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War Movie Summaries & Endings Explained
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Sharpe’s Honour
1994 · Adventure
Sakay
1993 · Action
Schindler's List
1993 · Biography
Gettysburg
1993 · Drama
For the Moment
1993 · Action
A Foreign Field
1993 · Comedy
Salween
1993 · Crime
Hot Shots! Part Deux
1993 · Comedy
Map of the Human Heart
1993 · Adventure
Sniper
1993 · Action
From Karkhe to Rhein
1993 · War
The Accompanist
1992 · Drama
The Last of the Mohicans
1992 · Action
Hedd Wyn
1992 · War
The Finest Hour
1992 · Drama
Shining Through
1992 · War
Into the Sun
1992 · Action
For the Boys
1991 · Drama
Archangel
1991 · Drama
Europa Europa
1991 · Drama
Ironclads
1991 · History
Mediterraneo
1991 · Comedy
Flight of the Intruder
1991 · Action
Afghan Breakdown
1991 · Drama
Captain America
1990 · Action
Red Dust
1990 · Romance
Memphis Belle
1990 · Action
Bethune: The Making of a Hero
1990 · History
Bullet in the Head
1990 · Crime
Blood Oath
1990 · War
No, or the Vain Glory of Command
1990 · History
Glory
1990 · Biography
Casablanca Express
1989 · Drama
Born on the Fourth of July
1989 · Biography
Glory
1989 · History
The Winter War
1989 · Drama
Henry V
1989 · Action
Do It - One!
1989 · War
Do It - One!
1989 · War
Fat Man and Little Boy
1989 · Biography
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