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The Catcher Was a Spy (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Major league baseball player, Moe Berg, lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic Services.
Style: suspense, captivating, sentimental, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Plot: spy, world war two, gay, military police, baseball player, espionage, battlefield, world war, nazi, society, danger, atomic bomb ...
Time: year 1941, 1940s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1936 ...
Place: usa, tokyo, italy, zurich switzerland, former yugoslavia ...
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 6.9
 72K
The Woman King (2022)
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: USA, South Africa, Ireland
Duration: 135 min.
Story: The story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen, and General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of ...
Style: dramatic, harsh, tense, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: adult
Plot: female warrior, fight, slave trade, military training, female soldier, female protagonist, queen, warrior, kingdom, military, soldier, battles ...
Time: 19th century, 18th century, 2020s, victorian era, 1800s ...
Place: africa, west africa, atlantic ocean
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The Tomorrow War (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: An ordinary man is recruited by time travellers from 30 years in the future to fight in a war against deadly aliens.
Style: suspense, futuristic, exciting, anamorphic, action adventure ...
Audience: family friendly, adult
Plot: alien invasion, time travel, future war, alien, military, struggle for survival, soldier, final battle, evil alien, alien monster, alien encounter, father daughter relationship ...
Time: future
Place: bahamas, dominican republic, miami, russia, north america
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 3.2
 1K
Dead Trigger (2017)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: 2021 - 5 years after the outbreak of a mysterious virus that turned humans into bloodthirsty, undead beasts much of the world’s population has been decimated. When governments were unable to keep the disease at bay, the Contagion Special Unit was ...
Style: psychotronic, intense, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: virus, zombie apocalypse, zombie, female warrior, rescue mission, military, game, top secret, tough guy, battles, danger, post apocalyptic ...
Time: near future, 2020s
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 7.1
 26K
Megan Leavey (2017)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: The true story of Marine Corporal Megan Leavey, who forms a powerful bond with an aggressive combat dog, Rex. While deployed in Iraq, the two complete more than 100 missions and save countless lives, until an IED explosion puts their faithfulness to ...
Style: touching, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Audience: teens, family friendly
Plot: dog, human animal relationship, female soldier, iraq war, strong female lead, u.s. marine, military, american soldier, soldier, u.s. military, boot camp, dog training ...
Time: year 2017, 90s, 2000s, year 2001, 21st century
Place: iraq, middle east, afghanistan, new york, new york state
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 6.3
 9K
Banana Joe (1982)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Bud Spencer plays Banana Joe, a brawny yet friendly man who lives in a small rainforest village called Amantido with a huge number of his own children and regularly delivers bananas to a South American river port (hence his name). One day, the ...
Style: humorous, slapstick, realistic, semi serious, slapstick comedy
Plot: good versus evil, humour, fish out of water, simple man, bouncer, aggression, mob boss, gangster, supportive spouse, rise to the top, dishonesty, misfit ...
Time: 80s
Place: latin america
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 7.8
 25K
Lakshya (2004)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: India
Duration: 186 min.
Story: An aimless, jobless, irresponsible grown man joins the army and matures into a battlefield hero.
Style: patriotic, inspirational, realistic, serious, cult classic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: soldier, old love, domineering father, self discovery, redemption, patriot, military, heroic mission, military life, family relations, slacker, coming of age ...
Time: year 2004, 90s
Place: india, pakistan, asia, middle east, new delhi ...
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 6.6
 37K
Cherry (2021)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Cherry drifts from college dropout to army medic in Iraq - anchored only by his true love, Emily. But after returning from the war with PTSD, his life spirals into drugs and crime as he struggles to find his place in the world.
Style: psychological, tense, thought provoking, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: post traumatic stress disorder, heroin, drug use, american soldier, drug addiction, war veteran, group therapy, iraq war veteran, junkie, society, threat to kill, self pity ...
Time: year 2007, 2020s, year 2002, 21st century
Place: usa
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 2.3
 588
Down River (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story: Four soldiers trapped behind enemy lines must confront their fears and desires while finding a way back to their battalion.
Style: suspense, serious, exciting, tense, black comedy ...
Plot: al qaeda, bosnian war, behind enemy lines, fictional war, 20 year old, truck, gas mask, 18 year old, survival, military, murder, pursuit ...
Time: 20th century, 21st century
Place: germany, congo, vietnam, normandy, cambodia
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Queen & Country (2014)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Ireland, France, UK, Romania
Duration: 114 min.
