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War films are quite a niche subject, but many movie buffs would agree that they are also an important source of education. While audiences do not wish to travel back to these times, they enjoy learning about these conflicts through a rich cinematic lens. Plus, these films often tell stories outside the main conflict, enriching fans' knowledge of military impact and strategy.

However, some films prefer to use a much narrower scope and tend to focus on one individual. This could be a decorated veteran or an outsider who helped increase the war effort. Regardless of the muse, war films that focus on real people allow viewers to learn about the unsung heroes of military history.

A US Olympian Defies the Odds in WWII Unbroken

Written by the Coen brothers and directed by Angelina Jolie, Unbroken tells the riveting story of Louis Zamperini. At the start of the film, Zamperini...

28 Entertainment announced today their acquisition of the film rights to the New York Times best-selling autobiography Code Name: Johnny Walker, the true life account of a Navy SEALs translator in Iraq called upon to aid special forces troops during the insurgency. Written by the real life hero under the pseudonym "Johnny Walker," the book was co-written by Jim DeFelice (co-author of the New York Times best-seller American Sniper) and was published last week by William Morrow, an imprint of Harper Collins. The project will be produced by 28 Entertainment's Jay Hoffman, Brian A. Hoffman, and Brett Harrison with additional announcements to come shortly. The book recently debuted on the New York Times best-seller list as one of the top sellers on both the nonfiction Hardcover and Ebook lists.

Offering a unique perspective on the Iraq War, the memoir tells the story of one Iraqi who risked everything to fight with U.

When you are the only General ever feared by the Nazis in World War II you can expect to have an equally epic story to be told about you. The new re-release of George C. Scott in Patton on Blu-Ray is an appropriate step in the continuation of the story of one of America’s greatest military leaders. The film has been so influential on the culture of America that the Us National Film Registry in the Library of Congress chose it for inclusion in the collection as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”. The charismatic General George S. Patton, nicknamed “Blood & Guts”, was a determined leader and brilliant strategist. He sported ivory-handled six shooters, and believed he was a re-incarnated warrior in past lives. By out maneuvering Rommel in Africa and the victory on D-Day, the General continued on to sweep and dominate Europe.

In the film adaptation of the General’s life,...

What is the most significant and watched footage of actual/unstaged events ever recorded? Among the obvious candidates: Abraham Zapruder’s film of John F. Kennedy’s assassination on November 23, 1963; Nasa’s footage of Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the moon on July 21, 1969; and the live TV news footage of the second plane crashing into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Long before those events took place, though, another one of at least as much historical importance as any of them — and, in my humble opinion, of even greater importance — was also visually recorded, seen by the vast majority of Americans alive at the time, and, yes, questioned by conspiracy theorists: the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps. The biggest difference between this footage and the rest? The story behind it has been largely forgotten. I think it’s worth retelling.

The extent to which Allied leaders were aware...

One Halloween in college I put on black vinyl pants and white face paint and went around at parties whispering comfortingly, "It can't rain all the time," to the girls in their obligatory harlot costumes. I don't think the tagline of 1994's "The Crow" stuck with them, but it stuck with fans of the Alex Proyas film, which is getting a remake. In fact, The Wrap reports the screenplay is being re-written by Nick Cave.

While 2005's "The Proposition" was a brilliant example of Cave's writing prowess (he also scored it with Warren Ellis) other recent attempts at screenwriting have not come to fruition. Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott approached him to bring a "Gladiator" sequel to life at one point, and gave him the task of solving the problem of the main character's death in the first film. Cave's solution was a tale of Gods and reincarnation, with Crowe moving through time slaughtering unbelievers,...

Academy Award winner and Hollywood legend Karl Malden died yesterday at the age of 97 of natural causes. He has had one of the longest and most successful careers of any American actor and starred in some of the most Iconic films of all time (On the Waterfront, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Birdman of Alcatraz, Patton) and starred in the 1970s TV drama The Streets of San Francisco. But what made Malden a house hold name were the American Express commercials he made in the 70s and 80s with the catchphrase “Don’t leave home without it.” Born Mladen Sekulovich on March 22, 1912 in Chicago, he was the son of a Serbian father and a Czech mother. His father was a steelworker and as a young man Malden took up the profession for a few years. He began acting in high school and in 1937 moved to New York to try his hand on Broadway.

Many of us grew up remembering him as Lieutenant Mike Stone of the San Francisco police department, the tough but kind-hearted detective who mentored the young Steven Keller — played by an equally young Michael Douglas — on the ABC series The Streets of San Francisco between 1972 and 1977. An older generation recall his tremendous performance as Father Barry opposite Marlon Brando in the 1954 classic film, On the Waterfront. For both generations, Karl Malden was a truly compelling character actor. And today we will miss him, for at age 97, Karl Malden has died.

Malden passed away in his sleep at about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, according his manager, Bud Ross. The cause of death has not yet been determined, but given Malden's death, it could have been a combination of factors, all most probably brought on naturally as a consequence of age.

Malden appeared alongside Marlon Brando in two of director Elia Kazan...