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Drama, Komödie
On the morning of 6 April 1941 in Belgrade, the capital of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, two bon vivants, Petar Popara, nicknamed Crni (Blacky) and Marko Dren, head home. They pass through Kalemegdan and shout salutes to Marko's brother Ivan,…
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Musical, Splatstick, musical film
thumb|The film's trailer At a restaurant in Milan, Italy, wealthy widow Mrs. Claypool has apparently been stood up for dinner by Otis B. Driftwood, her business manager.
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Drama, Historie, biographical film, war film
In 1929, Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini is still faced with the 10-year-long war waged by patriots in the Italian colony of Libya to combat Italian colonization and the establishment of "The Fourth Shore"—the rebirth of a Roman …
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Komödie, Romantic Comedy, comedy drama, drama film, musical film, romantic comedy
Walter Mitty is a kind but mild man, henpecked and harassed by his overbearing mother, his idea-stealing boss Bruce Pierce, his dimwitted fiancée Gertrude, Gertrude's obnoxious would-be suitor Tubby, and Gertrude's loud-mouthed mother. Wal…
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Crime, Drama, Thriller, action film, black comedy, crime film, drama film, mystery film, trial film
Vice squad detectives Frank Divinci and Jake Rodriguez set up narcotics runner Lionel Hudd in a bogus drug trafficking deal at a motel. They murder Hudd, pocket his money, and recover the cocaine he purchased from them. The detectives retu…
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Drama Documentary, Fake Documentary, science fiction film
In the near future, the Vietnam War is escalating, South Korea's capital of Seoul is under bombardment, and the Soviet Union is deploying their U-boats off the coast of Cuba. As a "preventive measure" against possible attacks and sabotages…
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Military Film, Silly Movie, comedy film, war film
Slackers Bones Conway and Jack Kaufman work at "Crazy Boys" discount electronics store in Glendale, California. While goofing off on the job, both aspire to open their own electronics store in the future. Both are fired though after destro…
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War Film, action film, drama film, war film
thumb|left|PT boats at speed In December 1941, Lieutenant John "Brick" Brickley commands a squadron of unproven U.S. Navy PT boats based at Cavite in the Philippines. He puts on a demonstration of their maneuverability and seakeeping capab…
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Drama, comedy film, drama film
Willie Morris looks back on the early 1940s and how it was colored by his dearly beloved dog, a Smooth Fox Terrier whom he had named Skip. Willie is a lonely boy with a gruff, proud father, Jack, a Spanish Civil War veteran, and a charisma…
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Action, action film, adventure film, drama film, fantasy film, medieval film, war film
A Viking Age expedition arrives in North America, intending to subjugate or slaughter the native "Skræling" population. The party is itself wiped out by another native tribe, the only survivor being the Viking leader's son, who is adopted …
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Adventure, Western, Western film, biographical film, drama film, war film
Emiliano Zapata is part of a delegation sent to complain about injustices to corrupt longtime president Porfirio Díaz, but Díaz dismisses their concerns, driving Zapata to open rebellion, along with his brother Eufemio. He unites with Panc…
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Action, Drama, War Film, war film
In February 1939, Nazi Germany's most powerful battleship, , is launched, beginning a new era of German sea power. In May 1941, British naval intelligence discovers Bismarck and the heavy cruiser are sailing into the North Atlantic to atta…
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Komödie, LGBTQ-related film, comedy film, drama film, war film
During World War II, Jewish teenager Eugene Jerome of Brooklyn is drafted into the United States Army and sent to basic training at Keesler Field in Biloxi, Mississippi. He sets himself three goals: lose his virginity, survive the war, and…
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Action, Drama, War Film, action film, adventure film, teen film, thriller film, war film
The film begins with a video log by Ellie Linton. She asks the camera how she can tell their story. She suggests to herself "from the beginning." Ellie, a high school student in the fictional rural New South Wales town of Wirrawee sets off…
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Action, Drama, War Film
During the Battle of Mosul, three Iraqi policemen arrest ISIS drug smugglers. However, they are soon overrun by ISIS and run out of ammo while defending themselves inside a café building. One of the police officers, Kawa, a 21 year old Fey…
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Action, Adventure, War Film, war film
In 1943 Colonel Joseph Ryan, a USAAF fighter pilot, is shot down over Italy and taken to a POW camp run by the Fascist camp commander, Major Basilio Battaglia, and his sympathetic second-in-command, Captain Vittorio Oriani. Most prisoners …
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Anti-War Film, drama film, war film
The story alternates between flashbacks of U.S. soldier Brandon Bartle's time serving in Iraq with his friend Daniel "Murph" Murphy, and Bartle's return home to Richmond, Virginia. Bartle befriends Murph, a fellow Virginian, during basic t…
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Adventure, Destiny, War Film, drama film, war film
On 4 July 1776, fur trapper Tom Dobb and his young son Ned sail to New York City. They witness a riotous mob tearing down a statue of the King George III while declaring their independence from English rule. The mob seizes Dobb's boat and …
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Drama, drama film
Oft-married Gemma visits Sarajevo with her only child, Pietro. The two of them had escaped the city sixteen years ago, just days after his birth during the Bosnian War. Diego, her second husband and Pietro's father, remained behind and lat…
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Drama, War Film, drama film, war film
In 1945, the United States Army fails to capture the Oberkassel railway bridge in the last weeks of World War II before it is blown up. Lieutenant Phil Hartman is an experienced and war-weary platoon leader in the 9th Armored Division. Aft…
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Historie, Tragic Comedy Film, biographical film, comedy drama, drama film, historical film, war film
The film opens in 1938, in Berlin, Nazi Germany. Nazi Brown Shirts invade the home of a young Jewish girl, Elsbeth, and kill her parents. In Strasbourg, France, 1939, a young Marcel Marceau works unfulfilled in his father's butcher shop.
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War Film
Towards the end of the 19th century, Spanish colonial rule over the Philippines comes to an end and the country gains its independence. Unwilling to face humiliation, Spain secretly sells the archipelago to the victorious Americans for $20…
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Romantic Comedy, romantic comedy
In London just prior to World War II, Guinevere Pettigrew, a middle-aged, straitlaced vicar's daughter and governess, has just been dismissed from her fourth job, without her wages, because of her unconventional notions of child rearing. O…
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Drama, War Film, drama film, war film
The story revolves around Nina, who survived a war only to discover that her trauma fuels her quest for revenge years later against those who hurt her.
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