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Alfred Hitchcock's Bon Voyage & Aventure Malgache

Alfred Hitchcock's Bon Voyage & Aventure Malgache

Short Films · War · Drama

Two short, absorbing dramas of wartime espionage and murder, rediscovered! Legendary master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock directed these forgotten classics in 1944 to aid the French resistance.

Amen.

Amen.

World Cinema · War · Drama

From the acclaimed director of Z and CAPITAL, Costa-Gavras presents a powerful and riveting account of the implementation of the Final Solution and the culpability of the Vatican in the extermination of millions in Nazi Death Camps.

Anatahan

Anatahan

War · History · World Cinema

NEW RESTORATION!  Inspired by an actual event during WWII, Josef von Sternberg's Anatahan, tells the story of a dozen Japanese sailors who are stranded on the remote island of Anatahan during the waning days of the war. The war ends, unbeknownst to the men, and they engage in their ow…

Angel

Angel

Comedy Drama · Romance

Romantic comedy starring the great Marlene Dietrich as the unfaithful wife of a foreign diplomat.

The Apartment (4KUHD)

The Apartment (4KUHD)

4K UHD DISC · Comedy Drama · National Film Registry

C.C. “Bud” Baxter knows the way to success in business…it’s through the door of his apartment! By providing a perfect hideaway for philandering bosses, the ambitious young employee reaps a series of undeserved promotions.

Apocalypse '45

Apocalypse '45

War · Documentary

Apocalypse ’45 recounts the end of World War II. With never-before-seen restored footage and the voices of 24 men who lived through these events, this timely documentary highlights the experiences of the last of the Greatest Generation.

Arise, My Love

Arise, My Love

Romantic Comedy · Comedy Drama · Romance

Ace reporter Augusta “Gusto” Nash poses as the wife of an imprisoned American pilot  to save him from execution by Spanish fascists.

Armadillo

Armadillo

War · Documentary

Janus Metz's Armadillo follows a platoon of Danish soldiers on a six-month tour of Afghanistan in 2009. An intimate, visually stunning account of both the horror and growing cynicism of modern warfare that provoked a national debate over government policy and the rules of engagement.

Army of Crime

Army of Crime

Period Drama · World Cinema · War

In Robert Guédiguian’s taut, internationally acclaimed thriller, set during the French Resistance, Armenian poet Missak Manouchian (Simon Abkarian) and his French wife (Virginie Ledoyen) lead a ragtag assortment of volunteers — Jews, Poles, Hungarians, Italians, Spaniards and Arme…

The Artist and the Model

The Artist and the Model

World Cinema · War · Drama

In an occupied France, not far away from the Spanish border, a famous sculptor who is tired of life and wars finds the desire to work on his last masterpiece when a beautiful young Spanish girl comes knocking.

The Attack

The Attack

War · Drama · Thriller

Amin Jaafari's picture-perfect life is turned upside down when a suicide bombing leaves nineteen dead, and the Israeli police inform him that his wife Sihem, who also died in the explosion, was responsible.

Backtrack (Special Edition) aka Catchfire

Backtrack (Special Edition) aka Catchfire

Crime · Action · Comedy Drama

A witness to a mob assassination flees for her life from town to town, switching identities, but cannot seem to elude Milo, the chief killer out to get her.

Battle Hymn

Battle Hymn

War

A remorseful WWII fighter pilot-turned-minister eventually rejoins the Air Force to train pilots in South Korea. But now he must fight... and face the past once again.

Baxter

Baxter

World Cinema · Horror · Comedy Drama

The inner thoughts of a sociopathic bull terrier reveal that he is quite unhappy with his situation—living with an elderly woman who is afraid of him. In search of his ideal master, he successfully plots how to do away with her—and attempts a similar plan when he becomes dissatisfied wit…

The Big Easy

The Big Easy

Crime · Neo-Noir · Comedy Drama

A corrupt lieutenant in the homicide division is threatened by the righteous DA while trying to solve a string of mysterious murders.

