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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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Distant Drums
1951 · Western
Ill Met by Moonlight
1957 · Adventure
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955 · Drama
The Lamp Still Burns
1943 · Drama
Days of Glory
1944 · Drama
Something of Value
1957 · War
Taras Bulba
1962 · History
Is Paris Burning?
1966 · Drama
The Spy in Black
1939 · War
No Man Is an Island
1962 · Action
Command Decision
1948 · Drama
Ever in My Heart
1933 · Romance
Bitter Victory
1957 · Drama
Task Force
1949 · War
Alexander Nevsky
1938 · War
The Lion Has Wings
1939 · War
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944 · Drama
Merrill’s Marauders
1962 · Drama
Storm Over the Nile
1955 · War
Me and the Colonel
1958 · War
The Devil’s Disciple
1959 · War
Hotel Sahara
1951 · War
The Damned
1947 · Thriller
The Goose Steps Out
1942 · Comedy
Torpedo Run
1958 · War
The Falcon in Danger
1943 · War
Background to Danger
1943 · Thriller
The Pride and the Passion
1957 · Romance
The Enemy Below
1957 · War
Mulan Joins the Army
1939 · History
Ashes and Diamonds
1958 · War
The Raid
1954 · War
War Paint
1953 · Western
I Was Monty’s Double
1958 · War
I See a Dark Stranger
1946 · War
War Hunt
1962 · War
Submarine X-1
1968 · War
War Nurse
1930 · Romance
The Desert Rats
1953 · War
Action in the North Atlantic
1943 · War
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