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Amazon Prime Video
89
8.1
/76813/
77
/985/
77
/713/
4.2
/45448/
98
/97/
93
/867/
93
/17/
cc age 13+

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.
poster
Apple TV
84
7.5
/301022/
73
/12294/
74
/3934/
4.0
/1149314/
93
/473/
84
/1570/
89
/63/
cc age 16+

Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.
poster
Netflix
83
7.8
/467262/
75
/16727/
75
/7313/
3.9
/878120/
95
/468/
86
/325/
94
/55/
cc age 17+

The Irishman (2019)
Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.
poster
Netflix
83
7.4
/57096/
75
/2442/
73
/1282/
3.8
/55876/
97
/202/
85
/314/
85
/44/
cc age 15+

Mudbound (2017)
In the post–World War II South, two families are pitted against a barbaric social hierarchy and an unrelenting landscape as they simultaneously fight the battle at home and the battle abroad.
poster
80
7.7
/46678/
75
/707/
74
/568/
3.8
/35041/
97
/36/
88
/599/
74
/11/

Key Largo (1948)
A hurricane swells outside, but it's nothing compared to the storm within the hotel at Key Largo. There, sadistic mobster Johnny Rocco holes up - and holds at gunpoint hotel owner James Temple, his widowed daughter-in-law Nora, and ex-GI Frank McCloud.
poster
80
8.1
/856057/
80
/18512/
79
/11302/
3.8
/454011/
81
/234/
90
/31594/
73
/34/
cc age 17+

Gran Torino (2008)
Disgruntled Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, Thao Lor, a Hmong teenager who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: a 1972 Gran Torino.
poster
84
80
8.2
/15471/
78
/243/
78
/222/
4.1
/12542/
96
/28/
91
/194/

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s falsely convicted of a crime and sent to work on a chain gang.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
8.2
/6561/
78
/205/
76
/93/
4.2
/7232/
90
/42/
90
/191/
68
/9/
cc age 15+

Hearts and Minds (1974)
Many times during his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson said that ultimate victory in the Vietnam War depended upon the U.S. military winning the "hearts and minds" of the Vietnamese people. Filmmaker Peter Davis uses Johnson's phrase in an ironic context in this anti-war documentary, filmed and released while the Vietnam War was still under way, juxtaposing interviews with military figures like U.S. Army Chief of Staff William C. Westmoreland with shocking scenes of violence and brutality.
poster
MGM Plus
79
7.2
/124556/
74
/7888/
68
/2754/
3.6
/124416/
92
/271/
75
/1511/
79
/48/
cc age 14+

Fences (2016)
In 1950s Pittsburgh, a frustrated African-American father struggles with the constraints of poverty, racism, and his own inner demons as he tries to raise a family.
poster
77
7.1
/92561/
72
/1998/
69
/1018/
3.5
/47303/
86
/78/
76
/1505/
74
/22/
cc age 16+

Wag the Dog (1997)
During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President's adviser hires a Hollywood producer to help him stage a fake war.
poster
The Roku Channel
75
7.4
/15190/
73
/305/
71
/182/
3.5
/7477/
89
/38/
83
/243/
70
/12/
cc age 13+

Places in the Heart (1984)
In 1935 rural Texas, recently widowed Edna Spaulding struggles to survive with two small children, a farm to run, and very little money in the bank - not to mention a deadly tornado and the unwelcome presence of the Ku Klux Klan. Edna is aided by her beautician sister, Margaret; a blind boarder, Mr. Will; and a would-be thief, Moze, who decides to teach Edna how to plant and harvest cotton.
poster
Netflix
74
6.5
/57184/
66
/2585/
64
/1143/
3.5
/149074/
92
/315/
53
/662/
82
/49/
cc age 17+

Da 5 Bloods (2020)
Four African-American Vietnam veterans return to Vietnam. They are in search of the remains of their fallen squad leader and the promise of buried treasure. These heroes battle forces of humanity and nature while confronted by the lasting ravages of the immorality of the Vietnam War.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
74
7.1
/170763/
71
/6273/
70
/3413/
3.6
/250963/
85
/71/
77
/3483/
76
/12/
cc age 16+

Escape from New York (1981)
In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam free. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to bring him back.
poster
74
7.8
/500640/
77
/14046/
76
/7331/
3.8
/288634/
65
/216/
83
/21057/
55
/43/
cc age 14+