The Birth of a Nation

The Birth of a Nation

Silent · Historic Drama · War

Almost a century after its release, The Birth of a Nation remains one of the most controversial films ever made... a landmark achievement of filmmaking that undeniably demonstrates the deep roots of America's racist history.

Black Gravel

Black Gravel

War · Crime · Drama

In this gripping Cold War noir, tensions simmer between residents of a small German village and the soldiers of a U.S. military base.

The Boat is Full

The Boat is Full

War · Jewish Interest · Drama

Nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Foreign Language Film (1981), The Boat is Full is a tense and heartbreaking drama that captures the plight of refugees during WWII.

The Bridges at Toko-Ri (Special Edition)

The Bridges at Toko-Ri (Special Edition)

Adventure · Romance · War

This masterful story of a war-weary World War II veteran who must leave his family to fight again combines moving drama with surefire, bombs-away aerial action.

Bright Victory

Bright Victory

Romance · War · Drama

During World War II, Sergeant Larry Nevins is blinded by enemy fire and lands in a military hospital with African-American soldier Joe Morgan, and attending nurse Judy Greene. On the long and painful road to recovery, Larry begins to realize how much he truly cares for Judy…and how wrong he w…

Captain Newman, M.D.

Captain Newman, M.D.

Comedy Drama

This classic comedy-drama follows the affable Captain Newman as he uses both humor and compassion to reach patients whose wartime injuries plague their minds instead of their bodies.

Caterpillar

Caterpillar

War · Drama

Caterpillar tells the story of a village woman given the grueling task of looking after (and fulfilling the sexual needs of) her quadruple amputee husband, a Japanese soldier in the Second Sino-Japanese War who has been decreed a "War God" by the Emperor. The film serves as a powerful indictment of …

Cherry 2000 (Special Edition)

Cherry 2000 (Special Edition)

Sci-Fi · Adventure · Sci-Fi and Fantasy

In this fun, futuristic sci-fi adventure, Melanie Griffith is delightful and unflappable as a futuristic bounty hunter on a mission to find a robot replicant of a rich man's short-circuited wife.

China

China

War · Drama

An American gasoline salesman in 1941 China, joins a band of guerrillas on a daring heist.

The Choirboys

The Choirboys

Comedy Drama · Drama · Comedy

A group of rank-and-file policemen from the Los Angeles Police Department look for ways to cope with the pressures of the job.

Churchill

Churchill

History · War · Drama

Ninety-six hours before the World War II invasion of Normandy, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (Brian Cox) struggles with his severe reservations with Operation Overlord and his increasingly marginalized role in the war effort.

Come What May

Come What May

Adventure · Thriller · War

May 1940. To escape the imminent German invasion, the inhabitants of a small village in northern France flee their homes, like so many millions of their compatriots.

Coming Home

Coming Home

Academy Award Winners · Romance · War

Perhaps the most compelling picture ever made about the shattering aftermath of the Vietnam War, Coming Home earned eight Academy Award nominations and won three for Best Actress (Jane Fonda), Actor (Jon Voight) and Original Screenplay.

Confidence

Confidence

Period Drama · War · Academy Award Nominees

1980's Confidence was nominated for the Academy Award and Szabó won Berlin's Silver Bear for Best Director. In World War II-era Hungary, the resistance pairs two unrelated members to act as husband and wife in an effort to stay hidden in plain sight. Will they be able to maintain the illusion…

Cool as Ice

Cool as Ice

Comedy Drama

Johnny is a freewheeling, motorcycle-riding musician who rolls into a small town with his band. There he meets Kathy, a high school honor student who catches his eye and his heart.

The Counterfeit Traitor

The Counterfeit Traitor

History · War · Drama

An American businessman turned Swedish oil-trader finds his life and fortunes held hostage when he’s blackmailed by British agents and forced into the perilous arena of World War II espionage.

Counterpoint

Counterpoint

War · Music · Drama

A symphony orchestra and their conductor is captured by the Germans in WW2, and  forced to perform at private concerts for the Nazi generals.

