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   Escape from Sobibor

   Film · 1987 · also drama and war

   The true story of WWII's notorious Sobibor Nazi death camp, where a courageous inmate orchestrates and leads the escape of over 300 prisoners.

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   Men in War

   Film · 1957 · also drama and war

   In Korea, on 6 September 1950, Lieutenant Benson's platoon finds itself isolated in enemy-held territory after a retreat. Soon they are joined by Sergeant Montana, whose...

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   The Stanford Prison Experiment

   Film · 2015 · also drama and history

   In 1971, Stanford's Professor Philip Zimbardo conducts a controversial psychology experiment in which college students pretend to be either prisoners or guards, but the p...

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   Born on the Fourth of July

   Film · 1989 · also drama and war

   Paralyzed 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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   Sometimes in April

   Film · 2005 · also drama and history

   Two brothers are divided by marriage and fate during the 100 horrifying days of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

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   Casualties of War

   Film · 1989 · also drama and history

   During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.

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   Stop-Loss

   Film · 2008 · also drama and war

   A 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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   Ike: Countdown to D-Day

   Film · 2004 · also drama and history

   The story of the senior-level preparations for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944 from the time of Dwight D. Eisenhower's appointment as the Supreme Allied Commander in E...

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   Seal Team Eight: Behind Enemy Lines

   Film · 2014 · also drama and war

   Seal Team Eight must fight their way deep into Africa's Congo, decommission a secret uranium mine, and stop our most dangerous enemy from smuggling weapon's grade yellow-...

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    Hamburger Hill

    Film · 1987 · also drama and war

    The men of Bravo Company are facing a battle that's all uphill… up Hamburger Hill. Fourteen war-weary soldiers are battling for a mud-covered mound of earth so named beca...

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