Subgenre Sampler
Sales > Foreign Cinema > War: 20 films to Buy
- De Gaulle (2020)
- Spectacularly mounted biographical drama depicting a crucial period in the life of French army officer Charles de Gaulle, a famous figure in modern…
- DVD $29.95
- 1917 (2019)
- Immersive epic war film from director Sam Mendes (JARHEAD) which evokes the impression of a continuous take to follow two British soldiers on a…
- DVD $19.95
- Foxtrot (2017)
- The impressive sophomore effort of director Samuel Maoz (LEBANON) is a perceptive and bold exploration of war and grief. An affluent couple living in…
- DVD $29.95
- King's Choice, The (2016)
- Vibrant war–time drama set during the three days in 1940 when German forces occupied Oslo and King Haakon VII and his family went into hiding.…
- DVD $29.95
- Heavy Water War, The (The Saboteurs) (2015)
- Thrilling Norwegian mini–series tells the story behind Hitler's plan for obtaining the atomic bomb during WW2, and the heavy water sabotages in…
- DVD $34.95
- Land of Mine (Under sandet) (2015)
- Multi award–winning historical drama following a unit of captured German soldiers who are put to work disabling Hitler's munitions by an…
- DVD $29.95
- Son of Saul (2015)
- Masterful, but deeply disturbing glimpse into the horror of Auschwitz seen through the perspective of a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his…
- DVD
$24.95 $18.70
- Diplomacy (2014)
- A thematically rich and expertly staged historical drama that depicts the relationship between Dietrich von Choltitz, the German military governor of…
- DVD $29.95
- Third Half, The (2012)
- A Macedonian football club hires a German coach to galvanize the team as Nazis prepare to enter the country in this wartime occupation drama.
- DVD $29.95
- Front Line, The (2011)
- Big battles clash with big themes in this sizable war epic set during the last days of the Korean war, where soldiers from both the North and South…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
- Round Up, The (La Rafle) (2010)
- A sensitive recreation of the tragic events and personal stories surrounding the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup of 1942, where some 13,000 French Jews were…
- DVD
$34.95 $24.95
- Un Village Francais (TV Series) (2009-2017)
- Confronting the difficult subject of French collaboration with the Germans during WW2, this series details the lives of the people of a fictional…
- DVD $29.95, $39.95, $49.95, $49.95
- Winter in Wartime (2008)
- Sensitively handled account of a thirteen year old boy who joins the Dutch resistance at the tail end of World War II.
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
- Kite Runner, The (2007)
- The ravages of Afghanistan and its effect on an American 'refugee' forms the basis of Khaled Hosseini's best–selling book, here given due…
- DVD
$20 $15
- Days of Glory (Indigènes) (2006)
- Epic Algerian WW2 drama focused on a determined group of Algerian soldiers fighting to defend France with little acknowledgement of their sacrifices…
- DVD
$19.95 $10
- Turtles Can Fly (Lakposhtha hâm parvaz mikonand) (2004)
- The first widely–released film to emerge from post–Hussein Iraq, this wrenching tale concerns a raucous gang of children who scratch out…
- DVD $19.95
- Mediterraneo (1991)
- Oscar–winning tale of eight Italian soldiers who find themselves stranded on a remote Greek isle during WW2. An affecting and surprising…
- DVD
$24.95 $18.70
- Olivier Olivier (1991)
- After disappearing from his country home six years earlier, a boy's mysterious return brings with it a mix of salvation and suspicion to his…
- Poster (G) $9.95
- Life and Nothing But (1990)
- Philippe Noiret plays a Missing–in–Action chief officer whose obsession to account for the anonymous casualties of WW1 draws him to a…
- Poster (F) $7.95
- Das Boot (The Boat) (1981)
- Nail biting, meticulous and realistic account of a German U–boat's prowlings through the North Atlantic. The most expensive German film to…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95