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Biographical picture, War Film, biographical film, drama film, war film
Soon after World War I is over, Naval Aviator in training "Spig" Wead boldly tries flying a Vought UO-1 when challenged by an Army soldier, without yet having flight experience. Running out of fuel, he crash lands at the garden party he is…
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Drama, drama film, war film
In Toronto, an Armenian Canadian family is headed by Ani, a widow whose husband attempted to assassinate a Turkish ambassador. Her adult son Raffi is involved in a sexual affair with Celia, his step-sister, who has accused Ani of pushing h…
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Drama, comedy drama, drama film, musical film, romantic comedy
In the early 1990s, retired entertainer Dixie Leonard has a commitment to attend a Hollywood ceremony being televised live to honor her and her longtime show-biz partner Eddie Sparks. When a young man from the TV show comes to pick her up,…
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Drama, Romantic Drama, drama film, romance film, war film
While attending a fund-raising gala, Sarah Jordan, a naïve, married American socialite living in England, witnesses a fiery plea delivered by an intruder – a renegade humanitarian, Dr. Nick Callahan. His plea made on behalf of impoverished…
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Drama, War Film, war film
thumb|left|Original cockleshell canoe In the Second World War, newly promoted Major Stringer of the Royal Marines devises a novel idea for a raid. By using collapsible canoes, he believes it is possible for commandos to reach an enemy-held…
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War Film, flashback film, propaganda film
The story is told in flashback by Charles Sims. During the Second World War, a group of seemingly authentic British soldiers arrive in the small, fictitious English village of Bramley End. It is the Whitsun weekend, life is even quieter th…
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War Film, action film, war film
In the Straits of Sembaleng, five men are dispatched by submarine in Klepper canoes to rescue survivors of a shot-down plane on a nearby island which is occupied by the Imperial Japanese Army. Led by Paul Kelly, an inexperienced commando o…
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War Film, drama fiction, war film
Private David Manning of the 28th Infantry Division survives the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest and unwillingly accepts a battlefield promotion to sergeant by his company commander, Captain Roy Pritchett. Attempts to be discharged under Sect…
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Drama, Political Drama, biographical film
The Second World War has recently ended in Europe, and the people of the United Kingdom are awaiting the results of the 1945 general election. During this time, Winston Churchill goes to France for a holiday with his wife Clemmie. Through …
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Romance Film, drama film, fantasy film, romance film
At a party, guests are waiting for the married couple Laura and Oliver Bradford to arrive. John Hillgrove, a blind pianist, proceeds to perform his tone poem titled "The Enchanted Cottage," which he wrote in their honor. Laura Pennington c…
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Computeranimation, Sci-Fi, science fiction film
Mala and her friend Senn are young creatures of an alien race that inhabits Terra, a peaceful planet that is part of a star system in the Milky Way galaxy. One day, a large object partially blocks the Terrian sun, piquing the Terrians' int…
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Adventure, drama film, war film
In 1942, journalist Manning arrives at a British RAF base to learn about the Free French who are fighting the Germans. Along with Captain Freycinet, he watches as French bomber crews prepare for a raid. Manning's interest focuses on Jean M…
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Documentation, docudrama, documentary film
Werner Herzog found a kindred spirit in the German-American Navy pilot and Vietnam War veteran Dieter Dengler. Like Herzog, Dengler grew up in a Germany reduced to rubble by World War II, and Dengler's stories of hunger and deprivation in …
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Drama, War Film, drama film
1994 Augustin Muganza, a captain in the Rwandan Armed Forces, lives in Kigali with his wife Jeanne, a Tutsi hospital worker with whom he has two sons, Yves-André and Marcus, and a daughter, Anne-Marie, who is staying in an all-girls Cathol…
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War Film, war film
Flight Lieutenant Peter Howard, Captain John Clinton and Philip Rowe are Allied prisoners in Stalag Luft III, a German prisoner of war camp in World War II. Plans to dig an escape tunnel are complicated by the layout of the camp. Their bar…
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Drama, War Film, drama film, war film
Near the end of the Korean War, a replacement, Private Loomis, is assigned to an infantry company on the front line. One night, Loomis notices a soldier leaving camp in dark clothing and face paint. He learns that this is Private Endore, w…
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Family Drama, Political Drama, drama film
In the mountains of Germany near the Austrian border on January 30, 1933, Professor Viktor Roth, a distinguished "non-Aryan" professor who is adored by his students, celebrates his 60th birthday. His family consists of his wife Amelie, his…
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Drama, Film Noir, Thriller, drama film, war film
In Prague, during the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, surgeon Dr. František Svoboda, a member of the Czech resistance, assassinates the brutal "Hangman of Europe", Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich. Before he can escape the scene his ge…
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Drama, War Film, drama film, war film
German ski instructor Christian Diestl is hopeful that Adolf Hitler will bring new prosperity and social mobility to Germany, so when war breaks out he joins the army, becoming a lieutenant. Dissatisfied with police duty in Paris, he reque…
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Drama, Film Noir, crime film, drama film, film noir
After surviving a Nazi POW camp where comrades were murdered by guards during an escape attempt, Frank Enley is respected for his fine character and good works in the small California town of Santa Lisa, where he, his young wife Edith and …
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Historie, Secret Agent, War Film
The series is set from 1934 to 1951 and follows the lives of the best-known quartet of the Cambridge Five Soviet spies, Guy Burgess, Kim Philby, Anthony Blunt and Donald Maclean, who whilst studying at the University of Cambridge are court…
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Destiny, Justice Drama, Marital Tragedy, Political Drama, Psychodrama, Thriller, biographical film, drama film, thriller film
In 1973, 43-year-old Philadelphia resident Sam Bicke (Sean Penn) is a down-on-his-luck salesman who desperately wishes to reconcile with his estranged wife Marie (Naomi Watts). A constant moralizer, he states that he stopped working at the…
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Adventure, action film, adventure film, war film
In 1964, mercenary Bruce Curry is publicly hired by Congolese President Ubi to rescue European residents from an isolated mining town about to be attacked by rebel Simbas. However, his real mission is to retrieve $50 million of diamonds fr…
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Drama, Komödie, Musical, biographical film, comedy drama, comedy film
Following her husband's death, eccentric 70-year-old widow Mrs Laura Henderson purchases a redundant cinema and remodels it to create the Windmill Theatre in London, as a post-widowhood hobby and appoints autocratic manager Vivian Van Damm…
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