The Horse Soldiers
A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and the commander. The secret plan for the mission is overheard by a southern belle who must be taken along to assure her silence.
Director: John Ford
Stars: Bing Russell Constance Towers Hank Worden Hoot Gibson John Wayne Judson Pratt Ken Curtis O.Z. Whitehead William Holden Willis Bouchey
Kelly’s Heroes
A misfit group of World War II American soldiers goes AWOL to rob a bank behind German lines.
Director: Brian G. Hutton
Stars: Carroll O'Connor Clint Eastwood Don Rickles Donald Sutherland Gavin MacLeod Hal Buckley Jeff Morris Richard Davalos Stuart Margolin Telly Savalas
Black Hawk Down
When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.
Director: Ridley Scott
Stars: Charlie Hofheimer Eric Bana Ewan McGregor Ewen Bremner Jason Isaacs Josh Hartnett Sam Shepard Tom Hardy Tom Sizemore William Fichtner
The Alamo
Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna's forces at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas.
Director: John Lee Hancock
Stars: Billy Bob Thornton Dennis Quaid Emilio Echevarría Emily Deschanel Jason Patric Jordi Mollà Leon Rippy Marc Blucas Patrick Wilson Tommy Davidson
Behind Enemy Lines
While flying a routine reconnaissance mission over Bosnia, fighter pilot Chris Burnett photographs something he wasn't supposed to see and gets shot down behind enemy lines, where he must outrun an army led by a ruthless Serbian general. With time running out and a deadly tracker on his trail, Burnett's commanding officer decides to risk his career and launch a renegade rescue mission to save his life.
Director: John Moore
Stars: Charles Malik Whitfield David Keith Eyal Podell Gabriel Macht Gene Hackman Joaquim de Almeida Marko Igonda Olek Krupa Owen Wilson Vladimir Mashkov
The Last Samurai
Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.
Director: Edward Zwick
Stars: Billy Connolly Chad Lindberg Ken Watanabe Koyuki Shichinosuke Nakamura Timothy Spall Togo Igawa Tom Cruise Tony Goldwyn William Atherton