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Contemporary Film / War
A far cry from the patriotic glorification of early war films, contemporary approaches are gritty, revealing and critical. Portrayals of instrumental personalities, exposes of state corruption or unbiased representation of the brutality of war, these films are dramatic and thought provoking.
2006,
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, DVD
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This superb Oscar-winning film from a first time director has proved to be a massive international hit.
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2005,
Michael Caton-Jones, DVD
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A BAFTA-nominated dramatisation of the horrific Rwandan massacre, in which 800,000 people were killed in 100 ...
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2003,
Errol Morris, DVD
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A brilliant, Oscar-winning documentary in which renowned film-maker Errol Morris interviews and challenges fo...
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2009,
Stephen Poliakoff, DVD
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A tense conspiracy thriller, written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff, set in rural Norfolk in the days lead...
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2008,
Stephen Daldry, DVD
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This drama starring Ralph Fiennes and Kate Winslet (in a BAFTA, Golden Globe and Oscar-winning performance), ...
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2007,
Andrzej Wajda, DVD
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Andrzej Wajda grew up with what he calls 'the Katyn lie' - the cover-up of the massacre of 20,000 polish offi...
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2008,
Kathryn Bigelow, DVD
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A tense and gritty war film from director Kathryn Bigelow, following the lives of an army bomb disposal squad...
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2009,
Armando Iannucci, DVD
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This razor-sharp political comedy satirising the inner mechanics of the ‘special relationship’ between London...
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1972,
Fielder Cook, DVD
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'War and women were his passions... and no island fortress could cage his lust for power!'
Kenneth Haigh p...
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1981,
Robert Chetwyn, DVD
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Long-awaited wartime comedy series written by Jack Pulman in which the Germans have a plan to destroy the Bri...
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2008,
Ari Folman, DVD
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Powerfully anti-war animated documentary by Israeli filmmaker Ari Folman. The film explores a period in Folma...
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1980,
Francois Truffaut, DVD
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The winner of a phenomenal 10 Césars at the 1981 French Academy awards, this is one of Truffaut's most highly...
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2008,
Wolfgang Panzer, DVD
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Franka Potente stars in this television remake of the classic 1959 German war film. 16-year-old Walter is hav...
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2009,
Quentin Tarantino, DVD
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Quentin Tarantino directs this ensemble action drama set in Europe during World War Two. In the first of two ...
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2007,
Ang Lee, DVD
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During WWII in China, a beautiful spy begins an affair with a powerful political figure to facilitate his ass...
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2008,
Eran Riklis, DVD
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Drama based on the true story of Salma, a Palestinian widow who has lived on the green line border between Is...
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2008,
Baz Luhrmann, DVD
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A sweeping historical epic set in northern Australia. Nicole Kidman stars as Lady Sarah Ashley, an English ar...
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2008,
Ole Christian Madsen, DVD
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Danish drama set in Copenhagen during World War 2, based on real events and eyewitness acounts. Flame and Cit...
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1989,
Derek Jarman, DVD
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Jarman creates a visual evocation of the legendary original recording of Benjamin Britten's choral masterpiec...
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2008,
Edward Zwick, DVD
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World War II drama starring Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber and Jamie Bell as three Jewish brothers who escape f...
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2009,
Robert Guediguian, DVD
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French World War II drama chronicling the famous 1944 'Red Poster' case, in which a group of foreign partisan...
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1961-72,
Jean-Pierre Melville, DVD
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Collection of six classic films from acclaimed French director, Jean-Pierre Melvi...
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2008,
Jean-Stephane Sauvaire, DVD
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Drama set in an unnamed war-ravaged African country. The film follows a commando of African child soldiers wh...
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2008,
Nikolai Mullerschon, DVD
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German aviation drama telling the story of Baron Manfred von Richthofen (Matthias Schweighofer), the most fea...
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2008,
Bryan Singer, DVD
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Tom Cruise and Kenneth Branagh star in this tense World War II thriller based around the real-life plot to as...
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2009,
Brian Percival, DVD
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Gracie Fields was Britain's darling - the funny, working-class film star whose boundless energy, roguish chee...
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2008,
Mark Herman, DVD
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A haunting World War 2 drama told from the perspective of Bruno, the 8 year-old s...
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The Hurt Locker
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2.
Glorious 39
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The Last Metro
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The Magic Flute (Branagh, 2006)
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Katyn
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Katyn
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The Hurt Locker
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The Last Metro
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The Magic Flute (Branagh, 2006)
£5.99
War Requiem (Jarman, 1989)
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