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Cold Mountain (film)
Cold Mountain (2003) is Anthony Minghella's Civil War drama adapted from Charles Frazier's National Book Award novel, starring Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, and Oscar-winning Renée Zellweger, shot in Romania and released by Miramax on December 25, 2003.
Cold War (2018 film)
Cold War (Polish: Zimna wojna) is Paweł Pawlikowski's 2018 black-and-white Polish-British-French romance drama starring Joanna Kulig and Tomasz Kot as Zula and Wiktor; it won Cannes Best Director 2018 and earned three Oscar nominations.
Colonia (film)
Colonia (also released as The Colony) is a 2015 historical thriller directed by Florian Gallenberger, starring Emma Watson and Daniel Brühl, set during the 1973 Chilean coup.
Come See the Paradise
Come See the Paradise is Alan Parker's 1990 drama starring Dennis Quaid and Tamlyn Tomita about an interracial marriage and the WWII internment of Japanese Americans, premiered at Cannes 1990 and released by Fox.
Coming Home (1978 film)
Coming Home (1978) is Hal Ashby's Vietnam War drama starring Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, and Bruce Dern, about a Marine wife's affair with a paralyzed veteran. It won three Oscars (Actor, Actress, Original Screenplay) of eight nominations; The Deer Hunter took Best Picture the same year.
Coward (2026 film)
Coward (2026) is Lukas Dhont's third feature, a Belgian-French-Dutch WWI drama about soldiers Pierre and Francis behind the Belgian front in 1916; it won shared Best Actor at Cannes 2026 and is Belgium's entry for the 2027 Oscars.
Dead to Rights (南京照相馆) (film)
Dead to Rights (南京照相馆) is a 2025 Chinese historical drama directed by Shen Ao about civilians in a Nanjing photo studio preserving Japanese atrocity photographs during the 1937 Nanjing Massacre, based on the Luo Jin and Wu Xuan album.
Death in Venice (film)
Death in Venice (Morte a Venezia) is Luchino Visconti's 1971 adaptation of Thomas Mann's novella, starring Dirk Bogarde as composer Gustav von Aschenbach and Björn Andrésen as Tadzio, scored with Mahler, premiered in London in March 1971 and restored in 2018.
Downfall (2004 film)
Downfall (Der Untergang) is a 2004 German historical war drama directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, starring Bruno Ganz as Hitler during his final days in the Berlin bunker in 1945.
Emperor (2012 film)
Emperor (終戦のエンペラー) is a 2012 Peter Webber historical drama starring Matthew Fox as General Bonner Fellers and Tommy Lee Jones as MacArthur, deciding Hirohito's war-crimes fate; released March 2013, 31% on Rotten Tomatoes, $3.3M US gross.
Escape from Germany
Escape from Germany is a 2024 T.C. Christensen faith-based drama about the August 1939 evacuation of American LDS missionaries from Nazi Germany, based on Terry Bohle Montague's book Mine Angels Round About, released April 11, 2024.
Evil Unbound
Evil Unbound (731) is a 2025 Chinese war drama directed by Zhao Linshan about Japan's Unit 731 human experiments in Harbin, starring Jiang Wu; it earned over 1.25 billion yuan in China. Distinct from the 2022 horror film Unbound Evil and the 2026 film Evil's Return.
Fat Man and Little Boy (film)
Fat Man and Little Boy (1989), also released in the UK as Shadow Makers, is Roland Joffé's drama about the Manhattan Project, starring Paul Newman as General Groves and Dwight Schultz as Oppenheimer; a critical and commercial failure.
Firebird (2021 film)
Firebird (2021 film), also known from Sergey Fetisov's memoir The Story of Roman (A Tale About Roman), is a UK-Estonia romantic drama directed by Peeter Rebane, starring Tom Prior, Oleg Zagorodnii, and Diana Pozharskaya, about a forbidden gay love affair in the 1970s Soviet Air Force in occupied Estonia; it premiered at BFI Flare 2021 and was released in the US on April 29, 2022.
Fly High Run Far (개벽)
Fly High Run Far (개벽) is Im Kwon-taek's 1991 Korean historical drama about Donghak leader Choi Si-hyeong; 146 minutes, Daejong Grand Prize winner, but only 45,566 admissions.
