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War
Showing 1-20 of 29 Results
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The Baader Meinhof Complex
Murderous bomb attacks, the threat of terrorism and the fear of the enemy inside are rocking the very foundations of the still fragile German democracy.
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The Battle of Neretva
A story following the Yugoslav Partisans efforts to evade capture from the Nazi armies of Hitler during World War 2.
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Bent
Recounting the fate of three homosexual men during the rise of Nazism, BENT is a harrowing but inspirational tale of struggle against oppression.
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Bowling for Columbine
Michael Moore sets off on a rollicking journey to the heart of America hoping to discover why the American pursuit of happiness is so riddled with mass violence
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Buffalo Soldiers
It’s 1989 and bored US soldier Ray Elwood (Joaquin Phoenix) is finding some original ways to keep himself busy.
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Charlotte Gray
1943. Charlotte Gray is parachuted behind enemy lines into Southern France to liaise with the local resistance group and search for her lover, Peter.
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City of Life and Death
Moving story of the Japanese invasion of Nanking 1937 and the atrocities committed during the six week campaign of terror that ensued
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Defiance
Based on an extraordinary true story, Defiance is an epic tale of family, honour, vengeance and salvation in World War II.
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Downfall
Set in Berlin, 1945, this powerful and provocative war drama retells the final days of the Second World War as recorded in the diaries of Hitler’s secretary.
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Essential Killing
After being captured by American forces in Afghanistan, a man finds himself taken to a nameless European country, which he must escape to stay alive.
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Female Agents
May 1944. A five-woman commando unit parachutes into occupied France on a daring and dangerous mission to protect the secret of the D-Day Landings.
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Glorious 39
Its 1939, and a young girl's life is thrown into disarray when she discovers secret plans to appease the Nazis, which puts her life in jeopardy.
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Invincible
Zishe Breitbart is a Jew who becomes a sensation in Weimar Berlin as a mythical strongman who fights against a Ministry of the Occult in Hitler’s government.
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Johnny Mad Dog
A civil war in an African nation sees a group of young teens take up arms and go on a quest to help unseat the government, pillaging villages en route.
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Joy Division
Joy Division is a fast-paced story about memory, youth, identity and love amidst a backdrop of war.
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Korea
Based on a short story by John McGahern, it is set in rural Ireland during the 50's, a period of mass emigration and social change
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Lord of War
Yuri Orlov is a successful and reputable arms dealer, but a driven federal agent's hunt for him results in him questioning how much his work is worth to him.
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The Men Who Stare At Goats
Desperate to get his next big journalism break, Bob Wilton goes on a mad crusade to discover if an army unit specially trained in the psychic arts really exists
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Padre Padrone
A young boy in Sardinia suffers constantly at the hand of his oppressive father, but when he's sent off to join the army he discovers a new concept of life.
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Passchendaele
Three people find their lives intersecting at intermittent points of during the bloody World War 1 battle at Passchendaele.
Korea
Based on a short story by John McGahern, it is set in rural Ireland during the 50's, a period of mass emigration and social change. Young Irish emigrants, on arriving in America, have been enlisted and sent to fight in the Korean war. One of those emigrants, Luke Moran, dies in Korea and his home village is awash with rumours about the compensation the Moran family received on Luke's death.
