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War Movie Summaries & Endings Explained
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The Last Days of Patton
1986 · Drama
Barefoot Gen 2
1986 · War
Death of a Soldier
1986 · History
Combat Shock
1986 · War
Salvador
1986 · Drama
Trial on the Road
1971 · Drama
P.O.W. The Escape
1986 · War
The Delta Force
1986 · Action
Iron Eagle
1986 · Action
Revolution
1985 · Adventure
Ran
1985 · Action
Code Name: Emerald
1985 · Action
Rambo: First Blood Part II
1985 · Action
Missing in Action 2: The Beginning
1985 · War
Hitler’s SS: Portrait in Evil
1985 · War
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
1985 · War
The Killing Fields
1985 · Drama
Contact
1985 · War
Birdy
1984 · Drama
Missing in Action
1984 · Action
A Soldier's Story
1984 · Drama
The Razor's Edge
1984 · Drama
Threads
1984 · Sci-Fi
The Blood of Others
1984 · History
Best Defense
1984 · Comedy
Swing Shift
1984 · Drama
The Keep
1983 · Action
Uncommon Valor
1983 · Action
Gramps Is in the Resistance
1983 · Comedy
Gramps Is in the Resistance
1983 · Comedy
Under Fire
1983 · Drama
For Those I Loved
1983 · Drama
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
1983 · Drama
Barefoot Gen
1983 · Animation
Entre Nous
1983 · Drama
The Town Within Reach
1983 · War
High Road to China
1983 · Adventure
The Scarlet and the Black
1983 · History
The Year of Living Dangerously
1983 · Drama
Alsino and the Condor
1982 · War
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