Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Paradise Road (1997)- Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Glenn Close, Frances McDormand, Cate Blanchett… - A group of European woman, incl. Glenn Close and Frances McDormand, are captured in Singapore during WWII by the Japanese. They alleviate the…
Regeneration (Behind the Lines) (1997)
- Dir. Gillies MacKinnon
Feat. Jonathan Pryce, James Wilby, Jonny Lee Miller… - An exploration of the mental trauma of trench–warfare in WWI, adapted from the novel by Pat Barker and set in a Scottish Hospital where…
Truce, The (1997)- Dir. Francesco Rosi
Feat. John Turturro, Rade Serbedzija - The aftermath of WWII locates Auschwitz survivor John Turturro on a difficult, redemptive journey back to his home town. Based on Primo Levi's…
Andersonville (TV Mini-series) (1996)- Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Frederic Forrest, Ted Marcoux, Jarrod Emick - TV western set during the American Civil War, about a group of Union soldiers who are sent to a Confederate prison camp near Andersonville, Georgia…
Courage Under Fire (1996)- Dir. Edward Zwick
Feat. Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan - Conscience–troubled colonel Denzel Washington investigates the death of a fellow officer (Meg Ryan) during 'Desert Storm', but differing…
English Patient, The (1996)- Dir. Anthony Minghella
Feat. Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Juliette Binoche - The unsurprising Oscar sweeper of '97 – a shoe–in considering they left out no ingredient – epic length, exotic locales, period…
In Love and War (1996)- Dir. Richard Attenborough
Feat. Chris O'Donnell, Sandra Bullock, Margot Steinberg - Semi–biographical account of the young, manful Ernest Hemingway's WWI romance/Florence Nightingale complex, based on Agnes von Kurowsky's…
Land and Freedom (1996)- Dir. Ken Loach
Feat. Ian Hart, Rosana Pastor, Iciar Bollain - British realist director Ken Loach changes tack with this period melodrama about a communist lad (Ian Hart) who joins a rebel army in the Spanish…
Libertarias (1996)- Dir. Vincente Aranda
Feat. Victoria Abril, Ana Belen, Miguel Bose… - Examining the Spanish Civil War from a left–wing point–of–view, this passionate war drama focuses on a trio of women – a…
Mother Night (1996)- Dir. Keith Gordon
Feat. Nick Nolte, Sheryl Lee, Alan Arkin… - Ambitious adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's meaty novel recounts the memoirs of an unheralded American spy – from German 'hero' to destitute…
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