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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 β¦ 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)
Subgenre: | documentary footage |
Themes: | drunkennessreligionmarriagelove |
Mood: | gore |
Locations: | military cemeterycemeterychurchhospital |
Characters: | japanese soldierbiblereference to godnursesoldierbrother brother relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Period: | year 19451940sworld war two |
Story: | okinawa japanleg woundnurse hatnurse outfitnurse uniformchurch choirthrowing a knifemarriage proposalembarrassment nudityembarrassing nudityblood donationworld war one veteranseventh day adventistnaked runends with real life photos β¦conscientious objectorhit with a brickokinawatourniquetbasic trainingreference to the ten commandmentsnaked manhara kiriseppukuthinnessclothed male naked malejapanese armypacifismmale camaraderiewife beaterpacifistends with biographical notescourt martialgutsmediccowardicewar violencefeatherbayonetanti warclimbingtombstonerepeated scenemale objectificationintestineswilhelm screamflamethrowercliffvegetariannewsreel footageboxer shortsu.s. armymale underwearbarefoot malemovie theaterwhat happened to epiloguewoundcharacter says i love yourathairy chestperson on firepublic nudityflash forwardshot in the leggraveyardno opening creditssevered headdecapitationshot in the backcombatreference to jesus christriflevomitingletterbare buttslow motion sceneshot in the headbeatingbased on true storythree word titleknifeexplosionphotographmale rear nuditymale nuditybare chested malebloodflashbacknuditykissviolence (See All) |
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 β¦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: | drunkennessmarriage |
Mood: | gore |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | japanese soldiernursebrother brother relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | okinawa japanjapanese armybayonetrepeated sceneboxer shortsflash forwardshot in the legno opening creditssevered headdecapitationshot in the backriflevomitinglettershot in the head β¦explosionphotographflashbackviolenceblood (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 β¦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: | drunkenness |
Mood: | gore |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | japanese soldiernursefather son relationship |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | japanese armywar violencebayonetflamethrowerwoundshot in the legsevered headdecapitationshot in the backcombatreference to jesus christriflevomitingletterslow motion scene β¦beatingbased on true storyknifeexplosionflashbackbloodviolence (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 β¦gunner and he tries to harden the youth along the way. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkenness |
Mood: | gore |
Characters: | soldier |
Period: | year 1945world war two |
Story: | male camaraderiewar violenceu.s. armyperson on fireshot in the legno opening creditsdecapitationshot in the backcombatriflevomitingshot in the headbeatingknifeexplosion β¦photographbare chested maleviolenceblood (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 β¦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)
Mood: | gore |
Locations: | cemeterychurch |
Characters: | soldier |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | male camaraderiemediccowardicewar violenceflamethroweru.s. armyperson on fireshot in the legno opening creditsdecapitationshot in the backcombatvomitingletterbased on true story β¦three word titleexplosionviolence (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 β¦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: | drunkenness |
Locations: | churchhospital |
Characters: | biblenursesoldierbrother brother relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | basic trainingrepeated scenewhat happened to epilogueshot in the legno opening creditssevered headshot in the backcombatvomitingslow motion sceneshot in the headbeatingbased on true storyknifeexplosion β¦photographbare chested malebloodviolenceflashback (See All) |
The life of 'Louis Zamperini' (qv), an Olympic athlete who joined the armed forces during the second world war. Only to be captured by the Japanese navy after a plane crash in the Pacific. During his capture, Louie must continue his fight by surviving through the war.
