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Dauntless: The Battle of Midway (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: By June 1942, the Japanese Navy has swept across the Pacific. In an effort to change the course of the war, a United States carrier group is positioned off the coast of Midway, tasked with springing a trap on the enemy. During this pivotal battle, ...
Style: emotional, suspenseful, sad, suspense, mockbuster
Plot: sea battle, world war two, plane crash, aircraft carrier, aviation, war, bravery, u.s. military, courage, loss of friend, bombing, showdown ...
Time: year 1941
Place: honolulu hawaii
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Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
Style: factual, disturbing, realistic, emotional, intense ...
Plot: vietnam war, anti war, disability, war, wartime, biopic, fighting the system, military, vietnam veteran, guilt, disabled, injustice ...
Time: 70s, 60s, 20th century, year 1989, 50s ...
Place: vietnam, texas, the philippines, usa, new york ...
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 8.4
 705K
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, War
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story: At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter ...
Style: bleak, psychological, disturbing, surreal, visual ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: vietnam war, insanity, jungle, mission, anti war, army, military, violence, secret mission, soldier, violent, river ...
Time: 20th century, year 1979, 60s, year 1969
Place: vietnam, cambodia, southeast asia, asia, the philippines
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The War Lover (1962)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Buzz Rickson is a dare-devil World War II bomber pilot with a death wish. Failing at everything not involving flying, Rickson lives for the most dangerous missions. His crew lives with this aspect of his personality only because they know he always ...
Style: sex comedy, realistic, serious, vintage
Audience: manly
Plot: aviation, bomber, flying, world war, aerial combat, airplane, war, luftwaffe, wartime, colonialism, foreign legion, legion ...
Time: 1940s
Place: iraq, english channel, germany, europe, england
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The Second Civil War (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: When a planeload of Pakistani orphans are shipped to his state for permanent relocation, the governor of Idaho (Beau Bridges, who won an Emmy) defies the president (Phil Hartman) and closes the state's border. News Net Television, a cable news ...
Style: dark comedy, cynical, biting, offbeat, futuristic ...
Plot: satire, american politics, journalism, politics, civil war, illegal immigration, journalist, government, translator, extramarital affair, gang violence, governor ...
Time: future, 2000s
Place: idaho, washington d.c., middle east, usa, pakistan ...
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Battle for Haditha (2007)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: An investigation of the massacre of 24 men, women and children in Haditha, Iraq allegedly shot by 4 U.S. Marines in retaliation for the death of a U.S. Marine killed by a roadside bomb. The movie follows the story of the Marines of Kilo Company, an ...
Style: tense, disturbing, rough, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot: military, iraq war, war, marine, soldier, circumcision, culture clash, military life, marines, desert, occupation, vengeance ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: iraq, middle east, united kingdom
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In Pursuit of Honor (1995)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: To save a group of horses slated to be destroyed by the US Cavalry, a group of officers rebel and begin a journey towards Canada to save themselves and the mounts.
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cavalry, horse, horseman, insubordination, soldier, u.s. military, equestrian, u.s. army, battles, animal life, anti war, heroic mission ...
Time: 50s, 1930s, 1950s, year 1932
Place: canada, australia, sonora, texas, washington d.c.
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Ike: Countdown to D-Day (2004)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: This is the story of the senior-level preparations for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944 from the time of Dwight D. Eisenhower's appointment as the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, to the establishment of the beachhead in Normandy. The film ...
Style: tense, rough, serious, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, war, d day, against the odds, president, battles, human spirit, heroic mission, basic training, military life, idealism, leadership ...
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Universal Soldier (1992)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: An American soldier who had been killed during the Vietnam War is revived 25 years later by the military as a semi-android, UniSols, a high-tech soldier of the future. After the failure of the initiative to erase all the soldier's memories, he ...
Style: futuristic, exciting, intense, rough, serious ...
Audience: manly, teens, boys' night
Plot: soldier, androids and robots, cyberpunk, martial arts, vietnam war, cyborgs, reporter, transformation, military, robot, adaptation, amnesia ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 60s, year 1969
Place: vietnam, utah, arizona, nevada, louisiana ...
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 6.3
 27K
Sand Castle (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Set during the occupation of Iraq, a squad of U.S. soldiers try to protect a small village.
Style: thought provoking, suspense, psychological, rough, tense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: soldier, military, occupation, small village, war, military life, wartime life, military base, life is a bitch, military service, war violence, fight for supremacy ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: iraq, middle east, afghanistan
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The Tuskegee Airmen (1995)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: During the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate African American pilots into the Fighter Pilot Program. Known as the "Tuskegee Airman" for the name of the airbase at which they were trained, ...
