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 6.7
 106K
The Guest (2014)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.
Style: tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, scary, exciting ...
Audience: adult
Plot: halloween, murder, twists and turns, danger, psychopath, grief, bullying, killing spree, soldier, family relations, mysterious character, family problems ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place: new mexico, usa
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13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Malta, Morocco
Duration: 144 min.
Story: An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.
Style: intense, suspenseful, realistic, tense, factual ...
Audience: manly
Plot: cia, war, terrorism, rescue mission, mercenary, swat team, military, navy seal, courage, gunfight, commando, combat ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, year 2016, year 2011, 21st century
Place: libya, middle east, africa, pentagon, langley virginia ...
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 5.8
 21K
Mine (2016)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Spain, Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story: After a failed assassination attempt, a soldier finds himself stranded in the desert. Exposed to the elements, he must survive the dangers of the desert and battle the psychological and physical toll of the treacherous conditions.
Style: tense, exciting, psychological thriller, captivating, touching ...
Plot: survival, hallucination, desert, u.s. marine, landmine, soldier, stranded, parent child relationship, wilderness, wilderness survival, military, war ...
Time: 2010s
Place: afghanistan, middle east
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 7.1
 37K
The Messenger (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Will Montgomery (Ben Foster), a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant who has returned home from Iraq, is assigned to the Army’s Casualty Notification service. Montgomery is partnered with Captain Tony Stone (Woody Harrelson), to give notice to the families of ...
Style: touching, depressing, sincere, bleak, sad ...
Audience: date night
Plot: military, soldier, loneliness, redemption, honest, character study, bereavement, human nature, officer, wartime, relationships, friendship ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: iraq, usa, bosnia
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 6.1
 11K
Redacted (2007)
Genre: Crime, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Redacted is a film written and directed by Brian De Palma that is a fictional drama loosely based on the Mahmudiyah killings in Iraq.
Style: serious, disturbing, suspenseful, rough, bleak ...
Plot: iraq war, found footage, war, soldier, military, military life, terrorism, journalist, journalism, danger, media, society ...
Time: year 2006
Place: iraq, middle east
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Starship Troopers (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an ...
Style: futuristic, stylized, bloody, exciting, allegory ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: military, alien invasion, creature, alien, space travel, monster, soldier, space and aliens, space wars, outer space, fictional war, evil alien ...
Time: future, 23rd century, 90s, year 1997, jurassic ...
Place: buenos aires argentina, space western
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Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Predominantly set during World War II, Steve Rogers is a sickly man from Brooklyn who's transformed into super-soldier Captain America to aid in the war effort. Rogers must stop the Red Skull – Adolf Hitler's ruthless head of weaponry, ...
Style: exciting, heroic, psychotronic, stylized, entertaining ...
Audience: girls' night, kids, boys' night, chick flick, teens ...
Plot: superhero, heroism, heroes, mad scientist, world war two, soldier, superhuman powers, heroic mission, courage, nazi, danger, bravery ...
Time: year 2011, future, year 1942, 20th century, 2010s ...
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, new jersey, europe ...
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 6.4
 21K
Stop-Loss (2008)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A veteran soldier returns from his completed tour of duty in Iraq, only to find his life turned upside down when he is arbitrarily ordered to return to field duty by the Army.
Style: sad, harsh, serious, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot: soldier, iraq war, u.s. military, friendship, death, war, homecoming, redemption, small town, depression, wartime life, war on terror ...
Time: year 2008, future, 21st century
Place: iraq, usa, middle east, canada, afghanistan ...
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 6.8
 23K
A Perfect Day (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Film about a group of aid workers trying to resolve a crisis in an armed conflict zone in the Balkans.
Style: political, cynical, melancholic, witty, humorous ...
Plot: volunteer, war zone, soldier, aid worker, translator, world politics, bosnian war, ethnic conflict, war, life philosophy, landmine, un ...
Time: year 2015, 90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place: bosnia herzegovina, former yugoslavia, balkan
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 7.6
 860K
300 (2006)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA, Canada, Bulgaria
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians; the battle is said to have inspired all of Greece to band ...
Style: epic, exciting, intense, scenic, visually stunning ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, adult
Plot: sword fight, war, warrior, ancient, battles, courage, military, ancient world, gory, mythology, human spirit, legends and myths ...
