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Mulan(1998)

G
| 1h 28min | Animation, Kids & Family, Adventure
4.0/5 (with 4,340 votes)

To save her father from certain death in the army, a young woman secretly enlists in his place and becomes one of China's greatest heroines in the process.

Directed by Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook
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Con Air(1997)

R
| 1h 56min | Action, Thriller, Crime
3.4/5 (with 1,790 votes)

Newly-paroled former US Army ranger Cameron Poe is headed back to his wife, but must fly home aboard a prison transport flight dubbed "Jailbird" taking the “worst of the worst” prisoners, a group described as “pure predators”, to a new super-prison. Poe faces impossible odds when the transport plane is skyjacked mid-flight by the most vicious criminals in the country led by the mastermind — genius serial killer Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom, and backed by black militant Diamond Dog and psychopath Billy Bedlam.

Directed by Simon West - With Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Steve Buscemi, Ving Rhames, Colm Meaney, ...
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Edge of Tomorrow(2014)

PG-13
| 1h 53min | Action, Science Fiction
3.8/5 (with 6,479 votes)

Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same day and is forced to fight and die again... and again - as physical contact with the alien has thrown him into a time loop.

Directed by Doug Liman - With Tom Cruise, Bill Paxton, Brendan Gleeson, Charlotte Riley, Emily Blunt, Jonas Armstrong, ...
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Porco Rosso(1992)

1h 34min | Kids & Family, Comedy, Animation, Adventure
3.9/5 (with 1,482 votes)

In Italy in the 1930s, sky pirates in biplanes terrorize wealthy cruise ships as they sail the Adriatic Sea. The only pilot brave enough to stop the scourge is the mysterious Porco Rosso, a former World War I flying ace who was somehow turned into a pig during the war. As he prepares to battle the pirate crew's American ace, Porco Rosso enlists the help of spunky girl mechanic Fio Piccolo and his longtime friend Madame Gina.

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki

Hamburger Hill(1987)

R
| 1h 52min | War, Action, Drama
3.3/5 (with 183 votes)

The men of Bravo Company are facing a battle that's all uphill… up Hamburger Hill. Fourteen war-weary soldiers are battling for a mud-covered mound of earth so named because it chews up soldiers like chopped meat. They are fighting for their country, their fellow soldiers and their lives. War is hell, but this is worse. Hamburger Hill tells it the way it was, the way it really was. It's a raw, gritty and totally unrelenting dramatic depiction of one of the fiercest battles of America's bloodiest war. This happened. Hamburger Hill - war at its worst, men at their best.

Directed by John Irvin - With Dylan McDermott, Steven Weber, Courtney B. Vance, Don Cheadle, Michael Boatman, Anthony Barrile, ...
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The Manchurian Candidate(2004)

R
| 2h 9min | Drama, Thriller, Mystery
3.2/5 (with 664 votes)

Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mysterious implant embedded in his back, the memory of what really happened begins to return.

Directed by Jonathan Demme - With Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber, Jon Voight, Kimberly Elise, Vera Farmiga, ...
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Windtalkers(2002)

R
| 2h 14min | War, Drama, Action, History
3.1/5 (with 536 votes)

Joe Enders is a gung-ho Marine assigned to protect a "windtalker" - one of several Navajo Indians who were used to relay messages during World War II because their spoken language was indecipherable to Japanese code breakers.

Directed by John Woo - With Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach, Mark Ruffalo, Peter Stormare, Noah Emmerich, Christian Slater, ...
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Where Eagles Dare(1968)

PG
| 2h 35min | Action, Adventure, War
3.8/5 (with 400 votes)

World War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostage in the Schloss Adler, a Bavarian castle that's nearly impossible to breach. It's up to a group of skilled Allied soldiers to liberate the general before it's too late.

Directed by Brian G. Hutton - With Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Mary Ure, Patrick Wymark, Michael Hordern, William Squire, ...
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Sergeant York(1941)

NR
| 2h 14min | History, Romance / Love, War
3.7/5 (with 82 votes)

Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.

Directed by Howard Hawks - With Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, NONE OF YOUR BUSSINES, George Tobias, Margaret Wycherly, Ward Bond, ...
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The Horse Soldiers(1959)

PG
| 1h 55min | Western, Adventure, War
3.6/5 (with 96 votes)

A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and the commander. The secret plan for the mission is overheard by a southern belle who must be taken along to assure her silence.

