War movies

Max Manus (2008)

Friday, March 5th, 2010
Genres: Action | Biography | Drama | History | War
Countries: Denmark | Germany | Norway
Actors: Nicolai Cleve Broch | Ron Donachie | Ken Duken | Nils Düwell | Mats Eldøen | Eirik Evjen | Patrick Güldenberg | Aksel Hennie | Stig Henrik Hoff | Knut Joner | Paul Kvarving | Sondre Krogtoft Larsen | Petter Næss | Jakob Oftebro | Christian Rubeck
Directors: Joachim Rønning
Download: 720p 

The true story about one of the most brilliant saboteurs during World War II and his battle to overcome his inner demons.

Waltz with Bashir (2008)

Friday, March 5th, 2010
Genres: Animation | Biography | Drama | War
Countries: Australia | Belgium | Finland | France | Germany | Israel | Switzerland | USA
Actors: Ron Ben-Yishai | Ronny Dayag | Dror Harazi | Yehezkel Lazarov | Mickey Leon | Ori Sivan | Zahava Solomon
Directors: Ari Folman
Download:

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.

Texas 46 aka The Good War (2002)

Friday, March 5th, 2010
Genres: Drama | History | War
Countries: Italy | USA
Actors: Robert Farrior | Roy Scheider | Luca Zingaretti | Vincent Riotta | Sue Cremin | Charles Fathy | Giampiero Judica | Luciano Miele | Mario Opinato | Christo Jivkov | Nicholas M. Loeb | Asya Chakarova | Laura Serafini
Directors: Giorgio Serafini
Download: DVD iPod 

Based on a true story its the untold story of Italian World War II POW”S in Jan 1946. Luca Zingaretti stars as one of over 50,000 Italian Prisoners of War detained at POW camps in the U.S. Roy Schneider stars as Colonel Gartner, the Commander of the camp. Things take a turn for the worse when Manin is brought back from his most recent escape by a patrol force, only to realize that the camp has been evacuated while he was gone. Gartner is forced to keep Manin at the camp until another patrol force can come pick him up. However, no one ever comes. The phone lines get cut, and the two men realize they are completely isolated from the outside world.

Taking Chance (2008)

Friday, March 5th, 2010
Genres: Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Tom Aldredge | Sherman Alpert | Nicholas Art | Kevin Bacon | Gerald Blakey | Guy Boyd | Andrew S. Bradley | David Campbell | Kevin Cannon | James Castanien | Michael Ciesla | Dominic Colon | Mike Colter | Henry Coy | Chris Cullen
Directors: Ross Katz
Download: DVD iPod 

Based on real-life events, Lt. Col. Michael Strobl, a volunteer military escort officer, accompanies the body of 19-year-old Marine Chance Phelps back to his hometown of Dubois, Wyoming.

Schindler’s List (1993)

Friday, March 5th, 2010
Genres: Biography | Drama | History | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Liam Neeson | Ben Kingsley | Ralph Fiennes | Caroline Goodall | Jonathan Sagall | Embeth Davidtz | Malgoscha Gebel | Shmuel Levy | Mark Ivanir | Béatrice Macola | Andrzej Seweryn | Friedrich von Thun | Krzysztof Luft | Harry Nehring | Norbert Weisser
Directors: Steven Spielberg
Download: 720p DVD iPod 

“Schindler’s List” is the based-on-truth story of Nazi Czech business man Oskar Schindler, who uses Jewish labor to start a factory in occupied Poland. As World War II progresses, and the fate of the Jews becomes more and more clear, Schindler’s motivations switch from profit to human sympathy and he is able to save over 1100 Jews from death in the gas chambers.

