Lions for Lambs
Year: 2007
Country: USA
Director: Robert Redford
Starring: Christopher Carley, Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Tom Cruise, Andrew Garfield, Kristy Wu, Derek Luke
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Lions for Lambs begins after two determined students at a West Coast University, Arian and Ernest, follow the inspiration of their idealistic professor, Dr. Malley, and attempt to do something important with their lives. But when the two make the bold decision to join the battle in Afghanistan, Malley is both moved and distraught. Now, as Arian and Ernest fight for survival in the field, they become the string that binds together two disparate stories on opposite sides of America. In California, an anguished Dr. Malley attempts to reach a privileged but disaffected student who is the very opposite of Arian and Ernest. Meanwhile, in Washington...
Battle for Haditha
Year: 2007
Country: UK
Director: Nick Broomfield
Starring: Elliot Ruiz, Yasmine Hanani, Matthew Knoll, Thomas Hennessy, Vernon Gaines, Eric Mehalacopoulos, Jase Willette
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In November 2005, US Marines fell into an ambush by Iraqi insurgents and one officer got killed. The reprisals by the the Americans were frightening, resulting in the massacre of 24 people, many of whom women and children. "Battle for Haditha" is the faithful account of this tragic event which scandalized the world.
The Thin Red Line
Year: 1998
Country: USA
Director: Terrence Malick
Starring: Mark Boone Junior, Woody Harrelson, Elias Koteas, Kirk Acevedo, Nick Nolte, Adrien Brody, Sean Penn
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In 1943, the first major U.S. offensive of World War II is drawing to a close on the South Pacific island of Guadalcanal. To put an end to this campaign, the United States Army arrives with a full division of troops and equipment, deployed to break the last resistence of the Japanese. The exploits of this Division are seen from a number of perspectives amongst the soldiers; to include a war weary Sergeant, a power hungry Colonel, a Private who has known only desertion and AWOL, and a Company Commander is struggling with his abilities as a leader.
Windtalkers
Genres: Action, Romance, History
Year: 2002
Country: USA
Director: John Woo
Starring: Peter Stormare, Nicolas Cage, Roger Willie, Holmes Osborne, Adam Beach, Noah Emmerich, Mark Ruffalo
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WWII. Joe Enders, a decorated Marine who is by-the-book to a fault, is just coming back on duty (by cheating on his medical tests). "Ox" Anderson, much greener, is also getting the same new task: Protect the Navajo codetalkers (Ben Yahzee and Charles Whitehorse, respectively). While Enders is initially frustrated with his assignment, his respect grows as the codetalkers prove their worth in the brutal battle to take Saipan.
Passchendaele
Genres: Romance, Drama, History
Year: 2008
Country: Canada
Director: Paul Gross
Starring: Gil Bellows, Adam Harrington, Joe Dinicol, Jesse Frechette, Michael Greyeyes, Paul Gross, Caroline Dhavernas
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Sergeant Michael Dunne fights in the 10th Battalion, AKA The "Fighting Tenth" with the 1st Canadian Division and participated in all major Canadian battles of the war, and set the record for highest number of individual bravery awards for a single battle.
U-571
Year: 2000
Country: USA, France
Director: Jonathan Mostow
Starring: Thomas Kretschmann, Jack Noseworthy, Jon Bon Jovi, Dave Power, Jake Weber, Bill Paxton, Erik Palladino
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In the battle front of espionage and code cracking of World War II, there remains but one task on the Allied agenda: the capture of a German "Enigma" machine which will allow the Allied naval forces to locate and track submerged German U-Boat submarines. When one such German vessel breaks down after a battle with British forces, a secret mission is dispatched to take over the U-Boat by commando American forces and retrieve an Enigma machine intact. The raid goes well, at first, yet following the destruction of the American mothership and the arrival of reenforcement German ships, the Americans trapped on the U-Boat must use their training and...
Sands of Iwo Jima
Genres: Action, Romance, Drama
Year: 1949
Country: USA
Director: Allan Dwan
Starring: John Wayne, Richard Webb, Richard Jaeckel, James Brown, Peter Coe, John Agar, Forrest Tucker
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John Marion Stryker is the ultimate Marine, a tough rifle squad leader who in 1943 is assigned a squad of new recruits saddled with three veterans and an old enemy of Stryker's from previous duties in the Far East. One recruit in particlar is a source of friction with Stryker, Peter Conway, whose father was Stryker's CO at Guadalcanal and who felt his son was too soft and cowardly to be a Marine. The squad grows more and more resentful at Stryker's increasingly brutal training regimen and his lack of sympathy for the varied personal problems of the recruits, but his determination to mold them into fighting men helps save their lives when the ...
