World war one movies and TV shows – page 2
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In November of 1918 as World War I was ending, a unit of American soldiers goes behind enemy lines to find a lost platoon of African American soldiers.
Style:
captivating, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war one, trench warfare, military, soldier, rescue mission, army, death, battlefield, military life, combat, war violence, battles ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1918
Place:
europe
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Genre: Comedy, War
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
It is 1917, and lunatic General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett is leading the British troops at the front lines against the Germans, while everyone waits for Field Marshall Haig's big push. There are various emotions throughout the camp ...
Style:
humorous, controversial, political, hilarious, realistic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
world war one, satire, great war, dark humor, spy, stupidity, british army, love, wartime, humour, soldier, officer ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s
Place:
britain, england, united kingdom
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, Belgium, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In the years before the First World War, three Britons are drawn into fraught and ultimately tragic relations: Anglican Christopher Tietjens, second son of the lord of the manor of Groby, Yorkshire, who is a disconsolate, Tory statistician in ...
Style:
clever, serious, period piece, costume drama, romantic drama ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
high society, crumbling marriage, world war one, lovers, love triangle, adultery, couple relations, couples, estate, love and romance, countryside, conservative ...
Time:
1910s, edwardian era, 20th century
Place:
europe, england
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Set in the fields of Devon and the WW1 battlefields of Flanders, two brothers fall for the same girl while contending with the pressures of their feudal family life, the war, and the price of courage and cowardice.
Style:
serious, touching, emotional, realistic, crying ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
world war one, love triangle, soldier, war, military, landowner, grief, flashback, unplanned pregnancy, injustice, poverty, battlefield ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s, year 2012
Place:
england, belgium, europe
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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, sexy, period piece, visually stunning ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
world war one, private detective, war, love and romance, missing person, wartime, life & death, prostitute, soldier, relationships, brutality, young lovers ...
Time:
2000s, 1920s, year 2004, 1910s, 20th century ...
Place:
france, brittany, paris france, europe, marseille ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA, Ireland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Author Rudyard Kipling and his wife search for their 17-year-old son after he goes missing during WWI.
Style:
costume drama, serious, realistic, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
world war one, battles, military, british army, writers, teenage life, officers and cadets, missing person, parents and children, great war, father son relationship, battlefield ...
Time:
1910s, year 1915
Place:
france, dublin ireland, germany, england
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Three British soldiers find themselves stranded in No Man's Land after a failed charge on the German Trenches. Set in France 1916.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, bleak, captivating ...
Plot:
world war one, military, survival, danger, against the odds, mission gone awry, great war, escapades, infantrymen, world war two, violent content, hapless soldier ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century
Place:
france
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A romantic drama set in Germany just before WWI and centered on a married woman who falls in love with her husband's teacher. Separated by the war, they pledge their devotion to one another.
Style:
romantic, period piece, romantic drama, touching, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
extramarital affair, married woman, world war one, fall in love, life is a bitch, love triangle, adultery, intergenerational friendship, desire, world war two, forbidden love, sexual attraction ...
Time:
year 1912, edwardian era, victorian era, 1910s, 20th century ...
Place:
germany, france, europe, mexico
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
During World War I, a German U-boat sinks a British ship and takes the survivors on board. After it takes a wrong turn, the submarine takes them to the unknown land of Caprona, where they find dinosaurs and neanderthals.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, captivating, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
dinosaur, world war one, adventurer, ancient mystery, prehistoric creature, submarine, time travel, lost world, prehistoric animal, pterodactyl, iceberg, good versus evil ...
Time:
prehistoric times, prehistory, year 1916, 1940s
Place:
antarctica, fictional island
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The true story of Australia's cat-and-mouse underground mine warfare – one of the most misunderstood, misrepresented and mystifying conflicts of WW I. It was a secret struggle BENEATH the Western Front that combined daring engineering, ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, emotional, bleak ...
Plot:
world war one, military, great war, human spirit, hopes, trench warfare, tunnel, danger, world war, life is a bitch, heroes, brutality ...
Time:
20th century, year 1916, 1910s
Place:
gallipoli, belgium, germany, australia, europe
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Sergeant Michael Dunne fights in the 10th Battalion, AKA The "Fighting Tenth" with the 1st Canadian Division and participated in all major Canadian battles of the war, and set the record for highest number of individual bravery awards for ...
