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War Movie Summaries & Endings Explained
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A Canterbury Tale
1944 · Drama
We’ll Meet Again
1943 · Drama
On Distant Shores
1958 · War
John Paul Jones
1959 · Romance
The Carabineers
1963 · War
Introduction to Life
1962 · Family
Johnny Tremain
1957 · Drama
The Cruel Sea
1953 · Drama
13 Rue Madeleine
1947 · War
The Bridge at Remagen
1969 · Action
Ambush at Cimarron Pass
1958 · War
Diamonds of the Night
1964 · Drama
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939 · Drama
I Was an American Spy
1951 · Drama
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951 · History
Betrayed
1954 · Drama
Freedom Radio
1941 · War
God Is My Co-Pilot
1945 · Adventure
The Cross of Lorraine
1943 · Drama
Act of Love
1953 · Drama
Waterloo Bridge
1931 · War
A Farewell to Arms
1957 · War
Piccadilly Incident
1946 · Drama
Force of Arms
1951 · Drama
Khartoum
1966 · War
The Long Day’s Dying
1968 · Drama
Lafayette Escadrille
1958 · War
Beachhead
1954 · War
One Minute to Zero
1952 · Drama
Fraulein
1958 · War
Contraband
1940 · Thriller
The White Cliffs of Dover
1944 · War
Danger Within
1959 · War
We Dive at Dawn
1943 · Drama
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943 · Music
Dunkirk
1958 · Drama
The Small Back Room
1949 · Romance
Mission to Moscow
1943 · Drama
D-Day the Sixth of June
1956 · Drama
Men in War
1957 · Drama
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