The Martian (2015)
The Martian is the rare mainstream science fiction film that treats its science as the point instead of as decoration. Drew Goddard adapted Andy Weir's 2011 novel.
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2000sSunshine (2007)
Michelle Yeoh plays Corazon. The film made approximately thirty-nine million dollars worldwide on a forty million dollar budget.
1990sThe Trench (1999)
The Trench is William Boyd's first and only film as director. He is better known as a novelist.
2010s1917 (2019)
1917 is the best war film of the last twenty years. The whole movie is built to look like one unbroken.
Black and WhiteThe Lost Battalion (1919)
The Lost Battalion from 1919 is a silent docudrama made within months of the actual event it depicts. Major Charles Whittlesey appears as himself.
2010sBeneath Hill 60 (2010)
Beneath Hill 60 is an Australian war film about a part of the First World War nobody talks about. Brendan Cowell plays Captain.
1960s
2000sThe Lost Battalion (2001)
The Lost Battalion is an A&E television movie that punches above its budget. Rick Schroder plays Major Charles Whittlesey, a New York lawyer who took five hundred and fifty-four men of the 77th Infantry Division into the Argonne Forest in…
2010sZero Dark Thirty (2012) Review
Zero Dark Thirty is one of the best American thrillers of the past fifteen years and one of the most controversial mainstream films of the post-2001 period.
1950sRun Silent, Run Deep (1958) Review
Run Silent, Run Deep is one of the great American submarine films and one of the most accomplished collaborations between Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster. Robert Wise had been one of the most accomplished American directors of the previous two…
2010sMorgan (2016) Review
Morgan is the film Luke Scott made instead of inheriting his father's career on better terms. It also deserved less than the marketing implied.
1970sDark Star (1974) Review
Carpenter and O'Bannon were graduate students. The film follows the crew of the deep space scout ship Dark Star during the twenty-second year of their mission.