Movie: War Theater

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Stolz der Nation
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Stolz der Nation(en)

2009-08-21

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 Kill Team
65%

The Kill Team(en)

2019-10-17

When Andrew Briggman — a young soldier in the US Army during the invasion of Afghanistan — witnesses the murderous behavior of fellow soldiers, under the direction of a malevolent Sergeant, he faces a moral dilemma. His increasingly-violent platoon becomes suspicious that someone in their ranks has turned on them, and Andrew begins to fear for his safety. A fictionalized dramatization based on a true story.

Play Dirty
63%

Play Dirty(en)

1969-01-02

During World War II in North Africa, a group of British commandos disguised as Italian soldiers must travel behind enemy lines and destroy a vital Nazi oil depot.

Ararat
61%

Ararat(en)

2002-05-20

Interrogated by a customs officer, a young man recounts how his life was changed during the making of a film about the Armenian genocide.

The Monuments Men
61%

The Monuments Men(en)

2014-01-24

Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on seven over-the-hill, out-of-shape museum directors, artists, architects, curators, and art historians who went to the front lines of WWII to rescue the world’s artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their rightful owners. With the art hidden behind enemy lines, how could these guys hope to succeed?

WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko
63%

WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko(en)

2023-12-05

Set in an alternate WWI reality where a senseless war rages on, two soldiers on opposite sides of the conflict play a joyful game of chess. A heroic carrier pigeon delivers the soldiers' chess moves over the battlefield as the fighting escalates. Neither soldier knows his opponent as the game and the war builds to its climatic final move. Whoever wins the game, one thing is for certain: there are no winners in war.

The Last Rifleman
66%

The Last Rifleman(en)

2023-12-07

A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding the courage to face the ghosts of his past.

1917
80%

1917(en)

2019-12-25

At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.

Sergeant York
72%

Sergeant York(en)

1941-09-27

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.

Flags of Our Fathers
69%

Flags of Our Fathers(en)

2006-10-19

There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the story of three of the six surviving servicemen - John 'Doc' Bradley, Pvt. Rene Gagnon and Pvt. Ira Hayes - who fought in the battle to take Iwo Jima from the Japanese.

Stop-Loss
61%

Stop-Loss(en)

2008-03-28

A veteran soldier returns from his completed tour of duty in Iraq, only to find his life turned upside down when he is arbitrarily ordered to return to field duty by the Army.

Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi
69%

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

1943-01-15

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

Fury
75%

Fury(en)

2014-10-15

April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank and her five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Outnumbered and outgunned, and with a rookie soldier thrust into their platoon, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.

Cross of Iron
71%

Cross of Iron(en)

1977-01-28

It is 1943, and the German army—ravaged and demoralised—is hastily retreating from the Russian front. In the midst of the madness, conflict brews between the aristocratic yet ultimately pusillanimous Captain Stransky and the courageous Corporal Steiner. Stransky is the only man who believes that the Third Reich is still vastly superior to the Russian army. However, within his pompous persona lies a quivering coward who longs for the Iron Cross so that he can return to Berlin a hero. Steiner, on the other hand is cynical, defiantly non-conformist and more concerned with the safety of his own men rather than the horde of military decorations offered to him by his superiors.

The Young Lions
68%

The Young Lions(en)

1958-04-02

The lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII.

The Beast
71%

The Beast(en)

1988-09-14

During the war in Afghanistan a Soviet tank crew commanded by a tyrannical officer find themselves lost and in a struggle against a band of Mujahadeen guerrillas in the mountains.

The Beaver
64%

The Beaver(en)

2011-05-05

Suffering from a severe case of depression, toy company CEO Walter Black begins using a beaver hand puppet to help him open up to his family. With his father seemingly going insane, adolescent son Porter pushes for his parents to get a divorce.

The Man Who Never Was
70%

The Man Who Never Was(en)

1956-04-03

The true story of a British effort to trick the Germans into weakening Sicily's defenses before the 1943 attack. A dead soldier is dressed as a British officer and outfitted with faked papers showing that the Allies were intending to invade occupied Greece. His body is put into the sea where it will ultimately drift ashore and the papers be passed along to German Intelligence.

