291. Overlord
Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Stuart Cooper
Actors: Brian Stirner, Davyd Harries, Nicholas Ball, Julie Neesam, Sam Sewell, John Franklyn-Robbins
Plot: A young British man leaves home and enlists in the army as preparations for D-Day take place.
292. 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
293. Gardens of Stone
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Actors: James Caan, Anjelica Huston, James Earl Jones, D.B. Sweeney, Dean Stockwell, Mary Stuart Masterson
Plot: Gardens of Stone concentrates on the trials and tribulations of the Arlington National Cemetery home guard.
294. 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.
295. 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
296. 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
297. 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
298. 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?
299. 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
300. 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
