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Rental > Drama > War: 388 Films to Rent on DVD
Charlotte Gray (2002)
- Dir. Gillian Armstrong
Feat. Cate Blanchett, Billy Crudup, Michael Gambon
- WWII France is the backdrop for a love–triangle in this well–made, though sappy war–romance, Cate Blanchett providing a compelling…
Cuckoo, The (Kukushka) (2002)
- Dir. Aleksandr Rogozhkin
Feat. Anni-Kristiina Juuso, Ville Haapasalo, Viktor Bychkov
- An earthy drama of non–communication set amid the frozen WW2 battleground of Lapland, where a pacifist Finnish soldier, a survivalist Russian…
Foyle's War (TV Series) (2002-2015)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Feat. Michael Kitchen, Honeysuckle Weeks, Anthony Howell
- A distinguished drama series of mysteries set at the dawn of World War II, from the makers of Midsomer Murders. Michael Kitchen stars as charismatic…
Gathering Storm, The (2002)
- Dir. Richard Loncraine
Feat. Albert Finney, Vanessa Redgrave, Jim Broadbent…
- Critically acclaimed telemovie depicts the life of Winston Churchill during his 'wilderness years', the turbulent 1930s, centred by a mighty…
House of Fools (Dom Durakov) (2002)
- Dir. Andrei Konchalovsky
- Based around the true story of a Chechen mental hospital which was abandoned by staff during the recent civil war, with patients left to fend for…
Live From Baghdad (2002)
- Dir. Mick Jackson
Feat. Michael Keaton, Helena Bonham Carter, Joshua Leonard…
- Media drama set in war–time Iraq tracking a gutsy group of CNN journalists who are among the few to choose to remain in Baghdad to capture the…
Pianist, The (2002)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Adrien Brody, Frank Finlay
- Boldly visualised, fact–based drama concerning the Jewish pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman, who evaded Poland’s Nazi authorities during WW2, living…
Quiet American, The (2002)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Phillip Noyce
Feat. Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, Rade Serbedzija
- True to the spirit of Graham Greene’s novel, this cautionary tale of American interference in 50s French Vietnam is an involving,…
We Were Soldiers (2002)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Randall Wallace
Feat. Mel Gibson, Greg Kinnear, Chris Klein…
- Big–budget, lavish re–enactment of America’s curtain–raiser in the Vietnam War, the fierce battle of la Drang, with an…
Yossi and Jagger (2002)
- Dir. Eytan Fox
Feat. Ohad Knoller
- Subversive, sweetly–natured gay drama set amid the close–quarters comraderie of the IDF (Israeli Defence Force) where a commanding…