Category Archives: War
The Hurt Locker
Release 2008
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Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Writers: Mark Boal
Stars: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce, Ralph Fiennes
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0887912/
During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
Inglourious Basterds
Release 2009
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Director: Quentin Tarantino, Eli Roth
Writers: Quentin Tarantino
Stars: Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Eli Roth, Michael Fassbender
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361748/
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.
Green Zone
Release 2010
Genre Action, Drama, Thriller, War
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Director: Paul Greengrass
Writers: Brian Helgeland, Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Stars: Igal Naor, Said Faraj, Faycal Attougui, Aymen Hamdouchi, Matt Damon
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0947810/
Discovering covert and faulty intelligence causes a U.S. Army officer to go rogue as he hunts for Weapons of Mass Destruction in an unstable region.
300: Rise of an Empire
Release 2014
Genre Action, Drama, Fantasy, War
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Director: Noam Murro
Writers: Zack Snyder, Kurt Johnstad, Frank Miller
Stars: Sullivan Stapleton, Eva Green, Lena Headey, Hans Matheson, Callan Mulvey
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1253863/
Greek general Themistokles leads the charge against invading Persian forces led by mortal-turned-god Xerxes and Artemisia, vengeful commander of the Persian navy.
Dear John
Release 2010
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Director: Lasse Hallström
Writers: Jamie Linden, Nicholas Sparks
Stars: Channing Tatum, Amanda Seyfried, Richard Jenkins, Henry Thomas, D.J. Cotrona
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0989757/
A romantic drama about a soldier who falls for a conservative college student while he's home on leave.
War Horse
Release 2011
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Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: Lee Hall, Richard Curtis, Michael Morpurgo, Nick Stafford
Stars: Jeremy Irvine, Peter Mullan, Emily Watson, Niels Arestrup, David Thewlis
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1568911/
Young Albert enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. Albert's hopeful journey takes him out of England and to the front lines as the war rages on.
Rambo
Release 2008
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Director: Sylvester Stallone
Writers: Art Monterastelli, Sylvester Stallone, David Morrell
Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Julie Benz, Matthew Marsden, Graham McTavish, Reynaldo Gallegos
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462499/
In Thailand, John Rambo joins a group of mercenaries to venture into war-torn Burma, and rescue a group of Christian aid workers who were kidnapped by the ruthless local infantry unit.
Lincoln
Release 2012
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Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: Tony Kushner, Doris Kearns Goodwin
Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443272/
As the Civil War continues to rage, America's president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield and as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves.
Saving Private Ryan
Release 1998
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Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: Robert Rodat
Stars: Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Barry Pepper, Adam Goldberg
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120815/
Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.
The Monuments Men
Release 2014
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Director: George Clooney
Writers: George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Robert M. Edsel, Bret Witter
Stars: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, John Goodman
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2177771/
An unlikely World War II platoon is tasked to rescue art masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their owners.