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Plot Summary:
American pacifist Private Finch (Carl Schreiber) finds himself pressured by his superiors to kill a P.O.W. captured from battle. As a direct result of his apprehensions, a fatal confrontation explodes amongst his platoon, and Finch becomes stranded behind enemy lines armed with nothing but limited ammunition and an uncertain sense of direction. Making his way through foreign soil, he encounters a mysterious mailman (Marc Litman) anxious to throw himself into battle. But on their exhausting quest to find a radio and signal for help, it becomes clear that Finch's new friend harbors a few dark secrets that could prove more threatening than the next ambush.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Action, War
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags:
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Planet USA (2013)
Plot Summary:
Planet Earth. USA. 2015. The natural oil resources are running out. The hatred between East and West has spread like a plague all over the world. The planet is on the brink of World War III. Major George Conrad, an obsessive war veteran and a patriotic chauvinist, is on a top secret mission to save the world. By the order of the former President of the United States, Conrad leads an elite commando unit, a crazy bunch of extraordinary talents. Their destination: Moon. Their orders: Drill for oil. Two filthy rich sheikh brothers have formed an alliance with the Americans and are financing the mission. After all, a pipeline from the moon to Earth will cost a lot of money... But none of the parties is who they seem to be and just as this "peace- keeping mission" reaches its peak, everything spins out of control... Before creating the story, the writers Flo Lackner and Jennifer Rezny agreed on the following principles: - Never think about the non-existent budget. - Political correctness is.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 88
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller, War
Country: Austria
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, unusual plot structure, humorous, epic
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The Battle of Sinai (1968)
Plot Summary:
During the Six Day War between Egypt and Israel a crack team of soldiers are sent on a dangerous mission and end up getting stranded in the desert, where they are forced to fight off numerous attacks by the enemy.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: Italy, Israel
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: macaroni combat
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Retreat! (2016)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by American war films from the 50's, Retreat! tells the story of a small outfit of U.S. Soldiers who were forced to retreat into unknown territories deep in the heart of Korea during the roughest stretch of the Korean War. Unsure of their position and having no way to inform headquarters of the situation, they decided to hold post at an abandon POW compound they stumbled upon during their untimely exit from the battlefield. With very little ammo to defend themselves, and fear of surrounding enemy forces, they have been patiently waiting for the search and rescue squadron which should be arriving any day now.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration:
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Snipers (2022)
Plot Summary:
The story of sharpshooter Zhang Taofang, a young army recruit who at age 22 sets a record during the Korean War by reportedly killing or wounding 214 American soldiers with 435 shots in just 32 days.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: China
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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Killzone (1985)
Plot Summary:
It turns awry for a Vietnam veteran with problems during an exercise at a survival camp, and he believes that he is back in Vietnam. He kills many of the leaders whom he believes is the Vietcong. The other participants venture out to find him and catch him before he injures or kills any more. The camp holds that against have no plans to capture him alive. Is this going out, he namely major problems.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 136
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Shadows in Paradise (2010)
Plot Summary:
During a rescue operation in Iraq, Special Forces member Max Forrester is devastated when Sasha, his squad mate and fiancée goes missing. Two years later, Max now out of the military, receives a call from his ex-commander, Captain Dyer, informing him Sasha has been seen alive and moving freely about on a place called Paradise Island. He also informs Max the military is preparing to go in and extract her with possible charges of desertion or worse. Max sets off on his own to Paradise Island to find Sasha and learn the truth before Shadow Company gets to her first.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 413
Genere: Action, War
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, entertaining, disturbing, tense, suspense, surprise ending
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Red Blow (1974)
Plot Summary:
At the beginning of the war the Germans come to the mine Trepca in Kosovo and occupy it. Communist Party and the workers do not agree with that and under constant repression, beginning small diversions, which will be transferred in the conquest and liberation of the entire mine.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 94
Genere: War, Action
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021)
Plot Summary:
Korean War, winter 1950. In the frozen and snowy area of Changjin Lake, a bloody battle is about to begin between the elite troops of the United States and China.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: China
Duration: 176 min
Plot tags: tense, thought provoking, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Marines (2003)
Plot Summary:
The cold war is over. East and West are fighting together against illegal secretly heavily armed terrorists, criminals and resistance fighters. During one of these missions, four soldiers are kidnapped and seems like a great international crisis to emerge. The highest military bosses in America and Russia are in panic. The well-known cover-up must offer a solution. But ... Marines are not just aside and decisions without official support to do everything to liberate their comrades. Additional help comes from an unexpected angle, but whether this will be enough.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 404
Genere: Action, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic
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The Battle of Jangsari (2019)
Plot Summary:
Korean War, September 1950. In order to fight the enemy forces based in the South of the peninsula, General MacArthur orders the start of the Incheon Landing Operation, deploying diversionary attacks in other locations. Without real military forces to spare, 772 very young Korean student soldiers, barely trained, are sent to Jangsari Beach, where they will face a heroic fate and discover the value of friendship… (A sequel to Operation Chromite, released in 2016.).
