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In 1945, the Marines attack twelve thousand Japaneses protecting the twenty square kilometers of the sacred Iwo Jima island in a very violent battle. When they reach the Mount Suribachi and six Marines raise their flag on the top, the picture becomes a symbol in a post Great Depression America. The …government brings the three survivors to America to raise funds for war, bringing hope to desolate people, and making the three men heroes of the war. However, the traumatized trio has difficulty dealing with the image built by their superiors, sharing the heroism with their mates. (Read More)
Themes: | prejudice dying alcoholism death of father divorce racism military hero drunkenness torture drinking marriage suicide friendship death …murder (See All) |
Mood: | nightmare rain gore |
Locations: | train station ship japan airplane train beach bar new york city hospital |
Characters: | japanese soldier u.s. soldier sheriff native american teenage boy photographer dancer policeman nurse boy brother brother relationship singer friend husband wife relationship mother son relationship …father son relationship family relationships police (See All) |
Period: | 1940s world war two |
Story: | listening to a radio imperial japan okinawa japan tokyo japan military promotion war hero subjective camera beach landing singing trio loss of friend still images during end credits reference to tyrone power reference to harry s. truman gold star mother shot back to back …white house washington d.c. reference to james cagney war bond papier mache memorial day iwo jima tarawa reference to franklin d. roosevelt idolatry sulphur man overboard political manipulation native american reservation hospital gown duology armada u.s. sailor story continued during end credits body parts polka fund raising star spangled banner japanese army platoon dead soldier dessert artillery u.s. marine flame thrower camaraderie convoy sharpshooter baseball stadium pacific ocean mortician u.s. senator swimwear u.s. marine corps runner mortuary man on fire times square manhattan new york city victory funeral home bayonet stretcher flare medal bunker governor undertaker head blown off repeated scene firearm bazooka playing cards ceremony heroism crowd severed leg bigotry choir arizona cigarette lighter boxer shorts bravery haircut hitchhiker parade male bonding sergeant listening to music race relations propaganda fame jeep grenade twenty something washington d.c. heart attack battlefield shot in the arm fireworks severed arm exploding body american flag farmer tank statue flash forward shot in the leg coffin radio no opening credits severed head map mountain ambush band newspaper decapitation shot in the back swimming manhattan new york city guitar island dead body running tears rifle vomiting shooting letter undressing arrest battle drink camera shot in the head shot in the chest machine gun blood splatter shot to death underwear corpse song based on book crying voice over narration telephone call party singing explosion photograph dancing cigarette smoking fight blood masturbation flashback violence (See All) |
The island of Iwo Jima stands between the American military force and the home islands of Japan. Therefore the Imperial Japanese Army is desperate to prevent it from falling into American hands and providing a launching point for an invasion of Japan. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi is given command o…f the forces on the island and sets out to prepare for the imminent attack. General Kuribayashi, however, does not favor the rigid traditional approach recommended by his subordinates, and resentment and resistance fester among his staff. In the lower echelons, a young soldier, Saigo, a poor baker in civilian life, strives with his friends to survive the harsh regime of the Japanese army itself, all the while knowing that a fierce battle looms. When the American invasion begins, both Kuribayashi and Saigo find strength, honor, courage, and horrors beyond imagination. (Read More)
Themes: | dying military drinking marriage suicide death friendship murder |
Mood: | rain gore |
Locations: | ship japan airplane beach |
Characters: | japanese soldier u.s. soldier photographer boy singer friend husband wife relationship mother son relationship father son relationship family relationships |
Period: | 1940s world war two |
Story: | listening to a radio imperial japan tokyo japan beach landing shot back to back iwo jima duology star spangled banner japanese army dead soldier artillery man on fire bayonet stretcher medal …bunker firearm heroism grenade severed arm exploding body american flag tank no opening credits map island rifle shooting letter battle drink camera shot in the head blood splatter shot to death song voice over narration singing explosion photograph cigarette smoking blood violence flashback (See All) |
During World War II when the Americans needed to find a secure method of communicating they devised a code using the Navajo language. So Navajos were recruited to become what they call code talkers. They would be assigned to a unit and would communicate with other units using the code so that even t…hough the enemy could listen they couldn't understand what they were saying. And to insure that the code is protected men are assigned to protect it at all costs. One of these men is Joe Enders, a man who sustained an injury that can make him unfit for duty but he manages to avoid it and is told of his duty and that the man he is suppose to protect is Ben Yahzee. Initially there is tension but the two men learn to get along. (Read More)
Themes: | racism military hero drunkenness drinking murder death |
Mood: | gore |
Locations: | bar hospital |
Characters: | japanese soldier u.s. soldier native american nurse husband wife relationship father son relationship family relationships |
Period: | 1940s world war two |
Story: | war hero japanese army artillery u.s. marine u.s. marine corps man on fire bayonet medal bazooka playing cards ceremony bigotry arizona bravery sergeant …race relations battlefield shot in the arm exploding body american flag tank shot in the leg radio severed head ambush decapitation shot in the back island running rifle vomiting letter battle drink shot in the chest blood splatter shot to death explosion cigarette smoking violence blood flashback (See All) |
