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1) Farscape
Language
English
Description
Thrown into a distant part of the universe, an Earth astronaut finds himself part of a fugitive alien starship crew.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Based on the remarkable true story of a satirical newspaper published on the front lines of World War One, this poignant yet comedic drama revels in the extraordinary resilience of the human spirit in the face of overwhelming adversity. It's 1916 and Captain Fred Roberts (Ben Chaplin), a diamond prospector-turned-soldier, leads a small detachment of British soldiers through the ruins of Ypres, whereupon he and his men make an amazing discovery in...
3) Dunkirk
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Gorgeously restored and available for the first time in HD, DUNKIRK follows the dramatic events leading up to Operation Dynamo during WWII, while honoring the bravery of its soldiers and exposing the brutality of the war.
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's just another day on the job for a band of badass combat zone rescue workers as they defy death and confront war's absurdities. The setting is 1995, somewhere in the Balkans. Over the course of 24 breathless hours, Mambru leads his team of humanitarian, including hard-bitten, wisecracking veteran B and new recruit Sophie, as they deal with a most unexpected crisis, layers of bureaucratic red tape, and the reappearance of Mambru's old flame.
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Danish
Description
Based on the true story about the three dramatic days in April 1940 when the King of Norway was presented with an unimaginable ultimatum from the German armed forces: Surrender or die. After three days of desperately trying to evade the Germans, King Haakon makes his final decision. He refuses to capitulate, even if it may cost him, his family and many Norwegians their lives.
6) Megan Leavey
Language
English
Formats
Description
A film based on the true life story of a young marine corporal (Kate Mara) whose unique discipline and bond with her military combat dog saved many lives during their deployment in Iraq. When she is assigned to clean up the K9 unit after a disciplinary hearing, Leavey identifies with a particularly aggressive dog, Rex, and is given the chance to train him. Over the course of their service, Megan and Rex completed more than 100 missions until an IED...
8) Bad Roads
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Ukrainian
Description
Four short stories are set along the roads of Donbass during the war. There are no safe spaces and no one can make sense of just what is going on. Even as they are trapped in the chaos, some manage to wield authority over others. But in this world, where tomorrow may never come, not everyone is defenseless and miserable. Even the most innocent victims may have their turn at taking charge. Ukraine's official 2022 Oscar submission.
9) Camp X-Ray
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Kristen Stewart gives a stunning performance as a Guantanamo prison guard who forms an unlikely relationship with an inmate in this riveting psychological drama.
10) Flyboys
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the true story of the legendary Lafayette Escadrille, this action-packed epic tells the tale of America's first fighter pilots. These courageous young men distinguish themselves in a manner that none before them had dared, becoming the true heroes who experience triumph, tragedy, love, and loss amid the chaos of World War I.
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Unknown to humans, an invisible battle is waged between supernatural beings known as youmu, and mystical fighters known as Spirit World Warriors. Half-youmu, half-human Akihito Kanbara belongs to both worlds and yet neither, and goes through the motions of a normal daily life by attending high school. But when Akihito encounters a mysterious girl from a cursed clan, the bespectacled beauty will change his life forever.
12) Reflection
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Ukrainian
Description
In 2014, Ukrainian surgeon Serhiy enlists to fight Russian military forces in the Donbass region, where he is captured by enemy soldiers. Now a prisoner of war, Serhiy is forced to witness horrifying scenes of humiliation and violence at the hands of the Russian invaders, his medical background co-opted to dispense mercy killings to the tortured. After his release, he returns to his comfortable middle-class apartment, still suffering from the trauma...
13) South Pacific
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
On a South Pacific island during World War II, love blooms between a young nurse and a secretive Frenchman who's being courted for a dangerous military mission.
14) In Country
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
Bruce Willis stars as a Vietnam War veteran and uncle of a 19-year-old Kentucky girl trying to learn about her father, who was killed in the war before she was born, in this gentle, but probing story of overcoming loss, grief and the horror of war.
15) Midnight Clear
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
Set in 1944 France, in the Ardennes forest region, an American Intelligence Squad locates a German platoon wishing to surrender rather than die in Germany's final war offensive. The two groups of men, isolated from the war at present, put aside their differences and share a Christmas celebration. The surrender plan includes a mock battle that turns bad when one of the soldiers is unaware of the surrender plan.
16) Father
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
Description
A man well-settled into the autumn of his life, Joe Mueller is lovingly supported by his daughter Anne and her husband Bobby, a close-knit family ill-prepared for the dark secrets that are about to be uncovered. Tracked down by Holocaust survivor Iya Zetnick (AFI Award winner Julia Blake, Travelling North) Joe is soon exposed as a concentration camp functionary responsible for murdering her family back in Lithuania. Branded a war criminal and subject...
17) Richard III
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Shakespeare's immortal tale is brilliantly updated in this riveting masterpiece. In 1930's Britain, a savage civil war between two royal families has just concluded. But even as the newly installed King Edward (John Wood) takes the reins of power, his ruthless, younger brother Richard (Ian McKellen) sets in motion a monstrous scheme to claim the crown for himself. The all-star cast includes Annette Bening, Jim Broadbent, Robert Downey Jr., Kristin...
19) Foxhole
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Unfolding over the span of 36 hours in three separate wars -The American Civil War, World War I, and Iraq-FOXHOLE follows a small group of soldiers trapped in a confined space as they grapple with an increasingly volatile combat situation.
20) Jirga
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
An ex-soldier returns to Afghanistan to find the family of a civilian he accidentally killed during the war. Seeking forgiveness, he puts his life in the hands of the village justice system - the Jirga.
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