Key Stalin-era film from Eisenstein ; sadly the battle-scene on ice was ripped off for 'King Arthur' & it was quoted in 'Red Dawn'!!!!

Rossellini's brilliant film made as WWII ended in Italy - along with Visconti's 'Ossessione', an early example of Italian Neo-Realism...

Excellent military-tale which leads up to the Pearl Harbour attack. Scathing presentation of the US-military; based on the James L. Jones novel....

Kon Ichikawa's 'Fires on the Plain' & 'The Burmese Harp' are both sadly not on DVD at present- a travesty, see also 'Come & See' and 'The Conformist'

Groundbreaking documentary-like film concerning the French in Algeria. Has influenced 'Schindler's List' amongst others & has recently been watched by US military to 'get' Iraqi insurgence....

An example from the US past & a companion film to 'Ulzana's Raid' Infamous scenes of genocide at the end....

Cimino's epic still remains interesting, even if we know the russian-roulette was symbolic rather than historical. What do I know?- I like 'Heaven's Gate' !!!!

Shocking look at collaboration- something British people did under Nazi-occupation in the Channel Islands. File next to The Conformist, Salo & The Damned....

Not what Samuel Fuller envisioned, but as good as it gets. I think this is a brilliant war-film - both Fuller & Marvin were WWII veterans, so it has an authenticity Spielberg cannot buy.

Excellent film from Oliver Stone, looking at Latin America- a place the USA have messed with multiple times (Chile, Iran-Contra, Cuba, Nicaragua et al)

One of the most bizarre stories if WWII and a European WWII film alongside Ashes & Diamonds, The Pianist & Rome, Open City....

A key film, despite the dubious shower-sequence. See also 'Night & Fog', 'Shoah' & 'The Last Days'

A brilliant documentary that takes an interesting view on WWII, the Cold War & Vietnam....