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1. The East (2020)
TV-MA | 137 min | Drama, Thriller, War
A young Dutch soldier deployed to suppress post-WWII independence efforts in the Netherlands' colony of Indonesia finds himself torn between duty and conscience when he joins an increasingly ruthless commander's elite squad.
Director: Jim Taihuttu | Stars: Martijn Lakemeier, Marwan Kenzari, Jonas Smulders, Abel van Gijlswijk
Votes: 6,810
2. The Battle of Algiers (1966)
Not Rated | 121 min | Drama, War
In the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of Algiers fight for independence from the French government.
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo | Stars: Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Samia Kerbash
Votes: 65,708 | Gross: $0.06M
3. Zulu (1964)
Not Rated | 138 min | Drama, History, War
Outnumbered British soldiers do battle with Zulu warriors at Rorke's Drift.
Director: Cy Endfield | Stars: Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth
Votes: 42,769
4. The Siege of Jadotville (2016)
TV-MA | 108 min | Action, Drama, History
Irish Commandant Pat Quinlan leads a stand off with troops against French and Belgian Mercenaries in the Congo during the early 1960s.
Director: Richie Smyth | Stars: Jamie Dornan, Emmanuelle Seigner, Mark Strong, Mikael Persbrandt
Votes: 44,390
5. The Quiet American (2002)
R | 101 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
An old British reporter vies with a young U.S. doctor for the affections of a beautiful Vietnamese woman.
Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, Do Thi Hai Yen, Rade Serbedzija
Votes: 29,752 | Gross: $12.99M
6. Glória (2021)
TV-MA | 40 min | Drama, History, Thriller
In the 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, in the small village of Glória do Ribatejo, João Vidal will take on several high-risk espionage missions that could change the course of Portuguese and world history.
Stars: Miguel Nunes, Matt Rippy, Stephanie Vogt, Carolina Amaral
Votes: 5,057
7. The Quiet American (1958)
TV-PG | 120 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A young naive American and a cynical older British diplomat disagree over politics in 1952 Vietnam and over a beautiful young native girl.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Audie Murphy, Michael Redgrave, Claude Dauphin, Giorgia Moll
Votes: 2,103
8. A French Woman (1995)
100 min | Drama, Romance
A French woman is a French woman. She is unable to refuse the wonderful gift of love. And I'm willing to pay a high price for it.
Director: Régis Wargnier | Stars: Emmanuelle Béart, Daniel Auteuil, Gabriel Barylli, Jean-Claude Brialy
Votes: 1,393 | Gross: $0.17M
9. The 317th Platoon (1965)
100 min | War
In Vietnam, 1954, a French platoon isolated behind enemy lines tries to come back. It is led by the inexperienced, idealistic sous-lieutenant Torrens, and by adjutant Willsdorf, a WWII veteran of the Wehrmacht.
Director: Pierre Schoendoerffer | Stars: Jacques Perrin, Bruno Cremer, Pierre Fabre, Manuel Zarzo
Votes: 1,659
10. Le Crabe-Tambour (1977)
120 min | Adventure, Drama, War
A dying mariner, full of regret, is looking for his longtime colleague somewhere on the high seas.
Director: Pierre Schoendoerffer | Stars: Jean Rochefort, Claude Rich, Jacques Perrin, Aurore Clément
Votes: 928
11. Vietnam: A Television History (1983– )
660 min | Documentary, History, War
An in-depth look at the Vietnam War.
Stars: Will Lyman, Henry Kissinger, William C. Westmoreland, Dean Rusk
Votes: 334
12. In the Year of the Pig (1968)
Not Rated | 103 min | Documentary, History, War
A documentary chronicling the background to, and history of, the Vietnam War.
Director: Emile de Antonio | Stars: Harry S. Ashmore, Daniel Berrigan, Joseph Buttinger, William R. Corson
Votes: 1,920
13. McGuire, Go Home! (1965)
114 min | Adventure, Drama, War
During Cyprus' war of independence against Britain, Juno Kozani (Susan Strasberg), an American archeology student visiting Cyprus, is caught between the two warring sides.
Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, George Chakiris, Susan Strasberg, Denholm Elliott
Votes: 334
14. Simba (1955)
Not Rated | 99 min | Adventure, Drama
A European family in East Africa finds itself caught up in an uprising by local black Africans against their white colonial masters. Based on the Mau-Mau rebellion in Kenya in the early 1950s.
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Virginia McKenna, Basil Sydney, Donald Sinden
Votes: 469
15. A Captain's Honor (1982)
117 min | Drama, War
During a televised debate on the Algerian war in the early 1980s, Professor Paulet denounced the methods of Captain Caron, killed in action in 1957. The widow of the captain, Patricia, decided to file a defamation suit.
