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Hacksaw Ridge(2016)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 19min | Drama, History, War
4.1/5 (with 5,982 votes)

WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.

G.I. Jane(1997)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 5min | Action, Drama
3.2/5 (with 724 votes)

In response to political pressure from Senator Lillian DeHaven, the U.S. Navy begins a program that would allow for the eventual integration of women into its services. The program begins with a single trial candidate, Lieutenant Jordan O'Neil, who is chosen specifically for her femininity. O'Neil enters the grueling training program under the command of Master Chief John James Urgayle, who unfairly pushes O'Neil until her determination wins his respect.

The Pacifier(2005)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 35min | Comedy, Kids & Family, Action
3.0/5 (with 1,364 votes)

Navy SEAL Shane Wolfe is handed a new assignment: Protect the five Plummer kids from enemies of their recently deceased father -- a government scientist whose top-secret experiment remains hidden in the kids' house.

Heartbreak Ridge(1986)

FSK: 18+ years
| 2h 10min | War, Action, Comedy, Drama
3.4/5 (with 423 votes)

A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.

The Last Castle(2001)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 11min | Action, Drama, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 535 votes)

A court-martialed general rallies together 1200 inmates to rise against the system that put him away.

Eye in the Sky(2016)

1h 42min | Drama, Thriller, War
3.5/5 (with 687 votes)

A UK-based military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the mission escalates from “capture” to “kill.” As American pilot Steve Watts is about to engage, a nine-year old girl enters the kill zone, triggering an international dispute reaching the highest levels of US and British government over the moral, political, and personal implications of modern warfare.

Dead Rising: Watchtower(2015)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 58min | Horror, Science Fiction, Action
2.6/5 (with 152 votes)

A group of people fight to survive in a zombie infested town.

Mute(2018)

2.8/5 (with 486 votes)

A mute man with a violent past is forced to take on the teeming underworld of a near-future Berlin as he searches for his missing girlfriend.

Navy Seals(1990)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 53min | Action
2.7/5 (with 93 votes)

During a rescue mission, a team of Navy Seals discover that a terrorist group have access to deadly US built Stinger missiles, and must set out to locate and destroy them before they can be used.

Emperor(2012)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 45min | Drama, History, War
3.1/5 (with 107 votes)

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.

Good Kill(2015)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 44min | Drama
3.0/5 (with 237 votes)

In the shadowy world of drone warfare, combat unfolds like a video game–only with real lives at stake. After six tours of duty, Air Force pilot Tom Egan now fights the Taliban from an air-conditioned bunker in the Nevada desert. But as he yearns to get back in the cockpit of a real plane and becomes increasingly troubled by the collateral damage he causes each time he pushes a button, Egan’s nerves—and his relationship with his wife—begin to unravel.

Wings(1927)

3.6/5 (with 108 votes)

Two young men, one rich, one middle class, both in love with the same woman, become US Air Corps fighter pilots and, eventually, heroic flying aces during World War I. Devoted best friends, their mutual love of the girl eventually threatens their bond. Meanwhile, a hometown girl who's the lovestruck lifelong next door neighbor of one of them, pines away.

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Bravetown(2015)

1h 52min | Drama, Music
3.4/5 (with 137 votes)

After an accidental drug overdose, a talented teenage DJ goes to live with his estranged father in a small Army town, where he gets to the bottom of his own pain and learns empathy for others.

Fremont(2023)

1h 31min | Comedy, Drama
2.9/5 (with 6 votes)

Donya, a lonely Afghan refugee and former translator, spends her twenties drifting through a meager existence in Fremont, California. Shuttling between her job writing fortunes for a fortune cookie factory and sessions with her eccentric therapist, Donya suffers from insomnia and survivor's guilt over those still left behind in Kabul as she desperately searches for love.

Directed by Babak Jalali - With Anaita Wali Zada, Gregg Turkington, Jeremy Allen White

Hearts and Minds(1974)

1h 52min | Documentary, War
4.0/5 (with 36 votes)

Many times during his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson said that ultimate victory in the Vietnam War depended upon the U.S. military winning the "hearts and minds" of the Vietnamese people. Filmmaker Peter Davis uses Johnson's phrase in an ironic context in this anti-war documentary, filmed and released while the Vietnam War was still under way, juxtaposing interviews with military figures like U.S. Army Chief of Staff William C. Westmoreland with shocking scenes of violence and brutality.

Directed by Peter Davis

A Walk in the Sun(1945)

1h 57min | War, Drama
2.9/5 (with 23 votes)

In the 1943 invasion of Italy, one American platoon lands, digs in, then makes its way inland to attempt to take a fortified farmhouse, as tension and casualties mount.

Drones(2013)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 22min | Thriller
2.4/5 (with 13 votes)

Drones begins in the Nevada desert, where new girl Sue Lawson joins airman Jack in a hot, windowless bunker from which they manoeuvre unmanned drones across the plains of Afghanistan. Their first day at work is awkward but polite, with Jack all too aware of Sue’s privileged status as daughter of a well-respected general. This, however, will be no ordinary mission: as they train their sights on an unarmed terrorist suspect, a power struggle erupts between the smart, sophisticated Sue and the dogged, blue-collar Jack.

