Spectacular flying sequences, heart-rending emotions and a rousing musical score combine to make 633 squadron one of the great R.A.F classics. find out more...

The first part of Wajda's triology of films, the hopeful one, is set in Warsaw 1942, deals with the setting up of a youth resistance group and sticks very much to the CP line of courage, honour and self-sacrifice. These three films rank amongst the greatest achievments of contempory European cinema and Zbigniew Cybulski's performance is rated as one of cinema's greatest. find out more...

Part 1 of Wajda's trilogy of wartime films, the hopeful one, is set in Wola, a working-class area of Warsaw in 1942, and deals with the graduation of a bunch of semi-delinquent street kids, through individual acts of defiance and courage, into a youth resistance group. The heroism is not simple, neither loyalties nor self-sacrifice are assured, but united they will be. find out more...

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A well known WW2 classic; the story of a group of women POWs forced to trek across the Malay jungle by their Japanese captors, none of whom see the care of women as within their duties, and the women's friendship with a gritty Aussie who regales them with tales of his home town, Alice Springs. find out more...

In the middle of the Second World War teenage Alyosha is commended for destroying two German tanks, but, rather than take a medal, he requests a four day pass to visit his mother. Ballad of a Soldier is about this journey and the life enhancing encounters therein. Nominated at the 1962 Academy Awards for Best Screenplay, this classic of post-war Soviet Realism won many international film awards on its release, most notably a BAFTA Award for Best Film. find out more...

A plethora of great British stars give top-notch performances, while no expense is spared on attention to detail. Spectacular flying sequences, heart-rending emotions and a rousing musical score combine to make this an RAF classic. find out more...

In the winter of 1944 the Allies prepared to invade Germany but to the surprise of everybody (bar the Enigma code-breaking team) Hitler not only managed a counter-attack in the Ardennes, but a remarkably successful one. The film shows the conflict from the perspectives of an American intelligence officer and a German Panzer Commander. find out more...

A dramatic re-telling of Violette Szabo's role as secret agent in occupied France during the Second World War. Captured by the Wiermarcht and handed over to the Gestapo who eventually send her to Ravensbruck concentration camp and from there to the firing squad, Carve Her Name With Pride is a powerful and moving story of one woman's unbreakable spirit and unfaltering heroism. find out more...

Adapted from the classic, absurdist, anti-war novel by Joseph Heller. "Catch-22" is the story of Yossarian, a pilot who trys to opt out of flying bombing missions by being declared insane, the catch being that anyone trying to avoid bombing missions by being insane must be sane. This dark classic catches much of the flavour of the book, the insanity, the corruption and the absurdity of war. Think MASH, but non-linear - flawed but awesome. find out more...