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| 1 |  | Glory (1989) |  3.1605 49 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, History, War |
$3.95
| Based on the letters of Colonel Robert G. Shaw. Shaw was an officer in the Federal Army during the ...more about Glory starring Matthew Broderick and Denzel Washington |
| 2 |  | Platoon (1986) | 3.1551 106 reviews | R | Action, Drama, War |
$4.29
| Chris Taylor is a new army recruit and had been just assigned to his first unit. Through the eyes ...more about Platoon starring Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe |
| 3 |  | Das Boot (1982) | 3.0425 11 reviews | R | Drama, War |
$3.95
| It is 1942 and the German submarine fleet is heavily engaged in the so called "Battle of the ...more about Das Boot starring Jürgen Prochnow and Herbert Grönemeyer |
| 4 |  | Casualties of War (1989) | 3.0223 56 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama, War |
$3.92
| During the Vietnam war, a girl is taken from her village by five American soldiers. Four of the ...more about Casualties of War starring Michael J. Fox and Sean Penn |
| 5 |  | Full Metal Jacket (1987) | 2.9964 78 reviews | R | Action, Adventure, Drama, War, Adaptation |
$5.99
| A two-segment look at the effect of the military mindset and war itself on Vietnam era Marines. The ...more about Full Metal Jacket starring Adam Baldwin and Matthew Modine |
| 6 |  | Big Red One, The (1980) | 2.9914 85 reviews | R | Action, Drama, War |
$8.99
| Grim story of a WWII squad consisting of an anonymous sergeant and four long-time survivors who ...more about Big Red One starring Lee Marvin and Mark Hamill |
| 7 |  | Born on the Fourth of July (1989) | 2.9854 59 reviews | NA | Drama, War, Biography |
$3.92
| The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human ...more about Born on the Fourth of July starring Tom Cruise and Raymond J. Barry |
| 8 |  | Stripes (1981) | 2.9777 38 reviews | R | War, Comedy |
$4.43
| Thanks to a run of bad luck and go-nowhere jobs, John convinces Russell to join the army so they ...more about Stripes starring Harold Ramis and Warren Oates |
| 9 |  | Kagemusha (1980) | 2.9624 32 reviews | PG | Drama, History, War |
$26.99
| When a powerful warlord in medieval Japan dies, a poor thief recruited to impersonate him finds ...more about Kagemusha |
| 10 |  | Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) | 2.9530 34 reviews | NA | Drama, War, Comedy |
$9.59
| A new Disc Jockey is shipped from Crete to Vietnam to bring humor to Armed Forces Radio. He turns ...more about Good Morning starring Robin Williams and Forest Whitaker |
| 11 |  | Hope and Glory (1987) | 2.9163 18 reviews | NA | Drama, War, Comedy |
$6.09
| A semiautobiographical project by John Boorman about a nine year old boy called Bill as he grows up ...more about Hope and Glory starring Sebastian Rice-Edwards and Geraldine Muir |
| 12 |  | Gallipoli (1981) | 2.9058 39 reviews | NA | Drama, War |
$4.94
| The story of a group of young Australian men who leave their various backgrounds behind and sign up ...more about Gallipoli starring Mark Lee and Bill Kerr |
| 13 |  | Empire of the Sun (1987) | 2.8897 34 reviews | NA | Drama, History, War |
$6.99
| Based on J. G. Ballard's autobiographical novel, tells the story of a boy, James Graham, whose ...more about Empire of the Sun starring Christian Bale and Miranda Richardson |
| 14 |  | Dogs of War, The (1981) | 2.8522 15 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, War |
$8.65
| Mercenary Paul Shannon (Christopher Walken), on a reconaissance job to the African nation of ...more about Dogs of War starring Christopher Walken and José Rabelo |
| 15 |  | Hamburger Hill (1987) | 2.8355 16 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, War |
$3.91
| A brutal and realistic war film focuses on the lives of a squad of 14 U.S. Army soldiers of B ...more about Hamburger Hill starring Anthony Barrile and Don Cheadle |
| 16 |  | Mission, The (1986) | 2.8242 29 reviews | NA | Drama, War |
$15.52
| Jeremy Irons plays a Spanish Jesuit who goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission ...more about Mission starring Robert De Niro and Jeremy Irons |
| 17 |  | Birdy (1984) | 2.7667 29 reviews | NA | Drama, War |
