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6.8

♡ 126

51%

71%

Action

based on a true story

Dome Karukoski Director

Lily Collins as Edith Bratt

Anthony Boyle as Geoffrey Smith

Nicholas Hoult as J.R.R. Tolkien

Pam Ferris as Mrs. Faulkner

England, early 20th century. The future writer and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) and three of his schoolmates create a strong bond between them as they share the same passion for literature and art, a true fellowship that strengthens as they grow up, but the outbreak of World War I threatens to shatter it.

The Land That Time Forgot

1974

5.6

♡ 11

Adventure

based on novel or book

Kevin Connor Director

Doug McClure as Bowen Tyler

Ron Pember as Jones

Roy Holder as Plesser

Colin Farrell as Whiteley

During World War I, a German U-boat sinks a British passenger ship and takes the survivors aboard. After getting lost in fog, the submarine surfaces near the unknown island of Caprona, a lost world where they find dinosaurs and Neanderthals.

Aces High

1976

post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)

6.5

♡ 4

67%

royal flying corps (rfc)

squadron

Jack Gold Director

David Daker as Bennett

Peter Firth as Croft

Malcolm McDowell as Gresham

Trevor Howard as Silkin

The first World War is in its third year and aerial combat above the Western Front is consuming the nation's favored children at an appalling rate. By early 1917, the average life-span of a British pilot is less than a fortnight. Such losses place a fearsome strain on Gresham, commanding officer of the squadron. Aces High recreates the early days of the Royal Flying Corps with some magnificently staged aerial battles, and sensitive direction presents a moving portrayal of the futilities of war.

The Promise

2016

♡ 90

51%

Terry George Director

Jean Reno as Admiral Fournet

Christian Bale as Chris Myers

Tom Hollander as Garin

Oscar Isaac as Mikael Boghosian

Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, a love triangle develops between Mikael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated artist Ana, and Chris, a renowned American journalist based in Paris.

The Lighthorsemen

1987

6.8

♡ 4

71%

Simon Wincer Director

Peter Phelps as Dave

James Wright as Fitzgerald

Gary Sweet as Frank

Shane Briant as Reichert

In 1917 when the British forces are bogged down in front of the Turkish and German lines in Palestine they rely on the Australian light horse regiment to break the deadlock.

The Great Waldo Pepper

1975

6.7

♡ 9

60%

George Roy Hill Director

Bo Svenson as Axel Olsson

Susan Sarandon as Mary Beth

Margot Kidder as Maude

Robert Redford as Waldo Pepper

A biplane pilot and WWI veteran takes up barnstorming and later a movie career in his quest for the glory days he misses.

In Love and War

1996

5.9

♡ 17

11%

Richard Attenborough Director

Sandra Bullock as Agnes von Kurowsky

Doreen Mantle as Emilia

Chris O'Donnell as Ernest Hemingway

Colin Stinton as Tom Burnside

After teenage ambulance driver Ernest Hemingway takes shrapnel in the leg during World War I, he falls in love with Agnes von Kurowsky, a beautiful older nurse at the hospital where he's sent to recover. Their affair slowly blossoms, until Hemingway boldly asks Agnes to be his wife and journey to America with him.

Sergeant York

1941

7.7

♡ 12

81%

Howard Hawks Director

Frank Faylen as But! Boy

James Anderson as Eb

Jean Del Val as Marshal Foch

June Lockhart as Rosie York

Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.

Pack Up Your Troubles

1932

7.2

♡ 10

70%

George Marshall Director

Frank Hagney as Doughboy

Charlie Hall as Janitor

Frank Rice as Perkins

Muriel Evans as Relieved Bride

The story begins in 1917 with Stan and Ollie being drafted into the U.S. Army to fight in World War I. While in the Army, the pair befriend a man named Eddie Smith, who is killed by the enemy during a battle. After the war is over, Stan and Ollie venture to New York City, where they begin a quest to reunite Eddie's little daughter with her rightful family. The task proves both monumental and problematic as the boys discover just how many people in New York have the last name Smith.

Block-Heads

1938

7.5

♡ 20

85%

John G. Blystone Director

Harry Myers as Drunk

Chill Wills as Midget in Elevator

Jack Hill as Soldier in Trenches

William A. Boardway as Tenant

It's 1938, but Stan doesn't know the war is over; he's still patrolling the trenches in France, and shoots down a French aviator. Oliver sees his old chum's picture in the paper and goes to visit Stan who has now been returned to the States and invites him back to his home.

