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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In a series of interlocking stories, director Goran Paskaljević explores the connection between violence and masculinity within the context of the then ongoing wars in former Yugoslavia. On a harsh winter night in Belgrade before the signing of the Dayton Agreement, an ex-con working as a taxi driver has a series of bizarre encounters with tragic passengers from all walks of life, each a part...
A young couple confronts ethno-religious and nationalistic tensions in Serbia, foreshadowing the causes of the Kosovo War. A young Serbian woman falls in love with an Albanian posing as an Italian businessmen. He is secretly the hornet, an assassin of the Albanian mafia wanted by the Serbian authorities.
Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, this movie provides an allegorical tale of life under Stalin in the Soviet Union during the 1950s. A poor, migrant war-widow and her son meet a dashing man masquerading as an army officer who served in World War II. The three form a make-shift family, but the happiness of the mother and son soon falters when the new father displays cruelty...
Dr. Akagi, a physician in Japan during WWII, wages a one-man crusade against hepatitis, earning him a reputation. But his campaign brings him into disfavor with the Japanese army, and as the war seems more and more hopeless for the Japanese, Dr. Akagi finds himself increasingly used as a scapegoat.
Based on a book by Henning Mankell (Sweden), this story takes place in Mozambique and is about a young boy, Nelio, who loses his entire family during a time of civil war. A wounded Nelio is found by a baker in the capital Mapouto; refusing medical treatment, the boy instead asks for sanctuary so he can tell his terrible tale. This he proceeds to do, starting with how the fighters arrived in...
In 1922, the people of Ireland turned against each other in one of the bloodiest civil wars in history. In its wake, internecine feuding incited decades of terrorist atrocities. This program features interviews with participants in the Civil War, some in their 90s, whose passionate defense of the side they took remains as strong and vivid as ever. Contributions from surviving relatives of...
Produced over a span of ten years, filmmaker Barbara Sonneborn goes on a pilgrimage to the Vietnamese countryside where her husband was killed. She and translator (and fellow war widow) Xuan Ngoc Nguyen explore the meaning of war and loss on a human level. The film includes interviews with Vietnamese and American widows into a vivid testament to the legacy of war.
This 1998 version of the movie Les Misérables, directed by Bille August, is based on the French historical novel by Victor Hugo (1802–65), first published in 1862. The movie stars Liam Neeson, Geoffrey Rush, Uma Thurman, and Claire Danes. Beginning in 1815 and culminating in the 1832 June Rebellion in Paris, the novel follows the lives and interactions of several characters,...
This miniseries dramatizes the famed volunteer regiment during the Spanish-American War. Assistant Navy Secretary Theodore Roosevelt leads the First Voluntary Calvary (the Rough Riders), a representation of the racial, ethnic, class, and regional diversity in the United States with the exception of African Americans. War unites the men.
In 1939, Guido Orefice a young Jewish man arrives in Arezzo, Tuscany, where his uncle Eliseo works in a restaurant. He falls in love with Dora who is set to be engaged with another man. Dora eventually gives in and marries Guido and the two have a son, Giosuè. In 1944 when Northern Italy is occupied by Nazi Germany, Guido, Giosuè, Eliseo and many other Jews are forced onto a train and taken to...
Based on the autobiography of Lucie Aubrac (1912-2007), this film follows Aubrac's daring engagements in the French Resistance in Lyon during World War II, as well as examining her relationship with her husband, Raymond, one of the leaders of the resistance against occupying Nazi Germany.
Men wounded in World War I find new life at a rehabilitation facility. One of them falls in love with a local school teacher. Their happiness is disrupted when called to go to war again.
This 1997 film explores the trans-Atlantic connections between Northern Ireland and the United States during the Troubles. As a favor to a friend, policeman Tom O'Meara (Harrison Ford) lets visiting Irishman Rory Devaney (Brad Pitt) stay with him and his family in New York City. Rory's visit is quiet at first, but when Tom and his wife, Sheila (Margaret Colin), return home one day, they're...
In retaliation for the death of his brother in a joint US-Russia attack, an Azerbajani warlord hires the Jackal to assassinate an unidentified world leader. The FBI enlists the help of a former sniper of the Irish Republican Army to help identify the anonymous assassin. Although a typical spy drama, the film shows international cooperation between US and Russian governments after the Cold War...
During the Siege of Sarajevo in the Bosnian War, a Bosnian poet takes care of two orphan boys. After discovering their aunt left the city, he shepherds the boys to safety. A story of love and survival, the film became the first Bosnian feature released after the 1992 Bosnian independence referendum, making it in some sense the first Bosnian film released.
Two childhood friend find themselves on opposite sides during the Bosnian War. Loosely based on real events, Halil and his fellow Muslim soldiers have trapped Serbs, including his old friend Milan, within the Tunnel of Brotherhood and Unity. As children, Milan and Halil feared vengeful ogres lived in the tunnel connecting Zagreb and Belgrade. During the tunnel stalemate, Milan and Halil...
A historical glimpse at class oppression in northern Brazil in the 1890s as seen through the eyes of a poor farming family in the outcast, poverty-stricken, and neglected lower strata of Brazilian society. During the War of Canudos (1895-1898) in the province of Bahia, a family joins a growing community led by spiritual leader Antonio Conselheiro (1830-1897) after losing their crop to drought...
The small town of Parnamirim in Brazil changes rapidly when the U.S. establishes a military base there during World War II. American GIs bring with them dollars, music, and Hollywood movies, reshaping locals' economic, social, and cultural lives.
Inspired by the role of women in the Mali Civil War, this film focuses on the reversal of gender roles when a group of women find a mystical mask. Although a comedy, Skirt Power offers a powerful commentary on the status of women in patriarchal African societies.
In 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured by the Mende tribesmen on board and managed to gain control of their captors' ship off the coast of Cuba. The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legally free. Based on the true story of the events in 1839 aboard the La Amistad, a...