Valkyrie (2008)

Director: Bryan Singer
Writers : Christopher McQuarrie & (written by)
Cast:
Tom Cruise
Kenneth Branagh
Bill Nighy
Tom Wilkinson
Carice van Houten
Thomas Kretschmann
Terence Stamp
Eddie Izzard
Kevin McNally
Christian Berkel
Jamie Parker
David Bamber
Tom Hollander
David Schofield
Kenneth Cranham
Release Date: USA 25 December 2008
Tagline: Many saw evil. They dared to stop it.
Awards: 8 nominations

Plot: Based on actual events, a plot to assassinate Hitler is unfurled during the height of WWII.

Life Is Beautiful - la Vita e Bella (1998)

Director: Roberto Benigni
Writers: Vincenzo Cerami & Roberto Benigni
Cast:
Roberto Benigni
Nicoletta Braschi
Giorgio Cantarini
Giustino Durano
Sergio Bini Bustric
Marisa Paredes
Horst Buchholz
Lidia Alfonsi
Release Date: 23 October 1998 USA
Tagline:
An unforgettable fable that proves love, family and imagination conquer all.

Plot: A Jewish man has a wonderful romance with the help of his humour, but must use that same quality to protect his son in a Nazi death camp.

Awards: Won 3 Oscars. Another 52 wins & 27 nominations

The Hurt Locker (2009)

Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Writer : Mark Boal
Cast:
Jeremy Renner
Anthony Mackie
Brian Geraghty
Guy Pearce
Ralph Fiennes
David Morse
Evangeline Lilly
Christian Camargo
Release Date: 17 & 28 March 2009
Genre:
Action | Drama | Thriller | War more
Tagline: You'll know when you're in it. more

Plot: Iraq. Forced to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse in the chaos of war, an elite Army bomb squad unit must come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy and every object could be a deadly bomb.

Awards: 5 wins & 4 nominations

Defiance (2008)

Director:Edward Zwick
Writers : Clayton Frohman (screenplay) and Edward Zwick (screenplay)
Cast:
Daniel Craig
Liev Schreiber
Jamie Bell
Alexa Davalos
George MacKay
Allan Corduner
Mark Feuerstein
Tomas Arana
Release Date: USA 16 January 2009
Tagline: Freedom begins with an act of defiance!

Plot: Jewish brothers in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe escape into the Belarussian forests, where they join Russian resistance fighters and endeavor to build a village in order to protect themselves and about 1,000 Jewish non-combatants.

Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 2 nominations more
(source: imdb.com)