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Plot Summary:
Ahmad belongs to the Bangsamoro people. While many of his kind are bent on fighting, thinking that Mindanao is only for the Muslims, Ahmad prefers to live a simple and peaceful life. He works as a doctor in Manila while his wife, Fatima, and his only son, Ibrahim, stay in Mindanao with his mother, Farida. Ahmad is shocked and devastated when Fatima breaks the confounding news. Ibrahim was killed by a stray bullet when vigilantes indiscriminately fire at their village. Ahmad goes back to where he came from Mindanao. Ibrahim’s death did not cause Ahmad to stop striving to live a peaceful life, much to the consternation of his brother, Musa. His brother takes an exactly opposite stand. Musa believes in waging a war against all the Kaafir (unbelievers) who may impede the Moro’s goal of independence. He even trains his young son, Rashid to a Muslim warrior’s life.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 65
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: Philippines
Duration: 130 min
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Mistah - Mga Mandirigma (1994)
Plot Summary:
Witness the soldiers who risk their lives for the protection of the people. Giving up their personal hapiness to respond to the call of duty, the dedicated servicemen encounter tremendous excitement in the battlefield as the conflict between Christians and Muslims soar in Mindanao. A heartwarmng story about camaraderie and dedication.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 64
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: Philippines
Duration: 119 min
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Anak ng Kumander (2008)
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A rebel's son, Kumander Idel (Manny Pacquiao) pursued his father's work as an outlaw who hides in the mountains with a group of men creating chaos on the corrupt officials who continue to oppress people. Just like a typical anti-hero, he carries a big gun with sexy girls shooting guns along with shootouts in the jungle. Using his own unique code of honor, he applies justice to all those who deserve punishment. He eventually should make a choice between his values and a chance for an easier life.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 25
Genere: Action
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min
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Batas Ng Lansangan (2002)
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Army Major RUBEN MEDRANO was once a part of an elite anti-kidnapping task force. An unfortunate incident during an operation got him suspended and sent back to Manila. There he tries to renew ties with his daughter MARISSA who has been living with his dead wives sister MARIEL. Marissa refuses to recognize her father because of all his shortcomings in the past. Nevertheless, Ruben decides to remain in the area. He soon discovers the presence of drug pushers and decides to do something about them. The drug lord who controls these pushers hires a hit-man named CARLOS to hunt down Ruben for meddling in his affairs. Soon the small community turns into a war-zone a Ruben tries to defend himself and those close to him from the attacks of these gangsters.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 102 min
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Warkill (1968)
Plot Summary:
A journalist (Tom Drake) watches a U.S. colonel (George Montgomery) and Filipino guerrillas smoke out Japanese soldiers.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: cult film
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Asboobs: Asal Bobo (2003)
Plot Summary:
An ice cream vendor was bullied and thrown on a river.He swore to become a brave soldier. A spoiled brat snaps his adopted uncle and forced him to undergo military training. A barangay tanod is an action freak.He mauled even the well wishers for his birthday. A NEET accidentally burned a whole building while he was in an internet cafe.He was offered to be a soldier by his roommate. A mama's boy joins the military to strengthen his manhood and erase his mama's boy image.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 25
Genere: Comedy, War
Country: Philippines
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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A Line in the Sand (2009)
Plot Summary:
Drama - Set in the present-day Iraq war, this tense and gripping drama unfolds as two US Marines find themselves stranded and alone in the desert after their unit is all but destroyed in a routine mission. One of their team is taken hostage in the attack, their Humvee is stolen, their communications are down and their supplies are limited. - Gary Weeks, Rob Botts, Paul J. Alessi.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 84
Genere: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
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Utol (1996)
Plot Summary:
A Filipino crime drama film directed by Toto Natividad.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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Across the Crescent Moon (2017)
Plot Summary:
The story revolves around a SAF exemplary Agent, Abbas Misani a Muslim who is married to Emma, whose parents with strict Christian upbringing would not accept both Abbas and Emma to their family.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 16
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 130 min
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Cyborgs: Heroes Never Die (2017)
Plot Summary:
‘The Cyborgs’ is re-telling the recent history of Ukraine – the legendary fight for Donetsk Airport in 2014 during Russian invasion. The freedom fighters from various divisions of Ukrainian army and volunteer battalions took a 242-days stand against the Russian backed militants until the complete destruction of the airport’s terminal.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: exciting, disturbing, cyber, rough, serious, brutal, suspenseful