Gaua (film)
Gaua (The Night) is a 2025 Basque-language folk horror film by Paul Urkijo Alijo, his third feature after Errementari and Irati. Set in 17th-century Basque mountains during Inquisition witch hunts, Kattalin flees her husband and meets three storytelling women; premiered at Sitges 2025.
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack is a 2025 UK documentary by Basement Films, directed by Karim Shah, reported by Ramita Navai; dropped by the BBC, aired by Channel 4 on 2 July 2025, released by Zeteo, and winner of the 2026 BAFTA TV Award for Current Affairs.
Gezhi Town
Gezhi Town (得闲谨制) is a 2025 Chinese war drama directed by Kong Sheng, written by Lan Xiaolong, starring Xiao Zhan as machinist Mo Dexian; Nanjing refugees defend a mountain town from Japanese soldiers in 1944, grossing about $56 million.
GomBurZa (film)
GomBurZa is a 2023 Filipino historical biographical film directed by Pepe Diokno about martyred priests Gomes, Burgos, and Zamora, executed in 1872; an MMFF 2023 entry that won seven awards including Best Actor for Cedrick Juan.
Good Men, Good Women
Good Men, Good Women (好男好女) is Hou Hsiao-hsien's 1995 Taiwan-Japan drama, last of his Taiwan trilogy, adapted from Lan Bo-chou's Sapporo Carriage Song; a 1990s actress plays White Terror victim Chiang Bi-yu. Cannes 1995 competition; three Golden Horse awards.
Grand Tour (film)
Grand Tour (壮游) is Miguel Gomes's 2024 Portuguese-led feature about Edward fleeing his fiancée Molly across 1917 colonial Asia; his sixth film, it won Best Director at the 77th Cannes Film Festival.
Hamnet (film)
Hamnet (2025) is Chloé Zhao's drama, adapted from Maggie O'Farrell's novel, starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal as Agnes and Shakespeare; it imagines their son's 1596 death inspiring Hamlet, and won the Golden Globe for Best Drama and two BAFTAs.
Handia
Handia (Giant) is a 2017 Basque-language Spanish historical drama by Aitor Arregi and Jon Garaño about Miguel Joaquín Eleizegui, the Giant of Altzo; it won ten Goya Awards and the San Sebastián Special Jury Prize.
Harakiri (1962 film)
Harakiri (切腹, Seppuku) is Masaki Kobayashi's 1962 Shochiku black-and-white samurai drama, screenplay by Shinobu Hashimoto from Yasuhiko Takiguchi, starring Tatsuya Nakadai; it won the 1963 Cannes Special Jury Prize.
Hibiscus Town (芙蓉镇)
Hibiscus Town (芙蓉镇) is Xie Jin's 1986 Shanghai Film Studio drama adapted from Gu Hua's Mao Dun Prize novel, starring Liu Xiaoqing and Jiang Wen; it swept the 1987 Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers awards, won at Karlovy Vary, and earned 120 million yuan.
Hope and Glory (film)
Hope and Glory (1987) is John Boorman's autobiographical comedy-drama about his London Blitz childhood, seen through young Bill Rowan; Oscar-nominated, Golden Globe winner, followed by Queen and Country (2014).
In the Land of Blood and Honey
In the Land of Blood and Honey is Angelina Jolie's 2011 directorial debut, a Bosnian-language war drama about lovers Danijel and Ajla divided by the Bosnian War; Golden Globe-nominated, mixed reviews (RT 57%).
Ivan's Childhood (Иваново детство)
Ivan's Childhood (Иваново детство, Ivanovo detstvo), also released as My Name Is Ivan, is Andrei Tarkovsky's 1962 debut feature, a Soviet WWII drama about a twelve-year-old orphan scout that won the 1962 Venice Golden Lion.
John Rabe (2009 film)
John Rabe (2009) is a German-French-Chinese historical drama directed by Florian Gallenberger, starring Ulrich Tukur as the Siemens manager and Nazi Party member who led the Nanking Safety Zone; it won four Lolas including Best Film.
Johnny Got His Gun (film)
Johnny Got His Gun (1971) is Dalton Trumbo's only film as director, adapted from his 1939 anti-war novel about WWI soldier Joe Bonham, who loses limbs and face but remains conscious. It won Cannes' Jury Special Grand Prix and FIPRESCI in 1971 and gained fame through Metallica's "One" video.