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Rental > Classics > War: 5 Films to Rent
- Train, The (1964)
- Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau…
- Burt Lancaster leads the French Resistance in stopping (or at least diverting) a train used by the Nazis to steal precious French art treasures in…
- Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
- Dir. David Lean
Feat. William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins
- Another rousing, grand scale production from director Lean, about a group of British POW's employed by the Japanese to build a bridge, while their…
- China Gate (1957)
- Dir. Samuel Fuller
Feat. Gene Barry, Angie Dickinson
- In 1954, during the French Indochina War, an Eurasian female smuggler and a group of French Foreign Legion mercenaries, infiltrate the enemy…
- Paths of Glory (1957)
- Dir. Stanley Kubrick
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou…
- Kubrick's muscular drama deals frankly with the hypocrisy and inhumanity of military ethics, based on a true incident in WWI France. Following a…
- Henry V (1944)
- Dir. Laurence Olivier
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks
- Brimming with zest, this Shakespeare adaption became an instant classic when released, featuring Laurence Olivier in full sail as the youthful…