6.6
War: Michael Delucca, a war veteran suffering post-traumatic stress disorder, struggles to resist the dark experiences that haunt him. Estranged from the normal life around him, a steady low-paying job, a supportive girlfriend and the opportunity to reconnect with the son he never saw grow up, Michael sinks into an underworld he may not return from. Written and directed by a veteran, Battle Scars depicts with brutal authenticity the insurmountable difficulties thousands of soldiers face after returning home.
7.0
War: A WWII POW is recognized as a boxing champion and targeted by a Nazi Commander, who wants to pit the prisoner against his own champion in a match. The soldiers use the diversion leading up to the fight to plot a mass escape back to Dunkirk and freedom.
6.5
Adventure, Drama, War: A fallen leader. A fortune in gold. Haunted by the ghosts of war, four brothers in arms search for what they lost in Vietnam.
3.2
History, Thriller, War: Six days before D-DAY, Victor Lawrence, one of the most senior planners of the Normandy landings, is shot down over France. Captured by the Nazis, he is detained in a holding camp under a false identity. The clock is ticking. When the Nazis discover who he really is, they will torture him and learn of the plan for the invasion of Europe. John Seabourne, a British special forces operative, is given the mission to parachute into France, hook up with local French resistance and bust Victor out. Seabourne and French resistance fighter, Ellie, break into the camp. But Victor refuses to be rescued, convinced he should lie low until the invasion is underway. Knowing a Nazi commander who will recognise Victor is due at the camp any day, Seaborne must kill Victor to ensure his knowledge won’t get into enemy hands, unless he can find a way to pull off a dramatic rescue - of Victor and all the other prisoners held in the camp. The stage is set for a showdown that will ultimately decide the outcome of WW2. The fate of millions will come down to the choices and actions of our three heroes in their darkest hour.
5.9
Drama, Thriller, War: Adapted from the novel by the author of War Horse, Waiting for Anya follows Jo Lalande (Noah Schnapp), a thirteen-year-old shepherd boy, and reclusive widow Horcada (Anjelica Huston), who come together with their village to help smuggle Jewish children into Spain during the harrows of WWII.
7.0
Action, Drama, War: In a thrilling WWII story inspired by actual events, Captain Ernest Krause (Tom Hanks) leads an international convoy of 37 ships on a treacherous mission across the Atlantic to deliver thousands of soldiers and much-needed supplies to Allied forces.
Drama, History, War: Set in 1825, Clare, a young Irish convict woman, chases a British officer through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. On the way she enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker named Billy, who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.
6.9
Drama, War: SUMMERLAND follows the story of fiercely independent folklore investigator, Alice (Gemma Arterton) who secludes herself in her clifftop study, debunking myths using science to disprove the existence of other-worldly forces and magic. Consumed by her work, but also profoundly lonely, she is haunted by a love affair from her past. When spirited young Frank, an evacuee from the London Blitz, is dumped into her irritable care, his innocence and wonder unlock deeply buried and painful secrets in Alice’s past, and make her re-evaluate what it really means to free your imagination. Bravely embracing life’s miraculous unpredictability, Alice learns that wounds may be healed, hope and second chances do exist, and any woman must defiantly be two things: who and what she wants.
7.2
Drama, History, War: August 1945. Child survivors of the Holocaust are brought to Windermere to recuperate under the supervision of a group of volunteer therapists. In the absence of their families, they must find kinship in each other.