The Last Samurai (2003)
Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.
poster
Kanopy
73
6.5
/220924/
65
/10442/
67
/3806/
3.4
/1618015/
94
/230/
76
/303/
80
/35/
cc age 17+

X (2022)
In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves fighting for their lives.
poster
73
8.0
/10455/
75
/162/
74
/120/
3.8
/2102/
78
/115/
88
/1016/
68
/32/

Why We Fight (2005)
Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki's shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an affirmative answer to each of these questions.
poster
73
6.8
/27216/
69
/861/
64
/441/
3.7
/42880/
92
/123/
71
/379/
78
/21/
cc age 15+

Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the disappearance of a missing white woman named Daphne Monet, who he suspects is hiding out in one of the city's black jazz clubs. Strapped for money and facing house payments, Easy takes the job, but soon finds himself in over his head.
poster
FXNow
73
7.4
/377497/
76
/10974/
71
/5039/
3.6
/170000/
68
/74/
85
/11174/
58
/24/
cc age 16+

The Rock (1996)
When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into San Francisco, only a young FBI chemical weapons expert and notorious Federal prisoner have the skills to penetrate the impregnable island fortress and take him down.
poster
72
6.6
/63115/
69
/1581/
65
/1011/
3.2
/23205/
86
/56/
66
/695/
77
/19/
cc age 16+

Courage Under Fire (1996)
A US Army officer, who made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up, has been reassigned to a desk job. He is tasked to investigate a female chopper commander's worthiness to be awarded the Medal of Honor. At first all seems in order. But then he begins to notice inconsistencies between the testimonies of the witnesses...
poster
72
6.9
/7121/
63
/81/
59
/78/
3.4
/2153/
79
/90/
73
/103/
78
/31/

Last Orders (2001)
Jack Dodd was a London butcher who enjoyed a pint with his mates for over 50 years. When he died, he died as he lived, with a smile on his face watching a horse race on which he had bet, with borrowed money. But before he died he had a final request, 'Last Orders', that his ashes be scattered in the sea at Margate. The movie follows his mates, Ray, Lenny and Vic and his foster son Vince as they journey to the sea with the ashes. Along the way, the threads of their lives, their loves and their disappointments are woven together in their memories of Jack and his wife Amy
poster
Hulu
70
6.3
/10539/
68
/1061/
65
/208/
3.2
/19232/
81
/155/
84
/158/
66
/32/
cc age 13+

Breaking (2022)
Desperate for money and running out of options, Marine veteran Brian Brown-Easley holds several people hostage inside a bank, setting the stage for a tense confrontation with police.
poster
74
69
7.1
/10338/
71
/196/
66
/163/
3.4
/8033/
100
/12/
71
/91/

The Blue Dahlia (1946)
Soon after a veteran returns from war, his cheating wife is found dead. He evades police in an attempt to find the real murderer.
poster
Criterion Channel
75
68
7.2
/5862/
73
/136/
70
/101/
3.6
/4777/
83
/6/
83
/61/

The League of Gentlemen (1960)
Involuntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special project. Each of the men has a skeleton in the cupboard, is short of money, and is a service-trained expert in his field. The job is a bank robbery, and military discipline and planning are imposed by Hyde and second-in-command Race on the team, although civilian irritations do start getting in the way.
poster
Netflix
68
7.1
/167054/
69
/6758/
71
/3568/
3.3
/494352/
65
/219/
79
/750/
55
/39/
cc age 18+

The Devil All the Time (2020)
In Knockemstiff, Ohio and its neighboring backwoods, sinister characters converge around young Arvin Russell as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and his family.
poster
The Roku Channel
77
68
7.3
/4513/
70
/69/
72
/58/
3.7
/3453/
100
/12/
78
/56/

This Happy Breed (1944)
A chronicle of the lives of the Gibbons family, from shortly after the end of the First World War to the beginning of the Second.
poster
77
68
7.5
/6591/
72
/108/
69
/103/
3.8
/5818/
94
/17/
77
/57/

Act of Violence (1949)
A former prisoner of war, Frank Enley is hailed as a hero in his California town. However, Frank has a shameful secret that comes back to haunt him when fellow survivor Joe Parkson emerges, intent on making Frank pay for his past deeds.
poster
FXNow
67
6.9
/336970/
71
/10066/
67
/4537/
3.5
/198445/
59
/70/
75
/12754/
52
/23/
cc age 17+