The Lucky Ones (2008)

Friday, March 5th, 2010
Genres: Comedy | Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Tim Robbins | Rachel McAdams | Michael Peña | Molly Hagan | Mark L. Young | Howard Platt | John Heard | Arden Myrin | Coby Goss | Vis Brown | Spencer Garrett | Katie Korby | Katherine LaNasa | Conner Manning | William Manning
Directors: Neil Burger
Download: DVD iPod 

After suffering an injury during a routine patrol, hardened sergeant TK Poole is granted a one-month leave to visit his fiancé. But when an unexpected blackout cancels all flights out of New York, TK agrees to share a ride to Pittsburgh with two similarly stranded servicemen: Cheever, an older family man who longs to return to his wife in St. Louis, and Colee, a naive private who’s pinned her hopes on connecting with a dead fellow soldier’s family. What begins as a short trip unexpectedly evolves into a longer journey. Forced to grapple with old relationships, broken hopes and a country divided over the war, TK, Cheever and Colee discover that home is not quite what they remembered, and that the unlikely companionship they’ve found might be what matters the most.

Redacted (2007)

Friday, March 5th, 2010
Genres: Crime | Drama | War
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Sahar Alloul | Happy Anderson | Francois Caillaud | Patrick Carroll | Andrew Cullen | Rob Devaney | Izzy Diaz | Mike Figueroa | Qazi Freihat | Paul Hijazin | Suhail Abdel Hussein | Ty Jones | Dhiaa Kahlil | Yanal Kassay | Ohad Knoller
Directors: Brian De Palma
Download: 720p DVD iPod 

A montage of stories about U.S. soldiers fighting in the Iraq conflict, focusing on the modern forms of media covering the war.

The Last Legion (2007)

Friday, March 5th, 2010
Genres: Action | Adventure | War
Countries: France | UK | USA
Actors: Colin Firth | Ben Kingsley | Aishwarya Rai | Peter Mullan | Kevin McKidd | John Hannah | Iain Glen | Thomas Sangster | Rupert Friend | Nonso Anozie | Owen Teale | Alexander Siddig | Robert Pugh | James Cosmo | Harry Van Gorkum
Directors: Doug Lefler
Download: 720p 

As the Roman empire crumbles, young Romulus Augustus flees the city and embarks on a perilous voyage to Britain to track down a legion of supporters.

The Patriot (2000)

Friday, March 5th, 2010
Genres: Action | Drama | War
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Steven Seagal | Gailard Sartain | L. Q. Jones | Silas Weir Mitchell | Camilla Belle | Dan Beene | Damon Collazo | Whitney Yellow Robe | Brad Leland | Molly McClure | Philip Winchester | Douglas Sebern | Ross Loney | Bernard O'Connor | Leonard Mountain Chief
Directors: Dean Semler
Download: DivX iPod 

The movie takes place in South Carolina in 1776. Benjamin Martin, a French-Indian war hero who is haunted by his past, is a patriot who wants no part in a war with Britian. Meanwhile, his two eldest sons, Gabriel and Thomas, can’t wait to go out and kill some Redcoats. When South Carolina decides to go to war with Britain, Gabriel immediatly signs up to fight…without his father’s permission. But soon, Colonel Tavington, British solder infamous for his brutal tactiks, captures Gabriel and sentences him to be hanged. As Gabriel is taken away, Thomas tries to free him, only to be killed by Tavington, in front of Benjamin. Now, seeking revenge for his son’s death, Benjamin leaves behind his 5 other children to bring independence to the 13 colonies.

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Friday, March 5th, 2010
Genres: Adventure | Biography | Drama | War
Countries: UK
Actors: Peter O'Toole | Alec Guinness | Anthony Quinn | Jack Hawkins | Omar Sharif | José Ferrer | Anthony Quayle | Claude Rains | Arthur Kennedy | Donald Wolfit | I.S. Johar | Gamil Ratib | Michel Ray | John Dimech | Zia Mohyeddin
Directors: David Lean
Download: 720p 

T. E. Lawrence is a young maladjusted lieutenant in the British Army in North Africa during World War One. Unhappy with his current assignment coloring maps, he is ecstatic when he is offered a job as an observer in what is now Arabia. At this point, the story of his life becomes the stuff that legends are made of.