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Plot Summary:
WWII German soldiers take an occult scientist into a haunted forest in Romania, only to be confronted by their own ghosts.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 877
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, suspenseful
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Werewolves of the third reich (2017)
Plot Summary:
In Germany at the height of World War II, a ragtag group of American soldiers discover Doctor Mengele's diabolical plan to create an unstoppable army of Nazi werewolves.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 859
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, captivating, suspense, tense, slasher, independent film
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Nazi Overlord (2018)
Plot Summary:
A D-Day rescue mission turns ugly when a band of Allied soldiers battle with horrific experiments created by the Nazis.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 840
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, suspense, bleak, captivating, slasher, mockbuster, disgusting
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Deathwatch (2002)
Plot Summary:
In the brutal trench fighting of the First World War, a British Infantry Company is separated from their regiment after a fierce battle. Attempting to return to their lines, the British soldiers discover what appears to be a bombed out German trench, abandoned except for a few dazed German soldiers. After killing most of the Germans, and taking one prisoner, the British company fortifies to hold the trench until reinforcements can arrive. Soon, however, strange things being to happen as a sense of evil descends on the trench and the British begin turn on each other.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Horror, War, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, dieselpunk, spooky, psychological, retro
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Horrors of War (2006)
Plot Summary:
HORRORS OF WAR derives from the "B" movie, Grindhouse tradition, made to play like a like a midnight movie. It is an independently-produced film made in a B-movie style, yet with a dramatic grounding and an eye toward bigger production values.......FILM SYNOPSIS: 'Feeling the pressure from Allied advance, Hitler unleashes his secret weapons giving rise to a type of warfare the world has never seen. Throughout the European theater of WWII, Lieutenant John Schmidt comes face to face with these "weapons." The Office of Strategic Services (O.S.S., precursor to the C.I.A.) initiates missions behind enemy lines to find the source of the weapons terrorizing U.S. soldiers fighting the Third Reich. Schmidt is joined by Captain Joe Russo and his group of war-hardened GIs who have experienced for themselves the all-too-real horrors of war in battle. Together, they must find and destroy Hitler's horde of nightmare weapons before his horrific vision can be fully realized.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, War
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, rough, serious, suspense, independent film
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Total Retribution (2011)
Plot Summary:
Trapped on a space station orbiting Earth, a small army of human survivors battle the Undead in order to prevent the destruction of the Earth.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 407
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, space horror, tense, captivating, rough, serious
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Outpost: Black Sun (2012)
Plot Summary:
A pair of investigators team up with a Special Forces Unit to venture deep inside a war raging between the military and a massive army of Nazi Zombie Stormtroopers. Their mission is to fight their way behind enemy lines, locate the technology at the source of this growing threat and prevent the seemingly inevitable rise of the 4th Reich.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, disturbing, action packed, tense
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Sella Turcica (2010)
Plot Summary:
A paralyzed soldier returns from war to his family in worse shape than anyone at home could imagine.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 324
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, controversial, perverse, independent film, cult film
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The Squad (2011)
Plot Summary:
The air is thick with tension as a military squad proceeds to the foot of a mountain base, where they're ordered to wait for backup and hold their position. The mountain is shrouded in fog and the men are exhausted. They've been fighting guerrillas on enemy turf for some time, and they're worn down by the stress and anxiety of battle. The men don't want to wait; they want to charge up the hill, fearing that their comrades in the base have been overrun by the guerrillas. The squad's leader tries futilely to keep his men in line while dealing with his insolent second-in-command.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Colombia, Argentina, Spain
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, psychological, tense, serious, captivating, scary, atmospheric, rough
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The Bunker (2001)
Plot Summary:
In 1944, in the Belgian - German border, seven German soldiers survive an American attack in the front and lock themselves in a bunker to protect the position. Under siege by the enemy and with little ammunition, they decide to explore underground tunnels to seek supplies and find an escape route. While in the tunnel, weird things happen with the group.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, psychological, disturbing, spooky, suspense, psychotronic, psychological horror, scary, tense
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Operation Dunkirk (2017)
Plot Summary:
A band of soldiers tasked with staying behind during the Battle of Dunkirk to rescue a scientist with information that could turn the tide of the war must battle their way through dangerous Nazi territory to complete their mission.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, mockbuster
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Wolf Hound (2022)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by the real-life German special operations unit KG 200 that shot down, repaired, and flew Allied aircraft as Trojan horses, "Wolf Hound" takes place in 1944 German-occupied France and follows the daring exploits of Jewish-American fighter pilot Captain David Holden. Ambushed behind enemy lines, Holden must rescue a captured B-17 Flying Fortress crew, evade a ruthless enemy stalking him at every turn, and foil a plot that could completely alter the outcome of World War II.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, War
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, exciting
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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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WarHunt (2022)
Plot Summary:
1945. A U.S. military cargo plane loses control and violently crashes behind enemy lines in the middle of the German black forest. Major Johnson sends a squad of his bravest soldiers on a rescue mission to retrieve the top-secret material the plane was carrying, led by Sergeants Brewer and Walsh. They soon discover hanged Nazi soldiers and other dead bodies bearing ancient, magical symbols. Suddenly their compasses fail, their perceptions twist and straying from the group leads to profound horrors as they are attacked by a powerful, supernatural force.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, mystical, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Ghosts of War (2020)