Characters: | japanese soldiersoldierbrother brother relationship |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | ends with real life photosjapanese armyends with biographical notesbarefoot malewhat happened to epiloguehairy chestvomitingbased on true storymale rear nuditymale nuditybare chested maleflashbackblood |
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 β¦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: | drunkennesslove |
Mood: | gore |
Characters: | reference to godsoldiermother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | hara kiriseppukujapanese armybayonetu.s. armyperson on fireflash forwardshot in the legno opening creditssevered headdecapitationshot in the backcombatrifleslow motion scene β¦shot in the headbeatingknifeflashbackkissbloodviolence (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 β¦short because Claude must go to the Vietnam war. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennesslove |
Locations: | military cemeterychurch |
Characters: | reference to godfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | pacifismanti warboxer shortsu.s. armyhairy chestpublic nudityreference to jesus christriflevomitingbare buttslow motion sceneexplosionmale rear nuditymale nuditybare chested male β¦flashbacknudity (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 β¦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)
Characters: | japanese soldiersoldier |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | japanese armypacifismbayonetu.s. armyno opening creditsshot in the backcombatriflevomitingshot in the headexplosionbare chested maleblood |
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 β¦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)
Mood: | gore |
Characters: | nursesoldierbrother brother relationship |
Story: | war violencebayonetanti warflamethrowerwoundshot in the backcombatvomitinglettershot in the headbased on true storyexplosionviolenceflashbackblood |
Themes: | marriage |
Characters: | reference to godmother son relationship |
Story: | marriage proposalends with biographical notesrepeated scenemale underwearmovie theaterwhat happened to epiloguehairy chestflash forwardreference to jesus christbare buttbeatingbased on true storyphotographbare chested maleblood β¦violenceflashbacknuditykiss (See All) |
After Iggy's long-time girlfriend is murdered and the whole town agrees he is the killer, he awakens one morning with horns and the townspeople soon confess their sins. Once knowing the sins of the people, he is facing the true killer of his beloved girlfriend.
Themes: | drunkennessreligionlove |
Locations: | cemeterychurchhospital |
Characters: | reference to godnursebrother brother relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | repeated scenemale objectificationcharacter says i love youhairy chestperson on firepublic nudityshot in the legno opening creditsreference to jesus christletterslow motion sceneshot in the headexplosionphotographmale nudity β¦bare chested maleflashbackviolenceblood (See All) |
Libya, 2012. At an unofficial CIA base in Benghazi a group of ex-military contractors are providing security. In the aftermath of Gaddafi's downfall a power vacuum exists and the climate is volatile. Military weapons are freely available. The US Ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, makes a visit to t β¦he area, staying in a compound near the CIA base. On the night of 11 September, 2012, the Ambassador's compound is attacked by hordes of heavily armed locals. The only forces willing and able to defend it are six CIA contractors. (Read More)
Mood: | gore |
Characters: | soldier |
Story: | leg woundmale camaraderieends with biographical noteswar violenceanti warwhat happened to epiloguehairy chestperson on fireflash forwardshot in the legno opening creditsshot in the backcombatslow motion sceneshot in the head β¦based on true storyknifeexplosionphotographbare chested malebloodviolence (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, β¦enabling them to rise to a heroic challenge that drastically changes their lives. (Read More)
Themes: | marriage |
Mood: | gore |
Story: | court martialwar violenceanti warboxer shortspublic nudityno opening creditssevered headdecapitationshot in the backvomitingslow motion sceneshot in the headmale rear nuditymale nudityviolence β¦blood (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 β¦ for Stars and Stripes, focusing on the Tet offensive. (Read More)
Mood: | gore |
Characters: | soldier |
Story: | basic trainingwar violenceanti warclimbingboxer shortsu.s. armyshot in the legshot in the backcombatrifleslow motion sceneshot in the headbeatingthree word titleviolence β¦blood (See All) |
Seven Australian teenage friends from a small town go on a camping trip to be with nature. During their trip, they see military aircraft fly overhead. What they didn't know was their country was being invaded by another country. Returning home, they discover that they are at war. With no training, t β¦hey band together to fight the enemy. (Read More)
Locations: | church |
Characters: | soldiermother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | pacifistratperson on fireshot in the legno opening creditsshot in the backcombatriflevomitingslow motion sceneshot in the headexplosionbare chested maleviolenceblood |
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 β¦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: | marriage |
Mood: | gore |
Characters: | japanese soldiersoldierfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Period: | year 19451940sworld war two |
Story: | japanese armybayonetflamethroweru.s. armyno opening creditsriflelettershot in the headbeatingknifeexplosionphotographviolenceflashbackblood |
While hunting in the forest, Lord Asano of Ako and his samurai find a young half-breed and take him with them to live in the castle. Several years later, Lord Asano holds a tournament to welcome the Shogun to Ako. The night after the tournament, Lord Asano is bewitched into hurting Lord Kira of Naga β¦to, and is punished into committing seppuku by the Shogun. Realizing that it was a Lord Kira's evil plot, the samurais and the half-breed sets out for revenge against the Shogun's order. (Read More)
Locations: | cemetery |
Characters: | soldierfather son relationship |
Story: | hara kiriseppukutombstoneperson on fireshot in the legno opening creditssevered headdecapitationshot in the backcombatshot in the headbeatingbased on true storyknifeexplosion β¦bare chested malebloodviolenceflashback (See All) |
On September, 11th 2001, after the terrorist attack to the World Trade Center, the building collapses over the rescue team from the Port Authority Police Department. Will Jimeno and his sergeant John McLoughlin are found alive trapped under the wreckage while the rescue teams fight to save them.