Director: Pierre Schoendoerffer | Stars: Jacques Perrin, Nicole Garcia, Charles Denner, Georges Wilson
Votes: 372
16. La bandera (1935)
Approved | 88 min | Drama, Romance, War
Pierre Gilieth has committed a murder in Paris. He flees to Barcelona, where he runs out of money. So he joins the Spanish Foreign Legion. He meets there two fellow countrymen, Mulot and ... See full summary »
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Annabella, Jean Gabin, Robert Le Vigan, Raymond Aimos
Votes: 734
17. Saïgon, l'été de nos 20 ans (2011– )
189 min | History
Stars: Théo Frilet, Clovis Fouin, Adrien Saint-Joré, Audrey Giacomini
Votes: 43
18. Red Sky (2017)
91 min | Drama, War
A drama where amorous passion and political engagement mingle, carried by two young idealists at the heart of the First Indochina War. Between sensuality and violence, power of feelings and cruelty of the war.
Director: Olivier Lorelle | Stars: Cyril Descours, Audrey Giacomini
Votes: 40
19. Morenga (1985)
112 min | Drama, War
Set in 1904, this is an uneven tale of war and intrigue between native South Africans, German colonialists, and British colonialists, a war no one really wins.
Director: Egon Günther | Stars: Jacques Breuer, Edwin Noel, Jürgen Holtz, Manfred Seipold
Votes: 26
20. Cuba (I) (2002)
Drama, Romance
Director: Pedro Carvajal | Stars: Ana Álvarez, José Antonio Rodríguez, Eloy Azorín, María Elena Jiménez
Votes: 54
21. La question (1977)
112 min | Drama, War
1957. For several months, Henri Charlègue, the ex-director of the newspaper "Alger democratic", banned, has been living in hiding. Suspected of belonging to the FLN, he is actively sought by paratroopers.
Director: Laurent Heynemann | Stars: Jacques Denis, Nicole Garcia, Jean-Pierre Sentier, Françoise Thuries
Votes: 94
22. When the Redskins Rode (1951)
Approved | 78 min | Western
In 1753, during the French and Indian War, Colonel George Washington and frontiersman Christopher Gist hope to persuade the Delaware tribes to join the British side but French spies aim for a contrary outcome.
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Jon Hall, Mary Castle, James Seay, John Ridgely
Votes: 143
23. Bagamoyo Ya Leo na Kesho (2022)
20 min | Documentary, Short
The Old Town of Bagamoyo in Tanzania, once an important center for slave trade in East Africa and later East Africa's capital of the colonial Germany is in the midst of a debate on how to ... See full summary »
Director: Paschal Rutagwerela
24. A Tempestade da Terra (1997)
105 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Director: Fernando D'Almeida e Silva | Stars: Maria de Medeiros, João Grosso, Ângelo Torres, Eugénia Bettencourt
Votes: 27
25. Djanki Guriashi (1928)
185 min | Action, Drama, History
In the forties of 19th century in Guria (west Georgia) took place a great revolt against colonial politic of Russian Empire.
Director: Aleksandre Tsutsunava | Stars: A. Mesniaev, K. Eristavi, I. Korsunskaya, T. Gurieli
Votes: 19
26. Leclerc, un rêve d'Indochine (2003 TV Movie)
90 min | History, War
Director: Marco Pico | Stars: Bernard Giraudeau, Roger Planchon, Hoi Nguyen Van, Philippe Demarle
Votes: 15
27. Vinte E Nove Irmãos (1965)
92 min | Drama
Returning from Angola, having fought in the Portugues Colonial War, Ilídio dreams of returning to his fiancée, Maria. But Maria believes that she is a woman of the church and doesn't want to marry him anymore.
Director: Augusto Fraga | Stars: Carmen Mendes, Maria Bastos, Maria Cristina, Dario de Barros
Votes: 20
28. Le rossignol de Kabylie (1962)
21 min | Short, Drama
Director: Georges Régnier | Stars: Djelloul Bachdjarah, Philippe Camus, Jeanne Sartre, Amezziane
30. Tod in der Wüste - Kaiser Wilhelms Krieg in Deutsch-Südwestafrika (2004 TV Movie)
45 min | Documentary
Director: Peter Dreckmann
31. Tuan Papa (2010)
Documentary
During the colonial war of 1946-1949, Dutch soldiers fathered thousands of children with Indonesian girls. Tuan Papa ("Sir Daddy") tells the story of war-time love and the forgotten children.
Director: Annegriet Wietsma
32. Le scooter à pédales (1991)
12 min | Short
Director: Jean-Louis Tribes | Stars: Marianne Basler, Éric Franquelin, Eric Sidbon, Jean-Louis Tribes
33.
Docs interdits (2011– )
Episode:
La France est Notre Patrie
(2015)
Documentary, History
Director: Rithy Panh
Votes: 33