Best War movies of 1997

Actors : Nicoletta Braschi, Giustino Durano, Giorgio Cantarini, Roberto Benigni,
Directors : Roberto Benigni,

When an open-minded Jewish librarian and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.

Actors : Anne Bancroft, Jason Beghe, Viggo Mortensen, Demi Moore,
Directors : Ridley Scott,

A female Senator succeeds in enrolling a woman into Combined Reconnaissance Team training where everyone expects her to fail.

Actors : Woody Harrelson, Stephen Dillane, Marisa Tomei, Emira Nusevic,
Directors : Michael Winterbottom,

Journalist Floyd from US, Michael Henderson from UK and their teams meet the beginning of Bosnian war in Sarajevo. During their reports they find an orphanage run by devoted Mrs. Savic near...

Actors : Cate Blanchett, Frances McDormand, Glenn Close, Pauline Collins,
Directors : Bruce Beresford,

Fact-based recounting of a group of women who are imprisoned on the island of Sumatra by the Japanese during World War II and used music as a relief to their misery.

Actors : Daniel Auteuil, Carole Bouquet, Eric Boucher, Patrice Chéreau,
Directors : Claude Berri,

A love story or a tale of the resistance, this poignant movie tells both the haunting story of a French resistance cell in Lyon but also the love of Lucie Aubrac for her husband, and the ...

Actors : Mustafa Nadarevic, Almir Podgorica, Josip Pejakovic, Almedin Leleta,
Directors : Ademir Kenovic,

An alcoholic Bosnian poet sends his wife and daughter away from Sarajevo so they can avoid the troubles there. However, he is soon descended upon by a pair of orphaned brothers. The ...

Actors : John Turturro, Stefano Dionisi, Massimo Ghini, Rade Serbedzija,
Directors : Francesco Rosi,

Based on Primo Levi's autobiographical "The Reawakening".

Actors : Patrick Bergin, James Bolam, Jack Warden, Jordan Kiziuk,
Directors : Søren Kragh-Jacobsen,

Alex is an 11-year old boy who, during WWII, hides in the Jewish ghetto from Nazis after all the relatives have been sent to the concentration camp. The movie portrays the ghetto through ...

Actors : Cláudia Abreu, Marieta Severo, Paulo Betti, José Wilker,
Directors : Sergio Rezende,

The drama of a poor family in the bloodiest war in the History of Brazil: the war of Canudos.

Actors : Oliver Cotton, Nigel Davenport, Debra Beaumont, Guoan Bao,
Directors : Jin Xie,

Historical Drama starting in 1839 in Guangzhou where British merchants dealing with opium are to be executed because the opium is destroying the Empire. After the burning of 20,000 boxes of...

Actors : Pertti Koivula, Heikki Kinnunen, Tom Pöysti, Vesa Vierikko,
Directors : Ere Kokkonen,

Actors : Faye Dunaway, Carme Elias, Miguel Ángel García, Juan Diego Botto,
Directors : Manuel Lombardero,

In the turmoil of the Spanish Civil War, a young man comes of age sexually, through a string of relationships with a wide range of mature, older women.

Actors : Clotilde Courau, Thérèse Liotard, Bernard Giraudeau, Guillaume Depardieu,
Directors : Jean-Loup Hubert,

(Translated from TV5 description) A soldier wounded during WWI falls in love with a young school teacher.

Actors : Imanol Arias, Cecilia Dopazo, Carmelo Gómez, Mirta Zecevic,
Directors : Gerardo Herrero,

Spanish TV reporters covering the War in Bosnia. Based on true experience.

Actors : Caio Junqueira, Paulo Gorgulho, Betty Faria, José Wilker,

During the Second World War, the U.S.A. established a military base in Natal, Brazil, changing in many ways people's lives and behavior.

Actors : Pierre Bokma, Christine Hakim, Bram van der Vlugt, Esmée de la Bretonière,
Directors : Orlow Seunke,

Actors : Roberta Nolis, Mariella Valentini, Gigio Alberti, Emanuela Moschin,
Directors : Paolo Bianchini,

In 1943, Vincenzio and Maria take their children to his father's Tuscan farm. Vincenzio commutes to Rome where he's a physician and, in the hospital basement, prints an anti-Fascist paper. ...

Actors : Gastone Moschin, Gabriele Ferzetti, Gianni Cavina, Lorenzo Crespi,
Directors : Renzo Martinelli,

Italy 1945: the war is ending and the iron curtain is falling down. In the north eastern part of the country partisans of different political orientation begin to question about the future ...

Actors : Vedran Mlikota, Filip Sovagovic, Ena Begovic, Alma Prica,
Directors : Zoran Tadic,

In the Autumn of 1991 Croatia is fighting for independence and the capital Zagreb is plagued by air raid alerts and blackouts. Hela Martinic is a reporter, who returns to her home town from...

Actors : Ljubo Kapor, Filip Sovagovic, Bojana Gregoric, Vjera Zagar-Nardelli,
Directors : Branko Schmidt,

A young violinist who plays at the war front decides to join his parents in Vienna after his best friend gets killed.