Cinema HoundSniffing out great movies.Explore war, military conflict and its human consequences.
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drama film, war film
During World War II, a group of fresh candidates arrive at an officer training school in Wilimington in North Carolina. Despite their rivalries they learn to work together during the seventeen week course.
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historical film, war film
In 1803, Royal Navy Captain Blake is forced into retirement by Admiral Lord Nelson for his harsh treatment of the crew of his ship, HMS Warrior. However, when Napoleon gathers barges for an invasion of England, Nelson and Lieutenant Hawkin…
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independent film, war film
The Iraq War remains one of the most contentious U.S. military interventions in the past three decades. Its destabilizing impact on the region gave rise to ISIS and a myriad of other issues for Iraq and its neighboring countries.
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drama film
left|thumb|Lynn Bari with Edward G. Robinson Capt. Bart Manson is the captain of an oil tanker during World War II, who rescues Katherine Hall when her ship is sunk by a German U-boat.
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spy film, war film
After service at Pearl Harbor, Naval Commander Don Winslow, and his friend and junior officer, Lieutenant "Red" Pennington, are assigned to the Coast Guard. There, they are ordered to devote their activities to anti-fifth column work on th…
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drama film
Navy Lieutenant Greg Winters (Alan Hale) is found guilty by a court-martial for pausing briefly to prepare to rescue survivors of the Alatania, a torpedoed ship, rather than attacking immediately the submarine responsible. As a result, he …
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Melodrama, Satire On War
A group of American pilots ferry Lend-Lease Airacobra fighter planes across the ocean through the ALSIB route. The orderly course of life is disrupted when it becomes clear that the American pilots are attractive and charming young women. …
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Drama, War Film, adventure film, drama film, war film
The plot follows a group of Spanish soldiers and their French allies stationed at the border between Kosovo and the rest of Serbia during a KFOR humanitarian deployment. The young and inexperienced soldiers become embroiled in the conflict…
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Euro War
A special military unit called the Leathernecks travel to a Vietnamese village to teach the inhabitants how to defend themselves against the enemy.
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War Film, anthology film
The film told three separate stories based on items left at the Vietnam Memorial.
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action film, pirate film, science fiction film
The Fighting Marines follows the United States Marine Corps' efforts to construct a landing strip on Halfway Island in the Pacific Ocean. The island becomes the target of sabotage by a mysterious masked villain known only as The Tiger Shar…
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Documentation, Long Term Documentary
Adventure, action film, adventure film, war film
Two Royal Air Force officers, Flt Lt Hallett and F/O Neil Allison visit a British outpost in India. Neil is the younger brother of Army Intelligence officer Captain Jeffrey Allison who is away on an undercover mission in the unaligned and …
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Adventure, War Film, war film
A band of USO entertainers is trapped behind enemy lines in Korea in 1950. They include singer Lorry Evering, who, after being attacked, attracts the interest of an army sergeant who attempts to guide the group of civilians to safety.
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Political Documentary, documentary film
Jordana Horn in The Jewish Daily Forward states that: Budrus [is] a documentary by Julia Bacha that examines one West Bank town’s reaction to Israel’s construction of the security barrier. The town, with a population of 1,500, was set to b…
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historical film, war film
documentary film, war film
In cinéma vérité style, without music or narration, the film documents the day-to-day ordeal of a Marine point squad working to resist the occupation of a South Vietnamese village by Viet Cong forces. The footage was captured in summer and…
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romantic comedy, war film
German spies mistake Snuffy Smith's moonshine for a new secret rocket fuel and try to steal the "formula."
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drama film, historical drama, war film
In 1941, as German forces approach Moscow at the start of the Great Patriotic War, two young student cameramen, Lev Alperin and Ivan Maisky, choose not to evacuate and instead seek permission to film on the front lines. Both compete for th…
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adventure film
Former World War I ace pilot Captain Bob Dayton, (Donald Woods) is the owner of Sky Raiders, Inc., an aircraft company. Dayton has designed a bombsight and a new high speed fighter aircraft, the "Sky Raider". Dayton recruits young Tim Brya…
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Unlike other Alamo films that concentrate on Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, the main protagonists are Almaron (Bruce Warren) and Susanna Dickinson (Ruth Findlay) and their daughter Angelina (Marilyn Haslett). The film gives a fictionalised f…
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Musical, musical film, romance film, war film
Belita travels to a California resort, where she is unexpectedly hired as a last minute dance team replacement. She becomes a national star while the handsome resort manager gets fired and becomes a drifter, until he ends up in the Army.
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drama film, romance film, war film
In a New England port town, Pop Thorson (Wallace Beery) and Rocky Blake (Chester Morris) are rival tugboat owners. Thorson's boat has sunk in the shallow water while docked, and he is certain Blake sabotaged it to keep Thorson from winning…
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war film
A tough sergeant has to teach a hotshot young soldier how to be a team player.
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