Story: An Englishman who grew up in London during World War II joins the military to fight in the Korean War.
Style: semi serious, realistic, captivating, humorous, historical drama ...
Plot: military life, military, soldier, disorder, friends, buddies, youth, boot camp, wartime life, skinny dipping, training camp, bittersweet ...
Time: 1950s, 20th century, 50s, year 1952, year 1953 ...
Place: england, europe
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 4.4
 1K
Soldier Boyz (1995)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A group of prisoners are going to Vietnam to rescue the daughter of a V-I.P. The Ones who survive get their freedom back...but hell awaits them.
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: violence against women, vietnam war, female warrior, terrorism, cavalry, battles, survival, danger, military, soldier, rivalry, kidnapping ...
Time: 90s
Place: vietnam, los angeles, usa, asia, california
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The Monuments Men (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: exciting, intense, suspense, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: world war two, war, art, art theft, painting, nazi germany, nazism, nazi, military, gold bar, treasure hunt, stolen gold ...
Time: 1940s, year 2014, 2010s, post world war two, year 1945 ...
Place: paris france, france, europe, germany, normandy ...
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The Adventures of Werner Holt (1965)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: East Germany
Duration: 164 min.
Story: Shortly before the end of WWII: While he is fighting at the Eastern front, private Werner Holt looks back on his still young life – especially his long-time friendship with former classmate Gilbert Wolzow, who is now Werner′s commanding officer. ...
Plot: world war two, world war, friendship between men, killing, husband wife relationship, trouble, cigarette smoking, fire, love, friendship, massacre, prisoner ...
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Byl jednou jeden polda (1995)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 83 min.
Story: The comic misadventures of police commander Major Maisner.
Plot: cop, psychiatric patient, female nudity, bare chested male, male pubic hair, bare butt, rivalry, politician, on the run, cross dressing, bare breasts, police ...
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Phantom Raiders (1988)
Genre: Action
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Deep within the steaming tropical jungles of Vietnam is a Viet Cong terrorist training camp, run by an ex-Green Beret, William Marshall. A roving photographer stumbles upon the hidden camp and starts to take pictures. He is caught and summarily ...
Plot: vietnam war, mission, war criminal, shootout, gun fu, special forces, murder, vietnam veteran, violence, father son relationship, spy, pistol ...
Place: vietnam
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The Best of Youth (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 374 min.
Story: Spanning four decades, from the chaotic 1960s to the present, director Marco Tullio Giordana's passionate epic 'La Meglio Gioventu' follows two Italian brothers through some of the most tumultuous events of recent Italian history.
Style: touching, sentimental, sincere, emotional, realistic ...
Plot: idealism, society, couples, cafe, sister in law sister in law relationship, friendship, mental illness, storytelling, musician, protest, politics, police brutality ...
Time: 60s, 80s, year 2003, 2000s, 90s ...
Place: italy, lebanon, europe, turin italy, denmark ...
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 5.7
 320
Mutiny (1999)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Fact-based story about 300 predominantly black sailors who were killed on July 17, 1944 while loading munitions on a ship in San Francisco. Three weeks later, 50 survivors were court-martialed for refusing to load another shipment. The men cited the ...
Style: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot: ship, world war two, boot camp, injustice, power relations, dishonesty, legal, life is a bitch, military, legal action, society, fighting the system ...
Time: 1940s
Place: san francisco
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 6.0
 32K
The Machine (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Already deep into a second Cold War, Britain’s Ministry of Defense seeks a game-changing weapon. Programmer Vincent McCarthy unwittingly provides an answer in The Machine, a super-strong human cyborg. When a programming bug causes the prototype to ...
Style: futuristic, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, cyber ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: artificial intelligence, androids and robots, robot, cyborgs, distopia, laboratory, inventions and discoveries, female robot, secret laboratory, programmer, cyberpunk, technology gone awry ...
Time: future, near future, 2010s
Place: england
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 6.8
 14K
The Wild Geese (1978)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Switzerland, UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story: A British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and sends them in to save the virtuous but imprisoned opposition leader who is also critically ill and ...
Style: exciting, harsh, tense, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, mercenary, betrayal, battles, rescue, politics, political unrest, behind enemy lines, political corruption, against the odds, danger, heroes ...
