War Epic DVDs

Apocalypse Now Redux Cast: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, more
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Genre: Action and Adventure, Drama
DVD Release Date: 11/20/2001
Running Time: 3 hour 16 minutes

Synopsis: Francis Ford Coppola's vision of war, insanity and man's inhumanity to other men has been digitized, restored, reprinted by dye-transfer and ... more

Saving Private Ryan Cast: Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, more
Director: Steven Spielberg
Genre: Action and Adventure, War, Drama
DVD Release Date: 11/02/1999
Running Time: 2 hour 48 minutes

Synopsis: Winner of 5 Oscars, this acclaimed World War II drama follows the morally questionable mission of one American platoon assigned to find and rescue ... more

Apocalypse Now Cast: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, more
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Genre: Special Interest
DVD Release Date: 11/23/1999

Synopsis: The war movie to end all war movies, Francis Ford Coppola's dark masterpiece about Vietnam follows the journey into oblivion by young Capt. Willard ... more

Bang Rajan Cast: Jaran Ngamdee, Winai Kraibutr, more
Director: Thanit Jitnukul
Genre: Action and Adventure, Drama
DVD Release Date: 11/08/2005
Running Time: 1 hour 11 minutes

Synopsis: This is the real-life story of a Thai village’s heroic stand in 1765 against a invading Burmese army intent on subjugating its neighbor. Eleven ... more

Battle of the Bulge Cast: Henry Fonda , Robert Shaw , more
Director: Ken Annakin
Genre: Action and Adventure, Drama, Epic and Historical, War
DVD Release Date: 05/03/2005
Running Time: 2 hour 21 minutes

Synopsis: In December of 1944, the Allied high command is convinced that German forces in Belgium are in a low state of readiness, and perhaps even about to ... more

The Battle of Algiers (1965) Cast: Brahim Haggiag, Yacef Saadi, more
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
Genre: Drama
DVD Release Date: 10/12/2004
Running Time: 1 hour 57 minutes

Synopsis: The 1966 film re-creates Algeria's bloody struggle for independence from France. As violence escalates, the French torture prisoners for information ... more

Battleground Cast: Van Johnson , John Hodiak , more
Director: William Wellman
Genre: War
DVD Release Date: 05/04/2004
Running Time: 1 hour 58 minutes

Synopsis: Incoming MGM production head Dore Schary ramrodded Battleground into the studio's schedule over the virulent protests of MGM boss Louis Mayer. The ... more

In Harm's Way Cast: John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, more
Director: Otto Preminger
DVD Release Date: 05/22/2001

Synopsis: In Harm's Way, based on James Bassett's novel Harm's Way, has enough plot in it for four movies or a good miniseries (when it was shown on network ... more

Lawrence of Arabia Cast: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, more
Director: David Lean
Genre: Action and Adventure, War, Drama
DVD Release Date: 04/03/2001
Running Time: 3 hour 36 minutes

Synopsis: The sweeping historical epic stars Peter O'Toole as British adventurer T.E. Lawrence, who united various Arabian clans to rise up against the Turks ... more

Patton Cast: George C. Scott , Karl Malden , more
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Genre: War
DVD Release Date: 11/07/2000
Running Time: 2 hour 51 minutes

Synopsis: In 1943 North Africa, George Patton (George C. Scott) assumes command of (and instills some much-needed discipline in) the American forces. Engaged ... more