Category: War

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1960s / Drama / War

Battle of Britain (1969)

Guy Hamilton, perhaps best known for directing James Bond features, including Goldfinger and Diamonds Are Forever, gets the chair filming this ultra-patriotic, star-studded WWII movie depicting a key battle in defense of the isle...

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2000s / Action / Science Fiction / Superhero / War

Iron Man (2008)

Multi-billionaire Tony Stark (Downey) is the best in the world at what he does — designing and selling high-powered weaponry to the world, literally changing the face of warfare through his ability to deliver...

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1940s / Thriller / War

Lifeboat (1944)

One of director Alfred Hitchcock’s (Suspicion, Mr. and Mrs. Smith) more experimental films puts all of the action within the confines of a lifeboat for the duration, becoming what some claim is the smallest set...

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1990s / Drama / War

Braveheart (1995)

Introductions are hardly necessary for the Best Picture winner of 1995, and a bit of an odd pick for the Academy, given the rather graphic violence and grim battles that fill up much of...

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1980s / Action / Adventure / War

Rambo III (1988)

A purely propagandist return of the popular 1980s hero sees Stallone donning the tightly-bound bandana to the forehead again for another one-man rescue attempt.  This time it’s a bit more personal as his former...

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1980s / Action / Adventure / War

Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)

Rambo: First Blood Part II is one of those films that doesn’t really have much going for it these days save for the social significance for the time in which it was released, where...

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1970s / Comedy / War

1941 (1979)

The Japanese didn’t plan an assault on Hollywood, Spielberg did. One of his few misfires, but it’s a big one, 1941 sees director Steven Spielberg having fun playing with a “sky’s the limit” budget and...

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1980s / Drama / War

Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Full Metal Jacket is Stanley Kubrick’s (A Clockwork Orange, 2001: A Space Odyssey) film version of former Marine Gustav Hasford’s semi-autobiographical novel, “The Short-Timers” (1979). Hasford also contributed to the screenplay, although the film version is...

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2000s / Action / Fantasy / War

300 (2007)

How should a film reviewer who has a degree in Classics, who is a Frank Miller fan, and who has read the mini-series upon which it is based approach a film version without expectations? ...

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2000s / Drama / Fantasy / Horror / War

Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)

Set in rural northern Spain in 1944, following their Civil War, Pan’s Labyrinth tells the tale of Ofelia (Baquero, Romasanta), a young girl who travels to a military camp with her pregnant mother (Gil, Belle Epoque) in order for...