War movies

Rob Roy (1995)

Monday, June 9th, 2008
Genres: Action | Biography | Drama | Romance | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Neeson, Liam | Lange, Jessica | Hurt, John | Roth, Tim | Stoltz, Eric | Keir, Andrew | Cox, Brian | McCardie, Brian | Martin, Gilbert | Masson, Vicki | Gilchrist, Gilly | Flemyng, Jason | Stewart, Ewan | Hayman, David | McArthur, Brian
Directors: Caton-Jones, Michael
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In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy cattle to herd to market. When the money is stolen, Rob is forced into a Robin Hood lifestyle to defend his family and honour.

1941 (1979)

Thursday, June 5th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Aykroyd, Dan | Candy, John | Oates, Warren | Lee, Christopher | Toshiro Mifune | Robert Stack | Allen, Nancy | Williams, Treat | John Belushi | Beatty, Ned | Fuller, Samuel
Directors:
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Hysteria grips California in the wake of the bombing of Pearl harbour as an assorted group of defenders attempt to make the coast defensible against an imagined Japanese invasion in this big budget, big cast comedy. Members of a Japanese submarine crew scout out the madness.

Under Fire (1983)

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Genres: Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Nolte, Nick | Harris, Ed | Hackman, Gene | Cassidy, Joanna | Martínez, Alma | Palance, Holly | Laboriel, Ella | Zarzosa, Samuel | Zarzosa, Jonathan | Picasso, Raul | Doria, Oswaldo | Elizondo, Fernando | Camp, Hamilton | Jean-Louis Trintignant | Masur, Richard
Directors: Spottiswoode, Roger
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Nicaragua 1979: Star photographer Russel Price covers the civil war against president Somoza. Facing the cruel fighting - people versus army - it’s often hard for him to stay neutral. When the Guerillas have him take a picture of the leader Rafael, who’s believed to be dead, he gets drawn into the happenings. Together with his reporter friends Claire and Alex he has to hide from the army.

Stripes (1981)

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Murray, Bill | Ramis, Harold | Oates, Warren | Soles, P.J. | Young, Sean | Candy, John | Larroquette, John | Voldstad, John | Diehl, John | LeGault, Lance | Leighton, Roberta | Dunn, Conrad | Reinhold, Judge | Pagan, Antone | Jones, Glenn-Michael
Directors: Reitman, Ivan
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When New York City cab driver John Winger is fired from his job, his car is repossessed, he loses his apartment, and his girlfriend leaves him — all in the same day — John and his best friend Russell Ziskey decide to join the army. After enlisting, John and Russell are sent to Fort Arnold to undergo basic training under tough drill sergeant Hulka. Hulka is injured by a mortar bomb during basic training, and John has to lead the group in completing their training on their own. After graduation, General Barnicke Assigns Winger, Ziskey, and their platoon to Fort Milano, Italy, to man the EM-50 urban assault vehicle. By this time, sergeant Hulka has recovered from his injuries and has rejoined John, Russell, and the other men. When John and Russell decide to take the EM50 to Germany to pick up their girlfriends, MPs Stella Hansen and Louise Cooper, for a night on the town, the rest of the platoon searches for them because Captain Stillman wants the EM-50 to be put back where it was at. While searching for the EM-50, Stillman and the unit are captured by hostile Russian troops, who take them into Czechoslovakia. Now John, Russell, Stella, and Louise must venture into Czechoslovakia and rescue the guys.

Battle for Haditha (2007)

Monday, May 12th, 2008
Genres: Drama | War
Countries: UK
Actors: Ruiz, Elliot | Hanani, Yasmine | McLaren, Andrew | Knoll, Matthew | Hennessy, Thomas | Gaines, Vernon | Martinez, Danny | Chacon, Joe | Mehalacopoulos, Eric | Willette, Jase | Tostado, Antonio | Spencer, Tony | Shakoour, Nick | Westlake, Alysha | Bytrus, Oliver
Directors: Broomfield, Nick
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An investigation of the massacre of 24 men, women and children in Haditha, Iraq allegedly shot by 4 U.S. Marines in retaliation for the death of a U.S. Marine killed by a roadside bomb. The movie follows the story of the Marines of Kilo Company, an Iraqi family, and the insurgents who plant the roadside bomb.

