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Top Gun: Maverick(2022)

PG-13
| 2h 11min | Action, Drama
4.1/5 (with 3,883 votes)

After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a detachment of TOP GUN graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen.

Spectral(2016)

3.2/5 (with 739 votes)

A special-ops team is dispatched to fight supernatural beings that have taken over a European city.

Arrival(2016)

PG-13
| 1h 56min | Drama, Science Fiction, Mystery
3.8/5 (with 8,345 votes)

Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.

Godzilla(1998)

PG-13
| 2h 19min | Science Fiction, Action, Thriller
2.8/5 (with 1,790 votes)

French nuclear tests irradiate an iguana into a giant monster that viciously attacks freighter ships in the Pacific Ocean. A team of experts, including Niko Tatopoulos, conclude that the oversized reptile is the culprit. Before long, the giant lizard is loose in Manhattan as the US military races to destroy the monster before it reproduces and it's spawn takes over the world.

The Tomorrow War(2021)

3.8/5 (with 1,326 votes)

The world is stunned when a group of time travelers arrive from the year 2051 to deliver an urgent message: Thirty years in the future, mankind is losing a global war against a deadly alien species. The only hope for survival is for soldiers and civilians from the present to be transported to the future and join the fight. Among those recruited is high school teacher and family man Dan Forester. Determined to save the world for his young daughter, Dan teams up with a brilliant scientist and his estranged father in a desperate quest to rewrite the fate of the planet.

The Fifth Element(1997)

3.8/5 (with 5,103 votes)

In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.

The Predator(2018)

2.8/5 (with 2,100 votes)

When a young boy accidentally triggers the universe's most lethal hunters' return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled scientist can prevent the end of the human race.

Saving Private Ryan(1998)

R
| 2h 49min | Drama, History, War
4.1/5 (with 7,024 votes)

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.

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets(2017)

PG-13
| 2h 16min | Adventure, Science Fiction, Action
3.3/5 (with 3,372 votes)

In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are special operatives charged with keeping order throughout the human territories. On assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two undertake a mission to Alpha, an ever-expanding metropolis where species from across the universe have converged over centuries to share knowledge, intelligence, and cultures. At the center of Alpha is a mysterious dark force which threatens the peaceful existence of the City of a Thousand Planets, and Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe.

The Incredible Hulk(2008)

PG-13
| 1h 54min | Science Fiction, Action, Adventure
3.1/5 (with 5,340 votes)

Scientist Bruce Banner scours the planet for an antidote to the unbridled force of rage within him: the Hulk. But when the military masterminds who dream of exploiting his powers force him back to civilization, he finds himself coming face to face with a new, deadly foe.

Dunkirk(2017)

PG-13
| 1h 47min | War, Action, Drama
3.8/5 (with 7,599 votes)

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.

Tears of the Sun(2003)

R
| 2h 1min | War, Action, Drama
3.4/5 (with 972 votes)

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 conscience and protect a group of innocent refugees. When the democratic government of Nigeria collapses and the country is taken over by a ruthless military dictator, Waters, a fiercely loyal and hardened veteran is dispatched on a routine mission to retrieve a Doctors Without Borders physician.

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King Kong Lives(1986)

PG-13
| 1h 45min | Fantasy, Action, Adventure
2.6/5 (with 81 votes)

After falling from the Twin Towers, Kong lies in a coma for ten years. When his heart begins to fail, scientists engineer an artificial heart, and a giant female ape is captured to serve as a source for a blood transfusion. When Kong awakens following his heart transplant, he senses the nearby presence of the female ape and the two escape to wreak havoc together.

Apocalypse Now(1979)

2h 27min | Drama, War
4.1/5 (with 3,606 votes)

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 Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.

Jeepers Creepers 3(2017)

NR
| 1h 40min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
2.5/5 (with 373 votes)

Taking place on the last day of the Creeper’s twenty-three-day feeding frenzy, as the skeptical Sergeant Tubbs teams up with a task force hellbent on destroying the Creeper for good. The Creeper fights back in gory glory as its enemies grow closer than ever before to learning the secret of its dark origins.

Cloverfield(2008)

PG-13
| 1h 25min | Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
3.4/5 (with 3,299 votes)

Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives.

Starship Troopers(1997)

3.5/5 (with 2,110 votes)

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 interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species known as "the Bugs".

