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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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Embun
2002 · Romance
Windtalkers
2002 · Action
Path to War
2002 · Drama
The Lady and the Duke
2002 · Drama
Enigma
2002 · Drama
The Falklands Play
2002 · Drama
We Were Soldiers
2002 · Action
Hart's War
2002 · Drama
Kannathil Muthamittal
2002 · War
War Game
2002 · Animation
Black Hawk Down
2001 · Action
Charlotte Gray
2001 · Drama
Dark Blue World
2001 · Action
Yamashita: The Tiger’s Treasure
2001 · Drama
As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me
2001 · War
Uprising
2001 · Drama
No Man's Land
2001 · Drama
The Lost Battalion
2001 · War
Behind Enemy Lines
2001 · Action
Jung (War) in the Land of the Mujaheddin
2001 · War
In Love and War
2001 · History
The Zookeeper
2001 · War
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
2001 · Drama
The Legend of Suriyothai
2001 · Action
Lumumba
2001 · Biography
Divided We Fall
2001 · Drama
Pearl Harbor
2001 · Action
The Man Who Cried
2001 · Drama
Conspiracy
2001 · Drama
The Profession of Arms
2001 · Drama
Pavilion of Women
2001 · Adventure
Purple Sunset
2001 · War
Enemy at the Gates
2001 · Drama
Markova: Comfort Gay
2000 · Comedy
Malèna
2000 · Drama
The Trench
2000 · Drama
Johnny the Partisan
2000 · War
Kippur
2000 · Drama
A Time for Drunken Horses
2000 · Drama
Tigerland
2000 · Drama
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