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2) Hatari!
Language
English
Formats
Description
Director Howard Hawks reteams with John Wayne, who heads a group of highly skilled professional game hunters in Africa. Only they don’t use bullets – they capture the ferocious big game with strong rope and cameras for zoos and circus attractions. Nominated for an **Academy Award** for Best Cinematography, Color. *"one of those rare films that genuinely constitutes a 'late masterpiece'." - Derek Adams, **Time Out***
3) Dunkirk
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Gorgeously restored and available for the first time in HD, DUNKIRK follows the dramatic events leading up to Operation Dynamo during WWII, while honoring the bravery of its soldiers and exposing the brutality of the war.
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
Four men and a prayer: The sons of a disgraced British officer try to clear his name.
Seas Beneath: In the waning days of WWI, a U.S. "Mystery Ship," sets sail for the coast of Spain towing a submarine. Their mission is to find and sink a U-boat that has been especially effective in attacking Allied shipping.
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Danish
Description
Based on the true story about the three dramatic days in April 1940 when the King of Norway was presented with an unimaginable ultimatum from the German armed forces: Surrender or die. After three days of desperately trying to evade the Germans, King Haakon makes his final decision. He refuses to capitulate, even if it may cost him, his family and many Norwegians their lives.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Imagination, fantasy, and the irreplaceable bonds of childhood friendship highlight this “comedy that’s full of heart” (Joe Neumaier, NY Daily News). Will Proudfoot (Bill Milner) is looking for an escape from his family’s stifling home life when he encounters Lee Carter (Will Poulter), the school bully. Armed with a video camera and a copy of Rambo: First Blood, Lee plans to make cinematic history by filming his own action-packed video epic....
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Jersey, 1942. The British Channel Islands fall to the Germans who put prisoners of war to work in slave labor camps. When a Russian soldier escapes the labor camps, seeking shelter, a Jersey resident, Lou, realizes she can’t simply hand him back. Lou decides to harbor the fugitive, striking up a bond with the young, intelligent man whom she soon treats as her son.
8) Jirga
Publisher
1091 Media
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
An ex-soldier returns to Afghanistan to find the family of a civilian he accidentally killed during the war. Seeking forgiveness, he puts his life in the hands of the village justice system - the Jirga. Shot in Afghanistan, director Benjamin Gilmour filmed in Taliban-controlled regions of Afghanistan, using some non-actors, a few being former members of the Taliban itself. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**.
9) Bad Roads
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Ukrainian
Description
Four short stories are set along the roads of Donbass during the war. There are no safe spaces and no one can make sense of just what is going on. Even as they are trapped in the chaos, some manage to wield authority over others. But in this world, where tomorrow may never come, not everyone is defenseless and miserable. Even the most innocent victims may have their turn at taking charge. Ukraine's official 2022 Oscar submission.
10) Good Kill
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Ethan Hawke stars in this riveting look at the world of drone warfare, where combat unfolds like a first-person shooter game -- only with real lives at stake. With January Jones.
12) Flyboys
Publisher
Electric Entertainment
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the true story of the legendary Lafayette Escadrille, this action-packed epic tells the tale of America’s first fighter pilots. These courageous young men distinguish themselves in a manner that none before them had dared, becoming the true heroes who experience triumph, tragedy, love, and loss amid the chaos of World War I.
13) Camp X-Ray
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Kristen Stewart gives a stunning performance as a Guantanamo prison guard who forms an unlikely relationship with an inmate in this riveting psychological drama.
14) 6 Days
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Unfolding over six terrifying days in April 1980, this film tells all sides of the incredible true story of six heavily-armed gunmen who invaded the Iranian Embassy in London, taking 26 people hostage. Negotiators, police, politicians and the highest military officials wrestle over the correct response, all observed by some of the world’s first live TV news coverage. *"6 DAYS takes on a storied event and presents it as a riveting tale delivered...
15) Foxhole
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Unfolding over the span of 36 hours in three separate wars –The American Civil War, World War I, and Iraq–FOXHOLE follows a small group of soldiers trapped in a confined space as they grapple with an increasingly volatile combat situation.
16) '71
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In 1971, a young and disorientated British soldier is accidentally abandoned by his unit following a riot on the deadly streets of Belfast. **BAFTA Award** nominee.
17) Midnight Clear
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
Set in 1944 France, in the Ardennes forest region, an American Intelligence Squad locates a German platoon wishing to surrender rather than die in Germany's final war offensive. The two groups of men, isolated from the war at present, put aside their differences and share a Christmas celebration. The surrender plan includes a mock battle that turns bad when one of the soldiers is unaware of the surrender plan.
18) Reflection
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Ukrainian
Description
In 2014, Ukrainian surgeon Serhiy enlists to fight Russian military forces in the Donbass region, where he is captured by enemy soldiers. Now a prisoner of war, Serhiy is forced to witness horrifying scenes of humiliation and violence at the hands of the Russian invaders, his medical background co-opted to dispense mercy killings to the tortured. After his release, he returns to his comfortable middle-class apartment, still suffering from the trauma...
19) The Kill Team
Publisher
A24
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When a young US soldier in Afghanistan witnesses other recruits killing civilians under the direction of a sadistic sergeant, he begins to fear that the men he's serving with might be the ones to kill him. Official Selection of the **Tribeca Film Festival**. *"Atrocities don't exist in a vacuum, and "The Kill Team" is most valuable - and chillingly effective - as an exposé of the means by which honorable young military men grow comfortable with perpetrating...
Publisher
MulticomTV
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
Description
This fact-based, Emmy-nominated film recounts the August 6,1945 nuclear bombing of Hiroshima through the eyes of a number of disparate survivors, including Japanese soldiers, citizens, and American prisoners of war. German priest Father Siemes, Japanese physician Dr. Hara, and American soldier Pete Dunham are all prominently featured as they struggle to survive amid the mayhem and ruin.
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