Films like The Railway Man
A victim from World War II's "Death Railway" sets out to find those responsible for his torture. A true story.
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Thank You for Your Service
Film · 2017 · also dramaA group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy the...
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Born on the Fourth of July
Film · 1989 · also dramaParalyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
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Cherry
Film · 2021 · also dramaCherry 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 drug...
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Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Film · 2016 · also drama19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks the film shows what really happened to his squad – contrasting...
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Slaughterhouse-Five
Film · 1972 · also dramaBilly Pilgrim, a veteran of the Second World War, finds himself mysteriously detached from time, so that he is able to travel, without being able to help it, from the day...
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Mudbound
Film · 2017 · also dramaIn 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 a...
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Rolling Thunder
Film · 1977 · also dramaA recently-returned Vietnam POW loses his family and his right hand during a violent home invasion, and seeks retribution against those responsible.
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The Survivor
Film · 2022 · also drama and historyHarry Haft is a boxer who fought fellow prisoners in the concentration camps to survive. Haunted by the memories and his guilt, he attempts to use high-profile fights aga...
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The Secrets We Keep
Film · 2020 · also drama and historyIn post-World War II America, a woman, rebuilding her life in the suburbs with her husband, kidnaps her neighbor and seeks vengeance for the heinous war crimes she believ...
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Stop-Loss
Film · 2008 · also dramaA veteran soldier returns from his completed tour of duty in Iraq, only to find his life turned upside down when he is arbitrarily ordered to return to field duty by the...
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