The Damned

The Damned

World Cinema · War · Drama

Set during the closing days of WWII this gritty, claustrophobic mix of Film Noir and psychological suspense follows the doomed escape of a group of Nazi's as they flee for South America aboard a submarine hoping to evade their fate in Europe

The Day and the Hour (aka Le jour et l'heure)

The Day and the Hour (aka Le jour et l'heure)

Romance · War · Action

In Nazi-occupied France during WWII, a French woman helps two downed Allied airmen to evade capture by the Germans and make their way into neutral Spain.

Deutschland 83

Deutschland 83

Culture · Peabody Award Winners · Thriller

Emmy Award Winner - Best International Drama: Deutschland 83 is a groundbreaking new series from the producers of the international Emmy award-winning Generation War. It's 1983. The Cold War is hot. Russian SS20 Missiles in East Germany are already pointed West. American Pershing II Missiles will so…

The Devil's Brigade

The Devil's Brigade

Adventure · War · Action

Robert T. Frederick takes on the daunting task of melding a renegade group of American and Canadian recruits into a crack team of commando warriors. Frederick's superiors doubt the rookies until Frederick's volunteers them for a perilous attack on a Nazi stronghold in the mountains. 

Disputed Passage

Disputed Passage

War · Drama

A medical student struggles to fully surrender to his teacher’s philosophy of keeping the sterility of science separate from the warmth of the human spirit after he falls in love with a Chinese woman of American descent raised in Shanghai.

Disturbing the Peace

Disturbing the Peace

Politics · War · Documentary

DISTURBING THE PEACE follows former enemy combatants – elite Israeli soldiers and Palestinian fighters – who have joined together to become nonviolent activists, leading to the creation of Combatants for Peace.

The Eagle and the Hawk

The Eagle and the Hawk

War · Pre-Code · Drama

The Eagle and the Hawk is a powerful anti-war drama in which Cary Grant and Fredric March play rival pilots with opposing codes of honor.

F.T.A.

F.T.A.

Music Documentaries · Music · Performance

In 1971, at the height of the Vietnam War, Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland toured an anti-war comedy show across Southeast Asia. Despite being highly controversial, it was a huge success among stationed soldiers. Out of circulation and difficult to see for decades, F.T.A. has now been fully restore…

Fabian: Going to the Dogs

Fabian: Going to the Dogs

War · History · World Cinema

In this dazzling adaptation of Erich Kästner’s classic of Weimar literature, a young ad-man spends his days working for a cigarette company and his nights wandering the streets of Berlin, where he meets and falls in love with a beautiful actress. As her career begins to blossom, prospects…

Family Mission: The TJ Lobraico Story

Family Mission: The TJ Lobraico Story

War · Documentary

FAMILY MISSION is a feature-length documentary based on the life of TJ Lobraico, a USAF Staff Sergeant from Connecticut who gave his life for his country in Afghanistan in 2013.

Fear and Desire (4KUHD)

Fear and Desire (4KUHD)

4K UHD DISC · Thriller · War

In this existential drama—which has the feeling of a waking dream rather than a conventional war film—four soldiers return to their senses after crash-landing in a forest behind enemy lines.

A Fistful of Dynamite (Special Edition) aka Duck, You Sucker!

A Fistful of Dynamite (Special Edition) aka Duck, You Sucker!

Western · War

Starring Rod Steiger as Juan Miranda, a cigar-chomping, salt-of-the-earth peasant with a Robin Hood heart and James Coburn as John Mallory, a dynamite-tossing Irish revolutionary who has fled to Mexico to practice his skills. Together, they're a devilishly volatile mix of anti-establishment philosop…

Five Graves to Cairo

Five Graves to Cairo

War · Thriller

John J. Bramble, the sole survivor of a British tank crew, makes his way to a desolate desert town where he is given refuge by a hotel owner and a French chambermaid who prepare to receive General Erwin Rommel and his German staff. Posing as the hotel’s waiter, Bramble attempts to infiltr…

A Foreign Affair

A Foreign Affair

Comedy Drama · Romance

Stiff-necked Iowa congresswoman Phoebe Frost is mired in jaded postwar Berlin. As she investigates the morale of American troops, she is cynically wooed by fellow Iowan Captain John Pringle, who is trying to cover up his affair with Nazi-tainted chanteuse Erika von Schlütow.

