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1. Orlando (1992)
PG-13 | 94 min | Biography, Drama, Fantasy
After Queen Elizabeth I commands him not to grow old, a young nobleman struggles with love and his place in the world.
Director: Sally Potter | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane, Quentin Crisp, Jimmy Somerville
Votes: 18,731 | Gross: $5.29M
2. Daniel (1983)
R | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Daniel Isaacson attempts to determine the true complicity of his parents Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, who were executed for espionage in the 1950s.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Timothy Hutton, Mandy Patinkin, Lindsay Crouse, Edward Asner
Votes: 1,582 | Gross: $0.28M
3. A Farewell to Arms (1932)
Unrated | 80 min | Drama, Romance, War
An American ambulance driver and an English nurse fall in love in Italy during World War I.
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Gary Cooper, Helen Hayes, Adolphe Menjou, Mary Philips
Votes: 6,824
4. Aphrodite (1982)
R | 88 min | Drama
Harry is a young millionaire on holiday; he takes his yacht to a Greek island, and stays in the mansion of his friend, Count Orloff. The Count organizes a feast there, for three days and ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Fuest | Stars: Horst Buchholz, Valérie Kaprisky, Catherine Jourdan, Delia Boccardo
Votes: 422
5. Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment (1980)
95 min | Biography, Drama
The life of cursed painter Egon Shiele, specialized in nudes, and on his late conflicting love for two women.
Director: Herbert Vesely | Stars: Mathieu Carrière, Jane Birkin, Christine Kaufmann, Kristina van Eyck
Votes: 464
6. Cider with Rosie (1971 TV Movie)
94 min | Biography
A semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story set in the Cotswolds during and immediately after the First World War.
Director: Claude Whatham | Stars: Rosemary Leach, Stephen Grendon, Philip Hawkes, Peter Chandler
Votes: 81
7. The Great Buster (2018)
Not Rated | 102 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
Documentary on the life and works of comic genius Buster Keaton, directed by Peter Bogdanovich.
Director: Peter Bogdanovich | Stars: Peter Bogdanovich, Dick Cavett, Frank Capra, Jim Curtis
Votes: 2,388 | Gross: $0.14M
8. Die Rebellion (1993 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama, War
The disabled ex-soldier Andreas Pum lost a leg for emperor and fatherland. After leaving the army he receives a license and a drehorgel. One day he gets into a controversy with a ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Branko Samarovski, Judit Pogány, Thierry van Werveke, Deborah Wisniewski
Votes: 184
9. Filmworker (2017)
Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentary about how English actor Leon Vitali came to work as an assistant to American filmmaker Stanley Kubrick for over 30 years.
Director: Tony Zierra | Stars: Leon Vitali, Ryan O'Neal, Brian Capron, Mike Alfreds
Votes: 3,505 | Gross: $0.10M
10. Patria (II) (2014)
77 min | Drama, History, War
As the 1914 summer sun heats up mainland Europe, World War One crashes down across the fractured peninsula. Living in Paris, Dutchman Arthur Knaap yearns to serve, protect and defend his beloved nation and joins the Foreign Legion.
Director: Klaas van Eijkeren | Stars: Timothy Flohr, Pascal Vugts, Ricardo Esser, Tijs Huys
Votes: 287
11. Campo di battaglia
Drama | Post-production
Director: Gianni Amelio | Stars: Alessandro Borghi, Federica Rosellini, Gabriel Montesi, Giovanni Scotti
12. La maison assassinée (1988)
110 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After World War I, a young ex-soldier, Sébastien Monge, returns to his home village. Ignorant of his past, he learns that, 24 years before, his entire family was slain in their home one ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Lautner | Stars: Patrick Bruel, Anne Brochet, Agnès Blanchot, Ingrid Held
Votes: 645
13. Elias of het gevecht met de nachtegalen (1991)
80 min | Drama
Elias has hardly left his childhood behind him than he is sent to boarding school with his older cousin.
