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War Movie Summaries & Endings Explained
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Monsignor
1982 · Drama
Antonieta
1982 · Drama
The Night of the Shooting Stars
1982 · Drama
Some Kind of Hero
1982 · Drama
Friend or Foe
1982 · Family
Das Boot
1982 · Action
Oro, Plata, Mata
1982 · Drama
Gallipoli
1981 · Adventure
The Skin
1981 · War
Eye of the Needle
1981 · Thriller
Stripes
1981 · Comedy
Escape to Victory
1981 · Drama
Attack Force Z
1981 · War
Inchon
1981 · War
The Bunker
1981 · Drama
Lili Marleen
1981 · Drama
Lion of the Desert
1980 · Drama
The Last Witness
1980 · Drama
Breaker Morant
1980 · Drama
Kagemusha
1980 · Drama
Private Benjamin
1980 · Comedy
The Big Red One
1980 · Action
The Sea Wolves
1980 · War
The Tin Drum
1980 · Drama
Aguila
1980 · Action
Cuba
1979 · Adventure
1941
1979 · Action
All Quiet on the Western Front
1979 · War
Yanks
1979 · Drama
G.I. Samurai
1979 · Action
Hanover Street
1979 · Action
Apocalypse Now
1979 · Action
More American Graffiti
1979 · Drama
Escape to Athena
1979 · Adventure
Zulu Dawn
1979 · Drama
The Abandoned Field: Free Fire Zone
1979 · War
Hospital of the Transfiguration
1979 · War
From Hell to Victory
1979 · War
The Odd Angry Shot
1979 · Action
Breakthrough
1979 · History
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