Subgenre Sampler
War: 946 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…