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1. Red Dawn (1984)
PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
It is the dawn of World War III. In the west mountains of America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town, and their country, from invading Soviet forces.
Director: John Milius | Stars: Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, Charlie Sheen
Votes: 63,421 | Gross: $38.38M
2. Colony (2016–2018)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the wake of a mysterious alien invasion, a family fights to stay together in a new world order.
Stars: Josh Holloway, Sarah Wayne Callies, Peter Jacobson, Tory Kittles
Votes: 39,535
3. The Third Man (1949)
Approved | 93 min | Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard
Votes: 182,429 | Gross: $0.45M
4. The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
R | 171 min | Drama, Romance
Central Europe, 1968: A Czech doctor with an active sex life meets a woman who wants monogamy, and then the Soviet invasion further disrupts their lives.
Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin, Derek de Lint
Votes: 38,715 | Gross: $10.01M
5. Green Zone (2010)
R | 115 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Discovering covert and faulty intelligence causes a U.S. Army officer to go rogue as he hunts for Weapons of Mass Destruction in an unstable region.
Director: Paul Greengrass | Stars: Matt Damon, Jason Isaacs, Greg Kinnear, Igal Naor
Votes: 142,949 | Gross: $35.05M
6. Tron: Uprising (2012–2013)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In the computer world of the Grid, a young program joins Tron's fight against their world's tyranny.
Stars: Elijah Wood, Tricia Helfer, Charlie Bean, Elizabeth Ho
Votes: 8,871
7. Praying for Armageddon (2023)
97 min | Documentary, Thriller
An influential movement of Christian fundamentalists in the US, who with millions of dollars in backing and threads into the government are fighting for the end of the world.
Directors: Tonje Hessen Schei, Michael Rowley | Stars: Arik Ascherman, Gary Burd, Ralph Drollinger, Mohammed el Kurd
Votes: 359
8. The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)
Approved | 158 min | Biography, Drama, War
A tenacious British woman becomes a missionary and runs an inn for travelling merchants in China during the Japanese invasion and the tumultuous years leading up to the Second World War.
Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Robert Donat, Curd Jürgens, Michael David
Votes: 5,444
9. The Road (1982)
PG | 107 min | Drama
When five Kurdish prisoners are granted one week's home leave, they find to their dismay that they face continued oppression outside of prison from their families, the culture, and the government.
Directors: Serif Gören, Yilmaz Güney | Stars: Tarik Akan, Serif Sezer, Halil Ergün, Meral Orhonsay
Votes: 14,550
10. Senso (1954)
Not Rated | 123 min | Drama, Romance, War
An Italian Countess is allied with Nationalists during the Italian-Austrian war of unification. However, she risks betraying their cause when she falls in love with an Austrian lieutenant.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Farley Granger, Alida Valli, Massimo Girotti, Heinz Moog
Votes: 7,553 | Gross: $0.03M
11. Over There (2005)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Drama, War
A dramatized take on war in Iraq.
Stars: Josh Henderson, Luke Macfarlane, Erik Palladino, Keith D. Robinson
Votes: 4,519
12. Edge of Darkness (1943)
Passed | 119 min | Drama, War
After two years under German rule, a small Norwegian fishing village rises up and revolts against the occupying Nazis.
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Errol Flynn, Ann Sheridan, Walter Huston, Nancy Coleman
Votes: 3,036
13. Johnny Tremain (1957)
Approved | 80 min | Adventure, Family, War
Johnny Tremain is drawn into the Revolutionary War, and becomes a patriot fighting to free the colonies from England. Along the way he learns about life and about himself.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Hal Stalmaster, Luana Patten, Jeff York, Sebastian Cabot
Votes: 1,953
14. Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942)
Approved | 98 min | Drama, History, War
A gentle widower, enraged at German atrocities against his peaceful Norwegian fishing village, escapes to Britain and returns leading a commando force against the oppressors.
Director: John Farrow | Stars: Paul Muni, Anna Lee, Lillian Gish, Cedric Hardwicke
Votes: 981 | Gross: $1.30M
15. The Occupation of the American Mind (2016 Video)
82 min | Documentary
Israel's ongoing military occupation of Palestinian territory and repeated invasions of the Gaza strip have triggered a fierce backlash against Israeli policies virtually everywhere in the ... See full summary »
Directors: Loretta Alper, Jeremy Earp | Stars: Phyllis Bennis, Max Blumenthal, Noam Chomsky, Norman Finkelstein
Votes: 266
16. Berlin 1945 (2020)
52 min | Documentary, History, War
Life in Berlin in 1945 before, during and after the battle of Berlin seen through the eyes of those who were there at the time from common Berliners to Allied troops.
