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834 The Dirty Dozen 1967 Aldrich, Robert UK / USA DB
1958 Too Late the Hero 1970 Aldrich, Robert USA D
2233 Attack 1956 Aldrich, Robert USA Y
2226 Abuna Messias 1939 Alessandrini, Goffredo Italy
2226 Luciano Serra pilota 1938 Alessandrini, Goffredo Italy
1291 Love and Death 1975 Allen, Woody USA Y
136 M*A*S*H 1970 Altman, Robert USA D
1372 Operation Crossbow 1965 Anderson, Michael UK D
1845 The Dam Busters 1954 Anderson, Michael UK D
1691 Ulysses' Gaze 1995 Angelopoulos, Theo Greece / France / Italy / Fed Rep of Yugoslavia Y
594 The Longest Day 1962 Annakin, Ken / Marton, Andrew / Wicki, Bernhard / Zanuck, Darryl F. USA DBUS
2214 Battle of the Bulge 1965 Annakin, Ken USA DB
1625 Black and White in Color 1976 Annaud, Jean-Jacques Ivory Coast / France / West Germany / Switzerland Y
2248 Nights and Days 1975 Antczak, Jerzy Poland
2279 Savior 1998 Antonijevic, Predrag USA D
2269 A Walk in the Clouds 1995 Arau, Alfonso USA / Mexico YS
1583 The Mouse That Roared 1959 Arnold, Jack UK D
676 Coming Home 1978 Ashby, Hal USA Y
2300 Mughal-E-Azam 1960 Asif, K. India
1432 The Way to the Stars 1945 Asquith, Anthony UK
2249 Orders to Kill 1958 Asquith, Anthony UK
2250 The Battle of Gallipolli 1931 Asquith, Anthony UK
1672 Oh! What a Lovely War 1969 Attenborough, Richard UK D
2097 A Bridge Too Far 1977 Attenborough, Richard USA / UK DBS
2252 Young Winston 1972 Attenborough, Richard UK Y
2233 Il papà di Giovanna 2008 Avati, Pupi Italy
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2214 The Fighting Sullivans 1944 Bacon, Lloyd USA D
2235 Action in the North Atlantic 1943 Bacon, Lloyd / Haskin, Byron / Walsh, Raoul USA D
2235 Wings of the Navy 1939 Bacon, Lloyd USA
2270 WarGames 1983 Badham, John USA DUP
2285 Good Will to Men 1955 Barbera, Joseph / Hanna, William USA D
2300 Okraina 1933 Barnet, Boris Soviet Union Y
1889 The Revolution Will Not Be Televised 2002 Bartley, Kim / O'Briain, Donnacha Ireland / Netherlands / USA / Germany / Finland / UK
2235 Pearl Harbor 2001 Bay, Michael USA DBS
2250 The Finest Hours 1964 Baylis, Peter UK
2252 Children, Mother, and the General 1955 Benedek, László West Germany
604 Life Is Beautiful 1997 Benigni, Roberto Italy Y
878 Breaker Morant 1980 Beresford, Bruce Australia DB
2293 Paradise Road 1997 Beresford, Bruce Australia / USA DU
147 Shame 1968 Bergman, Ingmar Sweden Y
196 1900 1976 Bertolucci, Bernardo France / Italy / West Germany DS
2248 Jacob, the Liar 1975 Beyer, Frank East Germany / Czechoslovakia Y
1598 Brothers 2004 Bier, Susanne Denmark D
2233 The Hurt Locker 2008 Bigelow, Kathryn USA
2285 Flyboys 2006 Bill, Tony France / USA DB
2235 The Battle Cry of Peace 1915 Blackton, J. Stuart / North, Wilfrid USA
2235 1860 1934 Blasetti, Alessandro Italy V
1868 Block-Heads 1938 Blystone, John G. USA Y
1478 Prisoner of the Mountains 1996 Bodrov, Sergei Russia / Kazakhstan Y
2017 Promises 2001 Bolado, Carlos / Shapiro, Justine / Goldberg, B.Z. USA D
