War movies

Salvador (1986)

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Genres: Biography | Drama | Thriller | War
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Woods, James | Belushi, James | Murphy, Michael | Savage, John | Carrillo, Elpidia | Plana, Tony | Chester, Colby | Gibb, Cynthia | MacMillan, Will | Wildman, Valerie | Ruiz, José Carlos | Luke, Jorge | Fernández, Juan | Sánchez, Salvador | Zúñiga, Rosario
Directors: Stone, Oliver
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A journalist, down on his luck in the US, drives to El Salvador to chronicle the events of the 1980 military dictatorship, including the assasination of Archbishop Oscar Romero. He forms an uneasy alliance with both guerillas in the countryside who want him to get pictures out to the US press, and the right-wing military, who want him to bring them photographs of the rebels. Meanwhile he has to find a way of protecting his Salvadorean girlfriend and getting her out of the country.

Head in the Clouds (2004)

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Genres: Drama | Romance | War
Countries: Canada | UK
Actors: Theron, Charlize | Cruz, Penélope | Townsend, Stuart | Kretschmann, Thomas | Berkoff, Steven | La Haye, David | Vanasse, Karine | Hogan, Gabriel | Cockett, Peter | Chouvalidzé, Élizabeth | Langlois, Jolyane | Desmarais, Sophie | Laflamme-Cervantes, Éloïsa | Vukov, Ivan | Bailey, Sebastian
Directors: Duigan, John
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HEAD IN THE CLOUDS is a sweeping romantic drama set in 1930’s England, Paris, and Spain. Gilda Bessé shares her Paris apartment with an Irish schoolteacher, Guy Malyon, and Mia, a refugee from Spain. As the world drifts toward war, Gilda defiantly pursues her hedonistic lifestyle and her burgeoning career as a photographer. But Guy and Mia feel impelled to join the fight against fascism, and the three friends are separated – seemingly forever.

Hamburger Hill (1987)

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Genres: Action | Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Barrile, Anthony | Boatman, Michael | Cheadle, Don | Dolan, Michael | James, Don | McDermott, Dylan | Nickles, Michael A. | O'Reilly, Harry | O'Shea, Daniel | Quill, Tim | Swerdlow, Tommy | Vance, Courtney B. | Weber, Steven | West, Tegan
Directors: Irvin, John
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A brutal and realistic war film focuses on the lives of a squad of 14 U.S. Army soldiers of B Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infanty Regiment, 101st Airborne Division during the brutal 10 day (May 11-20, 1969) battle for Hill 937 in the A Shau Valley of Vietnam as they try again and again to take the fortified hill held by the North Vietnamese, and the faults and casualties they take every time in which the battle was later dubbed “Hamburger Hill” because enemy fire was so fierce that the fusillade of bullets turned assaulting troops into shreded hamburger meat.

Battle of the Bulge (1965)

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Genres: Action | Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Fonda, Henry | Shaw, Robert | Ryan, Robert | Andrews, Dana | Montgomery, George | Hardin, Ty | Angeli, Pier | Werle, Barbara | Bronson, Charles | Blech, Hans Christian | Peters, Werner | MacArthur, James | Alberty, Karl-Otto | Savalas, Telly | Rowland, Steve
Directors: Annakin, Ken
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Fictionalized account of the battle of the Ardennes in December 1944. An intelligence officer, Lt. Col. Dan Riley, is convinced that the Germans are amassing tanks and troops for an attack but he can’t get anyone to believe him. When the attack is finally launched, he correctly deduces that a shortage of petrol will lead the tanks to a massive Allied fuel depot. Along the way, we encounter a number of characters including a green Lieutenant in his first battle, the grizzled American tank commander who is worried about his black market operation and a group of German soldiers posing as American MP’s.

Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | History | War
Countries: Japan | USA
Actors: Balsam, Martin | Yamamura, Sô | Cotten, Joseph | Mihashi, Tatsuya | Marshall, E.G. | Whitmore, James | Tamura, Takahiro | Tôno, Eijirô | Robards, Jason | Addy, Wesley | Shimada, Shogo | Aletter, Frank | Senda, Koreya | Ames, Leon | Usami, Junya
Directors: Fleischer, Richard
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In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. “Tora! Tora! Tora!”, named after the code words use by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had surprised the Americans, covers the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, which plunged America into the Second World War.