1945, in World War II Germany, the tough Sergeant Don 'Wardaddy' Collier commands a tank and survives a German attack with his veteran crew composed of Boyd 'Bible' Swan, Trini 'Gordo' Garcia and Grady 'Coon-Ass' Travis. He receives a rookie soldier Norman Ellison as the substitute for his deceased …gunner and he tries to harden the youth along the way. (Read More)
Themes: | military drunkenness suicide murder death |
Mood: | gore |
Characters: | u.s. soldier |
Period: | world war two |
Story: | war hero platoon head blown off firearm bazooka heroism severed leg sergeant grenade battlefield shot in the arm exploding body tank shot in the leg no opening credits …map ambush decapitation shot in the back rifle vomiting battle shot in the head shot in the chest machine gun blood splatter shot to death corpse singing explosion photograph cigarette smoking violence blood fight (See All) |
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Soviet Armies closing in from the west and south. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his Generals and advisers to fight to the last man. "Downfall" explores …these final days of the Reich, where senior German leaders (such as Himmler and Goring) began defecting from their beloved Fuhrer, in an effort to save their own lives, while still others (Joseph Goebbels) pledge to die with Hitler. Hitler, himself, degenerates into a paranoid shell of a man, full of optimism one moment and suicidal depression the next. When the end finally does comes, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender. (Read More)
Themes: | dying death of father racism military hero drunkenness drinking marriage suicide death murder friendship |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | airplane hospital |
Characters: | teenage boy dancer nurse boy singer friend husband wife relationship mother son relationship father son relationship family relationships |
Period: | 1940s world war two |
Story: | listening to a radio dead soldier artillery victory medal bunker firearm bazooka cigarette lighter bravery listening to music grenade twenty something tank statue …flash forward map dead body tears rifle shooting letter arrest battle drink shot in the head machine gun shot to death corpse song based on book crying telephone call party singing explosion photograph dancing cigarette smoking fight violence blood flashback (See All) |
Based on J. G. Ballard's autobiographical novel, tells the story of a boy, James Graham, whose privileged life is upturned by the Japanese invasion of Shanghai, December 8, 1941. Separated from his parents, he is eventually captured, and taken to Soo Chow confinement camp, next to a captured Chinese… airfield. Amidst the sickness and food shortages in the camp, Jim attempts to reconstruct his former life, all the while bringing spirit and dignity to those around him. (Read More)
Themes: | dying racism military suicide murder death friendship |
Locations: | ship japan airplane hospital |
Characters: | japanese soldier u.s. soldier teenage boy nurse boy singer friend husband wife relationship mother son relationship father son relationship |
Period: | 1940s world war two |
Story: | okinawa japan tokyo japan japanese army crowd choir bravery sergeant race relations grenade fireworks tank statue coffin radio no opening credits …dead body tears shooting battle underwear song crying party singing explosion photograph fight blood (See All) |
In World War II, the fall of Stalingrad will mean the collapse of the whole country. The Germans and Russians are fighting over every block, leaving only ruins behind. The Russian sniper Vassili Zaitsev stalks the Germans, taking them out one by one, thus hurting the morale of the German troops. The… political officer Danilov leads him on, publishing his efforts to give his countrymen some hope. But Vassili eventually start to feel that he can not live up to the expectations on him. He and Danilov fall in love with the same girl, Tanya, a female soldier. From Germany comes the master sniper Konig to put an end to the extraordinary skilled Russian sniper. (Read More)
Themes: | hero torture suicide death friendship murder |
Locations: | airplane train hospital |
Characters: | photographer boy friend husband wife relationship father son relationship mother son relationship |
Period: | 1940s world war two |
Story: | loss of friend sharpshooter medal firearm heroism severed leg male bonding propaganda fame shot in the arm severed arm tank statue map newspaper …shot in the back dead body rifle vomiting shooting letter battle shot in the head shot in the chest machine gun blood splatter shot to death corpse singing explosion photograph dancing cigarette smoking blood violence flashback (See All) |
The story of Seita and Satsuko, two young Japanese siblings, living in the declining days of World War II. When an American firebombing separates the two children from their parents, the two siblings must rely completely on one another while they struggle to fight for their survival.
Themes: | dying death of father death friendship |
Mood: | nightmare rain |
Locations: | train station ship japan airplane train beach hospital |
Characters: | japanese soldier teenage boy photographer boy singer friend father son relationship mother son relationship family relationships |
Period: | 1940s world war two |
Story: | imperial japan tokyo japan japanese army stretcher fireworks farmer band swimming dead body running tears letter undressing camera corpse …song crying voice over narration singing explosion photograph flashback blood fight (See All) |
Pearl Harbor is a classic tale of romance set during a war that complicates everything. It all starts when childhood friends Rafe and Danny become Army Air Corps pilots and meet Evelyn, a Navy nurse. Rafe falls head over heels and next thing you know Evelyn and Rafe are hooking up. Then Rafe volunte…ers to go fight in Britain and Evelyn and Danny get transferred to Pearl Harbor. While Rafe is off fighting everything gets completely whack and next thing you know everybody is in the middle of an air raid we now know as "Pearl Harbor." (Read More)
Themes: | military drunkenness drinking murder death friendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | ship airplane train beach bar hospital |
Characters: | dancer nurse boy friend father son relationship mother son relationship |
Period: | 1940s world war two |
Story: | tokyo japan u.s. sailor pacific ocean victory medal boxer shorts american flag coffin map band tears shooting letter undressing battle …drink camera machine gun shot to death underwear crying explosion photograph dancing fight blood flashback (See All) |