Subgenre: | documentary footage |
Themes: | marriage |
Locations: | churchhospital |
Characters: | biblereference to godfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | ends with biographical noteswhat happened to epiloguereference to jesus christvomitingslow motion scenebased on true storythree word titleexplosionphotographbloodflashback |
After the murder of his beloved wife, Danny Parker is set adrift in a world where nothing is as it seems. On his journey he befriends slacker Jimmy the Finn and becomes involved in rescuing his neighbor Colette from her own demons. Danny is antagonized by undercover narcotics agents and sadistic dea β¦ler Pooh-Bear. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkenness |
Locations: | cemeterychurchhospital |
Story: | wilhelm screamnewsreel footageperson on fireshot in the legshot in the backreference to jesus christrifleslow motion sceneshot in the headbeatingknifeexplosionphotographbare chested maleviolence β¦bloodflashback (See All) |
In the Maya civilization, a peaceful tribe is brutally attacked by warriors seeking slaves and human beings for sacrifice for their gods. Jaguar Paw hides his pregnant wife and his son in a deep hole nearby their tribe and is captured while fighting with his people. An eclipse spares his life from t β¦he sacrifice and later he has to fight to survive and save his beloved family. (Read More)
Themes: | marriage |
Mood: | gore |
Characters: | father son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | cliffwoundpublic nudityno opening creditssevered headdecapitationshot in the backcombatvomitingbare buttshot in the headknifemale rear nuditybloodviolence |
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 β¦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)
Locations: | church |
Characters: | soldier |
Period: | year 19451940sworld war two |
Story: | basic trainingmale camaraderieflamethroweru.s. armyflash forwardgraveyardno opening creditsshot in the backcombatrifleletterbased on true storyknifeexplosionbare chested male β¦blood (See All) |
Set in 1884 Sudan, this fifth film to be adapted from the A.E.W. Mason novel follows a British officer who resigns his post right before his regiment ships out to battle the rebels. Perceiving his resignation as cowardice, his friends and fiancee give him four white feathers, the symbol of cowardice β¦, but little do they know he's actually going undercover and plans to redeem his honor. (Read More)
Locations: | church |
Characters: | reference to godsoldierfather son relationship |
Story: | marriage proposalconscientious objectormale camaraderiecowardicewar violencebayonetcombatriflemale nuditykissnudityviolenceblood |
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.
Mood: | gore |
Characters: | soldier |
Story: | leg woundwar violencebayonetwhat happened to epilogueshot in the legshot in the backcombatletterbased on true storybare chested maleviolenceblood |
Andreiv Rublev charts the life of the great icon painter through a turbulent period of 15th Century Russian history, a period marked by endless fighting between rival Princes and by Tatar invasions.
Themes: | drunkennessreligionlove |
Locations: | church |
Characters: | biblereference to godsoldierbrother brother relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | feathermale objectificationperson on firepublic nuditydecapitationreference to jesus christbare buttslow motion scenebeatingknifemale nuditynudityflashbackviolenceblood β¦kiss (See All) |
The Lost City of Z tells the incredible true story of British explorer Percy Fawcett, who journeys into the Amazon at the dawn of the 20th century and discovers evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization that may have once inhabited the region. Despite being ridiculed by the scientific β¦establishment who regard indigenous populations as "savages," the determined Fawcett - supported by his devoted wife, son and aide de camp returns time and again to his beloved jungle in an attempt to prove his case, culminating in his mysterious disappearance in 1925. (Read More)
Locations: | churchhospital |
Characters: | reference to godsoldierbrother brother relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | leg woundcowardicebayonetwhat happened to epilogueflash forwardno opening creditsreference to jesus christriflevomitingletterbare buttslow motion scenebased on true storyexplosionphotograph β¦kissviolenceflashback (See All) |
Across The Universe is a fictional love story set in the 1960s amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, the struggle for free speech and civil rights, mind exploration and rock and roll. At once gritty, whimsical and highly theatrical, the story moves from high schools and universities in Massa β¦chusetts, Princeton and Ohio to the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Detroit riots, Vietnam and the dockyards of Liverpool. A combination of live action and animation, the film is paired with many songs by 'The Beatles' (qv) that defined the time. (Read More)
