The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas(2008)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 67

Set during WWII, a story seen through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a German concentration camp, whose forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences.



Stop-Loss(2008)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 70

A veteran soldier returns from his completed tour of duty in Iraq, only to find his life turned upside down when he is arbitrarily ordered to return to field duty by the Army.



Oorlogswinter(2008)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 62

In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands, a teenage boy gets involved in the Dutch Resistance after coming to the aid of a wounded RAF pilot.



The Children of Huang Shi(2008)

Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 56

About young British journalist, George Hogg, who with the assistance of a courageous Australian nurse, saves a group of orphaned children during the Japanese occupation of China in 1937.



Good(2008)

Combined Rating:
49
Combined Critics Rating: 51

The rise of national socialism in Germany should not be regarded as a conspiracy of madmen. Millions of "good" people found themselves in a society spiralling into terrible chaos. A film about then, which illuminates the terrors of now.



Rambo(2008)

Combined Rating:
48
Combined Critics Rating: 23

In Thailand, John Rambo joins a group of mercenaries to venture into war-torn Burma, and rescue a group of Christian aid workers who were kidnapped by the ruthless local infantry unit.



Adam Resurrected(2008)

Combined Rating:
45
Combined Critics Rating: 51

In the aftermath of WWII, a former circus entertainer who was spared from the gas chamber becomes the ringleader at an asylum for Holocaust survivors.



The Lucky Ones(2008)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 27

The story revolves around three soldiers - Colee, TK and Cheever - who return from the war after suffering injuries and learn that life has moved on without them. They end up on an ...



Johnny Mad Dog(2008)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 39

A cast of unknown performers are used in this drama about child soldiers fighting a war in an African country.



Le chant des mariées(2008)

Combined Rating:
24
Combined Critics Rating: 33

The Nazi occupation of Tunisia strains the bonds of friendship between a Muslim woman and a Sephardic Jewish woman who are both preparing for their marriages.



Les femmes de l'ombre(2008)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 7

In 1944, in London, Lieutenant Pierre Desfontaines assigns his sister Louise Desfontaines to convince three other women to form a five-woman task force under his command to rescue a British...



Death in Love(2008)

Combined Rating:
17
Combined Critics Rating: 20

The devastating legacy of a liaison between a concentration camp inmate and a Nazi doctor reflects on the lives of her sons.



120(2008)

Combined Rating:
15
Combined Critics Rating: 0

During the Sarikamis Battle, the Ottoman army runs out of ammunition and appeals to the people of Van for help, who happen to have supplies. However, the First World War is on and all men ...



Tunnel Rats(2008)

Combined Rating:
13
Combined Critics Rating: 0

During the Vietnam War [1959-1975] a special US combat unit is sent out to hunt and kill the Viet Cong soldiers in a man-to-man combat in the endless tunnels underneath the jungle of Vietnam. Suicide squads of a special kind.



American Son(2008)

Combined Rating:
9
Combined Critics Rating: 9

The story of a young Marine, fresh from Camp Pendleton, who is forced to confront the complexities of adulthood and a volatile home life during a four-day Thanksgiving leave.



In Tranzit(2008)

Combined Rating:
7
Combined Critics Rating: 0

In 1946, a group of German POWs are mistakenly sent to a Soviet female transit prison camp and must cope with the hostility of the Soviet female inmates and guards, under the orders of cruel camp commander Pavlov.



Käsky(2008)

Combined Rating:
5
Combined Critics Rating: 0

There is civil war in Finland. Between whites vs reds. A woman soldier of reds is captured by the whites. She is ordered to be executed.



Tobruk(2008)

Combined Rating:
4
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Set in the Libyan Desert in WW2 a battalion of Czech soldiers face the siege of Tobruk.



Lange flate ballær II(2008)

Combined Rating:
4
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Six beer-bellied guys from the Ed Garage find their plans for the week totally changed by a draft for a National Guard maneuver. After an accidental meeting with a U.S. Admiral (Don Johnson...



Il papà di Giovanna(2008)

Combined Rating:
3
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Bologna, Italy, Pre-war scenario. Michele Casali's only teenage daughter, Giovanna Casali, poses a problem to him. Driven by jealousy, she has just killed her best friend. After a painful ...




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