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Plot Summary:
The White Guard is a Russian television series, based on the novel by Bulgakov, The White Guard.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 294
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious
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The Fall of the Empire (2005)
Plot Summary:
The Fall of the Great Russian Empire is the main storyline of this 10 episode mini series, however, every episode has a separate detective story of its own.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 416
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 520 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, exciting, stylized, captivating, political, realistic, epic, emotional, intense, detective
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Warriors (1999)
Plot Summary:
If the conflict in Bosnia has become something of a forgotten war, it's not for the want of trying from the immensely powerful BBC film Warriors, the story of five young soldiers and their harrowing experiences in the region.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 175 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, bleak, serious, captivating, realistic, disturbing
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Amar es para siempre (2005)
Plot Summary:
The series is set in the Spanish Civil War and the first years of the Franco regime and tells the stories of characters who lived the aftermath of the war.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 350
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Spain
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Quiet Flows the Don (2006)
Plot Summary:
With World War I, the Bolshevik Revolution, and the Russian Civil War as backdrop, it's an old-fashioned, blood-and-guts narrative, filled with earthly humor and a wealth of colorful characters. The story concerns the fluctuating fortunes of Grigory Melekhov, a young Cossack who is both a hero and a victim of the uprising.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 565
Genere: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK, Russia, Italy
Duration: 176 min
Plot tags: epic, family saga, captivating
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Zhila-byla Odna Baba (2011)
Plot Summary:
История частной жизни одной женщины и четверых ее мужчин. Главная героиня - неграмотная крестьянка, и действие фильма начинается с ее свадьбы в 1909 году, когда девушку из нищей семьи взяли в богатую, а кончается в 1921 году Антоновским восстанием.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 839
Genere: Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, stylized, bleak, epic, gloomy
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Mother at War (2020)
Plot Summary:
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
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Denmark, Estonia, Belgium
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, suspense, period drama
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The Cinder Path (1994)
Plot Summary:
Tale of a farmer's son who gets involved with two sisters, then goes to fight in the trenches in WW1.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 481
Genere: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: costume drama, serious, realistic, period piece, period drama
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Deadline Gallipoli (2015)
Plot Summary:
Three journalists, Charles Bean, Ellis Ashmead Bartlett and Phillip Schuler, arrive at Gallipoli with the invading British and Allied troops in 1915. They will report the war but are prevented from getting out the true story of an unfolding disaster. From encampment in Cairo to Anzac Cove to the evacuation, this is the story of journalists who will not accept that truth be the first casualty. This is the story of the men who will not shut up. The actions of these men will help change the course of the campaign, ensure that a strategic disaster becomes a legend of human heroism, and leave an impregnable mark on each of their lives.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 854
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 197 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, captivating, realistic, historical drama, period drama
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The Fear (2015)
Plot Summary:
A young soldier testifies of his thoughts about the first world war, between disillusion, fear and hate, following his path through the letters he sends to his lover.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 264
Genere: Drama, War
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, rough, exciting
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Grozovye vorota (2006)
Plot Summary:
War mini series in style of 9th company. Four episodes are focused on the company of 1st Lt. Alexander Doronin, that is detached to Northern Caucasus in 1990s. Group, which partly consist of young, unexperienced soldiers, is ordered to defend the Storm Gate. It is the target location of large armed group of Chechen warriors, that is preparing a devastating strike.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 208 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, rough
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68 Whiskey (2020)
Plot Summary:
A dark comedy following a multicultural mix of men and women deployed as Army medics to a forward operating base in Afghanistan nicknamed “The Orphanage.” Together, they endure a dangerous and Kafkaesque world that leads to self-destructive appetites, outrageous behavior, intense camaraderie and occasionally, a profound sense of purpose.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, tense, funny, not serious, dark comedy
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Clouds Over the Hill (2009)
Plot Summary:
Saka no Ue no Kumo is an NHK 21st Century special drama which was aired over three years starting from November 29, 2009. The series runs 13 episodes at 90 minutes each. The first series, with 5 episodes, was broadcast in 2009, while series two and three, each with 4 episodes, were broadcast in late 2010 and 2011. While most episodes were shot in Japan, one of the episodes in series two was shot in Latvia. The TV series is based on the novel Saka no ue no kumo by Ryōtarō Shiba and adopted by Hisashi Nozawa. The theme song of the drama series is titled "Stand Alone". It was composed by Joe Hisaishi, written by Kundo Koyama and performed by British soprano singer Sarah Brightman.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 501
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Commissar (1967)
Plot Summary:
Klavdia Vavilova, a Red Army cavalry commissar, is waylaid by an unexpected pregnancy. She stays with a Jewish family to give birth and is softened somewhat by the experience of family life.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: bleak, thought provoking, serious, emotional, realistic, atmospheric, philosophical, spiritual, political, sincere
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In Flanders Fields (2014)
Plot Summary:
The story of the Boesman family's attempt to survive in the city of Ghent during the first world war focusing on each of the five family member's different experiences.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Belgium
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, touching, costume drama
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Gallipoli (2015)
Plot Summary:
As dawn breaks on April 25, 1915, ANZAC troops go into battle on the beaches of the Gallipoli peninsula. Landing in the dark chaos, Tolly, Bevan and their mates struggle to establish a tenuous foothold on the treacherous slopes and deep ravines. They endure the next eight months on the peninsula learning lessons of survival. By the time of the final evacuation they have also learned the skills of combat and what it means to be a young man in war.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, History, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, stylized, period drama