629 War and Peace 1968 Bondarchuk, Sergei Soviet Union D
591 Hope and Glory 1987 Boorman, John UK Y
2235 Hell in the Pacific 1968 Boorman, John USA D
2235 La Caduta di Troia 1910 Borgnetto, Luigi Romano / Pastrone, Giovanni Italy
1529 A Farewell to Arms 1932 Borzage, Frank USA YU
1634 Seventh Heaven 1927 Borzage, Frank USA D
2047 Stage Door Canteen 1943 Borzage, Frank USA V
2233 Quem És Tu? 2001 Botelho, João Portugal
1253 Days of Glory 2006 Bouchareb, Rachid France / Morocco / Algeria / Belgium D
1952 Private's Progress 1956 Boulting, John UK
695 Henry V 1989 Branagh, Kenneth UK Y
2235 Beau Geste 1926 Brenon, Herbert USA
697 A Man Escaped 1956 Bresson, Robert France Y
1260 Lancelot of the Lake 1974 Bresson, Robert France / Italy Y
1881 It Happened Here 1966 Brownlow, Kevin / Mollo, Andrew UK Y
2260 The Fifth Horseman Is Fear 1964 Brynych, Zbynek Czechoslovakia
2017 The Good Fight 1983 Buckner, Noel / Dore, Mary / Sills, Sam USA D
2248 The Battle of Neretva 1969 Bulajic, Veljko Yugoslavia / USA / Italy / West Germany YS
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2235 The Life of General Villa 1914 Cabanne, Christy USA
2235 The Spring River Flows East 1947 Cai, Chusheng / Zheng, Junli China
2224 The Battle of Britain 1943 Capra, Frank / Veiller, Anthony USA Y
2224 The Battle of China 1944 Capra, Frank / Litvak, Anatole USA Y
2224 The Battle of Russia 1943 Capra, Frank / Litvak, Anatole USA Y
2224 Divide and Conquer 1943 Capra, Frank / Litvak, Anatole USA Y
2224 The Nazis Strike 1943 Capra, Frank / Litvak, Anatole USA Y
2224 Prelude to War 1943 Capra, Frank USA Y
2224 War Comes to America 1945 Capra, Frank / Litvak, Anatole USA Y
1541 Joyeux Noël 2005 Carion, Christian France / Germany / UK / Belgium / Romania DU
2130 The Great Santini 1979 Carlino, Lewis John USA Y
2214 Rob Roy 1995 Caton-Jones, Michael USA DUPS
2017 Went the Day Well? 1942 Cavalcanti, Alberto UK DUP
2226 Le Passage du Rhin 1960 Cayatte, André Italy / France / West Germany
2248 Beaufort 2007 Cedar, Joseph Israel D
1007 Story of Women 1988 Chabrol, Claude France Y
412 The Great Dictator 1940 Chaplin, Charles USA YS
2235 Shoulder Arms 1918 Chaplin, Charles USA D
2296 Valiant 2005 Chapman, Gary UK D
2235 Padeniye Berlina 1950 Chiaureli, Mikheil Soviet Union
2233 Il Partigiano Johnny 2000 Chiesa, Guido Italy
2235 Fanfan la Tulipe 1952 Christian-Jaque Italy / France
2246 Sorok pervyy 1956 Chukhraj, Grigori Soviet Union
985 Ballad of a Soldier 1959 Chukraj, Grigori Soviet Union Y
158 The Deer Hunter 1978 Cimino, Michael USA D
2017 Prisoner of Paradise 2002 Clarke, Malcolm / Sender, Stuart USA / Canada / Germany / UK D
71 Forbidden Games 1952 Clément, René France D
2234 The Damned 1947 Clément, René France
2235 Is Paris Burning? 1966 Clément, René France / USA D
2246 Battle of the Rails 1946 Clément, René France
2300 The Long Day's Dying 1968 Collinson, Peter UK
1148 A Tale of Two Cities 1935 Conway, Jack / Leonard, Robert Z. USA D