Anthony "Swoff" Swofford, a Camus-reading kid from Sacramento, enlists in the Marines in the late 1980s. He malingers during boot camp, but makes it through as a sniper, paired with the usually-reliable Troy. The Gulf War breaks out, and his unit goes to Saudi Arabia for Desert Shield. After 175 day…s of boredom, adrenaline, heat, worry about his girlfriend finding someone else, losing it and nearly killing a mate, demotion, latrine cleaning, faulty gas masks, and desert football, Desert Storm begins. In less than five days, it's over, but not before Swoff sees burned bodies, flaming oil derricks, an oil-drenched horse, and maybe a chance at killing. Where does all the testosterone go? (Read More)
Themes: | drunkenness drinking friendship murder death |
Mood: | nightmare rain |
Locations: | airplane train bar |
Characters: | u.s. soldier dancer nurse brother brother relationship singer friend husband wife relationship father son relationship mother son relationship family relationships |
Story: | subjective camera loss of friend platoon u.s. marine corps severed leg haircut parade male bonding sergeant propaganda tank flash forward coffin dead body running …tears rifle vomiting shooting letter undressing drink shot in the head machine gun underwear corpse song crying voice over narration telephone call singing photograph dancing masturbation violence fight blood flashback (See All) |
In 1937 China, during the second Sino-Japanese war, a mortician, John ('Christian Bale' (qv)) arrives at a Catholic church in Nanjing to prepare a priest for burial. Upon arrival he finds himself the lone adult among a group of convent girl students and prostitutes from a nearby brothel. When he fin…ds himself in the unwanted position of protector of both groups from the horrors of the invading Japanese army, he discovers the meaning of sacrifice and honor. (Read More)
Themes: | dying death of father military hero drunkenness drinking murder death |
Mood: | rain |
Characters: | japanese soldier singer father son relationship |
Period: | world war two |
Story: | subjective camera japanese army mortician bayonet heroism choir cigarette lighter haircut grenade tank ambush dead body running tears rifle …shooting undressing battle drink shot in the head machine gun blood splatter corpse song crying voice over narration party singing explosion photograph cigarette smoking flashback blood (See All) |
U.S. Army Private Witt (AWOL) is found and imprisoned on a troop carrier by his company First Sergeant, Welsh.The men of C Company,1st Battalion,27th Infantry Regiment,25th Infantry Division have been brought to Guadalcanal as reinforcements in the campaign to secure Henderson Field and seize the is…land from the Japanese. They arrive near Hill 210, a key Japanese position. Their task is to capture the hill at all cost. What happens next is a story developing about redemption and the meaningless of war. Regardless the outcome. (Read More)
Themes: | military death |
Characters: | japanese soldier u.s. soldier husband wife relationship |
Period: | 1940s world war two |
Story: | beach landing japanese army dead soldier u.s. marine bayonet bunker firearm heroism severed leg sergeant grenade severed arm no opening credits shot in the back island …rifle vomiting battle shot in the head shot in the chest machine gun shot to death corpse voice over narration explosion blood (See All) |
The true story of 'Desmond T. Doss' (qv), the conscientious objector who, at the Battle of Okinawa, won the Medal of Honor for his incredible bravery and regard for his fellow soldiers. We see his upbringing and how this shaped his views, especially his religious view and anti-killing stance. We see… Doss's trials and tribulations after enlisting in the US Army and trying to become a medic. Finally, we see the hell on Earth that was Hacksaw Ridge. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkenness marriage |
Mood: | gore |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | japanese soldier nurse brother brother relationship father son relationship mother son relationship |
Period: | 1940s world war two |
Story: | okinawa japan japanese army bayonet medal repeated scene boxer shorts bravery flash forward shot in the leg no opening credits severed head decapitation shot in the back rifle vomiting …letter battle shot in the head explosion photograph violence blood flashback (See All) |
Marcus Luttrell, a Navy Seal, and his team set out on a mission to capture or kill notorious Taliban leader Ahmad Shah, in late June 2005. After running into mountain herders and capturing them, they were left with no choice but to follow their rules of engagement or be imprisoned. Now Marcus and hi…s team are left to fight for their lives in one of the most valiant efforts of modern warfare. (Read More)
Themes: | military murder friendship death |
Mood: | gore |
Locations: | airplane |
Story: | subjective camera camaraderie flare male bonding sergeant grenade battlefield shot in the arm american flag farmer shot in the leg map mountain ambush decapitation …shot in the back running battle camera shot in the head shot in the chest machine gun blood splatter shot to death corpse based on book voice over narration explosion photograph dancing fight blood violence flashback (See All) |
Due to his knowledge of the native Bedouin tribes, British Lieutenant 'T.E. Lawrence' (qv) is sent to Arabia to find Prince Faisal and serve as a liaison between the Arabs and the British in their fight against the Turks. With the aid of native Sherif Ali, Lawrence rebels against the orders of his s…uperior officer and strikes out on a daring camel journey across the harsh desert to attack a well-guarded Turkish port. (Read More)
Themes: | dying hero torture drinking murder death |
Locations: | train bar hospital |
Characters: | photographer nurse boy singer father son relationship |
Story: | military promotion war hero subjective camera idolatry dead soldier artillery flare bravery sergeant twenty something shot in the arm statue map mountain newspaper …dead body running tears rifle shooting arrest battle drink camera shot in the head machine gun corpse song crying singing explosion cigarette smoking violence fight flashback blood (See All) |
"Gomorra" is a contemporary Neapolitan mob drama that exposes Italy's criminal underbelly by telling five stories of individuals who think they can make their own compact with Camorra, the area's Mafia.
