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War movies

Explore war, military conflict and its human consequences.

Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 2,832 films · Page 44.

Kajaki (2014)

Drama, War Film, action film, drama film, thriller film, war film

The Music Never Stopped (2011)

Drama, Family Drama, drama film

Henry Sawyer (J.K. Simmons) and his wife, Helen (Cara Seymour) learn that their only son, Gabriel (Lou Taylor Pucci) has been hospitalized with a brain tumor. They have not seen Gabriel in nearly twenty years; as a teenager, Gabriel left t…

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Battlestar Galactica (1978)

Space Opera, adventure film, science fiction film

Battlestar Galactica is set in a distant star system, in an age described as "the seventh millennium of time". Twelve colonies of humans, living on different worlds, have been fighting a 1,000 year war against the robotic race of Cylons, w…

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Heroes (1977)

Komödie, Tragic Comedy Film, comedy drama

Jack Dunne, an amnesiac Vietnam veteran most likely suffering from a severe case of PTSD, escapes a V.A. mental ward in New York City intent on starting a business as a worm farmer in Eureka, California. At the city bus station, he acciden…

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Invincible (2001)

Drama, drama film, war film

Zishe Breitbart is the son of an Orthodox Jewish blacksmith in rural Poland. He is fantastically strong, largely from working at hard labour all day. A talent agent sees how strong Breitbart is in his Jewish shtetl home and convinces him t…

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The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)

Drama, War Film, biographical film, war film

In November 1941, a British commando unit raids the headquarters of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, unaware that the target of their assassination attempt is recovering from nasal diphtheria in Germany. A phone call from Adolf Hitler prompts R…

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A Farewell to Arms (1957)

Romance Film, War Film, drama film, romance film, war film

Frederick Henry is an American officer serving in an ambulance unit for the Italian Army during World War I. While recovering from a wound in a British base hospital in northern Italy, he is treated by nurse Catherine Barkley, and they eng…

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Distant Drums (1951)

Western, Western film, war film

thumb|right|Mari Aldon and Richard Webb at the Castillo de San Marcos for the film's premiere. During the Second Seminole War in 1840, American general Zachary Taylor sends naval lieutenant Tufts and scout Monk to a remote Florida island h…

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Lost Command (1966)

War Film, drama film, war film

In the final moments of the 1954 Battle of Dien Bien Phu, a weakened French battalion awaits a last assault by communist Việt Minh troops. The battalion commander, Basque Lt. Col.

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March or Die (1977)

Adventure, Drama, drama film, war film

Major William Foster, an American commander in the French Foreign Legion, is haunted by memories of the Great War which has just ended. He has alcoholism and his only friend is his faithful sergeant, Triand. Foster takes command of a legio…

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Lo sbarco di Anzio (1968)

War Film, drama film, war film

After meeting American general Jack Lesley, war correspondent Dick Ennis is assigned to accompany US Army Rangers for the upcoming attempt to outflank the tough enemy defenses. The amphibious landing is unopposed, but Lesley is cautious, p…

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Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964)

Gothic film, Slasher Horror, Splatter Film, exploitation film, ghost film, gothic horror film, historical film, horror film, independent film, splatter film, supernatural horror film, war film

In 1964, two rednecks named Rufus and Lester use detour signs to lure six young tourists into their rural town of Pleasant Valley, Georgia. Upon their arrival, the six are warmly welcomed by the townsfolk, and are introduced to some of the…

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Land and Freedom (1995)

Drama, drama film, flashback film, period drama film, war film

The film's narrative unfolds in a long flashback. Elderly David Carr has died of a heart attack and his granddaughter discovers old letters, newspapers and other documents in his room: what we see in the film is what he had lived. Carr, a …

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Nanking (2007)

Documentation, Drama Documentary, documentary film

In the winter of 1937, the Japanese army occupied Nanjing and killed over 300,000 and raped tens of thousands of Chinese people, one of human history's worst atrocities. In order to protect Chinese civilians, a small group of European and …

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Night Train to Munich (1940)

Thriller, War Film, drama film, spy film, war film

As German forces take over Czechoslovakia in March 1939, Axel Bomasch, a Czechoslovak scientist working on a new type of armour-plate, is flown to Britain. Bomasch's daughter, Anna, is arrested before she can reach the airport and sent to …

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Black Thirst (2011)

Drama, War Film, adventure film, drama film

In the early 20th century, Emir Nesib (Antonio Banderas) and Sultan Amar (Mark Strong) end their border war over "The Yellow Belt." Nesib wins, taking Amar's sons as hostages. Ten years later, Thurkettle, an American geologist, discovers o…

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I Was Monty's Double (1958)

Drama, Historie, War Film, spy film

A few months before the D-Day landings during World War II, the British government launches a misinformation campaign, spreading a rumour that the landings might occur at a location other than Normandy. The details of the operation are han…

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My Boy Jack (2007)

Drama, War Film, biographical film, drama film, historical film, war film

As the Great War (World War I) begins, 17-year-old Jack Kipling (Daniel Radcliffe), the only son of the famous English writer and poet Rudyard Kipling, declares his intention to join the Royal Navy to fight against the Germans. The elder K…

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Best Defense (1984)

Satire On War, action comedy film, spy film, war film

The film takes place as two parallel plots separated by a couple of years: In 1982, Wylie Cooper is an engineer developing a targeting system on a tank for the United States Army. In 1984, US Army tank commander Lt. T.M.

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Captain Newman, M.D. (1963)

Drama, Komödie, War Film, comedy film, drama film, war film

In 1944, psychiatrist Captain Josiah Newman is head of the neuro-psychiatric Ward 7 at the Colfax Army Air Field (AAF) military hospital, located in the Arizona desert. As Newman explains to a representative from the air surgeon's office, …

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Every Time We Say Goodbye (1987)

Drama, Melodrama, War Film, drama film

Lt. David Bradley is an American pilot who joins the Royal Air Force (RAF) before the United States enters World War II. After his North American P-51 Mustang is shot down in North Africa, he recovers from his leg injury in Jerusalem.

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