15 Great War Movies (Nobody Ever Talks About)

4. The Keep

Three Kings
Paramount

Directed by the helmer of Heat, of all people, The Keep is a singular war film to say the least.

A haunted and haunting fairy tale set during WWII, the film follows a doomed set of German soldiers attempting to ransack a village only to be besieged by some sort of spectral monster.

Colourfully realized and boasting a beautiful score from eighties dream pop icons Tangerine Dream, this Gabriel Byrne vehicle is a strange, unsettling iteration of the war film genre.

Here the protagonists aren't heroes, the threat isn't coming from another army, and nothing is quite as it seems as Michael Mann brings his signature style and stunning visuals to this unmissable slice of WWII horror.

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