Director: Klaas Rusticus | Stars: Brikke Smets, Jimmi De Koning, Lotte Pinoy, Bien de Moor
Votes: 29
14. The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty (1927)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, History
In May 1913 the Romanov Dynasty celebrates its 300th anniversary at the Russian throne. The last emperor in the long line is Tsar Nicholas II. He rules over a country with huge social and ... See full summary »
Director: Esfir Shub | Stars: Mikhail Alekseyev, Alexei Brusilov, Nikolai Chkheidze, Emperor Franz Josef
Votes: 346
15. J'ai tué Raspoutine (1967)
100 min | Biography, Drama, History
Grigori Rasputin becomes a fixture of Russia's Imperial Court after saving the life of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, the haemophiliac heir to the throne. However as war breaks ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Hossein | Stars: Gert Fröbe, Peter McEnery, Robert Hossein, Geraldine Chaplin
Votes: 146
16. A Passport to Hell (1932)
75 min | Drama
A notorious, beautiful Englishwoman is kicked out of British West Africa to German West Africa just before the start of World War I. She marries a German colonial official to avoid ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Elissa Landi, Paul Lukas, Warner Oland, Alexander Kirkland
Votes: 131
17. Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution (2017 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary, Drama, History
In February 1917, Nicolas Ii abdicated as Tsar of All the Russias. By October, Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin have seized control. Was the Russian Revolution really a popular uprising? Or merely a stunning coup d'etat?
Director: Renny Bartlett | Stars: Tariq Ali, Martin Amis, Nicholas Asbury, Nicholas Cowell
Votes: 66
18. Les Thibault (2003)
Drama
Stars: Jean-Pierre Lorit, Florence Pernel, Marcel Dossogne, Jean Yanne
Votes: 85
19. The Unburied Man (2004)
127 min | Drama, History
The life story of Imre Nagy is one of the defining stories of 20th century Hungarian history. He was the first communist leader to become the symbol of a national revolution, who, in ... See full summary »
Director: Márta Mészáros | Stars: Jan Nowicki, György Cserhalmi, Marianna Moór, Lili Horváth
Votes: 405
20. Louisa, een woord van liefde (1972)
109 min | Drama, Romance
Pierre and Paul earn their living as entertainers at parties. Just before the First World War, they are hired to cheer up Louisa's engagement party, and she divides her love for both in a ménage à trois.
Directors: Paul Collet, Pierre Drouot | Stars: Willeke van Ammelrooy, Roger Van Hool, André van den Heuvel, Alison Macro
Votes: 118
21. Lest We Forget (1935)
102 min | Documentary, War
This is a good, detailed and accurate documentary about Canada in the "First World War" made in 1934, which uses pieces of good and some low-quality films to show how the great war began in 1914, continued, and ended in 1918.
Directors: Frank Badgley, W.W. Murray | Stars: Rupert Caplan, George Carney
Votes: 26
22. Pierna creciente, falda menguante (1970)
90 min | Musical, Comedy
In 1916, while Europe was in the middle of First World War and Spain was enjoying the advantages of being a neutral country, eroticism was called voluptuousness and Senator Duke of Daroca, ... See full summary »
Director: Javier Aguirre | Stars: Laura Valenzuela, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Emma Cohen, Isabel Garcés
Votes: 58
23. Isten teremtményei (1986 TV Movie)
61 min | Drama
Director: István Gaál | Stars: Péter Blaskó, Mari Kiss, Károly Rékasi, Csaba Debreczeny
Votes: 9
24. Sortez des rangs (1996)
86 min | Drama, War
WW1: A woman ,whose husband refused to get back on the offensive -for the eleventh time!- and then was shot as an example ,is harassed by her "patriot" neighbors and the Police:she winds up in an insane asylum.
Director: Jean-Denis Robert | Stars: Laure Duthilleul, Stanislas Forlani, Josiane Lévêque, Pierre-Arnaud Crespeau
Votes: 33
25. Wilfred (2000)
14 min | Animation, Short, Drama
The story of war poet Wilfred Owen, told through a combination of live action and animation.
