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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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Wake Me When the War Is Over
1969 · Comedy
King and Country
1964 · Drama
Sink the Bismarck!
1960 · Drama
The Best of Enemies
1961 · War
Winged Victory
1944 · War
Madame Spy
1942 · Drama
Imitation General
1958 · War
Suicide Fleet
1931 · War
The Password Is Courage
1962 · Drama
Beau Ideal
1931 · Adventure
Very Important Person
1961 · War
Don’t Panic Chaps!
1959 · War
The Seventh Cross
1944 · Drama
Battle Stations
1956 · War
Passage to Marseille
1944 · Adventure
The Big Lift
1950 · Romance
Hangmen Also Die!
1943 · Drama
Somewhere I’ll Find You
1942 · Romance
Darby’s Rangers
1958 · War
British Agent
1934 · Drama
Stars
1959 · Drama
Keep Your Powder Dry
1945 · Drama
The Angel Wore Red
1960 · Drama
Orders to Kill
1958 · War
Flight Nurse
1953 · War
Convoy
1940 · Drama
The Thin Red Line
1964 · War
Desperate Journey
1942 · War
The Hunters
1958 · Action
The Drum
1938 · War
I Deal In Danger
1966 · Drama
U47 - Kapitänleutnant Prien
1958 · War
The Great War
1959 · War
The Red Detachment of Women
1961 · Drama
Kings Go Forth
1958 · War
The Last of the Mohicans
1936 · History
British Intelligence
1939 · Drama
A Time to Love and a Time to Die
1958 · Drama
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1968 · History
The Young and the Brave
1963 · War
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