Popular War Movies - Page 473
Son of the Militia
1958
Games on the Battlefield
2015
star 4Built on archive footage – much of it previously unseen – this film reveals one of the most unexpected legacies of the First World War -- popular participation in sports, once the realm of the elite. For four years, sport represented a welcome respite from the killing fields of Europe.Guests of The Nation
1935
Guests of The Nation
1935
star 5During the Irish War of Independence in 1921, a pair of IRA soldiers are ordered to guard two British prisoners, but face a dilemma when they bond with their captives.Zwariowana noc
1967
Zwariowana noc
1967
star 5.5Three Polish resistance fighters hide in an old castle inhabitated by an old baroness and her relatives.Meyl
1988
Meyl
1988
"The Crow" - During the meaningless war years, a new lifestyle emerged in Lebanon : neither capitalist nor socialist. A military lifestyle. A whole generation of Lebanese were born and raised in war climate as a result of their inclination towards death and confusion. This generation does not imagine another life. The sounds of automatic fireworks are mixed with the sounds of folk instruments at every holiday or family celebration.The Long March
1950
The Long March
1950
It tells the story of an Indonesian revolutionary who falls in love with one of his Dutch prisoners.Trini
1977
Trini
1977
Trini avenges the torture of his uncle by a landowner’s son. Trini and his fellow peons destroy the landowner’s home and overpower his guards with the help of Emiliano Zapata. Zapata is killed in a conspiracy before Trini can warn him.Women and War
1961
Women and War
1961
star 6.3In 1944, in a small village in Calvados, just as the Allies landed, a British plane was shot down. The wounded pilot seeks help. All the villagers, who speak only of resistance, refuse to help, for fear of reprisals. Only the mayor, Dr. Leproux, takes him in and nurses him back to health, then entrusts him to the Resistance. But the Germans get wind of the story and arrest Leproux. He is saved by Major Frantz. But the budding friendship between these two men "doesn't stop the drums", and the war is on.City of Death
2025
City of Death
2025
In pursuit of a better life, Sophie is determined to leave her war-torn hometown of Kyiv and her family behond. Her younger sister, Marie, tries to stop her, but their argument only drives Sophie away faster. When Marie finally reads the letter that Sophie left behind, it’s too late to say her final goodbye.Brothers at War
2010
Brothers at War
2010
How much is a brother's life worth? Joining the Nazi party at the height of the Second World War? Or fighting for the German Army?Netto Perde Sua Alma
2002
Visit Palestine
2005
Visit Palestine
2005
star 7What drives a young, well-educated Westerner to volunteer as a “peace activist” in the Middle East? Caiomhe Butterly is one of a growing number of volunteers who risk their own safety to intervene in the long-running and bloody conflict between Israel and Palestine. Several internationals, including her, have now been injured. Some have died. In this film, she describes witnessing the aftermath of the attack on Jenin in April 2002. The film follows her work, the main emphasis being “the accompaniment of communities at risk”. Despite being threatened, shot in the leg and deported later that year, she is determined to go back.The Hit
2013
The Hit
2013
A short film made for “Venezia 70 - Future Reloaded”. A group of soldiers crosses a battlefield.The bad soldier Smith
1963
star 7The film around the intelligence officer Captain Smith plays in the headquarters of a British tank regiment shortly after the beginning of the invasion of 1944, where Le Havre waws to be overrun by allied troops and forced to surrender. Smith refuses to continue the fight as he is convinced that the war has become meaningless, he came to that conclusion due to the denial of the request of a German general to evacuate the French civilian population.A Face of War
1968
A Face of War
1968
star 7A Face of War is a 1968 documentary about the Vietnam War, by Eugene S. Jones. The New York Times called it "one of the great Vietnam documentaries." Roger Ebert called it a "heart-wrenching masterpiece".The Warrior Strain
1919
The Warrior Strain
1919
An Earl's cadet son stops a German baron from planting wireless-controlled signals at Brighton.The Maiden and the Soldier
1995
star 6A strikingly realized puppet tale, based on an old folk ballad of a maiden who sets out to search for her lost fiancé in the turmoils of war. The beloved is found in a stationary hospital where the Grim Reaper is preparing for his gloomy task. It was inspired by the poem The Legend of the Dead Soldier by Bertolt Brecht.The Five Legged Rabbit
1982
This movie is set at the start of World War II, with little shepherds on the green slopes of an Albanian mountain range featured as intrigued, distant observers of the Italian army and their prey, the partisan fighters who are hiding in the homes of the villagers. Even the Albanian police who are supposed to be helping the Italians do not betray the resistance fighters when they see them. The children watch as the hunter and hunted play out their drama below, not understanding that the scenes are more real than their own hunt for the five-legged rabbit that is supposed to be living in these hills. As the tragedies of war mount, the children start to become more involved - at one point they steal the weapons from some drunken Italian soldiers, nearly leading to a disaster on their part. Time and events rapidly unfold, and it soon becomes apparent that their innocence will not last for long because their own existence is threatened in a way they are just beginning to understand.
