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Yamato

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Poster for the movie "Yamato"

Yamato (2005)

143 min - War, History - 17 December 2005
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Directed by Junya Sato and based on a book by Jun Henmi, "Yamato" has a framing story set in the present day and uses flashbacks to tell the story of the crew of the World War II Japanese battleship Yamato. The film was never released in the United States, where reviewers who have seen it have compared the military epic to "Titanic" and "Saving Private Ryan."

Director:  Junya Satō
Writers:  Junya Satō, Jun Henmi
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Windtalkers

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Poster for the movie "Windtalkers"

Windtalkers (2002)

134 min - War, Drama, Action, History - 14 June 2002
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Joe Enders is a gung-ho Marine assigned to protect a "windtalker" - one of several Navajo Indians who were used to relay messages during World War II because their spoken language was indecipherable to Japanese code breakers.

Director:  John Woo
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Reds

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Poster for the movie "Reds"

Reds (1981)

195 min - Drama, History, Romance - 25 December 1981
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An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his adventurous professional life with his radical commitment to the socialist revolution in Russia, his dream of spreading its principles among the members of the American working class, and his troubled romantic relationship with the writer Louise Bryant.

Director:  Warren Beatty
Writers:  Warren Beatty & Trevor Griffiths
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Patton

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Poster for the movie "Patton"

Patton (1970)

172 min - War, Drama, History - 25 January 1970
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"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's numerous faults such his temper and habit towards insubordination.

Director:  Franklin J. Schaffner
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Mogadischu

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Mogadischu (2008)

108 min - Thriller, History, TV Movie - 30 November 2008
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The incredible true story of Lufthansa Flight 181, which was hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in October of 1977, and the noble efforts of stewardess Gabriele Dillmann (Nadja Uhl) to ensure the safety of the terrified passengers throughout the harrowing ordeal. When terrorists sympathetic to the cause of the German Red Army Faction seize control of the flight, German chancellor Helmut Schmidt refuses to negotiate. Meanwhile, terrorist leader "Captain Martyr Mahmud" grows increasingly agitated, and the Yemeni government refuses to let the plane land on their soil...

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Hacksaw Ridge

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Poster for the movie "Hacksaw Ridge"

Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

139 min - Drama, History, War - 7 October 2016
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WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Director:  Mel Gibson
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Bohemian Rhapsody

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Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

135 min - Music, Drama, History - 24 October 2018
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Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs become instant classics. When Mercury's increasingly wild lifestyle starts to spiral out of control, Queen soon faces its greatest challenge yet – finding a way to keep the band together amid the success and excess.

Director:  Bryan Singer
Writers:  Anthony McCarten
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15 Minutes of War

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Poster for the movie "15 Minutes of War"

15 Minutes of War (2019)

98 min - War, Action, Drama, History - 30 January 2019
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February 1976. Somalian rebels hijack a school bus carrying 21 French children and their teacher in Djibouti City. When the terrorists drive it to a no-man’s-land on the border between Somalia and French territory, the French Government sends out a newly formed elite squad to rescue the hostages. Within a few hours, the highly trained team arrives to the crisis area, where the Somalian National Army has taken position behind the barbed wire on the border. The French unit is left with very few options to rescue the hostages...

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Raid on Entebbe

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Raid on Entebbe (1976)

150 min - Drama, Thriller, TV Movie, History, Palestinian struggle against the Zionist entity (Israel) - 26 December 1976
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Based on a true Military operation by Israeli commandos. An Air France flight is hijacked by the PFLP. The plane has about 100 Jewish passengers. The plane is grounded in Uganda. Israelis would not negotiate. The movie then shows how less than 500 soldiers actually flew so far and rescued the passengers in one of the most successful Military operations in history. The only casualty for Israeli soldiers was Lt. Col. Jonathan "Yoni" Netanyahu.. ** The film is political and propaganda demagoguery for the Zionist (Israeli) Mossad....

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Pearl Harbor

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Poster for the movie "Pearl Harbor"

Pearl Harbor (2001)

183 min - Action, War, History, Romance, Drama - 21 May 2001
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The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson. But the rivalry between the friends-turned-foes is immediately put on hold when they find themselves at the center of Japan's devastating attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

Director:  Michael Bay
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