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Rental > Drama > War: 388 Films to Rent on DVD
Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
- Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Derek Luke, John Turturro, Joseph Gordon-Levitt…
- A messily formed, though nonetheless vital piece of corrective history, with Spike Lee directing this recreation of the feats of the…
Passchendaele (2008)
- Dir. Paul Gross
Feat. Paul Gross, Caroline Dhavernas
- Paul Gross (DUE SOUTH) directs and stars in this impressive wartime drama based on the exploits of the 1st Canadian Division during WWI.
Red Baron, The (Der rote Baron) (2008)
- Dir. Nikolai Müllerschön
Feat. Maxim Mehmet, Til Schweiger, Joseph Fiennes…
- Biographical melodrama focused around Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the celebrated showboating WW1 pilot. Thrilling airborne set–pieces make up…
Stop-Loss (2008)
- Dir. Kimberly Peirce
Feat. Ryan Phillippe, Abbie Cornish, Channing Tatum…
- Sincerely handled melodrama from the director of BOYS DON'T CRY, dealing with a disillusioned Texan soldier (Phillippe) who goes AWOL after returning…
Three Blind Mice (2008)
- Dir. Matthew Newton
Feat. Ewen Leslie, Toby Schmitz, Matthew Newton
- Playful Australian drama focused around three young Navy officers who hit the town in Sydney for one last night before they're shipped off to fight…
Un Secret (2008)
- Dir. Claude Miller
Feat. Cecile De France, Ludivine Sagnier, Julie Depardieu…
- Graceful, poignant French wartime drama centred on the son of a Jewish family who uncovers a piece of unsettling family history at the time of the…
Waltz With Bashir (Vals Im Bashir) (2008)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Ari Folman
- This striking hybrid animation is an audacious attempt to recall, through anecdote, dream, and documentary, the 1982 Israeli–Lebanon war.…
Winter in Wartime (2008)
- Dir. Martin Koolhoven
Feat. Martijn Lakemeier, Yorick van Wageningen, Jamie Campbell Bower…
- Sensitively handled account of a thirteen year old boy who joins the Dutch resistance at the tail end of World War II.
Army Wives (TV Series) (2007)
- Feat. Brian McNamara
- Ensemble drama series focused on a group of women, and one guy, who reside with their families on an Army Base and attempt to lead fulfilling lives…
Atonement (2007)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Joe Wright
Feat. James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, Romola Garai…
- Keira Knightley and James McAvoy play out a twisted, unrequited wartime love in this Bafta–adorned tragic–romance from the dir. of PRIDE…