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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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The Red and the White (1967)
Plot Summary:
In 1919, Hungarian Communists aid the Bolsheviks' defeat of Czarists, the Whites. Near the Volga, a monastery and a field hospital are held by one side then the other.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Hungary, Soviet Union
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: political, contemplative, black and white, philosophical, spiritual, experimental, art house, visual, thought provoking, bleak
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Admiral (2009)
Plot Summary:
The story of admiral Aleksandr Kolchak who remained faithful to his oath to the Russian Emperor and fought against the Bolshevik rule after the 1917 October Revolution.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 357
Genere: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, suspense, realistic, tragic ending
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Alyosha (2020)
Plot Summary:
Summer 1944. The Second World War rages. On one side, elite German soldiers serving in the most dangerous and cruel army the world has ever seen. On the other, Russian partisans-fatigued, wounded and hungry, they have almost forgotten the warmth of home. But they do remember one thing: their country is behind them, and they cannot give up. The story is about machine gunner Yefrem Zhavoronok and Alyosha, a young boy. Alyosha is only sixteen, and Yefrem knows that he must look after him like his own. In war, everyone's children, mothers, wives and brothers are your family.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Life and Fate (2012)
Plot Summary:
This Russian series is based on the book of the same name, once considered a serious danger to the future of the Soviet Union. "Life and Fate" is an epic tale of World War II and a reckoning with dark forces emerging. It juxtaposes bedrooms and sniper's nests, science labs and the Gulag, taking us deep into the hearts and minds of citizens and soldiers struggling to cope with the ravages of war.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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War & Peace (1972)
Plot Summary:
The classic BBC dramatisation of Tolstoy's epic story of love and loss set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars. Anthony Hopkins heads the cast as Pierre Bezuhov (a role for which he won the 1972 Best Actor BAFTA); Morag Hood is the impulsive and beautiful Natasha Rostova; Alan Dobie is the dour but heroic Andrei Bolkonsky; and David Swift is Napoleon, whose decision to invade Russia in 1812 has far-reaching consequences for Pierre and the Rostov and Bolkonsky families. The twenty-part serial was the vision of producer David Conroy whose principle aim was to transfer the rich characterisation and incident from Tolstoy's greatest novel to a television drama. Scripted by Jack Pulman and directed by John Davies, Conroy's War And Peace boasts superb acting, award-winning design (1972 Best Design BAFTA) and breathtaking battle sequences which were filmed in former Yugoslavia.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 716
Genere: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 890 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, costume drama, historical drama, exciting, intellectual, epic, serious, realistic, contemplative, period drama
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1864 (2014)
Plot Summary:
When Austria and Prussia declare war on Denmark, two brothers are called to serve in the bloodiest battle in Denmark's history.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, History, War
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 460 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, captivating, stylized, noir, costume drama, epic
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Birdsong (2012)
Plot Summary:
As an English soldier fights in the horrific trenches of northern France, he is haunted by the memories of his forbidden love affair with a French woman.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 165 min
Plot tags: emotional, realistic, epic, serious, stylized, historical drama, romantic drama, period drama, masterpiece
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The Crimson Field (2014)
Plot Summary:
In a tented field hospital on the coast of France, a team of doctors, nurses and women volunteers work together to heal the bodies and souls of men wounded in the trenches.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: serious, period piece, emotional, realistic, melancholic, suspenseful, costume drama, historical drama, exciting, tense
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Our World War (2014)
Plot Summary:
During the First World War, British troops face the horrors of the Battle of Mons in 1914, internal strife in 1916 and innovative tank warfare in 1918.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration:
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, costume drama, stylized
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The Great War (2019)
Plot Summary:
In November of 1918 as World War I was ending, a unit of American soldiers goes behind enemy lines to find a lost platoon of African American soldiers.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating
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The Passing Bells (2014)
Plot Summary:
At the outbreak of war, two teenage boys defy their parents to sign up.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, War
Country: UK, Poland
Duration:
Plot tags: historical drama, epic, realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, costume drama, emotional, gloomy
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Company K (2004)
Plot Summary:
Based on the popular World War I novel by author William March, director Robert Clem's COMPANY K follows a veteran of the first great conflict as he finishes a book about his wartime experiences and reflects on how a man's true character is revealed through his actions on the battlefield. From the German soldier who visits him in dreams to the camaraderie that is forged by fighting together and the true gravity of laying down your life for a greater cause, World War I veteran Joe Delaney will attempt to exorcise his demons through writing while struggling to readjust to small-town life following the trauma of war.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 339
Genere: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychological, epic, serious, captivating, disturbing, bleak, emotional, realistic
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War and Remembrance (1988)
Plot Summary:
War and Remembrance is an American miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Herman Wouk. It is the sequel to highly successful The Winds of War.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 1620 min
Plot tags: historical drama, exciting, serious, captivating, realistic, saga, epic, vintage
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Admiral (2008)
Plot Summary:
This is a story of a great love facing the greatest drama of the history of Russia. Admiral Kolchak is a true war hero and beloved husband and father. One day he meets Anna, the love of his life and the wife of his best friend. The revolution in his heart faces the revolution in his own country His destiny is to become the Supreme Rules of Russia.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, dramatic, touching, tragic ending, suspense, romantic, costume drama