Casualties of War (1989)

Sunday, May 4th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Biography | Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Fox, Michael J. | Penn, Sean | Harvey, Don | Reilly, John C. | Leguizamo, John | Le, Thuy Thu | King, Erik | Gwaltney, Jack | Rhames, Ving | Martin, Dan | Dye, Dale | Larson, Steve | Linton, John | Ruginis, Vyto | Shannon, Al
Directors: De Palma, Brian
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During the Vietnam war, a girl is taken from her village by five American soldiers. Four of the soldiers rape her, but the fifth refuses. The young girl is killed. The fifth soldier is determined that justice will be done. The film is more about the realities of war, rather than this single event.

300 Spartans, The (1962)

Monday, April 28th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Drama | History | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Egan, Richard | Richardson, Ralph | Diane Baker | Coe, Barry | Farrar, David | Houston, Donald | Synodinou, Anna | Moore, Kieron | Crawford, John | Brown, Robert | Naismith, Laurence | Wakefield, Anne | Triesault, Ivan | Fawcett, Charles | Nikolinakos, Michalis
Directors: Maté, Rudolph
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Essentially true story of how Spartan king Leonidas led an extremely small army of Greek Soldiers (300 of them his personal body guards from Sparta) to hold off an invading Persian army more than 20 times as large. The actual heroism of those who stood (and ultimately died) with Leonidas helped shape the course of Western Civilization, allowing the Greek city states time to organize an army which repelled the Persians. Set in 480 BC.

Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Hanks, Tom | Sizemore, Tom | Burns, Edward | Pepper, Barry | Goldberg, Adam | Diesel, Vin | Ribisi, Giovanni | Davies, Jeremy | Damon, Matt | Danson, Ted | Giamatti, Paul | Farina, Dennis | Stadler, Joerg | Martini, Steven | Bruno, Dylan
Directors: Spielberg, Steven
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Opening with the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944, members of the 2nd Ranger Battalion under Cpt. Miller fight ashore to secure a beachhead. Amidst the fighting, two brothers are killed in action. Earlier in New Guinea, a third brother is KIA. Their mother, Mrs. Ryan, is to receive all three of the grave telegrams on the same day. The United States Army Chief of Staff, George C. Marshall, is given an opportunity to alleviate some of her grief when he learns of a fourth brother, Private James Ryan, and decides to send out 8 men (Cpt. Miller and select members from 2nd Rangers) to find him and bring him back home to his mother…

Lions for Lambs (2007)

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Thriller | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Streep, Meryl | Cruise, Tom | Peña, Michael | Garfield, Andrew | Berg, Peter | Dunn, Kevin | Luke, Derek | Bates, Larry | May, Christopher | Pease, David | Janson, Heidi | Carley, Christopher | Back, George | Wu, Kristy
Directors: Redford, Robert
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Lions for Lambs begins after two determined students at a West Coast University, Arian and Ernest, follow the inspiration of their idealistic professor, Dr. Malley, and attempt to do something important with their lives. But when the two make the bold decision to join the battle in Afghanistan, Malley is both moved and distraught. Now, as Arian and Ernest fight for survival in the field, they become the string that binds together two disparate stories on opposite sides of America. In California, an anguished Dr. Malley attempts to reach a privileged but disaffected student who is the very opposite of Arian and Ernest. Meanwhile, in Washington D.C. the charismatic Presidential hopeful, Senator Jasper Irving, is about to give a bombshell story to a probing TV journalist that may affect Arian and Ernest’s fates.

Sharpe’s Challenge (2006)

Friday, April 18th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | War
Countries: UK
Actors: Bean, Sean | O'Malley, Daragh | Stephens, Toby | Lakshmi, Padma | Recoing, Aurélien | Brown, Lucy | Cochrane, Michael | Khan, Aly | Daly, Peter-Hugo | Hancisse, Thierry | Panthaky, Karan | Vyas, Shruti | Symonds, Peter | McTavish, Graham | Dunnington, Gary
Directors: Clegg, Tom
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Sean Bean is back as the swashbuckling hero in Sharpe’s Challenge, an action packed mini-series to be shot on location in Rajasthan, India. Two years after the Duke of Wellington crushes Napoleon at Waterloo, dispatches from India tell of a local Maharaja, Khande Rao, who is threatening British interests there. Wellington sends Sharpe to investigate on what turns out to be his most dangerous mission to date. When a beautiful general’s daughter is kidnapped by the Indian warlord, the tension mounts, leaving Sharpe no option but to pursue the enemy right into its deadly lair. Deep in the heart of enemy territory he also has to keep at bay the beautiful but scheming Regent, Madhuvanthi, who is out to seduce him. The fate of an Empire and the life of a General’s daughter lie in one man’s hands…