Tiger Cruise(2004)

3.0/5 (with 14 votes)

On its last leg homeward, from Pearl Harbour (Hawaii) to San Diego, the USS Constellation hosts a jolly 'tiger cruise' for USNavy, Marines and USNAF relatives, mainly minors ('Navy brats'). Attitudes and emotions vary from simple joy to open frustration, the worst brat being XO commander Gary Dolan's daughter Maddie, who wants him to refuse a promotion to command for a shore job. Then the news of the WCC terror crisis changes everything, as the crew is recalled to war footing.

The Onania Club(2020)

5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Hanna secretly joins a group called The Onania Club. Its members, strong independent L.A. women, get aroused by the misery of others. Hanna meets more misery than she could ever hope for and in the process loses everything she cares for.

Directed by Tom Six

Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story(1995)

1h 31min | Drama, TV Movie
2.8/5 (with 6 votes)

After serving in the military for more than twenty years, including a tour of duty in Vietnam, Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer (Glenn Close) had seen her share of battles. But nothing could prepare her for the fight ahead: an intensely personal struggle against the U.S. Army when she becomes the highest ranking officer ever to be discharged for being a lesbian. With the support of her partner Diane (Judy Davis), Cammermeyer undertakes an against-all-odds battle against the Army's policy. But to do so, she must risk everything – her career, her privacy and even the love of her family.

Directed by Jeff Bleckner - With Glenn Close

Control Room(2004)

1h 24min | Documentary
3.9/5 (with 26 votes)

A chronicle which provides a rare window into the international perception of the Iraq War, courtesy of Al Jazeera, the Arab world's most popular news outlet. Roundly criticized by Cabinet members and Pentagon officials for reporting with a pro-Iraqi bias, and strongly condemned for frequently airing civilian causalities as well as footage of American POWs, the station has revealed (and continues to show the world) everything about the Iraq War that the Bush administration did not want it to see.

Directed by Jehane Noujaim - With Samir Khader, Josh Rushing

The True Story of Black Hawk Down(2003)

1h 32min | Documentary
3.3/5 (with 4 votes)

On October 3rd, 1993, 120 Delta Force Commandos and Army Rangers were dropped into the heart of Mogadishu, Somalia. Their mission was a fast daylight raid to kidnap lead terrorist Mohammed Farrah Aidid, who had been killing U.N. workers delivering food to starving Somalis. Aidid’s goal was to control the country by controlling all the food. The mission abruptly changed to a rescue operation. Surrounded by Somali militia, a fierce firefight ensued that left American troops trapped and fighting for their lives. The ordeal left 18 American men dead, 70 wounded, with 3,000 Somalis casualties. This brilliant documentary tells the true story of "Black Hawk Down" through the memories and voices of the American Special Forces survivors. Also included are Somali militiamen as they recount their harrowing experiences of battle.

Rebel Rabbit(1949)

3.8/5 (with 10 votes)

The signs indicate current bounty prices: $50 for a fox, $75 for a bear, only 2 cents for a rabbit. Bugs is insulted.

Directed by Robert McKimson

Service with the Colors(1940)

21min | Drama
2.2/5 (with 3 votes)

Service with the Colors is a 1940 American short drama film directed by B. Reeves Eason. This drama is "dedicated to the soldiers of the United States Army." Men with diverse backgrounds enlist in the army and are all assigned to the same post. Some adapt easily to army life, while others have trouble making the adjustment. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 13th Academy Awards for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel).

AWOL(2011)

14min | Drama
3.7/5 (with 2 votes)

Days before deployment to Afghanistan, Joey returns to rural Pennsylvania for Christmas with big dreams of running away to Canada with her beautiful lover. But Joey learns that things don’t always end up as planned. This short film was expanded into a feature film of the same title, it premiered at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival, and it was released in 2017.

Beyond the Line of Duty(1942)

22min | War
2.4/5 (with 4 votes)

This short film in support of the war effort focuses on the training and missions of Army Air Corps Captain Hewitt T. Wheless just after the U.S. entry into World War II.

Directed by Lewis Seiler - With Ronald Reagan

Running Scared(1980)

1h 36min | Drama, Action, Adventure
2.0/5 (with 2 votes)

It's 1961. Two servicemen smuggle a box of military gear to USA. Leroy tries out a military camera and accidentally takes a picture of some military facilities. Army finds one of the pictures and thinks they're communist spies.

Directed by Paul Glickler - With Ken Wahl, Judge Reinhold, Annie McEnroe, Bradford Dillman, John Saxon, Pat Hingle, ...

Men of the Sky(1942)

20min | Drama, War
0.5/5 (with 1 vote)

A propaganda film, made in the early months of World War II, dramatizing a new group of U.S. Army Air Force pilots receiving their wings from Lt. General H.H. Arnold. An off-screen narrator introduces four of them to us; we see them before the war, during flight training, and in their first assignments as pilots.

Directed by B. Reeves Eason

Serving in Secret: Love, Country, and Don't Ask, Don't Tell(2023)

Tracing the U.S. military's long history of discrimination against the gay community and one couple's personal journey for acceptance.

11th. Naval District "United States Coast Guard Band"(1944)

10min | Music
2.0/5 (with 2 votes)

A patriotic wartime short showcasing the U.S. Coast Guard Band, led by singer Rudy Vallee, and saluting the Naval branches of the military.

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