Con Air (1997)
Newly-paroled former US Army ranger Cameron Poe is headed back to his wife, but must fly home aboard a prison transport flight dubbed "Jailbird" taking the “worst of the worst” prisoners, a group described as “pure predators”, to a new super-prison. Poe faces impossible odds when the transport plane is skyjacked mid-flight by the most vicious criminals in the country led by the mastermind — genius serial killer Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom, and backed by black militant Diamond Dog and psychopath Billy Bedlam.
poster
67
6.8
/51790/
73
/1935/
69
/1084/
3.3
/21597/
66
/29/
74
/795/
53
/16/

Heartbreak Ridge (1986)
A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.
poster
The CW
67
6.7
/45961/
68
/2035/
64
/915/
3.2
/23922/
72
/82/
62
/209/
64
/19/

The Salvation (2014)
In 1870s America, a peaceful American settler kills his family's murderer which unleashes the fury of a notorious gang leader. His cowardly fellow townspeople then betray him, forcing him to hunt down the outlaws alone.
poster
66
6.9
/9863/
73
/699/
71
/247/
3.2
/5779/
62
/85/
98
/334/
44
/14/
cc age 13+

12 Mighty Orphans (2021)
Haunted by his mysterious past, a devoted high school football coach leads a scrawny team of orphans to the state championship during the Great Depression and inspires a broken nation along the way.
poster
Hoopla
66
6.1
/10244/
62
/741/
58
/259/
3.1
/17699/
85
/52/
62
/59/
72
/10/

VFW (2019)
A typical night for veterans at a VFW turns into an all-out battle for survival when a desperate teen runs into the bar with a bag of stolen drugs. When a gang of violent punks come looking for her, the vets use every weapon at their disposal to protect the girl and themselves from an unrelenting attack.
poster
66
6.4
/3736/
65
/199/
64
/112/
3.3
/775/
75
/16/
66
/30/
68
/13/

Fort Bliss (2014)
After returning home from an extended tour in Afghanistan, a decorated U.S. Army medic and single mother struggles to rebuild her relationship with her young son.
poster
Kanopy
66
6.2
/7000/
60
/295/
57
/227/
3.2
/4101/
73
/81/
52
/35/
66
/22/

Disorder (2015)
An ex-soldier with PTSD is hired to protect the wife and child of a wealthy Lebanese businessman while he's out of town.
poster
Hoopla
66
6.9
/26322/
71
/788/
66
/312/
3.6
/23327/
47
/34/
78
/761/
cc age 17+

Dead Presidents (1995)
On the streets they call cash dead presidents. And that's just what a Vietnam veteran is after when he returns home from the war only to find himself drawn into a life of crime. With the aid of his fellow vets he plans the ultimate heist -- a daring robbery of an armored car filled with unmarked U.S. currency!
poster
fuboTV
68
63
7.0
/9785/
71
/192/
68
/151/
3.4
/7214/
82
/11/
67
/93/
51
/8/

Dead Reckoning (1946)
War heroes Rip Murdock and Johnny Drake are sent to Washington, D.C, to receive top honors for their service. Johnny, seemingly terrified by the publicity that awaits him, jumps off the train and later turns up dead. Suspecting foul play, Rip begins digging into his pal's past. He encounters cover-ups, threats to his own life and deadly femme fatale Coral Chandler.
poster
Kanopy
71
62
7.1
/5528/
67
/57/
70
/84/
3.5
/3841/
79
/14/
73
/58/

The Men (1950)
Ken, a WWII GI, returns home after he's paralyzed in battle. Residing in the paraplegic ward of a veteran's hospital and embittered by his condition, he refuses to see his fiancée and sinks into a solitary world of hatred and hostility. Head physician, Dr. Brock cajoles the withdrawn Ken into the life of the ward, where fellow patients Norm, Leo and Angel begin to pull him out of his spiritual dilemma.
poster
70
62
7.2
/5409/
71
/109/
70
/84/
3.5
/3141/
75
/20/
64
/46/

Boomerang! (1947)
When a kindly priest is murdered while waiting at a street corner in a quiet Connecticut town, the citizens are horrified and demand action from the police. All of the witnesses identify John Waldron, a nervous out-of-towner, as the killer. District Attorney Henry Harvey is then put on the case and faces political opposition in his attempt to prove Waldron's innocence.
poster
62
6.3
/23375/
64
/630/
63
/472/
3.2
/14262/
71
/24/
55
/249/
56
/8/

Nighthawks (1981)
When one of Europe's most lethal terrorists shows up in New York, an elite undercover cop is assigned to take him down by any means necessary.
poster
MGM Plus
69
61
6.8
/5033/
66
/102/
64
/72/
3.5
/7441/
83
/12/
63
/80/

Joe (1970)
After murdering his daughter's drug-dealing boyfriend, a wealthy ad executive stumbles into a bar and strikes up an uneasy alliance with Joe Curran, a drunken bigot with a bloodlust who works at a local factory.
poster
61
6.1
/4264/
66
/133/
61
/87/
3.1
/2801/
60
/5/
43
/20/

The Stone Killer (1973)
A Los Angeles detective is sent to New York where he must solve a case involving an old Sicilian Mafia family feud.
poster
61
6.3
/24555/
66
/493/
63
/414/
3.1
/8659/
63
/27/
60
/296/
66
/22/

Sommersby (1993)
Set in the South just after the US Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband, believed killed in battle. By all accounts, Jack Sommersby was not a pleasant man, thus when he suddenly returns, Laurel has mixed emotions. It appears that Jack has changed a great deal, leading some people to believe that this is not actually Jack but an imposter. Laurel herself is unsure, but willing to take the man into her home, and perhaps later into her heart.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
66
60
6.5
/5100/
64
/97/
60
/53/
3.2
/3325/
75
/12/
63
/87/
73
/7/

Thunder Road (1958)
Unrepentant Tennessee moonshine runner Luke Doolin makes dangerous high-speed deliveries for his liquor-producing father, Vernon, but won't let his younger brother Robin join the family business. Under pressure from both out-of-town gangster Kogan, who wants a piece of the local action, and Treasury agent Barrett, who wants to destroy the moonshine business, Luke fights for his fast-fading way of life.
poster
59
5.7
/85187/
63
/2915/
59
/1549/
3.0
/78257/
56
/59/
39
/1928/
54
/21/
cc age 16+

Escape from L.A. (1996)
Into the 9.6-quaked Los Angeles of 2013 comes Snake Plissken. His job: wade through L.A.'s ruined landmarks to retrieve a doomsday device.
poster
71
58
6.8
/3325/
72
/62/
66
/50/
3.8
/4524/
86
/7/
58
/37/

Daisy Kenyon (1947)
Daisy Kenyon is a Manhattan commercial artist having an affair with an arrogant and overbearing but successful lawyer and family man named Dan O'Mara. Daisy meets a single man, a war veteran named Peter Lapham, and after a brief and hesitant courtship decides to marry him, although she is still in love with Dan.
poster
71
58
7.0
/3876/
72
/86/
67
/72/
3.5
/2730/
89
/9/
59
/24/

Somewhere in the Night (1946)
George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, while trying to track down his old identity, he stumbles onto a three year old murder case and a hunt for a missing $2 million.
poster
72
57
7.7
/5057/
68
/40/
71
/64/
3.9
/2624/
55
/11/
87
/22/

Sundays and Cybele (1962)
The tragic story of a young orphan girl who is befriended by an innocent but emotionally disabled veteran of the French Indochina War.
poster
Starz
57
6.3
/42560/
68
/2116/
64
/865/
3.0
/35539/
29
/14/
68
/2873/
34
/18/
cc age 12+

Major Payne (1995)
Major Benson Winifred Payne is being discharged from the Marines. Payne is a killin' machine, but the wars of the world are no longer fought on the battlefield. A career Marine, he has no idea what to do as a civilian, so his commander finds him a job - commanding officer of a local school's JROTC program, a bunch of ragtag losers with no hope.
poster
Apple TV
57
6.6
/41533/
67
/2594/
73
/1344/
2.9
/84635/
37
/213/
72
/399/
44
/45/
cc age 17+

Cherry (2021)
Cherry drifts from college dropout to army medic in Iraq—anchored only by his one true love, Emily. But after returning from the war with PTSD, his life spirals into drugs and crime as he struggles to find his place in the world.


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