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Plot Summary:
Year 1993, the bleakest time of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. A group of actors from Belgrade, utterly unaware of what they're setting themselves up for, embark on a search for quick earnings - on a "tour" around the Serbian Krajina. However, there they are thrust into the heart of war and begin to wander from war front to war front, from one army to the next.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, War
Country: Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: bleak, semi serious, humorous, realistic, islamic, biting, dark comedy, suspense
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Hitler's Kaput! (2008)
Plot Summary:
A Russian WW2 spy spoof following misadventures of a clueless Soviet secret agent trapped inside Hitler's inner circle.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, War
Country: Russia, Ukraine
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: not serious, witty, stylized, enigmatic, parody, humorous
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Coronado (2003)
Plot Summary:
An american woman, in search of her fiance', becomes involved in a revolution of a central-american country.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, War
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating
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The Enemy (2011)
Plot Summary:
The story begins a couple days after the war has ended. A group of Serbian soldiers in charge of clearing the fields from mines discovers a man sealed inside a factory's basement. A mysterious man says he is 'ours', he doesn't feel cold, isn't hungry and only asks for cigarettes. As soon as he is brought along, people start disappearing, and the infighting begins. Who is the mystery man?.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, psychological thriller, captivating, psychological, suspense, islamic, twisted, scary, suspenseful
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The Living and the Dead (2007)
Plot Summary:
In 1943, group of Croatian soldiers overtake a strategically important point in western Bosnia with a goal to destroy a group of communist partisans. On the way they met some supernatural phenomena, and the action itself went very badly because the partisans ambushed them. The main character Martin inherits silver cigarette case from a dying soldier. This act connects to the story in 1993 when we meet Martins grandson Tomo. He is one of six soldiers of the Croatian army who have come to the same place in Bosnia to meet the same phenomena and similar fate.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 984
Genere: Fantasy, War, Horror
Country: Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, bleak, stylized, mind bending, islamic, thought provoking, serious, captivating
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Silver Case (2012)
Plot Summary:
In TInseltown, the world of scheming and dreaming reaches a particularly nasty low when a powerful producer known as the 'Senator' hatches a plan to undermine the future success of his shady arch rival, the 'Master' in more ways than one. His plot begins with the simple delivery of a silver briefcase. But nothing is simple in Hollywood. The case goes missing, which sets off a chain of events that are categorically not part of the plan. The Senator engages the best of his team to locate the package, but doesn't count on the tenacity of two thugs who now have the mystery prize in their curious possession.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, suspense, independent film, biting
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How I Unleashed World War II (1970)
Plot Summary:
How I unleashed World War II is a Polish feature film made in 1969, based on Kazimierz Sławiński's novel "Przygody kanoniera Dolasa" (The adventures of Dolas the cannoneer). The film was divided into three parts: Ucieczka (The escape), Za bronią (Following the arms) and Wśród swoich (Among friends).
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 224 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Cirkus Columbia (2010)
Plot Summary:
A story set in the former Yugoslavia and centered on a guy who returns to Herzegovina from Germany with plenty of cash and hopes for a good new life.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, UK, Germany, Slovenia, Belgium, Serbia
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, semi serious, realistic, sexy, independent film, islamic, cult classic, offbeat, biting
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American Strays (1996)
Plot Summary:
The desert can be a lonely place for the people who live there or for those who are traveling through. It is also the teller of different stories including the story of a traveling salesman whose only commodity is death and the story of a young man who finds that the death that he wishes for is difficult to find. Others are just traveling through, on their way to another place when they stop to eat at Red's Desert Oasis. The food may not be great, and the waitress may be surly, but those who stopped at Red's will find that they are involved in the showdown of their life.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 715
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, black comedy, independent film, offbeat, realistic, suspenseful, witty, cynical, semi serious, road movie
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Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
Plot Summary:
A movie about the First World War based on a stage musical of the same name, portraying the "Game of War" and focusing mainly on the members of one family (last name Smith) who go off to war. Much of the action in the movie revolves around the words of the marching songs of the soldiers, and many scenes portray some of the more famous (and infamous) incidents of the war, including the assassination of Duke Ferdinand, the Christmas meeting between British and German soldiers in no-mans-land, and the wiping out by their own side of a force of Irish soldiers newly arrived at the front, after successfully capturing a ridge that had been contested for some time.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Musical, War
Country: UK
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: humorous, cynical, satirical, tense, thought provoking, captivating, parody, political, black comedy, cult classic
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On the Double (1961)
Plot Summary:
American GI Ernie Williams, admittedly weak-kneed, has an uncanny resemblance to British Colonel MacKenzie. Williams, also a master of imitation and disguise, is asked to impersonate the Colonel, ostensibly to allow the Colonel to make a secret trip East. What Williams is not told is that the Colonel has recently been a target of assassins. After the Colonel's plane goes down, the plan changes and Williams maintains the disguise to confuse the Nazis about D-Day.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 848
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: retro, independent film, exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious, spy comedy
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The Border Post (2006)
Plot Summary:
At a small border-post on the Yugoslav-Albanian border, yet another generation of soldiers suffering the usual amount of boredom awaits the end of their service, counting days to the moment when they should take their uniforms off for good. It is the spring of 1987 and the thought never even crosses their mind that they would, in fact, put them back on quite soon and go to war.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Croatia, Serbia, UK, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Austria
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, sex comedy, islamic, bleak, sexual, sexy
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The Roses of the Desert (2006)
Plot Summary:
A sanitary battalion of Italian Army is sent to Sorman oasis in Lybia during the Africa campaign in 1940. Soon an Italian missionary, living nearby, succeed to transform the occupation by Italian Army in a kind of humanitarian mission. In fact all the battalion is involved to help the local population. The war anyway goes on with no regards to human feelings. The "glorious" Fascist campaign is going to became a fast retreat.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 445
Genere: Comedy, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Go West (2005)
Plot Summary:
In the nineties the Yugoslavia Federation falls apart in bloody wars. Perpetual student Milan, a Serb from a patriarchal community and Kenan, a Muslim cellist, are a homosexual couple living in Sarajevo. Their lives, intimate and public, are shaken up by the aggression in Bosnia and Herzegovina, whose devastating consequences unfold in inter-ethnic hatred. Trapped in Sarajevo during the siege of the Serb forces, the lovers manage to flee to Milan's home village and there they take shelter, waiting for Milan's father, Ljubo, to find a way to the Netherlands. Witnessing the brutality of Serb forces and their hatred towards Muslims, Milan desperately improvises: he disguises Kenan as a woman and begins to present him as his wife, Milena, a secret discovered by Milan's best friend, Lunja. Milan is drafted into the army and the situation becomes almost unbearable for Kenan. His one companion, is Ranka, a waitress in a local café, a woman whose dark secrets terrify most of the villagers.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 909
Genere: Comedy, Drama, War, Western
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, emotional, realistic, lgbt cinema, islamic, bleak, queer cinema
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Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! (1966)
Plot Summary:
During World War II, two French civilians and a downed English Bomber Crew set out from Paris to cross the demarcation line between Nazi-occupied Northern France and the South. From there they will be able to escape to England. First, they must avoid German troops - and the consequences of their own blunders.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, War
Country: France, UK
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, realistic, semi serious, funny, compassionate, sincere, atmospheric, anthology, fast paced
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Guy X (2005)
Plot Summary:
A black comedy set in 1979, about a soldier mistakenly posted to an Arctic military base.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, War
Country: Canada, Iceland, UK, USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, dark comedy, offbeat, biting, black comedy, suspense
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Witnesses (2003)
Plot Summary:
Set amid the atrocities of war in the Balkans, Witnesses is retold, Rashomon-style, from various characters' viewpoints, adding new information about the complexity of war and humanity. Beginning inside a rustic house with a woman in black (Mirjana Karanovic) standing beside her husband's coffin, Witnesses interweaves the stories of a small town confronting ethnic hatred and deep moral ambiguities.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 828
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Croatia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, bleak, serious, disturbing, realistic, non-linear
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Killer (1997)
Plot Summary:
An innocent cab driver is mistaken for a contract killer and imprisoned. Soon, he is sprung by a mob boss who needs "Killer" for a few more jobs.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Poland
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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Hannibal Brooks (1969)
Plot Summary:
A POW in World War II is put to work in a Munich zoo, looking after an Asian elephant. The zoo is bombed by the Americans and the director of the zoo decides it is not safe for his Asian elephant Lucy to remain there. So he sends Brooks to safety with Lucy. They escape and go on the run in order to get to Switzerland.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious, buddy comedy, action comedy, cult film
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Let's Get Skase (2001)
Plot Summary:
Christopher Skase. He ruled Australia and stole a fortune, fleeing to the coast of Spain. No one could touch him. No one could stop him. Until Peter Dellasandro and a small force of men swore they'd bring him down.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 305
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: realistic, semi serious, rough, humorous, exciting, suspenseful
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The Hunt for Wehrwolf (2011)
Plot Summary:
A small group of Russian soldiers with mixed skills are assembled to go on a covert mission to map out the area of Hitler's new HQ in the Ukraine known as Wehrwolf. But it's not until they get to their destination that the squads leader then decides to unveil the true details of the mission.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Action, Adventure, War
Country: Russia, Ukraine