Brothers (2009)

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Genres: Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Gyllenhaal, Jake | Portman, Natalie | Maguire, Tobey | Madison, Bailee | Winningham, Mare | Shepard, Sam | Geare, Taylor | Flueger, Patrick | Mulligan, Carey | Wade, Jenny | Abtahi, Omid | Aragon, Michael-David | Azami, Yousuf | Baldwin, Benjamin D. | Barela, Richard
Directors: Sheridan, Jim
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Thirty-something Captain Sam Cahill and his younger brother Tommy Cahill, are polar opposites. A Marine about to embark on his fourth tour of duty, Sam is a steadfast family man married to his high school sweetheart, the aptly named Grace, with whom he has two young daughters. Tommy, his charismatic younger brother, is a drifter just out of jail who’s always gotten by on wit and charm. He slides easily into his role as family provocateur on his first night out of prison, at Sam’s farewell dinner with their parents, Elsie and Hank Cahill, a retired Marine. Shipped out to Afghanistan, Sam is presumed dead when his Black Hawk helicopter is shot down in the mountains. At home in suburbia, the Cahill family suddenly faces a shocking void, and Tommy tries to fill in for his brother by assuming newfound responsibility for himself, Grace, and the children.

The Deer Hunter (1978)

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Genres: Drama | Thriller | War
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: De Niro, Robert | Cazale, John | Savage, John | Walken, Christopher | Streep, Meryl | Dzundza, George | Aspegren, Chuck | Stoler, Shirley | Alda, Rutanya | Segui, Pierre | Kaplan, Mady | Wright, Amy | Haenel, Mary Ann | Kuss, Richard | Grifasi, Joe
Directors: Cimino, Michael
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Michael, Nick, and Steven are three buddies from the steel mill town of Clairton, Penn.They are like schoolmates, hanging out in a local bar and enjoying weekends of deer-hunting. Michael and Nick are also both in love with Linda, who seems to juggle both of the men. But their placid life is soon to be changed after they are enlisted in the airborne infantry of Vietnam. So they all celebrate a goodbye at Steven’s wedding and they leave to Vietnam, where they are captured by the enemy and forced to play a game of Russian Roulette. They escape and return home, but their lives are forever changed. Nick stays in Vietnam, Michael returns to Linda, and Steven is handicapped after losing a leg in the war.

Waltz with Bashir (2008)

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Genres: Animation | Biography | Drama | War
Countries: Australia | Belgium | Finland | France | Germany | Israel | Switzerland | USA
Actors: Ben-Yishai, Ron | Dayag, Ronny | Harazi, Dror | Lazarov, Yehezkel | Leon, Mickey | Sivan, Ori | Solomon, Zahava
Directors: Folman, Ari
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One night at a bar, an old friend tells director Ari about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs. Every night, the same number of beasts. The two men conclude that there’s a connection to their Israeli Army mission in the first Lebanon War of the early eighties. Ari is surprised that he can’t remember a thing anymore about that period of his life. Intrigued by this riddle, he decides to meet and interview old friends and comrades around the world. He needs to discover the truth about that time and about himself. As Ari delves deeper and deeper into the mystery, his memory begins to creep up in surreal images.

Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War (2003)

Thursday, March 4th, 2010
Genres: Documentary | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Albright, David | Baer, Robert | Bearden, Milton | Beers, Rand | Christison, Bill | Corn, David | Coyle, Philip | Dean, John | Eddington, Patrick | Freeman, Chas | Fuller, Graham | Goodman, Mel | Kiesling, John Brady | Lang, Patrick | MacMichael, David
Directors: Greenwald, Robert
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An impressive roster of experts is assembled to provide a generally withering commentary on the quality of evidence and possible motivations of the Neo-conservatives who provided the momentum and muscle behind America’s venture into preemptive war. Among them are veteran CIA analysts and operatives, military officers, diplomats, politicians, arms inspectors, and U.S. and British government officials. The fig leaf of the possibility of an honest mistake on the matter of WMDs is stripped away; what is left is the stark and disturbing anatomy of deliberate deceit.

When Soldiers Cry (2009)

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Genres: Action | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Weber, Jess | Junior, Doug | Szczesny Jr., Douglas | Sargent, Kristin | Bozek, Robert | Holzer, Brad | Colocillo, Chris | Gidisi, Michael | Pera, Chris | Alexis, Tara | Krauze, John | Lauricella, Brandon J. | Barbis, Chris | Buczak, Douglas | Masubuchi, Mariko
Directors: Black, Joe
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1965 South Vietnam, two American Soldiers find themselves trapped in the Jungle with a War surrounding them. The only thing keeping them alive is the promises in their hearts they kept to their families – to return home at any cost. One Soldier, Private David M. Church awakes from being rendered unconscious to find all of his squad killed by the Vietcong. Three Days by foot, he must travel to the Landing Zone for extraction. In the distant Jungle, Church comes across an injured VC and makes him pay for the lives of his squad. Payment comes in the form of a bullet to the VC shoulder. Moving closer Church finds out the farmer dressed VC is actually an American Tunnel Rat. Mentally broken, Church carries the Tunnel Rat closer to the LZ. Along the way Church finds other American Soldiers in need of help. Death follows as Church makes a gallant effort to save lives in dire desperation to reach the LZ. The VC, and one of his own claim anyone that attempts to leave the Jungle. Church reaches the LZ, but it costs him everything, including his promise. Save yourself, or save a life other than your own… full well knowing you won’t make it out of the Jungle alive.