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Dunkirk (2017)
434K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Netherlands, France, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.
Style:
atmospheric, dramatic, realistic, based on true events, suspense, suspenseful, harsh, epic, surprise ending, tense ...
Plot:
war, world war two, survival, evacuation, british army, soldier, german, wartime, rescue, rescue mission, surrounded, german army, nazi occupied france, air attack, british navy, french military, air strike, british history, life & death, royal navy, beach, pilot, boat, courage, visceral ...
Time:
1940s, year 1940, 20th century
Place:
france, europe, english channel, england, battleship, flanders
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 132 min.
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Duration: 107 min.
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
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Duration: 178 min.
Story:
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Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Duration: 118 min.
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Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on seven over-the-hill, out-of-shape museum directors, artists, architects, curators, and art historians who went to the front lines of ...
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Duration: 141 min.
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Duration: 107 min.
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Duration: 90 min.
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