Stars: Simon Brauer, Konstantin Achmed Bürger, Yvette Coetzee, Lucie David
Votes: 325
17. Uncertain Glory (1944)
Approved | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
After a career criminal is recaptured and knows he faces the guillotine, he offers to exchange his life for 100 hostages slated for execution by the Germans.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Errol Flynn, Paul Lukas, Lucile Watson, Faye Emerson
Votes: 1,498
18. Mademoiselle Fifi (1944)
Passed | 69 min | Drama, War
In occupied France during the Franco-Prussian War, a young French laundress shares a coach ride with several of her condescending social superiors. But when a Prussian officer holds the ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Simone Simon, John Emery, Kurt Kreuger, Alan Napier
Votes: 623
19. Killing Gaza (2018)
97 min | Documentary, War
In Killing Gaza, independent journalists Max Blumenthal and Dan Cohen documented Israel's 2014 war on Gaza. Yet this film is much more than a documentary about Palestinian resilience and suffering. It is a chilling visual document of war crimes committed by the Israeli military, featuring direct testimony and evidence from the survivors.
Director: Max Blumenthal | Stars: John Kerry, Benjamin Netanyahu, Abu Obaida
Votes: 237
20. Hearts of the World (1918)
TV-PG | 117 min | Drama, War
Young lovers in a French village are torn apart with the coming of the Great War.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Robert Harron, Adolph Lestina
Votes: 1,111
21. The War You Don't See (2010)
97 min | Documentary, War
Thought-provoking documentary on war propaganda: how governments manipulate the facts and how most media let them get away with it.
Directors: Alan Lowery, John Pilger | Stars: John Pilger, Stuart Ewen, Melvin Goodman, Dan Rather
Votes: 1,533
22. Salas u Malom Ritu (1976)
126 min | Drama, War
Set in a small village during WWII, a group of boys have to rely on their cunning to fool a dangerous Nazi policeman who's come to their village to find out who burned down the German corn supply.
Director: Branko Bauer | Stars: Slavko Stimac, Miodrag Radovanovic, Pavle Vuisic, Renata Ulmanski
Votes: 1,004
23. U311 Cherkasy (2019)
102 min | Drama, History, War
The crew of Ukrainian NAVY minesweeper U311 "Cherkasy" is resisting seizure of the vessel by Russian army in Crimea in 2014.
Director: Tymur Yashchenko | Stars: Dmitriy Sova, Evgeniy Lamakh, Roman Semysal, Ruslan Koval'
Votes: 1,231
24. Where is Gilgamesh? (2024)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A priceless tablet of Gilgamesh, the oldest and most important work of literature is stolen from a Museum. A security guard vows to do whatever it takes to get it back from a group of smugglers. Along the way, he face his own inner demons.
Director: Karzan Kardozi | Stars: Barzan Yunis, Goran Dlshad, Ragash Kizhan, Yasin Omar
Votes: 217
25. Babi Yar. Context (2021)
121 min | Documentary, History
Nazi troops massacre 30,000 Jews over a three-day period in September 1941.
Director: Sergey Loznitsa | Stars: Hans Frank, Hans Isenmann, Vladimir Artobolevsky, Anastasya Osmachko
Votes: 438
26. Objector (2019)
75 min | Documentary
Like all Israeli youth, Atalya is obligated to become a soldier. Unlike most, she questions the practices of her country's military, and becomes determined to challenge this rite of passage... See full summary »
Director: Molly Stuart | Star: Atalya Ben-Abba
Votes: 111
27. Iraq in Fragments (2006)
Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary, War
Stories from modern day Iraq as told by Iraqis living in a time of war, occupation and ethnic tension.
Director: James Longley | Stars: Marmar Alhilali, Mohammed Haithem, Suleiman Mahmoud, Mohamed Qasim Sainakh
Votes: 1,548 | Gross: $0.20M
28. Kontributsiya (2016)
100 min | Adventure, History, Mystery
Drama detective thriller in the best traditions of Agatha Christie. An immediate investigation starts following the disappearance of a diamond. Each of the people gathered in the room is ... See full summary »
Director: Sergey Snezhkin | Stars: Maksim Matveev, Elizaveta Boyarskaya, Ilya Noskov, Nadezhda Tolubeeva
Votes: 216
29. A Soldier's Plaything (1930)
Passed | 56 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Georgie thinks he has killed Hank. He flees with his pal Tim and ships off to the war in Europe, eventually serving in Germany after armistice. There Georgie falls for Gretchen and promises to marry only if he can right his past mistake.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Ben Lyon, Harry Langdon, Lotti Loder, Noah Beery
Votes: 186
30. False Alarm (2021)
53 min | Documentary
The surreal, traumatic, and revelatory fallout from the morning when everyone on Hawai'i thought a nuclear missile strike was imminent.
Director: Nick Lyell
Votes: 12
31. Occupation: Dreamland (2005)
Unrated | 78 min | Documentary, War
In January, 2004, in Al-Falluja, Iraq, a documentary film crew follows an infantry squad of the 82nd Airborne, US Army. Cameras accompany the squad of seven on day and night patrols, as ... See full summary »
Directors: Ian Olds, Garrett Scott | Stars: Matthew Bacik, Chris Corcione, Eric Forbes, Patrick Napoli
Votes: 449
32. Notes to Eternity (2016)
147 min | Documentary
'notes to eternity' is a meditation on the Israel-Palestine conflict centering on the lives and ideas of four renowned critics of Israeli policy: Noam Chomsky, Sara Roy, Norman Finkelstein and Robert Fisk.
