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War Movie Summaries & Endings Explained
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The Pentagon Wars
1998 · Comedy
Kundun
1997 · Biography
Welcome to Sarajevo
1997 · Drama
Hangor Nodi Grenade
1997 · War
Regeneration
1997 · War
Hostile Waters
1997 · Thriller
Underground
1997 · Drama
Border
1997 · Action
The Opium War
1997 · History
Behind Enemy Lines
1997 · War
The Perfect Circle
1997 · War
In Praise of Older Women
1997 · Romance
Paradise Road
1997 · Drama
The Second Civil War
1997 · War
The English Patient
1996 · Drama
Carla’s Song
1996 · Romance
Michael Collins
1996 · Biography
The Ogre
1996 · Drama
Courage Under Fire
1996 · Action
Leily is with Me
1996 · War
Flame
1996 · Drama
Richard III
1995 · Drama
Red Cherry
1995 · Drama
Frankie Starlight
1995 · Drama
Dead Presidents
1995 · Thriller
Screamers
1995 · War
The Tuskegee Airmen
1995 · Drama
Forever Friends
1995 · War
Operation Dumbo Drop
1995 · Action
Braveheart
1995 · Action
Ulysses’ Gaze
1995 · History
Sharpe’s Sword
1995 · Action
Sahara
1995 · Action
Sharpe’s Battle
1995 · Adventure
Pharaoh’s Army
1995 · History
Land and Freedom
1995 · Drama
Rob Roy
1995 · Action
All Things Fair
1995 · Drama
The Walking Dead
1995 · War
Legends of the Fall
1995 · Drama
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