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Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

7.5/10 Action, Drama, History, War

In 1941, following months of economic embargo, Japan prepares to open its war against the United States with a preventive strike on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor.

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Gods and Generals (2003)

Gods and Generals (2003)

6.4/10 Biography, Drama, History, War

The rise and fall of legendary war hero Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson as he leads the Confederacy to great success against the Union from 1861 to 1863.

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Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

8.3/10 War, Drama, Adventure, Biography, History

The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.

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Katyn (2007)

Katyn (2007)

7.0/10 Drama, History, War

An examination of the Soviet slaughter of thousands of Polish officers and citizens in the Katyn forest in 1940.

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Red Tails (2012)

Red Tails (2012)

5.9/10 Action, Drama, History, War

A crew of African American pilots in the Tuskegee training program, having faced segregation while kept mostly on the ground during World War II, are called into duty under the guidance of Col. A.J. Bullard.

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Platoon (1986)

Platoon (1986)

8.1/10 War, Drama

A young soldier in Vietnam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.

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The Sand Pebbles (1966)

The Sand Pebbles (1966)

7.6/10 War, Romance, Drama, Adventure

In 1926, a U.S. Naval engineer gets assigned to a gunboat on a rescue mission in war-torn China.

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Gettysburg (1993)

Gettysburg (1993)

7.6/10 War, Drama, History

In 1863, the Northern and Southern forces fight at Gettysburg in the decisive battle of the American Civil War.

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The Killing Fields (1984)

The Killing Fields (1984)

7.8/10 War, Drama, Biography, History

A journalist is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot's bloody 'Year Zero' cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million 'undesirable' civilians.

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War Horse (2011)

War Horse (2011)

7.2/10 Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War

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.

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Glory (1989)

Glory (1989)

7.8/10 War, Drama, Biography, History

Robert Gould Shaw leads the U.S. Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates.

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The Patriot (2000)

The Patriot (2000)

7.2/10 Action, Drama, History, War

Peaceful farmer Benjamin Martin is driven to lead the Colonial Militia during the American Revolution when a sadistic British officer murders his son.

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Battle of the Bulge (1965)

Battle of the Bulge (1965)

6.8/10 Drama, History, War

A dramatization of Nazi Germany's final Western Front counterattack of World War II.

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The Green Berets (1968)

The Green Berets (1968)

5.8/10 Drama, War

Col. Mike Kirby picks two teams of crack Green Berets for a mission in South Vietnam. First off is to build and control a camp that is trying to be taken by the enemy the second mission is to kidnap a North Vietnamese General.

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Braveheart (1995)

Braveheart (1995)

8.3/10 War, Drama, Biography, History

When his secret bride is executed for assaulting an English soldier who tried to rape her, William Wallace begins a revolt against King Edward I of England.

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Suite Française (2014)

Suite Française (2014)

7.0/10 Drama, Romance, War

During the early years of Nazi occupation of France in World War II, romance blooms between Lucile Angellier (Michelle Williams), a French villager, and Bruno von Falk (Matthias Schoenaerts), a German soldier.

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The Message (1976)

The Message (1976)

8.2/10 War, Drama, Biography, History

This epic historical drama chronicles the life and times of Muhammad and serves as an introduction to early Islamic history.

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Gallipoli (1981)

Gallipoli (1981)

7.4/10 War, Drama, Adventure, History

Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey during World War I.

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