Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Documentary > War: 141 Films to Rent
- Only the Dead (2015)
- Dir. Bill Guttentag, Michael Ware
- Graphic, but never exploitative account of the invasion of Iraq as captured by the lens of Australian war correspondent Michael Ware.
- Why ANZAC with Sam Neill (Tides of Blood) (2015)
- Feat. Sam Neill
- Sam Neill examines the enduring myths of the Anzac legend, sharing his family's war stories and uncovering forgotten truths. From the Gallipoli…
- Korengal (2014)
- Dir. Sebastian Junger
- Follow–up to RESTREPO picks up where it left off; the same men, the same valley, the same commanders, but a very different look at the…
- Last Days in Vietnam (2014)
- Dir. Rory Kennedy
- An exhaustive, Oscar–nominated documentary directed by the daughter of Robert Kennedy about the final panicked days of the Vietnam War as the…
- Nancy Wake: Gestapo's Most Wanted (2014)
- The heroics of Wellington–born Nancy Wake, aka 'The White Mouse', are given a pulpy treatment in this doco–drama celebrating the famed…
- War That Changed Us, The (2014)
- Commissioned by the ABC to mark the centenary of the First World War, this series draws on the personal testimonies of six Australians – revealed…
- Dirty Wars (2013)
- Dir. Rick Rowley
- Chilling docu–drama follows journalist Jeremy Scahill and the trail of secrets and lies he uncovers while investigation America's covert wars.
- Kill Team, The (2013)
- Dir. Dan Krauss
- Difficult but important expose of 21–year–old soldier Adam Winfield's attempts to alert his military superiors to heinous war crimes…
- Unknown Known, The (2013)
- Dir. Errol Morris
- Controversial former United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, discusses his career in Washington D.C. from his days as a congressman in…
- Which Way is the Front Line From Here? (2013)
- Dir. Sebastian Junger
- Sebastian Junger offers a moving tribute to his late co–director on RESTREPO, Tim Hetherington, with added reflection on the state of…