The Hurt Locker
Release Date: 01/12/2010
Based on the personal wartime experiences of journalist Mark Boal (who adapted his experiences with a bomb squad into a fact-based, yet fictional story), director Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq War-set action thriller The Hurt Locker presents the conflict in the Middle East from the perspective of those who witnessed the fighting firsthand -- the soldiers. As an elite Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal team tactfully navigates the streets of present-day Iraq, they face the constant threat of death from incomin ...
Actor(s): Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty
Director(s): Kathryn Bigelow
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: War, Feature
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Inglourious Basterds
Release Date: 12/15/2009
A group of hardened Nazi killers stalk their prey in Nazi-occupied France as a Jewish cinema owner plots to take down top-ranking SS officers during the official premiere of a high-profile German propaganda film. As far as Lt. Aldo Raine (aka Aldo the Apache," Brad Pitt) -- is concerned, the only good Nazi is a dead Nazi. Raine's mission is to strike fear into the heart of Adolf Hitler by brutally murdering as many goose-steppers as possible, or die trying. In order to accomplish that goal, Lt. Raine ...
Actor(s): Brad Pitt, MTlanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz
Director(s): Quentin Tarantino
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: War, Feature
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Defiance
Release Date: 06/02/2009
Inspired by a true story, director Edward Zwick's epic World War II drama Defiance tells the tale of three Jewish Eastern European brothers (Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, and Jamie Bell) who narrowly escape certain death at the hands of the Nazis, subsequently vowing to avenge the deaths of their loves ones by launching a desperate battle against the forces that seek to exterminate their entire race. The year is 1941, and the setting is Nazi-occupied Belarus. The Final Solution is in full effect, and ...
Actor(s): Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell
Director(s): Edward Zwick
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: War, Feature
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Brother's War
Release Date: 05/26/2009
In the waning days of World War II, enemies must become allies in order to deliver a message that could change the world. Fighting on the Eastern Front is fierce as the Western Allies and the Russian Red Army continue their advance toward Berlin. For the moment the Allies are united, but a British Officer attached to the Russian Red Army is about to uncover a secret with the power for shatter that coalition should it fall into the wrong hands. When Stalin's notorious Intelligence Service manages to c ...
Actor(s): Tino Struckmann, Hugh Daly, Hayley Carr
Director(s): Jerry Buteyn
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: War, Feature
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Valkyrie
Release Date: 05/19/2009
At the absolute height of World War II, German generals hatch a daring plan to assassinate Adolf Hitler and effectively render the German war machine impotent. Directed by Bryan Singer, Valkyrie stars Tom Cruise as Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, the real-life mastermind behind the elaborate plot known as Project Valkyrie: a plan to assassinate Hitler and overthrow his government from the inside. Stauffenberg has been a loyal soldier and an asset to the Reich for his entire military career, but after ...
Actor(s): Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy
Director(s): Bryan Singer
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: War, Feature
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The Inglorious Bastards
Release Date: 07/29/2008
The Inglorious Bastards was the alternate title for the Italian adventure yarn Counterfeit Commandos. The main characters are five soldiers facing court-martial in World War II France. The quintet consists of Bo Svenson, Fred Williamson, Peter Hooten, Michael Pergolami, and Jackie Basehart. The men escape, heading to the safety of the Swiss border; along the way, they pull off several random acts of above-and-beyond heroism. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide ...
Actor(s): Bo Svenson, Fred Williamson, Peter Hooten
Director(s): Enzo G. Castellari
MPAA Rating: NR
Genres: War, Feature
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