The Desert Rats
(1953) [M]

Rommel has the British in retreat on his way to the Suez Canal. All that stands in his way is Tobruk, held by a vastly out numbered force of Australian troops. Richard Burton leads these troops on daring raids against Rommel, keeping him off balance as they earn the nickname 'The Desert Rats'.  More

Twelve O'Clock High
(1949) [G]

This gritty World War II action drama starring Gregory Peck, Oscar? winner Dean Jagger, Hugh Marlow, Gary Merrill and Millard Mitchell is seen as one of the most realistic portrayals of the heroics and perils of war. Convinced an Air Force commander is at the breaking point, Brigadier General...  More

D-Day The Sixth Of June
(1956) [PG]

In this electrifying film, Robert Taylor portrays Captain Brad Parker, an American officer on the front lines on June 6. 1944, D-Day, when 3,000,000 men, 11,000 planes and 4,000 ships will come together to invade Normandy and determine the world's future. And since Parker and his commander...  More

The Longest Day (2 Disc Set)
(1962) [PG]

On June 6, 1944, the Allied Invasion of France marked the beginning of the end of Nazi domination over Europe. The attack involved 3,000,000 men, 11,000 planes and 4,000 ships, comprising the largest armada the world has ever seen. Presented in its original black & white version, The Longest Day...  More

The Enemy Below
(1957) [PG]

Robert Mitchum and Curt Jurgens star in this gripping World War II drama about an American destroyer and a German U-boat stalking each other at sea. As both men try to outthink and outmanoeuvre each other, the chase becomes a deadly game in which any mistake can bring instant defeat and death....  More

Patton (2 Disc Set)
(1970) [M]

A critically acclaimed film that won a total of eight 1970 Academy Awards (including Best Picture), "Patton" is a riveting portrait of one of the 20th Century's greatest military geniuses. One of its Oscars went to George C. Scott for his triumphant portrayal of George Patton, the only Allied...  More

Sea Wife
(1957) [PG]

In 1942, a cargo ship jammed with British evacuees from Singapore is sunk by a Japanese sub. A small lifeboat carries a beautiful woman, an army officer, a bigoted administrator, and a black seaman. Only the seaman knows the woman is a nun. The men reveal their true selves under the hardships of...  More

King Rat
(1965) [PG]

George Segal became a star with his performance in this epic WWII drama based on the best-selling novel by James Clavell. The movie chronicles the scams of a streetwise GI held in a Japanese prison camp. Under the harrowing camp conditions, he rises to a position of power over his military and...  More

The Guns Of Navarone
(1961) [PG]

One of the most exciting action films ever made. It's WWII, and concealed deep within the solid rock of a cliff, impregnable to assault by sea or air, are the German Army's mighty guns of Navarone. Because they control a strategic channel in the Aegean Sea, it's imperative that the guns are...  More

The Caine Mutiny
(1954) [PG]

Humphrey Bogart is Lt. Commander Queeg, the skipper of the minesweeper Caine, who, when involuntarily relieved of his command during a violent typhoon, brings his officers up on charges for conspiring The Caine Mutiny. Nominated for seven 1954 Academy Awards - including Best Picture and Actor...  More

The Cockleshell Heroes
(1954) [G]

In World War II, Royal Marine Major Stringer (Jose Ferrer) and Captain Thompson (Trevor Howard) chose volunteers for an unknown job. They trained the volunteers intensively in top secrecy for more than a year and then embarked with them on the most dangerous mission of the war - the canoe...  More

Operation Pacific
(1951) [G]

Dedicated Navy man Duke Gifford (John Wayne) has a tough time trying to take command of a US submarine following the death of his commanding officer. For one thing, Duke feels guilty over the events that led to the captain's death. Add the fact that his ex-wife (Patricia Neil) is aboard serving...  More

Waterloo
(1970) [G]

One of the most infamous chapters of history is brought to life in this spectacular film from Academy Award winning director Sergei Bondarchuk (WAR AND PEACE). With an acclaimed international cast headed by Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer and Orson Welles, WATERLOO tells the story of Napoleon...  More

Forty Thousand Horsemen (The Chauvel Collection)
(1940) [G]

An epic film now also recognised internationally as a classic. Dramatising the exploits of the Australian Light Horse in Palestine during World War I, the film builds to a powerful climax with the great cavalry charge of Beersheba. It is a moving tribute to the Australian soldier.
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The Rats Of Tobruk (The Chauvel Collection)
(1944) [PG]

Tells the story of three men - Bluey, a tough two fisted drover (Taylor), Milo, a laconic dingo trapper (Rafferty), and Pete, an intellectual English "new chum" (Finch). Together they serve in North Africa, fighting against the forces of Rommel in what has now become one of Australia's greatest...  More

