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War Movie Summaries & Endings Explained
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1979 · War
Junoon
1978 · War
The Deer Hunter
1978 · Drama
Force 10 from Navarone
1978 · Action
Go Tell the Spartans
1978 · War
Summer Trip to the Sea
1978 · Drama
Coming Home
1978 · Drama
The Inglorious Bastards
1978 · War
The Boys in Company C
1978 · Drama
The Duellists
1978 · Drama
March or Die
1977 · War
Shock Waves
1977 · War
Death Is My Trade
1977 · Drama
Manhunt
1977 · War
A Bridge Too Far
1977 · Drama
Cross of Iron
1977 · Drama
The Ascent
1977 · Drama
The Eagle Has Landed
1977 · Adventure
Mama, I’m Alive
1977 · War
Babruvahana
1977 · War
Gestapo’s Last Orgy
1977 · Drama
Green Eyes
1977 · War
Voyage of the Damned
1976 · Drama
Deported Women of the SS Special Section
1976 · Drama
The Fifth Seal
1976 · War
And Agnes Chose to Die
1976 · War
Coup de Grâce
1976 · Drama
Midway
1976 · Action
No Hard Feelings
1976 · Drama
One-Two, Soldiers Were Going…
1976 · War
Salon Kitty
1976 · Drama
Ilsa: Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks
1976 · Thriller
Barry Lyndon
1975 · Adventure
Anno Domini 1573
1975 · Drama
They Fought for Their Motherland
1975 · Drama
Operation: Daybreak
1975 · Action
Love and Death
1975 · Comedy
The Travelling Players
1975 · Drama
Lancelot of the Lake
1975 · Drama
Seven Beauties
1975 · War
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