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Full Metal Jacket(1987)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 57min | Drama, War
4.1/5 (with 4,893 votes)

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.

Das Boot(1981)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 30min | Drama, History, War
4.0/5 (with 1,007 votes)

A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.

The Greatest Beer Run Ever(2022)

2h 6min | Drama, Comedy, War
3.8/5 (with 287 votes)

Chickie wants to support his friends fighting in Vietnam, so he does something wild—personally bring them American beer. What starts as a well-meaning journey quickly changes Chickie’s life and perspective. Based on a true story.

Directed by Peter Farrelly - With Zac Efron, Russell Crowe, Bill Murray, Jake Picking, Will Ropp, Archie Renaux, ...

A Private War(2018)

1h 46min | War, Drama
3.4/5 (with 218 votes)

One of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontlines of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless.

The Hunting Party(2007)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 41min | Action, Adventure, Thriller, Drama
3.3/5 (with 132 votes)

A young journalist, an experienced cameraman and a discredited reporter find their bold plan to capture Bosnia's top war criminal quickly spiraling out of control when a UN representative mistakes them for a CIA hit squad.

The Passenger(1975)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 6min | Thriller, Drama
3.7/5 (with 205 votes)

David Locke is a world-weary American journalist who has been sent to cover a conflict in northern Africa, but he makes little progress with the story. When he discovers the body of a stranger who looks similar to him, Locke assumes the dead man's identity. However, he soon finds out that the man was an arms dealer, leading Locke into dangerous situations. Aided by a beautiful woman, Locke attempts to avoid both the police and criminals out to get him.

The Good German(2006)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 48min | Drama, War, Thriller, Mystery
2.9/5 (with 136 votes)

An American journalist arrives in Berlin just after the end of World War Two. He becomes involved in a murder mystery surrounding a dead GI who washes up at a lakeside mansion during the Potsdam negotiations between the Allied powers. Soon his investigation connects with his search for his married pre-war German lover.

Under Fire(1983)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 8min | Drama, War
3.4/5 (with 69 votes)

Three U.S. journalists get too close to one another and their work in 1979 Nicaragua.

Reds(1981)

FSK: 12+ years
| 3h 15min | Drama, History, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 136 votes)

An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his adventurous professional life with his radical commitment to the socialist revolution in Russia, his dream of spreading its principles among the members of the American working class, and his troubled romantic relationship with the writer Louise Bryant.

Objective, Burma!(1945)

2h 22min | Action, Drama, War
3.5/5 (with 34 votes)

A group of men parachute into Japanese-occupied Burma with a dangerous and important mission: to locate and blow up a radar station. They accomplish this well enough, but when they try to rendezvous at an old air-strip to be taken back to their base, they find Japanese waiting for them, and they must make a long, difficult walk back through enemy-occupied jungle.

Madras Cafe(2013)

2h 10min | Thriller, Drama, Action
3.3/5 (with 46 votes)

An Indian intelligence agent journeys to a war-torn coastal island to break a resolute rebel group and meets a passionate journalist.

Salvador(1986)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 3min | Drama, History, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 139 votes)

A second-rate journalist from the US tries his luck in El Salvador during the military dictatorship in the 1980s.

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Balibo(2009)

1h 51min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 17 votes)

As Indonesia prepares to invade the tiny nation of East Timor, five Australian based journalists go missing. Four weeks later, veteran foreign correspondent Roger East is lured to East Timor by the young and charismatic José Ramos-Horta to tell the story of his country and investigate the fate of the missing men. As East's determination to uncover the truth grows, the threat of invasion intensifie.

Live from Baghdad(2002)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 48min | Drama, War, TV Movie
3.4/5 (with 20 votes)

A group of CNN reporters wrestle with journalistic ethics and the life-and-death perils of reporting during the Gulf War.A Directors Guild Award-winning movie for director Mick Jackson, starring Michael Keaton and Helena Bonham Carter. In 1990, CNN was a 24-hour news network in search of a 24-hour story. They were about to find it in Baghdad. Veteran CNN producer Robert Wiener and his longtime producing partner Ingrid Formanek find themselves in Iraq on the eve of war. Up against the big three networks, Weiner and his team are rebels with a cause, willing to take risks to get the biggest stories and - unlike their rivals - take them live at a moment's notice. As Baghdad becomes an inevitable US target, one by one the networks pull out of the city until only the crew from CNN remains. With a full-scale war soon to be launched all around them, and CNN ready to broadcast whatever happens 24 hours a day, Wiener and Formanek are about to risk their lives for the story of a lifetime.

Guadalcanal Diary(1943)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 33min | Action, War, Drama
2.9/5 (with 7 votes)

Concentrating on the personal lives of those involved, a war correspondent takes us through the preparations, landing and initial campaign on Guadalcanal during WWII.

Yesterday's Enemy(1959)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 35min | Drama, War
3.6/5 (with 16 votes)

Set during the Burma Campaign of World War 2, this is the story of courage and endurance of the soldiers struggling at close quarters against the enemy. The film examines the moral dilemmas ordinary men face during war, when the definitions of acceptable military action and insupportable brutality become blurred and distorted.

Afghan Luke(2011)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 40min | Drama
2.7/5 (with 8 votes)

Disheartened when his story about Canadian snipers possibly mutilating corpses in Afghanistan is buried, Luke (Nick Stahl) quits his job but is even more determined to return to Afghanistan to get the real story. With his offbeat buddy, Tom (Nicolas Wright), tagging along, Luke returns to Afghanistan and intends to gather enough evidence to get his old story into print. But he soon finds that the country is an even more dangerous place than when he left. To make matters worse, his old friend and fixer, Mateen (Stephen Lobo) has been hired away by Luke's journalistic nemesis, Imran Sahar (Vik Sahay). Soon the trip for Luke and Tom in Afghanistan turns into a surreal and perilous adventure, a journey into an alternate reality, filtered through a haze of gun smoke.

