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7.3
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72
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69
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3.7
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96
/28/
82
/244/
86
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cc age 12+

Hope and Glory (1987)
A middle-aged man recalls his childhood growing up in and around London during World War II.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
71
6.7
/1931/
63
/31/
63
/43/
3.3
/978/
100
/6/
69
/23/

Black and White in Color (1976)
French colonists in Africa, several months behind in the news, find themselves at war with their German neighbors. Deciding that they must do their proper duty and fight the Germans, they promptly conscript the local native population. Issuing them boots and rifles, the French attempt to make "proper" soldiers out of the Africans. A young, idealistic French geographer seems to be the only rational person in the town, and he takes over control of the "war" after several bungles on the part of the others.
poster
71
60
7.2
/6319/
72
/125/
70
/102/
3.1
/1598/
82
/677/

The Five People You Meet In Heaven (2004)
On his 83rd birthday, Eddie, a war vet and a maintenance worker at the Ruby Pier amusement park, dies while trying to save a girl who is sitting under a falling ride. When he awakens in the afterlife, he encounters five people with ties to his corporeal existence who help him understand the meaning of his life.
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Kanopy
72
56
7.1
/1764/
70
/28/
64
/36/
3.7
/1107/
87
/46/
67
/124/
75
/17/

Terror's Advocate (2007)
A documentary on Jacques Vergès, the controversial lawyer and former Free French Forces guerrilla, exploring how Vergès assisted, from the 1960s onwards, anti-imperialist terrorist cells operating in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. Participants interviewed include Algerian nationalists Yacef Saadi, Zohra Drif, Djamila Bouhired and Abderrahmane Benhamida, Khmer Rouge members Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan, once far-left activists Hans-Joachim Klein and Magdalena Kopp, terrorist Carlos the Jackal, lawyer Isabelle Coutant-Peyre, neo-Nazi Ahmed Huber, Palestinian politician Bassam Abu Sharif, Lebanese politician Karim Pakradouni, political cartoonist Siné, former spy Claude Moniquet, novelist and ghostwriter Lionel Duroy, and investigative journalist Oliver Schröm.
poster
55
6.5
/16294/
65
/263/
59
/217/
3.2
/2686/
18
/90/
61
/265/
40
/27/
cc age 18+

Head in the Clouds (2004)
Gilda Bessé shares her Paris apartment with an Irish schoolteacher, Guy Malyon, and Mia, a refugee from Spain. As the world drifts toward war, Gilda defiantly pursues her hedonistic lifestyle and her burgeoning career as a photographer. But Guy and Mia feel impelled to join the fight against fascism, and the three friends are separated.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
54
6.4
/9458/
68
/607/
63
/185/
2.9
/3628/
28
/46/
42
/95/
47
/18/

Shock and Awe (2017)
A group of journalists covering George Bush's planned invasion of Iraq in 2003 are skeptical of the presidents claim that Saddam Hussein has "weapons of mass destruction."
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Hoopla
69
54
6.7
/1905/
64
/34/
62
/29/
3.6
/1924/
88
/41/
62
/40/
72
/8/

A Screaming Man (2010)
Adam Ousmane is a pool attendant at a local resort. When the new managers decide to downsize, Adam loses his job to his own son, Abdel. Shattered by the turn of events, Adam is pressured into contributing to the Chadian war effort. With no money to speak of, the only asset he can donate is his son.
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50
44
5.8
/5776/
54
/91/
55
/139/
2.8
/2149/
50
/22/
32
/224/

Angel (2007)
Edwardian England. A precocious girl from a poor background with aspirations to being a novelist finds herself swept to fame and fortune when her tasteless romances hit the best seller lists. Her life changes in unexpected ways when she encounters an aristocratic brother and sister, both of whom have cultural ambitions, and both of whom fall in love with her.
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68
40
6.4
/1943/
71
/27/
64
/29/
3.2
/584/
100
/6/
48
/21/

Captains of the Clouds (1942)
Inspired by Churchill's Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined Canadian bush pilot Brian MacLean and three friends enlist in the RCAF.
poster
65
36
7.1
/1204/
64
/23/
61
/34/
3.6
/1077/
60
/44/

