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Pub. Date
c1990
Description
Fictionalized account of the Soviet invasion of Russia in 1939-40. The Finnish Army was able to hold back the Soviet Army in this 105 day battle and to preserve Finland's independence. This film is the first film made about this battle, recounted from the soldiers' point of view, showing the brutality of daily life in the trenches in the middle of winter.
Pub. Date
2012
Description
Unquenchably curious young reporter Tintin and his fiercely loyal dog Snowy discover a model ship carrying an explosive secret. Drawn into a centuries-old mystery, Tintin find himself in the sightlines of Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine, a diabolical villain who believes Tintin has stolen a priceless treasure tied to a dastardly pirate. With the help of Snowy, Captain Haddock, and bumbling detectives Thompson & Thompson, Tintin will travel half the world...
5) Fail-safe
Pub. Date
[2000]
Description
A computer malfunction causes nuclear-equipped American bombers to destroy Moscow and the president of the United States has to take terrible measures to appease the Soviets and prevent all-out nuclear war.
Series
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
The Dirty Dozen, amateurs! Inglourious Basterds, wimps! Meet the fearless foursome who first made the Fatherland cry uncle: the Invasion Quartet! While recuperating at an English military hospital, two gung-ho officers enlist a reluctant lieutenant and a stiff upper-lipped colonel into joining them on a raid into Nazi-occupied France where they intend to silence the gigantic gun that's been shelling the coastline, disrupting their cricket game and...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
It's the extraordinary true story of Desmond Doss who, in Okinawa during the bloodiest battle of WWII, saved 75 men without firing or carrying a gun. He was the only American soldier in WWII to fight on the front lines without a weapon, as he believed that while the war was justified, killing was nevertheless wrong. As an army medic, he singlehandedly evacuated the wounded from behind enemy lines, braved fire while tending to soldiers and was wounded...
9) 1917
Pub. Date
[2020]
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Description
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield and Blake are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers, Blake's own brother among them.
10) Oppenheimer
Pub. Date
[2023]
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Description
The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
Pub. Date
©2011
Description
The story of about three million soldiers who fought a war, no longer remembering the reason, and died, wishing for the end of it, while negotiations for peace remained unresolved for 25 months following June 1951. It is estimated that the Korean War left four million dead. The war continued for 37 months, and the armistice negotiations continued for two years and two months during the war. The entire military force was concentrated in a battle for...
Pub. Date
2000]
Description
Recounts the problems faced by three returning veterans of WWII as they attempt to pick up the threads of their lives. Captain Derry is returning to a loveless marriage, Sergeant Stephenson is a stranger to a family that's grown up without him, and sailor Parrish is tormented by the loss of his hands.
13) Notre musique
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Part poetry, part journalism, part philosophy, Notre Musique is master filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard's witty and lyrical reflection on war through the ages.
15) Atonement
Pub. Date
2008
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Description
In 1935, thirteen-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis and her family live a life of wealth and privilege in their enormous mansion. On the warmest day of the year, the country estate takes on an unsettling hothouse atmosphere, stoking Briony's vivid imagination. Robbie Turner, the educated son of the family's housekeeper, carries a torch for Briony's headstrong older sister Cecilia. He hopes that Cecilia has comparable feelings. All it will take...
16) Murphy's war
Series
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
Irish merchant seaman Murphy is the only survivor of a WWII German U-boat attack in tropical waters. He is rescued by a French oil engineer, and after recovering, decides to mend a plane and wreck vengeance on the submarine.
17) Midway
Pub. Date
2020
Description
Centers on the Battle of Midway, a clash between the American fleet and the Imperial Japanese Navy which marked a pivotal turning point in the Pacific Theater during WWII. The film, based on the real-life events of this heroic feat, tells the story of the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude, and bravery to overcome the odds.
18) Devotion
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
Elite fighter pilots Jesse Brown and Tom Hudner become the U.S. Navy's most celebrated wingmen during the Korean War.
19) Unbroken
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Olympian and war hero Louis Zamperini survived in a raft for 47 days after a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, only to be caught by the Japanese Navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.