The Devil's Rock (2012)

Two Kiwi commandos are assigned to the Channel Islands to blow up a giant gun at a beach head fortress. But once inside the foreboding structure they hear unearthly screams and investigate the dark tunnel system to discover the cause. There they find the head of Hitler's occult Gestapo squadron who has been experimenting with incantations from an ancient tome to allow a succubus to cross over from Hell. It's all part of a master plan to win the war on the eve of D-Day.

Director: Paul Campion
Writers: Paul Finch and Paul Campion
Stars: Craig Hall, Matthew Sunderland and Gina Varela
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1712578/

Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

Carmen recently remarried to sadistic army captain Vidal and soon to bear the cruel military man's child, shy young Ofelia is forced to entertain herself as her recently-formed family settles into their new home nestled deep in the Spanish countryside. As Ofelia's bed-ridden mother lies immobilized in anticipation of her forthcoming child and her high-ranking stepfather remains determined to fulfill the orders of General Francisco Franco to crush a nearby guerilla uprising, the young girl soon ventures into an elaborate stone labyrinth presided over by the mythical faun Pan. Convinced by Pan that she is the lost princess of legend and that in order to return to her underground home she must complete a trio of life-threatening tasks, Ofelia sets out to reclaim her kingdom and return to her grieving father as Vidal's housekeeper Mercedes and doctor plot secretly on the surface to keep the revolution alive.

Director: Guillermo del Toro
Writer: Guillermo del Toro
Stars: Ivana Baquero, Ariadna Gil and Sergi López
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0457430/

Unthinkable (2010)

 

Armed with the knowledge that their suspect has planted three nuclear bombs in three U.S. cities, black ops interrogator H and FBI Agent Helen Brody resort to extreme methods to get the confession that could save millions of innocent lives. A former nuclear expert, Younger has turned against his country. Shortly after Younger plants his bombs, he's apprehended by the nation's top anti-terrorism task force. But while Younger is in custody, the FBI can't get him to reveal where the nukes have been hidden. H may be able to get an answer, but once Agent Brody gets a glimpse of his tactics, she begins to wonder whether the good guys have finally stooped to the level of the terrorists, or if H is truly justified in fighting fire with fire.

Director: Gregor Jordan
Writer: Peter Woodward
Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Carrie-Anne Moss and Michael Sheen
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0914863/

Red Cliff (2008)

 

Adapted in part from the beloved Chinese tome Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Red Cliff opens in the year 208 A.D., just as prime minister-turned-general Cao Cao seeks permission from Han Dynasty emperor Xian to organize a southward-bound mission designed to silence troublesome warlords Liu Bei and Sun Quan. As the expedition gets under way, Cao Cao's troops rain destruction on Liu Bei's army, forcing the latter to retreat and convincing Liu Bei's military strategist Zhuge Liang that their only hope for victory is to form an alliance with Sun Quan. Increasingly aware of the monumental struggle ahead, both sides begin preparing for the battle that will ultimately shape the future of an entire nation.

Director: John Woo
Writers: John Woo and Khan Chan
Stars: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Fengyi Zhang
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425637/

Conspiracy (2001)

The historical recreation of the 1942 Wannsee Conference, in which Nazi and SS leaders gathered in a Berlin suburb to discuss the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question". Lead by SS-General Reinhard Heydrich, this group of high ranking German officials came to the historic and far reaching decision that the Jews of Europe were to be exterminated in what would come to be known as the Holocaust.

Director: Frank Pierson
Writer: Loring Mandel
Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Clare Bullus and Stanley Tucci
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266425/

Seraphim Falls (2006)

In the 1860s, five men have been tracking a sixth across Nevada for more than two weeks. They shoot and wound him, but he gets away. They pursue, led by the dour Carver, who will pay them each $1 a day once he's captured. The hunted is Gideon, resourceful, skilled with a knife. Gideon's flight and Carver's hunt require horses, water, and bullets. The course takes them past lone settlers, a wagon train, a rail crew, settlements, and an Indian philosopher. What is the reason for the hunt; what connects Gideon and Carver? What happened at Seraphim Falls?

Director: David Von Ancken
Writers: David Von Ancken and Abby Everett Jaques
Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Liam Neeson and Anjelica Huston
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0479537/

Centurion (2010)

It is A.D. 117 and the Roman garrisons are struggling to contain the Picts, the Celtic inhabitants of the Scottish Highlands. The Picts under their king, Gorlacon, are perfecting guerilla warfare and are eliminating Roman outposts one by one. Centurion Quintus Dias is the only survivor of a Pictish raid and is taken prisoner. In the meantime, the Roman governor of Britannia wants to obtain favour with the central administration, hoping to secure a transfer back to the comforts of Rome. He dispatches the Ninth Legion to the front under General Titus Flavius Virilus, providing him with a mute female Brigantian scout, Etain.

Director: Neil Marshall

Writer: Neil Marshall

Stars: Michael Fassbender, Dominic West and Olga Kurylenko

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1020558/

JSA: Joint Security Area (2001)

In the DMZ separating North and South Korea, two North Korean soldiers have been killed, supposedly by one South Korean soldier. But the 11 bullets found in the bodies, together with the 5 remaining bullets in the assassin's magazine clip, amount to 16 bullets for a gun that should normally hold 15 bullets. The investigating Swiss/Swedish team from the neutral countries overseeing the DMZ suspects that another, unknown party was involved - all of which points to some sort of cover up. The truth is much simpler and much more tragic.

Director: Chan-wook Park

Writers: Seong-san Jeong and Hyeon-seok Kim

Stars: Yeong-ae Lee, Byung-hun Lee and Kang-ho Song

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0260991/