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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 (1959 film)
Die Brücke (The Bridge), 1959 West German anti-war film by Bernhard Wicki, his debut, adapted from Manfred Gregor's autobiographical novel; seven teenage conscripts die defending a bridge slated for demolition; Golden Globe winner, Oscar-nominated.
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 Bridge on the River Kwai
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) is David Lean's Oscar-winning war drama, adapted from Pierre Boulle's novel, about British POWs building a railway bridge for Japanese captors while Allied commandos plot its destruction; it won seven Academy Awards including Best Picture.
The Caine Mutiny (1954 film)
The Caine Mutiny (1954) is a Columbia Pictures naval drama directed by Edward Dmytryk, produced by Stanley Kramer, adapted from Herman Wouk's Pulitzer-winning novel, starring Humphrey Bogart as Captain Queeg, with seven Oscar nominations including Best Picture.
The Camp on Blood Island
The Camp on Blood Island is a 1958 Hammer war drama directed by Val Guest, starring Andre Morell, about Allied POWs in Malaya hiding Japan's surrender from a commandant sworn to kill them; controversial and a box-office hit.
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936 film)
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936) is a Warner Bros. action film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, a largely fictional revenge plot climaxing in the Battle of Balaclava charge, distinct from Tony Richardson's 1968 revisionist remake.
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 Colditz Story
The Colditz Story is a 1955 British POW escape film directed by Guy Hamilton, based on Pat Reid's memoir of Colditz Castle (Oflag IV-C), starring John Mills and Eric Portman, shot at Shepperton and BAFTA-nominated.
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 Conqueror (1956 film)
The Conqueror (1956) is an RKO historical epic directed by Dick Powell, produced by Howard Hughes, starring John Wayne as Genghis Khan; infamous for miscasting and for filming near Nevada nuclear test fallout later linked to cast and crew cancers.
The Cranes Are Flying (Летят журавли)
The Cranes Are Flying (Летят журавли) is a 1957 Mosfilm war drama by Mikhail Kalatozov, starring Tatiana Samoilova and Aleksey Batalov; it won the 1958 Cannes Palme d'Or, the only Soviet feature to do so.
The Crossing (太平轮) (2014 film)
The Crossing (太平轮, originally titled 1949) is John Woo's two-part 2014-2015 Chinese epic romance about three couples converging on the 1949 Taiping ferry disaster; it cost about 400 million RMB and underperformed at the box office.
The Cruel Sea
The Cruel Sea (1953) is an Ealing Studios British war film directed by Charles Frend, adapted by Eric Ambler from Nicholas Monsarrat's 1951 novel, starring Jack Hawkins as corvette commander George Ericson escorting Atlantic convoys against U-boats.
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 Destiny of a Man (Судьба человека)
The Destiny of a Man (Судьба человека), 1959 Soviet war drama, Sergei Bondarchuk's directorial debut for Mosfilm, adapting Sholokhov's story about soldier Andrei Sokolov; 39.2 million viewers, Moscow and Locarno grand prizes, 1960 Lenin Prize.
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.
The Eight Hundred (八佰)
The Eight Hundred (八佰) is Guan Hu's 2020 Chinese war film about the 1937 Sihang Warehouse defense, the first Asian film shot entirely on IMAX cameras, released after COVID reopening and earning 3.11 billion RMB in mainland China.
The Emperor in August (日本のいちばん長い日)
The Emperor in August (日本のいちばん長い日) is Masato Harada's 2015 Japanese historical drama, the second adaptation of Kazutoshi Handō's nonfiction book, starring Kōji Yakusho as War Minister Anami and Masahiro Motoki as Emperor Shōwa during Japan's 1945 surrender.
The Enemy Below
The Enemy Below (1957) is a Dick Powell war film starring Robert Mitchum and Curd Jürgens as dueling destroyer and U-boat captains in WWII's Battle of the Atlantic; based on D. A. Rayner's novel, it won the Special Effects Oscar and inspired Star Trek's "Balance of Terror".
The English Patient (film)
The English Patient (1996) is Anthony Minghella's adaptation of Michael Ondaatje's Booker Prize novel, produced by Saul Zaentz with Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche; it won nine Oscars including Best Picture.
The Eternal Zero (永遠の0)
The Eternal Zero (永遠の0, Eien no Zero) is a 2013 Japanese war drama by director Takashi Yamazaki, adapted from Naoki Hyakuta's bestselling debut novel, starring Junichi Okada as kamikaze pilot Miyabe Kyuzo; it earned 8.76 billion yen and eight Japan Academy Prizes.
The Fifth Seal
The Fifth Seal (Az ötödik pecsét) is Zoltán Fábri's 1976 Hungarian war drama, adapted from Ferenc Sánta's novel, in which five men in 1944 Budapest face a tyrant-or-slave moral dilemma under Arrow Cross rule; it won the 1977 Moscow Golden Prize.
The Fighting 69th
The Fighting 69th (1940) is a Warner Bros. World War I drama directed by William Keighley, starring James Cagney as fictional coward-turned-hero Jerry Plunkett and Pat O'Brien as real chaplain Father Francis Duffy of New York's Irish 69th Regiment.
The Fighting Seabees
The Fighting Seabees is a 1944 Republic Pictures war film, also known as Donovan's Army, directed by Edward Ludwig and starring John Wayne, Susan Hayward, and Dennis O'Keefe; a fictionalized account of the U.S. Navy Construction Battalions (Seabees), made with Navy cooperation and Republic's largest budget.
The First King: Birth of an Empire
The First King: Birth of an Empire (Il primo re) is Matteo Rovere's 2019 Italian-Belgian film on Romulus and Remus, starring Alessandro Borghi and Alessio Lapice, spoken in reconstructed archaic Latin, released 31 January 2019.