$16.96
| Two friends arrive back from Vietnam, scarred in different ways. One has physical injuries, the ...more about Birdy starring Nicolas Cage and John Harkins |
| 18 |  | Final Countdown, The (1980) |  2.7247 16 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama, War, Sci-Fi |
$11.28
| An American nuclear aircraft carrier and its crew are caught in a classic dilemma when a ...more about Final Countdown starring Kirk Douglas and Martin Sheen |
| 19 |  | Farewell to the King (1989) | 2.6503 17 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama, War |
$5.22
| An American soldier who escapes the execution of his comrades by Japanese soldiers in Borneo during ...more about Farewell to the King starring Nigel Havers and Gerry Lopez |
| 20 |  | Rambo III (1988) | 2.5261 16 reviews | NA | Action, War |
$4.30
| John Rambo's former Vietnam superior, Colonel Samuel Trautman, has been assigned to lead a mission ...more about Rambo III starring Sylvester Stallone and Richard Crenna |
| 21 |  | Gardens of Stone (1987) | 2.3697 14 reviews | NA | Drama, War, Romance |
$3.95
| A touching, insightful look at stateside military life during the Vietnam War at Ft. Meyer and ...more about Gardens of Stone starring James Caan and Anjelica Huston |
| 22 |  | To Be or Not to Be (1983) | 2.3354 19 reviews | NA | Drama, War, Comedy |
$9.99
| A bad Polish actor is just trying to make a living when what should intrude but World War II in the ...more about To Be or Not to Be starring Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft |
| 23 |  | Heartbreak Ridge (1986) | 2.2971 15 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, War, Comedy |
$4.78
| Sergeant Tom Highway, a hardened, tough veteran of Korea and Vietnam returns to the United States ...more about Heartbreak Ridge starring Clint Eastwood and Marsha Mason |
| 24 |  | Victory (1981) | 2.2738 8 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, War, Sports |
$4.49
| In World War II, a group of Nazi officers come up with a propiganda event in which an all star Nazi ...more about Victory starring Sylvester Stallone and Michael Caine |
| 25 |  | Walker (1987) |  2.2372 14 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, War | N/A | William Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century in order ...more about Walker starring Ed Harris and Kathy Burke |
| 26 |  | Under Fire (1983) | 2.1414 13 reviews | NA | Drama, War |
$9.99
| Nicaragua 1979: Star photographer Russel Price covers the civil war against president Somoza. ...more about Under Fire starring Ed Harris and Leonor Llausás |
| 27 |  | Lion of the Desert (1981) | 2.1322 7 reviews | NA | Drama, War |
$14.95
| This movie is about Omar Mukhtar, a Muslim and Arabian rebellion who fought against the Italian ...more about Lion of the Desert starring Anthony Quinn and Oliver Reed |
| 28 |  | Flesh & Blood (1985) | 2.1140 10 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War |
$4.42
| A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble lord who decides not to pay them by ...more about Flesh & Blood starring Rutger Hauer and Kitty Courbois |
| 29 |  | Code Name: Emerald (1985) | 2.1018 3 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, War | N/A | In april 1944, an allied agent is sent to France in order to rescue an "overlord" captured by the ...more about Code Name: Emerald starring Ed Harris and Horst Buchholz |
| 30 |  | Eye of the Needle (1981) | 2.0835 11 reviews | NA | War, Thriller |
$4.15
| A German spy carrying information that will reveal the target of Operation Overlord becomes ...more about Eye of the Needle starring Donald Sutherland and David Hayman |
| 31 |  | Year of Living Dangerously, The (1982) | 2.0833 13 reviews | NA | Drama, War, Romance |
$5.75
| Guy Hamilton is a journalist on his first job as a foreign correspondent. His apparently humdrum ...more about Year of Living Dangerously starring Mel Gibson and Sigourney Weaver |
| 32 |  | Combat Shock (1986) | 2.0129 16 reviews | NA | Drama, War, Horror |
$6.06
| Frankie is a war vet whose life sucks. He has no money, a nagging wife, junkie friends, and a ...more about Combat Shock starring Veronica Stork |