The Soldier and the Lady(1937)

3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

In the face of rebellion in Russia, Czar Alexander II sends soldier Michael Strogoff 2,000 miles away, with a critical message for Grand Duke Vladimir. On the train journey, Michael befriends a traveler and comes into contact with a mysterious spy, who both unexpectedly aid him in his quest. Once behind enemy lines, Michael is near his hometown and his mother, whom he must avoid in order to fulfill his mission.

Somewhere I'll Find You(1942)

1h 48min | Drama, Romance / Love, War
3.2/5 (with 5 votes)

Brothers feud over a girl they both fall for while covering World War II.

Viper Club(2018)

1h 49min | Thriller, Drama
3.0/5 (with 7 votes)

ER nurse Helen Sterling struggles to free her grown son, a journalist captured by terrorists in the Middle East. After hitting walls with the FBI and State agencies, she discovers a clandestine community of journalists, advocates, and philanthropists who might be able to help.

Gate to Heaven(2022)

1h 31min | Drama

Robert Sternvall, a German journalist, returns to Artsakh in 2016 to cover the war which has been reignited after a 22-year ceasefire. In the result of his journalistic investigation, Robert meets Sophia, a young opera singer, who happens to be the daughter of missing photojournalist Edgar Martirosyan, whom Robert abandoned in captivity during the fall of the village of Talish in 1992. Robert and Sophia’s frequent rendezvouses ignite a passionate romance...

Directed by Jivan Avetisyan - With Richard Sammel, Sos Janibekyan, Leonardas Pobedonoscevas

Gateway(1938)

1h 15min | Drama
2.4/5 (with 1 vote)

Irish immigrant meets returning war correspondent on a liner bound for New York. When she resists the amours of another passenger, charges result in her being detained at Ellis Island.

Tokyo Rose(1946)

1h 9min | War, Adventure
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Lotus Long plays the title role, an American-educated Japanese woman broadcasting enemy propaganda to American troops. Captured GI Pete Sherman is one of a group of POWS slated to be interviewed on Tokyo Rose's radio program. Instead of advising his comrades to surrender (as ordered), Sherman uses his innate Yankee knowhow to hoist the treacherous deejay on her own petard. Managing to make his escape, Sherman hooks up with the Japanese Underground, convincing anti-militarist Charlie Otani to aid in a kidnapping plot aimed at Tokyo Rose.

Directed by Lew Landers - With Byron Barr

The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera(1996)

55min | Documentary
3.1/5 (with 3 votes)

In a documentary about Samuel Fuller, the spectator gets different impressions about the Hollywood director and his films. The film is divided into the three sections: The Typewriter, the Rifle and the Movie Camera. The first segment covers Fuller's past as a newsman where he began as a copy boy and ended as a reporter. Part two describes Fuller's experiences in World War II, in which he participated as a soldier. The last section focuses on Fuller as director. Tim Robbins interviews Samuel Fuller revealing the director's own memories and impressions. Beside the interview, Jim Jarmusch, Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino accompany the documentary with their comments.

Directed by Adam Simon

Unpublished Story(1942)

1h 32min | Drama, War
3.2/5 (with 3 votes)

Morale-boosting story released in the middle of World War II. A journalist uncovers a peace organisation at the centre of disreputable dealings.

Ridge War Z(2013)

1h 29min | Thriller, War
1.5/5 (with 4 votes)

The last surviving veterans of the worst battle of a zombie war recount their horrific memories to an author who is writing a book about their experiences.

Stronger Than a Bullet(2017)

1h 15min | Documentary, History
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Iran, January 16th, 1979. Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees after being overthrown. Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Tehran and proclaims the Islamic Republic on April 1st, 1979. In the same year, Saddam Hussein seizes power in Iraq and, after several border skirmishes, attacks Iran on September 22nd, 1980, initiating a cruel war that will last eight years. Since its outbreak, correspondent Saeid Sadeghi documented it from its beginning to its bitter end.

Snow & Ashes(2010)

1h 50min | Drama, Thriller, War
1.6/5 (with 2 votes)

Blaise Dumas, war correspondent, covers an armed conflict in Eastern Europe. When he wakes from a temporary coma in his home town of Quebec City, Blaise discovers that his long time collaborator and photographer has not come back with him. He then sets out to recapture the events that led to his friend's disappearance and his own narrow escape from the war zone.

Guest Wife(1945)

3.3/5 (with 4 votes)

Christopher Price, a small-town bank executive, continues to be loyal to and idolize his boyhood friend, Joseph Jefferson Parker, a famous war correspondent. But Chris's wife, Mary, is none to fond of Joe and tired of her husband's idolizing. On the eve of the Price's second-honeymoon trip to New York City, Joe arrives and tells Chris that he needs someone to pose as his wife in order to fool his boss in NYC, who thinks Joe got married to an overseas woman while on an assignment. Chris pushes Mary into posing as Joe's wife. In New York, this leads to many complications and misunderstandings, with Mary finally deciding to teach Chris and Joe a lesson by making them believe she is in love with Joe.

War Correspondent(1932)

1h 16min | Action, Adventure

In this war drama, a brave reporter tries to remain detached while covering the war in Shanghai. While there, he falls for an ex-streetwalker, but must compete with a mercenary pilot for her love. By the end, the correspondent loses his objectivity after he helps the pilot save the woman from the enemy. The rescue costs the pilot his life.

Directed by Paul Sloane