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War Movie Summaries & Endings Explained
1,495 war movies, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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Patton
1970 · Biography
The Challenge
1970 · War
Prem Pujari
1970 · Drama
MASH
1970 · Drama
Ben-Hur
1959 · Adventure
Spartacus
1960 · Adventure
South Pacific
1958 · Romance
The Guns of Navarone
1961 · Action
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943 · Adventure
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957 · Adventure
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930 · Drama
Casablanca
1943 · Drama
Baltic Skies
1960 · Drama
Paratroop Command
1959 · Drama
Tobruk
1967 · History
Battle Circus
1953 · Romance
Stand by for Action
1942 · Action
Bright Victory
1951 · Romance
Battle Cry
1955 · War
West of Shanghai
1937 · Adventure
The Littlest Rebel
1935 · Drama
This Is the Army
1943 · Romance
Kolberg
1945 · Drama
Days of Glory
1945 · Documentary
Jan Žižka
1956 · War
The Last Blitzkrieg
1959 · War
O.S.S.
1946 · Thriller
The Road Back
1937 · War
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
1960 · War
The Cranes Are Flying
1957 · Romance
The Fighting Lady
1944 · Documentary
In the Meantime, Darling
1944 · War
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
1944 · Comedy
The High Bright Sun
1964 · War
Senso
1954 · Romance
March on the River Drina
1964 · Drama
Reunion in France
1942 · War
Uncivil War Birds
1946 · Comedy
The Wild Blue Yonder
1951 · War
Aerial Gunner
1943 · Drama
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