Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)

Summary: A fictionalized account in four chapters of the life of celebrated Japanese writer Yukio Mishima.

Release Date: September 20, 1985

Genres: Drama, Biography

Director: Paul Schrader

Writers: Paul Schrader

, Leonard Schrader

, Chieko Schrader

Runtime: 2 h 00 min

MPAA: R

Production: Zoetrope Studios, Filmlink International, Lucasfilm, M Company, Toho Film (Eiga) Co. Ltd., Tristone Entertainment Inc.

Distributor: Warner Bros., The Criterion Collection

Countries: United States, Japan

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 5,000,000

Domestic: $ 437,547

International: $ 132,449

Gods and Generals (2003)

Summary: The rise and fall of confederate general Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, as he meets with military success against the Union from 1861 to 1863, when he is accidentally killed by his own soldiers.

Release Date: February 21, 2003

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Ron Maxwell

Writers: Jeff Shaara

, Ron Maxwell

Runtime: 3 h 39 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Ted Turner Pictures, Turner Pictures (I), Antietam Filmworks, Esparza / Katz Productions, Rehme Productions, Mace Neufeld Productions

Distributor: Warner Bros., Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 56,000,000

Domestic: $ 12,882,934

International: $ 41,002

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

Summary: During the Napoleonic Wars, a brash British captain pushes his ship and crew to their limits in pursuit of a formidable French war vessel around South America.

Release Date: November 14, 2003

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama

Director: Peter Weir

Writers: Patrick O'Brian

, Peter Weir

, John Collee

Runtime: 2 h 18 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Twentieth Century Fox, Miramax, Universal Pictures

Distributor: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, HBO NOW

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 150,000,000

Domestic: $ 93,927,920

International: $ 117,694,615

Tunes of Glory (1960)

Summary: After World War II, a Highland Regiment's acting Commanding Officer, who rose from the ranks, is replaced by a peace-time Oxford-educated Commanding Officer, leading to a dramatic conflict between the two.

Release Date: September 17, 1960

Genre: Drama

Director: Ronald Neame

Writer: James Kennaway

Runtime: 1 h 46 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Knightsbridge Films, Colin Lesslie Productions, H. M. Films

Distributor: Lopert Pictures Corporation

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)

Summary: A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war.

Release Date: December 17, 2018

Genres: Documentary, History, War

Director: Peter Jackson

Runtime: 1 h 39 min

MPAA: 14A

Production: House Productions, Trustees of the Imperial War Museum, London, WingNut Films

Distributor: Warner Bros.

Countries: United Kingdom, New Zealand

Language: English

Domestic: $ 17,956,913

International: $ 3,700,000

The Last Samurai (2003)

Summary: In 19th century Japan, Nathan Algren, a US army captain, is hired by the Japanese emperor to train his army in the modern warfare techniques. Captain Algren finds himself trapped in a struggle between two eras and two worlds.

Release Date: December 05, 2003

Genres: Action, Drama

Director: Edward Zwick

Writers: John Logan

, Edward Zwick

, Marshall Herskovitz

Runtime: 2 h 34 min

MPAA: R

Production: Warner Bros., The Bedford Falls Company, Cruise/Wagner Productions

Distributor: HBO Max, Warner Home Video

Countries: United States, New Zealand, Japan

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 140,000,000

Domestic: $ 111,127,263

International: $ 343,500,000

The Hidden Blade (2004)

Summary: A 19th Century samurai, held in low esteem due to an action by his late father, must resolve his history with a maid and with his close friend.

Release Date: October 30, 2004

Genres: Action, Drama, History

Director: Yôji Yamada

Writers: Yôji Yamada

, Yoshitaka Asama

, Shûhei Fujisawa

Runtime: 2 h 12 min

MPAA: R

Production: Eisei Gekijo, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Nippon Shuppan Hanbai (Nippan) K.K., Sumitomo Corporation

Distributor: Palisades Tartan

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 38,147

International: $ 8,005,634

Young Törless (1966)

Summary: In a boarding school, a student observes in passive disgust as his two friends manipulate, humiliate and torture a fellow student, justifying their every act.

Release Date: July 22, 1968

Genre: Drama

Director: Volker Schlöndorff

Writers: Robert Musil

, Herbert Asmodi

, Volker Schlöndorff

Runtime: 1 h 27 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Franz Seitz Filmproduktion, Nouvelles Éditions de Films (NEF)

Distributor: Kanawha, The Criterion Collection, Universum Film (UFA)

Countries: France, West Germany

Language: German

Man Behind the Sun (1988)

Summary: Japanese troops round up Chinese and Russian prisoners of war and take them to unit 731, where they're horribly tortured and experimented on to test new biological weapons.