Subgenre: | documentary footage |
Themes: | drunkennessmarriagelove |
Locations: | cemeterychurchhospital |
Characters: | nursesoldiermother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | basic traininganti warnewsreel footageu.s. armyno opening creditsrifleletterslow motion scenebeatingthree word titleexplosionphotographmale rear nuditymale nuditybare chested male β¦kissblood (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 β¦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: | drunkennessmarriage |
Locations: | cemetery |
Characters: | japanese soldiermother son relationship |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | tombstonecliffnewsreel footagehairy chestgraveyardno opening creditsshot in the backrifleslow motion sceneexplosionphotographbare chested maleflashbackviolenceblood β¦kiss (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 β¦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: | drunkennessreligion |
Characters: | reference to godnursebrother brother relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | basic traininganti warmovie theaterwoundperson on fireflash forwardreference to jesus christriflevomitingletterbare buttshot in the headphotographmale nuditybare chested male β¦bloodviolenceflashback (See All) |
A Christlike figure wanders through bizarre, grotesque scenarios filled with religious and sacrilegious imagery. He meets a mystical guide who introduces him to seven wealthy and powerful people, each representing a planet in the Solar system. These seven, along with the protagonist, the guide and t β¦he guide's assistant, divest themselves of their worldly goods and form a group of nine who will seek the Holy Mountain, in order to displace the gods who live there and become immortal. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessreligion |
Mood: | gore |
Locations: | cemetery |
Characters: | reference to godsoldierfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | featherbayonetmale objectificationbarefoot malepublic nuditygraveyardreference to jesus christriflevomitingbare buttbeatingthree word titleknifeexplosionmale rear nudity β¦male nuditybare chested malekissbloodviolencenudity (See All) |
Six incarnations of Bob Dylan: an actor, a folk singer, an electrified troubadour, Rimbaud, Billy the Kid, and Woody Guthrie. Put Dylan's music behind their adventures, soliloquies, interviews, marriage, and infidelity. Recreate 1960s documentaries in black and white. Put each at a crossroads, the a β¦rtist becoming someone else. Jack, the son of Ramblin' Jack Elliott, finds Jesus; handsome Robbie falls in love then abandons Claire. Woody, a lad escaped from foster care, hobos the U.S. singing; Billy awakes in a valley threatened by a six-lane highway; Rimbaud talks. Jude, booed at Newport when he goes electric, fences with reporters, pundits, and fans. He won't be classified. (Read More)
Subgenre: | documentary footage |
Themes: | drunkennessmarriagelove |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | biblenurse |
Story: | church choiranti warmale objectificationnewsreel footagehairy chestreference to jesus christriflebare buttslow motion scenebased on true storythree word titleknifephotographmale rear nuditymale nudity β¦bare chested malenudity (See All) |
A young British soldier is accidentally abandoned by his unit following a terrifying riot on the streets of Belfast in 1971. Unable to tell friend from foe, the raw recruit must survive the night alone and find his way to safety through a disorienting, alien and deadly landscape.
Characters: | soldier |
Story: | hit with a brickmedicbayonetwoundno opening creditsshot in the backcombatshot in the headbeatingknifeexplosionbloodviolence |
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 β¦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: | drunkennessmarriage |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | reference to godnursesoldierfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Period: | year 19451940sworld war two |
Story: | court martialcowardicevegetarianwhat happened to epiloguewoundflash forwardcombatriflelettershot in the headbeatingbased on true storyexplosionphotographkiss β¦violencebloodflashback (See All) |
Based on Rosalie Ham's best selling novel, The Dressmaker is the story of femme fatale Tilly Dunnage who returns to her small home town in the country to right the wrongs of the past. A stylish drama with comic undertones about love, revenge and haute couture.
