swap_horiz Sand Castle 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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Journey's End

Journey's End is Saul Dibb's 2017 British World War I film, adapted from R. C. Sherriff's 1928 play about officers in a...

Drama British Wwi Trenches

7.2 Good

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Mosul

Mosul is a 2019 Iraqi Arabic-language war action film by Matthew Michael Carnahan, notable for following an Iraqi SWAT u...

Modern Urban Iraq Isis

7.1 Good

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9th Company

9th Company is Fyodor Bondarchuk's 2005 Russian war film, notable for its Soviet-Afghan War story and climax based on Hi...

Drama Afghanistan Soviet Afghan Paratroopers

7.1 Good

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Shake Hands with the Devil

Shake Hands with the Devil is a 2007 Canadian war drama by Roger Spottiswoode, notable for portraying Romeo Dallaire in...

Drama Biographical Un Rwandan Genocide

7.1 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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The Exception

The Exception is a 2016 romantic war film by David Leveaux, notable for fictionalizing Kaiser Wilhelm II's Dutch exile u...

Germany Drama Wwii Espionage

6.6 Fair

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Narvik

Narvik is a 2022 Norwegian historical war film by Erik Skjoldbjaerg, notable for dramatizing the 1940 Battles of Narvik.

Drama Wwii Norway Occupation

6.5 Fair

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Hyena Road

Hyena Road is Paul Gross's 2015 Canadian war film about troops building Route Hyena in Kandahar during the Afghanistan W...

Modern Drama Canadian Afghanistan

6.3 Fair