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War Film, war film
In 1940, a newly qualified pilot, Pilot Officer T. B. "Septic" Baird (John Gregson), is delivering a replacement Hawker Hurricane (and himself) to "Pimpernel" Squadron's airfield.
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Animation, Cartoon
thumb|alt=Video of the animated film The Sinking of the Lusitania|thumbtime=1:50|The Sinking of the Lusitania (1918) The film opens with a live-action prologue in which McCay busies himself studying a picture of the Lusitania as a model fo…
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Military Film, action film, thriller film, war film
Colombia has endured a decades-long conflict between its government and FARC guerrillas. Leaders called for peace talks and a ceasefire. Rear Admiral Scott Boyano is sending a five-man U.S.
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Action, Drama, War Film, drama film, war film
Europe 1944: Fox company (call sign "Fragile Fox") is a US Army National Guard infantry unit based in a Belgian town near the front line. They are led by Captain Erskine Cooney (Eddie Albert), who appears to be better at handling red tape …
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Adventure, Komödie, buddy film, war film
The end of the Ottoman Empire is near. Two American soldiers of fortune – Adam and Josh – team up in 1922 Turkey with separate missions. Josh and his men are interested in profiting from the turmoil prevailing as the Ottoman Empire collaps…
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Melodrama, biographical film, romance film
In 1924, Richard and his father Melville walk through the woods where Melville shows his scientific inspiration for Richard. In 1934, Richard and Arline are in high school and their romantic relationship starts. The story jumps to his coll…
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War Film, war film
During World War II, the submarine USS Thunderfish, under the command of Commander John T. "Pop" Perry, while on a special mission to the Philippines, is charged with rescuing a group of nuns and children, including a newborn infant nickna…
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Action, War Film, war film
At the start of the Tet Offensive, a Marine Long Range Reconnaissance unit led by Sergeant Major Bill Hafner (R. Lee Ermey) and Corporal Joseph L. Di Nardo (Wings Hauser) come upon a village where the locals have been executed gruesomely f…
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Crime, Drama, Thriller, War Film, drama film
Sammy Rice is a British scientist in a London "back room" team evaluating new weapons during the Second World War. Their work is constantly frustrated by bureaucrats and poor management. Disabled and in constant pain from his prosthetic fo…
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Biographical picture, War Film, biographical film, drama film, war film
In 1928, Douglas Bader joins the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a Flight Cadet. Despite a friendly reprimand from Air Vice-Marshal Halahan for his disregard for service discipline and flight rules, he successfully completes his training and is p…
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Romance Film, War Film
Jack is a United States Army Air Forces pilot assigned to carry out the first US bombing run on Tokyo. After the mission succeeds, his plane is separated from the rest of the squadron due to bad weather. Running on low fuel, he is forced t…
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Animation, mecha, science fiction comedy
Tom chases Jerry as usual from their house and across town until they arrive at the "International Space Place," where astronauts Buzz Blister and Biff Buzzard are heading to Mars. In the process, Tom and Jerry are caught during the speech…
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Anarchic Comedy Film, Musical, comedy film, musical film
Wealthy widow Gloria Teasdale is asked to give twenty million dollars to the small, financially struggling nation of Freedonia; she agrees on the condition that Rufus T. Firefly is appointed the country's leader. Meanwhile, Ambassador Tren…
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Drama, drama film, romance film
In World War II London, England, fire wardens Josephine "Jody" Norris and Lord Desham keep vigil and bond over being lonely, middle-aged people. While Desham is arranging dinner plans, a man from Jody's hometown turns up and tells her that…
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action film, war film
In 1999, during the bombing of Yugoslavia and the Kosovo War, Slatina airfield is taken over by a UÇK battalion led by an Albanian warlord, Smuk. Afterwards, an operation to capture the airfield from them is conducted by GRU agents. The se…
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Satire On War
The film was divided into three parts: Część I: Ucieczka (Part I: The Escape) Część II: Za bronią (Part II: Following the Arms) Część III: Wśród swoich (Part III: Among Friends) Originally filmed in black and white, it was digitally colori…
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Biographical picture, Historie
The film begins in Nanjing during late 1937, where German businessman John Rabe, director of the local Siemens subsidiary, and his wife Dora have resided for almost thirty years. The thought of transferring management to his successor Flie…
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Anti-War Film, Satire On War
Peter Bernuth stars as the recipient of the title shave, repeatedly shaving away hair, then skin, in an increasingly bloody and graphic bathroom scene. Prompted by the film's alternative title, many film critics have interpreted the young …
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Romance Film, War Film, drama film, romance film
In January 1942, All-American athlete Danny Forrester is one of many young men responding to a call for Marine Corps recruits. Traveling by train from Baltimore, Maryland, Forrester encounters other recruits en route to the Marine training…
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Drama, action film, thriller film
Left without men in the dying days of the American Civil War, three Southern women – two white sisters, Augusta and Louise, and an African-American slave, Mad – must fight to defend their home and themselves from two rogue soldiers who hav…
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Documentation, War Film, documentary film
Although the entire subject is still shrouded in secrecy, the film attempts to tell the story of the development, deployment, discovery, and investigation of the Stuxnet computer virus and the malware software known as "Olympic Games" in a…
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War Film, war film
The United States Army is conducting a fighting retreat. A high bridge—a wooden trestle on massive stone pillars—spans a ravine on the Bataan Peninsula. After the Army and some civilians cross, an ad hoc group of thirteen hastily assembled…
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Action, War Film, drama film, war film
As the Allies advance into Nazi Germany in December 1944, Lieutnenant Joe Conti orders a squad of American soldiers from the 2nd Infantry Division, led by Sergeant Matheson, to conduct a routine mission near the Elsenborn Ridge in the Belg…
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Action, Drama, War Film, war film
In April 1942 Lieutenant Freddie Taylor and crewmates from the submarine Sea Tiger are given a week's leave after an unsuccessful patrol. Leading Seaman Hobson goes home to save his marriage, while a reluctant Torpedo Gunner's Mate Corriga…
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