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Drama, Girls with Guns, action film, adventure film, war film
An American missile site with weapons intended to intercept nuclear missiles inbound to the United States located in Fort Greely, Alaska, is raided by unknown terrorists while 16 nuclear warheads are simultaneously seized from Russian terr…
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action film, crime film, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, interactive film, mystery film, science fiction film, superhero film, thriller film, war film
Believing that Jason Todd is becoming too aggressive in his crime-fighting, Batman decides to suspend him from his active duties as Robin; angered, Jason forsakes Batman and leaves Gotham City. The two reunite in Bosnia to fight the Joker …
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Military Film, action film, thriller film, war film
In Manila, a terrorist assassinates the United States Ambassador to the Philippines, and also kills his son and dozens of children at an international primary school in a terrorist bombing. The mastermind, a Chechen terrorist, Abu Shabal, …
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Action, Drama, Thriller, action film, crime film, spy film
In 1943, Nazi Germany is developing the V-1 flying bomb and V-2 rocket. Technical issues with the V-1 lead the Germans to create a crewed version for flight testing, but the test pilots die flying it. Eventually, aviator Hanna Reitsch succ…
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Action, Komödie, Sci-Fi, action film, alien invasion, comedy film, comedy horror, coming-of-age film, hood film, monster film, science fiction film
On Guy Fawkes Night, trainee nurse Samantha Adams is mugged and violently attacked by a gang of teenage hoodlums from South London: Pest, Dennis, Jerome, Biggz and leader Moses. When a meteorite falls from the sky into a nearby car, Samant…
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Drama, Historie
Part 1: The Gathering Darkness 1935: Karl and Inga celebrate their wedding in Berlin. Erik Dorf gets a job in the SS as right-hand man to top-level Nazi Reinhard Heydrich (David Warner). 1938: Dorf warns Dr.
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Animated Film, Fantasy, Komödie, fantasy film
The story begins in 1963, where George Stickle (a naval officer) and Admiral Harlock discuss how porpoises in the ocean are displaying unique characteristics and suspect that a former top-secret asset, Henry Limpet, may be teaching the cre…
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Drama, Monumental Film, drama film, sword-and-sandal film, war film
In the winter of 180 AD, the ailing Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius fights to keep Germanic tribes from invading his northern territories on the Danube frontier. His deputies are the Greek ex-slave Timonides and the stern and honest general …
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Biographical picture, Historie, biographical film, drama film, epic film, historical drama, period drama film, war film
Oliver Cromwell is a devout Puritan, a country squire, magistrate and former Member of Parliament. King Charles I's policies, including the enclosing of common land for the use of wealthy landowners and the introduction of "Romish" rituals…
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Action, Monster Film, action film, horror film
In August 1943, WAAF Flight Officer Maude Garrett is assigned to travel with a top secret package from Auckland, New Zealand, to Samoa. When she arrives at the airbase at night, she wanders the tarmac before suddenly finding herself standi…
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Romantic Drama, War Film, drama film, historical film, melodrama, romance film, war film
In 1805, most of Europe is torn apart by Napoleon Bonaparte's drive to conquer more and more territory. In Moscow, many young men have joined the army, including Nicholas Rostov, the son of Count Ilya Rostov and his wife Nataly, and the br…
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Biographical picture, Historie, Romance Film, biographical film, drama film, historical film, romance film
Widowed British educator Anna Leonowens and her son Louis travel to Siam, where she is to teach English, Modern Western Education, Scientific and Secular Education to Crown Prince Chulalongkorn, the heir of King Mongkut. Believing moderniz…
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Accident, Parodie, Sci-Fi, adventure film, science fiction comedy, science fiction film
Sometime in the near future, the Moon has been colonized and supports a station on its surface. The XR-2300 lunar shuttle, known as Mayflower One, is being rushed to launch from Houston for its inaugural commercial flight. The head of the …
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Historie, biographical film, drama film, romance film, war film
In 11th century General Ben Yusuf of the Almoravid dynasty has summoned all the emirs of Al-Andalus to North Africa. He chastises them for co-existing peacefully with their Christian neighbours, which goes against his dream of Islamic worl…
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War Film, war film
In the Cape Colony in January 1879, British Army officer Lord Chelmsford plots with diplomat Sir Henry Bartle Frere to annex the neighbouring Zulu Empire, which they perceive as a threat to the Cape Colony's emerging industrial economy. Fr…
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Drama, drama film, survival film, war film
Eight British and American civilians, service members and United States Merchant Mariners are adrift in a lifeboat after their ship and a German U-boat sink each other in combat. Willi, a German survivor of the U-boat, is pulled aboard. Du…
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Komödie, War Film, comedy film, war film
In 1959, U. S. Navy Rear Admiral Matt Sherman, ComSubPac, boards the obsolete diesel submarine USS Sea Tiger, prior to her departure for the scrapyard.
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Drama, Komödie, War Film, comedy drama, drama film
The film begins on 3 September 1939, the day Britain declared war on Germany. It tells the story of the Rohan family (Billy, his sisters Sue and Dawn, and his parents Grace and Clive), who live in a suburb of London. Clive joins the army, …
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Action, Adventure, War Film, action film, drama film, war film
Having escaped from Central America with his comrades Drew Blakeley, Derek Godwin, Michel-Claude, Terry, and Richard, mercenary Jamie Shannon gets an offer from Endean, a British businessman working for a tycoon. Endean's company is intere…
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Drama, Film Noir, crime film, film noir
thumb|left|thumbtime=25|upright=1|The Stranger Mr. Wilson, an agent of the United Nations War Crimes Commission, is hunting for Franz Kindler, a Nazi fugitive and war criminal. Having erased all evidence that might identify him, Kindler is…
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Military Film, War Film, drama film, propaganda film, war film
Reporter George Beckworth attends a Special Forces briefing about the reasons for American military involvement in the Vietnam War. When Beckworth doubts the value of U.S. intervention, Green Beret Colonel Mike Kirby asks him if he has eve…
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War Film, drama film
In a sepia-tinted prologue, a United States Army private (Lee Marvin) kills a German soldier with his trench knife, not believing the man's claims the Great War is over. His company commander then tells him the war ended four hours earlier…
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drama film, romance film, war film
The story is set in Lahore (now the capital of Pakistani Punjab) in the period directly before and during the partition of India in 1947 at the time of Indian independence. A young girl with polio, Lenny, narrates the story through the voi…
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Forensic, drama film, trial film, war film
When U.S. Navy Commander Queeg shows potential signs of mental instability that jeopardizes the safety of his ship, USS Caine, in a violent storm, the executive officer, Lt. Maryk, relieves him of command; Maryk now faces court-martial for…
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