Category
page 2British war drama films

Yanks
Yanks is a 1979 drama film directed by John Schlesinger, and produced by Joseph Janni and Lester Persky, and is written by Colin Welland and Walter Bernstein. It stars Richard Gere, Lisa Eichhorn, Vanessa Redgrave, William Devane, Chick Vennera, Wendy Morgan, Rachel Roberts and Tony Melody. The film is set during the Second World War in Northern England and features no combat scenes.

Escape from Sobibor
1987 television film directed by Jack Gold

Bent
1997 film by Sean Mathias

Conspiracy
2001 film directed by Frank Pierson

The Wild Geese
1978 film by Andrew V. McLaglen

On the Milky Road
2016 film by Emir Kusturica

Testament of Youth
2014 film directed by James Kent

Firebird
2021 film directed by Peeter Rebane

The Hasty Heart
1949 film by Vincent Sherman

Blitz
2024 film directed by Steve McQueen

Closing the Ring
2007 film by Richard Attenborough

King & Country
1964 British film

The 7th Dawn
1964 film by Lewis Gilbert

The Trojan Women
1971 film by Michael Cacoyannis

Half of a Yellow Sun
2013 Nigerian film directed by Biyi Bandele

Reach for the Sky
1956 British biographical film about aviator Douglas Bader directed by Lewis Gilbert

Journey's End
2017 film directed by Saul Dibb

In Transit
2008 film directed by Tom Roberts

Alone in Berlin
2016 film by Vincent Pérez

The Ogre
1996 film by Volker Schlöndorff

Another Time, Another Place
1958 film by Lewis Allen

The Lady of Heaven
2021 film directed by Eli King

Benediction
2021 film directed by Terence Davies

Carve Her Name with Pride
1958 film by Lewis Gilbert

The War Lover
1962 film by Philip Leacock

Waiting for Anya
2020 film directed by Ben Cookson

Where Hands Touch
2018 film directed by Amma Asante

The Great Escaper
2023 film by Oliver Parker

The Pagan King
2017 film by Aigars Grauba

Attack on Leningrad
2009 film

Max
2002 film directed by Menno Meyjes

Six Minutes To Midnight
2020 film directed by Andy Goddard

Boudica
2003 film directed by Bill Anderson

Guns at Batasi
1964 film by John Guillermin

Orders to Kill
1958 film by Anthony Asquith

The Way Ahead
1944 war film by Carol Reed

Journey's End
1930 film by James Whale

The End of the Affair
1955 film by Edward Dmytryk

Mosquito Squadron
1969 film directed by Boris Sagal

The Angry Hills
1959 film by Robert Aldrich

Julius Caesar
1970 film by Stuart Burge

Across the River and Into the Trees
2022 film directed by Paula Ortiz

Saraband for Dead Lovers
1948 film by Basil Dearden

Battle for Haditha
2007 film directed by Nick Broomfield

Before Winter Comes
1969 film by J. Lee Thompson

The Small Back Room
1949 film by Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell

The Wind Cannot Read
1958 film by Ralph Thomas

Hurricane
2018 film directed by David Blair

Squadron 303
2018 film directed by Denis Delić

Kilo Two Bravo
2014 film directed by Paul Katis

The Land Girls
1998 film by David Leland

Dangerous Moonlight
1941 film by Brian Desmond Hurst

Yangtse Incident
1957 film by Michael Anderson

Dunkirk
1958 film by Leslie Norman

Pressure
upcoming film directed by Anthony Maras

The Battle
1934 film directed by Nicolas Farkas, Viktor Tourjansky

Shake Hands with the Devil
1959 film by Michael Anderson

Hannibal – Rome's Worst Nightmare
2006 documentary film directed by Edward Bazalgette

The Planter's Wife
1952 film by Ken Annakin

Overlord
1975 film directed by Stuart Cooper