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comedy film
In the aftermath of a big battle during World War II, Americans Brigadier General Charles Lane, Master Sergeant Murphy "Murph" Savage, and Corporal Chan Derby are cut off behind enemy lines. The general takes over a farmhouse belonging to …
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Drama, drama film
In 1937 Austria, Josef Steiner, a middle-aged German veteran who escaped from a concentration camp two years ago, and Ludwig Kern, a 19-year-old German from a prosperous family with Jewish blood, are picked up by the police. Lacking passpo…
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Action, Western, Western film
Five prisoners, due to be hanged, are given pardons on condition they join the Confederate army which is desperate for men to complete a mission during the last days of the American Civil War in its Western territory. Their given task is t…
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Adventure, Fantasy, War Film
Dolf is a 15-year-old boy from Rotterdam who plays for the junior national football team. Dolf and his team are playing an important championship game against the Belgian team in the German city of Speyer. They were trailing by a goal, and…
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historical television series, war television series
Action, Military Film, action film, horror film, thriller film
Having come home after half of his squadron was killed during the Vietnam War, Sergeant Jack Stryker (portrayed by Brian Schulz), given an honorable discharge due to his injuries, attempts to get his life back together. Finding himself reu…
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adventure film, drama film, romance film
MSgt Mike Takashima (Yul Brynner), Col Glenn Stevenson (Richard Widmark) and 1st Lt John Gregg (George Chakiris), all members of the U. S. Air Force Air Rescue Service at Ashiya Air Base, Japan, set out to rescue the survivors of a Japanes…
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Action, action film, war film
Sergeant Michael Ransom leads a covert operation into a Vietnamese military base to plant explosives. The mission fails after a sentry raises the alarm, and Colonel Radek orders the explosives detonated while the team is still retreating, …
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War Film, drama film, romance film, war film
In North Africa, experienced Sergeant Kelly leads a British patrol, accompanied by Corporal Colin Spence, an unassertive Canadian. When they are attacked by Italian airplanes, they manage to shoot one down, but it crashes on one of their v…
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Adventure, adventure film
During the British Raj, Captain Carruthers works under cover to track smuggled shipments of arms on the restless Northwest Frontier of India, the modern day Afghanistan-Pakistan border (the Durand Line). He fears a full-scale rebellion is …
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Drama, action film, drama film
Pilots Captain "Gibby" Gibson and his close friend "Red" spend the last hours of World War I in battle in the air. They then join fellow pilot and comrade "Woody" Curwood and their mechanic Fritz in a promise to stick together, a toast and…
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Crime, Military Film, War Film, comedy film, war film
The film is set during World War II, amidst Operation Market Garden. Captain Edward Banks (Andrew Howard) and Corporal Powell (Neil Newbon), both SOE undercover British Intelligence officers, are given command of a small unit dubbed "Match…
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Crime, Drama, Film Noir, Romance Film, drama film, film noir
The Black Widows, a teenage girl gang, find one of their number killed; they suspect Barbara, sometime girlfriend of Eddie Rand, the leader of rival gang the Vandals. As the gangs prepare for a rumble, we glimpse the members' home lives, e…
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drama film, war film
In 1941 Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union and their troops besieged the city of Leningrad. A group of foreign journalists are flown in for one day, but one of them, Kate Davis (Mira Sorvino), is presumed dead and misses the flight out.…
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war film
Free French Captain Pierre Matard is assigned the task of locating U-boat pens concealed somewhere on the coast of occupied France. He is chosen due to his striking resemblance to Bertrand Corlay, a suspected Nazi collaborator held by the …
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Drama, drama film, romance film, war film
In October 1941, war correspondents and brothers "Jonny" and Kirk Davis return to the still-neutral United States after being kicked out of Germany. Jonny's boss, isolationist New York Daily Chronicle publisher George L. Stafford, refuses …
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War Film, war film
In 1943 at the height of the Battle of the Atlantic, the Royal Canadian Navy Lieutenant Commander MacClain has just lost his ship and most of his crewmen due to enemy action. While accompanying a convoy, he was attacked by a U-boat with a …
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Documentation, documentary film
Adventure, action film, adventure film, propaganda film, war film
During World War II, Tarzan and his son, Boy, are living on the Great Escarpment, though Jane has returned to the United Kingdom to tend to her sick mother. Jane's letter to Tarzan and Boy describes the ongoing struggle against Nazi German…
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Documentation, War Film, documentary film, propaganda film
thumb|thumbtime=1:02|upright=1.2|The Battle of Russia Part I thumb|thumbtime=0:14|upright=1.2|The Battle of Russia Part II The film begins with an overview of previous failed attempts to conquer Russia: the Teutonic Knights in 1242 (footag…
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Crime, Drama
The film is about a poor married couple living in New York City. The husband works as a musician and must often travel for work. When returning, his wallet is taken by a gangster.
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war film
In 1943, Capt. Harold "Cal" Calvert is learning to fly the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber. His instructor is his cousin Major Tom West.
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drama film, war film
The film follows the lives of several West Point classmates who fight on opposite sides of the American Civil War, which disrupts their previously close community. The film also follows the adventures of Lucius, a slave who escapes via the…
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Dark Comedy, Satire, comedy film
In London during October 1993, England are playing the Netherlands in the World Cup qualifiers. The Bosnian War is at its height, and refugees from former Yugoslavia are arriving. Football rivals and political adversaries from the Balkans …
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