Directed by John Ford - With John Wayne, William Holden, Constance Towers, Althea Gibson, Hoot Gibson, Ken Curtis, ...
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Captain America(1979)

1h 37min | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, TV Movie
2.0/5 (with 26 votes)

An artist, Steve Rogers, is nearly murdered by spies, looking for his late father's national secrets. He is saved during surgery when a secret formula is injected into him; this serum not only heals him but also gives him fantastic strength and lightning reflexes. To help him solve the mystery behind his father’s murder and bring those guilty to justice, a government agency equips him with a special motorcycle loaded with gadgets and an indestructible shield. Now armed, he battles against the nation's enemies as the Sentinel of Liberty, Captain America.

Directed by Rod Holcomb - With Reb Brown, Heather Menzies, Lance LeGault, Frank Marth, Steve Forrest, Jason Wingreen, ...
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Superpower(2023)

1h 55min | Documentary
2.8/5 (with 6 votes)

Sean Penn and Aaron Kaufman’s documentary, shot just before and after Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24th February 2022, and featuring several interviews with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky.

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Goyo: The Boy General(2018)

2h 35min | History, Action, War
3.5/5 (with 2 votes)

With this film (the second war trilogy set during the Filipino-American war in the early 1900s), the revolution marches on against the Americans after the bloody death of General Antonio Luna. The conflicted philosophies behind the heroic struggle continue and become personified in the colorful character of General Gregorio "Goyo" del Pilar.

Directed by Jerrold Tarog
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Kiss Them for Me(1957)

NR
| 1h 45min | Comedy, Romance / Love, War
2.7/5 (with 11 votes)

Three navy war heroes are booked on a morale-building "vacation" in San Francisco. Once they manage to elude their ulcerated public relations officer, the trio throw a wild party with plenty of pretty girls.

Directed by Stanley Donen - With Cary Grant, Ray Walston, Suzy Parker, Jayne Mansfield, Werner Klemperer, Leif Erickson, ...

Heroes for Sale(1933)

NR
| 1h 12min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 10 votes)

Tom Holmes is someone guided by honesty and moral rectitude, a heroic veteran of the World War I marked by the unbearable suffering caused by his battle wounds, a traumatized but courageous man who will experience, in the years to come, the pain of misfortune but also the happiness of success and hope and love for other human beings.

Directed by William Augustus Wellman - With Richard Barthelmess, Aline MacMahon, Loretta Young, Berton Churchill, Charley Grapewin, Douglass Dumbrille, ...

Inglorious Basterds: Stolz der Nation(2009)

6min | War, Action, Drama
3.6/5 (with 15 votes)

Director Quentin Tarantino tasked Eli Roth to craft a mini-movie called Stolz der Nation (Nation's Pride) that will be included in the theatrical cut of Inglourious Basterds. To help promote Inglourious Basterds via the film-within-a-film, Roth has slapped together a trailer for Nation's Pride blending black and white photography with modern multi-layered camera effects.

The Eagle and the Hawk(1933)

NR
| 1h 13min | War, Drama, Action
3.4/5 (with 8 votes)

The pilots of a Royal Air Force squadron in World War I face not only physical but mental dangers in their struggle to survive while fighting the enemy.

Directed by Stuart Walker - With Fredric March, Cary Grant, Jack Oakie, Carole Lombard, Adrienne D'Ambricourt, Douglas Scott, ...

Hennessy(1975)

1h 43min | Thriller, Drama, Action
2.2/5 (with 5 votes)

Former Irish Republican Army member Niall Hennessy lives in Belfast, Ireland, with his wife and daughter amid the ongoing Irish-British conflict. Though he still knows people in the IRA, including fugitive leader Tobin, Niall has given up his violent ways. One day his family is caught in a chaotic street shootout and killed by British forces. Overwhelmed with rage and hunted by a Scotland Yard inspector, Niall heads to London to exact his deadly revenge.

Directed by Don Sharp - With Rod Steiger, Lee Remick, Richard Johnson, Trevor Howard, Peter Egan, Eric Porter, ...

Stand Alone(1985)

R
| 1h 34min | Action
2.6/5 (with 7 votes)

A World War II vet is pushed to the limit when gang members and drug dealers take over his neighborhood.