Themes: | love |
Locations: | cemeterychurch |
Characters: | brother brother relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | marriage proposalhit with a brickmale objectificationboxer shortsmovie theaterflash forwardreference to jesus christrifleletterknifephotographbare chested maleviolencekissblood β¦flashback (See All) |
Chris Taylor is a young, naive American who gives up college and volunteers for combat in Vietnam. Upon arrival, he quickly discovers that his presence is quite nonessential, and is considered insignificant to the other soldiers, as he has not fought for as long as the rest of them and felt the effe β¦cts of combat. Chris has two non-commissioned officers, the ill-tempered and indestructible Staff Sergeant Robert Barnes and the more pleasant and cooperative Sergeant Elias Grodin. A line is drawn between the two NCOs and a number of men in the platoon when an illegal killing occurs during a village raid. As the war continues, Chris himself draws towards psychological meltdown. And as he struggles for survival, he soon realizes he is fighting two battles, the conflict with the enemy and the conflict between the men within his platoon. (Read More)
Mood: | gore |
Characters: | soldier |
Story: | war violencebayonetanti waru.s. armyperson on fireshot in the backcombatslow motion sceneshot in the headknifeexplosionmale nudityviolenceblood |
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 β¦ 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)
Locations: | churchhospital |
Characters: | japanese soldierreference to godnursemother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | okinawa japanjapanese armyu.s. armygraveyardno opening creditsbeatingbased on true storyexplosionphotographbloodkiss |
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 β¦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: | drunkennessmarriage |
Mood: | gore |
Locations: | cemeteryhospital |
Characters: | nursemother son relationship |
Story: | marriage proposalflamethroweru.s. armyratpublic nuditygraveyardrifleshot in the headbeatingthree word titleexplosionphotographmale nuditybloodkiss β¦violence (See All) |
ANTHROPOID is based on the extraordinary true story of Operation Anthropoid, the World War II mission to assassinate SS General Reinhard Heydrich. The Reich's third in command after Hitler and Himmler, Heydrich was the main architect behind the Final Solution and the leader of occupying Nazi forces β¦in Czechoslovakia whose reign of terror prompted self-exiled Czech and Slovak soldiers (played by Cillian Murphy and Jamie Dornan) to hatch a top-secret mission that would change the face of Europe forever.i (Read More)
Themes: | love |
Locations: | cemeterychurch |
Characters: | reference to godmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | marriage proposalbarefoot malewoundshot in the legno opening creditssevered headdecapitationshot in the backcombatbeatingbased on true storyknifeexplosionphotographflashback β¦kissbloodviolence (See All) |
On the run and hiding in the deep forests of the then German-occupied Poland and Belorussia (World War II), the four Bielski brothers find the impossible task of foraging for food and weapons for their survival. They live, not only with the fear of discovery, contending with neighboring Soviet parti β¦sans and knowing whom to trust but also take the responsibility of looking after a large mass of fleeing Polish Jews from the German war machine. Women, men, children, the elderly and the young alike are all hiding in makeshift homes in the dark, cold and unforgiving forests in the darkest times of German-occupied Eastern Europe. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkenness |
Characters: | reference to godnursebrother brother relationship |
Period: | world war two |
Story: | newsreel footagewhat happened to epilogueno opening creditsshot in the backrifleslow motion sceneshot in the headbeatingbased on true storyknifeexplosionbloodviolence |
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: | drunkennesslove |
Locations: | churchhospital |
Characters: | soldiermother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | bayonetwoundflash forwardshot in the backcombatriflevomitingletterknifeexplosionphotographmale rear nuditybloodflashbackkiss |
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.
Locations: | cemeteryhospital |
Characters: | japanese soldierfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Period: | year 19451940sworld war two |
Story: | japanese armyanti warclimbinggraveyardletterbeatingbased on true storythree word titleexplosionphotographflashbackblood |
A Major with an attitude problem and a history of getting things done is told to interview military prisoners with death sentences or long terms for a dangerous mission; To parachute behind enemy lines and cause havoc for the German Generals at a rest house on the eve of D-Day.
