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War Movie Summaries & Endings Explained
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The Exception
2017 · Drama
War Machine
2017 · Drama
The Wall
2017 · Drama
Sand Castle
2017 · Drama
1971: Beyond Borders
2017 · War
Mine
2017 · Thriller
Their Finest
2017 · Drama
The Zookeeper's Wife
2017 · Biography
Take Off
2017 · Thriller
Frantz
2017 · Drama
Bitter Harvest
2017 · Drama
Rangoon
2017 · Action
The Age of Consequences
2017 · War
Railroad Tigers
2017 · Action
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016 · Action
Land of Mine
2016 · Drama
1898: Our Last Men in the Philippines
2016 · Drama
Allied
2016 · Action
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
2016 · Action
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
2016 · Drama
Hacksaw Ridge
2016 · Biography
The Mountain II
2016 · War
The Siege of Jadotville
2016 · Action
Come What May
2016 · Drama
Game of Aces
2016 · Action
War Dogs
2016 · Drama
Operation Chromite
2016 · Action
Anthropoid
2016 · Biography
The Train of Salt and Sugar
2016 · Drama
Free State of Jones
2016 · Action
The Stopover
2016 · Drama
Sniper: Special Ops
2016 · Action
Hyena Road
2016 · Drama
Eye in the Sky
2016 · Drama
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
2016 · Comedy
My Mother’s Wound
2016 · Mystery
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
2016 · Action
Son of Saul
2015 · Drama
Persona Non Grata
2015 · War
Macbeth
2015 · Drama
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