2270 Overlord 1975 Cooper, Stuart UK D
63 Apocalypse Now 1979 Coppola, Francis Ford USA DS
NR Rambo: First Blood Part II 1985 Cosmatos, George P. USA DBUS
2141 Special Section 1975 Costa-Gavras France / Italy / West Germany
2248 Hoa-Binh 1970 Coutard, Raoul France
2265 Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam 1987 Couturié, Bill USA Y
1269 In Which We Serve 1942 Coward, Noel / Lean, David UK Y
2190 Walker 1987 Cox, Alex USA / Mexico / Spain Y
2190 One Man's War 1982 Cozarinsky, Edgardo France / West Germany
1271 Since You Went Away 1944 Cromwell, John / De Toth, André USA YS
2017 So Ends Our Night 1941 Cromwell, John USA
2235 Old Ironsides 1926 Cruze, James USA V
1944 The Charge of the Light Brigade 1936 Curtiz, Michael USA DS
2214 Dive Bomber 1941 Curtiz, Michael USA D
2235 Passage to Marseille 1944 Curtiz, Michael USA D
2285 This Is the Army 1943 Curtiz, Michael USA DS
2296 Captains of the Clouds 1942 Curtiz, Michael USA D
2235 Woman to Woman 1923 Cutts, Graham UK
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1411 Pride of the Marines 1945 Daves, Delmer USA
2235 Destination Tokyo 1943 Daves, Delmer USA DU
2285 Hollywood Canteen 1944 Daves, Delmer USA DS
2017 Hearts and Minds 1974 Davis, Peter USA D
1964 In the Year of the Pig 1968 de Antonio, Emile USA DU
2235 King of Hearts 1966 de Broca, Philippe France / Italy D
2136 Redacted 2007 De Palma, Brian USA DU
455 The Garden of the Finzi-Continis 1970 De Sica, Vittorio Italy / West Germany Y
879 Two Women 1960 De Sica, Vittorio Italy / France Y
2017 The Captive Heart 1946 Dearden, Basil UK
2235 Khartoum 1966 Dearden, Basil / Elisofon, Eliot UK DUPS
559 Pan's Labyrinth 2006 del Toro, Guillermo Mexico / Spain / USA DB
2235 Joan the Woman 1917 DeMille, Cecil B. USA DU
2235 The Plainsman 1937 DeMille, Cecil B. USA D
2296 The Crusades 1935 DeMille, Cecil B. USA D
1810 The Manchurian Candidate 2004 Demme, Jonathan USA DBU
2190 Swing Shift 1984 Demme, Jonathan USA YU
2233 Almost Peaceful 2002 Deville, Michel France Y
1964 Hill 24 Doesn't Answer 1955 Dickinson, Thorold Israel
2250 The Next of Kin 1942 Dickinson, Thorold UK
2235 Blockade 1938 Dieterle, William USA D
2233 Jutro 1967 Djordjevic, Mladomir 'Purisa' Yugoslavia
666 The Caine Mutiny 1954 Dmytryk, Edward USA DS
1174 The Young Lions 1958 Dmytryk, Edward USA DS
2047 Cornered 1945 Dmytryk, Edward USA
2235 Back to Bataan 1945 Dmytryk, Edward USA D
2250 The End of the Affair 1955 Dmytryk, Edward UK Y
2273 Daughter from Danang 2002 Dolgin, Gail / Franco, Vicente USA D
2244 Body of War 2007 Donahue, Phil / Spiro, Ellen USA D
2054 West Beirut 1998 Doueiri, Ziad France / Norway / Lebanon / Belgium Y
1907 My Childhood 1972 Douglas, Bill UK D
1597 Arsenal 1928 Dovzhenko, Aleksandr Soviet Union / Ukraine Y
2235 Osvobozhdeniye 1940 Dovzhenko, Aleksandr / Solntseva, Yuliya Soviet Union
2235 Shchors 1939 Dovzhenko, Aleksandr / Solntseva, Yuliya Soviet Union
