Critically acclaimed World War I movies

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 : Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Filippo Timi, Fausto Russo Alesi, Michela Cescon,
Directors : Marco Bellocchio,

The story of Mussolini's secret lover, Ida Dalser, and their son Albino.

Actors : Taron Egerton, Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington, Dominic West,
Directors : James Kent,

A British woman recalls coming of age during World War I - a story of young love, the futility of war, and how to make sense of the darkest times.

Actors : Paula Beer, Marie Gruber, Pierre Niney, Ernst Stötzner,
Directors : François Ozon,

In the aftermath of WWI, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious Frenchman who visits the fiancé's grave to lay flowers.

Actors : Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz, Florence Clery,
Directors : Derek Cianfrance,

A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from a drifting rowing boat.

Actors : Jean-Louis Coulloc'h, Hélène Alexandridis, Marina Hands, Hippolyte Girardot,
Directors : Pascale Ferran,

A French adaptation of the second (and much less well-known) version of D.H. Lawrence's erotic tale.

Actors : Ron Donachie, Peter Mullan, Mark Bonnar, Kevin Guthrie,
Directors : Terence Davies,

The daughter of a Scottish farmer comes of age in the early 1900s.

Actors : Jacir Eid Al-Hwietat, Hassan Mutlag Al-Maraiyeh, Hussein Salameh Al-Sweilhiyeen, Jack Fox,
Directors : Naji Abu Nowar,

In the Ottoman province of Hijaz during World War I, a young Bedouin boy experiences a greatly hastened coming-of-age as he embarks on a perilous desert journey to guide a British officer to his secret destination.

Actors : Nicholas Hoult, Derek Jacobi, Lily Collins, Colm Meaney,
Directors : Dome Karukoski,

The formative years of the orphaned author J.R.R. Tolkien as he finds friendship, love and artistic inspiration among a group of fellow outcasts at school.

Actors : Nade Dieu, Rony Kramer, Simon Eine, Sarah Adler,
Directors : Jean-Luc Godard,

Divided into three "kingdoms" -- Enfer (Hell), Purgatoire (Purgatory) and Paradis (Paradise) -- Notre Musique is an indictment of modern times.

Actors : Leelee Sobieski, John Cusack, Molly Parker, Noah Taylor,
Directors : Menno Meyjes,

A film studying the depiction of a friendship between an art dealer named Rothman and his student, Adolf Hitler.

Actors : Bérénice Bejo, Robert Pattinson, Liam Cunningham, Stacy Martin,
Directors : Brady Corbet,

A chronicle of the childhood of a post-World War I leader.

Actors : Will Smith, Bruce McGill, Matt Damon, Charlize Theron,
Directors : Robert Redford,

A down-and-out golfer attempts to recover his game and his life with help from a mystical caddy.

Actors : Jean Reno, James Franco, Jennifer Decker, Scott Hazell,
Directors : Tony Bill,

The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.

Actors : Christa Théret, Vincent Rottiers, Thomas Doret, Michel Bouquet,
Directors : Gilles Bourdos,

Set on the French Riviera in the summer of 1915, Jean Renoir -- son of the Impressionist painter, Pierre-Auguste -- returns home to convalesce after being wounded in World War I. At his ...

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 : Olivia Colman, Odessa Young, Josh O'Connor, Colin Firth,
Directors : Eva Husson,

A maid living in post-World War I England secretly plans to meet with the man she loves before he leaves to marry another woman.

Actors : Robbie Kay, Monika Schurmann, Nina Dobrev, Jordan Pettle,
Directors : Jeremy Podeswa,

A child escapes from Poland during World War II and first heads to Greece before coming of age in Canada.