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 7.2
 416K
The Equalizer (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: In The Equalizer, Denzel Washington plays McCall, a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when McCall meets Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz), a young girl under the control of ...
Style: serious, suspense, exciting, brutal, breathtaking ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot: vigilante, vigilantism, corruption, hitman, assassin, one man army, gunfight, organized crime, justice, lone hero, brutality, tough heroes ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: boston, moscow russia, usa, massachusetts
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 6.6
 22K
Causeway (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A US soldier suffers a traumatic brain injury while fighting in Afghanistan and struggles to adjust to life back home in New Orleans. When she meets local mechanic James, the pair begin to forge an unexpected bond.
Style: psychological, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, aesthetic ...
Plot: veteran, soldier, engineer, female protagonist, american soldier, mental health, brain injury, ex soldier, war trauma, lifestyle change, changing lives, psychological trauma ...
Time: 2020s
Place: new orleans, afghanistan
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Operation Cupcake (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When Army Colonel Griff Carson (Dean Cain) returns home from Germany on a two-month leave, he considers retiring if he doesn't get promoted to General. Being away on deployment has been hard on Griff, separating him from his wife Janet (Kristy ...
Style: feel good, semi serious, entertaining, captivating, satirical
Plot: father son relationship, ex military, ex soldier, bakery, husband wife relationship, family life, family relations, workplace, satire, culinary arts, lifestyle, baker ...
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 3.7
 362
Pride of Lions (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Action / Comedy - Five retired ex-military men attempt the unthinkable and dust off their old uniforms for one last explosive mission. The team quickly discovers that they are up against an enemy from their past. This time, The Dependables mission ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, exciting, captivating, realistic
Plot: daring rescue, danger, terrorism, escapades, confined, captivity, ex soldier, rivalry, hostage, soldier, heroes, military ...
Time: 21st century
Place: afghanistan
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Some Kind of Hero (1982)
Genre: Crime, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A Vietnam vet returns home from a prisoner of war camp and is greeted as a hero, but is quickly forgotten and soon discovers how tough survival is in his own country.
Style: sad, funny, black comedy, intelligent, realistic ...
Plot: vietnam war, torture, homecoming, blaxploitation, black, ex soldier, self discovery, prostitute, infidelity, african american, bank, redemption ...
Time: year 1982, 70s
Place: asia, vietnam
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 7.2
 91K
Harry Brown (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: An elderly ex-serviceman and widower looks to avenge his best friend's murder by doling out his own form of justice.
Style: tense, suspense, realistic, bleak, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: vigilantism, vengeance, vigilante, murder, revenge, violence, brutality, investigation, gangster, vigilante justice, widower, urban ...
Time: year 2009, y2k, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, london, britain, persia, europe
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 7.9
 872
Catterick (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Catterick, aka Vic and Bob in Catterick, is a surreal 2004 BBC situation comedy in 6 episodes, written by and starring Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, with Reece Shearsmith, Matt Lucas, Morwenna Banks, Tim Healy, Mark Benton and Charlie Higson. The ...
Style: sitcom, dark comedy, surreal, funny, satirical ...
Plot: satire, brother, long lost relative, family relations, siblings, brother brother relationship, ex soldier, relatives, soldier, sibling relationship, brothers
Place: yorkshire
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Redemption Street (2012)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Serbia
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Ustanička ulica is a Serbian political thriller. Dušan Ilić (Gordan Kičić), employed at the Serbian state prosecutor's office, gets a top secret case to investigate a war crime committed by a disbanded paramilitary unit. He manages to ...
Style: bleak, serious, exciting, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: father and son, soldier, father son relationship, son, investigation, father, ex soldier, memories, investigator, crime investigation
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Johnny Got His Gun (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: The story of a young American soldier hit by an artillery shell on the last day of the First World War. The film takes place in the mind of a quadruple amputee who has also lost his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. Regaining consciousness, 20 year-old ...
Style: thrilling, psychological, suspenseful, captivating
Plot: world war one, disabled character, war trauma, problem, disability, soldier, ex soldier, life is a bitch, traumatized man, spectacle, traumatic experience, handicapped ...
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 4.2
 1K
The System (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: When a young soldier, newly returned from war, gets caught up in a drug bust, he is recruited by the authorities to go undercover in a notoriously dangerous prison in order to figure out what is really going on.
