Cinema HoundSniffing out great movies.Explore war, military conflict and its human consequences.
Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 2,833 films · Page 99.
romance film, war film
America is on the brink of war, and military cantonments begin to fill with young soldiers whose patriotism is mingled with anxiety and fear. One such soldier is Private William Tyler, a gentle and sincere Texan who arrives in New York as …
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musical film, propaganda film, war film
thumb|Miss London Ltd. (full film) Arthur Boden runs "Miss London", the escort agency he inherited from his mother. Soon he is joined by his new American partner, Terry Arden, who has inherited half of the agency from her parents.
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war film
In 1941, Colonel Lawton of the 19th Cavalry Regiment has to convert his unit from horses to light tanks. First Sergeant Patrick Aloysius 'Hap' Doan who has nearly 30 years in the US Cavalry with service in the Mexican Border Campaign and W…
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Tragic Comedy Film, War Film, comedy drama, drama film, silent film, war film
Flagg and Quirt are veteran United States Marines whose rivalry dates back a number of years. Flagg is commissioned a captain, he is in command of a company on the front lines of France during World War I. Sergeant Quirt is assigned to Fla…
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drama film, war film
The story follows the insertion of British Commandos into Norway to rescue Norwegian Gen. Heden from captivity and take him to the United Kingdom to lead the Free Norwegian Forces. The film opens with the execution of a British spy who was…
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Komödie
left|thumb|thumbtime=6|Hands Up! (full film) As described in a film magazine review, during the Civil War, Jack, an officer and spy for Confederate States Army, attempts to secure a Union gold mine that had been discovered by Allan Pinkert…
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Drama, War Film, war film
A group of 26 Czechoslovak citizens are jailed as hostages by the Gestapo until the supposed killer of a Nazi officer – who actually committed suicide – is turned in. The hostages include the leader of the underground resistance movement (…
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Documentation, documentary film
Western, Western film
Not having heard that war has erupted between the U.S. and Mexico, a wagon train heads west, only to find itself threatened by the Mexicans who have teamed up with hostile Indians.
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war film
At the end of the Second World War, Athens is liberated by the Allies. Greek soldiers and partisans, fresh from waging guerilla warfare on the Germans join with local insurgents in an attempt to seize power and the British are finally comp…
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biographical film, drama film, propaganda film, war film
The film chronicles the life of Amy Johnson, the British pilot who gained world attention in the 1930s for her exploits, among them two solo record flights from London to Cape Town in South Africa. She joined the Air Transport Auxiliary at…
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war film
Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Charles Wyatt (James Stephenson) asks his friend, Jimmy Grant (Ronald Reagan), a daredevil pilot on the airshow circuit, to join the RAF's International Squadron, made up of Americans. Jimmy turns him down, …
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Western, Western film
Martha and her husband Heck are two hardy settlers trying to survive in New Mexico after the end of the Civil War and the death of Martha's father. They're given hope for a better life when a mining company shows interest in purchasing the…
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war film
Two wounded officers, one British and one French, are deemed unfit and surplus to requirements. They abscond from their hospital and, together with an explosives expert suffering from mental illness, and a Colonel, thought too old to serve…
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Anti-War Film, Drama, War Film, drama film, romance film, war film
drama film, war film
When the Germans invade Czechoslovakia in 1939, the four sons of a Czecho-German family follow different paths: Czech patriot, Nazi supporter, artist in America, and heroic German soldier.
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Drama, Thriller
During a football game in Washington, D.C., a terrorist makes a bomb threat to the DHS, stating that a bomb is in a stadium. Meanwhile, the family of DHS agent Mike Bookman (Arquette), are taken hostage. This brings out issues of suspect a…
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action film, drama film, war film
documentary film
It follows five women reporters and the challenges they face as they work in Iraq during the Second Gulf War. Molly Bingham is an experienced photographer who was held for several days at Abu Ghraib prison at the start of the war. Marie Co…
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War Film, drama film, war film
Socialite Pamela Starr meets Mr Tedford, an older man in a London night club. After he escorts her home he tries to enter her flat feeling he has deserved the right to sleep with her as he has paid for her entertainment. Pamela thrusts a £…
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drama film, propaganda film, war film
In May 1940, Bob Randall (Greene), a war correspondent with a (fictional) London newspaper, the Gazette, is evacuated with British troops from the beaches of Dunkirk. He writes a hard-hitting story about his experiences, but it is censored…
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drama film, romance film, silent film, war film
Secret Agent
In 1961, Hansen has seemingly escaped from East Germany and now works for an American company called Concordia in West Germany. Hansen is actually an agent of the Stasi, and Concordia is the headquarters of the Military Intelligence Divisi…
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Drama, drama film, war film
In 1904 during the Russo-Japanese War, a Japanese naval officer gets his wife, played by Merle Oberon, to seduce a British attaché in order to gain secrets from him. Things begin to go wrong when she instead falls in love with him.
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