War and History
Fascinating movies, series', television dramas and documentaries depicting wars, conflicts and battles that defined eras throughout history. This is a collection of the finest realistic tales retelling and capturing some of the most important moments in diplomatic history from all reaches of the world.
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- DirectorTom CleggStarsSean BeanAssumpta SernaBrian CoxIn the Peninsular War, a British sergeant is field promoted to a lieutenant in charge of a disrespectful rifle company.Part 1 of the Sharpe TV series, set 1809 in British occupied Portugal, Britain and Spain fight France in the Napoleonic Wars. Sir Arthur Wellesley, commander of the British army in Portugal, promotes a common soldier of the 95th Rifles Regiment, Sergeant Richard Sharpe, to a Lieutenant officers rank, giving him a field commission with the 'Chosen Men' under Major Dunnett assigned to find James Rothschild and the army's wages loan.
- DirectorTom CleggStarsSean BeanAssumpta SernaBrian CoxGeneral Wellesley sends Major Hogan, Sharpe, the chosen men and the South Essex Regiment to destroy a bridge. Sharpe is immediately in conflict with two junior officers of the South Essex and their incompetent commander.Part 2 of the Sharpe TV series, set 1809 around the battle of Talavera in Spain, where Britain prepares to invade French-controlled Spain in the Napoleonic Wars. Sir Wellesley sets Lieutenant Sharpe strategic tasks accompanying the South Essex Regiment, lead by Major General Sir Henry Simmerson, in events leading up to and concluding with the battle of Talavera.
- DirectorTom CleggStarsSean BeanPete PostlethwaiteDaragh O'MalleySpain, 1812. Wellington's army is headed for Badajoz. Sharpe, now a Captain in the South Essex, learns that he has a daughter with Teresa and she is in Badajoz. He also runs into an old nemesis - Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill.Part 3 of the Sharpe TV series, set 1812 centered around the siege of Badajoz in Spain, one of the bloodiest battles of the Napoleonic Wars. Britain is set to invade French-controlled Spain from Portugal with General Wellesley targeting two formidable fortresses that stand in the way. The South Essex Regiment, now lead by Colonel Windham, plays a huge part in the siege with Captain Sharpe fighting to regain the leadership of his company in the midst of a new influx of officers all vying to be a part of this great battle.
- DirectorTom CleggStarsSean BeanPete PostlethwaiteDaragh O'MalleyAn army of British, French, Spanish and Portuguese deserters, lead by Sharpe's arch-nemesis Obadiah Hakeswill, has kidnapped two English women and held them for ransom. Hakeswill demands that Sharpe deliver the ransom money himself.Part 4 of the Sharpe TV series, set 1813 in British occupied Portugal during the Napoleonic Wars. When a group of deserters made up of French, British and Spanish soldiers take a small Portuguese town and two officers wives hostage, Captain Sharpe is tasked with performing a rescue mission that cannot leave any survivors with the alliance of deserters threatening to affect the balance of power over the army's troops.
- DirectorTom CleggStarsSean BeanDaragh O'MalleyHugh FraserThe French are on the run in Spain. In an effort to save Spain, Major Ducos engineers a diplomatic incident to split the English-Spanish alliance. Sharpe is at the centre of this incident, putting his life and honour at stake.Part 5 of the Sharpe TV series, set 1813 near Vitoria in Spain, General Wellesley the Marquess of Wellington prepares to drive the French out of Spain when Major Sharpe is framed for the murder of a Spanish nobleman by the French Major Ducos. An execution is staged then Wellington sends Sharpe on a secret mission to clear his name and unravel the French plot to destabilize relations between Britain and Spain. A rescue mission becomes capture by the French all before Sharpe plays a prominent role in the Battle of Vitoria, exposing the truth of the murder to Britain and its allies.
- DirectorTom CleggStarsSean BeanDaragh O'MalleyHugh FraserSharpe leads a party to exchange rifles for British deserters. He is dealing with Aztec-inspired Spanish partisans. Complicating matters is Wellington's cousin, with her daughter, who is searching for her missing husband.Part 6 of the Sharpe TV series, set in the summer of 1813, Lord Wellington prepares to invade France from Spain after the winning the campaign on the Iberian Peninsula. Deserters and looters are running wild in the army and a deal is hatched with the mysterious El Casco and his group of guerrillas for the return of captured dishonored soldiers by trade of guns. Major Sharpe leads a group into the mountains to make the trade then unwillingly uncovers a sinister Mayan cult that must be destroyed and buried.
- DirectorTom CleggStarsSean BeanDaragh O'MalleyHugh FraserWhen Sharpe is ordered to whip the King of Spain's Irish Royal Brigade into shape, he faces dissent from the men who believe the British are slaughtering their relatives in Ireland and a spy from within.Part 6 of the Sharpe TV series, set 1813 on the Franco-Spanish Border. Lord Wellington assigns Major Sharpe to train an unwanted regiment of unreliable, weak reinforcements sent from the King of Spain's, his personal guard, the Royal Irish Company. Expecting the company to desert or die at French hands in a small, unguarded town on the border close to enemy lines, Wellington is happy to write the company off whilst Sharpe has other plans.
