Contemporary War Films
A far cry from the patriotic glorification of early war films, contemporary approaches are gritty, revealing and critical. Portrayals of instrumental personalities, exposes of state corruption or unbiased representation of the brutality of war, these films are dramatic and thought provoking.
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Contemporary War Films Film Listing
Daniel Auteuil, 2011
£16.99
The Well-Digger's Daughter
The beautifully-filmed, sun-soaked directorial debut of French actor Daniel Auteu...
Cate Shortland, 2012
£11.99
Lore
Stranded with her younger siblings after their Nazi parents are imprisoned, Lore (Saskia Rosendah...
Terence Davies, 2011
£6.99
The Deep Blue Sea
Based on the Terence Rattigan play of the same name, The Deep Blue Sea is a study of forbidden lo...
Steven Spielberg, 2011
£15.99
War Horse
Based on Michael Morpurgo's novel, Steven Spielberg's War Horse is an epic odyssey of joy, sorrow...
Ralph Fiennes, 2011
£7.99
Coriolanus
For his directorial debut, Ralph Fiennes adapts Shakespeare's tragedy Coriolanus, transposing the...
Elem Klimov, 1985
£6.99
Come and See
Hailed as one of the greatest war films ever made, Come and See is a hallucinatory cinematic expe...
Karen Shakhnazarov, 2012
£11.99
White Tiger
White Tiger - Russia’s 2013 Oscar Entry - is set as World War II is drawing to a close. Furious, ...
Francois Truffaut, 1980
£6.99
The Last Metro
The winner of a phenomenal 10 Césars at the 1981 French Academy awards, this is one of Truffaut's...
Hugh Hudson, 1985
£9.99
Revolution
A tour-de-force of epic filmmaking set against the American War of Independence. Al Pacino heads ...
Theo Angelopoulos, 1970-77
£22.99
The Theo Angelopoulos Collection: Volume 1
Theo Angelopoulos is Greece's most celebrated filmmaker and one of the world's gr...
Robert Guediguian, 2009
£5.99
The Army of Crime
French World War II drama chronicling the famous 1944 'Red Poster' case, in which a group of fore...
Stanislav Rostotsky, 1972
£16.99
The Dawns Here Are Quiet
Although Oscar-nominated, the Russian World War Two drama The Dawns Here Are Quie...
Gilles Paquet-Brenner, 2010
£8.99
Sarah's Key
Based on Tatiana de Rosnay's best selling novel, Sarah's Key tells the story of an American journ...
Ang Lee, 2007
£5.99
Lust, Caution
During WWII in China, a beautiful spy begins an affair with a powerful political figure to facili...
Ken Loach, 2006
£7.99
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (1 disc)
Ken Loach's deserving Palme D'Or winner is a searing and powerful depiction of th...
Antti Jokinen, 2012
£11.99
Purge
Finland's Official Academy Award submission for 2013, Purge tells the epic, breathtaking story of...
Bertrand Tavernier, 2001
£6.99
Laissez-Passer
Based on real life events, Tavernier's new film is set in the early 1940s against the background ...
Various (Documentary), 1948-81
£17.99
COI Collection: Volume 6 - Worth the Risk?
This latest instalment in the BFI’s dedicated DVD series that celebrates the film...