Time: 20th century, year 1978, 70s
Place: africa, zimbabwe, south africa, england, london ...
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 6.3
 12K
Uncommon Valor (1983)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A group of Vietnam War veterans re-unite to rescue one of their own left behind and taken prisoner by the Vietnamese...
Style: intense, suspense, tense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: vietnam war, prison, jungle, survival, military, rescue, soldier, captivity, danger, missing person, against the odds, military life ...
Time: 80s, year 1983, year 1977, year 1982, year 1972 ...
Place: vietnam, texas, laos, bangkok thailand, asia ...
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North and South (1985)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 561 min.
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Story: Two friends, one northern and one southern, struggle to maintain their friendship as events build towards the American Civil War.
Style: exciting, realistic, captivating, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot: american civil war, slavery, foe turned friend, cavalry, military, love and romance, friendship, espionage, slave, family feud, military base, civil war ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, 1850s, 1840s, 1860s ...
Place: usa, new york
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 5.5
 8K
Naked Weapon (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A mysterious woman, known as Madame M, kidnaps forty pre-teen girls and transports them to a remote island to train them as the most deadly assassins. CIA operative Jack Chen follows the case for 6 years with no leads, but when a series of ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, rough, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: female assassin, hitman, female killer, assassination, female martial artist, woman kills a man, one woman army, rape and revenge, terrorism, tough heroes, revenge, martial arts ...
Time: 90s, 2000s
Place: hong kong, japan, china, the philippines, tokyo ...
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All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: At the start of World War I, Paul Baumer is a young German patriot, eager to fight. Indoctrinated with propaganda at school, he and his friends eagerly sign up for the army soon after graduation. But when the horrors of war soon become too much to ...
Style: bleak, historical drama, suspenseful, sad, sincere ...
Plot: world war one, war, great war, soldier, combat, world war two, intrigue, literary, world war, military, battles, hospital ...
Time: 20th century, year 1918, 1910s
Place: europe, germany, france
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Across the Universe (2007)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, History, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 133 min.
Story: When young dockworker Jude leaves Liverpool to find his estranged father in America, he is swept up by the waves of change that are re-shaping the nation. Jude falls in love with Lucy, a rich but sheltered American girl who joins the growing ...
Style: psychedelic, surreal, stylized, intense, light ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, date night, family outing, adult
Plot: freedom, anti war, music, hippie, vietnam war, artist, political unrest, dancing, dance, the beatles, trippy, love story ...
Time: 60s, y2k, year 2007, 20th century, year 1968
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, california, greenwich village manhattan new york city ...
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 7.3
 525K
American Sniper (2014)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle takes his sole mission—protect his comrades—to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers in American history. His pinpoint accuracy not only saves countless lives but also makes him a prime target of insurgents. ...
Style: factual, emotional, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: war, iraq war, sniper, military, soldier, violence, navy seal, assassin, american soldier, battles, biopic, middle east conflict ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 90s, 2000s, september 11 2001 ...
Place: iraq, middle east, california, usa, texas
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The Great War (2019)
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, battles, military life, infantrymen, death, army, wartime life, battlefield ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, year 1918
Place: europe
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 7.3
 162K
Snowden (2016)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, France
Duration: 134 min.
Story: CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.
Style: realistic, factual, political thriller, thought provoking, serious ...
Audience: family friendly, chick flick
Plot: espionage, journalism, whistleblower, fighting the system, hacking, moral dilemma, internet, surveillance, technology, cia, spying, idealism ...
Time: year 2016, 20th century, year 2015, year 2009, year 2012 ...
Place: hong kong, geneva switzerland, japan, russia, america ...
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 5.2
 117K
The 5th Wave (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story: 16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, apocalyptic, futuristic, serious ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: alien invasion, apocalypse, end of the world, alien, invasion, virus, survival, post apocalypse, ufo, danger, obsessive quest, youth ...
Time: future, 2010s, year 2016
Place: ohio, usa, bangkok thailand, tower bridge london, london ...
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The Boys in Company C (1978)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Disheartened by futile combat, appalled by the corruption of their South Vietnamese ally, and constantly endangered by the incompetence of their own company commander, the young men find a possible way out of the war. They are told that if they ...
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, rough, bleak
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vietnam war, military, war, bare chested male, soccer, football, war trauma, conflict, exodus, american football, friendship, army ...
Time: year 1978, 60s, 20th century
Place: vietnam, the philippines, asia
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