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, bleak, captivating, suspenseful, serious, realistic
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Who's Singin' Over There? (1980)
Plot Summary:
On April 5, 1941, a day before Nazi attack on Yugoslavia, entourage on a country road board Krstic's bus heading for Belgrade: two Gypsies who occasionally sing about misery, an aging war veteran, a Nazi sympathizer, a dapper singer, a consumptive, and a man with a shotgun. Krstic is a world-weary cynic, out for a buck; the driver is his son, the simple, cheerful Misko. En route they pick up a more people and head towards their destiny.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: road movie, dark comedy, atmospheric, surreal, art house, bleak, serious, realistic, black comedy, odd
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Shot Through the Heart (1998)
Plot Summary:
The horrors of war are examined from the view points of lifelong friends (Linus Roache, Vincent Perez), who end up on opposing sides in the civil war in Sarajevo. One is an expert marksman, who trains the snipers used to terrify the city and the other becomes a freedom fighter, who rejects his friend's offer to gain an escape from the city. As might be expected, the two eventually have to face-off against one another.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, thought provoking, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, biting, suspense
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Tango Charlie (2005)
Plot Summary:
Indian Army Sepoy Tarun Chauhan is assigned to proceed to Northeastern part of India that has been rocked by riots and violence with orders to report to his superior, Havaldar Mohammed Ali. Once there, he comes to know that things can be quiet for weeks, following by sporadic violence, and casualties on both sides. His group also comes under attack by vicious terrorists, who like to cut an ear from a dead body, then leave the body as bait, in order to kill anyone who comes to the rescue. This is where Tarun makes his first kill.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: India
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting, bleak, realistic, patriotic, banned
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Escape to Athena (1979)
Plot Summary:
During the World War II, the prisoners of a German camp in a greek island are trying to escape. They don't want only their freedom, but they also seek for an ineffable treasure hidden in a monastery at the top of the island's mountain.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, War
Country: UK
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspense, disturbing, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, historical drama
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No Man's Land (2001)
Plot Summary:
Two soldiers from opposite sites get stuck between the front lines in the same trench. The UN is asked to free them and both sides agree on a ceasefire, but will they stick to it?.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: France, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, Belgium, UK, Slovenia
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: bleak, harsh, political, talky, sentimental, thought provoking, sincere, rough, humorous, captivating
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To Be or Not to Be (1983)
Plot Summary:
A bad Polish actor is just trying to make a living when Poland is invaded by the Germans in World War II. His wife has the habit of entertaining young polish officers while he's on stage, which is also a source of depression to him. When one of her officers comes back on a Secret Mission, the actor takes charge and comes up with a plan for them to escape. remake of Ernst Lubitsch's 1942 black comedy with the same name.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: humorous, parody, entertaining, funny, light, hilarious, witty, captivating, dark comedy, offbeat
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Embedded Live (2004)
Plot Summary:
Embedded is a ripped-from-the-headlines satire about the madness surrounding brave men and women on the front lines of a Middle East conflict. It skewers lapdog embedded journalists, scheming government officials and the media's insatiable desire for heroes. Beautifully captured (by 9 cameras) directly from the controversial Tim Robbins' play in New York City, Embedded Live puts the audience in the front-row to this thought-provoking and timely production.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 249
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: realistic, disturbing, controversial, cynical, semi serious, suspense, thought provoking, clever, offbeat, humorous
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The Pentagon Wars (1998)
Plot Summary:
From the director of “Made In America” and “The Money Pit” comes a hilarious look at one of the most expensive blunders in military history. Over 17 years and almost as many billion dollars have gone into devising the BFV (Bradley Fighting Vehicle). There's only one problem. . . it doesn't work.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, disturbing, semi serious, satirical, dark comedy, clever, biting, suspense
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The Hunting Party (2007)
Plot Summary:
An emerging journalist (Jesse Eisenberg), an experienced cameraman (Terrence Howard), and a discredited reporter (Richard Gere) find their bold plan to capture Bosnia's top war criminal quickly spiraling out of control when a UN representative mistakes them for a CIA hit squad in a light-hearted thriller inspired by Scott Anderson's popular Esquire article. The Weinstein Company provides stateside.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mexico
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: intense, emotional, tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, talky, political, realistic, cynical
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Operation Dumbo Drop (1995)
Plot Summary:
Five Green Berets stationed in Vietnam in 1968 grudgingly undertake the mission of a lifetime -- to secretly transport an 8,000-pound elephant through 200 miles of rough jungle terrain. High jinks prevail when Capt. Sam Cahill promises the Montagnard villagers of Dak Nhe that he'll replace their prized elephant in time for an important ritual. But for Capt. T.C. Doyle, the mission becomes a jumbo-sized headache!.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, War
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: humorous, anamorphic, hilarious, offbeat, realistic, semi serious, light, romantic, clever, touching