Overlord
68%

Overlord(en)

1975-07-01

During World War II, a young man is called up and, with an increasing sense of foreboding, undertakes his army training ready for D-Day, June 6th, 1944.

Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan
68%

Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan(en)

2019-08-08

Vietnam War, 1966. Australia and New Zealand send troops to support the United States and South Vietnamese in their fight against the communist North. Soldiers are very young men, recruits and volunteers who have never been involved in a combat. On August 18th, members of Delta Company will face the true horror of a ruthless battle among the trees of a rubber plantation called Long Tân. They are barely a hundred. The enemy is a human wave ready to destroy them.

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Fighter Attack
45%

Fighter Attack(en)

1953-11-29

World War II film set in German occupied Italy. A US fighter pilot is shot down in enemy territory during a raid against a German supply depot. He receives from Italian partisans in laying the groundwork for a new attack by his squadron.

Ismail's Dilemma
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Ismail's Dilemma(sq)

2020-10-27

As Nazi's arrive in his village, an Albanian peasant is torn between protecting his family or saving two Jewish men he's been hiding for a year.

A Walk in the Clouds
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A Walk in the Clouds(en)

1995-05-27

World War II vet Paul Sutton falls for a pregnant and unwed woman who persuades him -- during their first encounter -- to pose as her husband so she can face her family.

Sohrab and Rustum
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Sohrab and Rustum(en)

2018-07-01

An inspiring English teacher transports her class into the very heart of a Persian poem.

Ne Zha
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Ne Zha(zh)

2019-07-26

A young boy is born as the reincarnation of a demonic power, into a society that hates and fears him. Destined by prophecy to bring destruction to the world, Nezha must choose between good and evil to see if he can change his fate.

Operation Petticoat
73%

Operation Petticoat(en)

1959-12-05

A World War II submarine commander finds himself stuck with a damaged sub, a con-man executive officer, and a group of army nurses.

Mengele, the hunt for a Nazi criminal
80%

Mengele, the hunt for a Nazi criminal(fr)

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He was one of the most notorious Nazi war criminals, infamous for his assassination attempts on twins. But at the end of World War II, he simply disappeared...

The Black Parachute
68%

The Black Parachute(en)

1944-05-04

A paratrooper drops behind enemy lines to rescue the deposed king of a mythical Balkan nation.

The Longest Day
76%

The Longest Day(en)

1962-09-25

The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"

Green Snake
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Green Snake(zh)

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1914: The Last Days Before the War
63%

1914: The Last Days Before the War(de)

1931-01-20

The film focuses on the leadership of the Great Powers of Europe in the days leading up to the outbreak of the First World War.

Sirius
66%

Sirius(cs)

1975-11-14

In SIRIUS, a young boy whose most cherished companion is his loyal German shepherd devises his own form of resistance when the Nazis arrest his father, then order the confiscation of local canines, including his pet, to be retrained as attack dogs against the rebellious populace.

Flyboys
65%

Flyboys(en)

2006-09-22

The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.

A Prairie Home Companion
63%

A Prairie Home Companion(en)

2006-06-01

A look at what goes on backstage during the last broadcast of America's most celebrated radio show, where singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty, a country music siren, and a host of others hold court.

The Children of Kozara
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The Children of Kozara(sr)

Based on the novel of Arsen Diklić which describes the horror’s of concentration camp Jasenovac.

Kokoda
62%

Kokoda(en)

2006-04-25

A bitter battle is fought between Australian and Japanese soldiers along the Kokoda trail in New Guinea during World War II.

Batwara 1947
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Batwara 1947(hi)

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Douaumont - The Hell of Verdun
90%

Douaumont - The Hell of Verdun(de)

1931-08-12

Documentary using animated maps, recreations and period footage, on conflicts around a French stronghold which the Germans briefly captured during the battle of Verdun in WWI, between February and October of 1916.

Faraway Home
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Faraway Home(en)

Two young Jewish children are sent by their parents away from Nazi occupied Austria during WWII, on the Kindertransport, where they end up at a refugee farm in Northern Ireland.

Tomka and His Friends
78%

Tomka and His Friends(sq)

1977-10-28

Tomka is a boy who likes playing football with his friends. When the German army captures his town, the German soldiers establish their camp in the town stadium. Tomka with help from his friends and their parents organizes sabotage actions against the soldiers.