Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure > War: 198 Films to Buy & Rent
- Band of Brothers (TV Series) (2001)
- Dir. Phil Alden Robinson, Richard Loncraine, Mikael Salomon
Feat. David Schwimmer, Ron Livingston
- The brainchild of Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, this excellently–produced WWII mini–series follows the fortunes of ‘Easy Company’,…
- Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
- Dir. Jason Moore
Feat. Owen Wilson, Gene Hackman
- Beyond–credibility gungho actioner which has fighter–pilot Owen Wilson shot down over Bosnia because he’s witnessed a Serb…
- Black Hawk Down (2001)
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Sam Shepard, Ewan McGregor, Josh Hartnett…
- Intense, eardrum–battering re–enactment of a street–battle during the US campaign in Mogadishu, Somalia in 1993, painting the…
- Enemy at the Gates (2001)
- Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud
Feat. Jude Law, Ed Harris, Rachel Weisz…
- A big–budget recreation of the crucial WWII battle of Stalingrad, in which Germans and Russians fought it out till there was a toll of over 1…
- Pearl Harbour (2001)
- Dir. Michael Bay
Feat. Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale, Josh Hartnett…
- Overblown, but technically impressive rendition of the 1941 Japanese surprise–attack on Pearl Harbour in which a sizable proportion of the US…
- Tigerland (2001)
- Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Colin Farrell, Clifton Collins Jr., Matthew Davis…
- The dir. of recent Hollywood gloss forsakes stars for a gritty, admired character piece set in a Vietnam War–bootcamp in Louisiana, 1971.…
- Uprising (2001)
- Dir. Jon Avnet
Feat. Leelee Sobieski, Hank Azaria, David Schwimmer…
- An above–par telemovie that depicts the clearing of the Warsaw Ghetto during WWII by the Nazis.
Treading similiar territory to SCHINDLER'S…
- Patriot, The (2000)
- Dir. Roland Emmerich
Feat. Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson…
- Mel Gibson transplants the patriotic, anti–English fervour of BRAVEHEART into an American Revolutionary setting, playing real–life…
- Rules of Engagement (2000)
- Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Tommy Lee Jones, Guy Pearce…
- Colonel Samuel L. Jackson interprets the 'rules' when the US Embassy in Yemen is attacked by terrorists.
But after the smoke has cleared 83…
- U-571 (2000)
- Dir. Jonathan Mostow
Feat. Matthew McConaughey, Harvey Keitel, Bill Paxton…
- World War 2: Matthew McConaughey and his submarine crew snatch a vital German spy machine, then find themselves trapped on a U–boat where all…