Time: year 2006, ancient times, 2000s, middle ages, 5th century
Place: ancient greece, greece, rome italy, hellas, europe
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 7.2
 182K
Unbroken (2014)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport, War
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 137 min.
Story: A chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II.
Style: motivational, uplifting, inspirational, epic, dramatic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: world war two, war, survival, torture, biopic, soldier, human spirit, prison, olympics, prisoners of war, lone hero, hopes ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 2014, 2010s, 1930s ...
Place: japan, asia, pacific ocean, germany, berlin germany
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 6.9
 30K
Memphis Belle (1990)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The "Memphis Belle" is a World War II bomber, piloted by a young crew on dangerous bombing raids into Europe. The crew only have to make one more bombing raid before they have finished their duty and can go home. In the briefing before ...
Style: exciting, emotional, serious, rough, intense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, bomber, military, war, soldier, battles, friendship, aerial combat, airplane, u.s. air force, heroic mission, luftwaffe ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1943
Place: europe, america, england, united kingdom
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The World Wars (2014)
Genre: Documentary, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 270 min.
TV show
Story: The World Wars tells the story of three decades of war told through the eyes of various men who were its key players: Roosevelt, Hitler, Patton, Mussolini, Churchill, Tojo, DeGaulle and MacArthur. The documentary examines the two wars as one ...
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, disturbing
Plot: soldier, world war two, military, historical character, infantrymen, state affairs, politics, allies, dictatorship, army, totalitarianism, battles ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, 1940s, 1920s, 1930s
Place: usa, europe
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 7.8
 733K
Dunkirk (2017)
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: epic, dramatic, atmospheric, suspense, visually stunning ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: world war two, military, survival, war, wartime, soldier, evacuation, military officer, beach, shell shock, air attack, combat ...
Time: 1940s, year 1940, year 2017, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place: france, england, english channel, dover england, britain ...
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Cemetery of Splendor (2015)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Thailand, UK, Germany, France, Malaysia, South Korea, Mexico, USA, Norway
Duration: 122 min.
Story: In a hospital, ten soldiers are being treated for a mysterious sleeping sickness. In a story in which dreams can be experienced by others, and in which goddesses can sit casually with mortals, a nurse learns the reason why the patients will never be ...
Style: surreal, art house, enigmatic, romantic, mind bending ...
Plot: soldier, sleeping, hospital, medium, disability, cemetery, illness, zen, parallel world, self discovery, diary, metaphor ...
Place: thailand
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Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
Style: disturbing, suspense, bleak, psychological, clever ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: vietnam war, military, war, anti war, suicide, soldier, basic training, boot camp, sniper, military life, brutality, blood ...
Time: 20th century, year 1967, year 1968, year 1987, 60s ...
Place: vietnam, persia, america, asia, south carolina
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Alien Warfare (2019)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A team of Navy Seals investigates a mysterious science outpost only to have to combat a squad of powerful alien soldiers.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, captivating, tense, brutal ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: secret laboratory, soldier, survival, scientist, secret base, space marine, adaptation, catastrophe, monster, demon, danger, military ...
Time: 2010s
Place: los angeles, pentagon
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 6.2
 7K
Disorder (2015)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story: An ex-soldier with PTSD is hired to protect the wife and child of a wealthy Lebanese businessman while he's out of town.
Style: neo noir, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: soldier, hallucination, bodyguard, anxiety, surveillance camera, thunderstorm, rich man, swimming pool, beach, army, party, video surveillance ...
Time: 2010s
Place: afghanistan, maryland, france, mediterranean sea, french riviera
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Saving Private Ryan (1998)
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: realistic, epic, breathtaking, captivating, tense ...
Audience: manly, chick flick, kids, date night, adult
Plot: war, world war two, military, courage, battles, self sacrifice, sniper, friendship, nazi, army, d day, rescue ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944, year 1998, 90s, 20th century ...
Place: normandy, poland, germany, france, europe ...
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Blitzkrieg: Escape from Stalag 69 (2008)
Genre: Horror, War
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Enter Stalag 69, where torture is just the Beginning for this bloody band of Nazi Butchers! Germany, 1945. Stalag 69, a POW camp ruled by the sadistic SS commandant Helmet Schultz, is nothing but a blood-soaked playground for this perverse Nazi ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense, exciting ...
Plot: world war two, soldier, prison life, captivity, human spirit, genocide, anti semitism, concentration camp, holocaust, anti war, survival, danger ...
