Forced to survive alone in the wilderness, he suffers unspeakable indignities at every turn. 117 min (The movie is out of print on DVD and not available to rent or buy digitally. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. Director Enzo G Castellari is a hero to cult film fans everywhere: his 40-year career has gifted us half a dozen decent Euro-Westerns, a few rip-offs of hits such as ‘Jaws’ (‘The Last Shark’) and ‘Mad Max’ (‘1990: The Bronx Warriors’) and the 1990s detective series ‘Extralarge’ on Italian TV. Besides showing the desperate machinations of Nazi leadership, it includes gritty combat footage, stirring depictions of the battle’s toll on Berlin’s civilians, and, overall, a historically rigorous yet entertaining look at Nazi Germany’s final days. Stars: | By entering your email address you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and consent to receive emails from Time Out about news, events, offers and partner promotions. One of the lynchpins of New German Cinema and, alas, the only female-directed film on this list (which says something about war movies). Directors: Edward Brophy, PG-13 | Thriller, War. But while Humphrey Jennings’s twin masterpieces may be unashamedly patriotic, they’re also two of the most inventive documentaries ever made. TH, There are hundreds of untold WWII stories still to be filmed. Here we were, in the grip of the most bloody conflict in Earth’s history, and along comes German Jewish émigré Ernst Lubitsch with a broad Hollywood satire lampooning Nazism, spies, the camps, the whole damn shooting match. | Stars: Action, Adventure, Drama. ), The great John Huston (who narrates his own trailer in the above video) brings his noir directing sensibility (The Maltese Falcon, Treasure of the Sierra Madre) to an intricately plotted tale of a Naval intelligence officer (Patrick O'Neal) whose commission is revoked so he can be recruited into a secret mission to retrieve an unauthorized letter (written by "some damn fool in Washington") which proposes that the USA and Soviet Union join forces to bomb Chinese nuclear sites. Happily, said development is lent charm and eloquence by the ever-impeccable Michael Redgrave as ‘bouncing bomb’ boffin Barnes Wallis. Valerie Hobson, Eddie Albert, ALD, ‘Empire of the Sun’ came smack in the centre of Steven Spielberg’s mid-’80s slump: ‘Temple of Doom’ had been criticised for excessive violence, and there was still ‘Always’ and ‘Hook’ to come. Ultimately, I guess the answer is yes. Albert Dekker, Votes: A young genius frantically races against time to crack an enemy code and solve the mystery surrounding the woman he loves. Peter Ustinov, 12 Stars: All rights reserved. | Gross: Plot twists abound and it becomes apparent that Burton's mission was different than the one he thought he was carrying out. | I love that film. Making the infamous opening of ‘Saving Private Ryan’ look like a Sunday stroll in the park, Elem Klimov’s hallucinatory masterpiece feels like the nearest cinema has ever come to recreating the ruthlessly discombobulating sensory experience of war. Stars: Director: Raoul Walsh Nicola Pagett, Approved | This can actually be noticed in some scenes: Some elements in the background do not exist in Berlin. As the Germans drop explosive booby-traps on Britain in 1943, the embittered expert who'll have to disarm them fights a private battle with alcohol. The Zookeeper’s Wife (out in the US on 31 March), based on the bravery of righteous Polish Gentiles who put their lives on the line to smuggle Jews out of the Warsaw ghetto, is a remarkable true story. Irving Pichel Stars: | | Malick paints the disputed island as a lost Eden, the two opposing armies as insignificant in the face of eternal nature. In December 1941, ex-army captain Rick Leland boards a Japanese ship heading to Asia via the Panama Canal where his Japanese hosts show interest in the American defense plans for the canal zone. 19,960 And the attack itself is a belter: lasting mere minutes on the screen, it’s got more punch than all three hours of Michael Bay’s awful ‘Pearl Harbour’. A young Scottish woman joins the French Resistance during World War II to rescue her Royal Air Force boyfriend who is lost in France. True story of a British attempt to trick the enemy into weakening Sicily's defenses before the 1943 attack, using a dead man with faked papers. Or American, Maybe the most flat-out enjoyable WWII film of them all, this bank holiday classic continues to win fans, inform ad campaigns and drown out England football matches every time an impromptu rendition of its impossibly chipper theme tune sounds. The real fun Spy Movies; Either very good action, intrigue or a few of the more campy Spies (Modesty Blaise, Matt Helm). This is a movie so painstakingly crafted, so precise in its details, that it could’ve become cold and removed, unable to fully feel the horrors it depicts. Explore and connect the world through a cinematic lens. | Director: | O.E. | Stars: Malick’s adaptation of James Jones’s memoir of the battle for Guadalcanal features Sean Penn, John Cusack, Nick Nolte, George Clooney, John Travolta and Woody Harrelson, with Billy Bob Thornton, Martin Sheen, Gary Oldman and Mickey Rourke left, amazingly, on the cutting room floor.The overriding theme in Malick’s work has always been the transition from youth to adulthood, from innocence to experience, from paradise to reality, and this is no exception. PF, Oh, we don’t like to be beside the seaside, It’s often said that Christopher Nolan doesn’t do things the ordinary way. Stars: (available to buy or rent from iTunes, Amazon Video, Vudu and Google Play. The war touched every life differently, so it’s no wonder authors and film-makers keep returning to it, finding new stories to tell. | Bridge of Spies isn't one of Spielberg's serious Oscar-bait pictures (see War Horse or Lincoln), recalling Hanks and Spielberg's underrated capture-the-con-man flick Catch Me If You Can more than the kind of serious fare that gets awards-season attention.