Best World War I movies that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Dean-Charles Chapman, George MacKay, Colin Firth, Daniel Mays,
Directors : Sam Mendes,

April 6th, 1917. As a regiment assembles to wage war deep in enemy territory, two soldiers are assigned to race against time and deliver a message that will stop 1,600 men from walking straight into a deadly trap.

Actors : Jack Hawkins, Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn,
Directors : David Lean,

The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.

Actors : David Thewlis, Emily Watson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jeremy Irvine,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

Young Albert enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. Albert's hopeful journey takes him out of England and to the front lines as the war rages on.

Actors : Rusty Schwimmer, Eleanor Bron, Liam Cunningham, Liesel Matthews,
Directors : Alfonso Cuarón,

A young girl is relegated to servitude at a boarding school when her father goes missing and is presumed dead.

Actors : Julia Ormond, Anthony Hopkins, Brad Pitt, Aidan Quinn,
Directors : Edward Zwick,

In the early 1900s, three brothers and their father living in the remote wilderness of Montana are affected by betrayal, history, love, nature, and war.

Actors : Frederic Forrest, Martin Landau, Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen,
Directors : Francis Ford Coppola,

The story of Preston Tucker, the maverick car designer and his ill-fated challenge to the auto industry with his revolutionary car concept.

Actors : Geraldine Chaplin, Rod Steiger, Julie Christie, Omar Sharif,
Directors : David Lean,

The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during the First World War and then the October Revolution.

Actors : Howard E. Rollins Jr., James Cagney, Elizabeth McGovern, Brad Dourif,
Directors : Milos Forman,

A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.

Actors : Jason Robards, Timothy Bottoms, Kathy Fields, Marsha Hunt,
Directors : Dalton Trumbo,

A World War I soldier, rendered blind, deaf, limbless, and mute by a horrific artillery shell attack, finds a unique way of communicating with his doctors.

Actors : John Rae, Colin Farrell, Wendy Allnutt, Malcolm McFee,
Directors : Richard Attenborough,

The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.

Actors : Telly Savalas, Curd Jürgens, Diana Rigg, Oliver Reed,
Directors : Basil Dearden,

A woman causes a group of assassins to face their greatest challenge.

Actors : Julie Andrews, Jeremy Kemp, Lance Percival, Rock Hudson,
Directors : Blake Edwards,

Set during WWI, this movie is a cute spin on the Mata Hari legend.

Actors : Ian McShane, Suzanne Pleshette, Vittorio De Sica, Murray Hamilton,
Directors : Mel Stuart,

The humorous adventures of a group of American tourists taking an eighteen-day guided bus tour of nine European countries.

Actors : Klaus Maria Brandauer, Ildikó Bánsági, Walter Schmidinger, Erland Josephson,
Directors : István Szabó,

A man's story parallels Hitler's rise. Austrian Klaus Schneider, wounded in World War I, recovers in the care of Dr. Emil Bettleheim. Bettleheim discovers that Schneider possesses powers of...

Actors : Eli Wallach, Red Buttons, Trish Van Devere, George C. Scott,
Directors : Stanley Donen,

Three movie genres of the 1930s, boxing films, WWI aviation dramas, and backstage Broadway musicals, are satirized using the same cast.

Actors : Corinne Calvet, Richard Beymer, Fred Clark, Diane Baker,
Directors : Martin Ritt,

An immature young man from Middle America grows to manhood after a cross-country journey and his military service in World War I.