General movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant general movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious, suspense and captivating films and TV shows about / with military, army, war, violence, battles, politics, soldier, storytelling, dialogue and betrayal plots mostly in Drama, War and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as general: Seven Days in May (1964), Downfall (2004), Patton (1970), An Officer and a Spy (2019), The Last Castle (2001), The General's Daughter (1999), An Ordinary Man (2017), Commando (1985), Napoleon (2023), The Night of the Generals (1967).
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A U.S. Army general alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.
Style:
political thriller, tense, political, black and white, suspense ...
Plot:
cold war, conspiracy, politics, u.s. air force, white house, terrorism, president, coup d'etat, u.s. president, betrayal, mistress, espionage ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, future, 70s
Place:
austin texas, russia, texas, spain, america ...
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398K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Austria, Italy
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still ...
Style:
psychological, costume drama, harsh, disturbing, epic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, hitler, nazi, war, nazism, suicide, fascism, holocaust, national socialism, dictatorship, third reich, paranoia ...
Time:
1940s, year 2004, 2000s, 20th century, year 1945 ...
Place:
germany, berlin germany, prague, europe, bavaria ...
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 192 min.
Story:
National Theatre Live will broadcast the Donmar Warehouse’s production of Coriolanus, Shakespeare’s searing tragedy of political manipulation and revenge, with Tom Hiddleston (The Avengers, War Horse (film), BBC's The Hollow Crown) in the ...
Style:
captivating, tense, intense, psychological, epic ...
Plot:
betrayal, shakespeare, vengeance, political intrigue, tragedy, state affairs, leadership, truce, rise and fall, ambition, military, rivalry ...
Place:
rome italy
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114K
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 172 min.
Story:
"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich. Side ...
Style:
dramatic, realistic, epic, historical drama, aesthetic ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
world war two, world war, u.s. army, biopic, business, wartime, tank, military, u.s. military, allies, battle of the bulge, ego ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century, year 1970, year 1942 ...
Place:
london, italy, africa, north africa, america ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at Devil's Island.
Style:
costume drama, political, art film, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
spy, lawyer, trial, manipulation, courtroom, miscarriage of justice, french army, espionage, duel, french history, french military, french politics ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s, year 2019, victorian era
Place:
paris france, israel, france
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A Court Martialed general rallies together 1200 inmates to rise against the system that put him away.
Style:
intense, tense, exciting, rough, inspirational ...
Plot:
prison, prison life, military prison, military, murder, fighting the system, prison riot, convict, prison escape, manipulation, sacrifice, chess ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
west point, iraq, new jersey
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
When the body of Army Capt. Elizabeth Campbell is found on a Georgia military base, two investigators, Warrant Officers Paul Brenner and Sara Sunhill, are ordered to solve her murder. What they uncover is anything but clear-cut. Unseemly details ...
Style:
detective, tense, neo noir, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
army investigation, conspiracy, rape, murder, gang rape, strangulation, military, reluctant partners, corruption, rape victim, military training, betrayal ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place:
georgia, west point
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Serbia, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A war criminal in hiding forms a relationship with his only connection to the outside world - his maid.
Style:
rough, suspenseful, scary, bleak, tense ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
war criminal, maid, disorder, love and romance, escapades, life is a bitch, love, rivalry, female nudity, getting home, swearing, pistol ...
Place:
former yugoslavia
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186K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
John Matrix, the former leader of a special commando strike force that always got the toughest jobs done, is forced back into action when his young daughter is kidnapped. To find her, Matrix has to fight his way through an array of punks, killers, ...
Style:
serious, exciting, entertaining, breathtaking, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
kidnapping, one man army, revenge, hostage, father, commando, rescue, gunfight, tough guy, vengeance, machismo, violence ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place:
california, los angeles, latin america
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184K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
A personal look at the French military leader’s origins and swift, ruthless climb to emperor, viewed through the prism of Napoleon’s addictive, volatile relationship with his wife and one true love, Josephine.
Style:
epic, thrilling, captivating, psychological, crying ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
french army, french military, french revolution, psychic, soldier, commander, crown, napoleonic wars, empress, leader, fight, exile ...
Time:
19th century, 1780s, 1810s, 18th century, 1790s ...