Director: Sarah Cordery | Stars: Noam Chomsky, Norman Finkelstein, Robert Fisk, Sara Roy
Votes: 44
33. Remembering History (2005 Video)
69 min | Documentary
a documentary reconstructing the Algerian experience of the battle for independence.
Stars: Henri Alleg, Zohra Drif-Bitat, Mohammed Harbi, Alistair Horne
Votes: 32
34. Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion (2002)
Unrated | 104 min | Documentary, History
A film about the state of Chinese occupied Tibet and its history of oppression and resistance.
Director: Tom Piozet | Stars: Edward Edwards, Ed Harris, Shirley Knight, Tim Robbins
Votes: 688 | Gross: $0.58M
35. 68 (2008 TV Movie)
110 min | Documentary, History, War
From Washington to Saigon, Rome to Mexico, Paris to London, a wave of demonstrations shakes the world. 68 travels back in time to war torn Vietnam, freed and occupied Prague, Paris demonstrating, revolution in the Americas.
Director: Patrick Rotman | Stars: Édouard Balladur, The Beatles, Claude Berri, Leonid Brezhnev
Votes: 66
37. Ticket to Taj Mahal (1991)
88 min | Drama
Director: Algimantas Puipa | Stars: Ilona Balsyte, Nijole Narmontaite, Saulius Kizas, Povilas Stankus
Votes: 28
38. Santa Cristal (2001)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
When Santa Crystal's most famous actor: Tomas Cruseiro, finds himself unemployed, he decides to host a TV Show where he announces the end of the world. Almost immediately, mayhem and destruction takes place in this fictitious country.
Director: José R. Román | Stars: Sara Jarque, Modesto Lacen, Miguel Difoot, William Piedra
Votes: 18
39. Afghanistan: The Great Game (2012)
Documentary
Politician and filmmaker Rony Stewart hosts this documentary look at the recent history of Afghanistan, a nation wracked by foreign invasions and war.
Stars: Rory Stewart, Thomas J. Barfield, Rodric Braithwaite, Ruslan Aushev
Votes: 269
40. Crude (2003)
88 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Shot on location in Turkey, 'Crude' takes a satirical look at patriotism, globalism, and media sensationalism. Two restless Americans in search of a bit of inspiration and adventure, ... See full summary »
Director: Paxton Winters | Stars: David Connolly, Ipek Deger, Michael David Fishman, Mehmet Güleryüz
Votes: 68
41. Habana (2014)
22 min | Short, Sci-Fi, War
Havana is occupied by foreign forces and on the edge of civil war. Lazaro, a kid from the slums, walks us through his streets and reveals the chaos that has taken over the capital.
Director: Edouard Salier | Stars: Leoandy Chacon, Ibben Sotolongo, Lizandra Batista, Lazaro Hidalgo
Votes: 92
42. Vive la France! (1918)
50 min | Drama, War
Upon hearing that her parents have been killed in the war, actress Genevieve Bouchette returns to her native village of Deschon, France, and engages in Red Cross work. The Germans capture ... See full summary »
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Dorothy Dalton, Edmund Lowe, Fred Starr, Tom Guise
Votes: 31
43. Paris Brothel (2003 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Director: Mark Kidel | Stars: Eve, Joan Juliet Buck, Didier Grandsart, Jean-Claude Carrière
Votes: 23
44. Hitler's Victory (2002 TV Movie)
PG | 95 min | Documentary, War
What if the Nazis had invaded and occupied Britain during World War II?
Director: Richard Bond | Stars: Diego Matamoros, Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill, King George VI
Votes: 169
45. Sari's Mother (2006)
21 min | Documentary, Short
An Iraqi mother seeks health care for her 10-year-old son, who is dying of AIDS, against a background of war and occupation.
Director: James Longley
Votes: 140
46. Sinner's Saint (2012)
11 min | Short, Action, Adventure
In this Bruce Joel Rubin style Angel Heart (1987) story, A Soldier is tested by his inner demons and must decide who he wants to become.
Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: David Fichtenmayer, Chad Figurido, Alexander Raye Pimentel
Votes: 43
47. Operation Homecoming (2005– )
Documentary
Men and women come home from military service and are reunited with their families.
Votes: 33
48. Flag of Eden (2019)
Short
It's been 5 years since Ukrainian Crimea was annexed by Russia. The film is exploring Crimean life in the post-truth era, when the voice of common people is overlaid by governmental ... See full summary »
Director: Pyotr Frontov
49. Arranged Happiness (2011)
90 min | Documentary, Drama, History
One love story within tradition - and one outside of it Set in the Kashmir region of Srinagar amidst the half-century old Pakistan-Indian conflict, a history of war and a lifetime of ... See full summary »
Director: Daniela Creutz | Stars: Abid Gandarbali, Rehana Gulzar, Aina Sir, Malik Sir
50. Massacre: The Story of East Timor (2002)
20 min | Short, News
A documentary produced by Amy Goodman and journalist Allan Nairn on the Santa Cruz massacre and the history of Indonesian and US involvement in the Southeast Asian nation.
Stars: George Bush, Bill Clinton, Amy Goodman, Henry Kissinger
Votes: 12