Time: 70s
Place: germany, europe
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 8.2
 667K
1917 (2019)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA, India, Spain
Duration: 119 min.
Story: At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield and Blake are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds ...
Style: tense, period piece, entertaining, sad, visually stunning ...
Audience: boys' night, date night, teens, adult
Plot: world war one, trench warfare, race against time, british soldier, british army, death, soldier, military, battlefield, british military, survival, dangerous mission ...
Time: year 1917, 1910s, 2010s, 20th century, year 2019
Place: persia, britain, los angeles, france
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Young Winston (1972)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 157 min.
Story: This historical drama is an account of the early life of British politician Winston Churchill, including his childhood years, his time as a war correspondent in Africa, and culminating with his first election to Parliament.
Style: epic, realistic, serious, exciting, tense ...
Plot: soldier, military, parliament, politics, ambition, society, rise to the top, war correspondent, rise to power, imperialism, medieval, british empire ...
Time: turn of the century, 1890s, 19th century, victorian era, year 1972 ...
Place: england, africa, britain, morocco, south africa ...
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 6.7
 9K
Major Dundee (1965)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: During the last winter of the Civil War, cavalry officer Amos Dundee leads a contentious troop of Army regulars, Confederate prisoners and scouts on an expedition into Mexico to destroy a band of Apaches who have been raiding U.S. bases in Texas.
Style: tense, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: american civil war, military, soldier, civil war, rescue, apache, battles, raid, heroes, apache indian, leadership, friend turned foe ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s, year 1965, year 1865
Place: mexico, new mexico, usa, austin texas, texas ...
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 6.8
 79K
Stripes (1981)
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: John Winger, an indolent sad sack in his 30s, impulsively joins the U.S. Army after losing his job, his girlfriend and his apartment.
Style: humorous, feel good, intense, not serious, laugh out loud ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: basic training, boot camp, cold war, soldier, friendship, military, u.s. army, slacker, obstacle course, flirting, military training, military enlistment ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: czechoslovakia, italy, milan italy, kentucky, west germany ...
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We Were Soldiers (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Germany, USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.
Style: serious, factual, realistic, emotional, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: military, vietnam war, war, battles, soldier, battlefield, army, military life, heroic mission, wartime, justice, u.s. army ...
Time: 20th century, year 2002, 60s, 2000s
Place: vietnam, america, asia, usa
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 6.3
 157K
Dear John (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Sergeant John Tyree is home on a 2 week leave from Germany. He meets Savannah after he dives into the ocean to retrieve Savannah's purse that had fallen off the pier. John falls in love with Savannah who is a student on spring break helping ...
Style: romantic, sentimental, sweet, touching, emotional ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot: love, love story, true love, love and romance, fall in love, couples, love affair, young love, young lovers, couple relations, relationships, soldier ...
Time: 2010s, september 11 2001, 21st century
Place: north carolina, afghanistan, south carolina, usa
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 8.4
 758K
Aliens (1986)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story: When Ripley's lifepod is found by a salvage crew over 50 years later, she finds that terra-formers are on the very planet they found the alien species. When the company sends a family of colonists out to investigate her story, all contact is ...
Style: scary, futuristic, suspense, space horror, exciting ...
Audience: chick flick, kids, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: alien, space travel, strong female character, space, survival, female warrior, outer space, creature, space and aliens, human versus alien, monster, deadly creature ...
Time: future, 20th century, year 1986, 22nd century
Place: space western
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 6.2
 6K
R-Point (2004)
Genre: Action, Horror, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min.
Story: On 07 January 1972, the South Korean base in Nah-Trang, Vietnam, receives a radio transmission from a missing platoon presumed dead.
Style: psychological, rough, suspenseful, atmospheric, scary ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vietnam war, military, soldier, ghost, supernatural, survival, rescue, heroic mission, danger, battle zone, rescue team, korean war ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1972, future
Place: vietnam, asia, cambodia, north korea
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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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Tears of the Sun (2003)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Navy SEAL Lieutenant A.K. Waters and his elite squadron of tactical specialists are forced to choose between their duty and their humanity, between following orders by ignoring the conflict that surrounds them, or finding the courage to follow their ...
Style: touching, serious, suspense, factual, compassionate ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: military, war, jungle, soldier, civil war, navy seal, commando, genocide, rescue mission, gunfight, violence, brutality ...
Time: year 2003, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: africa, nigeria, iraq, iran
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