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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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Cast a Giant Shadow
1966 · Drama
A Matter of Life and Death
1946 · Comedy
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
1953 · Action
So Proudly We Hail
1943 · Drama
Mashenka
1942 · Romance
Albert R.N.
1953 · History
The Rack
1956 · Drama
Burn!
1969 · War
Dangerously They Live
1941 · Drama
You’re in the Navy Now
1951 · War
Bataan
1943 · Drama
The Bedford Incident
1965 · Action
Shenandoah
1965 · War
Margin for Error
1943 · Crime
The Adventures of Tartu
1943 · War
The Flemish Farm
1943 · War
Beyond the Line of Duty
1942 · War
Battle at Bloody Beach
1961 · Drama
Attack on the Iron Coast
1968 · War
Lost Command
1966 · War
The Elusive Corporal
1962 · War
So Little Time
1952 · War
Sahara
1943 · Adventure
Confirm or Deny
1941 · Drama
Crimson Romance
1934 · War
Secret Command
1944 · War
The 7th Dawn
1964 · War
The Man Who Never Was
1956 · War
Gift Horse
1952 · Drama
The Lark
1964 · War
Major Dundee
1965 · Western
This Above All
1942 · War
The McConnell Story
1955 · Drama
Taxi for Tobruk
1961 · Drama
The Mountain Road
1960 · Drama
Destination Gobi
1953 · Drama
Boom in the Moon
1946 · War
Caught in the Draft
1941 · Comedy
Born to Love
1931 · War
Undercover
1943 · War
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