Place:
paris france, moscow russia, egypt, france, russia ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: UK, France
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
An unusual World War II crime thriller about a Nazi investigation into the murder of a prostitute. Major Grau finds himself focusing on three suspects: the Generals Tanz, Kahlenberg and Seydlitz-Gabler – all three of whom, it seems, are also ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, tense, suspense, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, war, serial killer, murder, prostitute, investigation, conspiracy, nazi occupation, nazi, nazi occupied poland, homosexual subtext, male male relationship ...
Time:
1940s, year 1965, year 1942, year 1944, year 1967 ...
Place:
paris france, france, poland, hamburg germany, warsaw poland ...
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291K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers massive radiation exposure in his laboratory that causes him to transform into a raging green monster when he gets angry.
Style:
serious, exciting, action packed, intense, saga ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
superhero, superhuman powers, chase, genetics, experiment gone awry, transformation, monster, scientist, repressed memory, technology, mutant, mad scientist ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 60s, 70s, 80s ...
Place:
san francisco, california, bay area, central america, south america ...
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Genre: Comedy, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop the nuclear strike.
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, cerebral, satirical, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
satire, cold war, military, nuclear war, nuclear threat, nuclear explosion, u.s. air force, nuclear holocaust, nuclear bomb, doomsday, anti war, absurdism ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1942, 1930s
Place:
soviet union, washington d.c., persia, united kingdom, england ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
Style:
breathtaking, realistic, captivating, tense, inspirational ...
Audience:
manly, date night, chick flick, kids, adult
Plot:
war, world war two, military, courage, battles, self sacrifice, sniper, friendship, nazi, combat, army, machine gun ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, year 1998, 90s, year 2013 ...
Place:
normandy, france, germany, poland, europe ...
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89K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus' legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the Earth and destroy their leader, ...
Style:
brutal, intense, epic, stylized, scenic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
roman empire, ancient rome, ancient history, roman, violence, survival, roman soldier, soldier, medieval, legion, fort, revenge ...
Time:
year 2010, middle ages, ancient times
Place:
rome italy, britain, england, greece, europe ...
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11K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: USA, Lithuania
Duration: 89 min.
TV show
Story:
A romanced story of Attila the Hun, since his childhood, when he lost his parents until his death. Attila is disclosed as a great leader, strategist and lover and the movie shows his respect to the great Roman strategist Flavius Aetius, his loves ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, touching, historical drama, inspirational ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
roman empire, ancient history, ancient rome, battlefield, antiquity, barbarian, medieval, roman, battles, war, ancient, heroic mission ...
Time:
middle ages, 5th century
Place:
rome italy, constantinople, greece, europe
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A heroic tale of three blood brothers and their struggle in the midst of war and political upheaval. It is based on "The Assassination of Ma," a Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) story about the killing of general Ma Xinyi.
Style:
sincere, suspenseful, epic, serious, rough ...
Plot:
medieval, martial arts, fight, wuxia, asian history, soldier, civil war, kung fu, pow, battles, political unrest, treason ...
Time:
19th century, medieval times, 1860s, 1800s, year 2007 ...
Place:
china, east asia, ancient china, asia, beijing china
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Sheep in the Big City is an American animated television series which ran on Cartoon Network for two seasons, from November 17, 2000, to April 7, 2002. The series' pilot first premiered as part of Cartoon Network's "Cartoon Cartoon ...
Style:
captivating, humorous, feel good, satirical, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly
Plot:
satire, big city, surrealism, pun, escapades, humour, silly humor, absurd humor, animal, pursuit, escape, chase ...
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799K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Netherlands, France, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.
Style:
atmospheric, dramatic, epic, cerebral, visually stunning ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
world war two, military, war, survival, wartime, evacuation, soldier, beach, military officer, shell shock, air attack, combat ...
Time:
1940s, year 1940, 2010s, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
france, england, english channel, dover england, dunkirk ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 unless the President reveals details of a secret meeting held just after the start of the Vietnam ...
Style:
political thriller, political, neo noir, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
nuclear threat, vietnam war, cold war, president, u.s. president, danger, terrorism, conspiracy, nuclear missile, military, u.s. military, u.s. air force ...
Place:
montana, usa, vietnam, asia
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
In Majorca, in 1823, a French general, Armand de Montriveau, overhears a cloistered nun singing in a chapel; he insists on speaking to her. She is Antoinette, for five years he has searched for her. Flash back to their meeting in Paris, he recently ...