Themes: | drinking murder death friendship |
Locations: | airplane beach new york city hospital |
Characters: | teenage boy photographer dancer policeman boy singer friend husband wife relationship mother son relationship father son relationship police |
Story: | subjective camera mortuary firearm listening to music twenty something farmer ambush shot in the back manhattan new york city dead body rifle shooting arrest drink camera …shot in the head shot in the chest machine gun blood splatter shot to death underwear corpse song based on book singing explosion dancing cigarette smoking blood violence (See All) |
It's 1941. Robert E. Lee Prewitt has requested Army transfer and has ended up at Schofield in Hawaii. His new captain, Dana Holmes, has heard of his boxing prowess and is keen to get him to represent the company. However, 'Prew' is adamant that he doesn't box anymore, so Captain Holmes gets his subo…rdinates to make his life a living hell. Meanwhile Sergeant Warden starts seeing the captain's wife, who has a history of seeking external relief from a troubled marriage. Prew's friend Maggio has a few altercations with the sadistic stockade Sergeant 'Fatso' Judson, and Prew begins falling in love with social club employee Lorene. Unbeknownst to anyone, the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor looms in the distance. (Read More)
Themes: | dying divorce military drunkenness torture drinking marriage death murder friendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | ship airplane beach bar |
Characters: | u.s. soldier dancer singer friend husband wife relationship |
Period: | 1940s world war two |
Story: | listening to a radio dead soldier sergeant jeep american flag swimming running tears rifle undressing battle drink machine gun shot to death song …crying singing explosion photograph dancing cigarette smoking fight blood (See All) |
In northern Australia at the beginning of World War II, an English aristocrat inherits a cattle station the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn stock-man to drive 2,000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the count…ry's most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier. (Read More)
Themes: | prejudice dying racism military drunkenness drinking marriage death murder friendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | ship japan airplane bar |
Characters: | japanese soldier u.s. soldier dancer policeman boy singer friend husband wife relationship mother son relationship family relationships police |
Period: | 1940s world war two |
Story: | listening to music no opening credits newspaper shot in the back swimming guitar island dead body running rifle undressing arrest drink corpse song …voice over narration telephone call singing explosion photograph dancing cigarette smoking blood fight flashback violence (See All) |
In the South American jungle supplies of nitroglycerin are needed at a remote oil field. The oil company pays four men to deliver the supplies in two trucks. A tense rivalry develops between the two sets of drivers and on the rough remote roads the slightest jolt can result in death.
Themes: | dying drinking suicide death friendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | airplane bar |
Characters: | native american photographer dancer policeman boy brother brother relationship singer friend husband wife relationship father son relationship police |
Story: | listening to a radio subjective camera cigarette lighter bravery haircut jeep mountain newspaper guitar dead body running tears rifle vomiting letter …drink camera underwear corpse song crying telephone call singing explosion dancing cigarette smoking fight blood (See All) |
Chris Kyle was nothing more than a Texan man who dreamed of becoming a cowboy, but in his thirties he found out that maybe his life needed something different, something where he could express his real talent, something that could help America in its fight against terrorism. So he joined the SEALs i…n order to become a sniper. After marrying, Kyle and the other members of the team are called for their first tour of Iraq. Kyle's struggle isn't with his missions, but about his relationship with the reality of the war and, once returned at home, how he manages to handle it with his urban life, his wife and kids. (Read More)
Themes: | military drunkenness torture suicide murder death |
Locations: | airplane beach bar hospital |
Characters: | nurse brother brother relationship husband wife relationship mother son relationship father son relationship |
Story: | war hero star spangled banner u.s. marine u.s. marine corps repeated scene heroism bravery grenade severed arm exploding body american flag tank shot in the leg no opening credits severed head …ambush shot in the back vomiting battle shot in the head shot in the chest machine gun blood splatter shot to death corpse party explosion photograph violence fight flashback blood (See All) |
In Nazi Germany during World War II, as the tide turned in favor of The Allies, a cadre of senior German officers and politicians desperately plot to topple the Nazi regime before the nation is crushed in a near-inevitable defeat. To this end, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, an Army officer convince…d he must save Germany from Hitler, is recruited to mastermind a real plan. To do so, he arranges for the internal emergency measure, Operation: Valkyrie, to be changed to enable his fellows to seize control of Berlin after the assassination of the Fuhrer. However, even as the plan is put into action, a combination of bad luck and human failings conspire on their own to create a tragedy that would prolong the greater one gripping Europe. (Read More)
Themes: | military drinking suicide death friendship murder |
Locations: | airplane hospital |
Characters: | photographer dancer boy singer husband wife relationship mother son relationship father son relationship family relationships |
Period: | 1940s world war two |
Story: | listening to a radio artillery medal bunker listening to music grenade shot in the arm tank flash forward no opening credits shot in the back swimming tears rifle shooting …arrest drink shot in the head shot in the chest shot to death song crying voice over narration telephone call singing explosion photograph dancing cigarette smoking violence blood (See All) |
Shaw was an officer in the Federal Army during the American Civil War who volunteered to lead the first company of black soldiers. Shaw was forced to deal with the prejudices of both the enemy (who had orders to kill commanding officers of blacks), and of his own fellow officers.
Themes: | prejudice racism military hero torture friendship death |
Mood: | gore |
Locations: | beach |
Characters: | friend |
Story: | war hero loss of friend bayonet governor head blown off heroism bravery male bonding race relations shot in the arm shot in the leg shot in the back letter battle shot in the chest …blood splatter shot to death corpse based on book blood violence (See All) |
In the 1870s, Captain Nathan Algren, a cynical veteran of the American Civil war who will work for anyone, is hired by Americans who want lucrative contracts with the Emperor of Japan to train the peasant conscripts for the first standing imperial army in modern warfare using firearms. The imperial …Omura cabinet's first priority is to repress a rebellion of traditionalist Samurai -hereditary warriors- who remain devoted to the sacred dynasty but reject the Westernizing policy and even refuse firearms. Yet when his ill-prepared superior force sets out too soon, their panic allows the sword-wielding samurai to crush them. Badly wounded Algren's courageous stand makes the samurai leader Katsumoto spare his life; once nursed to health he learns to know and respect the old Japanese way, and participates as advisor in Katsumoto's failed attempt to save the Bushido tradition, but Omura gets repressive laws enacted- he must now choose to honor his loyalty to one of the embittered sides when the conflict returns to the battlefield... (Read More)
Themes: | death of father drunkenness torture drinking suicide death friendship murder |
Mood: | nightmare rain gore |
Locations: | japan train |
Characters: | native american boy friend husband wife relationship mother son relationship father son relationship |
Story: | tokyo japan war hero japanese army pacific ocean bayonet bravery sergeant battlefield shot in the arm flash forward shot in the leg no opening credits severed head decapitation shot in the back …tears rifle battle drink camera shot in the head machine gun blood splatter shot to death crying voice over narration fight flashback blood violence (See All) |
After Black September's assassination of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972, Prime Minister Golda Meir okays a black-box operation to hunt down and kill all involved. A team of five gathers in Switzerland led by Avner, a low-level Mossad techie whose father was a war hero and whose wife… is pregnant. It's an expendable team, but relying on paid informants, they track and kill several in Europe and Lebanon. They must constantly look over their shoulders for the CIA, KGB, PLO, and their own sources. As the body count mounts -- with retribution following retribution -- so do questions, doubts, and sleepless nights. Loyalties blur. What does it mean to be a Jew? (Read More)
Themes: | dying death of father hero drunkenness drinking marriage suicide death murder |
Mood: | nightmare rain gore |
Locations: | airplane train beach bar new york city hospital |
Characters: | dancer boy singer husband wife relationship mother son relationship father son relationship family relationships |
Period: | world war two |
Story: | listening to a radio war hero listening to music jeep severed arm no opening credits band shot in the back manhattan new york city dead body running tears rifle shooting arrest …drink shot in the head shot in the chest machine gun blood splatter shot to death underwear corpse song based on book crying telephone call singing explosion photograph dancing cigarette smoking flashback fight blood violence (See All) |
After the Battle of Gallipoli, in 1915, an Australian farmer, Connor (Russell Crowe), travels to Turkey to find his 3 missing sons. While staying at a hotel in Istanbul, he meets Ayshe (Olga Kurylenko), the hotel manager. And tries to find a way to Gallipoli.
