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My Way (2011)
Plot Summary:
Jun-shik, who works for Tatsuo’s grandfather’s farm while Korea is colonized by Japan, dreams about participating in the Tokyo Olympics as a marathon runner. Tatsuo also aims to become a marathon runner, so the two become rivals. But the war breaks out and they both are forced to enlist in the army. Tatsuo becomes the head of defense in Jun-shik’s unit and he devises a scheme but fails. Jun-shik and Tatsuo are held captive by the Soviets. They run away but soon are captured by the Germans and forced to separate. In 1944, they meet again on the shores of Normandy
Duration: 137 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: world war two, military, war, occupation, japanese occupation of korea, military life, battles, captivity, life is a bitch, soldier, rivalry, confined, world war, winter, korean war, japanese occupation, holocaust, partisan, snow, wrestling, asian, eastern front, cavalry, great war, japanese army
The Flowers of War (2011)
Plot Summary:
A Westerner finds refuge with a group of women in a church during Japan's rape of Nanking in 1937. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety
Duration: 146 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 55000
Genere: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: China
Plot tags: world war two, atrocity, war, japanese occupation of china, prostitution, sino japanese war, holocaust, prostitute, wartime, genocide, oppression, survival, rape, military, brothel, suffering, courage, life is a bitch, clergy, brutality, death, friendship, tragedy, justice, student
In Darkness (2011)
Plot Summary:
A dramatization of one man's rescue of Jewish refugees in the Nazi-occupied Polish city of Lvov. In Darkness tells the true story of Leopold Soha who risks his own life to save a dozen people from certain death. Initially only interested in his own good, the thief and burglar hides Jewish refugees for 14 months in the sewers of the Nazi-occupied town of Lvov (former Poland)
Duration: 145 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Poland, Germany, Canada
Plot tags: holocaust, world war two, nazi, atrocity, survival, war, refugee, genocide, judaism, world war, human spirit, sewer, mistrust, rescue, on the run, moral dilemma, human nature, life is a bitch, society, danger, lifesaver, wartime life, dehumanization, breaking point, wartime
War Horse (2011)
Plot Summary:
Follows a young man named Albert and his horse, Joey, and how their bond is broken when Joey is sold to the cavalry and sent to the trenches of World War One. Despite being too young to enlist, Albert heads to France to save his friend
Duration: 146 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 164000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, India
Plot tags: world war one, horse, war, friendship, military, animal, battles, animal training, human spirit, wartime, danger, survival, great war, cavalry charge, farm, human animal relationship, hopes, world war two, medieval, adaptation, courage, battlefield, world war, soldier, execution
Black Gold (2011)
Plot Summary:
On the Arabian Peninsula in the 1930s, two warring leaders come face to face. The victorious Nesib, Emir of Hobeika, lays down his peace terms to rival Amar, Sultan of Salmaah. The two men agree that neither can lay claim to the area of no man’s land between them called The Yellow Belt. In return, Nesib adopts Amar’s two boys Saleeh and Auda as a guarantee against invasion. Twelve years later, Saleeh and Auda have grown into young men. Saleeh, the warrior, itches to escape his gilded cage and return to his father’s land. Auda cares only for books and the pursuit of knowledge. One day, their adopted father Nesib is visited by an American from Texas. He tells the Emir that his land is blessed with oil and promises him riches beyond his wildest imagination. Nesib imagines a realm of infinite possibility, a kingdom with roads, schools and hospitals all paid for by the black gold beneath the barren sand. There is only one problem. The precious oil is located in the Yellow Belt
Duration: 130 min
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Italy, Qatar, Tunisia
Plot tags: tribe, desert, sheik, oil, state affairs, muslim, bedouin, parents and children, political intrigue, arab, family relations, royal family, rivalry, society, manipulation, head of state, political unrest, conservative, intrigue, ruler, sex, business, world war one, military, desire
Special Forces (2011)
Plot Summary:
Afghanistan. War correspondent Elsa Casanova is taken hostage by the Taliban. Faced with her imminent execution, a Special Forces unit is dispatched to free her. In some of the world’s most breathtaking yet hostile landscapes, a relentless pursuit begins between her kidnappers who have no intention of letting their prey escape them and a group of soldiers who risk their lives in pursuit of their single aim – to bring her home alive. This strong, independent woman and these men of duty are thrown together and forced to confront situations of great danger that inextricably bind them – emotionally, violently and intimately
Duration: 109 min
IMDB Rating: 6.3/10
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: France
Plot tags: taliban, military, journalist, war, war zone, sniper, swat team, soldier, kidnapping, danger, daring rescue, chase, rescue, survival, heroes, confined, woman in danger, heroic mission, battles, escapades, behind enemy lines, saving a life, shooter, conflict, war on terror
