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This fact-based, Emmy-nominated film recounts the August 6,1945 nuclear bombing of Hiroshima through the eyes of a number of disparate survivors, including Japanese soldiers, citizens, and American prisoners of war. German priest Father Siemes, Japanese physician Dr. Hara, and American soldier Pete Dunham are all prominently featured as they struggle to survive amid the mayhem and ruin.
22) The Big Red One
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In one of the most powerful films ever made about World War II, director Samuel Fuller tells the semi-autobiographical story of a squad of sharpshooters trying not to die in THE BIG RED ONE. World War I veteran Sergeant Possum (Academy Award winner Lee Marvin) wants to get the job done and to get himself and his squad of green recruits out alive. It's just a job: Kill the enemy before they kill you. And through the seemingly endless bloodshed from...
23) Flyboys
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Inspired by the true story of the legendary Lafayette Escadrille, this action-packed epic tells the tale of America’s first fighter pilots. These courageous young men distinguish themselves in a manner that none before them had dared, becoming the true heroes who experience triumph, tragedy, love, and loss amid the chaos of World War I.
25) Bad Roads
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Four short stories are set along the roads of Donbass during the war. There are no safe spaces and no one can make sense of just what is going on. Even as they are trapped in the chaos, some manage to wield authority over others. But in this world, where tomorrow may never come, not everyone is defenseless and miserable. Even the most innocent victims may have their turn at taking charge. Ukraine's official 2022 Oscar submission.
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Tells the remarkable true story of Australia's involvement in one of the greatest raids in wartime history. Comprised of volunteers of all branches of the Allied Forces, Z Special Forces was a secret operations unit of the Australian Army during World War II and came under the direct command of General Douglas MacArthur. In an amazing display of courage and determination, Z Special carried out 284 undercover missions in the south-west Pacific...
27) Midnight Clear
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Set in 1944 France, in the Ardennes forest region, an American Intelligence Squad locates a German platoon wishing to surrender rather than die in Germany's final war offensive. The two groups of men, isolated from the war at present, put aside their differences and share a Christmas celebration. The surrender plan includes a mock battle that turns bad when one of the soldiers is unaware of the surrender plan.
29) '71
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In 1971, a young and disorientated British soldier is accidentally abandoned by his unit following a riot on the deadly streets of Belfast. **BAFTA Award** nominee.
30) The Drummer
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Set in 2008, THE DRUMMER revolves around active and former members of the U. S. military. With the US engaged in a seemingly perpetual war, the devastating traumas that soldiers suffer abroad continue to be felt at home.
31) Europa
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Leo Kessler, an American of German descent, visits Germany in 1945. He works as a night conductor on the Zentropa Railway Line, owned by a Nazi sympathizer. Leo attempts to remain neutral to the ongoing purguing of loyalists by the Allied forces, but he falls in love with the railway magnate's daughter.
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CAMP VICTORY, AFGHANISTAN is about the re-building of an army. With 300 hours of tape shot over years, filmmaker Carol Dysinger set out to tell this story from both an Afghan and American perspective through the eyes of two men. It is the first film to examine the training of the new Afghan military. It is also a story about the depths and limits of an unlikely friendship in war. **SXSW Film Festival** Grand Jury Award winner.
33) Gettysburg
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Gettysburg will strip away the romanticized veneer of the Civil War and present the engagement in a new light: a visceral, terrifying experience with everything on the line. At its core, this is the story of the soldiers on the ground, not the generals who commanded from behind the front lines.
34) Ava
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AVA (Jessica Chastain) is a deadly assassin who works for a black ops organization, traveling the globe specializing in high profile hits. When a job goes dangerously wrong she is forced to fight for her own survival.
36) Fear City
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Matt runs a topless dancer talent agency in New York. When two of his dancers are brutally murdered, he suspects that Carmine, a mob-controlled competitor, is behind it. The killer takes a third victim and the newspaper headline scream out about a serial murderer. Matt and his partner Nicky attack Carmine and his gang in a terrible gunfight but they apparently have the wrong target.
37) Love and Honor
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During the Vietnam War, two soldiers sneak back to the US during their one-week leave when one of the men finds out his girlfriend Jane is about to dump him. When they arrive stateside, they find Jane and her activist friend Candace at the heart of the anti-war movement. The soldiers must make some life changing decisions as they spend a week in July 1969 learning the truth about love, honor and commitment.
38) La France
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An intoxicating blend of wartime romance and brightly colored musical, the film depicts an original world "where Bresson meets the Beatles" (Variety).
39) 13 Assassins
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A group of elite samurai are secretly enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord.
40) Ali & Nino
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Based on the famed love story, a Muslim and Christian couple defy their parents and marry, but their bond is soon put to the test by the arrival of WWI. Mandy Patinkin co-stars.
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