A story very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians.
A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.
Bardhi, an orphan boy, goes to the city to work in the house of a rich man, where he learns how to play the violin.
Man and boy play a futile game of chess in the middle of nowhere. An internal struggle between what is and what can no longer be.
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
Nebi Surreli lives in poverty along with his mother. Doing small jobs to earn a living, he also helps his town's communist unit.
Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.
After a wonderful time in Hungary Sissi falls extremely ill and must retreat to a Mediterranean climate to rest. The young empress’ mother takes her from Austria to recover in Madeira.
In Fascist Albania 1942, Albanian partisans will do all they can to remove the Italian fascists from their country.
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
"Long Dark Night" follows the life of the fictional character Iva Kolar: his experiences as a Croatian University student, his role as a Partisan fighting Hitler's troops during W.W. II, his involvement in his nation's post-war government, and his eventual downfall.
A combat medic veteran with PTSD fights to save himself and his family's wildfire-torn California vineyard.
When a young man is forced to remain hunkered down in a nuclear fallout shelter, he does anything and everything to pass the time.
Year 1943. A group of soldiers, carrying an injured comrade, are trying to reach the hospital.
World War II. A group of kids try to sabotage the enemy whichever way they can.
A driver is tasked with sending weapons illegally to the partisan soldiers.
World War II. The fascists kill a boy and invite his mother to identify the body, but she refuses.
Story depicting the national liberation struggle of the Albanian people against the Italian and German invaders during World War II.
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.
The year is 1965 and America is at war with North Vietnam. Commanding the air cavalry is Lt. Col. Hal Moore (Gibson), a born leader committed to his troops. His target: the Ia Drang Valley, called "The Valley of Death." As Moore prepares for one of the most violent battles in U.S. history, he delivers a stirring promise to his soldiers and their families: "I will leave no man behind...dead or alive. We will all come home together."