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Kannathil Muthamittal (2002)
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A little girl is told by her parents that she is adopted. Determined to find her birth mother, her family eventually agrees to take her to Sri Lanka, where they are abducted by the terrorist group known as the Tamil Tigers.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: India
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, contemplative, emotional, realistic, inspirational, feel good, epic, sad, independent film
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Asero (1995)
Plot Summary:
Childhood friends Victor and Narding built their friendship in the street. At a very young age, they were partners performing dangerous activities. However, Narding heeds his foster parents’ request for him to enter the seminary to become a priest. Victor is left alone without any parental support. Later on, he grows up to be a criminal. His wayward ways eventually got him imprisoned. Meanwhile, Narding became a good priest. He visits his old friend Victor in the prison and supported him until he finished his term. Narding accompanies Victor to their hometown where Narding works as a parish priest. Albeit their friendship has rekindled, Victor and Narding argue because of their different ways of raising homeless kids. Victor trains them the rough and dangerous ways, while Narding wants them to settle everything in a peaceful manner.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 37
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: neo noir
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Amigo (2010)
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Rafael, a village mayor caught in the murderous crossfire of the Philippine-American War. When U.S. troops occupy his village, Rafael comes under pressure from a tough-as-nails officer to help the Americans in their hunt for Filipino guerilla fighters. But Rafael's brother is the head of the local guerillas, and considers anyone who cooperates with the Americans to be a traitor. Rafael quickly finds himself forced to make the impossible, potentially deadly decisions faced by ordinary civilians in an occupied country.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 651
Genere: Drama, War
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: captivating, serious, cult classic, emotional, realistic, contemplative, tear jerker, independent film, tearjerker
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Killer Instinct (1987)
Plot Summary:
For America, the Vietnam War is over. Johnny doesn't see it that way. This Special Forces soldier battles vicious Vietcong, a sadistic Russian advisor and his own peacenik girlfriend as he embarks on a deadly mission behind enemy lines.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 173
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film, cult film
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Valley of the Wolves: Iraq (2006)
Plot Summary:
The movie opens with a fictionalized depiction of a real-life incident: the arrest on July 4, 2003 of 11 Turkish special forces soldiers and 13 civilians by U.S. forces of the 173rd Airborne commanded by Colonel William C. Mayville in the northern Iraqi Kurdish town of Sulaymaniyah. The Turkish soldiers suppose that this is an ordinary visit from their NATO allies. But this time is different.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, political
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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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The Four Horsemen (2008)
Plot Summary:
Four high school football stars enlist in the Marines and head off to fight in the war in Iraq. When one of them is killed and another wounded, they return home only to find is extremely difficult to pick up the threads of their old lives. The memories of events in Iraq combined with the lack of public support pushes many of these men to the breaking point.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 466
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: serious, emotional, realistic, bleak
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Battle Scars (2015)
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Every Marine has a story, some they're proud of, other they'd rather forget. After coming home from his tour of duty in Afghanistan suffering from PTSD, Luke Stephens wants nothing more than to forget. What happens when our soldiers come back to Another Stateside?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 239
Genere: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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War (2002)
Plot Summary:
During the bloody war in Chechnya, a British couple and two Russian soldiers are taken hostage by Chechen rebels. Two of the hostages are then released to bring the money for the British woman who is forced to wait for the ransom.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: realistic, rough, serious, bleak, suspenseful, tense, captivating, amateur film
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Marooned in Iraq (2002)
Plot Summary:
During the war between Iran and Iraq, a group of Iranian Kurd musicians set off on an almost impossible mission. They will try to find Hanareh, a singer with a magic voice who crossed the border and may now be in danger in the Iraqi Kurdistan. As in his previous films, this Kurdish director is again focusing on the oppression of his people.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Iran
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, sentimental, realistic, road movie, islamic