Directed by Alan Beattie - With Charles Durning

Youth Runs Wild(1944)

NR
| 1h 7min | Drama
1.9/5 (with 3 votes)

The teens of a defense-plant town hop on the road to juvenile delinquency while their parents are busy with the war.

Directed by Mark Robson - With Bonita Granville, Kent Smith, Jean Brooks, Vanessa Brown

Thrill of a Romance(1945)

1h 45min | Comedy, Music, Romance / Love
3.9/5 (with 2 votes)

A soldier falls in love with a newly-married woman after her husband abandons her for a business meeting on their honeymoon.

Directed by Richard Thorpe - With Van Johnson, Esther Williams, Frances Gifford, Carleton G. Young, Lauritz Melchior, Henry Travers, ...

Winter Meeting(1948)

NR
| 1h 44min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 2 votes)

A repressed poetess and an embittered war hero help each other cope with their problems.

Directed by Bretaigne Windust - With Bette Davis, Jim Davis, Janis Paige, Florence Bates, John Hoyt, Walter Baldwin, ...
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Ike(1979)

6h | Drama, History, War, TV Movie
3.1/5 (with 1 vote)

Eisenhower the military man is the focus of this mini-series, his relationships with the other wartime leaders, and, very discreetly, his personal relationship with his driver, Kay Summersby.

Mirror for a Hero(1987)

2h 19min | Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
3.0/5 (with 10 votes)

Sergei and Andrei are walking through a city park and see that a film shoot set just post World War II is taking place . They climb over the park fence to get a better view but hit some cable lying on the ground and find themselves in the past - on May 8, 1949, a day which they seem doomed to relive over and over again.

Directed by Vladimir Khotinenko - With Sergey Koltakov, Ivan Bortnik

The Wonder Man(1920)

1h 10min | Adventure, Drama

French Secret Service agent and boxer Henri D'Alour uncovers a plot to con the government out of millions of francs in its purchase of machinery.

Directed by John G. Adolfi - With Georges Carpentier, Faire Binney, Florence Billings

Pistoia 1944 - Una storia partigiana(2019)

1h 58min | War
3.8/5 (with 1 vote)

Pistoia, World War II. After the Nazi occupation of Tuscany, Silvano Fedi, together with a group of twenty-year-olds like him, decides to establish the 'Squadre Franche Libertarie', the local and national resistance, ready to give their lives in order to free Italy from oppression and injustice and rebuild it on the ideals of freedom and non-violence.

The Longest Hundred Miles(1967)

G
| 1h 40min | War, Drama, TV Movie
3.2/5 (with 2 votes)

During the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, an assorted group of refugees, including an American soldier, an Army nurse, a priest and a group of local children, try to make their getaway aboard a rattletrap, creaky bus.

Directed by Don Weis

The McConnell Story(1955)

NR
| 1h 46min | Drama, War, History
3.3/5 (with 1 vote)

Joe McConnell was sure that he was meant to be a pilot, but was stuck as a restless army private. It seemed that his ambition was blocked at every step.

Directed by Gordon Douglas - With Alan Ladd, Dabbs Greer, Edward Platt, Frank Faylen, Frank Ferguson, Gregory Walcott, ...

You Came Along(1945)

NR
| 1h 43min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

War hero flier Bob Collins goes on a war bond selling tour with two buddies, and substitute "chaperone" Ivy Hotchkiss. Bob's a cheerful Lothario with several girls in every town on the tour. After some amusing escapades, Bob and Ivy become romantically involved, agreeing it's "just fun up in the air." Then Ivy finds out the real reason why it shouldn't be anything more.

Directed by John Farrow - With Robert Cummings, Lizabeth Scott, Don DeFore, Kim Hunter, Charles Drake, Julie Bishop, ...

Sorrell and Son(1934)

1h 24min | Drama
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Stephen Sorrell, a decorated war hero, raises his son Kit alone after Kit's mother deserts husband and child in the boy's infancy. Sorrell loses a promising job offer and is forced to take work as a menial. Both his dignity and his health are damaged as he suffers under the exhausting labor and harsh treatment he receives as a hotel porter. But Sorrell thrives in the knowledge that his son will benefit from his labors. Sorrell has allowed the boy to believe his mother dead, but when the mother shows up, wanting to re-enter the young man's life, Sorrell must make hard decisions.

Directed by Jack Raymond - With H. B. Warner, Margot Grahame, Louis Hayward
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