300 (2006)

300 (2006)

[8] Based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley, 300 centers on three hundred proud Spartan soldiers who stood valiantly against overwhelming Persian forces in the Battle of Thermopylae. Gerard Butler stars as Spartan King Leonidas, who…
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

[8] Russell Crowe stars as a British naval captain pushing his ship's crew to the breaking point in pursuit of the Acheron, a stealthy French vessel he's been ordered to track and destroy. The plot of Master and Commander isn't…
Yesterday’s Enemy (1959)

Yesterday’s Enemy (1959)

[7] Stanley Baker leads up an ensemble cast in this more-than-respectable anti-war flick from Britain's Hammer Films. Baker stars as a U.S. army captain leading his exhausted troops through the Burmese jungle during World War II. They take over a…
The Patriot (2000)

The Patriot (2000)

[7] After his young son is murdered by a sadistic British officer, a peaceful colonial farmer forms a militia to exact vengeance during the American Revolution. Armed with a strong, emotionally potent screenplay by Robert Rodat (Saving Private Ryan, Fly…
Sunflower (1970)

Sunflower (1970)

[5] Sophia Loren stars in the final film from director Vittorio de Sica, about an Italian woman despondently searching for her soldier husband (Marcello Mastroianni) in the fallout of World War II. Unable to learn from the government whether he's…
Heroes for Sale (1933)

Heroes for Sale (1933)

[7] Heroes for Sale follows Tom Holmes (Richard Barthelmess) through a near-death experience on the World War I battle front to a resulting morphine addiction upon his return to America. We see him lose his job and get rehabilitated, only…
Atonement (2007)

Atonement (2007)

[7] Thirteen-year-old aspiring writer Briony Tallis (Saoirse Ronan) accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he didn't commit, effectively condemning him to years of prison and compulsory military service. The lovers (Keira Knightley and James McAvoy) stay connected through…
The Eagle and the Hawk (1933)

The Eagle and the Hawk (1933)

[7] Fredric March and Cary Grant play American pilots fighting for Britain during the first World War. The two men frequently quarrel, each coming from a different wartime philosophy. March does his best to avoid killing anyone, while Grant is…
The Camp on Blood Island (1958)

The Camp on Blood Island (1958)

[6] British men and women are held captive in segregated prison camps under the rule of a sadistic Japanese commander who vows to kill them all if Japan loses World War II. When the Brits secretly learn of the war's…
Little Women (1933)

Little Women (1933)

[6] George Cukor directs Katharine Hepburn as Jo March in one of the earliest screen adaptations of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, a chronicle of the lives and loves of four sisters growing up in New England during the Civil…