Style: tense, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful
Plot: prison, working undercover, investigation, soldier, undercover agent, drug dealer, fighting crime, battles, fight, drug lord, imprisoned, ex soldier ...
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 5.5
 2K
Dead Shot (2023)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In the 1970s, a member of the IRA takes over an Active Service Unit in London after his wife is accidentally shot dead in Ireland. The unit's mission is to cause chaos and destruction, while his personal aim is to hunt down his wife’s killer ...
Style: tense, captivating, interesting
Plot: revenge, trouble, murderer, criminal's revenge, vengeance, ex soldier, murder, anglo irish relations, british army, british soldier, hunting
Time: 70s
Place: ireland, northern ireland, london
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 4.3
 965
Condor's Nest (2023)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: American war veteran Will Spalding has tracked the sadistic Nazi Colonel who executed his bomber crew during WWII to a remote location in South America. But he is in for more than he bargained for when he uncovers a secret Nazi headquarters known as ...
Style: suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, period drama
Plot: secret, world war two veteran, hunt down, ex soldier, war veteran, revenge
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Tanaosri (2023)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery
Country: Thailand
TV show
Story: A young huntsman is hired to take former Japanese soldiers to Tanaosri hill to find their friend who mysteriously disappeared in the Tanaosri Forest.
Style: dramatic, exciting, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: investigation, friendship, ex soldier, soldier, japanese soldier, forest, friends, hunter, lost in the woods, friend, disappearance
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Violet Evergarden: Recollections (2021)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story: An emotionally scarred former child soldier becomes a letter writer in this condensed recap of the moving, gorgeously animated award-winning series.
Style: anime, captivating, thrilling, psychological, feel good ...
Plot: love, slice of life, love and romance, couple relations, lifestyle, relationships, humanoid robot, male female relationship, couples, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, robot human relationship, female protagonist ...
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 3.6
 723
Dead Zone (2022)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: To stop the collapse of humanity, an elite team of soldiers must descend on a radiation-poisoned town and perform the ultimate stealth mission using high-tech armor and weapons.
Style: tense, suspenseful, captivating, apocalyptic
Plot: zombie, monster, supernatural being, survival horror, mission, military, zombie outbreak, zombie survival, soldier, fight, rescue mission, survival ...
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 4.3
 2K
Section 8 (2022)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: After avenging the murder of his family, a former soldier is sprung from prison and recruited by a shadowy government agency.
Style: thrilling, captivating, tense, suspenseful
Plot: murder, special agent, murderer, murder investigation, mission, criminal's revenge, ex convict, released from prison, revenge, agent, secret agent, vengeance ...
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Hooligans at War: North vs. South (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story: After fighting for their country in the Army, friends Chris and Johnny return to South London only to find their home town has changed beyond recognition. With no jobs the two join local gangs, work their way to the top and become feared hooligan ...
Style: tense, suspense, captivating
Plot: gang, criminal, fight, hooliganism, war, criminal gang, friendship, showdown, bully, military, homecoming, soldier ...
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 5.8
 169
Patriot (2020)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Returning to his small town, after the army, Sanya Kuchin is trying to integrate into a peaceful civilian life: he gets a job as a security guard in the convenience store "Dream", achieves the heart of his former classmate and ... fights ...
Style: light, semi serious, feel good, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot: escapades, friendship, love, family relations, culture clash, rivalry, getting home, satire, lifestyle, ex soldier, society, social satire ...
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 3.5
 5K
A Day to Die (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A disgraced parole officer is indebted to a local gang leader and forced to pull off a series of dangerous drug heists within twelve hours in order to pay the $2 million dollars he owes, rescue his kidnapped pregnant wife, and settle a score with ...
Style: captivating, tense, suspense, disturbing, independent film ...
Plot: gang, sniper, commando, organized crime, teamwork, home invasion, problem, needing money, criminal, money problems, ex soldier, swat team ...
Time: 2020s
Place: mexico
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 4.3
 819
Submission (2019)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: After two marines make it home following an ISIS interrogation, one struggles to survive while the other fights his way back into the mixed martial arts world that he left behind years ago.
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, tense
Plot: martial arts, isis, sniper, marine, mixed martial arts, fight, battles, master warrior, soldier, ex athlete, ex soldier, poisoned ...
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 6.5
 3K
Godspeed (2022)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 119 min.
