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 6.7
 204K
The Flash (2023)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand
Duration: 144 min.
Story: The Flash travels back in time to prevent the murder of his mother, an act which disrupts time significantly.
Style: epic, saga, tense, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience: toddlers
Plot: multiverse, superhero, superpower, secret identity, batman, struck by lightning, justice league, villain, loss of mother, avenger, geek, superhuman ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, year 2004, year 2013
Place: russia, siberia
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A Gathering of Eagles (1963)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Rock Hudson plays an Air Force Colonel who has just been re-assigned as a cold war B-52 commander who must shape up his men to pass a grueling inspection that the previous commander had failed, and had been fired for. He is also recently married, ...
Plot: cold war, aviation, nuclear threat, u.s. air force, fighter plane, flying, lonely, friendship, military, marriage, nuclear war, nuclear missile ...
Time: year 1963, 60s
Place: california
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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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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 161 min.
Story: The sequel to Black Panther (2018).
Style: futuristic, captivating, anime, tear jerker, surprise ending ...
Audience: family friendly, chick flick
Plot: superhero, fight, heroes, human nature, fight scenes, african american, death of king, death of brother, technology, showdown, danger, african ...
Time: 2020s, 16th century, future, 21st century
Place: africa, haiti, atlantic ocean, boston, virginia ...
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 4.7
 7K
Fire Birds (1990)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A joint task force operation between the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Army has been formed to dismantle one of the largest drug cartels operating in South America. Multiple attempts to assault the cartel's mountainous compound ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: aviation, justice, heroic mission, danger, tough heroes, against the odds, daring rescue, save the day, military, death, flying, airplane ...
Time: 80s, 90s
Place: colombia, iraq, south america, pentagon
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 7.3
 110K
Rescue Dawn (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, War
Country: USA, Luxembourg
Duration: 125 min.
Story: A US Fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.
Style: suspenseful, bleak, tense, harsh, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vietnam war, survival, pow, soldier, jungle, prison escape, camp, wilderness, prison, violence, military, prisoner ...
Time: 20th century, year 2006, 60s, year 1965, year 1966
Place: vietnam, iraq, laos, asia
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 6.0
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The Airlift (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 180 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: light, touching, exciting, sincere
Plot: cold war, soldier, pow, anti communist, army, air force, german history, world war two, world war, crisis, conservative, boys and girls ...
Time: post world war two
Place: west berlin west germany, east berlin, germany, berlin germany
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Merrill's Marauders (1962)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill leads the 3,000 American volunteers of his 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), aka "Merrill's Marauders", behind Japanese lines across Burma to Myitkyina, pushing beyond their limits and fighting ...
Style: bleak, rough, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, war, military, great war, conflict, world war, battles, soldier, swamp, jungle warfare, pacific war, campaign ...
Time: 1940s, year 1962, year 1944
Place: burma, japan, asia, pacific ocean, southeast asia
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A Distant Trumpet (1964)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: In 1883, US Cavalry lieutenant Matthew Hazard, newly graduated from West Point, is assigned to isolated Fort Delivery on the Mexican border of Arizona, where he meets commanding officer Teddy Mainwarring's wife Kitty, whom he later rescues from ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, surprise ending
Plot: cavalry, military, apache, cavalry charge, fort, civil war, soldier, cave, battles, surrender, u.s. army, equestrian ...
Time: 60s
Place: arizona, usa, washington d.c., mexico
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Casualties of War (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager. Based on the actual events of an incident on Hill 192 in November, 1966.
Style: disturbing, rough, emotional, realistic, intense ...
Plot: vietnam war, soldier, military, pow, rape, war crime, anti war, war, murder, atrocity, brutality, wartime ...
Time: 20th century, year 1989, 60s, year 1966, year 1974 ...
Place: vietnam, asia, california, san francisco
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 6.7
 70K
Space Force (2020)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: On June 18, 2018 the federal government announced the creation of a 6th major division of the United States Armed Forces. The Goal of the new branch is "to defend satellites from attack" and "perform other space-related tasks." ...
Style: funny, humorous, sitcom, satirical, light ...
Plot: scientist, military, space race, space, rocket launching, satire, father daughter relationship, space mission, warlord, space marine, humour, space station ...
