In 1964, John Frankenheimer’s American-French production The Train first hit cinemas and was nominated for the Best Screenplay Oscar. The World War 2 movie was set in August 1944 and …
Based on the best-selling 1951 novel by naval officer Nicholas Monsarrat, The Cruel Sea takes a deep dive into the Battle of the Atlantic. Omitting some of the book’s most …
Over the years there have been some incredibly powerful World War 2 films released in cinemas. And one of the very best has to be Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan, …
Released in cinemas today, The Commander (or Comandante in its native Italian) tells the incredible true story of a World War 2 submarine captain who sacrificially rescued 26 Belgian survivors …
Back in 1949, Ealing Studios released their comedy classic Whisky Galore! starring Basil Redford, Bruce Seton, Joan Greenwood and Gordon Jackson. Based on the 1947 novel of the same name, …
Sado: Japan is holding a memorial ceremony on Sunday near the Sado Island Gold Mines, which were listed this summer as a UNESCO World Heritage site after the country settled …
Sir Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk is a modern classic, but did you know there was another British World War II film about the evacuation? Back in 1958, Leslie Norman directed a …
World War II films often depict true stories of incredible sacrifice, but it’s all the more remarkable when that selflessness is given willingly to your enemies. The Commander, which opened …
One of the most inspiring anti-Nazi German heroes of World War II was Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a Lutheran pastor who vocally condemned Adolf Hitler’s euthanasia program and genocidal persecution of the …
After a short cinematic run, Kate Winslet’s new World War II movie, Lee, has finally arrived on streaming. The biographical drama stars the Oscar winner as real-life Vogue fashion model …