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Drama, biographical film, drama film
The film begins with a chronicle of Hind Husseini's effort to establish an orphanage in Jerusalem after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the Deir Yassin Massacre, and the establishment of the state of Israel. In Jerusalem in 1948, on her way to …
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Anti-War Film, Drama, drama film
At the end of the Second World War on Ambon Island, Australian troops liberate a prisoner-of-war camp and are told by the survivors that their Japanese captors had engaged in systemic beatings, torture, and executions. Shortly thereafter, …
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Drama, drama film
Before the Rain is a film told using a three part, cyclical structure. In Part One, WORDS, a young Macedonian monk named Kiril who has undertaken a vow of silence finds an Albanian girl hiding in his room. Taking pity on her, he chooses no…
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Biographical documentary
Adventure, war film
thumb|left|280px|Stone (left) and McGregor hunting wild boar as a cover for an intelligence gathering mission On the northwest frontier of India during the British Raj, Scottish Canadian Lieutenant Alan McGregor, in charge of newcomers, we…
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Action, War Film, action film
In September 1944 US Army Major General Worden learns through the French Resistance that Waffen-SS General Dietrich and other high-ranking Nazi officials in German occupied France plan to make a second attempt on Adolf Hitler's life. Worde…
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Drama, Thriller, drama film
Andy Bowman persuades her sister Laura, who is a doctor, to go on a trip with her to Burma. Laura, whose husband and son were murdered, is deeply depressed. One night, unable to sleep due to nightmares, Laura leaves her Rangoon hotel and i…
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Drama, drama film, romance film, war film
Right after VJ Day, two decorated Marine Corps buddies, Cpl. William "Bill" Tabeshaw and Pfc. Cliff Harper, are among a group being immediately discharged in San Diego.
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Secret Agent, Thriller, crime thriller film, drama film
Martin McGartland is a 21-year-old street hustler in Northern Ireland in the late 1980s. The Irish Republican Army wants to recruit him, but he is reluctant because of what he sees as their cruel street justice. Because of his connection t…
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Western, Western film
Set in the late 1860s in the Kansas Territory shortly after the American Civil War, a former soldier named Buck leads wagon trains of African Americans from Louisiana west to the unsettled territories of Kansas. In order to ensure safe pas…
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Satire, Tragic Comedy Film, War Film
In October 1918, as the Great War is ending, a small village in France is awaiting liberation from German occupiers. The retreating Germans wire the automaton clock in the main square to set off a bomb when the mechanical knight strikes th…
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Vampirfilm, fantasy film, horror fantasy film, horror film, vampire film in Italy
The woman goes into labor, giving birth to a baby named Dampyr aided by three nurses, but she dies of birth complications. The nurses, revealed to be witches, hold back an approaching knight using their magical barrier. The knight is revea…
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Drama, Komödie, War Film, comedy drama, war film
U.S. Navy Ensign Frank Pulver constantly feels unappreciated. When he purposely aims a sharp object into the hindquarters of the hated Captain Morton, the crew cannot imagine that the all-talk, no-action Pulver could be behind it.
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Classical Western, Drama, Historie, biographical film
With the end of the American Civil War, military industrialists are left with an oversupply of weapons. Some of the more unscrupulous ones view the Indians as possible new customers. Wild Bill Hickok has just been discharged from the Union…
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Komödie, Musical, comedy film, musical film, war film
thumb|235px|Full movie In 1917 New York City, actor and dancer Jerry Jones is drafted into the US Army, where he is encouraged by his superiors at nearby Camp Upton to stage a musical revue for boosting morale. The production, Yip Yip Yaph…
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Drama, Secret Agent, Thriller, drama film, spy film, war film
In the midst of the Spanish Civil War, Luis Denard (Charles Boyer), a former concert pianist and composer, travels to England as a confidential agent of the Republican government. His mission is to buy coal or to deny it to the Fascist reb…
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Biographical picture, Military Film, War Film, action film, biographical film, drama film, partisan film
After fighting the Soviets as a volunteer during the Winter War in Finland, Max Manus, haunted by his experiences, returns to Norway, finding it occupied by the Nazis. He joins with the Norwegian resistance movement in their fight against …
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War Film, propaganda film
The crew of a Royal Air Force (RAF) Wellington bomber are forced to bail out over the Netherlands near the Zuider Zee after one of their engines is damaged during a night raid on Stuttgart. Five of the six airmen find each other; the sixth…
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Biographical picture, biographical film
As a result of General George S. Patton's (George C. Scott) decision to use former Nazis to help reconstruct post-World War II occupied Germany (and publicly defending the practice), General Dwight Eisenhower (Richard Dysart) removes him f…
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Drama, War Film, drama film, war film
As seen in flashbacks that occur throughout the film, Oliver Woodward is an Australian miner supplying copper for the war effort. He falls in love with Marjorie Waddell, a young woman ten years his junior. However, he is under constant pre…
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Slasher Horror, comedy horror, slasher film, zombie comedy
In Kuwait, a military unit uncovers an American helicopter that was downed by friendly fire. As the wreckage is inspected, Master Sergeant Sam Harper, one of the burnt bodies within, springs to life and kills a sergeant and a major. He fin…
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Military Film, action film, war film
Sergeant Jake Chandler, an expert sniper, joins Sergeant Vic Mosby with the Delta Force during an overwatch mission to extract an American Congressman who is being held by the Taliban in a remote Afghan village. At first, the rescue missio…
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Secret Agent, Thriller, comedy thriller, crime film, drama film, thriller film, war film
The gang of big-shot Broadway gambler Alfred "Gloves" Donahue, at a restaurant, plays with military toys, imagining fighting Hitler. The restaurant gives Gloves a cheesecake not made by Mr. Miller, a baker who makes Gloves' favorite cheese…
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Action, Thriller, action film, thriller film, war film
The story is not linked to the first part of the series. Instead, it focuses on a fictional explanation for the Ryanggang explosion in 2004, in which an unexplained mushroom cloud occurred in North Korea. After reconnaissance satellites de…
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