Themes: | drinking marriage suicide death murder friendship |
Locations: | train beach |
Characters: | dancer nurse boy brother brother relationship singer friend husband wife relationship mother son relationship father son relationship |
Story: | victory bayonet cigarette lighter sergeant grenade farmer flash forward coffin map band dead body running tears rifle shooting …battle drink shot in the head shot in the chest machine gun shot to death underwear song crying singing explosion photograph dancing cigarette smoking blood fight violence flashback (See All) |
A small group of adventurous American soldiers in Iraq at the end of the Gulf War are determined to steal a huge cache of gold reputed to be hidden somewhere near their desert base. Finding a map they believe will take them to the gold, they embark on a journey that leads to unexpected discoveries, …enabling them to rise to a heroic challenge that drastically changes their lives. (Read More)
Themes: | dying torture marriage friendship death murder |
Mood: | gore |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | husband wife relationship family relationships |
Story: | dead soldier convoy bunker boxer shorts male bonding jeep shot in the arm no opening credits severed head map decapitation shot in the back vomiting undressing shot in the head …shot in the chest machine gun blood splatter shot to death underwear corpse telephone call blood violence (See All) |
A two-segment look at the effect of the military mindset and war itself on Vietnam era Marines. The first half follows a group of recruits in boot camp under the command of the punishing Gunnery Sergeant Hartman. The second half shows one of those recruits, Joker, covering the war as a correspondent… for Stars and Stripes, focusing on the Tet offensive. (Read More)
Themes: | military suicide murder death |
Mood: | gore |
Characters: | u.s. soldier photographer |
Story: | platoon dead soldier u.s. marine u.s. marine corps firearm boxer shorts haircut sergeant propaganda fireworks tank shot in the leg shot in the back dead body rifle …camera shot in the head shot in the chest machine gun blood splatter shot to death underwear based on book voice over narration violence blood (See All) |
This is the story of the last few years of the notorious bank robber John Dillinger. He loved what he did and could imagine little else that would make him happier. Living openly in 1930s Chicago, he had the run of the city with little fear of reprisals from the authorities. It's there that he meets… Billie Frechette with whom he falls deeply in love. In parallel we meet Melvin Purvis, the FBI agent who would eventually track Dillinger down. The FBI was is in its early days and Director J. Edgar Hoover was keen to promote the clean cut image that so dominated the organization through his lifetime. Purvis realizes that if he is going to get Dillinger, he will have to use street tactics and imports appropriate men with police training. Dillinger is eventually betrayed by an acquaintance who tells the authorities just where to find him on a given night. (Read More)
Themes: | dying drunkenness torture drinking suicide death friendship murder |
Locations: | airplane train bar hospital |
Characters: | sheriff photographer dancer policeman boy singer friend police |
Story: | reference to james cagney flare shot in the arm shot in the leg radio no opening credits ambush band shot in the back tears rifle shooting letter undressing arrest …drink camera shot in the head shot in the chest machine gun blood splatter shot to death corpse song based on book crying telephone call singing photograph dancing cigarette smoking blood violence (See All) |
Opening with the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944, members of the 2nd Ranger Battalion under Cpt. Miller fight ashore to secure a beachhead. Amidst the fighting, two brothers are killed in action. Earlier in New Guinea, a third brother is KIA. Their mother, Mrs. Ryan, is to receive all thr…ee of the grave telegrams on the same day. The United States Army Chief of Staff, George C. Marshall, is given an opportunity to alleviate some of her grief when he learns of a fourth brother, Private James Ryan, and decides to send out 8 men (Cpt. Miller and select members from 2nd Rangers) to find him and bring him back home to his mother... (Read More)
Themes: | military murder friendship |
Mood: | gore |
Locations: | beach |
Characters: | u.s. soldier |
Period: | 1940s world war two |
Story: | star spangled banner dead soldier bunker firearm heroism severed leg bravery male bonding washington d.c. shot in the arm severed arm exploding body american flag tank shot in the leg …no opening credits ambush decapitation shot in the back vomiting letter battle shot in the chest machine gun blood splatter shot to death explosion fight violence (See All) |
Michael, Steven and Nick are young factory workers from Pennsylvania who enlist into the Army to fight in Vietnam. Before they go, Steven marries the pregnant Angela, and their wedding party also serves as the men's farewell party. After some time and many horrors, the three friends fall in the hand…s of the Vietcong and are brought to a prison camp in which they are forced to play Russian roulette against each other. Michael makes it possible for them to escape, but they soon get separated again. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkenness torture drinking marriage suicide murder death friendship |
Mood: | gore |
Locations: | bar hospital |
Characters: | u.s. soldier native american dancer nurse singer friend husband wife relationship mother son relationship |
Story: | polka man on fire stretcher choir sergeant american flag coffin mountain band dead body tears rifle battle drink camera …shot in the head machine gun underwear song crying telephone call party singing explosion photograph dancing fight blood violence (See All) |
Forty-two students, three days, one deserted Island: welcome to Battle Royale. A group of ninth-grade students from a Japanese high school have been forced by legislation to compete in a Battle Royale. The students are each given a bag with a randomly selected weapon and a few rations of food and wa…ter and sent off to kill each other in a no-holds-barred (with a few minor rules) game to the death, which means that the students have three days to kill each other until one survives--or they all die. The movie focuses on a few of the students and how they cope. Some decide to play the game like the psychotic Kiriyama or the sexual Mitsuko, while others like the heroes of the movie--Shuya, Noriko, and Kawada--are trying to find a way to get off the Island without violence. However, as the numbers dwell down lower and lower on an hourly basis, is there any way for Shuya and his classmates to survive? (Read More)
