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Sharpe (1993)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 1673 min.
TV show
Story: Sharpe is a British series of television dramas starring Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier in the Napoleonic Wars. Sharpe is the hero of a number of novels by Bernard Cornwell; most, though not all, of the episodes are based ...
Style: historical drama, vintage, period drama
Plot: military, british army, european history, napoleonic wars, battles, war, corruption, french history, swordsman, british, regiment, sword ...
Time: 19th century, 1810s, 2000s, 90s
Place: portugal, india, europe, france, spain
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The Great Meaulnes (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A coming-of-age story set in France in the years leading up to World War I. Two teenage boys experience love, loss, anguish and betrayal in a rural setting of great beauty.
Style: captivating, disturbing
Plot: classmate classmate relationship, fall in love, teenage love, teen romance, teenager, love story, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, relationships, love affair, teenage life, schoolboy, jail ...
Time: 1910s
Place: paris france, france
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The Little Soldier (1963)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story: During the Algerian war for independence from France, a young Frenchman living in Geneva who belongs to a right-wing terrorist group and a young woman who belongs to a left-wing terrorist group meet and fall in love. Complications ensue when the man ...
Style: political, black and white, political thriller, serious, realistic ...
Plot: spy, algerian war, assassination, politics, assassin, fighting the system, revolution, death, hotel, torture, lovers, exodus ...
Time: year 1958, 1950s
Place: algeria, switzerland, france, europe, geneva switzerland ...
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The Wakhan Front (2015)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Afghanistan 2014 As the withdrawal of troops approaches, Captain Antarès Bonassieu and his squad have been assigned a surveillance mission in a remote valley of Wakhan, on the border of Pakistan. Despite Antarès and his men’s determination, ...
Style: touching, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot: village, soldier, dog, french soldier, animal sacrifice, military, motorcycle, night, disappearance, mysterious disappearance, sacrifice, teenage boy ...
Time: year 2014
Place: afghanistan
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Colette (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Hungary
Duration: 111 min.
Story: French novelist, Colette, overcomes an abusive marriage to emerge as a leading writer in her country and a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Style: captivating, costume drama, intellectual, inspirational, lyrical ...
Audience: chick flick, family friendly
Plot: writers, female protagonist, novelist, lesbian, woman, female writer, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, bisexuality, ghost writer, publisher, lgbt ...
Time: 19th century, 1900s, victorian era, 1890s, year 1900 ...
Place: paris france, france, marseille, louisiana, algeria
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The Cisco Kid (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 91 min.
Story: This update of the 1950 western TV series changes Cisco and Pancho from wandering heroes of the old west to somewhat anti-"gringo" Mexican revolutionaries.
Plot: warrior, gunfight, desert, chase, highwayman, insurgent, war for independence, battles, van, mercenary, prostitute, attempted rape ...
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The Housemaid (2016)
Genre: Horror, Romance
Country: Vietnam, South Korea
Duration: 105 min.
Story: When an orphaned Vietnamese girl is hired to be a housemaid at a haunted rubber plantation in 1953 French Indochina, she unexpectedly falls in love with the French landowner and awakens the vengeful ghost of his dead wife... who is out for blood.
Style: suspense, serious, enigmatic, scary, disturbing ...
Plot: orphan, chambermaid, vengeful ghost, revenge, murder, police investigation, servant, seduction, ghost story, ghost, employer employee relationship, female ghost ...
Time: 1950s, year 1953
Place: indochina, vietnam
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Skies Above (1965)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The crew of an aircraft carrier discovers that it is being pursued by a UFO that turns out to be a radioactive probe from outer space. They appeal to the warring countries of Earth to stop fighting and help it to repel the invaders.
Plot: outer space, soldier, army, air force, scientist, sailor, french army, french soldier, radioactivity, ufo, military, aircraft carrier ...
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Mata Hari, agent H21 (1964)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: This French version of the notorious spy's life centers less on her romantic escapades, and more on those that reveal the person she actually was during WW I when her German superiors ordered her to seduce the French captain Trintignant so she ...
Plot: world war one, female secret agent, great war, exotic dancer, secret service, femme fatale, execution, secret agent, dancer, chauffeur, seduction, marriage proposal ...
Time: 1910s, year 1917
Place: paris france
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The Boy Soldier (1981)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In the 1930s a young fellow, Simon Chalumet, is sent to a military school by his overbearing father, an ex-soldier who has little sympathy for his son's more gentle temperament, or for his interest in films.
Plot: world war two, traumatic childhood, anti war, french soldier, border, killed in action, cadet, french army, military school, military officer, french military, teenage boy ...
Time: 1930s, year 1939, pre world war two
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Sharpe: The Legend (1997)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Several years after the battle of Waterloo, a former soldier from Shoreditch sits in a London inn reminiscing about the brave and determined officer who took him to hell and back. The narrator is Rifleman Cooper, and the officer whose fame he ...
Plot: napoleonic wars, french revolution, revolutionary war, medieval, freedom, revolution, revolutionary, struggle, cannon, soldier, combat, british military ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s
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Thomas the Impostor (1965)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In the First World War, when Paris is expected to fall to the Germans, the attractive widow, Princesse de Bormes, organises a convoy of cars to evacuate the wounded from the front, and bring them back to her villa in Paris to recuperate. The ...
Plot: world war one, literary, first aid, liar, soldier, mother daughter relationship, nurse, widow, red cross, hierarchy, bishop, french army ...
Time: year 1914
Place: paris france, france
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Mademoiselle de Maupin (1966)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance, War
Country: Italy, France, Yugoslavia, Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Mademoiselle de Maupin escapes from her uncle's castle, invaded by Hungarian troops, under the guise of a clergyman named Theodore. An army recruiter forces Theodore to enlist in the King's army, and not even the religious robe is an ...
Plot: nobility, escape, priest, desertion, military enlistment, rehearsal, hot temper, one against many, sword duel, horse riding, widow, teenage prostitute ...
Time: 18th century
Place: france
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C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Through the eyes of a British "documentary", this film takes a satirically humorous, and sometimes frightening, look at the history of an America where the South won the Civil War.
Style: mockumentary, satirical, disturbing, political, independent film ...
Plot: racism, civil war, american civil war, politics, alternate history, satire, interracial relations, slavery, journalism, injustice, political unrest, discrimination ...
Time: year 1912
Place: canada, south america, japan, washington d.c., south africa ...
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Fragments of Antonin (2006)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A psychiatrist who probes the mind of traumatized soldiers attempts to unlock the secret that drove a gentle but deeply-disturbed World War I veteran to the edge of insanity.
Plot: world war one, psychotherapy, therapy, psychology, secret, psychological disorder, execution, deserter, male nudity, manslaughter, death, soldier ...
Time: 1910s
Place: france
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The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Digby Geste (Feldman) and his ‘identical’ twin brother Beau (York) compete with their stepmother (Ann-Margeret) over possession of a priceless family heirloom.
Style: parody, humorous, witty, not serious, realistic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: foreign legion, slutty attitude, desert, disorder, farce, goofy hero, siblings relations, french foreign legion, jewel theft, brother brother relationship, camel, stepmother stepson relationship ...
Time: 1900s, 20th century, 19th century
Place: morocco, north africa
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Sharpe's Siege (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story: Sharpe, with his new commanding officer, is sent to capture a castle when news comes of locals who will rise against Bonaparte. However, he is somewhat distracted by thoughts of his wife whom he was forced to leave while stricken with fever.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot: napoleonic wars, battles, castle, british soldier, heroes, siege, danger, military life, war, military, woman in danger, heroic mission ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s
Place: france
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Skin of Man, Heart of Beast (1999)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: After fifteen years of absence, a man returns to his family. Five-year-old Aurelie watches the stranger arrive and develops an immediate affinity with him. Her older sister, however, is very suspicious of the intruder and certain that misfortune ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot: military, bad father, french foreign legion, family relations, mental illness, murder, suicide of husband, family problems, estrangement, youth, prostitute, siblings relations ...
Time: 90s
Place: europe, france, indochina, alps, algeria
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Sharpe's Gold (1995)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
TV show
Story: Sharpe is sent on a mission to exchange rifles for deserters with a strange band of Spanish guerillas. He also has to chaperone two women looking for their missing husband.
Style: exciting, captivating, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: napoleonic wars, napoleonic era, medieval, revolution, freedom, struggle, revolutionary, french revolution, british empire, napoleon bonaparte, spanish history, special forces ...
Time: 19th century
Place: spain, europe
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A Captain's Honor (1982)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 117 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: captivating, bleak, disturbing, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: military, indochina war, courtroom, french algerian war, wartime life, military life, false accusation, righting the wronged, obsessive quest, couple relations, rebellion, heroes ...
Time: 80s, 70s, 20th century, 60s, year 1957
Place: algeria, france, brittany
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The Colonel (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A "Reformed Colonel" is found dead in Paris, a couple of decades after Algeria's struggle for independence was won from France. Lieutenant Galois is assigned the investigation of this murder. She receives the diary of Lieutenent Guy ...
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, captivating
Plot: military, algerian war, torture, murder, investigation, military life, state affairs, uncover truth, love affair, brutality, war, soldier ...
