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Kingdom of Heaven |
2005 |
145 mins |
Ridley Scott |
Balian of Ibelin travels to Jerusalem during the crusades of the 12th century, and there he finds himself as the defender of the city and its people. |
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"Band of Brothers" |
2001 |
705 mins |
David Frankel; Tom Hanks |
The story of Easy Company of the US Army 101st Airborne division and their mission in WWII Europe from Operation Overlord through V-J Day. |
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Black Hawk Down |
2001 |
144 mins |
Ridley Scott |
123 elite U.S. soldiers drop into Somalia to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord and find themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily-armed Somalis. |
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Behind Enemy Lines |
2001 |
106 mins |
John Moore |
A Navy navigator is shot down over enemy territory and is ruthlessly pursued by a secret police enforcer and the opposing troops. Meanwhile his commanding officer goes against orders in an attempt to rescue him. |
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Saving Private Ryan |
1998 |
170 mins |
Steven Spielberg |
Based on a World War II drama. US soldiers try to save their comrade, paratrooper Private Ryan, who's stationed behind enemy lines. |
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The Thin Red Line |
1998 |
170 mins |
Terrence Malick |
Director Terrence Malick's adaptation of James Jones' autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War. |
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Hotaru no haka |
1988 |
93 mins |
Isao Takahata |
A tragic film covering a young boy and his little sister's struggle to survive in Japan during World War II. |
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Hamburger Hill |
1987 |
112 mins |
John Irvin |
A very realistic interpretation of one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War. |
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Full Metal Jacket |
1987 |
116 mins |
Stanley Kubrick |
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow Marine recruits from their brutal basic training to the bloody street fighting set in 1968 Hue, Vietnam. |
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Platoon |
1986 |
120 mins |
Oliver Stone |
A young recruit in Vietnam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man. |
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Apocalypse Now |
1979 |
153 mins |
Francis Ford Coppola |
During the on-going Vietnam War, Captain Willard is sent on a dangerous mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade Green Beret who has set himself up as a God among a local tribe. |
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"M*A*S*H" |
1972 |
25 mins |
Hy Averback; Jackie Cooper |
The staff of an army hospital in the Korean war find that laughter is the best way to deal with their situation. |
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