Themes: | dying death of father hero suicide death friendship murder |
Mood: | nightmare rain gore |
Locations: | japan train beach |
Characters: | japanese soldier teenage boy photographer boy friend father son relationship mother son relationship |
Story: | japanese army head blown off cigarette lighter propaganda jeep shot in the arm shot in the leg severed head map decapitation shot in the back guitar island dead body running …tears vomiting shooting battle camera shot in the head machine gun blood splatter shot to death corpse crying telephone call explosion photograph cigarette smoking fight flashback violence blood (See All) |
In 1950, in South Korea, shoe-shiner Jin-tae Lee and his 18-year-old old student brother, Jin-seok Lee, form a poor but happy family with their mother, Jin-tae's fiance Young-shin Kim, and her young sisters. Jin-tae and his mother are tough workers, who sacrifice themselves to send Jin-seok to the u…niversity. When North Korea invades the South, the family escapes to a relative's house in the country, but along their journey, Jin-seok is forced to join the army to fight in the front, and Jin-tae enlists too to protect his young brother. The commander promises Jin-tae that if he gets a medal he would release his brother, and Jin-tae becomes the braver soldier in the company. Along the bloody war between brothers, the relationship of Jin-seok with his older brother deteriorates leading to a dramatic and tragic end. (Read More)
Themes: | military suicide murder death |
Mood: | gore |
Locations: | train |
Characters: | nurse brother brother relationship singer family relationships |
Story: | bayonet medal bunker firearm propaganda battlefield exploding body tank ambush shot in the back dead body vomiting letter battle shot in the head …shot in the chest machine gun blood splatter shot to death corpse explosion fight flashback blood violence (See All) |
Brooklyn, 1988. Crime is rife, especially drugs and drug violence. A Russian thug is building his heroin trade, while everyone laughs at the cops. Brothers have chosen different paths: Joe has followed his father Bert into New York's Finest; he's a rising star. Bobby, who uses his mother's maiden na…me, manages a club. Bobby too is on the rise: he has a new girlfriend and a green-light to develop a Manhattan club. Joe and Bert ask him to help with intelligence gathering; he declines. Then, Joe raids Bobby's club to arrest the Russian. From there, things spiral out of control: the Russian puts out a hit on Joe, personal losses mount, and Bobby's loyalties face the test. (Read More)
Themes: | dying death of father drinking suicide death murder |
Mood: | nightmare gore |
Locations: | beach new york city hospital |
Characters: | photographer dancer policeman brother brother relationship singer husband wife relationship father son relationship family relationships police |
Story: | cigarette lighter american flag coffin no opening credits ambush shot in the back manhattan new york city tears rifle shooting arrest drink camera shot in the head shot in the chest …blood splatter shot to death song crying telephone call party singing photograph dancing cigarette smoking masturbation blood flashback violence (See All) |
A story following Archer, a man tortured by his roots. With a strong survival instinct, he has made himself a key player in the business of conflict diamonds. Political unrest is rampant in Sierra Leone as people fight tooth for tooth. Upon meeting Solomon, and the beautiful Maddy, Archer's life cha…nges forever as he is given a chance to make peace with the war around him. (Read More)
Themes: | dying death of father drunkenness torture drinking murder death |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | airplane beach bar |
Characters: | photographer dancer boy singer husband wife relationship mother son relationship father son relationship family relationships |
Story: | subjective camera stretcher shot in the arm severed arm shot in the leg ambush shot in the back dead body running tears rifle shooting battle drink camera …shot in the head shot in the chest machine gun blood splatter shot to death corpse song crying telephone call singing explosion photograph dancing cigarette smoking blood fight violence (See All) |
Five desperate French soldiers during The Battle of the Somme shoot themselves, either by accident or with purpose, in order to be invalided back home. Having been "caught" a court-martial convenes and determines punishment to be banishment to No Man's Land with the objective of having the Germans f…inish them off. In the process of telling this tale each man's life is briefly explored along with their next of kin as Methilde, fiancee to one of the men, tries to determine the circumstances of her lover's death. This task is not made any easier for her due to a bout with polio as a child. Along the way she discovers the heights and depths of the human soul. (Read More)
Themes: | death of father drinking marriage death murder friendship |
Mood: | nightmare rain |
Locations: | train station airplane train bar hospital |
Characters: | teenage boy photographer nurse boy singer friend husband wife relationship |
Story: | subjective camera artillery bayonet haircut sergeant grenade twenty something battlefield fireworks farmer tank dead body tears rifle shooting …letter battle drink camera machine gun underwear corpse song crying voice over narration telephone call singing explosion photograph cigarette smoking masturbation flashback (See All) |
A film commissioned by the Algerian government that shows the Algerian revolution from both sides. The French foreign legion has left Vietnam in defeat and has something to prove. The Algerians are seeking independence. The two clash. The torture used by the French is contrasted with the Algerian's …use of bombs in soda shops. A look at war as a nasty thing that harms and sullies everyone who participates in it. (Read More)
Themes: | military torture drinking suicide friendship death murder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | airplane beach bar |
Characters: | dancer policeman boy friend husband wife relationship mother son relationship family relationships police |
Story: | medal firearm playing cards haircut parade jeep battlefield tank flash forward mountain ambush shot in the back dead body running tears …rifle shooting arrest battle drink machine gun underwear crying telephone call party explosion photograph dancing cigarette smoking fight blood violence flashback (See All) |
The story of a group of young Australian men who leave their various backgrounds behind and sign up to join the ANZACs in World War I. They are sent to Gallipoli, where they encounter the resolute Turkish army.