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Beaufort (2007)
Plot Summary:
BEAUFORT tells the story of LIRAZ LIBERTI, the 22 year-old outpost commander, and his troops in the months before Israel pulled out of Lebanon. This is not a story of war, but of retreat. This is a story with no enemy, only an amorphous entity that drops bombs from the skies while terrified young soldiers must find a way to carry out their mission until their very last minutes on that mountaintop.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: Israel
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: tense, atmospheric, rough, serious, suspenseful, sincere, captivating, realistic, gloomy, crying
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G.I. Jane (1997)
Plot Summary:
A female Senator succeeds in enrolling a woman into Combined Reconnaissance Team training where everyone expects her to fail.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 86000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: suspense, political, rough, bleak, suspenseful, sincere, entertaining, erotic, motivational, inspirational
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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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Our Girl (2013)
Plot Summary:
Our Girl is the story of Molly Dawes, born and raised in the London Borough of Newham. Molly is the eldest of five kids with little future, a difficult father and a mother who always wanted more for her. Leaving school with no qualifications, Molly has a part-time job in a local nail bar. Drunk and despondent on the evening of her 18th birthday, she throws up in the doorway of an Army Recruitment Office. She doesn't know it then, but it's an action that will change her life forever.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: emotional, realistic, touching, serious, tense
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Live from Baghdad (2002)
Plot Summary:
A group of CNN reporters wrestle with journalistic ethics and the life-and-death perils of reporting during the Gulf War.A Directors Guild Award-winning movie for director Mick Jackson, starring Michael Keaton and Helena Bonham Carter. In 1990, CNN was a 24-hour news network in search of a 24-hour story. They were about to find it in Baghdad. Veteran CNN producer Robert Wiener and his longtime producing partner Ingrid Formanek find themselves in Iraq on the eve of war. Up against the big three networks, Weiner and his team are rebels with a cause, willing to take risks to get the biggest stories and - unlike their rivals - take them live at a moment's notice. As Baghdad becomes an inevitable US target, one by one the networks pull out of the city until only the crew from CNN remains. With a full-scale war soon to be launched all around them, and CNN ready to broadcast whatever happens 24 hours a day, Wiener and Formanek are about to risk their lives for the story of a lifetime.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: serious, disturbing, sincere, emotional, realistic, cult classic, talky
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A Taste of Hell (1973)
Plot Summary:
Set in the Philippines during WW II, two U.S. Army officers are caught and shot by a Japanese officer. One survives and soon joins with a guerrilla troop to battle the enemy... and get revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 90
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, captivating, realistic, cult film
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Memorial Day (2012)
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Memorial Day, 1993. When 13-year-old Kyle Vogel discovers the World War II footlocker belonging to his grandfather, Bud, everyone tells Kyle to put it back. Luckily, he ignores them. Although Bud has never talked about the war, he finds himself striking a deal with his grandson: Kyle can pick any three souvenirs, and Bud will tell him the stories behind each one. Memorial Day not only takes us on a journey into Bud's complicated wartime past, but also into Kyle's wartime future. As the two men share parallel experiences in combat, they come to realize how that magical day on the porch shaped both of their lives. .
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: exciting, sincere, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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The Ravagers (1965)
Plot Summary:
Cruel captors of the war in the pacific.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 109
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Sand Castle (2017)
Plot Summary:
Set during the occupation of Iraq, a squad of U.S. soldiers try to protect a small village.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, psychological, tense, rough, captivating, suspense, melancholic, perverse
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Too Late the Hero (1970)
Plot Summary:
A WWII film set on a Pacific island. Japanese and allied forces occupy different parts of the island. When a group of British soldiers are sent on a mission behind enemy lines, things don't go exactly to plan. This film differs in that some of the 'heroes' are very reluctant, but they come good when they are pursued by the Japanese who are determined to prevent them returning to base.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, suspense, psychological, exciting, realistic, rough, serious, historically accurate, independent film
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The Great Raid (2005)
Plot Summary:
As World War II rages, the elite Sixth Ranger Battalion is given a mission of heroic proportions: push 30 miles behind enemy lines and liberate over 500 American prisoners of war.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: tense, harsh, rough, suspenseful, realistic, epic, scenic, edutainment, historical drama, atmospheric