When three close friends escape from Hong Kong to war-time Saigon to start a criminal’s life, they all go through a harrowing experience which totally shatters their lives and their friendship forever. Year 1990.
| Generes: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War |
| Director: John Woo |
| Writer: Janet Chun, Patrick Leung, John Woo |
| Actors: Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Jacky Cheung, Waise Lee, Simon Yam |
A story focusing on a conflict between a People’s Liberation Army squad and a bandit gang in north-east China during the Chinese revolution. Year 2014.
| Generes: Action, Adventure, Biography, History, War |
| Director: Hark Tsui |
| Writer: Bo Qu (novel), Jianxin Huang (screenplay), Hark Tsui, Yang Li, Chi-An Lin, Bing Wu, Zhe Dong |
| Actors: Hanyu Zhang, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Kenny Lin, Nan Yu |
The story of admiral Aleksandr Kolchak who remained faithful to his oath to the Russian Emperor and fought against the Bolshevik rule after the 1917 October Revolution. Year 2008.
| Generes: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War |
| Director: Andrey Kravchuk |
| Writer: Zoya Kudrya, Vladimir Valutskiy |
| Actors: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Elizaveta Boyarskaya, Sergey Bezrukov, Vladislav Vetrov |
Kievan Rus, late 10th century. After the death of his father, the young Viking prince Vladimir of Novgorod is forced into exile across the frozen sea. Year 2016.
| Generes: Action, Drama, History, War |
| Director: Andrey Kravchuk |
| Writer: Andrey Kravchuk, Johan Melin (dramaturge), Andrey Rubanov, Viktor Smirnov |
| Actors: Anton Adasinsky, Aleksandr Armer, Vilen Babichev, Tom J. Benedict |
Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator’s final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII. Year 2004.
| Generes: Biography, Drama, History, War |
| Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel |
| Writer: Bernd Eichinger (screenplay), Joachim Fest (book), Traudl Junge (book), Melissa Müller (book) |
| Actors: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes |
The story of martial-arts master Ip Man, the man who trained Bruce Lee. Year 2013.
| Generes: Action, Biography, Drama, Romance, War |
| Director: Kar-Wai Wong |
| Writer: Kar-Wai Wong (story), Kar-Wai Wong (screenplay), Jingzhi Zou (screenplay), Haofeng Xu (screenplay) |
| Actors: Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Cung Le, Qingxiang Wang, Elvis Tsui |
PLA Navy Marine Corps launch a hostage rescue operation in the fictional Republic of Ihwea and undergo a fierce battle with rebellions and terrorism. Year 2018.
| Generes: Action, Drama, Thriller, War |
| Director: Dante Lam |
| Writer: Zhuzhu Chen, Ji Feng, Eric Lin |
| Actors: Yi Zhang, Johnny Huang, Hai-Qing, Jiang Du |
The village of Schabbach experiences the shifting fortunes of Germany from 1919 to 1982. Year 1984–.
| Generes: Drama, History, War |
| Director: N/A |
| Writer: N/A |
| Actors: Marita Breuer, Rüdiger Weigang, Kurt Wagner, Gertrud Bredel |
China’s deadliest special forces operative settles into a quiet life on the sea. When sadistic mercenaries begin targeting nearby civilians, he must leave his newfound peace behind and return to his duties as a soldier and protector. Year 2017.
| Generes: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War |
| Director: Jing Wu |
| Writer: Jing Wu (screenplay by), Qun Dong (screenplay by), Yi Liu (screenplay by), Yan Gao |
| Actors: Jing Wu, Frank Grillo, Celina Jade, Gang Wu |
A drug cartel boss who is arrested in a raid is coerced into betraying his former accomplices as part of an undercover operation. Year 2012.
| Generes: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Director: Johnnie To |
| Writer: Ka-Fai Wai (screenplay), Nai-Hoi Yau (screenplay), Ryker Chan (screenplay), Xi Yu (screenplay) |
| Actors: Honglei Sun, Louis Koo, Yi Huang, Yunxiang Gao |
A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation during World War II. Year 1987.
| Generes: Action, Drama, History, War |
| Director: Steven Spielberg |
| Writer: Tom Stoppard (screenplay), J.G. Ballard (novel) |
| Actors: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers |
A Russian WW2 spy spoof following misadventures of a clueless Soviet secret agent trapped inside Hitler’s inner circle. Year 2008.
| Generes: Action, Adventure, Comedy, War |
| Director: Marius Balchunas |
| Writer: Marius Balchunas |
| Actors: Pavel Derevyanko, Anna Semenovich, Yuriy Galtsev, Yuriy Stoyanov |
A sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a great Mughal emperor, Akbar, and a Rajput princess, Jodha. Year 2008.
| Generes: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War |
| Director: Ashutosh Gowariker |
| Writer: Haidar Ali (story), Haidar Ali (screenplay), Ashutosh Gowariker (screenplay), K.P. Saxena (dialogue), Rajshri Sudhakar (Dialogue Writer: Telugu) |
| Actors: Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Sonu Sood, Poonam Sinha |
In the spring of 1945, the German troops are practically defeated, and the battalion of Kowalski, major general von Plönnies and Asch is left to its own devices to a large extent. Year 1955.
| Generes: Drama, War |
| Director: Paul May |
| Writer: Hans Hellmut Kirst (novel), Ernst von Salomon |
| Actors: O.E. Hasse, Hannes Schiel, Gustav Knuth, Emmerich Schrenk |
German scientist murders his fiancée during World War II when he learns that she has been selling the results of his secret research to the enemy. Year 1951.
| Generes: Crime, Drama, Thriller, War |
| Director: Peter Lorre |
| Writer: Axel Eggebrecht (screenplay), Peter Lorre (novel), Peter Lorre (screenplay), Benno Vigny (screenplay) |
| Actors: Peter Lorre, Karl John, Helmuth Rudolph, Johanna Hofer |
Second and final part of epic tale about a legendary battle that changed the course of China history. Year 2009.
| Generes: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History, War |
| Director: John Woo |
| Writer: John Woo (screenplay), Khan Chan (screenplay), Cheng Kuo (screenplay), Heyu Sheng (screenplay), Guanzhong Luo (novel) |
| Actors: Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Fengyi Zhang, Chen Chang |