Director: Peter M. Kershaw | Stars: Michael Higgs, Edward Price, Alan Gordon, Karl Morgan
Votes: 34
26. Dobrý voják Svejk (II) (1926)
Comedy
Svejk is a dog trader Prague. He is charged for lèse-majesté, "injured majesty" and is supposed to be jailed. But the court finds him to be dim-witted, and he is committed to a mental ... See full summary »
Director: Karel Lamac | Stars: Karl Noll, Antonie Nedosinská, Karel Lamac, Betty Kysilková
Votes: 34
27. Somewhere in Macedonia (2015)
15 min | Short, War
Director: Alice Evans | Stars: Gethin Alderman, Alun Elidyr, Julian Firth, Iddon Jones
28. Colonello Futurista (2020)
19 min | Short
The launch of an espionage balloon from an Italian village, located opposite the southern part of the Istrian peninsula, marked the beginning of a most unusual adventure for aviation ... See full summary »
Director: Vladislav Knezevic | Star: Mirko Soldano
29. Muurmanin pakolaiset (1927)
82 min | Drama, War
The daughter of Niva's house, Saima, rescues a German Lieutenant from a river. He was separated from his group after escaping the Murman railway labor camp. He recovers in the care of Saima but the police get wind of the escapees.
Director: Erkki Karu | Stars: Gunnar Brygge, Berndt Lindahl, Sulo Räikkönen, Heikki Välisalmi
Votes: 14
30. Over There (2022)
135 min | Documentary
"Over There" is a documentary that portrays the daily life of three Portuguese folk groups in France during the year 2019, in a constant conversation about folklore, family, and tradition. ... See full summary »
Director: Ana Isabel Freitas | Stars: Grupo Folclórico e Etnográfico Povo da Nóbrega, Arcop de Nanterre, Juventude Portuguesa de Paris
31. La détente (2011)
9 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
In a trench during the First World War, a French soldier becomes paralyzed with fear. His mind disconnects from reality and escapes to a world where wars are fought by toys.
Directors: Bertrand Bey, Pierre Ducos
Votes: 64
32. Paulicéia (1978)
11 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Director: Flavio del Carlo | Star: Zanoni Ferrite
33. The Heritage of France (1921)
61 min | Documentary, Drama
The life of a happy, close-knit French family from Aisne who must flee the German advance in 1914.
Director: Harry Lachman
Votes: 7
34. Tumult in Damascus (1939)
103 min | Drama, War
In 1918 in Damascus a German garrison, allied with Turkey, holds out for a while against the British. Though they will ultimately abandon both the fort and colonial hopes in the Middle East, the film celebrates their heroism.
Director: Gustav Ucicky | Stars: Brigitte Horney, Joachim Gottschalk, Hans Nielsen, Friedrich Gnaß
Votes: 31
35. Accelerando (2016)
40 min | Documentary, Short
A cinematic essay about the analytical power of utopias as depicted in early documentary films and political pamphlets, centering on excerpts of Fabrik Poldihütte, a fragment of an early ... See full summary »
Director: Georg Wasner | Star: Stephen Zepke
36. Seven Thousand Souls (2020)
59 min | History
SEVEN THOUSAND SOULS is a documentary - a feature film about the suffering of Serbian and Russian soldiers and interned civilians in Austro-Hungarian camps on the territory of today's Czech... See full synopsis »
Director: Sanjin Miric | Stars: Jelena Ciric, Srdjan Jablanovic, Jugoslav Josipovic, Milorad Lukovic
Votes: 80
37. The Fronts of War (2022)
7 min | Short, Drama, History
Lieutenant Albert Draycott discovers one of his fellow soldiers and closest friends is concealing a secret from him which could cause damage to his marriage back home. Albert has to decide who his real enemy is - The Germans or William.
