Why I'm Alive

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.

Runtime

2h 55m

Director

Francis Ford Coppola

Cast

Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan

Two people, a Frenchman and a Jewish German woman, meet on a train while escaping the German army entering France.

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Pierre Granier-Deferre

Cast

Jean-Louis Trintignant, Romy Schneider, Maurice Biraud

In Montauban in 1944, Julien Dandieu is a surgeon in the local hospital. Frightened by the German army entering Montauban, he asks his friend Francois to drive his wife and his daughter in the back country village where Julien has an old castle. One week later, Julien decides to meet them for the week end, but the Germans are already o...

Runtime

1h 43m

Director

Robert Enrico

Cast

Philippe Noiret, Romy Schneider, Jean Bouise

There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the story of three of the six surviving servicemen - John 'Doc' Bradley, Pvt. Rene Gagnon and Pvt. Ira Hayes - who fought in the battle to take Iwo Jima from the Japanese.

Runtime

2h 15m

Director

Clint Eastwood

Cast

Ryan Phillippe, Adam Beach, Jesse Bradford

The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.

Runtime

5h 17m

Director

Bernardo Bertolucci

Cast

Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda