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 6.4
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Head (1968)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The Monkees are tossed about in a psychedelic, surrealist, plotless, circular bit of fun fluff.
Style: psychedelic, surreal, cult classic, grindhouse, offbeat ...
Audience: date night
Plot: rock and roll, surrealism, anti war, desert, vietnam war, television, trippy, hippie, marijuana, music, counterculture, lsd ...
Time: 60s
Place: asia, vietnam
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 7.5
 41K
Hair (1979)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance, War
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: "Hair" is a 1979 musical war comedy-drama film adaptation of the 1968 Broadway musical "Hair: An American Tribal Love-Rock Musical" about a Vietnam War draftee, Claude, who meets and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on ...
Style: stylized, thought provoking, psychedelic, cult classic, retro ...
Plot: hippie, vietnam war, counterculture, broadway, anti war, rock and roll, music, nudity, dancing, lsd, dance, female nudity ...
Time: 60s, year 1979, 20th century
Place: oklahoma, vietnam, new york, manchester, manhattan new york city ...
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 5.7
 4K
1969 (1988)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Two rebellious youths, Ralph and Scott, find themselves struggling with adulthood as the Vietnam War rages. Feeling trapped in their small town, Scott battles with his conservative veteran father, Cliff, and Ralph deals with his desperately sexual ...
Style: realistic, independent film, serious, thought provoking, sincere ...
Audience: teens
Plot: vietnam war, prejudice, anti war, unfaithfulness, death of father, drug use, hippie, small town, drug, male nudity, coming of age, college ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1969
Place: vietnam, usa, maine, canada, texas ...
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The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 139 min.
Story: A chronicle of events that led to the British involvement in the Crimean War against Russia and which led to the siege of Sevastopol and the fierce Battle of Balaclava on October 25, 1854 which climaxed with the heroic, but near-disastrous calvary ...
Style: epic, factual, harsh, serious, exciting ...
Plot: british history, politics, british army, military, british soldier, visceral, battles, assassination, wartime, justice, anti war, tragic hero ...
Time: 19th century, 1850s, victorian era
Place: england, crimea, europe, turkey, istanbul turkey ...
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 5.7
 10K
Love and Honor (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When a young soldier in Vietnam gets dumped by his hometown girl, he and his best friend decide to go AWOL and return to the States to win her back.
Style: romantic, psychological, emotional, serious, teen ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, date night
Plot: vietnam war, anti war, soldier, love and romance, wartime life, friends, homecoming, looking for love, military, army, awol, girl ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: michigan, usa
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 7.7
 8K
The Cuckoo (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 99 min.
Story: September of 1944, a few days before Finland went out of the Second World War. A chained to a rock Finnish sniper-kamikadze Veikko managed to set himself free. Ivan, a captain of the Soviet Army, arrested by the Front Secret Police ...
Style: touching, atmospheric, political, offbeat, melancholic ...
Plot: culture clash, world war two, wartime, understanding, wartime life, wilderness, lapland, anti war, brutality, life is a bitch, hostility, military ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: russia, finland, ussr, siberia
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 6.9
 43K
Tigerland (2000)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana's infamous Tigerland, last stop before Vietnam for tens of thousands of young men in 1971
Style: realistic, tense, psychological, talky, harsh ...
Plot: military, boot camp, vietnam war, basic training, recruit, anti war, military base, insubordination, buddies, army, war, male nudity ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1971, year 2000
Place: vietnam, louisiana, usa, kansas
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Turtles Can Fly (2004)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Iran, France, Iraq
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Turtles can fly tells the story of a group of young children near the Turkey-Iran border. They clean up mines and wait for the Saddam regime to fall.
Style: sincere, bleak, emotional, atmospheric, stylized ...
Audience: teens
Plot: childhood, orphan, children in wartime, blind character, refugee, children, coming of age, camp, child, muslim, anti war, survival ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: kurdistan, iraq, middle east, iran, afghanistan ...
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Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, New Zealand, Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story: In 1942, British soldier Jack Celliers comes to a japanese prison camp. The camp is run by Yonoi, who has a firm belief in discipline, honour and glory. In his view, the allied prisoners are cowards when they chose to surrender instead of commiting ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, realistic, bleak, experimental ...
Plot: world war two, prison, pow, war crime, christmas, anti war, war, samurai, japanese occupation, imperial japan, prison escape, prisoner of war camp ...
Time: 1940s, year 1983, year 1936, 20th century, year 1946 ...
Place: asia, southeast asia, britain, japan, australia ...
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King of Hearts (1966)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story: An ornithologist mistaken for an explosives expert is sent alone into a small French town during WWI to investigate a garbled report from the resistance about a bomb which the departing Germans have set to blow up a weapons cache.
Style: political, humorous, thinking, educational, cult classic ...
Plot: world war one, anti war, cello, mental illness, wartime, insanity, great war, psychopath, small town, soldier, hospital, world war ...
Time: year 1966, 1910s, year 1918
Place: france
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 8.1
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Sky Hook (2000)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Sky Hook (Serbian: Nebeska udica) is a 2000 Yugoslavian film directed by Ljubiša Samardžić. It was Yugoslavia's submission to the 73rd Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Style: serious, realistic, suspense, melancholic, touching ...
Plot: anti war, battles, war, political unrest, wartime life, friends, survival, buddies, danger, life story, international relations, mugging ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: former yugoslavia, balkan, italy, germany
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Rhapsody in August (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The story centers on an elderly hibakusha, who lost her husband in the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, caring for her four grandchildren over the summer. She learns of a long-lost brother, Suzujiro, living in Hawaii who wants her to visit him ...
Style: lyrical, melancholic, atmospheric, sincere, serious ...
Plot: world war two, memory, anti war, grandmother, depression, brothers, family relations, samurai, haunted by the past, society, battles, parents and children ...
Time: year 1991, 90s, post world war two
Place: japan, hawaii, usa, asia, tokyo
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The Year That Trembled (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The Year That Trembled is a 1970 coming-of-age story set in the shadow of Kent State that focuses on a group of young characters facing the Vietnam Draft Lottery.
Style: emotional, sincere, touching, sentimental, contemplative ...
Plot: vietnam war, lottery, friendship, anti war, college, politics, coming of age, teenage life, fighting the system, rebelliousness, kids in trouble, campaign ...
Time: 70s, year 1970, 60s, year 1971
Place: vietnam, ohio, usa, asia, cambodia ...
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 7.2
 3K
The Tour (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, War
Country: Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Year 1993, the bleakest time of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. A group of actors from Belgrade, utterly unaware of what they're setting themselves up for, embark on a search for quick earnings - on a "tour" around the Serbian Krajina. ...
Style: semi serious, bleak, realistic, humorous, islamic ...
Plot: political unrest, anti war, military, war, actor's life, state affairs, danger, dark humor, disorder, civil war, nationalism, balkan war ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: europe, bosnia, croatia, serbia, eastern europe ...
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Merry Christmas (2005)
Genre: Drama, History, Music, Romance, War
Country: France, Germany, UK, Belgium, Romania, Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story: In 1914, World War I, the bloodiest war ever at that time in human history, was well under way. However on Christmas Eve, numerous sections of the Western Front called an informal, and unauthorized, truce where the various front-line soldiers of the ...
Style: uplifting, touching, emotional, sincere, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: christmas, world war one, truce, war, soldier, holiday, human spirit, idealism, christmas eve, friendship, trench warfare, prejudice ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, year 2005, 1920s, year 1914
Place: france, europe, berlin germany, holland, prussia ...
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The Officers' Ward (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: France
Duration: 135 min.
Story: The first days of WWI. Adrien, a young and handsome lieutenant, is wounded by a piece of shrapnel. He will spend the entire wartime at the Val-de-Grâce Hospital, in Paris. Five long years, and his life will change forever...
Style: serious, touching, uplifting, realistic, psychological ...
Plot: world war one, military, anti war, wartime, soldier, starting over, hopes, war, human spirit, life turned upside down, wartime life, bravery ...
Time: year 2001, 1910s, year 1918, year 1914, post world war one
Place: france, paris france, europe, brittany
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Devils on the Doorstep (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: China
Duration: 139 min.
Story: During the Japanese occupation of China, two prisoners are dumped in a peasant's home in a small town. The owner is bullied into keeping the prisoners until the next New Year, at which time they will be collected. The village leaders convene to ...
Style: semi serious, atmospheric, realistic, humorous, dark comedy ...
Plot: world war two, japanese occupation, resistance, military, anti war, wartime life, village, rebelliousness, confined, captivity, social relations, society ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: china, japan, asia
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 5.1
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Toys (1992)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Leslie Zevo is a fun-loving inventor who must save his late father's toy factory from his evil uncle, Leland, a war-mongering general who rules the operation with an iron fist and builds weapons disguised as toys.
Style: stylized, melancholic, light, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly
Plot: toys, good versus evil, inheritance, childhood, family relations, anti war, sibling relationship, rivalry, parents and children, family life, innocence lost, business ...
Time: year 1992, 20th century
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Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Follow a group of international journalists into the heart of the once cosmopolitan city of Sarajevo—now a danger zone of sniper and mortar attacks where residents still live. While reporting on an American aid worker who’s trying to get ...
Style: disturbing, realistic, harsh, political, brutal ...
Plot: journalism, adoption, bosnian war, civil war, journalist, genocide, family relations, military, anti war, rescue, danger, politics ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: bosnia, england, sarajevo, former yugoslavia, europe ...
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Too Late the Hero (1970)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: A WWII film set on a Pacific island. Japanese and allied forces occupy different parts of the island. When a group of British soldiers are sent on a mission behind enemy lines, things don't go exactly to plan. This film differs in that some of ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, tense, psychological, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, jungle, war, survival, military, british army, anti war, danger, soldier, rescue, rivalry, wartime ...
Time: year 1942
Place: the philippines
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 7.3
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Wonder Woman (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, War
Country: USA, China
Duration: 141 min.
Story: An Amazon princess comes to the world of Man in the grips of the First World War to confront the forces of evil and bring an end to human conflict.
Style: visually stunning, period piece, psychotronic, exciting, epic ...
Audience: chick flick, family outing, girls' night, family friendly, teens ...
Plot: superhero, superheroine, world war one, strong female character, female warrior, mythology, good versus evil, fight scenes, tough girl, heroes, strong female lead, super powers ...
Time: 1910s, year 2017, 2010s, future, year 1918
Place: london, ancient greece, tower bridge london, paris france, ottoman empire ...
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 6.7
 28K
Hamburger Hill (1987)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The men of Bravo Company are facing a battle that's all uphill… up Hamburger Hill. Fourteen war-weary soldiers are battling for a mud-covered mound of earth so named because it chews up soldiers like chopped meat. They are fighting for their ...
Style: cult classic, realistic, action adventure, black and white, independent film ...
Audience: manly
Plot: vietnam war, soldier, military, combat, war, jungle, gunfight, anti war, great war, insanity, wartime, conflict ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1969
Place: vietnam, the philippines, asia
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Greenery Will Bloom Again (2014)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 80 min.
Story: World War I, Italian north-eastern front after the 1917 bloody battles on the Altipiano. A group of soldiers face the difficulty of war in a story that unfolds in the space of one night. Events follow one after the other without any kind of pattern: ...
Style: atmospheric, bleak, serious, realistic, historical drama ...
Plot: world war one, soldier, military, anti war, danger, battle zone, military life, introspection, life is a bitch, great war, mountain, war ...
Time: 20th century, 1910s, year 1917
Place: italy
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Copperhead (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A family is torn apart during the American Civil War.
Style: realistic, tense, touching, serious, captivating
Plot: american civil war, anti war, family life, society, life is a bitch, farm, civil war, danger, relationships, intrigue, family relations, wartime life
Time: 19th century
Place: usa, new york
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Mi mejor enemigo (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina, Chile, Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story: After losing their bearings, a group of Chilean soldiers learns some lessons about their enemy's humanity in this dark comedy set during the 1970s war between Chile and Argentina. Digging in where they are, the troop soon discovers a nearby ...
Style: semi serious, tragicomedy, realistic, captivating, biting ...
Plot: military, soldier, friendship, culture clash, anti war, border, society, human nature, patrol, island, rivalry, football ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1978
Place: chile, argentina, latin america, patagonia, south america
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The Puppetmaster (1993)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 142 min.
Story: In the first half of this century, young Li Tienlu joins a travelling puppet theatre and subsequently makes a career as one of Taiwan's leading puppeteers.
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, slow cinema, aesthetic ...
Plot: world war two, puppeteer, human spirit, anti war, politics, wartime life, war, performer's life, puppet, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, storytelling ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1993, 1910s ...
Place: taiwan, china, taipei
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The Last Valley (1971)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: People in a small German village in the last valley to remain untouched by the devastating Thirty Years' War try to exist in peace with a group of soldiers occupying the valley.
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: battles, anti war, village life, war, medieval, chaos, heroes, rescue, danger, military, society, german history ...
Time: 17th century, middle ages, year 1971, medieval times
Place: germany
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 4.3
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Rumors of Wars (2014)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A suspenseful, genre-bending film with two converging storylines. An aspiring college journalist records events in a diary about the turmoil of a society due to the insertion of a RFID chip mandated by the government. ? Years later in the rubble of ...
Style: realistic, serious, rough, christian film, exciting ...
Plot: military, post apocalypse, christian, life is a bitch, heroes, dishonesty, danger, political conspiracy, apocalypse, anti war, wartime life, college ...
Time: future, 21st century
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A Hero's Welcome (2008)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: psychological, realistic, captivating, tense, serious ...
Plot: soldier, haunted by the past, anti war, homecoming, sibling relationship, military, life is a bitch, brother brother relationship, medical examination, post traumatic stress disorder, danger, forest ...
Time: 21st century
Place: afghanistan, germany
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A Screaming Man (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Chad
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Present-day Chad. Adam, sixty something, a former swimming champion, is pool attendant at a smart N'Djamena hotel. When the hotel gets taken over by new Chinese owners, he is forced to give up his job to his son Abdel. Terribly resentful, he ...
Style: realistic, contemplative, serious, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot: hotel, life is a bitch, political unrest, moral dilemma, military, anti war, ex athlete, parents and children, introspection, soldier, dishonesty, african ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: africa
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