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War Movie Summaries & Endings Explained
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The Scent of Burning Grass
2012 · War
That Wasn’t Me
2012 · Drama
Fortress
2012 · War
Free Men
2012 · Drama
Tomorrow, When the War Began
2012 · Action
If Only Everyone
2012 · War
Red Tails
2012 · Action
The Front Line
2012 · Drama
A Man Escaped (1956)
2012 · Drama
War Horse
2011 · War
In the Land of Blood and Honey
2011 · Romance
Sengadal
2011 · Drama
Resistance
2011 · Drama
Remembrance
2011 · War
Taking Chances
2011 · War
Find Makarov: Operation Kingfish
2011 · Action
5 Days of War
2011 · Action
Habermann
2011 · Drama
Josef
2011 · Action
The Devil’s Rock
2011 · War
The Butcher of Prague
2011 · War
Age of Heroes
2011 · Thriller
City of Life and Death
2011 · Drama
The Lost Bladesman
2011 · Action
In Love and the War
2011 · Drama
Sniper: Reloaded
2011 · War
Guerrilla
2011 · Drama
Urumi
2011 · Action
Winter in Wartime
2011 · Drama
Oba: The Last Samurai
2011 · War
Sonny Boy
2011 · War
Battlefield Heroes
2011 · Comedy
Operation Mincemeat
2010 · Documentary
Fortress of War
2010 · Drama
Shake Hands with the Devil
2010 · Drama
Postcard
2010 · War
Jew Suss: Rise and Fall
2010 · War
Max Manus
2010 · Action
Centurion
2010 · Action
The Army of Crime
2010 · Drama
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