1842 Pretty Village Pretty Flame 1996 Dragojevic, Srdjan Fed Rep of Yugoslavia D
2283 Vukovar 1994 Draskovic, Boro Cyprus / Italy / Fed Rep of Yugoslavia
2234 Flandres 2006 Dumont, Bruno France DUP
1519 Sands of Iwo Jima 1949 Dwan, Allan USA D
2250 We Are from Kronstadt 1936 Dzigan, Efim Soviet Union
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915 Letters from Iwo Jima 2006 Eastwood, Clint USA DBU
1387 Flags of Our Fathers 2006 Eastwood, Clint Iceland / USA DBU
1662 Operation Petticoat 1959 Edwards, Blake USA D
2114 Darling Lili 1970 Edwards, Blake USA DUPS
212 Battleship Potemkin 1925 Eisenstein, Sergei M. / Aleksandrov, Grigori Soviet Union DU
537 Alexander Nevsky 1938 Eisenstein, Sergei M. / Vasilyev, Dmitri Soviet Union Y
1500 Zulu 1964 Endfield, Cy UK YS
1770 Gunner Palace 2004 Epperlein, Petra / Tucker, Michael USA D
2292 Paragraph 175 2000 Epstein, Rob / Friedman, Jeffrey UK / Germany / USA D
2234 Velikiy perelom 1945 Ermler, Fridrikh Soviet Union
2235 The Great Citizen 1938 Ermler, Fridrikh Soviet Union
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2248 Hungarians 1978 Fábri, Zoltán Hungary
2264 Aimée & Jaguar 1999 Färberböck, Max Germany Y
2250 Thunder in the East 1934 Farkas, Nicolas / Tourjansky, Viktor France / UK
2190 Images of the World and the Inscription of War 1989 Farocki, Harun West Germany
1957 Wake Island 1942 Farrow, John USA Y
319 The Marriage of Maria Braun 1979 Fassbinder, Rainer Werner West Germany D
2300 And the Ship Sails On 1983 Fellini, Federico France / Italy Y
2270 No End in Sight 2007 Ferguson, Charles USA DU
2235 La Isla de la pasión 1942 Fernández, Emilio Mexico / Argentina / Spain
1790 Carnival in Flanders 1935 Feyder, Jacques France / Germany Y
2224 The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter 1980 Field, Connie USA
1974 Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970 Fleischer, Richard / Fukasaku, Kinji / Masuda, Toshio USA / Japan DS
41 Gone with the Wind 1939 Fleming, Victor USA DS
2235 A Guy Named Joe 1943 Fleming, Victor USA V
2166 Waltz With Bashir 2008 Folman, Ari Israel / Germany / France S
2235 King Rat 1965 Forbes, Bryan USA DS
810 The Long Voyage Home 1940 Ford, John USA D
847 Mister Roberts 1955 Ford, John / LeRoy, Mervyn / Logan, Joshua USA DUS
969 They Were Expendable 1945 Ford, John / Montgomery, Robert USA D
1583 Drums Along the Mohawk 1939 Ford, John USA D
1590 The Lost Patrol 1934 Ford, John USA DS
2235 The Plough and the Stars 1936 Ford, John USA
2250 Men Without Women 1930 Ford, John USA
2274 The Horse Soldiers 1959 Ford, John USA D
2285 The Battle of Midway 1942 Ford, John USA D
2285 December 7th 1943 Ford, John / Toland, Gregg USA D
2285 Four Sons 1928 Ford, John USA D
2285 Torpedo Squadron 1942 Ford, John USA D
2285 Wings of Eagles 1957 Ford, John USA D
1348 Journey Into Fear 1942 Foster, Norman / Welles, Orson USA
1890 The Ground Truth 2006 Foulkrod, Patricia USA D
2273 Beirut: The Last Home Movie 1987 Fox, Jennifer USA
