Subgenre Sampler
Sales > Classics > War: 23 films to Buy
Damn the Defiant! (H.M.S. Defiant) (1962)
- Naval drama set aboard a British warship during the Napoleonic wars is a defiantly good–quality effort. Script, photography (by Christopher…
- Blu-Ray $34.95
Longest Day, The (1962)
- One the great WW2 films, with over 40 international stars. The large scale battle scenes have taken some outdoing.
- DVD
$20 $15
Paths of Glory (1957)
- Kubrick's muscular drama deals frankly with the hypocrisy and inhumanity of military ethics, based on a true incident in WWI France. Following a…
- DVD
$24.95 $18.70
A Town Like Alice (1956)
- Based on Neville Shute's 1950s bestseller, this WWII drama opens with the fall of Singapore and the internment of Virginia McKenna in a Japanese POW…
- DVD $24.95
Bridges at Toko-Ri, The (1954)
- Ace pilot William Holden is out to destroy the 'impossible' target in this excellent Korean War thriller.
- Blu-Ray $34.95
Caine Mutiny, The (1954)
- Solid action with unstable Ship's Captain Humphrey Bogart contending with mutinies and typhoons.
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
Dambusters, The (Dam Busters, The) (1954)
- British inventor Barnes Wallis's ingenious attempts to destroy German dams during WWII forms the basis of this splendid thriller. Michael Redgrave…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
Desert Rats, The (1953)
- No–nonsense British Army officer Richard Burton assumes command of an Australian platoon, but struggles to win their respect. Sequel to The…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
- Gregory Peck is at his peak as a General brought in to restore morale to a squadron engaged in daily bombing raids over Germany. One of the great…
- DVD
$15 $11.25
They Were Expendable (1945)
- Fine tribute to the US Torpedo–boat troops who were last to retreat from the Philippines after Pearl Harbour. John Wayne and Robert Montgomery…
- DVD
$24.95 $18.70