Style:
epic, realistic, serious, rough, emotional ...
Plot:
world war one, veteran, military, battlefield, battles, platoon, great war, heroic mission, military life, war, state affairs, love and romance ...
Time:
1910s, 50s, 20th century, year 1917
Place:
canada, belgium, france, flanders
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Palestine, 1917. The British advance has been stopped by the Turkish line running from Gaza to Beersheba. The latest attack on Gaza has failed. The attacking forces included a regiment of Australian mounted infantry, the Light Horse... Lighthorseman ...
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, tense, anamorphic ...
Plot:
world war one, military, horse, desert, soldier, battles, great war, basic training, heroic mission, against the odds, danger, wartime life ...
Time:
year 1917, 1910s, year 1987
Place:
australia, palestine, gallipoli, ottoman empire, melbourne ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK, Denmark, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman’s point of view. A searing journey from youthful hopes and ...
Style:
touching, period piece, captivating, costume drama, sad ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
world war one, wartime, death, aspiring writer, women, war, nurse, poetry, wartime life, love and romance, love affair, adaptation ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, edwardian era, year 1918, 1920s ...
Place:
england, london, oxford university, france, yorkshire ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The first World War is in its third year and aerial combat above the Western Front is consuming the nation's favored children at an appalling rate. By early 1917, the average life-span of a British pilot is less than a fortnight. Such losses ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
world war one, aviation, military, fighter pilot, war, great war, military aviation, aerial combat, pilot, warplane, world war two, luftwaffe ...
Time:
1910s, year 1917, year 1976, 20th century
Place:
england, europe, france
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The outbreak of World War I places Scots officer Geoffrey Richter-Douglas in an uncomfortable position. Although his allegiance is to Britain, his mother was from an aristocratic Bavarian family, and he spent his summers in Germany as a child. When ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war one, zeppelin, aviation, great war, world war, war, spy, flying, fighter plane, undercover, secret agent, wartime life ...
Time:
1910s, year 1971, 20th century, year 1915
Place:
germany, london, scotland
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young soldier testifies of his thoughts about the first world war, between disillusion, fear and hate, following his path through the letters he sends to his lover.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, rough, exciting
Plot:
world war one, battlefield, soldier, military, self mutilation, bombing, death of friend, desperation, wounded, love, youth, hiding ...
Time:
1910s, year 1917, year 1915, year 1914, year 1916
Place:
france
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
As dawn breaks on April 25, 1915, ANZAC troops go into battle on the beaches of the Gallipoli peninsula. Landing in the dark chaos, Tolly, Bevan and their mates struggle to establish a tenuous foothold on the treacherous slopes and deep ravines. ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, emotional, stylized ...
Plot:
military, world war one, military life, family relations, battles, danger, soldier, battle zone, war, great war, graphic violence, skinny dipping ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1915
Place:
australia, turkey, gallipoli, ottoman empire
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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, cult classic, realistic ...
Plot:
world war one, anti war, cello, insanity, mental illness, wartime, great war, soldier, hospital, psychopath, small town, duchess ...
Time:
1910s, year 1966, year 1918, 18th century
Place:
france, germany
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Genre: History
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of what happened in the few weeks immediately preceding World War I.
Style:
political thriller, realistic, captivating, serious, period piece ...
Plot:
world war one, politics, historical character, negotiation, state affairs, assassination, society, political unrest, great war, diplomacy, diplomat, international relations ...
Time:
pre world war one, 1910s, 20th century, year 1914
Place:
london, europe, england, france, germany
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, War
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In 1919, in a small town under the crushing heat of summer, a war hero is held prisoner in an abandoned barracks. Outside, his mangy dog barks night and day. Not far off in the countryside, an extraordinarily intelligent young woman works the land, ...
Style:
touching, captivating, disturbing, poignant, emotional ...
Plot:
world war one, pacifist, firing squad, dog, wartime, war hero, countryside, small town, moral ambiguity, isolation, prisoner, judge ...
