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War Movie Summaries & Endings Explained
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The Brink of War
2026 · Drama
The Samurai and the Prisoner
2026 · Drama
Young Washington
2026 · Action
Pressure
2026 · Drama
Amrum
2026 · Drama
The Swedish Connection
2026 · Biography
The Choral
2025 · Drama
Sisu: Road to Revenge
2025 · Action
Nuremberg
2025 · Biography
Eleanor the Great
2025 · Drama
Prisoner of War
2025 · Action
Dongji Rescue
2025 · Action
Primitive War
2025 · Action
Dead to Rights
2025 · Drama
Primitive War
2025 · Action
The Postman
2025 · Mystery
All the Lost Ones
2025 · Drama
Warfare
2025 · Action
The Teacher
2025 · Drama
William Tell
2025 · Action
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988)
2025 · Animation
My Dead Friend Zoe
2025 · Comedy
Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants
2025 · Action
Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force
2025 · Fantasy
Sky Force
2025 · History
The Six Triple Eight
2024 · Drama
Blitz
2024 · Action
Amaran
2024 · Adventure
Uprising
2024 · Action
Lee
2024 · Biography
Escape from Germany
2024 · Drama
Murder Company
2024 · Action
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
2024 · Action
Fighter
2024 · Action
Captain Miller
2024 · Action
Noryang: Deadly Sea
2023 · Action
The Zone of Interest
2023 · Drama
Sam Bahadur
2023 · Drama
Napoleon
2023 · Action
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
2023 · Action
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