291. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Nagisa Ôshima
Actors: David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryûichi Sakamoto, Takeshi Kitano, Jack Thompson, Johnny Okura
292. Prelude to War
Year of Release: 1943
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Julius J. Epstein
Actors: Max Schmeling
Plot: This famous propaganda piece, used as a U.S. Army training film in WWII before theatrical release, asks 'why we fight.' The answer compares the 'free' and 'slave' worlds. Included: development of dictatorships in Italy, Germany and Japan, while anti-militarism and isolationism rise in the USA; a look at enemy propaganda; and the first acts of aggression. Walter Huston narrates a combination of archival footage, maps, and other graphics.
293. Morituri
Year of Release: 1965
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Bernhard Wicki
Actors: Marlon Brando, Yul Brynner, Janet Margolin, Trevor Howard, Martin Benrath, Hans Christian Blech
294. Lost Command
Year of Release: 1966
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mark Robson
Actors: Anthony Quinn, Alain Delon, George Segal, Claudia Cardinale, Michèle Morgan, Maurice Ronet
295. Castle Keep
Year of Release: 1969
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sydney Pollack
Actors: Burt Lancaster, Patrick O'Neal, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Peter Falk, Bruce Dern, Astrid Heeren
296. Essential Killing
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
Actors: Vincent Gallo, Emmanuelle Seigner, David L. Price, Phillip Goss, Janusz Wojtarowicz, Mark Gasperich
Plot: A Taliban fighter escapes into a Polish forest during the rendition process. It's winter so can he survive?
297. All the Young Men
Year of Release: 1960
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hall Bartlett
Actors: Alan Ladd, Sidney Poitier, James Darren, Glenn Corbett, Mort Sahl, Joseph Gallison
298. First to Fight
Year of Release: 1967
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Christian Nyby
Actors: Chad Everett, Marilyn Devin, Dean Jagger, Bobby Troup, Claude Akins, Gene Hackman
299. The Trench
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William Boyd
Actors: Paul Nicholls, Daniel Craig, James D'Arcy, Cillian Murphy, Michael Moreland, Julian Rhind-Tutt
300. 71: Into the Fire ( Pohwasogeuro )
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John H. Lee
Actors: Seung-won Cha, Sang-woo Kwone, Seung Hyun Choi, Seung-woo Kim, David Lee McInnis, Tae-ju Park
Plot: As the Korean war heats up, a group of student-soldiers defend a middle school.
