swap_horiz The Exception 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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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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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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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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Their Finest

Their Finest is a 2016 British war comedy-drama by Lone Scherfig, notable for depicting a woman writing propaganda films...

Wwii Britain Film Making Home Front

7.3 Good

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Liberation

Liberation is Yuri Ozerov's 1970-1971 Soviet-led five-part World War II epic, notable for its 70 mm scale and Eastern Fr...

Epic Wwii Soviet Eastern Front

7.3 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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The Conference

The Conference is a 2022 German docudrama by Matti Geschonneck, notable for reenacting the 1942 Wannsee Conference on te...

German Wwii Holocaust Wannsee

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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Command Decision

Command Decision is a 1949 MGM war drama by Sam Wood, notable for focusing on the command costs of bombing Nazi Germany.

American Wwii Aviation Command

7.1 Good

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Operation Daybreak

Operation Daybreak is a 1975 war film by Lewis Gilbert, notable for dramatizing Operation Anthropoid, the assassination...

Wwii Resistance Czechoslovakia Assassination

7.0 Good

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The Tuskegee Airmen

The Tuskegee Airmen is a 1995 HBO film by Robert Markowitz, notable for portraying the first Black U.S. Army Air Corps c...

Wwii Biographical Aviation Tuskegee

7.0 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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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