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The Thin Red Line
(1998) [M]

A powerful frontline cast - including Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Woody Harrelson and George Clooney - explodes into action in this hauntingly realistic view of military and moral chaos in the Pacific during World War II. Nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director...  More

Exodus
(1960) [PG]

Adapted from Leon Uris’ international bestseller by Dalton Trumbo, Otto Preminger's Exodus is an exciting, panoramic and deeply moving masterpiece. Ari Ben Canaan (Paul Newman), a commander of the Israeli underground, manages to lead 600 Jews from the detention camps of Cyprus onto a large...  More

Objective Burma!
(1945) [PG]

Mission accomplished! Errol Flynn, who brought boyish bravado to The Adventures of Robin Hood, Dodge City, Gentlemen Jim and other screen yarns, turns in a mature, acclaimed performance as the leader of a paratrooper patrol stranded in Burma. It's "one of the few features of which I am proud."...  More

Life Is Beautiful
(1997) [M]

Guido - a charming but bumbling waiter who's gifted with a colourful imagination and an irresistible sense of humour - has won the heart of the woman he loves and created a beautiful life for his young family. But then, that life is threatened by World War II... and Guido must rely on those very...  More

Tea With Mussolini
(1999) [PG]

Florence, 1934. A diverse group of cultured ladies meet for tea each afternoon: Lady Hester Random (Maggie Smith), widow of the British Ambassador to Italy, Arabella (Judi Dench), an artist and singer, Georgie (Lily Tomlin), the exuberant American Archaeologist, and the brash and uninhibited Elsa...  More

How I Won The War
(1967) [PG]

Lieutenant Goodbody (Michael Crawford) has absolutely no idea how to lead his British regiment in the North African battlefield of WWII. But what he lacks in experience, he makes up for in enthusiasm. And when he’s ordered to build a cricket playing field 100 miles behind enemy lines, he’s...  More

Gentleman's Agreement
(1947) [G]

Director Elia Kazan and producer Darryl F. Zanuck caused a sensation with "the most spellbinding story ever put on celluloid" (Hollywood Reporter), which won three Academy Awards including Best Picture. One of the first films to directly tackle racial prejudice, this acclaimed adaptation of Laura...  More

Three Kings
(1999) [MA]

In a war without heroes they are kings Absurdly comic, highly kinetic, at times shockingly emotional, Three Kings begins when the Gulf War is over. Amid the partying and confusion, four American soldiers (George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube and Spike Jonze), determined to take home more than...  More

The Bridge On The River Kwai (2 disc set)
(1957) [PG]

When British P.O.W.s build a vital railway bridge in enemy-occupied Burma, Allied commandos are assigned to destroy it in David Lean's epic World War II adventure based on Pierre Boulle's novel. Spectacularly produced, this winner of seven 1957 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director...  More

The End Of The Affair
(1999) [MA]

When brooding novelist Maurice Bendrix (Ralph Fiennes) meets Mrs Sarah Miles (Julianne Moore) in 1939 war-torn London, their attraction is instant and the two begin a passionate, illicit affair. Their love seems as powerful as the bombs exploding around them, until the day Sarah suddenly and...  More