Au Revoir Les Enfants
(1987) [PG]

During WWII, in a Catholic boarding school in the French countryside, two boys become friends. One is a French boy, Julien Quintin, and the other is a Jewish boy, Jean Bonnet, who is being hidden from the Nazis by the friars who run the school. Louis Malle directed this film based on what...  More

Europa Europa
(1990) [M]

First posing as a fervent young Stalinist, Perel - who harbored aspirations to be Clark Gable - then becomes an accepted and respected member of the Nazi Youth, burying his true background in a desperate bid for survival. Directed with deft intelligence by former Zanussi collaborator Holland,...  More

Mediterraneo
(1991) [M]

Set during World War II, the story follows eight Italian soldiers sent to guard a small Greek island. After their ship is sunk and their radio breaks down, it seems as if they no longer exist. Eventually a small Italo/Greek community is formed and the locals forget why they came. The soldiers'...  More

All Quiet On The Western Front
(1930) [PG]

Unlike most "message" films which date themselves almost immediately, Lewis Milestone's low-key unpolished and deeply-felt screen adaptation of the Erich Maria Remarque anti-war novel has lost little of its original impact. Years after its release it was still being banned in countries mobilizing...  More

Night Of The Generals
(1966) [PG]

Five years after their triumphant teaming in Lawrence of Arabia, Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif reunited for this powerful World War II thriller about a Nazi General who becomes a serial killer. When a Polish prostitute is brutally murdered in Nazi-occupied Warsaw, her killer is identified as a...  More

The Dam Busters
(1954) [G]

Dr Barnes Wallace (Michael Redgrave) was possessed with a seemingly crazy idea - the creation of a bouncing bomb, designed to destroy the Ruhr dams and paralyse the enemy's industrial nerve centre. He fought persistent scepticism and disbelief that such a feat was possible. Through the matchless...  More

I Was Monty's Double
(1958) [G]

Amazing, amusing, exciting - and true! The situation was desperate. How could Nazi Intelligence be diverted during the North Africa Campaign of World War II? There was only one way. Persuade an actor to pose as Field Marshal Montgomery to fool the German spies. But who could rise to such a...  More

Eye Of The Needle
(1981) [M]

Donald Sutherland and Kate Nelligan ignite the screen as ill-fated lovers in the exciting, emotionally involving thriller. Based on the best-selling novel by Ken Follet, this searing mystery is a roller coaster ride of suspense centring on the relationship between master spy and a brave woman -...  More

Born On The Fourth Of July
(1989) [M]

Tom Cruise delivers a riveting and unforgettable portrayal of Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic in Oliver Stone's Academy Award winning masterpiece. Based on a true story, the acclaimed film follows the young Kovic from a zealous teen who eagerly volunteers for the Vietnam War, to an embittered veteran...  More

The One That Got Away
(1957) [PG]

The One That Got Away is the thrilling true story of Lt. Franz von Werra (Hardy Kruger), the only German prisoner of war taken in Britain during the Second World War to escape from numerous British POW camps and return to his homeland. Roy Ward Baker's excellent direction and Kruger's sympathetic...  More

The Sea Chase
(1955) [PG]

German naval officer Karl Ehrlich loves his country but hates Hitler. Busted to the command of a lowly freighter docked in Australia as World War II erupts, Ehrlich must choose: be interned by the British or sail to Germany so his men can determine their own fates. On a foggy night, Ehrlich...  More

Ice Cold In Alex
(1958) [PG]

A tense, engrossing adventure set in the 1942 Libyan war zone in the hot Western Desert. A British ambulance officer (John Mills) escapes the siege in Tobruk and tries desperately to get his passengers to safety in Alexandria, where he dreams of an "ice cold" glass of beer. His passengers include...  More

Sea of Sand
(1958) [PG]

This is the story of a lone patrol. The men of the Long Range Desert Group (Special Air Service - The Elite S.A.S.), are charged with a mission of crucial importance. It is the eve of the Battle of El Alamein: two officers, lead an expedition to destroy a huge German fuel dump. This task is only...  More

Across The Pacific
(1942) [G]

Screen legend Humphrey Bogart plays a U.S. officer of artillery who is court martialled in disgrace in 1941 and leaves the country. He gets a job offer in central America with a stop off in Panama. While there he discovers Japanese plot to attack the Panama Canal along with the Pearl Harbor...  More

The Night Of Shooting Stars
(1982) [M]

This magical film by the Taviani Brothers is set on the night of the Feast of St. Lawrence during the last days of World War II. A woman recalls her beloved and a night years ago when, on another such night, a group of peasants fled through the Tuscan countryside amid exploding shells lighting up...  More