Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure > War: 198 Films to Buy & Rent
- 300 (2006)
- Dir. Zack Snyder
Feat. Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Dominic West…
- Brawny, unapologetic war mongering from the imagination of Frank Miller (SIN CITY), this ancient warrior epic indulges heavily in CGI effects and a…
- Above and Beyond (TV Mini-Series) (2006)
- Dir. Sturla Gunnarsson
Feat. Jason Priestley, Joss Ackland, Kenneth Welsh…
- Commendable mini–series based on the true story of the Atlantic Ferry Operation in WW2 – a last–ditch aerial attack from Canada's…
- Black Book (Zwartboek) (2006)
- Dir. Paul Verhoeven
Feat. Carice Van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman
- A Jewish singer goes deep undercover for the Dutch resistance in this splashy, larger–than–life WWII yarn set in Nazi–occupied…
- Flyboys (2006)
- Dir. Tony Bill
Feat. James Franco, Martin Henderson, Jean Reno
- Soaring, occasionally hokey aviation adventure recalling the true–life exploits of the Lafayette Escadrille, a French fighter squadron patched…
- Rescue Dawn (2006)
- Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Christian Bale, Steve Zahn, Jeremy Davies
- In dramatizing the unforgettable true story of Dieter Dengler – heroic subject matter of doco LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY – Werner Herzog…
- Great Raid, The (2005)
- Dir. John Dahl
Feat. Benjamin Bratt, James Franco, Connie Nielsen…
- Forthright retell of one of WWII's most daring missions, where a group of US Army Rangers plotted to rescue 511 American POWs from a Japanese prison…
- Kokoda (2005)
- Dir. Alister Grierson
Feat. Jack Finsterer, Simon Stone, Travis McMahon…
- Visceral, against–the–odds WWII flick revisits the legendary story of inexperienced Aussie battlers taking on the mighty Japanese army in…
- Last Drop, The (2005)
- Dir. Colin Teague
Feat. Billy Zane, Michael Madsen, Sean Pertwee…
- Competent, if not exactly scintillating, suspenser in which a group of allied soldiers are airdropped into Europe to steal gold and other treasures…
- Lord Of War (2005)
- Dir. Andrew Niccol
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Jared Leto, Bridget Moynahan…
- A thoughtful though heavy–handed thriller about an intelligently amoral Ukrainian–American (Cage), who dedicates himself to the world…
- Over There (TV Series) (2005)
- Feat. Josh Henderson, Luke MacFarlane, Erik Palladino
- Demanding Iraqi War excursion from Steven Bochco (NYPD BLUE) focuses on a US army unit’s dispatch to Iraq. Light on politics, this nevertheless…