- DirectorTom CleggStarsSean BeanDaragh O'MalleyJohn TamsSharpe is tasked to protect the most important spy in Lord Wellington's network, but domestic issues, a traumatized young girl, and possible French spies all threaten his success.Part 6 of the Sharpe TV series, set 1813 on the Franco-Spanish Border. Major Sharpe
- DirectorTom CleggStarsSean BeanDaragh O'MalleyAbigail CruttendenThe South Essex is to be disbanded due to dwindling personnel. This doesn't make sense as the entire 2nd Battalion is in England and taking new recruits. Sharpe and Harper head to England to work out what is going on and save the regiment.
- DirectorTom CleggStarsSean BeanDaragh O'MalleyAbigail CruttendenWellington is about to invade France and is considering his options. Sharpe's regiment, under the command of a green Colonel, is sent to capture a French castle in the hope that the local population will rise up against Napoleon.
- DirectorTom CleggStarsSean BeanDaragh O'MalleyAbigail CruttendenSharpe is teamed with a Colonel he helped promote and they are tasked to destroy a powder magazine, but an alliance with the French may threaten their success. Meanwhile, Jane is wearying of the army life and Harper and Ramona are at odds.
- DirectorTom CleggStarsSean BeanDaragh O'MalleyAbigail CruttendenSharpe is framed as the thief who stole Napoleon's gold, and he must clear his name to avoid execution. Meanwhile, Jane - urged on by a friend - makes some questionable choices.
- DirectorTom CleggStarsSean BeanDaragh O'MalleyAbigail CruttendenReturning to Yorkshire, Sharpe finds himself on the wrong side between corrupt employers and exploited workers.
- DirectorTom CleggStarsSean BeanDaragh O'MalleyAbigail CruttendenNapoleon has escaped from Elba and Britain is at war again. As Wellington's army assembles in Belgium, Sharpe, now a Lt. Colonel, is placed on the staff of the Dutch Prince of Orange, commander of a large portion of Wellington's army.
- DirectorTom CleggStarsSean BeanDaragh O'MalleyToby Stephens1817. Sharpe has retired from the army but is summoned by the Duke of Wellington for an important mission. An agent in India has gone missing while trying to track down a traitorous British officer. That agent is Patrick Harper.
- DirectorTom CleggStarsSean BeanDaragh O'MalleyMichael CochraneSharpe is asked by the governor to perform one last task while in India. He is to escort a Frenchwoman to her fiancée at an outpost. Sharpe agrees, little knowing he is walking into a rebellion with the instigators quite close to home.
- CreatorMichael HirstStarsKatheryn WinnickGustaf SkarsgårdAlexander LudwigVikings transports us to the brutal and mysterious world of Ragnar Lothbrok, a Viking warrior and farmer who yearns to explore--and raid--the distant shores across the ocean.
- DirectorZack SnyderStarsGerard ButlerLena HeadeyDavid WenhamIn the ancient battle of Thermopylae, King Leonidas and 300 Spartans fight against Xerxes and his massive Persian army. They face insurmountable odds when they are betrayed by a Spartan reject.
- CreatorSteven S. DeKnightStarsJohn HannahManu BennettPeter MensahIn the time before the arrival of Spartacus, the House of Batiatus faces many challenges from competitors, and within its own household.
- CreatorSteven S. DeKnightStarsAndy WhitfieldLucy LawlessManu BennettThe life of Spartacus, the gladiator who lead a rebellion against the Romans. From his time as an ally of the Romans, to his betrayal and becoming a gladiator, to the rebellion he leads and its ultimate outcome.
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsBradley CooperSienna MillerKyle GallnerNavy S.E.A.L. sniper Chris Kyle's pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and turns him into a legend. Back home with his family after four tours of duty, however, Chris finds that it is the war he can't leave behind.
- DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsMel GibsonHeath LedgerJoely RichardsonPeaceful farmer Benjamin Martin is driven to lead the Colonial Militia during the American Revolution when a sadistic British officer murders his son.
- DirectorRandall WallaceStarsMel GibsonMadeleine StoweGreg KinnearThe story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War, and the soldiers on both sides that fought it, while their wives wait nervously and anxiously at home for the good news or the bad news.
- DirectorMel GibsonStarsMel GibsonSophie MarceauPatrick McGoohanScottish warrior William Wallace leads his countrymen in a rebellion to free his homeland from the tyranny of King Edward I of England.
- DirectorMichael BayStarsBen AffleckKate BeckinsaleJosh HartnettA tale of war and romance mixed in with history. The story follows two lifelong friends and a beautiful nurse who are caught up in the horror of an infamous Sunday morning in 1941.
- StarsScott GrimesDamian LewisRon LivingstonThe story of Easy Company of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division and their mission in World War II Europe, from Operation Overlord to V-J Day.
- CreatorBruno HellerWilliam J. MacDonaldJohn MiliusStarsKevin McKiddRay StevensonPolly WalkerA down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsLiam NeesonRalph FiennesBen KingsleyIn German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.
- DirectorAnthony MinghellaStarsJude LawNicole KidmanRenée ZellwegerIn the waning days of the American Civil War, a wounded soldier embarks on a perilous journey back home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina to reunite with his sweetheart.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsMatthew ModineR. Lee ErmeyVincent D'OnofrioA pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMartin SheenMarlon BrandoRobert DuvallA U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.
- DirectorIsao TakahataStarsTsutomu TatsumiAyano ShiraishiAkemi YamaguchiA young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.