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Play Dirty (1969 film)
Play Dirty (1969) is a British war film directed by André de Toth, starring Michael Caine and Nigel Davenport as officers leading a criminal patrol to destroy a Nazi fuel depot in WWII North Africa; de Toth's final film, a box-office loss later reappraised.
Pretty Village, Pretty Flame
Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (Lepa sela lepo gore) is a 1996 Serbian war drama by Srđan Dragojević about Serb soldiers trapped in a Bosnian tunnel, based on a true 1992 incident, Serbia's 1996 Oscar candidate.
PT 109 (film)
PT 109 (1963) is a Warner Bros. war drama directed by Leslie H. Martinson, starring Cliff Robertson as Lt. John F. Kennedy; the first theatrical film about a sitting U.S. president, released June 19, 1963.
Ran (乱) (film)
Ran (乱, 'chaos') is Akira Kurosawa's 1985 France–Japan epic transposing King Lear to Sengoku Japan, starring Tatsuya Nakadai; his most expensive Japanese film, with Takemitsu's score, painted storyboards, and a 2015 4K restoration.
Red Angel (赤い天使)
Red Angel (赤い天使, Akai tenshi) is Masumura Yasuzo's 1966 Daiei black-and-white war drama, adapted from Arima Yoriyoshi's novel, starring Ayako Wakao as nurse Sakura Nishi in 1939 China; released October 1, 1966, 95 minutes, R-rated.
Red Cherry (红樱桃)
Red Cherry (红樱桃, Hong ying tao) is a 1995 Chinese war drama directed by Ye Daying about Chinese orphans in WWII Soviet Russia; China's biggest 1995 domestic hit, Golden Rooster Best Picture, based partly on Zhu Min.
Red Sorghum (红高粱)
Red Sorghum (红高粱) is Zhang Yimou's 1987 directorial debut, adapted from Mo Yan's novellas, starring Gong Li and Jiang Wen; it won the 1988 Berlin Golden Bear, the first top A-festival prize for a Chinese director.
Salvador (film)
Salvador (1986) is Oliver Stone's drama, co-written with photojournalist Richard Boyle, about a burned-out American reporter (James Woods) in El Salvador's civil war; two Oscar nominations, $4.5M budget, Hemdale production.
Saving Private Ryan
Saving Private Ryan (1998) is Steven Spielberg's World War II drama starring Tom Hanks and Matt Damon, written by Robert Rodat, famous for its Omaha Beach opening and winner of five Oscars including Best Director.
Savior (film)
Savior (Serbian: Spasitelj) is a 1998 American war drama directed by Predrag Antonijevic, starring Dennis Quaid as Joshua Rose, an American mercenary for Serb forces in Bosnia, with Nastassja Kinski, Stellan Skarsgard, and Natasa Ninkovic; produced by Oliver Stone, it grossed only about $14,328.
Seven Beauties
Seven Beauties (Pasqualino Settebellezze) is Lina Wertmüller's 1975 Italian comedy-drama starring Giancarlo Giannini as a Neapolitan survivor of Fascism and a Nazi camp; it earned four Oscar nominations, making Wertmüller the first woman nominated for Best Director.
Shame (1968 film)
Shame (Skammen) is Ingmar Bergman's 1968 Swedish black-and-white antiwar drama starring Liv Ullmann and Max von Sydow as musicians caught in a civil war on a Baltic island.
The 7th Dawn
The 7th Dawn (第七の暁) is a 1964 Lewis Gilbert adventure drama starring William Holden, Capucine, Susannah York, and Tetsuro Tamba, adapted from Michael Keon's novel The Durian Tree and set during the Malayan Emergency.
The Americanization of Emily
The Americanization of Emily is a 1964 black-and-white satirical anti-war romantic comedy directed by Arthur Hiller, written by Paddy Chayefsky from William Bradford Huie's novel, starring James Garner, Julie Andrews, Melvyn Douglas, and James Coburn, released by MGM.
The Ascent (Восхождение)
The Ascent (Восхождение) is Larisa Shepitko's 1976 Soviet black-and-white war drama based on Vasil Bykov's novella Sotnikov, about two captured partisans in 1942 Belorussia; it won the 1977 Berlin Golden Bear, the only Soviet film to do so.
The Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge is Ken Annakin's 1965 Cinerama war film, released by Warner Bros. December 16, 1965, starring Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, and Robert Ryan, filmed in Spain and widely criticized for historical inaccuracy.
The Beast (1988 film)
The Beast, also The Beast of War, is Kevin Reynolds's 1988 American war film adapted from William Mastrosimone's play Nanawatai, about a lost Soviet T-55 tank crew in 1981 Afghanistan, starring George Dzundza, Jason Patric, and Steven Bauer; it grossed $161,004 on an $8 million budget.
The Big Red One
The Big Red One is Samuel Fuller's 1980 semi-autobiographical World War II film starring Lee Marvin and Mark Hamill about the U.S. 1st Infantry Division, cut to 113 minutes in 1980 and restored to 158 minutes in 2004.
The Boat
The Boat is the English release title of Das Boot (1981), Wolfgang Petersen's West German U-boat war film based on Lothar-Günther Buchheim's novel about U-96's 1941 Atlantic mission, with 149-minute theatrical, 308-minute TV, and 208-minute Director's Cut versions.
The Boat Is Full
The Boat Is Full (Das Boot ist voll) is Markus Imhoof's 1981 Swiss drama, based on Alfred A. Häsler's book, about six refugees posing as a family in 1942 Switzerland; Silver Bear winner and Oscar nominee.
The Bofors Gun
The Bofors Gun is a 1968 British drama directed by Jack Gold from John McGrath's play, about National Service soldiers in 1954 Germany guarding an obsolete 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun, starring Nicol Williamson, Ian Holm, and David Warner.
The Bounty (1984 film)
The Bounty (1984) is Roger Donaldson's historical drama of the 1789 mutiny on HMS Bounty, starring Mel Gibson as Fletcher Christian and Anthony Hopkins as Lieutenant Bligh, with Robert Bolt's screenplay from Richard Hough's book, Vangelis's score, a $25 million budget, and a reputation as the most historically accurate Bounty film.
The Boxer Rebellion (八国联军)
Boxer Rebellion (八國聯軍, 1976) is a Chang Cheh Shaw Brothers martial arts war film about three sworn brothers joining the Boxers in 1900; censored in Hong Kong as Spiritual Fists, restored in 2005.
The Bridge at Remagen
The Bridge at Remagen (1969) is a John Guillermin war film, produced by David L. Wolper from Ken Hechler's novel, starring George Segal and Robert Vaughn; its Czechoslovak filming was interrupted by the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion.
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968 film)
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968) is Tony Richardson's British revisionist war film about the Balaclava cavalry disaster, starring Trevor Howard, Vanessa Redgrave, John Gielgud, and David Hemmings, with Richard Williams animations.
The Commissar (Комиссар)
The Commissar (Комиссар) is Alexander Askoldov's 1967 Soviet drama based on Vasily Grossman's story "In the Town of Berdichev", starring Nonna Mordyukova; banned in 1968, shelved about twenty years, released 1987–1988, and awarded a Silver Bear in Berlin.
The Dawns Here Are Quiet (А зори здесь тихие)
The Dawns Here Are Quiet (А зори здесь тихие) is a 1972 two-part Soviet war drama by Stanislav Rostotsky, based on Boris Vasilyev's 1969 novella, about five young women anti-aircraft gunners fighting German saboteurs in 1941 Karelia; Oscar-nominated, Venice prize winner.
The Devil's Brigade (film)
The Devil's Brigade is a 1968 American war drama directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, starring William Holden, Cliff Robertson, and Vince Edwards, dramatizing the joint U.S.-Canadian First Special Service Force and its 1943 assault on Monte la Difensa; produced by David L. Wolper, released 15 May 1968 by United Artists.
The Dirty Dozen
The Dirty Dozen is a 1967 American World War II war film directed by Robert Aldrich, in which a major trains twelve convicted soldiers for a suicide mission.
The Dogs of War (film)
The Dogs of War is a 1980 John Irvin mercenary thriller starring Christopher Walken, Tom Berenger, and Colin Blakely, adapted from Frederick Forsyth's 1974 novel about a coup in fictional Zangaro; released by United Artists, it earned $5,484,132 domestically.