Subgenre Sampler
Sales > Foreign Cinema > War: 21 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
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
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)
- An interesting and worthy companion piece to the excellent DOWNFALL, this necessarily grim drama looks at the trial of 21–year–old…
- DVD
$15 $11.25
Speer And Hitler: The Devil's Architect (2005)
- Painstaking docu–drama attempts to reevaluate the war crimes of one Albert Speer, Third Reich celebrity and Hilter’s personal architect…
- DVD
$20 $15
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
Lucie Aubrac (1997)
- French Resistance true–story from the period–eye of dir. Claude Berri (JEAN DE FLORETTE), offering a romantic sub–plot between…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
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