The Eagle (2011)
Plot Summary:
In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila (Tatum) arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father, the commander of the Ninth. Accompanied only by his British slave Esca (Bell), Marcus sets out across Hadrian's Wall into the uncharted highlands of Caledonia - to confront its savage tribes, make peace with his father's memory, and retrieve the lost legion's golden emblem, the Eagle of the Ninth
Duration: 114 min
IMDB Rating: 6.2/10
IMDB Votes: 73000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: ancient rome, roman empire, medieval, ancient history, ancient world, slavery, sword fight, master and servant, gladiator, legends and myths, ancient, legion, war, battles, military, survival, brutality, culture clash, beautiful scenery, chase, revolution, good versus evil, soldier, slave, vengeance
Valley of the Wolves: Palestine (2011)
Plot Summary:
After the Freedom Flotilla attempts to bring humanitarian assistance to Gaza refuses to turn back, it is attacked by the Israeli military. In a dramatic battle scene, activists resist and are killed by the Israeli soldiers. A Turkish commando team led by Polat Alemdar (Necati Şaşmaz) travels to West Bank in Palestine, where they launch a campaign against Israeli military personnel in an attempt to track down and eliminate an Israeli general, leader Moşe Ben Eliyezer (Erdal Beşikçioğlu), who is the responsible for the flotilla raid
Duration: 105 min
IMDB Rating: 6.1/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: Turkey
Plot tags: arab israeli conflict, war, military, politics, uninhibited rivalry, soldier, vengeance, political unrest, state affairs, violence spree, death, murder, spy, conflict, turk, heroes, battles, chases and races, rivalry, social activist, atrocity, tough heroes, violent content, prison, combat
Ironclad (2011)
Plot Summary:
In the year 1215, the rebel barons of England have forced their despised King John to put his royal seal on the Magna Carta, a seminal document that upheld the rights of free men. Yet within months of pledging himself to the great charter, the King reneged on his word and assembled a mercenary army on the south coast of England with the intention of bringing the barons and the country back under his tyrannical rule. Barring his way stood the mighty Rochester castle, a place that would become the symbol of the rebel's momentous struggle for justice and freedom
Duration: 121 min
IMDB Rating: 6.1/10
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK, Switzerland, USA, Germany
Plot tags: knight, medieval, siege, crusader, castle, sword fight, warrior, battles, evil king, king, evil man, rebellion, rebel, brutality, nobility, knights templar, strong violent content, sword and shield, gore, battlefield, british royal family, danger, military, cruelty, heroes
Coriolanus (2011)
Plot Summary:
Caius Martius, aka Coriolanus, is an arrogant and fearsome general who has built a career on protecting Rome from its enemies. Pushed by his ambitious mother to seek the position of consul, Coriolanus is at odds with the masses and unpopular with certain colleagues. When a riot results in his expulsion from Rome, Coriolanus seeks out his sworn enemy, Tullus Aufidius. Together, the pair vow to destroy the great city
Duration: 123 min
IMDB Rating: 6.1/10
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Plot tags: shakespeare, politics, tragedy, rivalry, manipulation, brutality, leadership, rise and fall, state affairs, ambition, tragic hero, uninhibited rivalry, betrayal, suicide, soldier, ancient rome, ancient, transformation, twists and turns, distopia, vengeance, war, end of the world, world war two, roman empire
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
Duration: 113 min
IMDB Rating: 5.6/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: Georgia, USA
Plot tags: journalist, death, news report, politics, media, political unrest, state affairs, war, life is a bitch, society, culture clash, media coverage, journalism, murder, cameraman, political intrigue, world politics, tank, iraq war, reporter, holocaust, torture, wartime, conflict, war crime
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
Duration: 90 min
IMDB Rating: 5.5/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Plot tags: world war two, military, behind enemy lines, insubordination, war, heroic mission, sabotage, betrayal, chase, danger, race against time, dishonesty, battle zone, resistance fighter, military base, world war, special forces, nazi, winter, holocaust, real life, cavalry, friendly fire, misfit, heroes
In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011)
Plot Summary:
During the Bosnian War, Danijel, a soldier fighting for the Serbs, re-encounters Ajla, a Bosnian who's now a captive in his camp he oversees. Their once promising connection has become ambiguous as their motives have changed
Duration: 127 min
IMDB Rating: 4.7/10
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Plot tags: bosnian war, prisoner, soldier, muslim, forbidden love, war, rape, life is a bitch, love affair, escape, love and romance, couples, wartime life, couple relations, food, bus, sister sister relationship, emaciation, violence, genocide, sex, artist, slavery, holocaust, stockholm syndrome