Outskirts (1933)
In a remote Russian village during World War I, colourful and nuanced characters experience divided loyalties: family loyalty vs. personal desire, nationalism vs. transcendent humanism.
poster
60
33
6.1
/1726/
70
/51/
59
/37/
3.2
/613/
49
/106/

Great Guns (1941)
Laurel and Hardy join the army. They are hardly soldiers, but they believe their employer, (Dick Nelson) will need them now he's drafted.
poster
MGM Plus
59
27
5.8
/993/
52
/15/
57
/13/
67
/45/
cc age 10+

Courage Mountain (1990)
At the beginning of World War I, a young Swiss girl is sent off to boarding school.
poster
68
27
7.0
/1536/
65
/16/
64
/22/
3.4
/700/
76
/14/

The Magic Box (1952)
Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to include his first wife's so that it sounded more impressive for the photographic portrait work he was so good at. But he was also an inventor and his search for a way to project moving pictures became an obsession that ultimately changed the life of all those he loved.
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58
18
6.8
/679/
58
/8/
50
/10/
3.5
/521/
42
/246/

The Bowery (1933)
"In the Gay Nineties New York had grown up into bustles and balloon Sleeves ... but The Bowery had grown younger, louder and more rowdy until it was known as the 'Livest Mile on the face of the globe' ... the cradle of men who were later to be famous.
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47
15
5.5
/1001/
50
/19/
44
/18/
3.1
/317/
25
/64/

Lafayette Escadrille (1958)
A hotshot young flyer falls for a French prostitute during World War I.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
48
14
5.9
/625/
48
/10/
46
/14/
38
/23/

Never Wave at a WAC (1953)
A divorced socialite decides to join the Army because she hopes it will enable her to see more of her boyfriend, a Colonel. She soon encounters many difficulties with the Army lifestyle. Moreover, her ex-husband is working as a consultant with the Army, and he uses his position to disrupt her romantic plans by making her join a group of WACs who are testing new equipment.
poster
57
11
5.7
/262/
52
/13/
51
/19/
3.0
/278/

90 Day Wondering (1956)
Ralph Phillips is overjoyed when he runs out of Fort Itude, because he's a civilian again. Things, however, don't go well for him when he gets home, and two pixies named Pete and Re-Pete convince him to stay in civilian life or go back to the army. At the end, Ralph chooses to go back to the army
poster
56
?
5.7
/347/
51
/9/
54
/7/
3.2
/389/

Runaway Daughters (1994)
Angie, Mary, and Laura are teenage girls who are fed up with their bland and unexciting small town lives. Mary discovers that she's pregnant after having sex with her boyfriend.
poster
?
7.3
/26/
60
/1/

Snafu (1945)
A 14-year-old boy lies about his age and enlists in the United State Marine Corps without his family's consent or knowledge. He is sent into battle in the Pacific war-zone, decorated, and spotted in a newsreel by his family. The family asks the War Department to discharge him and send him home.
poster
?
7.0
/67/
60
/1/

The Colonial Friend (2004)
In 1940 France went to war against Germany and announced not only the mobilization of its territory, but also of its colonies. Senegalese family man Aby enlists in the army, distinguishes himself in battle, and is captured. But when he returns to his country, the French army refuses to pay him for his services.
poster
?
5.2
/57/
50
/1/

Come On, Leathernecks! (1938)
The father of a star football player at Annapolis wants his son to follow the family pattern and join the Marines.
poster
56
?
5.6
/306/
47
/4/
52
/6/

The Tanks Are Coming (1941)
Educational short about the status of battle tanks and tankist training in the American Army in pre-War 1941, featuring a comical Army trainee from the Bronx.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
45
?
5.0
/111/
40
/2/

We're in the Legion Now (1936)
Two petty gangsters trying to elude their enemies join the French Foreign Legion.
poster
62
?
6.0
/362/
70
/3/
57
/14/

The Coward (1915)
Set during the American Civil War, Keenan stars as a Virginia colonel and Charles Ray as his weak-willed son. The son is forced, at gunpoint, by his father to enlist in the Confederate army. He is terrified by the war and deserts during a battle. The film focuses on the son's struggle to overcome his cowardice.
poster
55
?
6.0
/133/
50
/2/
58
/4/

