Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki's shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an affirmative answer to each of these questions.

Timeline

2003

English

5.6

♡ 66

13%

Richard Donner Director

Gerard Butler as Andre Marek

Paul Walker as Chris Johnston

Neal McDonough as Frank Gordon

Marton Csokas as Sir William De Kere / William Decker

A group of archaeological students become trapped in the past when they go there to retrieve their professor. The group must survive in 14th century France long enough to be rescued.

Hannibal

2006

English

6.7

♡ 1

Edward Bazalgette Director

Tristan Gemmill as Gaius Terentius Varro

Alexander Siddig as Hannibal

Teodora Duhovnikova as Imilce

Kenneth Cranham as Self - Narrator

It is 200 years before the birth of Christ and Rome is the new superpower of the ancient world. She believes she is invincible - but one man is destined to change that. He is a man bound by oath to avenge the wrongs inflicted on his home and, in pursuit of revenge, he will stop at nothing. Hannibal explores the man behind the myth, revealing what drove the 26-year-old to mastermind one of the most audacious military moves in history. With 40,000 soldiers and 37 elephants, he marched 1,500 miles to challenge his enemies on their own soil. It was an act so daring that few people believed it possible.

Flanders

2006

French

6.5

♡ 4

67%

Bruno Dumont Director

David Dewaele as

Samuel Boidin as André Demester

Adélaïde Leroux as Barbe

Henri Cretel as Blondel

André Demester secretly and painfully loves Barbe, his childhood friend, accepting from her the little that she gives him. He leaves home to be a soldier in a war in a far off land. Barbarity, camaraderie and fear turn him into a warrior. As the seasons go by, Barbe, alone and wasting away, waits for the soldiers to return. Will Demester’s boundless love for Barbe save him?

Yesterday's Enemy

1959

English

7.1

♡ 5

82%

Val Guest Director

Leo McKern as Max

Gordon Jackson as Sgt. McKenzie

Timothy Bateson as Simpson

Philip Ahn as Yamazaki

Set during the Burma Campaign of World War 2, this is the story of courage and endurance of the soldiers struggling at close quarters against the enemy. The film examines the moral dilemmas ordinary men face during war, when the definitions of acceptable military action and insupportable brutality become blurred and distorted.

Joy Division

2006

English

6.0

♡ 5

49%

Reg Traviss Director

Bernard Hill as Dennis

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer as Grandpa

Suzanne von Borsody as Mother

Tom Schilling as Thomas (younger)

A teenage orphan fights against the Red Army at the end of WWII and in the aftermath is 'adopted' by a Commissar. Years later he is sent to London during the Cold war to work for the KGB, where he questions his life.

Spartacus

1960

English

7.9

♡ 111

93%

Stanley Kubrick Director

Robert J. Wilke as Guard Captain

Carleton Young as Herald

Michael Masters as Small Role

Chuck Hayward as Soldier

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.

King Arthur

2004

English

6.3

♡ 122

30%

Antoine Fuqua Director

Clive Owen as Arthur

Hugh Dancy as Galahad

Keira Knightley as Guinevere

Mads Mikkelsen as Tristan

The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops stationed in Britain, and that the Roman-British military commander, Lucius Artorius Castus is the historical person behind the legend.

Alexander

2004

English

5.6

♡ 130

15%

Oliver Stone Director

Colin Farrell as Alexander

Jared Leto as Hephaistion

Anthony Hopkins as Old Ptolemy

Angelina Jolie as Olympias

Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then known world, venturing farther than any westerner had ever gone, all the way to India.

The Winston Affair

1964

English

6.6

♡ 7

Guy Hamilton Director

Keenan Wynn as Lieut. Winston

Sam Wanamaker as Major Kaufman

Trevor Howard as Major Kensington

Howard Marion-Crawford as Major Poole

In a remote jungle outpost in the Far Eastern theater of World War II, a hotheaded American soldier murders an allied British sergeant in cold blood. Stalwart American Lt. Colonel Barney Adams (Mitchum) is dispatched to defend him in the ensuing court martial. But when Lt. Adams starts encountering roadblocks in his search for evidence, and his key witnesses start disappearing one after another, he soon realizes he's merely a pawn in a mysterious conspiracy that could extend to the highest levels of military power.

Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan

2007

Russian

7.2

♡ 42

Sergey Bodrov Director

Ba Sen Zha Bu as Esugei - Temudjin's Father

Honglei Sun as Jamukha

Birol Tarkan Yildiz as Mongol

Tadanobu Asano as Temudjin

The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan, a slave who went on to conquer half the world in the 11th century.

Lust, Caution

2007

Chinese

7.5

♡ 59

73%

Ang Lee Director

Anupam Kher as Khalid Saiduddin

Leehom Wang as Kuang Yu Min

Joan Chen as Mrs. Yee

Tony Chiu Wai Leung as Mr. Yee

During World War II, a secret agent must seduce and assassinate an official who works for the Japanese puppet government in Shanghai.

The Horse Soldiers

1959

English

7.1

♡ 16

81%

John Ford Director

William Wellman Jr. as Bugler

Carleton Young as Col. Jonathan Miles

Constance Towers as Hannah Hunter

Chuck Hayward as Union Captain

A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and the commander. The secret plan for the mission is overheard by a southern belle who must be taken along to assure her silence.

Army of the Dead

2021

English

5.8

♡ 375

68%

Zack Snyder Director

Hiroyuki Sanada as Bly Tanaka

Theo Rossi as Burt Cummings

Ella Purnell as Kate Ward

Dave Bautista as Scott Ward

Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble: venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted.

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

2008

English

7.0

♡ 221

86%

Guillermo del Toro Director

Guillermo del Toro as Creature Vocals

Ron Perlman as Hellboy

Seth MacFarlane as Johann

John Hurt as Professor Broom

Hellboy, his pyrokinetic girlfriend, Liz, and aquatic empath, Abe Sapien, face their biggest battle when an underworld elven prince plans to reclaim Earth for his magical kindred. Tired of living in the shadow of humans, Prince Nuada tries to awaken an ancient force of killing machines, the all-powerful Golden Army, to clear the way for fantasy creatures to roam free. Only Hellboy can stop the dark prince and prevent humanity's annihilation.

Retrograde

2022

English

7.3

♡ 10

89%

afghanistan war (2001- )

afghanistan war (2001-2021)

Matthew Heineman Director

The story of the last months of the 20-year war in Afghanistan through the intimate relationship between American Green Berets and the Afghan officers they trained.

The Founding of a Republic

2009

Chinese

4.9

♡ 20

32%

Jianxin Huang Director

Stephen Chow as Jet Li

Jet Li as Chen Shaokuan

Jackie Chan as Li Jishen's Interviewer

Donnie Yen as Tian Han

The tale of one man who fought against the tyranny of a ruler and led his people in battle in the ultimate sacrifice for his country.

Auschwitz

2011

German

3.2

♡ 3

23%

Uwe Boll Director

Nik Goldman as Prisoner

Adolf Hitler as Self

Uwe Boll as SS Guard

Steffen Mennekes as SS-Guard

Auschwitz is a hard-hitting war film which shows life as it really was at the death camp.

Alone in Berlin

2016

English

6.5

♡ 39

58%

52%

1940s

Action

based on novel or book

Vincent Perez Director

Emma Thompson as Anna Quangel

Daniel Brühl as Escherich

Brendan Gleeson as Otto Quangel

Rainer Reiners as Salesman Franz Kanz

Berlin in June of 1940. While Nazi propaganda celebrates the regime’s victory over France, a kitchen-cum-living room in Prenzlauer Berg is filled with grief. Anna and Otto Quangel’s son has been killed at the front. This working class couple had long believed in the ‘Führer’ and followed him willingly, but now they realise that his promises are nothing but lies and deceit. They begin writing postcards as a form of resistance and in a bid to raise awareness: Stop the war machine! Kill Hitler! Putting their lives at risk, they distribute these cards in the entrances of tenement buildings and in stairwells. But the SS and the Gestapo are soon onto them, and even their neighbours pose a threat.

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