Director: Thomas Gardner | Stars: Aaron Fraiser, Adam Grindley, Olivia Lewis-Brown
38. Lest We Forget (1934)
60 min | Drama
A year with the men and the machines of the RAF's flying memorial to the aircrew who fought and died for their country in the Second World War. With onboard cameras; candid interviews and ... See full summary »
Director: John Baxter | Stars: Stewart Rome, George Carney, Esmond Knight, Ann Yates
39. Over There (Dodge College Thesis Film) (2021)
15 min | Short, War
In the final months of the First World War, a homesick American Private and his commanding officer become trapped behind enemy lines. The two men soon some into conflict over the fate of a captured German soldier.
Director: Sam Pescherine | Stars: Max Pescherine, Benjamin Schnau, Kendall Slocum
40. The Blainey View (1982)
30 min | Documentary, History
Professor Geoffrey Blainey presents his view of Australia, past and present. Blainey takes a journey into Australia's past to explain today by looking at yesterday, exploring not only the ... See full summary »
Stars: Geoffrey Blainey, Graham Kennedy
41. La petite martyre belge (1928)
49 min | Drama, War
Hybrid storytelling about the famous Belgian martyr, whose good intentions resulted in her own killing.
Director: Francis Martin
42. Coil (2014)
1 min | Animation, Short, War
In 1917 an important military mission must be carried out by a very special soldier.
Directors: Charles Badiller, Eva Lusbaronian, Juliette Peuportier, Julie Robert, Arnaud Tribout
43. Le calvaire de Mignon (1917)
55 min | Romance
Melodrama about love and deceit.
Director: Marcel Simon | Stars: Jean Toulout, Georges Tréville, Andrée Pascal
Votes: 5
44. Incitatus (1996)
22 min | Short, Biography
The film features the wonderful poet of the early 20th century, Count Vasily Komarovsky. The poets Nikolai Gumilyov, Anna Akhmatova and Osip Mandelstam, among other celebrities, were not ... See full summary »
Director: Nikolay Milovidov
45. Sabaton: Soldier of Heaven (2022 Music Video)
3 min | Music, War
Music video of Sabaton's song Soldier Of Heaven from the album The War To End All Wars.
Stars: Joakim Brodén, Tommy Johansson, Chris Rörland, Sabaton
46.
Screenplay (1979– )
Episode:
Gossip from the Forest
(1979)
90 min | Drama
Drama about the signing of the Armistice at the end of the First World War.
Director: Brian Gibson | Stars: Hugh Burden, Ronald Hines, Michael Mellinger, John McGregor
Votes: 10
47.
One Step Beyond (1959–1961)
Episode:
The Vision
(1959)
Not Rated | 30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
On a battlefield during the first World War, a group of French soldiers experience something which causes them to drop their weapons and walk away from the fight. During their subsequent ... See full summary »
Director: John Newland | Stars: Bruce Gordon, Pernell Roberts, H.M. Wynant, Peter Miles
Votes: 251
48.
Megaprojects (2020– )
Episode:
The T-35: The Soviet Union's Land Based Battleship
(2021)
15 min | Documentary
The T-35 Land Battleship was developed in the early 1930 when the concept of a multi-turret tank was in vogue. But the Soviets were the only country to field one befitting Stalin's desire ... See full summary »
Star: Simon Whistler
49.
Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode:
Spies in the Sky
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
From primitive balloons to supersonic spy planes and amazingly sophisticated satellites, get an insider's look at the pioneers of aerial reconnaissance and the profound impact they have had on modern warfare.
Stars: Charlton Heston, Edward Leaf, Geoffrey Oxlee, Dino A. Brugioni
50.
The Family Histories Podcast (2021– )
The Trapped with Chris Paton
(2022 Podcast Episode)
Biography, History, Sci-Fi
Host Andrew Martin meets author and professional genealogist Chris Paton, hears about his letter-writing Great Grandmother, and they're on the trail of a man who goes missing between 1881 and 1901.
Stars: Andrew Martin, Chris Paton, John Spike