Release Date: December 01, 1988

Genres: Drama, Horror, History

Director: Tun-Fei Mou

Writers: Mei Liu

, Wen Yuan Mou

, Dun Jing Teng

Runtime: 1 h 45 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Sil-Metropole Organisation

Distributor: Cinefear, Dead Alive Productions, Massacre Video, World Video & Supply Inc.

Country: Hong Kong

Language: Chinese

Dog (2022)

Summary: Two hard-charging former Army Rangers paired against their will, Briggs and a Belgian Malinois named Lulu, race down the Pacific Coast in hopes of making it to a fellow soldier's funeral on time.

Release Date: February 18, 2022

Genre: Comedy

Directors: Reid Carolin

, Channing Tatum

Writers: Reid Carolin

, Brett Rodriguez

Runtime: 1 h 41 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), CAA Media Finance, FilmNation Entertainment

Distributor: Studio Distribution Services (SDS), Warner Bros. Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 61,778,069

International: $ 22,772,213

Sergeant York (1941)

Summary: A Tennessee farmer and marksman is drafted in World War I, and struggles with his pacifist inclinations before becoming one of the most celebrated war heroes.

Release Date: September 27, 1941

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Howard Hawks

Writers: Abem Finkel

, Harry Chandlee

, Howard Koch

Runtime: 2 h 14 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Warner Bros.

Distributor: Associated Artists Productions (AAP), Dominant Pictures Corporation, CBS/Fox, MGM Home Entertainment, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, Critics' Choice Video, RCA (II)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,400,000

Domestic: $ 16,361,885

International: $ 3,039

Best Defense (1984)

Summary: A military weapons engineer struggles to do his job responsibly, while a hapless tank commander has to live with the consequences in combat years later.

Release Date: July 20, 1984

Genres: Comedy, War

Director: Willard Huyck

Writers: Robert Grossbach

, Gloria Katz

, Willard Huyck

Runtime: 1 h 34 min

MPAA: R

Production: Cinema Group Ventures, Paramount Pictures

Distributor: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Paramount Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 18,000,000

Domestic: $ 19,265,302

A Hidden Life (2019)

Summary: The Austrian Franz Jägerstätter, a conscientious objector, refuses to fight for the Nazis in World War II.

Release Date: January 17, 2020

Genres: Drama, Romance, Biography

Director: Terrence Malick

Writer: Terrence Malick

Runtime: 2 h 54 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Searchlight Pictures, TSG Entertainment, Elizabeth Bay Productions, Aceway Productions, Mister Smith Entertainment, Studio Babelsberg, Orange Studio, Alto Adige Productions, Fox Searchlight Pictures

Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, HBO Max

Countries: United Kingdom, Germany, United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 1,730,597

International: $ 2,914,543

A Call to Spy (2019)

Summary: In the beginning of WWII, with Britain becoming desperate, Churchill orders his new spy agency - SOE - to recruit and train women as spies.

Release Date: October 02, 2020

Genres: Drama, Crime, Biography

Director: Lydia Dean Pilcher

Writer: Sarah Megan Thomas

Runtime: 2 h 03 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: SMT Pictures

Distributor: IFC Films, Shout! Factory

Countries: United States, Hungary

Language: English

Domestic: $ 159,014

International: $ 627,470

Megan Leavey (2017)

Summary: Based on the true life story of a young Marine corporal whose unique discipline and bond with her military combat dog saved many lives during their deployment in Iraq.

Release Date: June 09, 2017

Genres: Drama, Biography, War

Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite

Writers: Pamela Gray

, Annie Mumolo

, Tim Lovestedt

Runtime: 1 h 56 min

MPAA: PG

Production: LD Entertainment, Calle Cruzada

Distributor: Bleecker Street Media, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 13,406,883

International: $ 1,103,607

Secuestro express (2004)

Summary: Young couple Carla (Maestro) and Martin (Leroux) are abducted by three men and spend a terrifying night in Caracas as they wait for Carla's father (Blades) to hand over the ransom.

Release Date: March 04, 2004

Genres: Action, Drama, Crime

Director: Jonathan Jakubowicz

Writer: Jonathan Jakubowicz

Runtime: 1 h 26 min

MPAA: R

Production: Tres Malandros

Distributor: Miramax

Country: Venezuela

Language: Spanish

Domestic: $ 307,208

International: $ 1,591,398