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The Grand Budapest Hotel(2014)

R
| 1h 40min | Comedy, Drama
4.0/5 (with 6,965 votes)

The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.

Directed by Wes Anderson - With Ralph Fiennes, Saoirse Ronan, Edward Norton, Jude Law, Owen Wilson, Tilda Swinton, ...
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Terminator Salvation(2009)

PG-13
| 1h 55min | Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 2,954 votes)

All grown up in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor must lead the resistance of humans against the increasingly dominating militaristic robots. But when Marcus Wright appears, his existence confuses the mission as Connor tries to determine whether Wright has come from the future or the past -- and whether he's friend or foe.

Directed by McG - With Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin, Bryce Dallas Howard, Moon Bloodgood, Common, ...
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Two Women(1960)

NR
| 1h 40min | Drama, War
3.9/5 (with 238 votes)

Widowed shopkeeper Cesira and her 13-year-old daughter Rosetta flee from the allied bombs in Rome during the second World War; they travel to the remote village where Cesira was born. During their journey and in the village and onward, the mother does everything she can to protect Rosetta. Meanwhile, a sensitive young intellectual, Michele, falls in love with Cesira.

Directed by Vittorio De Sica - With Sophia Loren, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Eleonora Brown, Carlo Ninchi, Raf Vallone, Emma Baron, ...
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A Promise(2013)

R
| 1h 34min | Drama, Romance / Love
2.9/5 (with 57 votes)

A romantic drama set in Germany just before WWI and centered on a married woman who falls in love with her husband's teacher. Separated by the war, they pledge their devotion to one another.

Directed by Patrice Leconte - With Rebecca Hall, Alan Rickman, Richard Madden, Maggie Steed, Shannon Tarbet, Jean-Louis Sbille, ...
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The Dead(2010)

R
| 1h 45min | Horror, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
2.9/5 (with 73 votes)

When the last evacuation flight out of war-torn Africa crashes off the coast, American Air Force Engineer Lieutenant Brian Murphy emerges as the sole survivor in a land where the dead are returning to life and attacking the living.

Directed by Jonathan Ford, Howard J. Ford
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Warbirds(2008)

PG
| 1h 25min | Horror
1.6/5 (with 11 votes)

In the midst of World War 2, a OSS officer leads a group of female pilots on a mission to deliver a secret weapon, only to crash land on an island in the Pacific after an encounter with a deadly storm. On the island, they must not only contend with a small band of Japanese soldiers but the native inhabitants of the island as well - vicious prehistoric Pterodons.

Der Fuehrer's Face(1943)

NR
| 8min | Animation
3.5/5 (with 61 votes)

A marching band of Germans, Italians, and Japanese march through the streets of swastika-motif Nutziland, serenading "Der Fuehrer's Face." Donald Duck, not living in the region by choice, struggles to make do with disgusting Nazi food rations and then with his day of toil at a Nazi artillery factory. After a nervous breakdown, Donald awakens to find that his experience was in fact a nightmare.

Directed by Jack Kinney

Hope and Glory(1987)

PG-13
| 1h 53min | Drama, War, Kids & Family
3.4/5 (with 76 votes)

Director John Boorman drew from his own childhood experiences for this coming-of-age tale about a boy growing up in and around London during World War II. For young Billy, the nightly bombings provide a frightening show, but they include opportunities to rummage through the rubble with friends in the mornings. As Billy plays, his family struggles to remain intact as they suffer through the anguish and losses of wartime.

Directed by John Boorman - With Sarah Miles, David Hayman, Sammi Davis, Amelda Brown, Derrick O'Connor, Ian Bannen, ...

A Canterbury Tale(1944)

2h 4min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery, War
3.5/5 (with 46 votes)

Three modern day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town on the way to Canterbury.

Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger - With Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price, John Sweet, Kim Hunter, Freda Jackson, ...
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Chicken Little(1943)

NR
| 8min | Animation, Kids & Family
3.5/5 (with 19 votes)

It's a peaceful day at the local poultry farm until Foxy Loxy happens along intent on a chicken dinner. He takes the advice of a book on psychology by striking "the least intelligent" first and convinces dim witted Chicken Little the sky is falling. Chicken Little spreads the word but when head man Cocky Locky proves the story to be false, Foxy Loxy spreads rumors that Cocky Locky isn't the smart chicken he appears to be, which leads to the ultimate undoing of the chickens at the hands of Foxy Loxy.

Directed by Clyde Geronimi

The Old Army Game(1943)

NR
| 6min | Animation
2.8/5 (with 10 votes)

The old shell game gets a new face as Donald stays off-base past "Taps" and has to try to sneak back in with out alerting Pete.

Directed by Jack King

Falling Hare(1943)

NR
| 8min | Animation, Comedy, Adventure
3.4/5 (with 17 votes)

Relaxing with a carrot at a U.S. Army air field, Bugs is reading "Victory Through Hare Power" and scoffs at the notion of mentioned gremlins, little creatures who wreak havoc on planes with their diabolical sabotage.

Directed by Bob Clampett
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Private Pluto(1943)

NR
| 7min | Animation, Comedy
3.1/5 (with 13 votes)

Pluto is in the infantry guarding a pillbox from saboteurs.

Directed by Clyde Geronimi

For Me and My Gal(1942)

NR
| 1h 44min | Music, Romance / Love, War
3.3/5 (with 20 votes)

Two vaudeville performers fall in love, but find their relationship tested by the arrival of WWI.