Time: 90s, 50s
Place: algeria, paris france, france
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The Nada Gang (1974)
Genre: Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Nada, named after a gang of Spanish anarchists, is a small, confused band of French terrorists. They kidnap the American ambassador after one of his regular visits to an exclusive brothel. The gang starts to quarrel amongst themselves as to the ...
Style: political, erotic, serious, realistic, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: criminal, anarchism, anarchist, hostage, kidnapping, countryside, terrorism, politics, scapegoat, nudity, surrender, french algerian war ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, post world war two
Place: paris france, europe, france, belgium
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A Very Long Engagement (2004)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, War
Country: France, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: In 1919, Mathilde was 19 years old. Two years earlier, her fiancé Manech left for the front at the Somme. Like millions of others he was "killed on the field of battle." It's written in black and white on the official notice. But ...
Style: romantic, touching, atmospheric, epic, colorful ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: world war one, war, love and romance, wartime, life & death, private detective, investigation, obsession, tragedy, relationships, lighthouse, against the odds ...
Time: 2000s, 1920s, year 2004, 1910s, 20th century ...
Place: france, paris france, europe, marseille, brittany ...
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The Undefeated (1969)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: After the Civil War, ex-Union Colonel John Henry Thomas and ex-Confederate Colonel James Langdon are leading two disparate groups of people through strife-torn Mexico. John Henry and company are bringing horses to the unpopular Mexican government ...
Style: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: american civil war, civil war, native american, friendship, mexican revolution, cowboy, military, medieval, wild west, desert, gunfight, revolution ...
Time: 20th century, 19th century, 1860s
Place: mexico, los angeles, usa, latin america, texas
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Let Joy Reign Supreme (1975)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France
Duration: 119 min.
Story: France, 1719. Louis 14th died four years ago, Philippe d'Orleans is the regent. He is a liberal and a libertine. His right-hand man, Dubois, an atheistic and cupid priest, as libertine as Philippe, tries to take advantage of a little rebellion ...
Style: anthology, historical drama, realistic, serious, weird ...
Plot: royalty, royal family, female nudity, libertine, french royalty, time machine, french history, time travel, french revolution, scandal, prisoner, priest ...
Time: 18th century, year 1975
Place: france, versailles, europe, spain, paris france ...
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The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 143 min.
Story: An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin's trail.
Style: political thriller, exciting, suspenseful, political, atmospheric ...
Plot: conspiracy, terrorism, espionage, hitman, assassin, politics, terrorist plot, investigation, police investigation, serial killer, terrorist, assassination ...
Time: year 1963, 20th century, year 1973, 60s
Place: paris france, france, algeria, europe, big ben london ...
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Lines of Wellington (2012)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Portugal, France
Duration: 151 min.
Story: Passionate romance, brutal treachery, and selfless nobility are set against the background of Napoleon’s 1810 invasion of Portugal in Valeria Sarmiento’s intimate epic.
Style: serious, stylized, exciting, realistic, historical drama ...
Plot: napoleonic wars, troops, soldier, invasion, wartime life, battle zone, on the run, life is a bitch, military, war, napoleonic era, napoleon bonaparte ...
Time: 19th century
Place: portugal, europe, lisbon portugal
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Bruc, the Manhunt (2010)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Spain
Duration: 85 min.
Story: 1808. The Napoleonic Army suffers its first defeat at the hands of a single man: a drummer boy who used the Montserrat mountains to echo his drums and send the enemy troops into a panicked retreat. When the news reaches Napoleon, he furiously orders ...
Style: tense, serious, suspense, exciting, perverse ...
Plot: napoleonic wars, soldier, military, on the run, rebelliousness, rivalry, vengeance, folk hero, escapades, chases and races, war crime, medieval ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s
Place: catalonia, spain, europe
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The 317th Platoon (1965)
Genre: War
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In Vietnam, 1954, a French platoon isolated behind enemy lines tries to come back. It is led by the inexperienced, idealistic sous-lieutenant Torrens, and by adjutant Willsdorf, a WWII veteran of the Werhmacht.
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, bleak, rough ...
Plot: vietnam war, military, war trauma, indochina war, soldier, parachute drop, jungle warfare, dying man, cold war, tropics, french soldier, behind enemy lines ...
Time: 20th century, year 1954, 1950s
Place: cambodia, indochina, vietnam, southeast asia, asia ...
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Snow and Fire (1991)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: While the Nazis occupied most of France, Jacques (Vincent Perez) has been active in the liberation underground. Now that the Allies have freed a significant portion of their country from German control, he and his buddy Michel (Matthieu Roze) can ...
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, emotional
Plot: world war two, war, friendship, love triangle, concierge, friends, couples, love and romance, couple relations, buddies, military, soldier ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944
Place: paris france, france
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