Cinema HoundSniffing out great movies.Explore war, military conflict and its human consequences.
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War Film, drama film, war film
On 6 April 1917, aerial reconnaissance has observed that the Imperial German Army, which has pulled back from a sector of the Western Front in northern France, is not in retreat—as had been supposed—but has made a strategic withdrawal to t…
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Coming Of Age, Military Film, War Film, action film, drama film, war film
In 1967, U.S. Army volunteer Chris Taylor arrives in South Vietnam and is assigned to an infantry platoon of the 25th Infantry Division near the Cambodian border. The platoon is commanded by the young and inexperienced Lieutenant Wolfe, wh…
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Action Comedy, Secret Agent, action film, adventure film, comedy film, spy film, swashbuckler film
In 1902, nearing the end of the Second Boer War, British aristocrat Orlando, Duke of Oxford, his wife Emily, and their young son Conrad visit a British concentration camp in South Africa while working for the British Red Cross. A sniper at…
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Action, Historie, War Film, action film, drama film, historical film, war film
In 1776, during the American Revolutionary War, Benjamin Martin, a French and Indian War veteran and a widower with seven children, is called to Charles Town (Charleston, South Carolina) to vote in the South Carolina General Assembly on a …
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Action, War Film, action film, drama film, thriller film, war film
In March 2018, amidst the war in Afghanistan, U.S. Army Special Forces Master Sergeant John Kinley and his unit are caught off-guard by a truck bomb attack orchestrated by the Taliban during a routine vehicle inspection at Lashkargah, whic…
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Family Saga, Melodrama, Western film, drama film, romance film, war film
Sick of betrayals the US government perpetrated on Native Americans, Colonel William Ludlow leaves the Army, moving to a remote part of Montana. Along with One Stab, he builds a ranch and raises his family. Accompanying them are hired hand…
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Action, Japanese Monster Movie, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, alien invasion, apocalyptic film, dystopian film, speculative fiction film, superhero film
In 2013, colossal extraterrestrials called Kaiju emerge from an interdimensional portal called the Breach at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean and begin to attack coastal cities along the Pacific Rim. In response, humanity constructs massive…
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Political Thriller, Sci-Fi, Super Hero, action film, alternate history film, drama film, dystopian film, neo-noir, superhero film, vigilante film
In 1985, a man living in a Manhattan apartment watches news about escalating Cold War tensions and the response from five-term President Richard Nixon when an unknown assailant attacks and hurls him to the street below. Throughout the open…
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Action, Justice Drama, Thriller, action film, action thriller, drama film, war film
In December 1981, United States Army Vietnam War veteran John Rambo visits the home of his army buddy Delmar Barry and learns that he has died from the effects of Agent Orange exposure. Wandering aimlessly on foot, he arrives at the town o…
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Coming Of Age, Drama, Historie, Romance Film, drama film
In 1868, Jo March works as a teacher in New York City. Mr. Dashwood, an editor, has agreed to publish her short story.
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Drama, Komödie, biographical film, comedy film, crime film, drama film, war film
In 2005, David Packouz, a massage therapist living in Miami, Florida with his girlfriend Iz, spends his life savings on an unsuccessful venture to sell bedsheets to retirement homes. David runs into his old friend Efraim Diveroli, whose co…
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Action, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, science fiction film, space opera
Shortly after the Battle of Starkiller Base, General Leia Organa and the Resistance are evacuating their base when the First Order fleet arrives. Against Leia's orders, Poe Dameron leads a costly counterattack that destroys a First Order d…
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Action, Komödie, Treasure Hunting, action comedy film, adventure film, treasure hunt film
In 1912, Boy Scout Indiana Jones lives with his father Henry Jones Sr. in Moab, Utah. One day, while exploring caves on an excursion with his scout troop, Indy takes a crucifix owned by Francisco Vázquez de Coronado from a group of gravero…
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Action, Anti-War Film, Drama, War Film
In 1917, three years into World War I, 17-year-old Paul Bäumer enthusiastically enlists in the Imperial German Army alongside schoolmates Albert Kropp, Franz Müller, and Ludwig Behm. They hear a patriotic speech by a school official and un…
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Action, War Film, action film, drama film, war film
In April 1945, during the Western Allied invasion of Germany, Don "Wardaddy" Collier, a battle-hardened US Army first sergeant in the Second Armored Division, commands an M4A3E8 Sherman tank nicknamed Fury, whose crew—consisting of gunner …
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Melodrama, War Film, drama film, melodrama, romance film, war film
Part one Lieutenant General Yevgraf Zhivago searches for the daughter of his half-brother Dr. Yuri Zhivago and Larissa "Lara" Antipova. Yevgraf believes a young dam worker, Tanya Komarova, may be his niece and explains to her why.
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Drama, Thriller, drama film
Bruno, an eight-year-old German boy living in Berlin, is uprooted to the countryside with his family after his father Ralf, an SS officer, is promoted. The boy notices an extermination camp from his bedroom window, but believes it to be a …
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Action, Destiny, High Fantasy, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, science fiction film
One year after Han Solo's capture and imprisonment in carbonite, C-3PO and R2-D2 enter the palace of the crime lord Jabba the Hutt on Tatooine. They were sent as a goodwill gift from Luke Skywalker, who hopes to negotiate with Jabba for Ha…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, historical film, trial film, war film
In January 1865, US President Abraham Lincoln expects the American Civil War to end soon, with the defeat of the Confederate States Army. He is concerned that his 1863 Emancipation Proclamation may be discarded by the courts after the war …
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Adventure, Fantasy, Komödie, action film, cinematic fairy tale, comedy film, fantasy film, pirate film, swashbuckler film
Peter Banning, a workaholic lawyer, has a strained relationship with his wife, Moira, and their children, 9-year-old Jack and 6-year-old Maggie, due to his constant absences and broken promises. During Christmas, the family travels to Lond…
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Biographical picture, Military Film, action film, biographical film, drama film, war film
Growing up in Texas, Chris Kyle is taught by his father how to shoot a rifle and hunt deer. Years later, Chris has become a ranch hand and rodeo cowboy, and returns home early to find his girlfriend in bed with another man. After telling h…
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Family Drama, Social Drama, War Film, biographical film, drama film, historical film, musical film, war film
In September 1939, Polish-Jewish pianist Władysław Szpilman plays live on the radio in Warsaw when the station is bombed during a Nazi German air raid against Warsaw. Szpilman and his family prepare to leave the city when they learn that B…
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Historie, biographical film, historical film, trial film, war film
In 1957 New York City, Rudolf Abel is arrested and charged with spying for the Soviet Union. Lawyer James B. Donovan, formerly general counsel to the Office of Strategic Services but now in private practice in insurance law, is appointed t…
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Adventure, Historie, action film, adventure film, drama film, historical drama, war film
In April 1805, during the Napoleonic Wars, the British frigate HMS Surprise is ambushed by the French privateer Acheron off Brazil, suffering heavy damage by cannon balls. After escaping by using rowboats to tow the ship into a nearby fog …
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