Sergeant Ryker (1968)
trial film, war film
Sgt. Ryker is an American soldier charged with treason during the Korean War. He is court-martialed and prosecuted by Capt.
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War movies
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Darling Lili (1970)
Drama, Komödie, Musical, musical film
During World War I, Lili Smith is a beloved English musical star and a secret German spy, much admired by the French and British pilots who she mixes with at the Cafe Can-Can. One American, Major Larrabee, woos her with a gypsy serenade ou…
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A Guy Named Joe (1943)
Romance Film, War Film, drama film, fantasy film, romance film, war film
Pete Sandidge is the reckless pilot of a North American B-25 Mitchell flying out of England during World War II. He is in love with Air Transport Auxiliary pilot Dorinda Durston, an American civilian pilot ferrying aircraft all over the Un…
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The Birthday Cake (2021)
Drama, Gangster Film
Young Italian-American, Giovanni "Gio", reluctantly continues his family's annual tradition of bringing a cake to the house of his Uncle Angelo, a local crime lord, to mark the anniversary of his mob-connected father's passing ten years ea…
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Attila (2001)
Adventure, action film, biographical film, drama film
The narrative of the miniseries primarily follows Attila the Hun (reigned 434–453) during his rise to power, violent unification of the Hunnic tribes, and subsequent campaigns, first against the Eastern Roman Empire, and later against the …
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Genghis Khan (1965)
Historie, Monumental Film, biographical film, drama film, war film
The young Temujin sees his father tortured and killed by a rival Mongol tribe led by Jamuga. He is yoked with a wheel around his neck and tormented by children. He meets the beautiful Bortai, but is punished by Jamuga.
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Max (2002)
Drama, drama film
In 1918, Max Rothman (John Cusack), a Munich art dealer, is a World War I veteran who lost his right arm in the Third Battle of Ypres, effectively ending his career as a painter. He returns to Germany and opens a modern art gallery. He is …
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They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
Biographical picture, Western film, biographical film, war film
George Armstrong Custer (Flynn) arrives at West Point and is mistaken by his self-designed, outlandish uniform for a visiting dignitary. His academic career doesn't improve, and demerits for pranks and poor discipline accumulate. When the …
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Odette (1950)
War Film, spy film
In response to a radio broadcast request for photographs of France, mother of three Odette Sansom sends a letter to the Admiralty, but an addressing mistake brings her to the attention of the Special Operations Executive, who need French p…
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MacArthur (1977)
Biographical picture, War Film, biographical film, drama film, war film
The film portrays Douglas MacArthur's life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan in World War II, to 1952, after he had been removed from his Korean War command by President Harry Truman for insubordination. It is recounted in flashback a…
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Aces High (1976)
War Film, drama film, war film
In October 1916, fighter ace John Gresham speaks to the senior class at Eton College, which includes Stephen Croft. Gresham had been his house captain at Eton and is his older sister's boyfriend. To Croft he is a hero to be emulated.
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The Bang Bang Club (2011)
Biographical picture, Drama, Drama Documentary, biographical film, drama film
The film tells the story of four young men and the extremes they went to in order to capture their photographs of anti-apartheid protests and the resulting police brutality, while the State President, F.W. de Klerk made negotiations to end…
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Mivtsa Yonatan (1977)
Drama, Historie, action film, docudrama, drama film, thriller film
On June 27, 1976, four terrorists belonging to a splinter group of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine under the orders of Wadie Haddad boarded and hijacked Flight 139, an Air France Airbus A300 in Athens, Greece. Two of the …
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Destination Tokyo (1943)
War Film, war film
On Christmas Eve, the submarine USS Copperfin, under the command of Captain Cassidy, departs Mare Island Naval Shipyard on a secret mission to the Aleutian Islands where they take meteorologist Lieutenant Raymond aboard. Their orders are t…
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Redbelt (2008)
Drama, Martial-Arts, action film, drama film, martial arts film, neo-noir, thriller film
One evening, at his Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu studio, martial arts teacher Mike Terry is approached by attorney Laura Black, who accidentally sideswiped his car. Policeman Joe Collins, one of Mike's students, sees that Laura is distressed and tr…
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In Country (1989)
Drama, coming-of-age film, drama film
Recent high school graduate, 17-year-old Samantha Hughes lives with her Uncle Emmett, a Vietnam veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder, in Kentucky. Samantha's father, Dwayne, was killed in Vietnam after marrying her mother, Irene. Sa…
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Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973)
Historie, biographical film, drama film, historical film, war film
The film is told primarily from the viewpoint of the fictional Hauptmann Hoffmann, an officer in the SS who is assigned to duty in the Führerbunker for what will prove the final days in the life of Adolf Hitler, as the Battle of Berlin rap…
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Thrashin' (1986)
Coming Of Age, drama film, teen film
Corey Webster is an amateur skateboarder from out of town who is staying in Los Angeles with friends in hopes of competing and winning a downhill competition for which he has been training. During his stay in LA, he falls for a beautiful b…
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1969 (1988)
Anti-War Film, Family Drama, coming-of-age film, drama film, war film
Two boys, Ralph and Scott, hitchhike home from college, arriving on Easter morning and shout their greetings across the glen to their families during a lakeside Easter Sunrise service, much to the amusement of Ralph's younger sister, Beth,…
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High Road to China (1983)
Adventure, Romance Film, adventure film, romance film, war film
Eve Tozer is a society heiress and flapper living the high-life in 1920s Istanbul. She needs to find her father, Bradley Tozer, before he is officially declared dead or risk losing her inheritance to his scheming business partner, Bentik. …
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Oro, Plata, Mata (1982)
Drama, Family Drama, War Film
In mid-December 1941, on the island of Negros, the Ojeda film celebrates Maggie's debut. In the garden, Trining receives her first kiss from Miguel Lorenzo, her childhood sweetheart. The Ojeda patriarch, Don Claudio, and his fellow landown…
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Ulzana's Raid (1972)
Western, Western film, war film
1885, Arizona. Following mistreatment by Indian agency authorities, Ulzana breaks out of the San Carlos Indian Reservation with a small Chiricahua war party. When news reaches Fort Lowell, the commanding officer sends riders out to alert t…
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The Red Baron (2008)
action film, biographical film, drama film, romance film, war film
In 1916, young aristocrat Manfred von Richthofen is serving as a pilot with a fighter division of the Imperial German Air Service along the Western Front. After dropping a wreath over the funeral of an Allied pilot, Richthofen and his fell…
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The Lighthorsemen (1987)
Drama, War Film, action film, drama film, historical film, war film
In 1917, four World War I Australian cavalrymen – Frank, Scotty, Chiller, and Tas – serve in Palestine as part of the 4th Light Horse Brigade, a unit of the British and Commonwealth forces. When Frank dies, he is replaced by Dave. Dave fin…
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