Style: inspirational, factual, emotional, sincere, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, fighter pilot, world war two, racism, black history, aerial combat, war, african american, aviation, officers and cadets, civil rights, interracial relations ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: alabama, africa, cuba, usa, arkansas ...
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 6.0
 4K
Anzio (1968)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Allied forces land at Anzio unopposed but instead of moving straight inland their commanding officer decides to dig in. A battle-hardened war correspondent borrows a jeep and drives to Rome and back without meeting any German forces, but his report ...
Style: retro, macaroni combat, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, military, military operation, behind enemy lines, world war, nazi, tank, ss, holocaust, fascism, submarine, kriegsmarine ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944
Place: italy, europe, rome italy
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McHale's Navy (1962)
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: McHale's Navy is an American sitcom that aired 138 half-hour episodes over four seasons, from October 11, 1962, to April 12, 1966, on the ABC network. The series was filmed in black and white and originated from an hour drama called Seven ...
Style: sitcom, semi serious, realistic, humorous, tense ...
Audience: kids
Plot: world war two, military, ship, navy, pow, u.s. navy, contests and competitions, siblings relations, courtroom drama, cons and scams, military life, battles ...
Time: 60s, 1940s, year 1942
Place: europe, italy, pacific ocean
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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: In 2002, cable news producer Kim Barker decides to shake up her routine by taking a daring new assignment in Kabul, Afghanistan. Dislodged from her comfortable American lifestyle, Barker finds herself in the middle of an out-of-control war zone. ...
Style: touching, emotional, realistic, melancholic, social ...
Plot: journalism, journalist, war, mentor, wartime, rescue, soldier, storytelling, survival, kidnapping, rescue mission, interview ...
Time: 2000s, year 2006, year 2005, year 2004, year 2003 ...
Place: middle east, afghanistan, new york, big ben london, glasgow scotland
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Armored Command (1961)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: An American army unit is trapped in a small town during a German counterattack and discovers that a spy in the town is providing the Germans with information about them.
Style: independent film
Plot: world war two, world war, secret mission, cold weather, u.s. military, nazi soldier, u.s. army, villainess, double barreled shotgun, american abroad, countryside, nazi ...
Time: year 1961
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Frankenstein Meets the Spacemonster (1965)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: When an atomic war on Mars destroys the planet's women, it's up to Martian Princess Marcuzan and her right-hand man Dr. Nadir to travel to earth and kidnap women for new breeding stock. Landing in Puerto Rico, they shoot down a NASA space ...
Style: grindhouse, retro, freeze frame, fast, scary ...
Plot: monster, martian, frankenstein, nasa, brain damage, alien monster, alien, alien invasion, mars, space monster, frankenstein's monster, spacesuit ...
Place: puerto rico, latin america
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When Trumpets Fade (1998)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In WWII Western Germany, Private David Manning reluctantly leaves behind a mortally wounded fellow soldier and searches for survivors from his platoon, only to learn from commanding officer Captain Pritchett that they have all been killed in action. ...
Style: rough, suspenseful, serious, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, military, heroic mission, military life, world war, battles, anti war, battle zone, siblings relations, wartime life, danger, tank ...
Time: year 1944, 1940s
Place: germany, europe, france
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Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
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, political thriller, neo noir, tense, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: nuclear threat, vietnam war, cold war, president, u.s. president, terrorism, conspiracy, danger, military, international relations, world war, post apocalyptic ...
Place: montana, usa, vietnam, asia
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 5.9
 20K
The Presidio (1988)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Jay Austin is now a civilian police detective. Colonel Caldwell was his commanding officer years before when he left the military police over a disagreement over the handling of a drunk driver. Now a series of murders that cross jurisdictions force ...
Style: detective, neo noir, exciting, tense, suspense ...
Plot: conspiracy, investigation, military, father daughter relationship, tough cop, buddy cop, hostility, funeral, police chase, tough guy, murder investigation, factory ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: san francisco, bay area, usa, california
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The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, Czechoslovakia, West Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story: In March of 1945, as the War in Europe is coming to a close, fighting erupts between German and American troops at the last remaining bridgehead across the Rhine.
Style: realistic, intense, harsh, exciting, serious ...
Plot: world war two, war, battles, survival, soldier, nazi, world war, military, tank, escapades, anti war, wartime life ...