Themes: | military drinking murder friendship death |
Locations: | ship train |
Characters: | teenage boy dancer singer friend husband wife relationship father son relationship mother son relationship |
Story: | dead soldier runner bayonet race relations twenty something map band dead body running tears rifle undressing machine gun shot to death crying …telephone call singing explosion photograph dancing cigarette smoking (See All) |
The feature film directed by Elem Klimov, shot in the genre of military drama. The action takes place on the territory of Belarus in 1943. In the center of the story is a Belarusian boy, who witnesses the horrors of the Nazi punitive action, turning from a cheerful teenager into a gray-haired old ma…n for two days. (Read More)
Themes: | dying racism military death murder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | airplane |
Characters: | teenage boy photographer dancer boy husband wife relationship mother son relationship family relationships |
Period: | 1940s world war two |
Story: | subjective camera flare firearm haircut farmer tank dead body tears rifle shooting camera machine gun shot to death corpse based on book …crying explosion photograph dancing violence (See All) |
This movie, based on the cult Broadway musical of the 60s, tells a story about Claude, a young man from Oklahoma who comes to New York City. There he strikes up a friendship with a group of hippies, led by Berger, and falls in love with Sheila, a girl from a rich family. However, their happiness is …short because Claude must go to the Vietnam war. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkenness drinking death friendship |
Locations: | airplane bar new york city |
Characters: | u.s. soldier dancer policeman singer friend mother son relationship father son relationship police |
Story: | subjective camera white house washington d.c. boxer shorts haircut sergeant jeep washington d.c. american flag tank manhattan new york city running tears rifle vomiting undressing …drink underwear song crying party singing explosion dancing cigarette smoking flashback masturbation (See All) |
Action/war drama based on the best-selling book detailing a near-disastrous mission in Somalia on October 3, 1993. On this date nearly 100 U.S. Army Rangers, commanded by Capt. Mike Steele, were dropped by helicopter deep into the capital city of Mogadishu to capture two top lieutenants of a Somali …warlord. This led to a large and drawn-out firefight between the Army Ranges, US Special Forces, and hundreds of Somali gunmen; resulting in the destruction of two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters. The film focuses on the heroic efforts of various Rangers to get to the downed black hawks, centering on SSG Eversmann, leading the Ranger unit Chalk Four to the first black hawk crash site, Chief Warrant Officer Durant who was captured after being the only survivor of the second black hawk crash, as well as many others who were involved. (Read More)
Themes: | military murder death |
Mood: | gore |
Characters: | u.s. soldier husband wife relationship |
Story: | dead soldier u.s. marine camaraderie u.s. marine corps firearm heroism bravery sergeant jeep battlefield exploding body tank shot in the leg no opening credits ambush …shot in the back dead body rifle shooting battle shot in the chest machine gun blood splatter shot to death corpse based on book voice over narration telephone call explosion cigarette smoking violence blood (See All) |
Texan rancher Bick Benedict visits a Maryland farm to buy a prize horse. Whilst there he meets and falls in love with the owner's daughter Leslie, they are married immediately and return to his ranch. The story of their family and its rivalry with cowboy and (later oil tycoon) Jett Rink unfolds acro…ss two generations. (Read More)
Themes: | prejudice racism drunkenness drinking marriage death friendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | airplane train bar hospital |
Characters: | u.s. soldier teenage boy policeman nurse singer friend husband wife relationship father son relationship mother son relationship family relationships |
Period: | 1940s world war two |
Story: | listening to a radio subjective camera star spangled banner parade race relations american flag coffin band newspaper swimming tears rifle letter drink song …crying telephone call party singing cigarette smoking fight blood (See All) |
Garland's novel centers on a young nicotine-addicted traveler named Richard, an avid pop-culture buff with a particular love for video games and Vietnam War movies. While at a hotel in Bangkok, he finds a map left by his strange, whacked-out neighbor, who just committed suicide. The map supposedly l…eads to a legendary island paradise where some other wayward souls have settled. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkenness drinking suicide murder death |
Mood: | nightmare rain |
Locations: | ship train beach |
Characters: | photographer dancer police |
Story: | twenty something farmer map shot in the back swimming island dead body vomiting drink camera shot in the chest machine gun blood splatter shot to death corpse …voice over narration telephone call photograph dancing flashback blood (See All) |
A love story and murder mystery based on the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history. The original screenplay uses newly discovered facts, court records and speculation as the foundation for a story of family, obsession, love and loss.
