Subgenre Sampler
War: 954 Films to Buy & Rent
Jakob the Liar (1999)
- Dir. Peter Kassovitz
Feat. Alan Arkin, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Robin Williams
- In this second version of Jurek Becker's novel, Robin Williams plays a café–owner in Nazi–occupied Poland who capitalises on an unearned…
Last Days, The (1999)
- Dir. James Moll
- Accompanied by return visits to their homeland and the Nazi death camps, five Hungarian survivors of the Holocaust recount their remarkable stories…
New Zealand Wars, The (1999)
- Dir. James Belich
Feat. James Belich
- Praised, yet inevitably controversial documentary series on New Zealand's 19th century history, in particular the various land–wars between…
Second World War in Colour, The (TV Mini Series) (1999)
- The first of the various TV specials which replayed the events of WW2 utilising newly discovered colour film footage, lending an added new dimension…
Three Kings (1999)
- Dir. David O. Russell
Feat. George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice-Cube…
- A refreshingly irreverent view of the US Military translated into a box–office hit for this unpredictable black–comedy that puts a…
Trench, The (1999)
- Dir. William Boyd
Feat. Paul Nicholls, Daniel Craig, Danny Dyer…
- WWI film set in the 48 hours leading up to the Battle of the Somme, in which the British Army lost the greatest number of soldiers in a single day of…
15 Amore (1998)
- Dir. Maurice Murphy
Feat. Steve Bastoni, Lisa Hensley
- Set in the Australian hinterland during the closing months of WWII, this outlines a domestic drama of forbidden attractions with a gratifyingly light…
Goodnight Mister Tom (Goodnight Mr. Tom) (1998)
- Dir. Jack Gold
Feat. John Thaw
- Touching tele–adaptation of the beloved wartime novel about a young boy relocated during London’s air raids to live with an old hermit in the…
Hornblower (TV Series) (1998-2003)
- Feat. Ioan Gruffudd
- Lavish, high–end production of C. S. Forester's legendary Horatio Hornblower, with Ioan Gruffudd staunchly portraying the British Naval…
Land Girls, The (1998)
- Dir. David Leland
Feat. Catherine McCormack, Rachel Weisz, Anna Friel
- Gently romantic look at the lives of three young women serving old Blighty during World War II as members of the nearly forgotten Women's Land Army.…