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Plot Summary:
Set against the backdrop of 1971 Indo-Pak war, the movie is inspired by real incidents and the protagonists are inspired by Param Vir Chakra recipients. The movie shows what consequences of war are on the lives of soldiers on either side of the border.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, War
Country: India
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Top Gunner (2020)
Plot Summary:
Recent graduates of a secluded U.S. Air Force base must protect a gene-editing bioweapon from the Russian military—who are desperate to seize the deadly viral agent at any cost.
IMDB Rating: 2.0
IMDB Votes: 564
Genere: Action, War
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, rough, serious, captivating, suspense, realistic, mockbuster
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Hans Kloss: More Than Death at Stake (2012)
Plot Summary:
The cinema war-action movie takes place partly during WWII and partly in 1975 in Spain. The main characters: agent Capt. Hans Kloss and Herman Bruner, want to find the stolen treasure, putting their lives at stake.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 746
Genere: Action, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense
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Hell Hath No Fury (2021)
Plot Summary:
Branded a traitor by her countrymen, French national Marie DuJardin is rescued by American soldiers on one condition: to survive, she must lead them to a cache of gold - before the Nazis return to claim it for themselves.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, War
Country: USA, France, Kazakhstan, Belarus
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, perverse
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1971: Beyond Borders (2017)
Plot Summary:
Set against the backdrop of 1971 Indo-Pak war, the movie is inspired by real incidents and the protagonists are inspired by Param Vir Chakra recipients. The movie shows what consequences of war are on the lives of soldiers on either side of the border.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, War
Country: India
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, exciting, unusual plot structure
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Kurukshetra (2008)
Plot Summary:
As intense battles rage between Indian and Pakistani forces in the Kargil district of Kashmir, Indian Col. Mahadeva (Mohanlal) leads his brave troops on a dangerous mission to capture the rocky Kargil territory. This Malayalam-language war drama -- directed by Major Ravi, a former Indian Army officer -- also stars Cochin Hanifa, Bineesh Kodiyeri, Manikuttan, Biju Menon and Siddique, and features songs by Sidhharth Bipin.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 420
Genere: War
Country: India
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: patriotic
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Kira & El Gen (2022)
Plot Summary:
The movie focuses on the fury state that was among the people in synchronization with the main event in Egypt: The Egyptian revolution "1919" which unites the fates of Kira and El Gin to participate in the struggle against the English occupation.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 175 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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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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A Melody to Remember (2016)
Plot Summary:
Second Lieutenant Han Sang-yeol leads his platoon during the Korean War in the early 1950s. He carries emotional scars and pain within. So when he meets some children from a choir, who have lost everything in the war, Sang-yeol is deeply moved and tries to protect to them.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 372
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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To Die For (2018)
Plot Summary:
Civil war reigns in one of the most dangerous areas of the world for 7 years. The Turkish army enters the region without any allied states. Among the officials in the region, there are also the Special Forces team under the command of Captain Alparslan. Together with Captain Pilot Onur, Tim brings out a big trap against the Turkish army. In order to break the trap, the main test for the team that fights the lives of terrorists against the terrorists in the difficult conditions is to be able to survive without losing their conscience.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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The Breitner Commando (2019)
Plot Summary:
1959, France. Colonel Breitner is given a secret mission : find the body of his former aide, Colonel Delignières, who is reported missing in French Algeria, before the French army burns the whole place to the ground. Breitner puts together a team of five outlaws, who are promised freedom if the mission succeeds.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 415
Genere: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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The Wolf Pack (2019)
Plot Summary:
"The Wolf Pack" are on a mission to reach Kafr Cenneh. On the way there the 9 commandos must face the enemy which outnumbers them by far.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 176
Genere: Action, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Drawing Sword (2005)
Plot Summary:
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Chen Geng is the commander of the 386th brigade, part of the 129th division of the Eighth Route Army. Subordinate to Chen is Li Yun Long, who leads his regiment for the fight against the Japanese invaders. Although rash and rough in personality, Li Yun Long possesses brilliant military skills, which he carries with him from the war against the Japanese to the Chinese Civil War.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 566
Genere: Action
Country: China
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Water Gate Bridge (2022)
Plot Summary:
In the follow-up to "The Battle At Lake Changjin", brothers Wu Qianli and Wu Wanli undertake a new task for the People's Volunteer Army, defending a bridge part of the American troops' escape route from the advancing Chinese.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: China
Duration: 153 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Long Way Home (2015)
Plot Summary:
Nam-bok, a middle-aged South Korean farmer is conscripted and assigned a mission to deliver a classified military document that may decide the fate of the war. After losing it while under attack from the enemy, he then faces a teenage North Korean soldier named Yeong-gwang who happens to acquire the secret document on his way to the North.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 390
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: tense, humorous, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Iron Cross: The Road to Normandy (2022)
Plot Summary:
Captain Muller struggles to survive fighting overwhelming Russian forces. Wounded, he is sent to Normandy as Americans Lee and Trey prepare for D-Day. Soon, scores are settled and battle brings our GIs and Germans on the same path.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 164
Genere: War
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, epic, period piece
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Foxhole (2021)
Plot Summary:
Unfolding over the span of 36 hours in three separate wars – The American Civil War, World War I, and Iraq – FOXHOLE follows five soldiers confined in a foxhole as they grapple with morality, futility, and an increasingly volatile combat situation. Casting the same five actors in each episode, the film depicts the shifting roles of race and gender over time against the backdrop of the seemingly endless human struggle for power and domination. (Olivia Belluck).
