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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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Since You Went Away
1944 · War
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
1969 · Comedy
The Night of the Generals
1967 · War
Two Comrades Were Serving
1968 · Drama
Passport to Destiny
1944 · Comedy
Strategic Air Command
1955 · War
Corvette K-225
1943 · War
Rendezvous with Annie
1946 · Comedy
The 317th Platoon
1965 · War
The Only Way
1970 · Drama
A Hill in Korea
1956 · History
Castle Keep
1969 · Drama
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · History
Submarine Command
1951 · Drama
Von Ryan’s Express
1965 · Thriller
Teresa
1951 · War
Decision Before Dawn
1951 · Thriller
Alvarez Kelly
1966 · War
Salome, Where She Danced
1945 · Music
The Purple Plain
1954 · Adventure
Four Jills in a Jeep
1944 · Music
The Colditz Story
1955 · War
All the Young Men
1960 · Action
In Which We Serve
1942 · Drama
The Seven Red Berets
1969 · War
Submarine Raider
1942 · Drama
After Tonight
1933 · War
Toward the Unknown
1956 · Drama
The Bamboo Blonde
1946 · Romance
Operation Bikini
1963 · Drama
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
1950 · War
The Great Way
1947 · Drama
Captains of the Clouds
1942 · War
Bon Voyage
1944 · War
Uncivil Warriors
1935 · Comedy
The Thousand Plane Raid
1969 · Adventure
Screaming Eagles
1956 · War
The Sea Ghost
1931 · Action
The Scarlet Coat
1955 · War
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
1951 · War
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