Anzac Day: 7 films and 1 series about World War I streaming now

The first world war, in all its horror and misplaced hope, continues to inspire filmmakers and audiences, as these streaming titles show.

Gallipoli (1981) – Binge

Two Australian horsemen with contrasting personalities sign up to fight in Turkey during World War I. Starring Mel Gibson, Mark Lee and Bill Kerr, and dirycted by Peter Weir.

As historian Daniel Reynaud wrote for ScreenHub last year:

Directed by Edward Berger and starring Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch and Aaron Hilmer, this 2022 film version is dubbed into English rather than having subtitles, which feels a bit weird, really, but it doesn’t take away from the masterful sound design elsewhere in the film and the overbearing sense – lest we forget – that there’s no glory whatsoever in people slaughtering each other.

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Paul Dalgarno is author of the novels A Country of Eternal Light (2023) and Poly (2020); the memoir And You May Find Yourself (2015); and the creative non-fiction book Prudish Nation (2023). He is Head of Content at ArtsHub & ScreenHub. Insta: @dalgarnowrites