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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This American-Japanese co-production directed by Frank Sinatra reinterprets the Pacific Theater in World War II through the prism of post-war cooperation between the two nations. After an air battle downs American and Japanese planes, survivors must learn to cooperate on a deserted island. Once the Americans establish radio contact, the peace ends with devastating effects.
One of the last movies produced and distributed before the start of the Cultural Revolution in 1966, Tunnel War celebrates communal resistance during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945). After suffering casualties and defeats by Chinese soldiers, a group of Japanese villagers use underground tunnels to survive. The Chinese villagers soon use them to launch a successful...
A vitally important nationa-building project filmed before the Cultural Revolution, this model opera retells the history of the Communist Part in China from 1921 to 1949, from the beginnings of the May Fourth Movement, to the Civil War against the Nationalist Party, to the victory of the Communists and the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The film helped to cement the cult of...
Adapted from a novel, Red Crag, by Luo Guangbin and Yang Yiyan, this film glorifies martyrdom in the Chinese Communist Revolution (1948–1952). It portrays a group of underground Communists in southeastern China and their heroic struggle against the Nationalists on the eve of 1949. The film follows Jiang, who, on her way to make contact with the local guerrillas, sees a severed head...
The Ipcress File is a 1965 British espionage film, based on Len Deighton's novel The IPCRESS File (1962). Tasked with investigating the kidnappings and brainwashed reappearances of top scientists, including Dr. Radcliffe (Aubrey Richards), the insubordinate British spy Harry Palmer (Michael Caine) navigates his way through criminals, secret agents, and his superiors (Nigel...
In this award-winning Cold War thriller based on a 1963 novel of the same title by John le Carré, a British spy goes to great lengths to uncover intelligence. At the height of the Cold War, British spy Alec Leamas (Richard Burton) is nearly ready to retire, but first he has to take on one last dangerous assignment. Going deep undercover, he poses as a drunken, disgraced former MI5 agent in...
The 1965 American Civil War film Shenandoah, directed by Andrew V. McLaglen is starring James Stewart and featuring Doug McClure, Glenn Corbett, Patrick Wayne, and, in their film debuts, Katharine Ross and Rosemary Forsyth. The American folk song “Oh Shenandoah” features prominently in the film's soundtrack. The film centers around a family, who vows to remain neutral in the conflict...
Rather than amplifying Cold War fears and hysteria in the early 1960s, director Stanley Kubrick's black comedy masterpiece satirizes them. A rogue American general orders B-52s to drop an atomic bomb on the Soviet Union. Back in the Pentagon's War Room, military officials and the president work to stop nuclear annihilation by collaborating with the Soviets. Dr. Strangeglove, a wheelchair-bound...
A planned military coup against the President of the United States threatens the nation during the Cold War. A nuclear disarmament treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union spurred the plot. Seven Days in May critiques the growing power of the military-industrial complex and anti-communism within American government as a threat to democratic institutions.
A high-ranking military official questions his loyalties during the English Civil War (1642–1651). When King Charles I (1600–1649) is captured by Roundhead forces, led by the Colonel Judd (Lionel Jeffries) and his right-hand man Captain Sylvester (Oliver Reed), it is up to a band of locals loyal to the King led by a Robin Hood–type character named the Scarlet Blade to try to rescue him. They...
Behold a Pale Horse is a 1964 American drama war film based on the 1961 novel Killing a Mouse on Sunday by Emeric Pressburger, which loosely details the life of the Spanish anarchist guerrilla Francesc Sabaté Llopart (1915–1960). At the end of the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), soldier Manuel Artiguez (Gregory Peck) flees to France as part of the defeated forces. After 20...
This French film L’Insoumis, directed by Alan Cavalier, was one of the first that dealt with the Algerian War (1954–62). Thomas Vlassenroot, a citizen of Luxembourg, played by Alain Delon, enlists in the French Foreign Legion after his divorce. He is posted to Algeria, but during the 1961 uprising he becomes disillusioned and deserts. While in hiding he receives a visit from his...
In this satirical black comedy about the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648), director Karel Zeman combines live-action and animation to explore the futility and illogical nature of war. A peasant, a mercenary, and a jester survive endless battles and imprisonment. They fight on the Protestant and the Catholic sides depending on circumstance and chance, represented by an animated God who changes the...
Two young French lovers' lives are altered by the Algerian War for Independence (1954–1962). Geneviève learns she is pregnant from her love affair with Guy, who has been drafted into the war. She agrees to marry a rich man to giver her child a better life. Guy opts to marry his grandmother's nurse when he returns. The two old lovers meet years later.
Friendships unravel in a small French town in World War II. After an attack kills two German soldiers outside a restaurant, the head of the Gestapo orders those there that they must choose who will be executed if the guilty party is not found. Friends gathered to celebrate a birthday turn on each other, revealing a lack of loyalty and an abundance of cowardice.
In February 1941, South African troops on the northern frontier of Kenya attempt to repulse an Italian invasion. The South African command deceives the enemy by purporting to have large numbers of troops in the area. To this end, a seven-man patrol is assigned to set up an Abyssinian communications center to broadcast false reports of troop movements. Young and inexperienced Lieutenant...
This chilling Cold War film, based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler, reveals the dangers of nuclear warfare, militarism, and technology. During the Cold War, U.S. bomber jets are equipped with fail-safe boxes that instruct pilots when and if to attack. When an attack order is inadvertently administered due to a system malfunction, the President of the...
Zulu is a 1964 British epic war film depicting the Battle of Rorke's Drift between the British Army and the Zulus in January 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War. It shows how 150 British soldiers, 30 of whom were sick and wounded patients in a field hospital, successfully held off a force of 4,000 Zulu warriors. The film is notable for showing the Zulu army as disciplined and governed by...
In this classic film loosely based on real events, prisoners of war in Nazi-occupied Poland plan their escape. In 1943, British and other Allied soldiers at the Stalag Luft III work collaboratively on digging tunnels under the camp, with each one offering their special talents. Although their escape is brief, symbolized with the iconic image of Steve McQueen's motorcylce ride, the film...
Nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Documentary category, this French production tackles the political conflicts that led to the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939). Its focus on the consolidation of power by the Nationalists and the international support for the Republicans reveals how 1930s Spain was a precursor to World War II. Archival footage interspersed with footage of contemporary...