Time: 2020s
Place: usa, america, colorado, china
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 7.1
 110K
WarGames (1983)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: High School student David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Defense Department's war computer and initiates a ...
Style: clever, futuristic, tense, cyber, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: cold war, hacker, computer, computer hacker, teenager, nuclear threat, hacking, computer cracker, computer genius, chess, artificial intelligence, nuclear war ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1983
Place: seattle, oregon, washington state, usa, ussr ...
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Spartan (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: U.S. government agent Scott is assigned to rescue the daughter of a high-ranking government official. As willing as he is to bend the rules to get things done, though, Scott is shocked to find that others are willing to go even further to protect a ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, intense, rough, political thriller ...
Plot: secret service, kidnapping, investigation, missing person, spy, politics, conspiracy, espionage, female agent, political conspiracy, secret agent, rescue ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: boston, usa, london, harvard university, dubai
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 6.2
 27K
Down Periscope (1996)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Bumbling Navy lieutenant Tom Dodge has been given one last chance to clean up his record. But Admiral Graham, his nemesis, assigns Dodge to the Stingray, a submarine that can barely keep afloat. To add insult to injury, the Stingray is to be the ...
Style: parody, humorous, not serious, witty, light ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: submarine, military, u.s. navy, navy, military life, underwater, rivalry, nothing goes right, against the odds, goofy hero, stupidity, boat ...
Time: year 1996, 20th century
Place: usa, florida
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The Kill Team (2019)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Spain, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: When Andrew Briggman—a young soldier in the US invasion of Afghanistan—witnesses other recruits killing innocent civilians under the direction of a sadistic Sergeant, he considers reporting them to higher-ups. However, the heavily-armed and ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: war crime, american soldier, military, behind enemy lines, moral dilemma, soldier, murder, military life, wartime life, heroism, brutality, machismo ...
Time: year 2019, 2000s, year 2009, 21st century
Place: afghanistan, middle east
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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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The Last Rescue (2015)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: World World II: Shortly after D-Day, three American soldiers and two Army Corps nurses are stranded behind enemy lines. They take a high-ranking German officer as their prisoner and try to orchestrate an escape.
Style: realistic, captivating, suspense, tense
Plot: world war two, rescue, evacuation, field hospital, d day, friendship, soldier, bravery, danger, rivalry, military, world war ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944, 20th century
Place: france
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Only the Brave (2006)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A searing portrait of war and prejudice, 'Only the Brave' takes you on a haunting journey into the hearts and minds of the forgotten heroes of WWII - the Japanese-American 100th/442nd.
Style: exciting, tense, captivating, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, battles, soldier, survival, military life, society, daring rescue, danger, war, heroic mission, battle zone, world war ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: europe, usa, france, italy, hawaii
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Soldier in the Rain (1963)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Sentemental military comedy revolves around two contemporary army buddies, Master Sergeant Maxwell Slaughter (Jackie Gleason), a smooth operator, who supply Sergeant Eustis Clay (Steve McQueen) idolizes and hopes will join him as a civilian in a ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, independent film
Audience: manly
Plot: soldier, us military, american soldier, friends, screwball, buddies, love and romance, military, verbal byplay, cons and scams, military life, love triangle ...
Time: year 1963, 20th century, 60s, 1950s
Place: usa
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Renaissance Man (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Danny DeVito plays an advertising man who is slowly sliding downhill. When he is fired from his job in Detroit, he signs up for unemployment. One day they find him a job; Teaching thinking skills to Army recruits. He arrives on base to find that ...
Style: touching, humorous, emotional, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: kids
Plot: teacher, teachers and students, unemployment, shakespeare, underdog, self discovery, soldier, instructor, unlikely friendships, justice, teaching, teacher student relationship ...
Time: 90s, year 1994
Place: brooklyn new york city, detroit
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 8.4
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Combat! (1962)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American soldiers fighting the Germans in France during World War II. The program starred Rick Jason as ...