Time:
year 1919
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
This is a story of a great love facing the greatest drama of the history of Russia. Admiral Kolchak is a true war hero and beloved husband and father. One day he meets Anna, the love of his life and the wife of his best friend. The revolution in his ...
Style:
realistic, serious, dramatic, touching, tragic ending ...
Plot:
world war one, political unrest, russian history, battles, military, heroes, wartime life, russian empire, destiny, warship, against the odds, great war ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1917
Place:
soviet union, russia, st. petersburg russia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
As a collection of history's worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop them.
Style:
humorous, captivating, saga, perverse, tense ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
spy, top secret, secret service, world war one, spy hero, closeted gay, traitor, espionage, war, female warrior, master criminal, mysterious villain ...
Time:
1910s, 2020s, future, 1900s, year 1914 ...
Place:
london, south africa, buckingham palace, washington d.c., germany ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
The story of soldier and poet Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967), who was decorated for bravery on the Western Front, and is best remembered for his angry and compassionate poems about the First World War, which brought him public and critical acclaim. ...
Style:
emotional, captivating, disturbing, crying, epic war ...
Plot:
world war one, soldier, gay, poet, closeted homosexual, friendship between men, conscientious objector, historical figure, gay relationship, writers, gay interest, gay club ...
Time:
1910s, 60s, 1920s, year 1914, 1950s ...
Place:
london
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
In 1915, two Turks in Australia make a living by selling ice cream. When they hear war has broken out, they decide to go to Çanakkale. Authorities don't let them leave the island, so the two decide to put up a fight in Australia.
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense
Plot:
world war one, soldier, ice cream, battles, military life, power struggle, showdown, military, war, wartime, turk, festival ...
Place:
australia, britain, gallipoli, ottoman empire
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Latvia
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The film dramatizes November 11, 1919- a crucial date in the battle for Latvian independence. A year after the end of the official hostilities of WWI, a renegade German general and troops remain outside the Latvian capital. Latvian riflemen, most of ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war one, soldier, battles, military, against the odds, ambition, life is a bitch, independence, sacrifice, heroism, protection, loss ...
Time:
year 1919, 20th century, 1920s, 1910s, post world war one
Place:
latvia, europe
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
During World War One an English adventurer, an American elephant poacher and the latter's attractive young daughter, set out to destroy a German battle-cruiser which is awaiting repairs in an inlet just off Zanzibar. The story is based on a ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, slapstick ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war one, great war, 007, revenge, husband wife relationship, loss of child, father in law son in law relationship, ivory, sea disaster, jungle adventure, world war, woman with a gun ...
Time:
1910s, year 1976
Place:
africa, east africa
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
A Turkish lieutenant and the daughter of Russian nobles fight for their love against forces of family and social expectation and historical events.
Style:
captivating, romantic, realistic, historical drama, costume drama
Plot:
marriage, wedding, nobleman, betrayal, deception, world war one, friendship, trust, jealousy, forbidden love, marriage proposal, hopes ...
Time:
future, edwardian era, post world war one, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey, russia, ottoman empire
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In a tented field hospital on the coast of France, a team of doctors, nurses and women volunteers work together to heal the bodies and souls of men wounded in the trenches.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, realistic, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
military hospital, world war one, nurse, army, wartime life, friendship, lifesaver, love triangle, nursing, doctor, medicine, great war ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1915
Place:
france, europe, english channel
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The Trench tells the story of a group of young British soldiers on the eve of the Battle of the Somme in the summer of 1916, the worst defeat in British military history. Against this ill-fated backdrop, the movie depicts the soldiers' ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, bleak, gloomy ...
Plot:
world war one, young man, soldier, military, great war, battlefield, world war, 007, world war two, nature, intrigue, holocaust ...
Time:
year 1916, 1910s
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, War
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
November 1918. A few days before the Armistice, Édouard Péricourt saves Albert Maillard's life. These two men have nothing in common but the war. Lieutenant Pradelle, by ordering a senseless assault, destroys their lives while binding them as ...
Style:
period piece, thought provoking, tense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
world war one, soldier, cemetery, death, swindle, businessman, hospital, grave, masked man, saving a life, wound, sculptor ...
Time:
year 1918, 1920s, post world war one, 1910s, year 2017 ...
Place:
paris france, france, morocco
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