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 199
Genere: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Spitfire Over Berlin (2022)
Plot Summary:
August 1944. With the American Eighth Air Force poised to strike over Nazi Germany, British Intelligence learns that they could be flying into a deadly trap. With only hours to spare, Flight Lieutenant Edward Barnes must fly a life and death mission over Berlin in his unarmed Spitfire to obtain photographic evidence and save the lives of 1200 men.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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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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Kammatipaadam (2016)
Plot Summary:
Krishnan, who has been living away from his family and friends in Mumbai, gets a call from his friend Ganga in Kerala, out of the blue. He senses danger, and leaves for Kammattipadam, where both of them grew up.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 177 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Rocket Hunter (2020)
Plot Summary:
In one of the most dangerous missions of the war, an American B-17 pilot volunteers to fly a surrendered Messerschmitt 109 on a daring flight through the heart of Germany to try to prevent the people of London from being terrorized by the V-2 rockets. "Rocket Hunter" tells the story of an amazing pilot and his bombardier brother from the time they are teenagers dreaming of taking to the skies to the dark days of January 1945.
IMDB Rating: 1.4
IMDB Votes: 314
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspenseful
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War Pigs (2015)
Plot Summary:
A rag tag unit of misfits known as the War Pigs must go behind enemy lines to exterminate Nazis by any means necessary.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, perverse
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1971 (2007)
Plot Summary:
Based on true facts, the film revolves around 6 brave soldiers who escape from the clutches of the Pakistan Army and risk death with honour and courage with sacrifice towards their journey home.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: India
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: patriotic, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, cult classic
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Death and Glory in Changde (2010)
Plot Summary:
Directed by Shen Dong and starring Ray Lui, An Yixuan and Yuan Wenkang, Death and Glory in Changde recalls one of the most cruel and controversial battles during China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1937-45), Changde Battle, in November 1943.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 283
Genere: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: China
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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Legend of the Patriots (2010)
Plot Summary:
Legend of the Patriots is a remake of the 1975 South Korean drama Comrades. Its production was spawned to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Korean War. The story centers around the lives of eleven Korean soldiers fighting in the Korean War. Director Kim Sang-hwi remarked that the series is not about the ideologies of South and North Korea, but rather focuses on the struggles of ordinary people who lived through the war.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 58
Genere: History, War
Country: South Korea
Duration:
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Hansan: Rising Dragon (2022)
Plot Summary:
In 1592, admiral Yi Sun-sin and his fleet face off against the might of the invading Japanese navy and its formidable warships. As the Korean forces fall into crisis, the admiral resorts to using his secret weapon, the dragon head ships known as geobukseon, in order to change the tide of this epic battle at sea.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, period drama
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Blizzard of Souls (2019)
Plot Summary:
The love story of sixteen-year-old Arturs is interrupted by the First World War. After losing his mother and his home, he finds some consolation in joining the army, because this is the first time national battalions are allowed in the Russian Empire. But war is nothing like Arturs imagined – no glory, no fairness. It is brutal and painful. Arturs is now completely alone as war takes the lives of his father and brother. Also, no progress is made in the promised quick resolution of the war and timely return home. Within the notion that only he alone cares about returning home and that his homeland is just a playground for other nations, Arturs finds strength for the final battle and eventually returns home to start everything from scratch, just like his newly born country.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Latvia
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, thought provoking, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Misja Afganistan (2012)
Plot Summary:
Story about soldiers of the II platoon of the first company of the mechanized infantry from Wedrzyn, under the command of a junior officer - lieutenant Pawel Konaszewicz.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Action, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: captivating
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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.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, tense, rough, disturbing, perverse, cult film
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Aaraattu (2022)
Plot Summary:
Goparajan / Gopan, a native of Neyyattinkara and a real estate tycoon buys a large piece of land in Chittur for a construction purpose, but on his arrival, he learns that the residents are forcefully and unlawfully evicted from their properties by an Andhra based real estate mafia using illegal land acquisition rules with support from the local authorities and government officials.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 167 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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The Rebels of PT-218 (2021)
Plot Summary:
At the height of WWII, the Atlantic Ocean becomes a deadly battleground as an American torpedo boat fights against the constant bombardment of German forces.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 717
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing