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War Movie Summaries & Endings Explained
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The Mercy of the Jungle
2021 · Drama
Escape from Tarkov. Raid.
2021 · Action
Quo Vadis, Aida?
2021 · Drama
Dara in Jasenovac
2021 · Drama
Shadow in the Cloud
2021 · Action
L.O.R.D: Legend of Ravaging Dynasties 2
2020 · War
Mosul
2020 · Action
Dara of Jasenovac
2020 · War
The Endless Trench
2020 · Action
This Is Not a Movie
2020 · Action
The Eight Hundred
2020 · Action
Summerland
2020 · Drama
Steel Rain 2: Summit
2020 · Thriller
The Painted Bird
2020 · Drama
Ghosts of War
2020 · Thriller
Greyhound
2020 · Action
The Outpost
2020 · Action
Blade: The Iron Cross
2020 · War
Da 5 Bloods
2020 · Adventure
Wife of a Spy
2020 · Drama
A Russian Youth
2020 · Drama
Resistance
2020 · Biography
Sniper
2020 · Action
Sniper
2020 · Action
Waiting for Anya
2020 · Drama
Walnut Tree
2020 · Drama
The Last Full Measure
2020 · Drama
1917
2019 · Drama
A Hidden Life
2019 · Biography
The Great War
2019 · Drama
Mamangam
2019 · Adventure
Panipat
2019 · Action
Midway
2019 · Action
Danger Close
2019 · Action
The Outpost
2019 · Drama
The Kill Team
2019 · Action
The Last Full Measure
2019 · Action
Jojo Rabbit
2019 · Drama
The King
2019 · Biography
Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy
2019 · History
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