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
Born on the Fourth of July
The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for. For our review of the film, click here.
Director: Oliver Stone
Stars: Caroline Kava Holly Marie Combs Kyra Sedgwick Mark Moses Raymond J. Barry Rob Camilletti Stephen Baldwin Tom Berenger Tom Cruise Vivica A. Fox
The Dirty Dozen
12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy château and kill the Nazi officers vacationing there. The soldiers, most of whom are facing death sentences for a variety of violent crimes, agree to the mission and the possible commuting of their sentences.
Director: Robert Aldrich
Stars: Charles Bronson Ernest Borgnine George Kennedy Jim Brown John Cassavetes Lee Marvin Ralph Meeker Richard Jaeckel Robert Ryan Trini López
We Were Soldiers
The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.
Director: Randall Wallace
Stars: Barry Pepper Chris Klein Clark Gregg Greg Kinnear Jsu Garcia Keri Russell Madeleine Stowe Marc Blucas Mel Gibson Sam Elliott
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson , the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.
Director: David Lean
Stars: Alec Guinness André Morell Geoffrey Horne Jack Hawkins James Donald John Boxer Percy Herbert Peter Williams Sessue Hayakawa William Holden
Gone with the Wind
The spoiled daughter of a well-to-do plantation owner is forced to use every means at her disposal to claw her way out of poverty, following Maj. Gen. William Sherman's destructive "March to the Sea,” during the American Civil War.
Director: Victor Fleming
Stars: Ann Rutherford Barbara O'Neil Clark Gable Evelyn Keyes George Reeves Hattie McDaniel Leslie Howard Olivia de Havilland Thomas Mitchell Vivien Leigh