Category Archives: War
The Yellow Birds
Release 2017
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Director: Alexandre Moors
Writers: David Lowery, R.F.I. Porto, Kevin Powers
Stars: Alden Ehrenreich, Jennifer Aniston, Toni Collette
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3739110/
Two young soldiers, Bartle (21) and Murph (18) navigate the terrors of the Iraq war under the command of the older, troubled Sergeant Sterling. All the while, Bartle is tortured by a promise he made to Murph's mother before their deployment.
Den 12. mann
Release 2017
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Director: Harald Zwart
Writers: Petter Skavlan
Stars: Thomas Gullestad, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Marie Blokhus
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3300980/
They were 12 saboteurs. The Nazis killed 11 of them. This is the true story of the one who got away...
Wunderland
Release 2018
Genre Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, War
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Director: Steven Luke
Writers: N/A
Stars: Tom Berenger, Wade Everett, Steven Luke, Andrew Stecker
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5815078/
Christmas 1944, The Germans make one final push against the attacking allied armies in the West. Lt. Robert Cappa and his platoon of 2nd Infantry Division soldiers have been ordered to hold a vital road junction against the German aggressors. Cappa and his men must find their faith and strength to stand against their enemy in the epic fight know as "The Battle of The Bulge."
Thank You for Your Service
Release 2017
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Director: Jason Hall
Writers: Jason Hall
Stars: Haley Bennett, Miles Teller, Joe Cole, Keisha Castle-Hughes
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2776878/
A group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they've left the battlefield.
Last Flag Flying
Release 2017
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Director: Richard Linklater
Writers: Richard Linklater
Stars: Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne, Steve Carell, J. Quinton Johnson
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6018306/
Thirty years after they served together in Vietnam, a former Navy Corpsman Larry "Doc" Shepherd re-unites with his old buddies, former Marines Sal Nealon and Reverend Richard Mueller, to bury his son, a young Marine killed in the Iraq War.
Dunkirk
Release 2017
Genre Action, Drama, Thriller, War
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Director: Christopher Nolan
Stars: Fionn Whitehead, Damien Bonnard, Aneurin Barnard, Lee Armstrong, James Bloor
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5013056/
Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire and France are surrounded by the German Army, and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.
The Man with the Iron Heart
Release 2017
Genre Action, Biography, Thriller, War
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Director: Cédric Jimenez
Writers: Laurent Binet, Audrey Diwan, David Farr, Cédric Jimenez
Stars: Rosamund Pike, Jack Reynor, Mia Wasikowska, Jason Clarke, Jack O'Connell
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3296908/
1942: The Third Reich is at its peak. The Czech resistance in London decides to plan the most ambitious military operation of WWII: Anthropoid. Two young recruits in their late twenties, Jozef Gabcik and Jan Kubis, are sent to Prague to assassinate the most ruthless Nazi leader - Reich-protector Reinhard Heydrich, Head of the SS, the Gestapo, and the architect of the "Final Solution".
An Ordinary Man
Release 2017
Genre Action, Drama, Thriller, War
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Director: Brad Silberling
Stars: Ben Kingsley, Hera Hilmar, Peter Serafinowicz, Robert Blythe, Edmund Kingsley
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1785288/
A war criminal in hiding forms a relationship with his only connection to the outside world - his maid.
The Beguiled
Release 2017
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Director: Sofia Coppola
Writers: Thomas Cullinan, Albert Maltz, Irene Kamp, Sofia Coppola
Stars: Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning, Oona Laurence
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5592248/
The unexpected arrival of a wounded Union soldier at a girls' school in Virginia during the American Civil War leads to jealousy and betrayal.
Megan Leavey
Release 2017
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Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Writers: Pamela Gray, Annie Mumolo, Tim Lovestedt
Stars: Kate Mara, Tom Felton, Bradley Whitford, Ramon Rodriguez, Edie Falco
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4899370/
Based on the true life story of a young Marine corporal whose unique discipline and bond with her military combat dog saved many lives during their deployment in Iraq.