Europe has entered its final phase, with German troops retreating eastwards, driven back by a relentless Allied assault... [More...]
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
David Lean
During WWII, a contingent of British prisoners march into a Japanese camp run by the ruthless Colonel Saito, who intends using them to construct a railway bridge across the River Kwai... [More...]
David Lean
During WWII, a contingent of British prisoners march into a Japanese camp run by the ruthless Colonel Saito, who intends using them to construct a railway bridge across the River Kwai... [More...]
The Caine Mutiny (1954)
Edward Dmytryk
In 1943, naval college graduate Willie Keith is eager to begin his service in the U.S. Navy, even if it means leaving behind his anxious mother and his girlfriend... [More...]
Edward Dmytryk
In 1943, naval college graduate Willie Keith is eager to begin his service in the U.S. Navy, even if it means leaving behind his anxious mother and his girlfriend... [More...]
Casablanca (1942)
Michael Curtiz
In December 1941, the Moroccan town of Casablanca is under French control and serves as a vital transit point for fugitives of Nazi aggression desperate to get to America... [More...]
Michael Curtiz
In December 1941, the Moroccan town of Casablanca is under French control and serves as a vital transit point for fugitives of Nazi aggression desperate to get to America... [More...]
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
Michael Curtiz
In the early 1850s, Geoffrey Vickers and his brother Perry are British officers in the 27th Lancers, a regiment stationed in the Indian city of Chukoti... [More...]
Michael Curtiz
In the early 1850s, Geoffrey Vickers and his brother Perry are British officers in the 27th Lancers, a regiment stationed in the Indian city of Chukoti... [More...]
El Cid (1961)
Anthony Mann
In the 11th century, Spain is a divided country. The wars between the Christians and the Moors have raged for many years but now Spain faces a greater threat, from the Muslim general Ibn Yusuf, who has amassed an army in readiness to invade the country... [More...]
Anthony Mann
In the 11th century, Spain is a divided country. The wars between the Christians and the Moors have raged for many years but now Spain faces a greater threat, from the Muslim general Ibn Yusuf, who has amassed an army in readiness to invade the country... [More...]
Cloak and Dagger (1946)
Fritz Lang
One day, in the latter years of WWII, Alvah Jesper, a physics professor at an American university, receives an unexpected visit from a secret services official... [More...]
Fritz Lang
One day, in the latter years of WWII, Alvah Jesper, a physics professor at an American university, receives an unexpected visit from a secret services official... [More...]
Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
Anatole Litvak
1938, a decisive year in the history of man. Under the leadership of Adolf Hitler, the Nazis have committed themselves to a fascist dream that will make Germany the centre of a new world empire... [More...]
Anatole Litvak
1938, a decisive year in the history of man. Under the leadership of Adolf Hitler, the Nazis have committed themselves to a fascist dream that will make Germany the centre of a new world empire... [More...]
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Michael Cimino
A small working class town in Western Pennsylvania in the late 1960s. Michael, Nick and Steven are three close friends, in their late twenties, early thirties, who work at a steel mill... [More...]
Michael Cimino
A small working class town in Western Pennsylvania in the late 1960s. Michael, Nick and Steven are three close friends, in their late twenties, early thirties, who work at a steel mill... [More...]
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
George Stevens
In July 1945, Otto Frank, a man in his mid-fifties, arrives at a disused spice factory in Amsterdam and climbs a staircase to a concealed annex on the top floor of the building... [More...]
George Stevens
In July 1945, Otto Frank, a man in his mid-fifties, arrives at a disused spice factory in Amsterdam and climbs a staircase to a concealed annex on the top floor of the building... [More...]
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Robert Aldrich
England, 1944. On the eve of the Allied invasion of Normandy in WWII, Major John Reisman is offered a most unusual assignment... [More...]
Robert Aldrich
England, 1944. On the eve of the Allied invasion of Normandy in WWII, Major John Reisman is offered a most unusual assignment... [More...]
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Stanley Kubrick
Convinced that the Communists are infiltrating his country, General Jack D. Ripper, the commander of a US military airbase, gives the order for a bomber wing to launch a first strike nuclear attack on the USSR... [More...]
Stanley Kubrick
Convinced that the Communists are infiltrating his country, General Jack D. Ripper, the commander of a US military airbase, gives the order for a bomber wing to launch a first strike nuclear attack on the USSR... [More...]
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Alfred Hitchcock
At the request of his editor, New York crime reporter Johnny Jones travels to London to cover the deteriorating political situation in Europe... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
At the request of his editor, New York crime reporter Johnny Jones travels to London to cover the deteriorating political situation in Europe... [More...]
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Fred Zinnemann
December, 1941. Whilst a fierce war is being waged in Europe, North Africa and the Far East, the United States waits on the sidelines... [More...]
Fred Zinnemann
December, 1941. Whilst a fierce war is being waged in Europe, North Africa and the Far East, the United States waits on the sidelines... [More...]
The General (1927)
Clyde Bruckman
America, 1861. Train driver Johnnie Gray has two loves in his life - his locomotive, named The General, and his sweetheart, Annabelle Lee... [More...]
Clyde Bruckman
America, 1861. Train driver Johnnie Gray has two loves in his life - his locomotive, named The General, and his sweetheart, Annabelle Lee... [More...]
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Victor Fleming
In 1861, Scarlett O'Hara is celebrating her sixteenth birthday at her family home, a plantation in the southern US state of Georgia... [More...]
Victor Fleming
In 1861, Scarlett O'Hara is celebrating her sixteenth birthday at her family home, a plantation in the southern US state of Georgia... [More...]
Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
Barry Levinson
Saigon, 1965. During the Vietnam War, American Airman Adrian Cronauer is seconded to work as a disc jockey for the Armed Forces Radio service... [More...]
Barry Levinson
Saigon, 1965. During the Vietnam War, American Airman Adrian Cronauer is seconded to work as a disc jockey for the Armed Forces Radio service... [More...]