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: bleak, tense, suspense, rough, brutal, epic, disturbing
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Sniper 2 (2002)
Plot Summary:
Sergeant Thomas Beckett (Berenger) is back - and this time he has teamed up with death row inmate B.J. Cole (Woodbine) on a suicide mission to the Balkans. Their target: a rogue general accused of running ethnic cleansing missions. But when Becket discovers that the government is using him as a pawn in a bigger mission, the body count grows and bullets really start to fly.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, War
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, suspenseful, serious, suspense, political thriller, action packed, sequel to cult film
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The Bridge (1969)
Plot Summary:
In order to check the German offensive, Partizans send an elite team of explosive experts to blow up a strategically important bridge. Besides being heavily guarded, that bridge is almost indestructible and the only man who knows weak spots in the construction is the architect who built it. He is, however, reluctant to cooperate because he doesn't want to see his masterpiece destroyed.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags:
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5 Days of War (2011)
Plot Summary:
An American journalist and his cameraman are caught in the combat zone during the first Russian airstrikes against Georgia. Rescuing Tatia, a young Georgian schoolteacher separated from her family during the attack, the two reporters agree to help reunite her with her family in exchange for serving as their interpreter. As the three attempt to escape to safety, they witness--and document--the devastation from the full-scale crossfire and cold-blooded murder of innocent civilians.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: Georgia, USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: tense, realistic, rough, serious, informative, exciting, sentimental, contemplative, independent film
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The Hunt for Eagle One (2006)
Plot Summary:
A group of US Marines are sent to rescue captured a US Marine and a Filipino Captain while stopping a group of Al-Qaeda-backed local rebels from launching biological weapons.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, War
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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The Quick and the Dead (1963)
Plot Summary:
Pretty intense war-action drama about a small group of soldiers who capture a German observation post, but in turn are captured themselves. They soon escape and--with the aid of two women--try to fight their way to safety.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 164
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Dry Blade (2012)
Plot Summary:
In 1873, Emperor Meiji abolished the rights of the samurai in favor of a modern, westernized military. With intentions to launch a bloody crusade against the government, warrior Endo Tadaoki (Henry Lee) gathers his remaining men to prepare for one last honorable battle against the emperor and regain the supremacy of the samurai. As fellow warrior Kido Masahide (Vint Carmona) refuses to join the war, he and his wife are brutally murdered at the hands of Endo's blade before being robbed of their family swords. When Kido's only son (Michael Nosé) is also pressured to join Endo's forces, he instead chooses a fatal confrontation with his parents' assailant. Suffering from a rare medical condition that renders his skin allergic to water, Ken embarks on his quest to find a sword and avenge his family's death.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 20
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: captivating
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Sniper: Special Ops (2016)
Plot Summary:
A Special Ops military Force, led by expert sniper Sergeant Jake Chandler, are sent to a remote Afghan village to extract an American congressman being held by the Taliban.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, entertaining, suspenseful
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Ardennes Fury (2014)
Plot Summary:
As the Battle of the Bulge rages on, an American tank unit gets trapped behind Nazi lines. With just hours before the bombs of Operation Ardennes Fury fall, the tank's commander makes the risky decision to rescue an orphanage.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 939
Genere: Action, War
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, psychological, tense, mockbuster, realistic, suspenseful
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The Sacrifice (2020)
Plot Summary:
In 1953, the Korean War is entering the final stage. The People's Volunteer Army of China has launched the last major battle in Kumsong. In order to arrive at the battleground on time and deliver enough force to the Kumsong front line, the soldiers have to defend themselves against the never ending bombing of enemy bombers and race with time to repair bridges, all under the circumstance of supply shortages and inferior equipment. The rarely told history slowly unfolds.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: China
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, philosophical, political
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Battle of the Commandos (1969)
