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Political Thriller, drama film, political thriller film
In North Africa, CIA analyst Douglas Freeman briefs an agent. A suicide attack kills the agent and 18 civilians; the target was high-ranking police official Abbas-i "Abasi" Fawal (Igal Naor), a liaison for the United States who conducts in…
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Biographical picture, War Film, biographical film, drama film, war film
During the Second World War, Eric Lomax is a British officer who is captured by the Japanese in Singapore and sent to a Japanese POW camp, where he is forced to work on the Thai-Burma Railway north of the Malay Peninsula. During his time i…
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Drama, drama film, romance film, war film
After Britain's declaration of war in World War II, army colonel Roy Cronin is driven to London's Waterloo station on his way to France, and briefly alights on Waterloo Bridge to reminisce about events that occurred during World War I when…
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Adventure, Drama, Historie, adventure film, drama film, epic film, historical film, sword-and-sandal film, war film
King Xerxes I of Persia leads a vast army of soldiers into Europe to defeat the small city-states of Greece, not only to fulfill the idea of “one world ruled by one master”, but also to avenge the defeat of his father Darius I at the Battl…
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Horror, Western, Zombiefilm, dystopian film, horror film, independent film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, zombie film
The prologue follows the actions of National Guard Sergeant "Nicotine" Crockett, who, along with Kenny, Francisco and Tomboy, desert their posts and rob the protagonists of the previous film. Meanwhile, off the coast of Delaware lies Plum …
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Crime, Drama, War Film, drama film, found footage film, war film
In April 2006, Private First Class Angel Salazar, a young United States Army soldier serving in the Iraq War, is an aspiring filmmaker who enlisted in the U.S. Army to help him get into film school, following the rejection of his applicati…
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Western, Western film
Just outside of Natchez, Mississippi, during the closing days of the American Civil War, Union Army Colonel John Henry Thomas and company organize one final attack on a small unit of Confederate soldiers, only to be informed after bloodily…
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Social Drama, crime film, drama film
In London, a boy named Timmy starts secondary school in Peckham, Southwark, despite living in Deptford, Lewisham. His mother wants him to go to this school because of its good curriculum and so Timmy cannot be with his old friend Kiron, a …
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Musical, Satire On War, anti-war film, musical film, satirical film
The diplomatic manoeuvring and events involving those in authority are set in a fantasy location inside the pierhead pavilion. Foreign ministers, generals and heads of state walk over a huge map of Europe, restating their notable quotes. A…
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Drama, War Film, biographical film, drama film, war film
Kathryn Bolkovac is a police officer from Lincoln, Nebraska, who accepts an offer to work with the UNPOL in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina for a private contractor called Democra Security (a thinly veiled allusion to DynCorp International…
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Biographical picture, Military Film, War Film, biographical film, drama film, war film
Megan Leavey is a US Marine corporal who served as a Military Police K9 handler. She was paired with military working dog Rex (E168). The pair served two deployments in Iraq together.
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Drama, Political Thriller, Secret Agent, Thriller, political thriller film, thriller film
In Copenhagen in 1962, a high-ranking Soviet intelligence officer, Boris Kusenov, defects to the West. During debriefing, CIA agent Mike Nordstrom learns that Soviet missiles with nuclear warheads will be placed in Cuba. Needing physical e…
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Drama, War Film, war film
Captain Anson, the officer commanding a British RASC Motor Ambulance Company in Tobruk, is suffering from battle fatigue and alcoholism. Ahead of the Axis capture of Tobruk by the Afrika Korps, Anson's unit is ordered to evacuate to Alexan…
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Drama, crime film, drama film, hood film
Former U.S. Army Ranger and Global War on Terror veteran Jim Davis has PTSD. Jim, determined to marry his Mexican girlfriend Marta, and bring her into the United States to start a life together, returns to Los Angeles, California.
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Sci-Fi, drama film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film
In 1940, businessman John Cabal, living in the city of Everytown in Southern England, cannot enjoy Christmas Day as the news speaks of possible war. His guest, Harding, shares his worries, while another friend, the over-optimistic Pippa Pa…
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Documentation, documentary film, war film
The film tells the story of the twenty days Chernov spent with his colleagues in the besieged city of Mariupol in February–March 2022 in the first weeks of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. Chernov compiled footage that he collec…
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Historie, Romance Film, drama film, romance film, war film
In 1859, idealist John Wickliff Shawnessey is living in Raintree County, Indiana. He's fascinated by the legend of the county's magnificent raintree, and at one point, he ventures into the large, dangerous swamp where he believes it can be…
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Komödie, comedy drama, war film
Frederick Bronski runs a large ensemble show out of Warsaw. Despite the relative success the show receives, the majority of the cast are annoyed by the fact that Frederick nitpicks who does what, in particular his wife Anna, whom he regula…
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Drama, War Film, action film, drama film, war film
In a 1960s working-class neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a teenage boy nicknamed "Birdy" befriends his next-door neighbor Al Columbato, who relates to Birdy’s fascination with birds and their ability to fly. The two begin pursu…
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War Film, action film, drama film, war film
Andrew Briggman is serving in the U.S. Army in Afghanistan in 2009. When Staff Sergeant Wallace is killed in an IED explosion during a raid on a village, Staff Sergeant Deeks replaces him as platoon leader and tells his men they'll find wh…
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Drama, Thriller, thriller film
Nick Brady is in Colombia with his brother when he meets Maria. She is the niece of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar. As both Nick and Maria see how dangerous life can be around her uncle Pablo the pair decide to leave Colombia along with Nick's…
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Western, Western film, drama film, war film
In 1877 Colorado Territory, a young woman, Cresta Lee, and young Colorado Private Honus Gant are joined together by fate when they are the only two survivors after their group is massacred by the Cheyenne. Gant is devoted to his country an…
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Adventure, Horror, drama film, horror film
On their honeymoon in Hungary, American mystery novelist Peter Alison and his new wife Joan are told that, due to a mix-up, they must share a train compartment with Dr. Vitus Werdegast, a Hungarian psychiatrist, who says he is traveling to…
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War Film, drama film, war film
In December 1944, the Kempeitai massacred prisoners of war on Palawan. By 1945, American forces are closing in on the Japanese-occupied Philippines. The Japanese hold over 500 American prisoners who had survived the Bataan Death March in a…
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