swap_horiz Mosul Alternatives

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Quo Vadis, Aida?

Quo Vadis, Aida? is a 2020 Bosnian war drama by Jasmila Zbanic, notable for its Srebrenica genocide setting and Oscar no...

Drama Bosnian War Srebrenica Un

8.7 Great

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Kanal

Kanal is Andrzej Wajda's 1957 Polish war film, notable as an early Warsaw Uprising drama and a Cannes Special Jury Prize...

Classic Poland Wwii Warsaw Uprising

8.2 Great

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Mandariinid

Mandariinid, or Tangerines, is a 2013 Estonian-Georgian war drama by Zaza Urushadze, notable for its 87th Oscars nominat...

Georgia Estonian Antiwar Abkhaz War

8.2 Great

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The Front Line

The Front Line is Jang Hoon's 2011 South Korean Korean War film, set around 1953 armistice fighting for contested hills.

Drama Korea Korean War Trenches

8.1 Great

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King and Country

King and Country is Joseph Losey's 1964 British World War I courtroom drama, with Tom Courtenay as a soldier tried for d...

British Wwi Court Martial Antiwar

8.1 Great

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Tuntematon sotilas

Tuntematon sotilas is Edvin Laine's 1955 Finnish adaptation of Väinö Linna's novel, a Continuation War film that won fiv...

Classic Finland Infantry Continuation War

8.0 Great

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The 317th Platoon

The 317th Platoon is Pierre Schoendoerffer's 1965 French film about the First Indochina War, winner of Best Screenplay a...

French Retreat Jungle Indochina

7.9 Good

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Unknown Soldier

Unknown Soldier is Aku Louhimies's 2017 Finnish adaptation of Väinö Linna's war novel, notable as Finland's costliest fi...

Modern Finland Infantry Continuation War

7.9 Good

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Sometimes in April

Sometimes in April is Raoul Peck's 2005 HBO historical drama, notable for examining the 1994 Rwandan genocide through a...

Drama Historical Civilian Rwandan Genocide

7.8 Good

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The Steel Helmet

The Steel Helmet is Samuel Fuller's 1951 independent Korean War film, often cited as the first American feature about th...

Classic American Infantry Korean War

7.7 Good

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Joyeux Noel

Joyeux Noel is Christian Carion's 2005 multilingual World War I drama about the 1914 Christmas truce, nominated for an A...

Wwi Ensemble Trenches Christmas Truce

7.7 Good

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Talvisota

Talvisota is a 1989 Finnish war film by Pekka Parikka about reservists in the Winter War, based on Antti Tuuri's novel a...

Soviet Finland Infantry Winter War

7.6 Good

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Armadillo

Armadillo is Janus Metz's 2010 Danish documentary on soldiers at FOB Armadillo in Afghanistan, winner of Cannes Critics'...

Modern Danish Documentary Afghanistan

7.5 Good

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Katyn

Katyn is Andrzej Wajda's 2007 Polish historical drama, notable for portraying the 1940 Soviet massacre of Polish officer...

Poland Wwii Historical Massacre

7.5 Good

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The 12th Man

The 12th Man is a 2017 Norwegian war drama by Harald Zwart, notable for depicting Jan Baalsrud's escape to Sweden in 194...

Wwii Survival Resistance Norway

7.4 Good

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Fortress of War

Fortress of War is a 2010 Russian-Belarusian war film by Alexander Kott, notable for depicting the June 1941 defense of...

Siege Wwii Soviet Brest Fortress

7.4 Good

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The Dam Busters

The Dam Busters is Michael Anderson's 1955 British war film, notable for depicting RAF 617 Squadron's 1943 Operation Cha...

Raid Wwii British Aviation

7.4 Good

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When Trumpets Fade

When Trumpets Fade is a 1998 HBO war film by John Irvin, notable for its Battle of Hurtgen Forest setting in late World...

American Wwii Infantry Hurtgen Forest

7.4 Good

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Battle for Haditha

Battle for Haditha is Nick Broomfield's 2007 British Iraq War drama, notable for its docudrama treatment of the 2005 Had...

Drama Iraq War Crime Marines

6.7 Fair

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Sand Castle

Sand Castle is a 2017 American Iraq War drama by Fernando Coimbra, notable for drawing on writer Chris Roessner's own se...

Modern Drama Iraq Civil Affairs

6.2 Fair