| 33 | | Aanslag, De (1986) | 1.9427 4 reviews | NA | Drama, History, War, Romance | N/A | In January 1945, during the 2nd world-war, the Dutch resistance kills a collaborator in the street ...more about Aanslag starring Derek de Lint and John Kraaykamp |
| 34 |  | Southern Comfort (1981) | 1.8473 7 reviews | NA | Drama, War, Thriller |
$9.99
| A squad of National Guards on an isolated weekend exercise in the Louisiana swamp must fight for ...more about Southern Comfort starring Keith Carradine and Powers Boothe |
| 35 |  | Bat*21 (1988) | 1.8096 12 reviews | NA | Drama, War |
$6.99
| During the Vietnam war, a U.S. observation plane is hit by a V.C. missile. The only survivor of the ...more about Bat*21 starring Gene Hackman and Danny Glover |
| 36 | | Assisi Underground, The (1985) |  1.6779 4 reviews | NA | Drama, War | N/A | ...more about Assisi Underground starring Ben Cross and Matteo Corvino |
| 37 |  | Lighthorsemen, The (1987) | 1.6720 8 reviews | NA | Drama, War | N/A | Palestine, 1917. The British advance has been stopped by the Turkish line running from Gaza to ...more about Lighthorsemen starring Peter Phelps and Nick Waters |
| 38 |  | Eleni (1985) | 1.6208 11 reviews | NA | Drama, War | N/A | Nick is a writer in New York when he gets posted to a bureau in Greece. He has waited 30 years for ...more about Eleni starring Kate Nelligan and Linda Hunt |
| 39 | | Time of Destiny, A (1988) | 1.5980 8 reviews | NA | Drama, War | N/A | Josie elopes with Jack against her father's wishes. Her father follows her to the hotel where they ...more about Time of Destiny starring William Hurt and Timothy Hutton |
| 40 |  | Inchon (1981) | 1.5569 1 reviews | NA | Drama, History, War | N/A | A noisy and absurd re-telling of the great 1950 invasion of Inchon during the Korean War which was ...more about Inchon starring Laurence Olivier and Jacqueline Bisset |
| 41 | | Ambassador, The (1984) | 1.5569 2 reviews | NA | Drama, War | N/A | Robert Mitchum plays a controversial U.S. ambassador to Israel who tries to solve the Palestinian ...more about Ambassador starring Fabio Testi and Ellen Burstyn |
| 42 |  | Best Defense (1984) | 1.5158 4 reviews | NA | War, Comedy |
$5.68
| Wylie is a lazy engineer. Landry is a Sergeant specialising in Armour. They have never met but ...more about Best Defense starring Dudley Moore and Kate Capshaw |
| 43 |  | Deadline (1987) | 1.4907 8 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, War | N/A | ...more about Deadline starring Christopher Walken and Marita Marschall |
| 44 | | Going Hollywood: The War Years (1988) | 1.4793 1 reviews | NA | War, Documentary |
$14.29
| Hollywood's dramatic contribution to the war effort including clips from "Bataan", "Pride of the ...more about Going Hollywood: The War Years starring Van Johnson |
| 45 |  | Every Time We Say Goodbye (1986) | 1.4496 7 reviews | NA | Drama, War, Romance, Comedy |
$7.21
| An American flyer who joined the RAF before his country was in the war is recovering from a leg ...more about Every Time We Say Goodbye starring Tom Hanks and Benedict Taylor |
| 46 |  | King David (1985) | 1.4336 6 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama, War |
$6.30
| ...more about King David starring Richard Gere and Edward Woodward |
| 47 |  | Cobra Mission (1985) | 1.4230 6 reviews | NA | Action, War | N/A | Ten years after the end of the war in Vietnam, four ex-Marines decide to return to S.E. Asia to ...more about Cobra Mission starring Oliver Tobias and Christopher Connelly |
| 48 |  | Death of a Soldier (1986) | 1.4227 7 reviews | NA | Drama, War, Crime | N/A | Based on a true story, James Coburn portrays a military lawyer assigned to defend a confessed ...more about Death of a Soldier starring James Coburn and Bill Hunter |
| 49 | | Streamers (1983) | 1.4047 5 reviews | NA | Drama, War | N/A | Four young recruits about to be sent to Vietnam confront thier prejudicial feelings toward one ...more about Streamers starring Michael Wright and Mitchell Lichtenstein |
| 50 |  | Iron Eagle (1986) | 1.3880 8 reviews | NA | Action, War |
$4.19
| When Doug's father, an Air Force Pilot, is shot down by MiGs belonging to a radical Middle Eastern ...more about Iron Eagle starring Louis Gossett Jr. and Jason Gedrick |
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