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War Movie Summaries & Endings Explained
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Defiance
2008 · Action
Valkyrie
2008 · Drama
Baler
2008 · War
Waltz with Bashir
2008 · Biography
Max Manus: Man of War
2008 · Crime
Che
2008 · Biography
Winter in Wartime
2008 · War
Australia
2008 · Adventure
Time of the Comet
2008 · Drama
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
2008 · Drama
Passchendaele
2008 · War
Miracle at St. Anna
2008 · Action
The Lucky Ones
2008 · Drama
God on Trial
2008 · Drama
I Served the King of England
2008 · Drama
Tropic Thunder
2008 · Action
Haber
2008 · History
The Sky Crawlers
2008 · Animation
Live and Remember
2008 · War
Urduja
2008 · Music
Admiral
2008 · War
Tunnel Rats
2008 · Drama
War, Inc.
2008 · Action
The Children of Huang Shi
2008 · Drama
Standard Operating Procedure
2008 · Crime
The Red Baron
2008 · Action
Stop-Loss
2008 · Drama
Alexandra
2008 · Drama
The Counterfeiters
2008 · Drama
Female Agents
2008 · History
Meet the Spartans
2008 · Comedy
Persepolis
2007 · Biography
Atonement
2007 · Drama
Redacted
2007 · Drama
Lions for Lambs
2007 · Drama
Music Within
2007 · Biography
Rendition
2007 · Drama
Lust, Caution
2007 · Drama
Intimate Enemies
2007 · History
The Hunting Party
2007 · Adventure
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