Fahrenheit 9/11
Year: 2004
Country: USA
Director: Michael Moore
Starring: Ben Affleck, Al Gore, George W. Bush, Stevie Wonder, James Baker III, Richard Gephardt, Tom Daschle
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Following up on 'Bowling for Columbine', film-maker Michael Moore provides deep and though-provoking insights on the American security system, the level of paranoia, fear, uncertainty, false values and patriotism, which all combined together to set a stage for George W. Bush to launch a war on Iraq instead of focusing on getting the real culprit(s) behind the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. This documentary also focuses on how some Saudis were safely and secretly flown out of America while planes were ostensibly grounded after the attacks. Archived film footage, candid interviews with politicians, and an overall waste of public funds...
Cold Mountain
Year: 2003
Country: USA
Director: Anthony Minghella
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Jude Law, James Gammon, Donald Sutherland, Eileen Atkins, Ray Winstone, Philip Seymour Hoffman
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Inman, a wounded confederate soldier, is on a perilous journey home to his mountain community, hoping to reunite with his prewar sweetheart, Ada.
We Were Soldiers
Year: 2002
Country: Germany, USA
Director: Randall Wallace
Starring: Ryan Hurst, Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear, Sam Elliott, Chris Klein, Keri Russell
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In a place soon to be known as The Valley of Death, in a small clearing called landing zone X-Ray, Lt. Colonel Hal Moore and 400 young fathers, husbands, brothers, and sons, all troopers from an elite American combat division, were surrounded by 2,000 North Vietnamese soldiers. The ensuing battle was one of the most savage in U.S. history. We Were Soldiers Once... And Young is a tribute to the nobility of those men under fire, their common acts of uncommon valor, and their loyalty to and love for one another.
Sharpe's Peril
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama
Year: 2008
Country: UK
Director: Tom Clegg
Starring: Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley
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Our story begins at the end of Sharpe's Challenge. Sharpe and Harper are en route to Madras when they encounter a baggage train from the East India Company traveling through hostile territory. Chitu, a legendary bandit leader in control of the area, strikes fear in the members of the party. When an attack occurs Sharpe takes control of the situation, leading the group 300 miles through enemy territory and training the disorganized, rag-tag group to be proper soldiers. Despite all these responsibilities, Sharpe still manages to find time for a little romance...
Taking Chance
Year: 2009
Country: USA
Director: Ross Katz
Starring: Nicholas Art, Kevin Bacon, Gordon Clapp, Guy Boyd, Tom Aldredge, Noah Fleiss, Blanche Baker
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In April, 2004, casualties mount in Iraq. At Quantico, choices focus on increasing troop strength or only replacing casualties. Lt. Col. Mike Strobl crunches numbers. Stung by his superior's rejection of his recommendation because he lacks recent combat experience, Strobl volunteers for escort duty, accompanying the remains Pfc. Chance Phelps, killed at 19. From Dover to Philadelphia by hearse, from there to Minneapolis and on to Billings by plane, and then by car to Phelps' Wyoming home - person after person pays respects. Kind words, small gifts, and gratitude are given Strobl to deliver to the family on this soul-searching journey. What ar...
The General's Daughter
Genres: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Year: 1999
Country: Germany, USA
Director: Simon West
Starring: Mark Boone Junior, Madeleine Stowe, James Cromwell, Clarence Williams III, Daniel von Bargen, Timothy Hutton, John Travolta
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The naked corpse of Captain Elisabeth Campbell, daughter of Lieutenant General "Fighting Joe" Campbell, is found staked out on the urban warfare range of Fort MacCallum. Army CID detectives and ex-lovers Paul Brenner and Sara Sunhill are called in to investigate, and find themselves wrapped up in a maelstrom of sexual impropriety and misguided face-saving.
