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Biographical picture, War Film, biographical film, drama film, war film
In 1929 Lynchburg, Virginia, young Desmond Doss nearly kills his brother while roughhousing. That event and his Seventh-day Adventist upbringing reinforce Desmond's belief in the commandment "Thou shalt not kill". Years later, he takes an …
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Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Time Travel, action film, adventure film, black comedy film, chase film, comedy film, cyberpunk, drama film, dystopian film, girls with guns, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, suspense film, techno-thriller, thriller film, time-travel film
In 2029, Earth has been ravaged by the war between the malevolent artificial intelligence Skynet and the human resistance. Skynet sends the T-1000—an advanced, shape-shifting prototype Terminator made of virtually indestructible liquid met…
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War Film, drama film, war film
In 1944, at the height of the Second World War, the Allies prepare to invade German-occupied Europe under Operation Overlord. Under the supreme command of Gen. Dwight D.
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Anti-War Film, Crime, Historie, Melodrama, Romance Film, Romantic Drama, drama film, film noir, flashback film, romance film, war film
In December 1941, American expatriate Rick Blaine owns a nightclub and gambling den in Casablanca, then in French Morocco. "Rick's Café Américain" attracts a varied clientele, including Vichy French and German officials, refugees desperate…
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Drama, drama film, mystery film
Following the death of their mother, Nawal, an Arab immigrant in Canada, Jeanne and her twin brother Simon meet with French Canadian notary Jean Lebel, their mother's employer and family friend. Nawal's will refers to not keeping a promise…
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Biographical picture, Monumental Film, War Film, adventure film, biographical film, drama film, epic film, flashback film, war film
T. E. Lawrence dies in a motorcycle accident in 1935.
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Military Film, Romance Film, action film, drama film, melodrama, romance film
U.S. Navy Naval Aviator Lieutenant Pete "Maverick" Mitchell and his Radar Intercept Officer (RIO) Lieutenant Junior Grade Nick "Goose" Bradshaw, stationed in the Indian Ocean aboard , fly the F-14A Tomcat. During an interception with two h…
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Drama, Historie, Romantic Drama, drama film, romance film, war film
In 1935 England, 13-year-old Briony Tallis, the youngest daughter of the wealthy Tallis family, spies on her older sister, Cecilia, and the housekeeper's son, Robbie Turner, from a window. Cecilia and Robbie argue by the garden fountain, d…
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Action, War Film, action film, war film
In late 1944, during the Lapland War, Aatami Korpi searches for gold with his horse and dog in the wilderness of Lapland in the gold rush. He uncovers a rich deposit, collects a large quantity of gold nuggets, and travels towards Rovaniemi…
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Drama, Historie, action film, crime drama film, crime film, drama film, epic film, gangster film, historical drama film, historical film, mystery film, period drama film
In the 1846 slum of the Five Points, two rival gangs, the Anglo-Protestant Confederation of American Natives, led by William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting, and the immigrant Irish Catholic Dead Rabbits, led by "Priest" Vallon, engage in their…
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Family Drama, drama film, thriller film, war film
USMC officer Sam Cahill is about to be sent to war in Afghanistan in 2007. He is married to his high school sweetheart, Grace, with whom he has two young daughters, Isabelle and Maggie. Sam's younger brother, Tommy, is released from prison…
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Action, Aliens, Sci-Fi, War Film, action film, adventure film, horror film, monster film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film
An extraterrestrial spacecraft deploys a shuttle to Earth. Sometime later, Major Dutch and his paramilitary rescue team - consisting of mercenary Mac Eliot, explosives specialist Poncho Ramirez, heavy gunner Blain Cooper, expert tracker Bi…
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Comedy Of Mistaken Identity, Crime, Crime Comedy, Satire, comedy film, comedy of error, crime film, film noir
In 1991, slacker and bowler Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski, is attacked in his Los Angeles home by two enforcers for porn kingpin Jackie Treehorn, to whom a different Jeffrey Lebowski's wife owes money. One enforcer urinates on the Dude's rug…
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Destiny, Political Satire, Romantic Comedy, drama film, tragicomedy
Viktor Navorski, a traveler from Krakozhia, arrives at New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport and learns that a coup d'état has occurred in his country while he was in the air. The United States does not recognize Krakozhia'…
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Anti-War Film, Drama, Military Film, drama film, war film
During the Vietnam War, a group of United States Marine Corps recruits arrive for eight weeks of Recruit Training at Parris Island, where Senior Drill Instructor Gunnery Sergeant Hartman uses harsh methods to train them for combat. Among t…
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Action, Aliens, Monster Film, Space Opera, Thriller, action film, adventure film, horror film, monster film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film, war film
A deep-space salvage crew find an escape shuttle where Ellen Ripley has been in stasis for 57 years after destroying her ship, the Nostromo, to kill an alien creature that slaughtered the crew. Ripley is debriefed by her Weyland-Yutani Cor…
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Super Hero
Tony Stark, who has inherited the defense contractor Stark Industries from his late father Howard Stark, tours in war-torn Afghanistan with his best friend and military liaison, James "Rhodey" Rhodes, to demonstrate the new "Jericho" missi…
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Drama, Satire, comedy drama, comedy film, drama film, war film
During the latter stages of World War II, in the fictional city of Falkenheim, Nazi Germany, ten-year-old Johannes "Jojo" Betzler joins the Deutsches Jungvolk. Heavily indoctrinated by Nazism, he has an imaginary friend named Adolf, a buff…
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Drama, Japanese Animation Film, War Film
In March 1945, American bombers destroy most of Kobe during the waning days of the Pacific War. Seita and his sister Setsuko, children of an Imperial Japanese Navy captain, survive, but their mother dies. She is cremated in a mass grave ou…
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Classical Western, Dark Comedy, Italo-Western, War Film
In the American Southwest during the Civil War, a mercenary known as "Angel Eyes" interrogates a former Confederate soldier to learn the alias of a man who stole a stash of Confederate gold. The soldier, Stevens, reveals the man's alias, B…
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Military Film, War Film, action film, adventure film, drama film, historical drama film, historical film, suspense film, thriller film, war film
In 1992, a famine in southern Somalia induced by the civil war leads the United Nations Security Council to authorize a military operation with a peacekeeping mandate. Conflict ensues between UNOSOM II and the Mogadishu-based militia loyal…
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Biographical picture, Drama, drama film
In early 1950, Freddie Quell is a sex-obsessed alcoholic Navy veteran struggling to adjust to post-war society in the wake of World War II. Prone to violent and erratic behavior, he is fired from his job as a department store photographer …
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drama film, historical drama, historical film, war film
In 1943, Rudolf Höss, commandant of the German Nazi Auschwitz concentration camp, lives with his wife Hedwig and their five children in an idyllic home next to the camp. Höss takes the children out to swim and fish, and Hedwig spends time …
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Biographical picture, Historie, Military Film, Political Drama, Romantic Drama, War Film, action film, biographical film, drama film, medieval film, war film
In 1280, English king Edward I, known as "Longshanks", conquers Scotland following the death of the Scots' king, who left no heir. Young William Wallace witnesses the aftermath of Longshanks' execution of several Scottish nobles, then lose…
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