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | soldier |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | basic trainingwar violencebayonetu.s. armyshot in the backcombatshot in the headthree word titleknifeexplosion |
Themes: | religionmarriagelove |
Locations: | cemetery |
Characters: | reference to godsoldiermother son relationship |
Story: | person on fireflash forwardno opening creditscombatletterslow motion sceneshot in the headknifeexplosionbare chested maleflashbackviolenceblood |
Lil ('Naomi Watts' (qv)) and Roz ('Robin Wright (V)' (qv)) are two lifelong friends, having grown up together as neighbors in an idyllic beach town. As adults, their sons have developed a friendship as strong as that which binds their mothers. One summer, all four are confronted by simmering emotion β¦s that have been mounting between them, and each find unexpected happiness in relationships that cross the bounds of convention. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessmarriage |
Locations: | cemeteryhospital |
Characters: | reference to godmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | leg woundcliffflash forwardgraveyardreference to jesus christvomitingbare buttphotographmale rear nuditymale nuditybare chested malekissnudityflashback |
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: | marriage |
Locations: | church |
Characters: | nursebrother brother relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | bayonethairy chestflash forwardgraveyardriflebare buttslow motion sceneshot in the headbeatingbased on true storythree word titleexplosionphotographmale rear nuditymale nudity β¦bare chested maleviolencebloodflashbacknudity (See All) |
In German-occupied France, young Jewish refugee Shosanna Dreyfus witnesses the slaughter of her family by Colonel Hans Landa. Narrowly escaping with her life, she plots her revenge several years later when German war hero Fredrick Zoller takes a rapid interest in her and arranges an illustrious movi β¦e premiere at the theater she now runs. With the promise of every major Nazi officer in attendance, the event catches the attention of the "Basterds", a group of Jewish-American guerrilla soldiers led by the ruthless Lt. Aldo Raine. As the relentless executioners advance and the conspiring young girl's plans are set in motion, their paths will cross for a fateful evening that will shake the very annals of history. (Read More)
Themes: | love |
Mood: | gore |
Characters: | soldier |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | bayonetwilhelm screammovie theaterratperson on fireflash forwardcombatslow motion sceneknifeexplosionkissviolencebloodflashback |
Steven Russell is happily married to Debbie, and a member of the local police force when a car accident provokes a dramatic reassessment of his life. Steven becomes open about his homosexuality and decides to live life to the fullest - even if it means breaking the law. Steven's new, extravagant lif β¦estyle involves cons and fraud and, eventually, a stay in the State Penitentiary where he meets sensitive, soft-spoken Phillip Morris. His devotion to freeing Phillip from jail and building the perfect life together prompts Steven to attempt and often succeed at one impossible con after another. (Read More)
Themes: | religionlove |
Locations: | churchhospital |
Characters: | reference to god |
Story: | church choirmale underwearwhat happened to epiloguecharacter says i love youflash forwardreference to jesus christvomitingletterbare buttbeatingbased on true storymale rear nuditymale nuditybare chested malekiss β¦flashbacknudityblood (See All) |
In the middle of World War II, in turbulent 1942, a plane flies over Morocco and drops a Royal Canadian Air Force paratrooper who comes in to land on a drop zone, somewhere in the desert dunes outside Casablanca. Just in time before anyone notices him, the fearless Wing Commander Max Vatan gets in a β¦ car and heads to the town with orders to meet Parisian Marianne Beausejour, a skillful member of the French Resistance. On a mission to assassinate the German Ambassador in Casablanca, the two operatives must convince every one of their true feelings as a married couple, while in the background, they need to make the necessary preparations for the critical soiree. Without delay, after the success of this suicide mission, Max and Marianne flee together to England with plans on marrying and making a family, regardless of the war. Instead, heavy clouds of distrust and suspicion threaten their relationship, when Max receives a call from the Secret Service Division to inform him that his beloved wife is actually an impostor. In disbelief, with a terrible task in his hands and crushed under a devastating dilemma, Max must find the courage to seek for answers in the perilous streets of bombarded London, regardless of the outcome. In the end, amid duty and love, who shall live and who shall die? (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessmarriagelove |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | nursesoldierfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | anti warcharacter says i love youflash forwardno opening creditsshot in the backriflevomitingletterbare buttshot in the headexplosionphotographmale nuditybare chested malekiss β¦flashbackviolenceblood (See All) |
In 1767, the British Princess Caroline is betrothed to the mad King Christian VII of Denmark, but her life with the erratic monarch in the oppressive country becomes an isolating misery. However, Christian soon gains a fast companion with the German Dr. Johann Struensee, a quietly idealistic man of β¦the Enlightenment. As the only one who can influence the King, Struensee is able to begin sweeping enlightened reforms of Denmark through Christian even as Caroline falls for the doctor. However, their secret affair proves a tragic mistake that their conservative enemies use to their advantage in a conflict that threatens to claim more than just the lovers as their victims. (Read More)
Themes: | religionmarriagelove |
Locations: | church |
Characters: | reference to godmother son relationship |
Story: | ends with biographical noteshairy chestflash forwarddecapitationvomitingletterbare buttslow motion scenebeatingbased on true storybare chested malebloodflashbackkissnudity |