Mrs Henderson Presents
Year: 2005
Country: UK
Director: Stephen Frears
Starring: Christopher Guest, Rosalind Halstead, Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins, Kelly Reilly, Natalia Tena, Will Young
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Recently widowed well-to-do Laura Henderson is at a bit of a loose end in inter-war London. On a whim she buys the derelict Windmill theatre in the West End and persuades impresario Vivian Van Damm to run it, despite the fact the two don't seem to get on at all. Although their idea of a non-stop revue is at first a success, other theatres copy it and disaster looms. Laura suggests they put nudes in the show, but Van Damm points out that the Lord Chamberlain, who licenses live shows in Britain, is likely to have something to say about this. Luckily Mrs Henderson is friends with him.
Little Big Man
Genres: Adventure, Drama, History
Year: 1970
Country: USA
Director: Arthur Penn
Starring: William Hickey, Jeff Corey, Ruben Moreno, Martin Balsam, Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Chief Dan George
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Jack Crabb is about 100 years old as the film begins. A collector of oral histories asks him about his past. He recounts being captured and raised by indians, becoming a gunslinger, marrying an indian, watching her killed by General George Armstrong Custer, and becoming a scout for him at Little Big Horn.
Casablanca
Year: 1942
Country: USA
Director: Michael Curtiz
Starring: Claude Rains, Humphrey Bogart, John Qualen, Paul Henreid, Leonid Kinskey, Ingrid Bergman, Conrad Veidt
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Rick Blaine, who owns a nightclub in Casablanca, discovers his old flame Ilsa is in town with her husband, Victor Laszlo. Laszlo is a Resistance leader, and with Germans on his tail, Ilsa knows Rick can help them get out of the country - but will he?
Nomad
Year: 2005
Country: France, Kazakhstan
Director: Sergei Bodrov, Ivan Passer
Starring: Kuno Becker, Mark Dacascos, Jay Hernandez, Jason Scott Lee, Doskhan Zholzhaksynov, Ashir Chokubayev, Zhanas Iskakov
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Rebirth of a nation. Not since Genghis Khan has anyone united the Kazakh tribes. Jungar tribesmen of Mongolia rule Kazakh land, but a prophecy has it that a descendant of Genghis will unite his people. Oraz the Wise travels the land looking for the child who will fulfill the prophecy. He finds that infant and protects him from the warriors of Galdan, the Jungar king. Oraz recruits one lad from each Kazakh tribe and teaches them the art of war, loyalty, and camaraderie. Two are the best: Mansur and Erali. They are like brothers. Each must prove himself; both fall in love with the same young woman; both fall into enemy hands. At what cost does ...
Baraka
Genres: War, Documentary
Year: 1992
Country: USA
Director: Ron Fricke
Starring: Unknown
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Without words, cameras show us the world, with an emphasis not on "where," but on "what's there." It begins with morning, natural landscapes and people at prayer: volcanoes, water falls, veldts, and forests; several hundred monks do a monkey chant. Indigenous peoples apply body paint; whole villages dance. The film moves to destruction of nature via logging, blasting, and strip mining. Images of poverty, rapid urban life, and factories give way to war, concentration camps, and mass graves. Ancient ruins come into view, and then a sacred river where pilgrims bathe and funeral pyres burn. Prayer and nature return. A monk rings a huge bell; star...
Julius Caesar
Year: 2002
Country: Germany, USA, Netherlands, Italy
Director: Uli Edel
Starring: Christopher Walken, Sean Pertwee, Chris Noth, Jeremy Sisto, Ian Duncan, Valeria Golino, Richard Harris
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The story of the rise and fall of the Roman Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar, born July 13, 100 B.C., and starting his career as a young Roman with visions of greatness for the Eternal City. When Sulla conquers Rome with his troops, Caesar is one of the very few to stand up against the despotic dictator. This impresses Pompeius, Sulla's general, and he protects the young man, who is a nephew of Marius, a well known veteran, against the wrath of Sulla. After Sulla's death, Caesar returns from exile and starts his political career. Caesar's daughter Julia marries general and senator Pompeius, and Caesar takes Pompeius' troops in order to simply safe...
Seven Years in Tibet
Genres: Adventure, Drama, History
Year: 1997
Country: USA, UK
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Starring: Victor Wong, David Thewlis, Brad Pitt, Ric Young, Mako, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, B.D. Wong
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Heinrich Harrer runs from trouble at home in WWII Austria to climb Mt. Nanga Parbat. After meeting unforseen obstacles, he comes into contact with the forbidden city of Lhasa.