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War Movie Summaries & Endings Explained
1,495 war movies, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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The Last Legion
2007 · Action
The Poet
2007 · War
No End in Sight
2007 · War
Goya's Ghosts
2007 · Biography
Rescue Dawn
2007 · Action
A Mighty Heart
2007 · Biography
The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams
2007 · Action
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007 · History
Flanders
2007 · Drama
Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea
2007 · War
Pathfinder
2007 · Action
Black Book
2007 · Drama
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
2007 · Drama
300
2007 · Action
1971
2007 · Action
The Mark of Cain
2007 · Drama
Beaufort
2007 · History
Seraphim Falls
2007 · Drama
Pan's Labyrinth
2006 · Drama
The Tiger and the Snow
2006 · Drama
Letters from Iwo Jima
2006 · Drama
Home of the Brave
2006 · Action
King of the World
2006 · Drama
Days of Glory
2006 · Action
The Roses of the Desert
2006 · War
The Colonel
2006 · Crime
Only The Brave
2006 · Drama
Flags of Our Fathers
2006 · Action
Flyboys
2006 · Action
The Paper Will Be Blue
2006 · Action
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Overlord [re-release]
2006 · Drama
Franz + Polina
2006 · War
Keerthi Chakra
2006 · Drama
Army of Shadows
2006 · Drama
Sharpe’s Challenge
2006 · Adventure
Kokoda
2006 · Action
Merry Christmas
2006 · Drama
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
2006 · Biography
Valley of the Wolves: Iraq
2006 · Drama
The Hunt for Eagle One
2006 · Drama
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