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The Man with the Iron Heart (film)
The Man with the Iron Heart (HHhH; Killing Heydrich in Canada) is Cédric Jimenez's 2017 WWII drama starring Jason Clarke and Rosamund Pike, adapted from Laurent Binet's novel about Operation Anthropoid, the 1942 assassination of Reinhard Heydrich.
The Railway Man (film)
The Railway Man (2013) is a Jonathan Teplitzky drama starring Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Stellan Skarsgård, Jeremy Irvine, and Hiroyuki Sanada, adapted from Eric Lomax's memoir of torture on the Death Railway and his reconciliation with Takashi Nagase.
The Zookeeper's Wife (film)
The Zookeeper's Wife is a 2017 Focus Features historical drama directed by Niki Caro, starring Jessica Chastain, Johan Heldenbergh, and Daniel Brühl, adapted from Diane Ackerman's 2007 book about the Żabińskis sheltering about 300 Jews at the Warsaw Zoo.
They Died with Their Boots On
They Died with Their Boots On: 1941 Warner Bros. biographical Western directed by Raoul Walsh, starring Errol Flynn as Custer and Olivia de Havilland in their final pairing; romanticized, historically inaccurate Little Bighorn epic.
Unbroken (film)
Unbroken (2014) is Angelina Jolie's biographical war drama about Olympic runner and POW survivor Louis Zamperini, adapted from Laura Hillenbrand's 2010 bestseller, starring Jack O'Connell and Miyavi, released December 25, 2014 by Universal.
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
Unbroken: Path to Redemption (2018) is a Christian drama sequel to Unbroken, directed by Harold Cronk, starring Samuel Hunt as Louis Zamperini and Will Graham as Billy Graham; released September 14, 2018, PG-13, 98 minutes.
Zhang Side
Zhang Side (张思德) is a 2004 Chinese black-and-white biographical film directed by Yin Li, written by Liu Heng, and starring Wu Jun and Tang Guoqiang, made to mark the 60th anniversary of Mao's "Serve the People" speech honoring the soldier Zhang Side, who died in a 1944 charcoal kiln collapse at Yan'an.