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1917 (2019)
Plot Summary:
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield and Blake are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers—Blake's own brother among them
Duration: 119 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 654000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA, India, Spain
Plot tags: world war one, trench warfare, race against time, british soldier, british army, soldier, military, battlefield, death, british military, survival, dangerous mission, german soldier, behind enemy lines, war, great war, friendship, rat, dead body, tragic event, courage, pursuit, world war two, moving, world war
Uri: The Surgical Strike (2019)
Plot Summary:
Following the roguish terrorist attacks at Uri Army Base camp in Kashmir, India takes the fight to the enemy, in its most successful covert operation till date with one and only one objective of avenging their fallen heroes
Duration: 138 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: India
Plot tags: terrorist attack, soldier, terrorism, military, army, indian soldier, patriot, violence, friendship, murder, danger, terrorist, indians, fight, hunting, islam, nationalism, conflict, hindu, war on terror, propaganda, threat, political conflict, battlefield, indian history
Jojo Rabbit (2019)
Plot Summary:
A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler, Jojo must confront his blind nationalism
Duration: 108 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 428000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: New Zealand, USA, Czech Republic
Plot tags: world war two, boy, nazi, nazi germany, satire, jewish girl, nazism, first love, hitler, violence, coming of age, hitler youth, imaginary friend, child, orphan, rabbit, dancing, racism, jew persecution, friendship, child soldier, world war, children in wartime, american soldier, swastika
A Hidden Life (2019)
Plot Summary:
The Austrian Franz Jägerstätter, a conscientious objector, refuses to fight for the Nazis in World War II and is executed by them in 1943. Opening at Jägerstätter’s home in Austria’s countryside, the film follows Franz and his wife, Fani, along their path of resistance. Told through real wartime letters, this love story finds the couple in conflict with the members of their close-knit town, their church, their government, and even their friends — all of which brings them to a dramatic choice
Duration: 174 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA, UK, Germany
Plot tags: world war two, clergy, farmer, trial, military, catholic, prisoner, courtroom, prison life, love, treason, world war, lawyer, husband wife relationship, arrest, biopic, torture, interrogation, humiliation, conscientious objector, chaos, prison, romantic relationship, military service, war violence
Kesari (2019)
Plot Summary:
In 1897, an army of 21 Sikhs battles 10,000 Afghans to prevent the Saragarhi Fort from being taken down
Duration: 150 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: India
Plot tags: sikh, war, against the odds, human spirit, courage, heroism, patriot, heroic mission, fight scenes, army, battles, soldier, sword fight, brutality, culture clash, indian history, historical character, martial arts, indians, death, revolution, nationalism, patriotism, hindu, propaganda
Official Secrets (2019)
Plot Summary:
The true story of British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun, who prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint US-UK illegal spying operation against members of the UN Security Council. The memo proposed blackmailing member states into voting for war
Duration: 112 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 53000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: whistleblower, spy, british politics, espionage, politics, british secret service, lawyer, legal, iraq war, expose, secret, courtroom, journalism, cafe, female secret agent, investigation, blackmail, british government, biopic, female protagonist, state affairs, female spy, political conspiracy, secrets, treason
The Collini Case (2019)
Plot Summary:
A young lawyer stumbles upon a vast conspiracy while investigating a brutal murder case
Duration: 123 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Germany
Plot tags: courtroom drama, lawyer, courtroom, legal, nazi, nazi war criminal, murder, childhood trauma, public defender, german soldier, trial, prosecutor, childhood memory, investigation, revenge, injustice, mafia, world war two, court, revelation, judgment, german history, father figure, boxer, male nudity
The King (2019)
Plot Summary:
In 15th-century England, Prince Hal transforms from wayward wastrel to powerful king after he reluctantly inherits the throne and its many conflicts
Duration: 140 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 146000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK, Hungary, USA, Australia
Plot tags: medieval, british history, king, father son relationship, king of england, kingdom, war, crown, knight, death of father, boy, lie, battlefield, royal court, royalty, biopic, mentor protege relationship, battles, combat, sword and shield, shakespeare, power struggle, palace intrigue, fight for supremacy, intrigue
Beanpole (2019)
Plot Summary:
Set in post-WWII Leningrad as two female soldiers return from war and attempt to rebuild their lives in the ravaged city
Duration: 130 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Plot tags: tall woman, wartime life, world war two, hospital, euthanasia, devastation, hopes, lgbt, life is a bitch, survival, lesbian, struggle for survival, city in ruins, lesbian subtext, ruins, saving a life, hopelessness, women, post war, nazi, peace, existentialism, world war, sex scene, dog
Mosul (2019)
Plot Summary:
When ISIS took their homes, families and city, one group of men fought to take it all back. Based on true events, this is the story of the Nineveh SWAT team, a renegade police unit who waged a guerrilla operation against ISIS in a desperate struggle to save their home city of Mosul
Duration: 86 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Plot tags: isis, war on terror, military, pow, near death experience, islam, terrorist, terrorism, islamic terrorism, guerilla warfare, police officer, civil war, battles, soldier, home invasion, mission, ex cop, war violence, terrorist group, behind enemy lines, urban decay, anti war, battlefield, war, fight
Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan (2019)
Plot Summary:
Vietnam War, 1966. Australia and New Zealand send troops to support the United States and South Vietnamese in their fight against the communist North. Soldiers are very young men, recruits and volunteers who have never been involved in a combat. On August 18th, members of Delta Company will face the true horror of a ruthless battle among the trees of a rubber plantation called Long Tân. They are barely a hundred. The enemy is a human wave ready to destroy them
Duration: 118 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: Australia
Plot tags: vietnam war, war, military, soldier, wartime, fight, battles, brutality, danger, world war two, murder, gunfight, struggle for survival, macabre, warrior, blood, bravery, military base, culture clash, wartime life, feud, showdown, casualty of war, hopes, tank
Tolkien (2019)
Plot Summary:
England, early 20th century. The future writer and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) and three of his schoolmates create a strong bond between them as they share the same passion for literature and art, a true fellowship that strengthens as they grow up, but the outbreak of World War I threatens to shatter it
Duration: 112 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Plot tags: world war one, boys' school, writers, soldier, teenage boy, treasure, friendship, coming of age, orphan, young soldier, poet, great war, class differences, courage, war, teenager, dragon, world war two, batman, loneliness, art, experiment, mother, adoption, literature
The Last Full Measure (2019)
Plot Summary:
The incredible true story of Vietnam War hero William H. Pitsenbarger, a U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen medic who personally saved over sixty men. Thirty-two years later, Pentagon staffer Scott Huffman investigates a Congressional Medal of Honor request for Pitsenbarger and uncovers a high-level conspiracy behind the decades-long denial of the medal, prompting Huffman to put his own career on the line to seek justice for the fallen airman
Duration: 116 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, War
Country: USA
Plot tags: vietnam war, military, war violence, jungle, heroes, investigation, death, heroism, dying, saving a life, thanksgiving, self sacrifice, violence, danger, disorder, war, world war two, cold war, real life, truth, world war, vietnam veteran, medal of honor, lawyer, pregnancy
The Outpost (2019)
Plot Summary:
A small unit of U.S. soldiers, alone at the remote Combat Outpost Keating, located deep in the valley of three mountains in Afghanistan, battles to defend against an overwhelming force of Taliban fighters in a coordinated attack. The Battle of Kamdesh, as it was known, was the bloodiest American engagement of the Afghan War in 2009 and Bravo Troop 3-61 CAV became one of the most decorated units of the 19-year conflict
Duration: 123 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Plot tags: war, u.s. army, combat, soldier, death, taliban, roadblock, army, military, battles, danger, politics, shooting, heroism, british soldier, fight, military officer, gunfight, blood, military operation, sniper, life is a bitch, heroes, graphic violence, officer
Midway (2019)
Plot Summary:
The story of the soldiers and aviators who helped turn the tide of the Second World War during the iconic Battle of Midway in June 1942
Duration: 138 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 93000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Canada, China, Hong Kong
Plot tags: world war two, sea battle, aerial combat, naval battle, air battle, warship, fighter plane, navy, aircraft carrier, fighter pilot, u.s. navy, war, u.s. military, shipwreck, torpedo, japanese navy, submarine, warplane, bombing, airplane, dying young, battleship, world war, japanese military, air raid
The Balkan Line (2019)
Plot Summary:
1999, Serbia is bombed and Kosovo region is left for plunder by bandits under command of Albanian warlord, Smuk. The removal of the human organs take place within the territories bandits have taken, the robberies, mass assassinations and genocide. Russian intelligence officer Bek Ethoev and former paratrooper turned mercenary Andrey Shatalov head a small detachment tasked with the dangerous mission to stop the terrorism, recapture the airfield used by the bandits and rescue Shatalov's love interest Yasna, who was captured to be harvested for organs, like the rest of the Serbian prisoners
Duration: 130 min
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, War
Country: Russia, Serbia
Plot tags: terrorism, friendship, nato, swat team, politics, hopes, civil war, female soldier, balkan war, hostage, society, covert operation, muslim, russian army, dishonesty, russian abroad, islam, culture clash, danger, death, murder, brutality, rivalry, abduction, violence
The Aftermath (2019)
Plot Summary:
In the aftermath of World War II, a British colonel and his wife are assigned to live in Hamburg during the post-war reconstruction, but tensions arise with the German widower who lives with them
Duration: 108 min
IMDB Rating: 6.3/10
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Germany, UK
Plot tags: unfaithful wife, post war germany, cheating wife, adultery, husband wife relationship, love hate relationship, infidelity, horny wife, love triangle, extramarital affair, world war two, city in ruins, sex scene, cheating on husband, grief, world war, secret, betrayal, hate, widower, relationships, forbidden love, family relations, fall in love, family drama
The Legend of Tomiris (2019)
Plot Summary:
This is the story of the life of the great queen of of the steppe - legendary Tomiris. She is destined to become a skillful warrior, survive the loss of close people and unite the Scythian/Saka tribes under her authority
Duration: 156 min
IMDB Rating: 6.2/10
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, War
Country: Kazakhstan
Plot tags: czar, nomad, strong female character, female warrior, barbarian, turkish history, medieval, throne, female protagonist, revenge, coping, daughter, war, warrior, ancient, tribe, strong man, brutality, father and daughter, hardship, target, death of father, death of wife, tribal chief, mythology