Style: retro, serious, realistic, vintage
Plot: world war two, military, world war, tank, mission, american soldier, soldier, us military, infantrymen, anti war, navy, d day ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944, 20th century, 60s
Place: europe, prague, france, czech republic
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In the Army Now (1994)
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Bones Conway and Jack Kaufman didn't really know what they were in for when they enlisted in the U.S. Army; they just wanted to get a job and make some money. But these new recruits are so hapless, they run the risk of getting kicked out before ...
Style: humorous, intense, not serious, slapstick, absurd ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: desert, friendship, boot camp, redemption, justice, u.s. army, fish out of water, war, save the day, against the odds, military life, goofy hero ...
Time: 90s
Place: middle east, iraq
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 6.7
 116K
Hot Shots! (1991)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Recruited to join a top-secret mission for the Air Force, a renegade pilot finds himself coping with an incompetent admiral and a carefully selected squadron of flyers who are either inept or half-blind.
Style: parody, spoof, humorous, absurd, light ...
Audience: kids, date night, family outing, teens
Plot: airplane, goofy hero, satire, stupidity, aviation, heroic mission, air force, save the day, disorder, military base, love and romance, danger ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 70s, year 1971, year 1975
Place: iraq, mediterranean sea, california
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Countdown to Looking Glass (1984)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A fictional confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the Strait of Hormuz, the gateway to the Persian Gulf. The narrative of the film details the events that lead up to the initial exchange of nuclear weapons from the ...
Style: apocalyptic, tragic ending, mockumentary
Plot: nuclear holocaust, nuclear war, disaster, apocalypse, cold war, found footage, post apocalypse, u.s. president, president, catastrophe, distopia, post apocalyptic ...
Place: usa, soviet union, saudi arabia, middle east
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The Worst Horror Movie Ever Made (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A group of friends get together for a card game, but within 5 minutes most of them die horribly, leaving the hosts to run for their lives (and from the law). Along the way, they encounter every conceivable horror movie monster/villain, but with a ...
Style: disturbing, dark comedy, computer animated, spoof, black comedy ...
Plot: fortune teller, female nudity, psychiatric patient, psychiatric hospital, killer bee, lactation, dead child, mental institution, card playing, redneck, mummy, u.s. military ...
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Warum die UFOs unseren Salat klauen (1980)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: West Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A special kind of salad gives people superpowers.
Plot: police, cold war, farce, alien, love, mars, male female relationship, u.s. army, baker, ufo, biologist, martian ...
Place: west berlin west germany
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Delta Force Commando (1987)
Genre: Action
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story: After the needless death of his wife and unborn child during a theft and raid on an army base (and it was really needless as the hoods just burst in and shoot up his apt for no reason) an ex-member of Delta Force and decorated war veteran Fred ...
Style: macaroni combat, cult classic, eighties
Plot: blaxploitation, cavalry, shootout, u.s. army, jungle, hand to hand combat, one against many, pregnancy, military base, martial arts, one man army, warrior ...
Place: nicaragua, central america, puerto rico
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Under Siege (1986)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Terrorists launch an attack against the USA. Their first strike is by a suicide squad that detonates a truckload of explosives at an army base in Washington DC. FBI probes indicate that the attack is by Arab terrorists led by Iranians. Subsequent ...
Style: political thriller
Plot: terrorist attack, politics, bomb, military, u.s. army, u.s. president, arab, army, fbi, terrorist, racism, exploding airplane ...
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Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, Japan, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The story of journalist, Edward R Murrow's stand against Senator McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.
Style: black and white, political, melancholic, factual, tense ...
Plot: media, politics, television, journalist, mccarthyism, reporter, fighting the system, cold war, journalism, communism, propaganda, politician ...
Time: 1950s, 20th century, 50s, 90s, year 2005 ...
Place: new york, california, washington d.c., usa, soviet union ...
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The Fifth Estate (2013)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, India, Belgium
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A look at the relationship between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his early supporter and eventual colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and how the website's growth and influence led to an irreparable rift between the two friends.
Style: political, tense, stylized, realistic, serious ...
Audience: family friendly, teens
Plot: journalism, internet, whistleblower, computers and web, politics, international relations, hacking, computer hacker, spy, biopic, hacker, journalist ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, year 2010, year 2011, 21st century
Place: europe, cairo egypt, paris france, washington d.c., stockholm sweden ...
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