Themes: | dying drunkenness drinking marriage suicide murder friendship death |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | train new york city |
Characters: | photographer dancer nurse boy brother brother relationship singer friend husband wife relationship father son relationship mother son relationship family relationships police |
Story: | u.s. senator times square manhattan new york city washington d.c. newspaper swimming manhattan new york city dead body running tears shooting undressing drink camera underwear corpse …song crying telephone call party singing photograph dancing cigarette smoking blood flashback violence (See All) |
Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when a pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a massive conflict raging in the outside world, Diana leaves her home, convinced she can stop the threat. Fighting alongside man in a war t…o end all wars, Diana will discover her full powers and her true destiny. (Read More)
Themes: | military drunkenness torture drinking murder death |
Locations: | train station ship airplane train beach |
Characters: | native american photographer dancer singer family relationships |
Story: | sharpshooter bayonet heroism bravery battlefield shot in the arm exploding body tank statue flash forward shot in the leg no opening credits map shot in the back island …rifle battle drink shot in the head shot in the chest machine gun shot to death corpse voice over narration party singing explosion photograph dancing cigarette smoking flashback violence fight (See All) |
This Civil War saga addresses romance, friendship, and the ravages of war--both in the field and on the home front. Captures the horrors of war for both those fighting it, and for those left behind. This is a tale of hope, longing, redemption, second chances, and faith.
Themes: | dying death of father drunkenness torture drinking friendship death murder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | train hospital |
Characters: | native american friend father son relationship mother son relationship family relationships |
Story: | bayonet flare american flag flash forward mountain shot in the back dead body rifle vomiting shooting letter battle drink shot in the chest blood splatter …shot to death underwear corpse singing explosion photograph flashback blood (See All) |
Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on an unlikely World War II platoon, tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. It would be an imp…ossible mission: with the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could these guys - seven museum directors, curators, and art historians, all more familiar with Michelangelo than the M-1 - possibly hope to succeed? But as the Monuments Men, as they were called, found themselves in a race against time to avoid the destruction of 1000 years of culture, they would risk their lives to protect and defend mankind's greatest achievements. (Read More)
Themes: | military murder death |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | train station airplane beach new york city |
Characters: | u.s. soldier |
Period: | 1940s world war two |
Story: | platoon heroism bravery sergeant battlefield american flag tank statue flash forward radio no opening credits map ambush shot in the back rifle …letter arrest battle shot in the chest blood splatter shot to death corpse based on book explosion cigarette smoking blood (See All) |
The story of 'James Whale (I)' (qv), the Director of _Frankenstein (1931)_ (qv) and _Bride of Frankenstein (1935)_ (qv), in the time period following the Korean War. Whale was homosexual, and develops a friendship with his gardener, an ex-Marine.
Themes: | dying drinking suicide death friendship |
Mood: | nightmare rain |
Locations: | beach bar hospital |
Characters: | teenage boy photographer boy singer friend mother son relationship father son relationship family relationships |
Story: | u.s. marine pacific ocean bayonet newspaper swimming dead body rifle undressing drink camera underwear song telephone call singing cigarette smoking …flashback (See All) |
The story concentrates on the social re-adjustment of three World War II servicemen, each from a different station of society. Al Stephenson returns to an influential banking position, but finds it hard to reconcile his loyalties to ex-servicemen with new commercial realities. Fred Derry is an ordin…ary working man who finds it difficult to hold down a job or pick up the threads of his marriage. Having had both hands burnt off during the war, Homer Parrish is unsure that his fiancee's feelings are still those of love and not those of pity. Each of the veterans faces a crisis upon his arrival, and each crisis is a microcosm of the experiences of many American warriors who found an alien world awaiting them when they came marching home. (Read More)
Themes: | alcoholism divorce military drunkenness drinking marriage |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | airplane bar hospital |
Characters: | u.s. soldier teenage boy photographer dancer boy singer husband wife relationship mother son relationship father son relationship family relationships |
Period: | 1940s world war two |
Story: | war hero u.s. sailor baseball stadium heroism sergeant twenty something american flag farmer band newspaper tears rifle undressing drink song …crying telephone call singing photograph dancing cigarette smoking fight (See All) |
Rural Australia in the late nineteenth century: Capt. Stanley and his men capture two of the three Burns brothers, Charlie and Mike. Their gang is held responsible for attacking the Hopkins farm, raping pregnant Mrs. Hopkins and murdering the whole family. Arthur Burns, the eldest brother and the ga…ng's mastermind, remains on the loose and has retreated to a mountain hideout. Capt. Stanley's proposition to Charlie is to gain pardon and - more importantly - save his beloved younger brother Mike from the gallows by finding and killing Arthur within nine days. (Read More)
Themes: | racism drunkenness torture drinking death murder |
Mood: | rain gore |
Characters: | teenage boy photographer brother brother relationship singer husband wife relationship family relationships |
Story: | head blown off bigotry sergeant shot in the arm severed head mountain ambush decapitation shot in the back dead body tears rifle vomiting arrest drink …camera shot in the head shot in the chest blood splatter shot to death corpse song crying singing photograph cigarette smoking blood violence (See All) |
A man is shot and quickly buried in the high desert of west Texas. The body is found and reburied in Van Horn's town cemetery. Pete Perkins, a local ranch foreman, kidnaps a Border Patrolman and forces him to disinter the body. With his captive in tow and the body tied to a mule, Pete undertakes a d…angerous and quixotic journey into Mexico. (Read More)
Themes: | dying drunkenness torture drinking suicide death friendship murder |
Locations: | train bar hospital |
Characters: | sheriff policeman friend husband wife relationship mother son relationship father son relationship family relationships police |
Story: | listening to a radio loss of friend male bonding jeep american flag map mountain dead body running rifle vomiting shooting drink shot in the chest underwear …corpse telephone call photograph dancing cigarette smoking violence blood masturbation (See All) |