868 The Train 1964 Frankenheimer, John / Penn, Arthur USA / France / Italy DUP
1272 The Cruel Sea 1953 Frend, Charles / McCowen, Alec UK D
1952 Baraka 1992 Fricke, Ron USA DBS
413 The Big Red One 1980 Fuller, Samuel USA YU
1149 The Steel Helmet 1951 Fuller, Samuel USA D
2274 Hell and High Water 1954 Fuller, Samuel USA D
2297 China Gate 1957 Fuller, Samuel USA V
2235 The Boys in Company C 1978 Furie, Sidney J. USA / Hong Kong D
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2273 The Hero 2004 Gamboa, Zézé Angola / France / Portugal
145 Napoléon 1927 Gance, Abel Sweden / Italy / France / Czechoslovakia / Germany V
2235 J'accuse! 1919 Gance, Abel France D
2300 J'Accuse! 1938 Gance, Abel France Y
2235 Locksmith and Chancellor 1923 Gardin, Vladimir Soviet Union
2224 Dead Birds 1964 Gardner, Robert USA / Netherlands
1372 Bataan 1943 Garnett, Tay USA YU
2017 The Cross of Lorraine 1943 Garnett, Tay USA
2226 Bengasi 1942 Genina, Augusto Italy
2226 L'Assedio dell'Alcazar 1940 Genina, Augusto Italy / Spain
2226 Squadrone bianco 1936 Genina, Augusto Italy
863 Hotel Rwanda 2004 George, Terry UK / Italy / South Africa Y
2235 Quiet Flows the Don 1957 Gerasimov, Sergei Soviet Union D
2235 Victory of the Chinese People 1950 Gerasimov, Sergei / Dukinsky, Ivan China / Soviet Union
2285 Education for Death 1943 Geronimi, Clyde USA D
2270 Turtles Can Fly 2004 Ghobadi, Bahman Iran / France / Iraq D
2190 The Mad Songs of Fernanda Hussein 2001 Gianvito, John USA Y
2180 Taxi to the Dark Side 2007 Gibney, Alex USA DUP
522 Braveheart 1995 Gibson, Mel USA DUS
1715 Sink the Bismarck! 1960 Gilbert, Lewis UK D
2249 Reach for the Sky 1956 Gilbert, Lewis UK D
2285 Millions Like Us 1943 Gilliat, Sidney / Launder, Frank UK
1964 Kippur 2000 Gitai, Amos Israel / France D
2190 Field Diary 1982 Gitai, Amos Israel / France
2233 Eden 2001 Gitai, Amos Italy / Israel / France
2224 March of Time: Inside Nazi Germany 1938 Glenn, Jack USA
2141 Me and the Colonel 1958 Glenville, Peter USA Y
2233 For Ever Mozart 1996 Godard, Jean-Luc France / Switzerland D
2270 Les Carabiniers 1963 Godard, Jean-Luc France / Italy D
2017 A Midnight Clear 1992 Gordon, Keith USA D
1583 The Dawn Patrol 1938 Goulding, Edmund USA D
2249 Sea of Sand 1958 Green, Guy UK
183 The Birth of a Nation 1915 Griffith, D.W. USA YUS
2144 Hearts of the World 1918 Griffith, D.W. USA V
2235 Abraham Lincoln 1930 Griffith, D.W. USA D
2235 His Trust 1911 Griffith, D.W. USA DU
2235 In Old Kentucky 1909 Griffith, D.W. USA
2249 Yesterday's Enemy 1959 Guest, Val UK
2017 I Was Monty's Double 1958 Guillermin, John UK
2235 The Blue Max 1966 Guillermin, John UK DS
2248 The Revolt of Job 1983 Gyöngyössy, Imre / Kabay, Barna Hungary
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1845 The Colditz Story 1955 Hamilton, Guy UK D
2017 The Devil's Disciple 1959 Hamilton, Guy UK / USA V
2250 The Battle of Britain 1969 Hamilton, Guy UK DB
2264 The Best of Enemies 1962 Hamilton, Guy Italy / USA
2279 The Alamo 2004 Hancock, John Lee