Time: 1940s, year 1969, year 1945, 20th century
Place: germany, europe
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The Mauritanian (2021)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: A detainee at the U.S military's Guantanamo Bay detention center is held without charges for over a decade and seeks help from a defense attorney for his release.
Style: thought provoking, suspense, captivating, tense, disturbing ...
Plot: lawyer, courtroom, islamic terrorism, al qaeda, prisoner, american politics, brutality, prison, torture, american imperialism, war on terror, imprisonment ...
Time: year 2002, year 2003, year 2001, year 2005, year 1990 ...
Place: north africa, jordan, hamburg germany, germany, baltimore ...
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 6.6
 3K
PT 109 (1963)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Dramatization of President John F. Kennedy's war time experiences during which he captained a PT boat, took it to battle and had it sunk by a Japanese destroyer. He and the survivors had to make their way to an island, find food and shelter and ...
Style: historical drama, rough, suspenseful, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, war, president, john f. kennedy, world war, ship, island, leadership, usa president, sea, usa history, fictional history ...
Time: 1940s, year 1963, year 1943
Place: oceania, pacific ocean
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Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story: The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
Style: bleak, realistic, epic, contemplative, disturbing ...
Audience: family outing, adult
Plot: world war two, war, military, japanese history, battles, survival, anti war, japanese army, imperial japan, brutality, japanese military, violence ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 2006, 2000s, ancient times ...
Place: japan, asia, nebraska, tokyo
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 7.4
 873K
Spider-Man (2002)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: After being bitten by a genetically altered spider, nerdy high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers.
Style: serious, exciting, entertaining, intense, suspense ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, date night ...
Plot: superhero, vigilante, courage, thanksgiving, secret identity, superhuman powers, super villain, selflessness, evil, transformation, teenage boy, good versus evil ...
Time: 2000s, y2k, year 2002, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, north america, manhattan new york city
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Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964)
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. is an American situation comedy that originally aired on CBS from September 25, 1964, to May 2, 1969. The series was a spinoff of The Andy Griffith Show, and the pilot was aired as the finale of the fourth season of The Andy ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, not serious, humorous
Plot: military, soldier, fish out of water, military base, humour, sergeant, u.s. military, us military, silly humor, disorder, goofy hero, misfit ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: california, los angeles, usa
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 7.4
 15K
Taking Chance (2009)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Lt. Col. Michael Strobl, a volunteer military escort accompanies the body of Lance Cpl. Chance Phelps to his hometown in Wyoming.
Style: realistic, touching, sincere, sentimental, sad ...
Plot: war, military, iraq war, soldier, marines, self discovery, ritual, military life, ethnic conflict, unlikely friendships, father son relationship, patriotism ...
Time: 20th century, year 2004, 21st century
Place: iraq, wyoming, afghanistan, baghdad iraq, usa ...
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Jarhead 2: Field of Fire (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Battle-scarred and disillusioned by the war, Corporal Chris Merrimette is put in charge of a unit whose next mission is to resupply a remote outpost on the edge of Taliban-controlled territory. While driving through the hostile Helmand province, a ...
Style: tense, serious, realistic, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: navy seal, taliban, military, male nudity, battles, heroic mission, wartime life, against the odds, soldier, danger, heroes, terrorism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: afghanistan, middle east
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 7.7
 23K
Missing (1982)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Based on the real-life experiences of Ed Horman. A conservative American businessman travels to a South American country to investigate the sudden disappearance of his son after a right-wing military takeover. Accompanied by his son's wife he ...
Style: political, political thriller, emotional, talky, tense ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: dictatorship, politics, military coup, political conspiracy, corruption, conspiracy, journalist, political intrigue, military, missing person, capitalism, coup d'etat ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1982, year 1973
Place: chile, latin america, south america, washington d.c., santiago chile
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 8.5
 63K
M*A*S*H (1972)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and revenge, the doctors, nurses, ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, cynical, clever, realistic ...
Plot: medical, doctor, military hospital, korean war, military life, hospital, surgery, friendship, medicine, doctors and patients, anti war, combat casualty ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place: korea
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 6.5
 15K
Emperor (2012)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: As the Japanese surrender at the end of WWII, Gen. Fellers is tasked with deciding if Emperor Hirohito will be hanged as a war criminal. Influencing his ruling is his quest to find Aya, an exchange student he met years earlier in the U.S.
Style: touching, captivating, sincere, epic, retro ...
Plot: world war two, japanese history, war, emperor, investigation, politics, occupation, military, war crime, political intrigue, moral dilemma, ruler ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1932, year 1945 ...
Place: japan, asia
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