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer(2007)

PG-13
| 1h 32min | Adventure, Fantasy, Action, Thriller
2.8/5 (with 3,569 votes)

The Fantastic Four return to the big screen as a new and all powerful enemy threatens the Earth. The seemingly unstoppable 'Silver Surfer', but all is not what it seems and there are old and new enemies that pose a greater threat than the intrepid superheroes realize.

28 Days Later(2002)

3.6/5 (with 2,987 votes)

Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the virus turns those it infects into homicidal maniacs -- and it's absolutely impossible to contain.

Red Dawn(2012)

PG-13
| 1h 33min | Action, Thriller
2.8/5 (with 738 votes)

A city in Washington state awakens to the surreal sight of foreign paratroopers dropping from the sky—shockingly, the U.S. has been invaded and their hometown is the initial target. Quickly and without warning, the citizens find themselves prisoners and their town under enemy occupation. Determined to fight back, a group of young patriots seek refuge in the surrounding woods, training and reorganizing themselves into a guerrilla group of fighters.

Lone Survivor(2013)

R
| 2h 1min | War, Action, Drama, History
3.7/5 (with 1,871 votes)

Four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level Taliban operative must make an impossible moral decision in the mountains of Afghanistan that leads them into an enemy ambush. As they confront unthinkable odds, the SEALs must find reserves of strength and resilience to fight to the finish.

The Blob(1988)

R
| 1h 35min | Horror, Science Fiction
3.4/5 (with 353 votes)

In Arborville, California, three high school students discover a strange, gelatinous substance that melts the flesh of any living creatures in its path and wreaks havoc across town.

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Final Alchemy(2022)

2h 22min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
3.2/5 (with 72 votes)

The Elric brothers’ long and winding journey comes to a close in this epic finale, where they must face off against an unworldly, nationwide threat.

Directed by Fumihiko Sori

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms(2018)

4.1/5 (with 261 votes)

Maquia is a member of a special race called the Iorph who can live for hundreds of years. However, Maquia has always felt lonely despite being surrounded by her people, as she was orphaned from a young age. She daydreams about the outside world, but dares not travel from her home due to the warnings of the clan's chief. One day the kingdom of Mezarte invades her homeland. They already have what is left of the giant dragons, the Renato, under their control, and now their king wishes to add the immortality to his bloodline. They ravage the Iorph homeland and kill most of its inhabitants. Caught in the midst of the attack, Maquia is carried off by one of the Renato. It soon dies, and she is left deserted in a forest, now truly alone save for the cries of a single baby off in the distance. Maquia finds the baby in a destroyed village and decides to raise him as her own, naming him Ariel. Although she knows nothing of the human world, how to raise a child that ages much faster than her.

Directed by Mari Okada

Zero Dark Thirty(2012)

R
| 2h 37min | Thriller, Drama, History
3.5/5 (with 2,099 votes)

A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.

Violet Evergarden: The Movie(2020)

4.2/5 (with 153 votes)

As the world moves on from the war and technological advances bring changes to her life, Violet still hopes to see her lost commanding officer again.

Directed by Taichi Ishidate

Aloha(2015)

PG-13
| 1h 45min | Drama, Comedy, Romance / Love
2.7/5 (with 926 votes)

A celebrated military contractor returns to the site of his greatest career triumphs and re-connects with a long-ago love while unexpectedly falling for the hard-charging Air Force watchdog assigned to him.

Courage Under Fire(1996)

R
| 1h 56min | Drama, Thriller, Mystery, War
3.3/5 (with 377 votes)

A US Army officer, who made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up, has been reassigned to a desk job. He is tasked to investigate a female chopper commander's worthiness to be awarded the Medal of Honor. At first all seems in order. But then he begins to notice inconsistencies between the testimonies of the witnesses...

Behind Enemy Lines(2001)

1h 46min | Action, Drama, Thriller, War
3.1/5 (with 619 votes)

While flying a routine reconnaissance mission over Bosnia, fighter pilot Chris Burnett photographs something he wasn't supposed to see and gets shot down behind enemy lines, where he must outrun an army led by a ruthless Serbian general. With time running out and a deadly tracker on his trail, Burnett's commanding officer decides to risk his career and launch a renegade rescue mission to save his life.

Camp X-Ray(2014)

R
| 1h 57min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 458 votes)

A young woman joins the military to be part of something bigger than herself and her small-town roots. Instead, she ends up as a new guard at Guantanamo Bay, where her mission is far from black and white. Surrounded by hostile jihadists and aggressive squadmates, she strikes up an unusual friendship with one of the detainees.

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