A Farewell to Arms

1932

6.4

♡ 14

88%

53%

Action

ambulance driver

based on novel or book

Frank Borzage Director

Helen Hayes as Catherine

Gary Cooper as Frederic

Blanche Friderici as Head Nurse

Adolphe Menjou as Rinaldi

A tale of the World War I love affair, begun in Italy, between American ambulance driver Lt. Frederic Henry and British nurse Catherine Barkley. Eventually separated by Frederic's transfer, tremendous challenges and difficult decisions face each as the war rages on.

William Kelly's War

2014

6.3

♡ 1

65%

Geoff Davis Director

Andrew Knight as ANZAC Prisoner

Ben Prendergast as Constable Doyle

Tom McCathie as Tom Kennett

Dean Kirkright as Will Kennett

When WW1 breaks out, farm boys, Billy (Josh Davis) and Jack Kelly (Mathew John Davis), along with their cousin, Paddy (Lachie Hume), sign up, and are shipped out to serve in Europe. With Billy a dead-eye shot with a rifle, the boys are soon set up as a sniper team, mowing down Germans and Turks like nobody’s business. They become heroes, but back home, the family farm is being circled by a gang of cattle thieves, meaning that even when the war ends, the blood is set to keep flowing.

I Dutifully Report

1958

Czech

7.4

♡ 7

based on novel or book

Comedy

Karel Steklý Director

Frantisek Filipovský as Dub

Rudolf Hrusínský as Josef Svejk

Jan Skopecek as Kaprál v tábore

Frantisek Slégr as Schröder

A comedy based on the novel of Jaroslav Hašek's The Good Soldier Svejk happens during the World War I. I Dutifully Report: In the introduction to the second part of the film adaptation of Hašek's novel The Good Soldier Švějk presents his main character Josef Švejk. With the distinctive traditional Czech cartoon character of a soldier Svejk, this time you meet on the way to the front and eventually right in the firing line. You can look at his famous train events, and also probably the most famous episode of the novel, Švejk's Budějovice anabasis. Don't miss the scene with the secretly bought cognac, the episode with Svejk as a fake Russian prisoner of war, including the court scene, and the scene in which lieutenant Dub is caught in a brothel. Despite the criticism, Steklý's adaptation is undoubtedly the most famous and memorable at present.

Hell's Angels

1930

7.3

♡ 18

71%

unfaithful girlfriend

zeppelin

Edmund Goulding Director

Werner Klingler as Bit Role

Marian Marsh as Girl Selling Kisses

Jean Harlow as Helen

William B. Davidson as Staff Major

When the Great War breaks out, brothers Roy and Monte Rutledge, each attending Oxford University, enlist with the Royal Flying Corps.

The Green Room

1978

French

♡ 4

40%

François Truffaut Director

Thi-Loan Nguyen as Apprentice

Jean Dasté as Bernard Humbert

Nathalie Baye as Cecilia Mandel

François Truffaut as Julien Davenne

A WWI veteran decides to build a memorial to all of the people who have mattered to him but are now dead.

The Great Dictator

1940

♡ 152

92%

Charles Chaplin Director

Carter DeHaven as Bacterian Ambassador

Ethelreda Leopold as Blonde Secretary

Paulette Goddard as Hannah

Charles Chaplin as Hynkel - Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

The Eagle and the Hawk

1933

7.0

♡ 4

73%

raf (royal air force)

suicide

Mitchell Leisen Director

Dennis O'Keefe as Flier

Cary Grant as Henry Crocker

Forrester Harvey as Hogan

Fredric March as Jerry Young

The pilots of a Royal Air Force squadron in World War I face not only physical but mental dangers in their struggle to survive while fighting the enemy.

Cavalcade

1933

5.8

♡ 11

64%

Frank Lloyd Director

Mary Stewart as Dancer / Singer

Margaret Lindsay as Edith Harris

Una O'Connor as Ellen Bridges

Eric Wilton as Robert - Marryot's Later Butler

A cavalcade of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 until 1933 is seen through the eyes of well-to-do Londoners Jane and Robert Marryot. Amongst events touching their family are the Boer War, the death of Queen Victoria, the sinking of the Titanic, and the Great War.

A Promise

2013