Style:
sexy, serious, realistic, captivating, stylized ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
obsession, passionate love, high society, nun, valet, kidnapping, love and romance, couple relations, social differences, unfulfilled love, love affair, tragic love ...
Time:
19th century, year 2007, victorian era, 1810s, 1820s
Place:
paris france, africa, france, europe, spain
Is relevant?
28K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring. Director Sidney Lumet gives an atmospheric ...
Style:
tense, political, political thriller, realistic, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, nuclear holocaust, nuclear war, politics, nuclear threat, u.s. air force, military, nuclear explosion, atomic bomb, bomber, nightmare, nuclear bomb ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1967
Place:
russia, new york, washington d.c., usa, moscow russia ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in Uganda, and arrives during the downfall of President Obote. General Idi Amin comes to power and ...
Style:
political, factual, suspense, harsh, brutal ...
Plot:
dictatorship, dictator, doctor, polygamy, genocide, atrocity, corruption, politics, biopic, violence, israeli, violent ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 2006
Place:
africa, uganda, scotland, united kingdom, south africa
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
Kim Jun is the son of an escaped palace slave, who gets raised by monks. Years later, after being torn from his home during wartime, Kim Jun must renounce hispacifist ways to partake in a deadly game that could be his ticket to freedom from his ...
Style:
tense, captivating, intense, dramatic, epic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
power struggle, battles, invasion, sword fight, warlord, historical figure, ambition, slavery, soldier, rise to power, fight, fight for supremacy ...
Time:
13th century, middle ages
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
It follows a young man who dreams of becoming a general and Ying Zheng, whose goal is unification.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, epic war
Plot:
battles, warrior, direction and purpose, officer, ambition, master warrior, fight, japanese soldier, martial arts, army general, throne, epic battle ...
Place:
japan, china, asia, ancient china
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222
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 80 min.
TV show
Story:
Four episodes reveal criminal background of organized crime in post-revolution Czechoslovakia. Who can you trust yet?
Czechoslovakia in 1992 - communist regime has fallen short time ago and soviet occupying army is quickly retreating back to ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, tense, visually appealing ...
Plot:
spy, czech history, multiple deaths, deception, conspiracy, death, race against time, murderer, politics, manipulative person, criminal, organized crime ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1992
Place:
europe, central europe, czechoslovakia
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1.8M
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, UK, Malta, Morocco
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
In the year 180, the death of emperor Marcus Aurelius throws the Roman Empire into chaos. Maximus is one of the Roman army's most capable and trusted generals and a key advisor to the emperor. As Marcus' devious son Commodus ascends to ...
Style:
epic, captivating, breathtaking, period piece, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, family friendly, teens, date night, manly ...
Plot:
revenge, ancient rome, roman empire, sword fight, vengeance, ancient history, gladiator, freedom, slavery, courage, warrior, ancient world ...
Time:
ancient times, 2000s, middle ages, y2k, year 2000 ...
Place:
rome italy, italy, ancient greece, greece, germany ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Set in 1398. Kim Min-Jae (Shin Ha-Kyun) is the supreme commander of the Joseon Dynasty. He falls in love for the first time and for that woman he takes risks. Yi Bang-Won (Jang Hyuk) is the King’s son. He helped his father setup the Joseon Dynasty ...
Style:
erotic, sexy, suspense, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
joseon dynasty, sex, mistress, royal court, unrequited love, forbidden love, palace intrigue, korean history, revenge, rescue from drowning, suicide attempt, love and romance ...
Time:
14th century, 15th century
Place:
korea
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Croatia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
TV show about general Ante Gotovina.
Style:
realistic, tense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
military, balkan war, biopic, army, wartime life, military service, military life, army general, military officer, war, wartime, leadership ...
Time:
90s
Place:
croatia, bosnia, balkan
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Xiao Qiao, a clever girl from the Qiao family, marries Wei Shao, the brave and kind master of the Wei family. Despite initial wariness due to ancestral grievances, Xiao Qiao and Wei Shao navigate their relationship with humor and determination. As ...
Style:
historical drama, family saga, heartfelt, uplifting, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
female protagonist, reconciliation, family conflict, arranged marriage, teamwork, loyalty, family honor, forgiveness, chivalry, political intrigue, enemies to lovers, wedding ...
Place:
ancient china, china
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