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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.
Joyeux Noël
Joyeux Noël (Merry Christmas), 2005 war drama by Christian Carion about the 1914 WWI Christmas truce; Oscar-nominated French co-production starring Diane Kruger, Benno Fürmann, and Guillaume Canet; distinct from the unrelated 2023 Hallmark film of the same name.
Judgment at Nuremberg
Judgment at Nuremberg is a 1961 American courtroom drama directed by Stanley Kramer and starring Spencer Tracy, dramatizing the postwar trial of German judges who served the Nazi regime.
King & Country
King & Country is a 1964 British antiwar drama by Joseph Losey, also known as King and Country, in which Tom Courtenay's WWI private faces court-martial for desertion and Dirk Bogarde defends him; distinct from the for KING & COUNTRY duo and the WorldService Project album.
Kokuho (国宝) (film)
Kokuho (国宝, "National Treasure") is Lee Sang-il's 2025 Japanese drama adapted from Shuichi Yoshida's novel, starring Ryo Yoshizawa as a yakuza's son who becomes a kabuki onnagata; it became Japan's highest-grossing live-action film and earned a 2026 Oscar makeup nomination.
La Grande Illusion
La Grande Illusion (Grand Illusion) is Jean Renoir's 1937 French anti-war film about French POWs in German camps in WWI, starring Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay, and Erich von Stroheim, centered on class solidarity across national lines.
La Reine Margot (1994 film)
La Reine Margot (1994), Patrice Chéreau's French historical drama adapted from Dumas, starring Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Virna Lisi; Cannes Prix du jury, five 1995 Césars, two cuts.
Lacombe Lucien
Lacombe Lucien (Lacombe, Lucien) is Louis Malle's 1974 French drama, co-written with Patrick Modiano, about a peasant youth rejected by the Resistance who joins the Gestapo; it won a BAFTA and an Oscar nomination.
Land of Mine
Land of Mine (Under sandet) is Martin Zandvliet's 2015 Danish-German drama about teenage German POWs forced to clear over two million landmines from Denmark's west coast after May 1945; Oscar-nominated, EFA-winning.
Last Flag Flying
Last Flag Flying is a 2017 Richard Linklater comedy-drama, co-written with Darryl Ponicsan from his 2005 novel, starring Cranston, Fishburne, and Carell as Vietnam vets burying a son killed in Iraq.
Le Faux Soir
Le Faux Soir: a fake edition of the collaborationist Brussels daily Le Soir, produced by the Belgian resistance Front de l'Indépendance and distributed at kiosks on 9 November 1943; 50,000 satirical copies ridiculing the Nazi occupier.
Letters from Iwo Jima (硫黄島からの手紙)
Letters from Iwo Jima (硫黄島からの手紙) is Clint Eastwood's 2006 Japanese-language war film, companion to Flags of Our Fathers, starring Ken Watanabe as General Kuribayashi; it won the 79th Academy Award for Sound Editing and the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film.
Lin Zexu (1959 film)
Lin Zexu (林则徐, The Opium Wars) is a 1959 Chinese color historical biographical film by Shanghai Haiyan Film Studio, directed by Zheng Junli and Cen Fan, starring Zhao Dan as the Qing commissioner who destroyed opium at Humen; a tenth-anniversary tribute film.
Little Boy (film)
Little Boy is a 2015 World War II faith-based drama directed by Alejandro Monteverde, starring Jakob Salvati, Emily Watson, and Tom Wilkinson. Released by Open Road Films, it earned about $6.5 million on a $20 million budget and a Metacritic score of 30.
Madfabulous
Madfabulous is a 2026 British historical comedy-drama directed by Celyn Jones, written by Lisa Baker, starring Callum Scott Howells as Henry Paget, 5th Marquess of Anglesey, with Ruby Stokes and Rupert Everett; premiered at BFI Flare, released 5 June 2026.
Magellan (film)
Magellan (Magalhães/Magallanes) is Lav Diaz's 2025 historical drama starring Gael García Bernal as Ferdinand Magellan; premiered at Cannes 2025, won Valladolid's Golden Spike, and is the Philippines' Oscar entry.
Man of Iron
Man of Iron (Człowiek z żelaza) is Andrzej Wajda's 1981 Polish drama, sequel to Man of Marble, about the Gdańsk Shipyard strikes and Solidarity's birth; it won the 1981 Palme d'Or and was Oscar-nominated.
Mandingo (film)
Mandingo (1975) is a Richard Fleischer drama produced by Dino De Laurentiis, adapted from Kyle Onstott's novel, starring James Mason, Susan George, Perry King, and boxer Ken Norton as slave fighter Mede; a box office hit condemned by critics.
Marketa Lazarova
Marketa Lazarová (Markéta Lazarová) is František Vláčil's 1967 Czechoslovak medieval epic, freely adapted from Vladislav Vančura's 1931 novel, shot over three years in Šumava exteriors, and voted the best Czech film of all time in a 1998 critics' poll.
Matewan
Matewan (1987) is John Sayles' independent drama about the 1920 Matewan Massacre in West Virginia's Mine Wars, starring Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, and Will Oldham, Oscar-nominated for Haskell Wexler's cinematography and added to the National Film Registry in 2023.
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (戦場のメリークリスマス)
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (戦場のメリークリスマス, Furyo) is Nagisa Ōshima's 1983 Japanese-British-New Zealand POW drama set on Java, starring David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Takeshi Kitano, with Sakamoto's BAFTA-winning theme and the single Forbidden Colours.
Mientras Dure la Guerra
Mientras dure la guerra (While at War) is Alejandro Amenábar's 2019 Spanish-Argentine historical drama starring Karra Elejalde as Miguel de Unamuno in Salamanca, 1936; it premiered at San Sebastián, drew over two million Spanish viewers, and won five Goya awards.
Moulin (2026 film)
Moulin is a 2026 French historical drama biopic by László Nemes, his French-language debut, written by Olivier Demangel. Gilles Lellouche plays Resistance leader Jean Moulin opposite Lars Eidinger's Klaus Barbie; it premiered in Cannes competition on 17 May 2026 and opened in France on 28 October.
Mrs. Miniver
Mrs. Miniver (1942) is William Wyler's MGM drama starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon as an English family in wartime, based on Jan Struther's novel; it won six Oscars including Best Picture and was famously called propaganda worth a hundred battleships.
Musa (무사) (2001 film)
Musa (무사, Musa the Warrior) is a 2001 South Korean historical action epic directed by Kim Sung-soo, starring Jung Woo-sung, Joo Jin-mo, Ahn Sung-ki, and Zhang Ziyi, about Goryeo envoys stranded in 1375 China; then the most expensive Korean film and a box-office failure.