Directed by Busby Berkeley - With Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, George Murphy, Marta Eggerth, Stephen McNally, William Tannen, ...
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The Naked and the Dead(1958)

NR
| 2h 11min | Drama, War
3.1/5 (with 14 votes)

Fighting men in World War II learn the value of courage and quickness at the risk of losing their lives.

Directed by Raoul Walsh - With Aldo Ray, Cliff Robertson, Raymond Massey, Lili St. Cyr, Barbara Nichols, Richard Jaeckel, ...

Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi(1943)

NR
| 10min | Animation, Drama, Documentary
3.5/5 (with 30 votes)

A propaganda film during World War II about a boy who grows up to become a Nazi soldier.

Directed by Clyde Geronimi

Meet John Doughboy(1941)

7min | Animation, Comedy
2.7/5 (with 6 votes)

Porky introduces a newsreel of wartime spot gags, including a spoof of the RKO Pictures logo, and caricatures of Jack Benny and Rochester.

Directed by Bob Clampett

Reason and Emotion(1943)

NR
| 8min | Animation
3.2/5 (with 8 votes)

A World War II propaganda film about the need to remain calm and logical during wartime.

Directed by Bill Roberts

Donald Gets Drafted(1942)

NR
| 9min | Animation
3.1/5 (with 12 votes)

Donald Fauntleroy Duck gets his draft notice and goes in, past all the amazingly enticing recruiting posters, to sign up. First he has to pass the physical. Despite his flat feet, he makes it. Donald wants to fly, but first he has to make it through Sergeant Pete's boot camp. He has a terrible time with close-order drills, and standing at attention without moving when he's over an ant-hill proves a real challenge. Eventually, Donald ends up on endless KP.

Directed by Jack King

Millions Like Us(1943)

1h 43min | Drama, Romance / Love, War
2.7/5 (with 6 votes)

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Directed by Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder - With Eric Portman, Gordon Jackson, Patricia Roc, Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Moore Marriott, ...

Fall Out - Fall In(1943)

NR
| 7min | Animation
3.1/5 (with 11 votes)

Private Donald Duck is on a long, long training march, growing steadily more exhausted. Finally, they reach their camp location, and despite Donald's desire for dinner, he follows orders to pitch his tent first. He finally gives up on the tent as night falls. But as he tries to get to sleep, the loud shoring of the other soldiers forces him to bury his head. Finally, he gets to sleep, just as reveille sounds and the march continues.

Directed by Jack King

Home Defense(1943)

NR
| 7min | Animation
3.0/5 (with 8 votes)

Donald is manning a listening post and falls asleep; he blows trumpet calls in his sleep and wakes his nephews. For their revenge, they send up a model airplane filled with gingerbread men with parachutes; Donald shoots it down, and cowers in fear when he sees the parachutes (and hears a simulated battle), until one lands on his beak. Donald kicks his nephews out until he mistakes a bee for an airplane, and calls them back to fight this menace.

Directed by Jack King

O Astrapogiannos(1970)

1h 56min | Drama, War, Adventure
2.4/5 (with 2 votes)

The battle-scarred hero of the Greek Revolution, Giannos "Astrapogiannos", returns home after the end of the blood-soaked War of Independence, only to find himself in a new conflict, as he locks horns with a ruthless local Kodjabashis.

The New Spirit(1942)

NR
| 7min | Documentary, Animation
2.8/5 (with 11 votes)

Animated documentary promoting timely filing and payment of Federal income taxes, demonstrated by Donald Duck's difficulties with his tax return.

Directed by Wilfred Jackson, Ben Sharpsteen

P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang(1982)

1h 20min | Comedy, TV Movie, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 8 votes)

Summer, 1948. 14-year-old Alan has just three wishes: that there will be lasting peace, that England will win the Ashes, and that he will finally kiss classmate Ann. So when he's cast opposite her in a play that requires a kiss and England seem to be doing well in cricket, life couldn't be better.

Directed by Michael Apted - With Abigail Cruttenden, Alison Steadman, Frances Ruffelle

Her Sister's Secret(1946)

1h 26min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 2 votes)

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Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer - With Nancy Coleman, Margaret Lindsay, Phillip Reed, Felix Bressart, Regis Toomey, Henry Stephenson, ...
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That Kind of Woman(1959)

1h 32min | Drama, Comedy, Romance / Love
3.0/5 (with 5 votes)

A young G.I. falls in love with a kept woman on a train to New York.

Directed by Sidney Lumet - With Sophia Loren, Tab Hunter, Jack Warden, Barbara Nichols, Keenan Wynn, George Sanders, ...

She's a Soldier Too(1944)

NR
| 1h 7min | Drama
1.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Wartime workers deal with homefront dramatics.

Directed by William Castle - With Beulah Bondi

The Grain That Built a Hemisphere(1943)

NR
| 11min | Documentary, Animation
2.5/5 (with 6 votes)

This animated documentary outlines the history and importance of corn in North America.

Directed by Bill Justice

Draftee Daffy(1945)

7min | Animation, Comedy
3.3/5 (with 11 votes)

Despite an initial outburst of patriotism, Daffy is terrified to learn that "the little man from the Draft Board" has a letter for him, and tries his best to hide.

Directed by Bob Clampett
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