The Drummer of the 8th (1913)
When the Civil War begins, young Billy runs away from home to enlist in the Northern Army as a drummer; he's wounded in battle and taken prisoner. He manages to escape and deliver an important message to his commanding officer, but loses his life in the process. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.
poster
?
5.6
/57/
70
/1/

His First Command (1929)
A playboy is in love with a woman and enters the army thinking it will improve his chances with her.
poster
56
?
5.9
/123/
50
/1/
60
/1/

Don Juan Quilligan (1945)
When a an overly romantic barge captain marries two women, each reminding him of his mother, he finds himself resorting to prison to escape them.
poster
70
?
6.5
/212/
80
/1/
65
/5/

Rogues' Regiment (1948)
A post World War 2, US Army agent is assigned to join the Foreign Legion in search of high ranking Nazi war criminal who may have also enlisted.
poster
44
?
4.9
/134/
40
/1/

Call Out the Marines (1942)
Two Marine sergeants (Victor McLaglen, Edmund Lowe) flirt with a cafe girl (Binnie Barnes) in San Diego, then find out she's a spy.
poster
The Roku Channel
59
?
6.9
/261/
66
/12/
42
/4/
71
/1/

Joe Maddison's War (2010)
Newcastle, 1939. Shipyard worker Joe feels emasculated and past his prime; too old to serve in the war, and he’s shocked when his wife leaves him for a younger naval officer. Needing a new challenge, Joe and his friend Harry reluctantly volunteer to join the Home Guard.
poster
45
?
4.2
/75/
50
/1/
45
/6/

The Yanks Are Coming (1942)
A popular band joins the army with the idea of putting on shows for troops overseas. During rehearsals, a battle erupts and the musicians must exchange their musical instruments for guns and fight.
poster
61
?
6.7
/300/
57
/4/
71
/4/

A Day to Remember (1953)
A group of men from a London pub are going on a darts team outing to Boulogne. Various members of the party have different reasons for going and get involved in various adventures.
poster
58
?
5.8
/591/
70
/7/
60
/9/
3.1
/423/
40
/3/

Doughboys (1930)
Elmer, rich society loafer, falls for Mary, but she'll have nothing to do with him until (mistakenly thinking that he's hiring a new chauffeur) he accidentally volunteers for the army. Luckily, Mary's signed up to entertain the troops. Unluckily, Elmer's sergeant likes Mary, too. And worst of all, they're all about to ship out for France.
poster
?
6.2
/45/
65
/9/
62
/4/

Don't Cry (1972)
An impressionistic film about bidding farewell to departing army recruits and the end of freedom.
poster
?
6.1
/88/
40
/1/
43
/3/

The Daring Young Man (1942)
Jonathan Peckinpaw feels he's failed in his patriotic duty when he's rejected by the army, but he sees a chance to redeem himself by exposing a secret ring of Nazi spies.
poster
59
?
5.8
/215/
54
/5/
65
/2/

Wild Stallion (1952)
A young orphan grows into adulthood, all the while searhing for his beloved white horse that disappeared years earlier.
poster
69
?
7.8
/136/
60
/2/

Strictly G.I. (1943)
A filmed broadcast of the Command Performance radio programs in which various Hollywood stars appeared and performed in accordance with letter requests from American service men stationed around the world. This entry (Army-Navy Screen Magazine No. 20) was broadcast and filmed at a live performance at Camp Roberts, California. Lana Turner, Betty Hutton, Judy Garland and Bob Hope star.
poster
55
?
5.9
/111/
50
/1/
58
/2/

Good Luck, Mr. Yates (1943)
A 4F military school teacher's lie about being accepted for active duty causes problems on the home front.
poster
?
6.8
/75/
45
/3/

Tahiti Honey (1943)
The "Eleven Brooklyn Bombshells," a band led by Mickey Monroe ('Dennis O'Keefe (I)' ), are stranded in Tahiti at the time of the fall of France to the Nazis. Suzette "Suzie" Durand (Simone Simon). a French-American girl singing in a nightclub is consumed with a desire to go to the United States. Things go from bad to worse for the band,. and they are faced with the necessity of either taking a girl singer into the group,which they all regard as bad luck, or starving. The band insists that she be dropped as soon as they can earn enough to catch a bot home. But Mickey falls in love with Suzie, and smuggles her on board the ship.


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