The classic anti-war film of the classic anti-war book. The story follows a group of naive young patriots from school in Germany through the horrors of WW1 and their gradual annihilation in the trenches. As the angry, bewildered boys witness death and mutilation all around them, all ideas about "the enemy" and the "rights and wrongs" of the conflict disappear. This is highlighted in the scene where Paul mortally wounds a French soldier and then weeps bitterly as he fights to save his life whi find out more...

A flight surgeon and a navy pilot overcome personal differences to work on solving the problem of dive bombers blacking out and dying. Another adrenalin fuelled collaboration between Flynn and Curtiz, based on a true story, but more interested in the suicidal/heroic white knuckle world in which so many early experimental pilots seemed to live. find out more...

Howard Hughes' first movie, and what an epic money sucker it was too. Three friends, two English and one German, are conscripted into WWI as fighter pilots and must make the choice between their patriotic duty and their loyalty to one another. Some amazing aerial scenes and Jean Harlow's first starring role are amongst the highlights. find out more...

Guinness restores the morale of British PoWs by building a bridge which is of military value to the Japanese, and then attempts to thwart the RAF's destruction of it! A classic film which swept 7 Oscars including "Best Picture". find out more...

A group of German paras swoop on old Blighty in a dastardly attempt to snatch Churchill and defeat the Brits. Needless to say, they don't succeed, but I at least felt quite sorry for old Michael. Not a lot of people know that... find out more...

The greatest prisoner of war adventure of them all. Behind the barbed wire fences of Stalag Luft the Allies plan a mass break-out by digging three tunnels. Discovery by the Germans when only one is completed means the chances of escape are thin. Yet 76 make the attempt in this epic adventure.

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Based on David Low's cartoon character, Major General Clive Wynne-Candy, VC, we back-track over his life, drawing us into sympathy with the prime virtues of honour and chivalry which have transformed him from dashing young spark of the 1890s into crusty old buffer of World War II. Roger Livesey gives us not just a great performance, but a man's whole life, losing his only love (Deborah Kerr) to the German officer (Walbrook) with whom he fought a duel in pre-WWI Berlin, then becoming the latter's find out more...

Yes, the Hills are still alive with the sound of everyone's favourite musical. Based of the true story of the singing Von Trapp family, and you can sing along with all your favourite things. Won Best Picture at 1965 Academy Awards. A superb film that's not just for nuns! find out more...