Greatest 20 War Movies Picks from 1998

From childhood to adulthood, Tibet's fourteenth Dalai Lama deals with Chinese oppression and other problems. Explore Kundun / IMDB / YouTube

Alain is a boxer in 1925 Marseille, France. When he doesn't take the dive paid to take by a mob boss, he has to split. He joins the Foreign Legion and is sent to Morocco. He makes 3 friends and they watch each other's backs. Look into Legionnaire / IMDB / YouTube

This film follows two Belgrade youths on their rise to gangster legends in a decaying society. Read about The Wounds / IMDB / YouTube

A hardened mercenary in the Foreign Legion begins to find his own humanity when confronted with atrocities during the fighting in Bosnia. More about Savior / IMDB / YouTube

In 1941, the inhabitants of a small Jewish village in Central Europe organize a fake deportation train so that they can escape the Nazis and flee to Palestine. Info on Train of Life / IMDB / YouTube

A private in the latter days of WWII on the German front struggles between his will to survive and what his superiors perceive as a battlefield instinct. See more about When Trumpets Fade / IMDB / YouTube

The Glass Agency is the story of a war veteran living in post war Iran. It depicts veterans who are suffering from social problems after the war. Society does not understand them and the standard social norms are not in harmony with their personalities. Get info on The Glass Agency / IMDB / YouTube

German-American Dieter Dengler discusses his service as a U.S. naval pilot in the Vietnam War. Dengler also revisits the sites of his capture and eventual escape from the hands of the Viet Cong, recreating many events for the camera. Learn about Little Dieter Needs to Fly / IMDB / YouTube

Story of a cover up in the military. Find out about The Pentagon Wars / IMDB / YouTube

In April, 1975, civil war breaks out; Beirut is partitioned along a Moslem-Christian line. Tarek is in high school, making Super 8 movies with his friend, Omar. At first the war is a lark: school has closed, the violence is fascinating, getting from West to East is a game. His mother wants to leave; his father refuses. Tarek spends time with May, a Christian, orphaned. Explore West Beirut / IMDB / YouTube

A company of Spanish movie makers leaves Franco's Spain and moves to Hitler's Germany to produce a film. Problems soon arise. Learn about The Girl of Your Dreams / IMDB / YouTube

The story of the Indian politician Muhammad Ali Jinnah who successfully campaigned for an independent Pakistan and became its first Governor-General. Info on Jinnah / IMDB / YouTube

Ernest joins the Army reserves so he can drive the bigrigs, but ends up being sent into combat! Details on Ernest in the Army / IMDB / YouTube

Based on Pat Barker's novel of the same name, Regeneration tells the story of soldiers of World War One sent to an asylum for emotional troubles. Two of those soldiers are England's most important WW1 poets. Read about Behind the Lines / IMDB / YouTube

Three young women from very different walks of life join the women's land army during World War II, and are sent to work together on a farm in Dorset, where the experience changes their lives forever. Find out about The Land Girls / IMDB / YouTube

Italian Jews journey back from Auschwitz after WWII, confronting challenges of reintegrating into society and uncertainties about familial circumstances awaiting them at home. See more about The Truce / IMDB / YouTube

True story of Army man John Paul Vann, whose military success provided him the fulfillment he never found in his personal life. See more about A Bright Shining Lie / IMDB / YouTube

The horrors of war are examined from the view points of lifelong friends, who end up on opposing sides in the war in Sarajevo. One is an expert marksman, who trains the snipers used to terrify the city and the other becomes a freedom fighter, who rejects his friend's offer to gain an escape from the city. As might be expected, the two eventually have to face-off again. Details on Shot Through the Heart / IMDB / YouTube

At the beginning of 1990s, two Croatian emigrants, economically minded Cinco and politically minded Marinko, arrive in Croatia from Germany, homesick for their families and hometowns. In order to get a German pension, Cinco pretends to be dead and travels in a coffin. Soon, Marinko joins him because he is running away from an old agent of the Yugoslav State Security S. Details on Kad mrtvi zapjevaju / IMDB / YouTube

In Bosnia a squad of peacekeeping soldiers ignores orders and sets off to save the crew of a crashed helicopter. Look into Demons of War / IMDB / YouTube