The Four Seasons

The Four Seasons

Romantic Comedy · Comedy Drama · Drama

Heartfelt comedy about three 40-something couples who frequently vacation together, while life’s ups and downs take their toll.

La France

La France

War · Romance · Action & Adventure

An intoxicating blend of wartime romance and brightly colored musical, the film depicts an original world "where Bresson meets the Beatles" (Variety).

The Front Page (Special Edition)

The Front Page (Special Edition)

Comedy Drama · Romance · National Film Registry

Ruthless newspaper editor Walter Burns (Walter Matthau) and reporter Hildy (Jack Lemmon) believe together they can cover any story. The only problem is their team is being broken up as Hildy has decided to get married and leave the newspaper business altogether. As Hildy grooms his replacement, his …

Il Generale Della Rovere

Il Generale Della Rovere

World Cinema · War · Drama

Winner of the Golden Lion at the 1959 Venice Film Festival, directed by Roberto Rossellini and featuring world cinema icon Vittoria de Sica (The Bicycle Thief), IL GENERALE DELLA ROVERE is a film based on the true story of Emanuele Bardone, who, during the height of WWII, exploits his fellow Italian…

Golden Earrings

Golden Earrings

Adventure · War · Romance

Escaping from the Nazis, a British colonel and his partner arrange to meet in Stuttgart to steal Hitler’s poison gas formula. Only with the help of an extraordinary gypsy woman can he finish the mission that will make him a hero.

Grace of My Heart

Grace of My Heart

Comedy Drama

A spirited fifteen-year journey that follows songwriting sensation Denise Waverly who struggles to escape the shadow of pop-music icons and ultimately emerges a singer in her own right.

The Great Moment (Special Edition)

The Great Moment (Special Edition)

Comedy Drama

The Great Moment takes inspiration from the true-life story of Dr. William Morton, a dedicated dentist who discovers ether, otherwise known as anesthesia, in 1846.

Hangmen Also Die

Hangmen Also Die

Thriller · War · Film Noir

Beautifully shot by James Wong Howe and tightly scripted by Brecht and Lang in their only collaboration, this noir-like espionage thriller is set in occupied Czechoslovakia and revolves around the successful plot by the Czech resistance to assassinate Deputy Reich-Protector of Bohemia and Moravia "H…

Hell is for Heroes

Hell is for Heroes

War

In the heat of battle during World War II, a defiant loner and his fellow soldiers find themselves severely outnumbered as they hold off a Nazi advance along the Siegfried Line in France. Using only their ingenuity and bravery, they must bluff the Germans in order to buy some time…and save th…

High Ground

High Ground

War · Documentary

A group of wounded veterans join an expedition to climb the 20,000-foot Himalayan Mount Lobuche, led by blind adventurer Erik Weihenmayer.

Horses of God

Horses of God

War · World Cinema · Drama

Ten year-old Yachine and his 13-year-old brother Hamid live in Sidi Moumen, an impoverished slum on the outskirts of Casablanca. Hamid, though just a child, works hard to sustain his family by any means, but eventually get involved with the "wrong crowd" and becomes one of the local neighborhood bos…

How to Fold a Flag

How to Fold a Flag

War · Documentary

Follows a group of U.S. veterans as they create new lives post-Iraq against the backdrop of the 2008 election.

If I Had a Million

If I Had a Million

Romantic Comedy · Pre-Code · Comedy Drama

To prevent his inheritance from going to his greedy family, a dying steel tycoon chooses eight random strangers and gives them each one million bucks.

Jet Pilot

Jet Pilot

Thriller · War · Romance

An American Air Force colonel is sent by the Pentagon to obtain top-secret information from a Russian pilot.