War – MovieLog

Dunkirk (2017)

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May/June 1940. Four hundred thousand British and French soldiers are hole up in the French port town of Dunkirk. The only way out is via sea, and the Germans have air superiority, bombing the British soldiers and ships without much opposition. The situation looks dire and, in desperation, Britain sends civilian boats in addition to its hard-pressed Navy to try to evacuate the beleaguered forces. This is that story, seen through the eyes of a soldier amongst those trapped forces, two Royal Air Force fighter pilots, and a group of civilians on their boat, part of the evacuation fleet.

We Shall Never Surrender.

Christopher Nolan

7.9

IMDb

Full Metal Jacket (1987)

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A two-segment look at the effect of the military mindset and war itself on Vietnam era Marines. The first half follows a group of recruits in boot camp under the command of the punishing Gunnery Sergeant Hartman. The second half shows one of those recruits, Joker, covering the war as a correspondent for Stars and Stripes, focusing on the Tet offensive.

An Epic Story of the Vietnam War [Australia Theatrical]

Stanley Kubrick

8.3

IMDb

Europa Europa (1990)

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A Jewish boy, separated from his family in the early days of WWII, poses as a German orphan and is thereafter taken into the heart of the Nazi world as a ‘war hero’ and eventually made a Hitler Youth. Although improbabilities and happenstance are cornerstones of the film, it is based upon a true story.

In the tradition of Voltaire’s Candide and Jerzy Kosinski’s The Painted Bird.

Agnieszka Holland

Germany

7.6

IMDb

Two Mules For Sister Sara (1970)

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Set in Mexico, nun Sister Sara (Shirley MacLaine) is rescued from three cowboys by Hogan (Clint Eastwood), who is on his way to do some reconnaissance for a future mission to capture a French fort. The French are chasing Sara, but not for the reasons she tells Hogan, so he decides to help her in return for information about the fort defenses. Inevitably, the two become good friends, but Sara has a secret.

CLINT EASTWOOD…the deadliest man alive…takes on a whole army with two guns and a fistful of dynamite!

Don Siegel

USA

IMDb

Zulu Dawn (1979)

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Douglas Hickox

6.7

IMDb

Beguiled, The (1971)

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Don Siegel

7.2

IMDb

Private War, A (2018)

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Matthew Heineman

6.7

IMDb

Love Camp 7 (1969)

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Two female Army agents go undercover at a Nazi prison camp to get information from a scientist being held there.

Nazi Love Camp 7

A Place of Total Despair. All the youthful beauty of Europe enslaved for the pleasure of the 3rd Reich.

Lee Frost

USA

3.6

IMDb

Missing In Action (1984)

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Colonel James Braddock is an American officer who spent seven years in a North Vietnamese POW camp, then escaped 10 years ago. After the bloodiest war, Braddock accompanies a government investigation team that goes to Ho Chi Minh City to check out reports of Americans still held prisoner. Braddock gets the evidence then travels to Thailand, where he meets Tuck, an old Army buddy turned black market kingpin. Together, they launch a mission deep into the jungle to free the American POWs from General Trau.

The war’s not over until the last man comes home.

Joseph Zito

USA

5.5

IMDb

American Sniper (2014)

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Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle’s pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and turns him into a legend. Back home to his wife and kids after four tours of duty, however, Chris finds that it is the war he can’t leave behind.

American Sniper

The most lethal sniper in U.S. history

Clint Eastwood

USA

7.4

IMDb