Subgenre Sampler
War: 951 Films to Buy & Rent
Yellow Birds, The (2017)
- Dir. Alexandre Moors
Feat. Tye Sheridan, Alden Ehrenreich, Toni Collette…
- Iraq War movie featuring Alden Ehrenreich and Tye Sheridan as friends who are deployed to Iraq under a hot–headed sergeant. But after a tragedy…
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)
- Dir. Michael Bay
Feat. James Badge Dale, John Krasinski, Max Martini…
- Michael Bay is comparatively restrained as he helms this visceral recreation of the attack on the U.S. compound in Libya.
Allied (2016)
- Dir. Robert Zemeckis
Feat. Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Lizzy Caplan…
- Old–fashioned wartime romance between an intelligence officer and a French resistance fighter in 1942, which develops into a satisfying…
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016)
- Dir. Ang Lee
Feat. Joe Alwyn, Vin Diesel, Kristen Stewart…
- After a near escape from a violent encounter during the Iraq war, a group of eight soldiers return home to find themselves glorified as heroes on…
Dad's Army (2016)
- Dir. Oliver Parker
Feat. Bill Nighy, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Toby Jones…
- Amiable revival of the popular sitcom has the distinctly aged Home Guard platoon dealing with a visiting female journalist and a German spy as World…
Exception, The (2016)
- Dir. David Leveaux
Feat. Lily James, Jai Courtney, Janet McTeer…
- Romantic war drama fictionalizing the last few days in the life of exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II, played by Christopher Plummer. A German soldier tries to…
Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
- Dir. Mel Gibson
Feat. Andrew Garfield, Teresa Palmer, Vince Vaughn…
- The true World War II story of a conscientious objector who, at the Battle of Okinawa, won the Medal of Honor for his bravery and regard for his…
Jim: The James Foley Story (2016)
- Dir. Brian Oakes
- A moving look at the life and work of American journalist James Foley, who was kidnapped and publicly executed by ISIS, directed by his childhood…
King's Choice, The (2016)
- Dir. Erik Poppe
Feat. Jesper Christensen, Anders Baasmo
- 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.…
Land of the Enlightened, The (2016)
- Dir. Pieter-Jan de Pue
- A creative documentary hybrid, which stages facts and fantasy side by side to reveal an intimate and poetic portrait of Afghanistan. Reminiscent of…