Plot Summary:
A group of World War II American soldiers encounter a supernatural enemy as they occupy a French castle previously under Nazi control.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: captivating, mystical, suspense, exciting, twist ending, scary, surprise ending, atmospheric, psychological thriller, enigmatic
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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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After Effect (2012)
Plot Summary:
College students sign up for what seems a simple paid research study, they soon realize their lives are in danger. Unfortunately they've unknowingly volunteered their bodies as human collateral in an ongoing U.S. Military experiment.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 604
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, scary, serious
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Outpost (2008)
Plot Summary:
In a seedy bar in a town ravaged by war, scientist and businessman Hunt hires mercenary and former Royal Marine D.C. to assemble a crack team of ex-soldiers to protect him on a dangerous journey into no-man's land. Their mission is to scope out an old military bunker in Eastern Europe. It should be easy – 48 hours at the most. Lots of cash for little risk. Or so he says.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, War
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, rough, suspenseful, serious, suspense, dark, disturbing, splatter, apocalyptic
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Overlord (2018)
Plot Summary:
On the eve of D-Day, a group of American paratroopers is dropped behind enemy lines to carry out a mission crucial to the invasion’s success. But as they approach their target, they begin to realize there is more going on in this Nazi-occupied village than a simple military operation.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 105000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, War
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: anime, anamorphic, action adventure, suspense, scary, psychological, retro, slasher, scenic, intense
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The Red Ghost (2020)
Plot Summary:
December 30, 1941. Vyazma ('Vyazemsky cauldron') is a small detachment of Soviet soldiers, by fatal coincidence, in an unequal battle with a special unit of the Wehrmacht. However, none of them think about giving up. Each of them was ready to sacrifice his life in order to protect his native land. None of these brave people was born a hero. The myth of the red ghost is a heroic deed without a soldier's Soviet soldier in the Great Patriotic War who instilled in the animals, deadly fear of German soldiers. In place of one of the dead hero was inserted another, and the born myth of the invincible Soviet soldier. The film 'The Red Ghost' is about the hope that each soldier will have.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, tense, rough, suspense
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Age of Heroes (2011)
Plot Summary:
The true story of the formation of Ian Fleming's 30 Commando unit, a precursor for the elite forces in the U.K.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, tense, suspenseful, epic, captivating, realistic, fast
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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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1944: Forced to Fight (2015)
Plot Summary:
The events of the war in 1944, from the Blue Hills to Sõrve Peninsula. Shown through the eyes of Estonian soldiers who had to pick sides and fight against fellow brothers. Choices have to be made, not only by the soldiers, but also by their loved ones.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, History, War
Country: Estonia, Finland
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, captivating, suspense
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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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Saints and Soldiers: The Void (2014)
Plot Summary:
Germany, May 1945, deep in the Harz Mountains a U.S. tank crew discovers a platoon of Germans preparing to ambush U.S. supply trucks.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, realistic, christian film, historical drama, independent film
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When Trumpets Fade (1998)
Plot Summary:
In WWII Western Germany, Private David Manning reluctantly leaves behind a mortally wounded fellow soldier and searches for survivors from his platoon, only to learn from commanding officer Captain Pritchett that they have all been killed in action. Despite requesting a discharge on the grounds of mental disability, Manning is promoted to sergeant and assigned to lead a new platoon of young inductees.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, captivating, realistic, bleak
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Flight World War II (2015)
Plot Summary:
International Flight 42 is on course, when all of a sudden a massive and weird storm crops up around the plane. This sends the plane back in time to the year 1940- smack dab in the middle of WWII! Now, the crew and passengers must not only find a way back to their time, but fight off the Axis powers.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspense, tense
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Beyond the Call to Duty (2016)
Plot Summary:
Five Spec Ops, Alpha Squad, head a simple Recon Mission that turns into an all out war for survival against a wave of undead experiments. Alpha Squad must fight, not just for the sake of their own survival, but the fate of the world.
IMDB Rating: 1.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, independent film
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Code Red (2013)
Plot Summary:
A female doctor struggling to find her daughter after a long lost World War II biological weapon explodes on a U.S. military base in Bulgaria, turning people into mutant zombies.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, rough, bleak, serious, suspense, scary, psychological, exciting, stylized
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War of the Dead (2011)
Plot Summary:
Captain Martin Stone is leading a finely-trained, elite platoon of Allied soldiers as they attack an enemy bunker. Underestimating their enemy's strength, they are quickly beaten back into the forest. As they try to regroup, they are suddenly attacked by the same soldiers they had just killed a few minutes earlier. Forced to flee deeper into Russian territory, they discover one of war's most terrifying secrets and realize they have woken up a far more deadlier enemy.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Lithuania, Italy
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, apocalyptic, psychotronic, spooky, scary, exciting
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Fury (2014)
Plot Summary:
Last months of World War II in April 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theater, a battle-hardened U.S. Army sergeant in the 2nd Armored Division named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank called "Fury" and its five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Outnumbered and outgunned, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 532000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, China, UK
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, tense, rough, suspenseful, realistic, sad, cult classic, historical drama, psychological