Films by Release Date
This site allows users to access the collection of films organized by release date. The collection includes selected movies, TV productions and documentaries on the themes of gender, military and war in the periods covered by the Oxford Handbook for Gender and War since 1600 edited by Karen Hagemann (General Editor), Stefan Dudink and Sonya Rose (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2018). Including films released between the 1920s and the present, the focus is on the wars of the twentieth century, because most movies relevant for the theme of gender, military and war focus on a conflict of this period. The filmography includes productions in English, French and German or films with English subtitles.
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A modern-day Romeo and Juliet that exposes how the Israel/Palestine conflict limits personal expression, happiness, and identity. Noam, an Israeli, and Ashraf, a Palestinian, live and love openly in cosmopolitan Tel Aviv, yet Noam and his friends conspire, eventually unsuccessfully, to hide his lover's identity. Tragedy befalls the lovers when suicide bombings and air raids destroy...
Visually styled as a post-war film noir, The Good German, based on a novel by Joseph Kanon and directed by Steven Soderbergh, explores corruption, immorality, and compromise in post-World War II Berlin. American war correspondent Jake Geismar arrives in Berlin to cover the Potsdam Conference and reunite with his old flame, Lena. His attention soon turns to unraveling...
In the late 1930s Nella Last, a housewife aged 49, living in Barrow-in-Furness on the North-West English coast,agrees to send details of her routine to the Mass-Observation project, a non-governmental scheme designed to chronicle the lives of ordinary people. When war comes Nella defies her over-protective husband to join the local Women's Voluntary Service. Initially diffident she blossoms...
The retelling of France's iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 15 to her reign as queen at 19 and to the end of her reign, and ultimately the fall of Versailles.
Legendary writer Ambrose Bierce was known to be brilliant, cantankerous and romantic in all his life's passions, and was revered as one of the top storytellers of the late 19th Century. In 1890, he presented his recently published collection of Civil War Stories to novelist Gertrude Atherton and fledgling young publisher William Randolph Hearst during an infamous meeting in Sonol, California....
In this epic swashbuckler drama based on the popular novels by Arturo Perez-Reverte, the adventures of a captain of the Spanish Army reveal the slow decline of the Spanish Empire. Set during the Eighty Years' War, with particular emphasis on the Dutch Revolt, Captain Alatriste performs heroically in battle but revolts against orders to assassinate the Prince of Wales. Stories of romance,...
The Vietnamese film, The White Silk Dress, won the top prize at the 2007 Golden Kite Awards and was officially selected as that year’s entry from Vietnam for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars. The love story of Dan (a beautiful young woman) and Gu (a humpback), servants from two separate households in Ha Dong, Vietnam, who have suffered most of their lives at the hands of their...
The murder of a high-profile French colonel opens up old wounds from the Algerian War for Independence. An investigator tracks down old connections and materials from the war to solve the case.
Two childhood friends find themselves on opposite sides in occupied France during World War II. After the Vichy police and SS officers plan to round up foreign Jews in Nancy, police officer Édouard Vigne disobeys orders and makes plans to hide them. Fellow officer Lucas Barois commits to upholding Vichy law and order.
A psychiatrist and professor who probes the mind of traumatized soldiers has developed a new method for treating war traumas. Using this method, this psychiatrist attempts to unlock the memories of horror that drove Antonin Verset, a gentle but deeply-disturbed World War I veteran, to the edge of insanity.
The Wind That Shakes the Barley is a 2006 Irish war drama film directed by Ken Loach, set during the Irish War of Independence (1919–1922) and the Irish Civil War (1922–1923). This drama tells the fictional story of two County Cork brothers, Damien and Teddy. Damian initially believes independence is futile, while Teddy is a soldier for the Irish Republican Army. Damian eventually...
A fascinating documentary on the early military education of George Washington from the French and Indian War to the American Revolutionary War. Early failures reveal how Washington learned military strategies and became one of the foremost generals in the American colonies. Such success led to his inauguration as president of the new United States of America.
This Oscar-nominated documentary from director Laura Poitras explores the politics and everyday life of occupied Iraq. Its focus on Dr. Riyadh al-Adhadh, a Sunni who runs for office during the 2005 elections while tending to patients, reveals the constant carnage of warfare, opposition to occupation, and hopes for a homegrown democracy.
Warchild explores the theme of dislocation and identity after the Bosnian War. Senada searches for her daughter who was removed from her custody during the war. She travels to Germany and discovers that her daughter now belongs to another family.
This critically acclaimed film explores ongoing traumas in postwar Sarajevo. A school field trip, free for children of war heroes, prompts Sara to ask her mother Esma about her father. Esma confesses that Sara is a child of rape, a war crime committed against over 20,000 women during the Bosnian War.
An American journalist's investigation to uncover the truth behind a friend's murder during the Iraq War leads her to uncover a complex web of political and military intrigue. Anna's relationship with her American and Iraqi sources lead her to discover the emergence of the Iraqi insurgency and U.S. efforts to stop it.
A companion to Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima, this film focuses on the American soldiers who raised the flag on Iwo Jima during World War II and shatters the myths behind American iconography. After securing the island and fending off artillery from Mount Suribachi, five Marines and one Navy corpsman plant the American flag....
Darfur Diaries: Message From Home is a brutally honest inside look into the tragedy which befell the Darfur Region. A team of three independent filmmakers in Darfur monitored the worsening political and humanitarian crisis in 2004 and recognized that the mainstream media offered marginal and inadequate coverage. They set out with the goal of providing a platform for the people of the...
A friendship between two Americans is tested during the conflicts surrounding the creation of the State of Israel in 1948. Said, a Palestinian immigrant, and Bobby, a Jew, leave New York to support their respective sides.
Chad, 2006. The government has granted amnesty to all war criminals, including Nassara, now a modest baker. Atim, 16 years old, is given a revolver by his grandfather so that he may kill the man who killed his father. Atim leaves his village for N’djamena, seeking a man he does not know.