Kagemusha (1980)

A petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place.

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La grande vadrouille (1966)

Several ordinary Frenchmen, helping British pilots avoid Nazi captivity, go on epic voyage through the occupied country to the Swiss border.

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The Imitation Game (2014)

During World War II, the English mathematical genius Alan Turing tries to crack the German Enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians.

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The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)

Recalled to duty, a lawyer (William Holden) leaves his wife (Grace Kelly) and goes to Korea to bomb bridges for an admiral (Fredric March).

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Fires on the Plain (1959)

In the closing days of WWII remnants of the Japanese army in Leyte are abandoned by their command and face certain starvation.

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I Served the King of England (2006)

During World War II an opportunistic Czech waiter (Ivan Barnev) climbs the ladder of success and becomes involved with an idealistic Nazi (Julia Jentsch).

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Persepolis (2007)

A precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution.

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All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I.

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Waltz with Bashir (2008)

An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.

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Doctor Zhivago (1965)

The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.

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