Query: British films about World War I or British army films or Battle of France films
Domain: films
Relevant documents:
Dunkirk (1958 film)
Their Finest
No Time to Die (1958 film)
They Were Not Divided
1917 (2019 film)
Forbidden Games
Dunkirk (2017 film)
D-Day the Sixth of June
Return from the Ashes
Atonement (2007 film)
Weekend at Dunkirk
The King's Man
Evidence from documents: Dunkirk (1958 film): British army films: ''Dunkirk''''' is a 1958 British war film directed by Leslie Norman that depicts the Dunkirk evacuation of World War II
Battle of France films: he Battle of France begins and the Germans advance rapidly, trapping Allied forces along the Channel coast. Corporal "Tubby" Binns of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and his depleted section return from a mission to find their company has withdrawn
Their Finest: '''''Their Finest''''' is a 2016 British war comedy-drama film directed by Lone Scherfig and written by Gaby Chiappe, based on the 2009 novel ''Their Finest Hour and a Half'' by Lissa Evans.
No Time to Die (1958 film): '''''No Time to Die''''' is a 1958 British war film about an American sergeant in the British Army during the Second World War. In the US, the film was renamed '''''Tank Force!'''''.
They Were Not Divided: During the middle years of the war, three men are called up to serve in the British Army.
1917 (2019 film): '''''1917''''' is a 2019 war film directed and produced by Sam Mendes, who co-wrote the film with Krysty Wilson-Cairns. Partially inspired by stories told to Mendes by his paternal grandfather Alfred about his service during World War I, the film takes place after the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line during Operation Alberich, and follows two British soldiers, Will Schofield (George MacKay) and Tom Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman), in their mission to deliver an important message to call off a doomed offensive attack. Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, Richard Madden, Claire Duburcq, Colin Firth, and Benedict Cumberbatch also star in supporting roles.
Forbidden Games: '''''Forbidden Games''''' () is a 1952 French war drama film directed by René Clément and based on François Boyer's novel ''Jeux Interdits''.


While not initially successful in France, the film was a hit elsewhere. It won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, a Special Award as Best Foreign Language Film in the United States, and a Best Film from any Source at the British Academy Film Awards.
It is June 1940, during the Battle of France. After five-year-old Paulette's parents and pet dog die in a German air attack on a column of refugees fleeing Paris, the traumatized child meets 10-year-old Michel Dollé whose peasant family takes her in. She quickly becomes attached to Michel. The two attempt to cope with the death and destruction that surrounds them by secretly building a small cemetery among the ruins of an abandoned watermill, where they bury her dog and start to bury other animals, marking their graves with crosses stolen from a local graveyard, including one belonging to Michel's brother. Michel's father first suspects that Michel's brother's cross was stolen from the graveyard by his neighbour. Eventually, the father finds out that Michel has stolen the cross.
Dunkirk (2017 film): '''''Dunkirk''''' is a 2017 war film written, directed, and produced by Christopher Nolan that depicts the Dunkirk evacuation of World War II through the perspectives of the land, sea, and air. Its ensemble cast includes Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jack Lowden, Harry Styles in his film debut, Aneurin Barnard, James D'Arcy, Barry Keoghan, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy, Mark Rylance and Tom Hardy.


''Dunkirk'' portrays the evacuation with little dialogue, as Nolan sought instead to create suspense from cinematography and music. Filming began in May 2016 in Dunkirk and ended that September in Los Angeles, when post-production began. Cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema shot the film on IMAX 65 mm and 65 mm large-format film stock. ''Dunkirk'' has extensive practical effects, and employed thousands of extras as well as historic boats from the evacuation, and period aeroplanes.


Distributed by Warner Bros., the film premiered on 13 July 2017 at Odeon Leicester Square in London, and was released in the United Kingdom and United States on 21 July. It is the highest-grossing World War II film, making $526 million worldwide. ''Dunkirk'' received praise for its screenplay, direction, musical score, sound effects, and cinematography; some critics called it Nolan's best work, and one of the greatest war films. The film received various accolades, including eight nominations at the 90th Academy Awards: Best Picture and Best Director (Nolan's first directing Oscar nomination); it went on to win for Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Film Editing.
In 1940, during the Battle of France, Allied soldiers have retreated to Dunkirk. Tommy Jensen, a young British private, is the sole survivor of a German ambush. At the beach, he finds thousands of troops awaiting evacuation and meets Gibson, who is burying a body. After a Luftwaffe dive bomber attack, they attempt to get aboard a hospital ship but are ordered off. The ship is sunk by dive bombers; Tommy saves Alex, another soldier.
D-Day the Sixth of June: A few hours before D-Day, Special Force Six, a joint American-British-Canadian commando unit, embarks to destroy an especially well-defended German coastal gun emplacement on the Normandy coast. As the landing ship steams towards it, , its commander, a Britisher, and one of his subordinates, an American, reflect on their love for the same woman.
Return from the Ashes: The films starts shortly before the Battle of France
Atonement (2007 film): British films: The film also received 14 BAFTA nominations for the 61st British Academy Film Awards including ''Best Film'', ''Best British Film'' and ''Best Director'', seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, and the Evening Standard British Film Award for technical achievement in cinematography, and awards for production design and costume design, earned by Seamus McGarvey, Sarah Greenwood and Jacqueline Durran, respectively.
British army films: Later, Briony, who regrets implicating Robbie, learns from a newsreel that Paul Marshall, who now owns a factory supplying rations to the British army, is about to marry Lola.
Battle of France films: Four years later, during the Second World War, Robbie is released from prison on the condition that he joins the army and fights in the Battle of France.
Weekend at Dunkirk: Battle of France films: Set during the Battle of Dunkirk
British army films: the film follows Julien Maillat, a French soldier who tries to join the British Army on the Royal Navy's boat flotilla to England.
The King's Man: British films: '''''The King's Man''''' is a 2021 spy action film directed by Matthew Vaughn from a screenplay by Vaughn and Karl Gajdusek and a story by Vaughn. The third installment in the British ''Kingsman'' film series
about World War I: It focuses on several events during World War I and the birth of the Kingsman organization.