Plot Summary:
A British Colonel is angry with his superiors after his entire platoon is slaughtered by the Germans in what he saw as a suicide mission. So for his next mission, he takes along a platoon a convicted criminals - to prepare the Normandy beaches for the D-Day landings. Wartime drama from Italy, starring Jack Palance, Wolfgang Preiss and Curd Jurgens.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 292
Genere: Action, War
Country: Italy, Spain, West Germany
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: exciting, macaroni combat, rough, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful
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Rogue Warfare (2019)
Plot Summary:
A group of military elite from the U.S., Russia, UK, China and France join forces to fight an elite underground terrorist network.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, War
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, independent film
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71: Into the Fire (2010)
Plot Summary:
A civil war broke out in the 1950s between North and South Korea which changed the country forever. 71: Into the Fire centers on the struggles of 71 student soldiers who fought through the Korean War. Using real people and events based on the opening moves of the Battle of P'ohang-dong, the film exposes the personal and physical conflicts that these students faced when finding themselves on the last line of defense at P'ohang-dong Girl's Middle School against the NKPA's advancement, needing to hold out until back up from other Korean troops and the Allies arrived.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, touching, captivating, stylized
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Braddock: Missing in Action III (1988)
Plot Summary:
When Colonel James Braddock is told that his Asian wife and 12-year-old son are still alive in Communist Vietnam, he mounts a one-man assault to free them. Armed with the latest high-tech firepower, Braddock fights his way into the heart of the country and ends up battling his way out with several dozen abused Amerasian children in tow! Struggling to keep them alive while outmaneuvering a sadistic Vietnamese officer, Braddock ignites the jungle in a blazing cross-country race for freedom.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, War
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: cult classic, funny, grindhouse, independent film, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, suspense
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Allies (2014)
Plot Summary:
August 1944 two months after D-Day, the Allies are advancing across France. A team of British and American commandos are dropped behind enemy lines on a secret mission to ambush a German Officer and steal maps charting the location of the enemy artillery along the front line.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: captivating, exciting, tense, suspense
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The Last Rescue (2015)
Plot Summary:
World World II: Shortly after D-Day, three American soldiers and two Army Corps nurses are stranded behind enemy lines. They take a high-ranking German officer as their prisoner and try to orchestrate an escape.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: captivating, realistic, tense, suspense
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Sniper: Ghost Shooter (2016)
Plot Summary:
Elite snipers Brandon Beckett and Richard Miller are tasked with protecting a gas pipeline from terrorists looking to make a statement. When battles with the enemy lead to snipers being killed by a ghost shooter who knows their exact location, tensions boil as a security breach is suspected. Is there someone working with the enemy on the inside? Is the mission a front for other activity? Is the Colonel pulling the strings?.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, suspense, disturbing, action thriller
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Company of Heroes (2013)
Plot Summary:
American soldiers lost behind enemy lines during the WWII make a horrific discovery: Hitler has a super bomb in development. Against all odds, they set out to find the scientist in charge of the program who is looking to defect.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, tense, scenic
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The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (1985)
Plot Summary:
Major Reisman is "volunteered" to lead another mission using convicted army soldiers, sentenced to either death or long prison terms. This time their mission is to kill a Nazi general who plans to assassinate Hitler.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, exciting, rough, serious
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Saints and Soldiers: Airborne Creed (2012)
Plot Summary:
A group of American GIs work their way through war-torn France during the final days of the Second World War.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: realistic, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, christian film, action packed, historical drama, exciting, tense, rough
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Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004)
Plot Summary:
When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: epic, realistic, emotional, tense, sad, captivating, rough, serious, suspenseful, heroic