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Plot Summary:
France, 1425. In the midst of the Hundred Years’ War, the young Jeannette, at the still tender age of 8, looks after her sheep in the small village of Domremy. One day, she tells her friend Hauviette how she cannot bear to see the suffering caused by the English. Madame Gervaise, a nun, tries to reason with the young girl, but Jeannette is ready to take up arms for the salvation of souls and the liberation of the Kingdom of France. Carried by her faith, she will become Joan of Arc.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, History, Musical, War
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Algeria
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 370
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, touching, suspense, disturbing
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 14
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Duration:
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IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller, War
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Duration: 101 min
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Hanagatami (2017)
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Spring, 1941. Sixteen-year-old Toshihiko attends school in the coastal town of Karatsu, where his aunt cares for his ailing cousin. Immersed in the seaside's nature and culture, Toshihiko soon befriends the town's other extraordinary adolescents as they all contend with the war's gravitational pull.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 749
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 169 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
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Duration: 92 min
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 445
Genere: Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, political
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 445
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Coming of Age Drama in rural Poland in the summer of 1943.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 423
Genere: Drama, War
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Duration: 96 min
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 555
Genere: Action, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
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1918. World War I rages in Europe while Erna Jensen tends to her ordinary life at home in Bramstrup, with her simple-minded son, Kalle. One day the village constable comes to enlist Kalle for military service for the German Empire – of which Southern Jutland is a part. If Erna is to save Kalle from certain death, she must follow him through thick and thin. Upon a chance meeting with a deserting solder she trades identities. Now disguised as Private Julius Rasmussen, Erna heads for the front. In her encounters with the other soldiers and in the presence of the war, unknown sides of Erna are awoken. This is the story of a woman who won’t let a war prevent her from fighting for what she loves.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 804
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 372
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Country: South Korea
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The Breitner Commando (2019)
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 415
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 756
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Country: France
Duration: 137 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 286
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The second film covers Joan's trial and the end of her life.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 694
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
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IMDB Votes: 126
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IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 199
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IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 779
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Country: USA
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Strange Gardens (2003)
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
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Paris. 1940. Lili is 17 years old. In occupied France, she encounters war before love, and joins the Resistance. Through the interconnecting destinies of its teenage heroes, Resistance tells the story of young people going to any lengths to defend their country.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 455
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 110
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IMDB Votes: 127
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Votes: 810
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 69000
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