Category Archives: War

Drone

Release 2017

Genre Documentary, Thriller, War

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Director: Jason Bourque
Writers: Ian Birkett, Paul A. Birkett, Jason Bourque, Roger Patterson
Stars: Sean Bean, Mary McCormack, Joel David Moore, Sharon Taylor, Patrick Sabongui
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5352846/

Ideologies collide with fatal results when a military drone contractor meets an enigmatic Pakistani businessman.

Their Finest

Release 2016

Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance, War

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Director: Lone Scherfig
Writers: Gaby Chiappe, Lissa Evans
Stars: Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy, Jack Huston, Paul Ritter
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1661275/

A former secretary, newly appointed as a scriptwriter for propaganda films, joins the cast and crew of a major production while the Blitz rages around them.

Sand Castle

Release 2017

Genre Drama, War

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Director: Fernando Coimbra
Writers: Chris Roessner
Stars: Henry Cavill, Nicholas Hoult, Glen Powell, Tommy Flanagan, Logan Marshall-Green
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2582576/

Set during the occupation of Iraq, a squad of U.S. soldiers try to protect a small village.

Logan

Release 2017

Genre Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War

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Director: James Mangold
Writers: James Mangold, Scott Frank, Michael Green, Craig Kyle, John Romita Sr., Roy Thomas, Herb Trimpe, Len Wein, Christopher Yost
Stars: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keen, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen Merchant
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3315342/

In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X somewhere on the Mexican border. However, Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are upended when a young mutant arrives, pursued by dark forces.

Mine

Release 2016

Genre Thriller, War

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Director: Fabio Guaglione, Fabio Resinaro
Stars: Armie Hammer, Annabelle Wallis, Tom Cullen, Clint Dyer, Geoff Bell
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3707104/

After a failed assassination attempt, a soldier finds himself stranded in the desert. Exposed to the elements, he must survive the dangers of the desert and battle the psychological and physical toll of the treacherous conditions.

Bitter Harvest

Release 2017

Genre Drama, Romance, War

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Director: George Mendeluk
Writers: Richard Bachynsky Hoover, George Mendeluk
Stars: Max Irons, Aneurin Barnard, Terence Stamp, Samantha Barks, Barry Pepper
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3182620/

Set in 1930s Ukraine, as Stalin advances the ambitions of communists in the Kremlin, young artist Yuri battles to save his lover Natalka from the Holodomor, the death-by-starvation program that ultimately killed millions of Ukrainians.

Check Point

Release 2017

Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War

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Director: Thomas J. Churchill
Writers: Thomas J. Churchill, AJ Perez
Stars: Kenny Johnson, Mindy Robinson, Tyler Mane, William Forsythe, Kane Hodder
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4519400/

Port City North Carolina: During a routine camp out, a local vagrant discovers plans for an invasion in America. When he tries to notify the local Sheriff about his discovery, the Sheriff dismisses his claims and has him locked up for loitering. When the Sheriff notices odd interactions with other towns folk he begins to look into the vagrants' claim of a sleeper cell living amongst the locals within this small town. After evidence of a beheading is exposed, others begin to fear that the insurgents attack on hometown USA. Questions and tempers begin to rise. Why this little beach community with it's Norman Rockwell way of life? A town where everyone knows one another... or so they thought. When the truth is blind and justice seems lost, It will take an army of five unlikely heroes banding together to infiltrate the insurgents and foil their invasion plans. War is Hell and Hell comes home at the Check Point.

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

Release 2016

Genre Drama, War

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Director: Ang Lee
Writers: Ben Fountain, Jean-Christophe Castelli
Stars: Joe Alwyn, Garrett Hedlund, Arturo Castro, Mason Lee, Astro
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2513074/

19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks the film shows what really happened to his squad - contrasting the realities of war with America's perceptions.

Allied

Release 2016

Genre Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War

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Director: Robert Zemeckis
Writers: Steven Knight
Stars: Brad Pitt, Vincent Ebrahim, Xavier De Guillebon, Marion Cotillard, Camille Cottin
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3640424/

In 1942, a Canadian intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.

Hacksaw Ridge

Release 2016

Genre Drama, War

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Director: Mel Gibson
Writers: Robert Schenkkan, Andrew Knight
Stars: Andrew Garfield, Richard Pyros, Jacob Warner, Milo Gibson, Darcy Bryce
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2119532/

WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people, and becomes the first man in American history to win the Medal of Honor without firing a shot.