War films are a film genre concerned with warfare, usually about naval, air or land battles, sometimes focusing instead on prisoners of war, covert operations, military training or other related subjects. At times war films focus on daily military or civilian life in wartime without depicting battles. Their stories may be fiction, based on history, docudrama, biographical, or even alternate history fiction.
The term anti-war film is sometimes use...
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Films of this genre:
- Heartbreak Ridge ,
- Flags of Our Fathers ,
- Apocalypse Now ,
- Platoon ,
- A Bridge Too Far ,
- Full Metal Jacket ,
- King Arthur ,
- The Tin Drum ,
- The Lost Patrol ,
- Merry Christmas
TV programs of this genre:
- Beau Geste ,
- Spyforce ,
- Liberty! ,
- Shot through the heart ,
- Friendly Fire ,
- Vietnam: A Television History ,
- Hell in the Pacific ,
- Cambodia Year Ten ,
- The Great Wall of Iron ,
- Mother Flew Away as a Kite
Also known as:
- War