Story: An ex-army captain travels to Dalyan to stop his friend's beloved from marrying another man, but grief and trauma from a combat tragedy mar his journey.
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, semi serious
Plot: captain, friendship, relationship problems, couple relations, friends, ex soldier, male female relationship, post traumatic stress, marriage, psychological trauma, escapades, soldier ...
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 5.1
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Walter (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 90 min.
Story: For Goran and his team of amateur shooters, the plan was almost perfect: to enter a hypermarket at night to rob a jeweler. But these "broken arms" had not anticipated the arrival of a vigil like no other: Walter, a former African warlord ...
Style: satirical, entertaining, captivating, semi serious, feel good
Plot: crime gone awry, shopping mall, robbery, night watchman, heist gone wrong, security guard, bandit, escapades, ex soldier, criminal, gang, theft ...
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 3.9
 1K
Warfighter (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Rusty Wittenburg is a Navy SEAL struggling to balance his family life and his job. He fights daily to maintain the line between reality and the nightmares his PTSD conjures up for him. Dedicated to his team and his mission, he is willing to give the ...
Style: captivating, romantic
Plot: military, social problems, husband wife relationship, post traumatic stress disorder, haunted by the past, soldier, relationship problems, marital problem, family life, life is a bitch, post traumatic stress, navy ...
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Puncture Wounds (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: After returning home from a traumatic tour of duty in Iraq, John finds himself struggling with PTSD. What little peace he had managed to build around him is shattered one fateful day when he rescues a local call girl from a group of violent Aryan ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, serious, rough, suspense ...
Plot: gang, heroes, gangster, post traumatic stress, criminal, saving a life, showdown, post traumatic stress disorder, changing lives, lifestyle change, fighting crime, ex soldier ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iraq
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To Kill a Beaver (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A man returns home after a long time. The house is in a bad shape, ruined with graffiti on walls, but it doesn't stop him from staying in. The man has an aim that requires complex preparations. The house has however already a new inhabitants ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, psychological, hot
Plot: getting home, relationship problems, ex military, love and romance, in love, love interest, relationships, ex soldier, fall in love, love affair, ex special forces, confronting the past ...
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 5.5
 242
Battle Scars (2015)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Every Marine has a story, some they're proud of, other they'd rather forget. After coming home from his tour of duty in Afghanistan suffering from PTSD, Luke Stephens wants nothing more than to forget. What happens when our soldiers come ...
Style: tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating
Plot: marine, soldier, post traumatic stress disorder, military, father son relationship, criminal underworld, military officer, military life, social problems, life is a bitch, family relations, brother brother relationship ...
Place: afghanistan
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 7.2
 2K
New Life (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: Adam is an ex-special forces solider who is hired to work as a bodyguard for Yasmine,Tymor's wife.
Style: tense, captivating, romantic, disturbing
Plot: bodyguard, romantic triangle, love triangle, new job, love affair, protector, star crossed lovers, ex soldier, family problems, social problems, in love, relationship problems ...
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Blade Runner: Black Lotus (2021)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, UK
Duration: 298 min.
TV show
Story: Los Angeles 2032. A young woman wakes up with no memories, and possessing deadly skills. The only clues to her mystery are a locked data device and a tattoo of a black lotus. Putting together the pieces, she must hunt down the people responsible for ...
Style: anime, suspense, futuristic, tech noir, neo noir ...
Plot: cyberpunk, bounty hunter, mission, heroes, danger, superpower, death, mercilessness, ex soldier, rivalry, dishonesty, freedom fighter ...
Time: future, 2030s
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 3.3
 507
Shadow Wolves (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A rogue NSA agent joins an elite group of Native American trackers who call themselves the Shadow Wolves as they engage in missions to protect justice in America and abroad.
Style: entertaining, exciting, captivating, tense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: organized crime, danger, spy, escapades, one against many, daring rescue, gunfight, tough guy, lone hero, betrayal, violent content, fight scenes ...
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Prisoners of War (2009)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: TJFF presents the pilot episode of the award-winning Israeli series that inspired the American hit, Homeland. Set in 2008, this first episode focuses on two Israeli soldiers being released after 17 years of captivity in Lebanon. It powerfully ...
Style: psychological, captivating, realistic, tense, emotional ...
Plot: mossad, terrorism, torture, pow, investigation, homecoming, soldier, haunted by the past, twists and turns, spy, government agency, family relations ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: israel, middle east
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