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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 2,832 films · Page 30.
Komödie, War Film, science fiction film
The minuscule European Duchy of Grand Fenwick is bankrupted when an American company comes up with a cheaper imitation of Fenwick's sole export, its fabled Pinot Grand Fenwick wine. Crafty Prime Minister Count Mountjoy devises a plan: Gran…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Erotic Thriller, Secret Agent, drama film, war film
Henry Faber is a cold, ruthless German sleeper agent nicknamed the "Needle" due to his preference for killing with a stiletto. While spying in England, he obtains critical intelligence of a massive military deception campaign to disguise t…
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Romantic Drama, Western, Western film, war film
thumb|left|upright=1.1|John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara In the summer of 1879, Lieutenant Colonel Kirby Yorke is posted on the Texas frontier in command of the 2nd U.S. Cavalry Regiment to defend settlers against attacks by marauding Apaches.…
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Drama, Western, Western film, war film
thumb|left|Joanne Dru as Olivia and John Wayne as Captain Nathan Brittles In August 1876, aging veteran Captain Nathan Brittles enjoys his quiet routines and pending retirement from the 2nd U.S. Cavalry after 40 years of military service. …
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Silly Movie, comedy film
Master Sergeant Ernest G. Bilko is in charge of the motor pool at Fort Baxter, a small United States Army base that develops new military technology. Exploiting this position, he directs a number of scams, ranging from gambling to renting …
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, B movie, Fantasy, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, cyberpunk, dystopian film, horror film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film
A nomadic scavenger treks through an irradiated wasteland and discovers a buried robot. He collects the pieces and takes them to junk dealer Alvy, who is talking with 'Hard Mo' Baxter, a former soldier, and Mo's friend Shades. When Alvy st…
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Action, Adventure, adventure film, ghost film, war film
On the Northwest Frontier of India, circa 1880, contact is lost with a British outpost at Tantrapur while it is in the midst of sending a telegraph message. Colonel Weed dispatches a detachment of twenty-five British Indian Army troops to …
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LGBTQ-related film, art film, drama film
In Germany in early 1933, the Essenbecks are a wealthy and powerful industrialist family who have, reluctantly, begun doing business with the newly elected Nazi government. On the night of the birthday of the family's conservative patriarc…
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Secret Agent, Thriller, spy film, thriller film
In 1968, an East-West agreement is established to halt nuclear proliferation. One of its clauses, the Fourth Protocol, forbids the non-conventional delivery of a nuclear weapon to a target. MI5 officer John Preston breaks into the residenc…
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Action, Drama, War Film, drama film, war film
The Norwegian resistance sabotage the Vemork Norsk Hydro plant in the town of Rjukan in the county of Telemark, Norway, which the Nazis are using to produce heavy water, which could be used in the manufacture of an atomic bomb. Rolf Peders…
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Action, action film, martial arts film, thriller film, war film
In 1973, United States Senator Conrad Morgan, the chief delegate diplomat in negotiating the terms of the end of the Vietnam War, made a deal in Paris with Kuong Yen, a North Vietnamese negotiator. The deal called for Yen to release certai…
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Drama, War Film, war film
In 1914, 18-year-old Paul Bäumer enlists in the German army with five school friends (Behm, Kropp, Muller, Kemmerich and Leer), after being indoctrinated by Kantorek, their teacher, as to the superiority of German culture. After surviving …
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Adventure, Drama, Romance Film, War Film, drama film, romance film, war film
During the Spanish Civil War, an American language teacher, Robert Jordan, who lived in Spain during the pre-war period, fights in the International Brigades against Francisco Franco's forces. An experienced dynamiter, Jordan is ordered to…
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Drama, War Film
Philippe Gerbier, the head of a French Resistance cell, is arrested by Vichy French police on suspicion of Resistance activity. Although he is acquitted due to a lack of evidence, he is still sent to an internment camp. He and a young Comm…
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Dance Film, Historie, Political Drama, drama film, musical film, war film
In Hamburg in 1939, Peter Müller and Thomas Berger join their friends Arvid and Otto at a swing club called the Bismarck. They have a good time, dancing and enjoying the music. Peter goes home to find his mother in an argument with the Naz…
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Adventure, Drama, adventure film, drama film
In 1987, Calvin Barr (Sam Elliott) is an old man living a quiet life with his dog. Barr maintains a peaceful routine, which includes frequenting a shabby bar and chatting with his brother, a barber, but experiences regular flashbacks to wh…
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Mysterie, Romance Film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, film noir, mystery film, political thriller film, spy film, suspense film, thriller film, war film
thumb|right|upright=1.2|thumbtime=2:18|Trailer for Foreign Correspondent In mid-August 1939, just before the outbreak of World WarII, the editor of the New York Morning Globe, Mr. Powers, sends crime reporter John Jones, using the pen name…
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Political Drama, Thriller, biographical film, drama film
A Mighty Heart is a detailed account of the search for kidnapped Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in 2002. Pearl was kidnapped in Karachi by supporters of Omar Sheikh. The movie also covers efforts by Pakistan's Security Forces, D…
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Action, Adventure, Drama, adventure film, drama film, war film
In 1883 Sudan, an army of 10,000 poorly trained but well-armed Egyptian troops is lured into the desert. Commanding the force is former Bombay Army soldier Colonel William "Billy" Hicks (Edward Underdown), now a private individual paid by …
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Drama, War Film, drama film, historical film, war film
Aeronautical engineer Barnes Wallis is struggling to develop a means of attacking Germany's Ruhr Dams in the hope of crippling German heavy industry. Working for the Ministry of Aircraft Production, as well as his own job at Vickers, he wo…
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War Film, drama film, war film
In August 1966, the 1st Australian Task Force (1 ATF) base at Nui Dat sustains a night-time mortar attack by enemy forces. During the attack, Major Harry Smith is cool under fire, ordering his men to take cover and stand to, while other so…
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Horror, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, alien invasion, dark fantasy, fantasy film, horror film, mystery film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, war film
George Gardner encourages his 12-year-old son David's dreams of becoming an astronaut by stargazing with him. A thunderstorm wakes David, and he observes a strange alien spaceship landing on Copper Hill, just beyond the house. His father a…
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Biographical picture, Romance Film, biographical film, drama film, romance film, war film
A widowed Eurasian doctor Han Suyin (Jones) falls in love with a married-but-separated American correspondent Mark Elliott (Holden) in Hong Kong, during the period of China's Civil War in the late 1940s. Although they find brief happiness …
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Action, Drama, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, gangster film, thriller film, war film
In 1967 Hong Kong, Ben, Paul, and Frank are childhood friends and members of a gang. They regularly brawl with members of other gangs. Ben becomes engaged to his girlfriend Jane and Frank takes out a loan to pay for the reception.
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