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1. Fool Me Once (2024)
TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Widowed mum Maya is disturbed by an image of her late husband captured on her toddler's nanny cam.
Stars: Michelle Keegan, Adeel Akhtar, Richard Armitage, Emmett J Scanlan
Votes: 53,145
2. Shutter Island (2010)
R | 138 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Teddy Daniels and Chuck Aule, two US marshals, are sent to an asylum on a remote island in order to investigate the disappearance of a patient, where Teddy uncovers a shocking truth about the place.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Emily Mortimer, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley
Votes: 1,457,801 | Gross: $128.01M
3. Homeland (2011–2020)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A bipolar CIA operative becomes convinced a prisoner of war has been turned by al-Qaeda and is planning to carry out a terrorist attack on American soil.
Stars: Claire Danes, Mandy Patinkin, Damian Lewis, Rupert Friend
Votes: 361,052
4. Brothers (I) (2009)
R | 105 min | Drama, Thriller, War
While on tour in Afghanistan, Sam's helicopter is shot down and he is presumed dead. Back home, it is his screw-up brother who looks after the family. Sam does return, but with a lot of excess baggage.
Director: Jim Sheridan | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Tobey Maguire, Sam Shepard
Votes: 146,941 | Gross: $28.50M
5. Up in Smoke (1978)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Music
Two stoners unknowingly smuggle a van - made entirely of marijuana - from Mexico to L.A., with incompetent Sgt. Stedenko on their trail.
Directors: Lou Adler, Tommy Chong | Stars: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Strother Martin, Edie Adams
Votes: 40,930 | Gross: $44.36M
6. Jacob's Ladder (I) (1990)
R | 113 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Mourning his dead child, a haunted Vietnam War veteran attempts to uncover his past while suffering from a severe case of dissociation. To do so, he must decipher reality and life from his own dreams, delusions, and perceptions of death.
Director: Adrian Lyne | Stars: Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Peña, Danny Aiello, Matt Craven
Votes: 117,947 | Gross: $26.12M
7. House (1985)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A troubled writer moves into a haunted house after inheriting it from his aunt.
Director: Steve Miner | Stars: William Katt, Kay Lenz, George Wendt, Richard Moll
Votes: 29,995 | Gross: $19.44M
8. The Last Full Measure (2019)
R | 116 min | Drama, War
Thirty-four years after his death, Airman William H. "Pits" Pitsenbarger is awarded the nation's highest military honor for his actions on the battlefield.
Director: Todd Robinson | Stars: Sebastian Stan, Alison Sudol, Asher Miles Fallica, LisaGay Hamilton
Votes: 14,089
9. Prisoners of War (2009–2012)
50 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
After 17 years in captivity, Israeli soldiers Nimrode Klein, Uri Zach and Amiel Ben Horin return to the country that made them national icons. They work to overcome the trauma of torture and captivity.
Stars: Ishai Golan, Yoram Toledano, Yaël Abecassis, Mili Avital
Votes: 2,686
10. Our wonderful years (2020–2023)
270 min | Biography, Drama, History
The history of the Wolf family in post-war Germany in the 1940s and 1950s.
Stars: Elisa Schlott, Vanessa Loibl, Anna Maria Mühe, Katja Riemann
Votes: 783
11. The Yellow Birds (2017)
R | 94 min | Drama, War
Two young soldiers, Bartle (21) and Murph (18) navigate the terrors of the Iraq war under the command of the older, troubled Sergeant Sterling. All the while, Bartle is tortured by a promise he made to Murph's mother before their deployment.
Director: Alexandre Moors | Stars: Alden Ehrenreich, Daniel Jose Molina, Mikey Collins, Tye Sheridan
Votes: 4,712
12. Beanpole (2019)
Unrated | 130 min | Drama, War
1945, Leningrad. WWII has devastated the city, demolishing its buildings and leaving its citizens in tatters, physically and mentally. Two young women search for meaning and hope in the struggle to rebuild their lives amongst the ruins.
Director: Kantemir Balagov | Stars: Viktoria Miroshnichenko, Vasilisa Perelygina, Andrey Bykov, Igor Shirokov
Votes: 12,259
13. Snails in the Rain (2013)
Unrated | 82 min | Drama, Romance
Tel Aviv, Summer 1989. Boaz, a beautiful and alluring linguistics student, receives anonymous, male-written love letters that undermine his sexual identity and interfere with his peaceful life with his beloved girlfriend.
Director: Yariv Mozer | Stars: Yoav Reuveni, Yehuda Nahari Halevi, Yariv Mozer, Moran Rosenblatt
Votes: 2,439
14. Eastern Boys (2013)
Unrated | 128 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A businessman makes a regular arrangement with a Ukrainian prostitute, despite the youngster's involvement in a controlling street gang.
Director: Robin Campillo | Stars: Olivier Rabourdin, Kirill Emelyanov, Daniil Vorobyov, Edéa Darcque
Votes: 3,844 | Gross: $0.02M
15. Atlantis (2019)
108 min | Drama, War
A soldier suffering from PTSD befriends a young volunteer hoping to restore peaceful energy to a war-torn society.
Director: Valentyn Vasyanovych | Stars: Andriy Rymaruk, Liudmyla Bileka, Vasyl Antoniak, Lily Hyde
Votes: 2,671
16. Hero on the Front (2018)
85 min | Biography, History, War
A Portuguese soldier who got stranded from his team during the La Lys battle struggles alone through dozens of German offensives so he can guarantee his companions' safety.
Directors: Gonçalo Galvão Teles, Jorge Paixão da Costa | Stars: João Arrais, Miguel Borges, Raimundo Cosme, Isac Graça
Votes: 788
17. Youth (2017)
Not Rated | 135 min | Drama, Romance, War
A look at the lives of members of a Military Cultural Troupe in the 1970s.
Director: Xiaogang Feng | Stars: Xuan Huang, Miao Miao, Caiyu Yang, Elane Zhong
Votes: 3,477 | Gross: $1.89M
18. Cousinhood (2011)
Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Three cousins travel to the village where they spent summer vacations as kids.
Directors: Daniel Sánchez Arévalo, Raúl Arévalo | Stars: Quim Gutiérrez, Inma Cuesta, Raúl Arévalo, Antonio de la Torre
Votes: 5,162
19. Wooden Crosses (1932)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, War
World War 1 begins and a young man enlists to fight for his country.
Director: Raymond Bernard | Stars: Pierre Blanchar, Gabriel Gabrio, Charles Vanel, Raymond Aimos
Votes: 1,692
20. The Abduction of Zack Butterfield (2011)
91 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A disturbed young woman returns to the US after combat as an American mercenary in Iraq and abducts a 14 year old boy, holding him prisoner in her isolated country home as a bizarre relationship develops.
Director: Rick Lancaster | Stars: Brett Helsham, TJ Plunkett, Lisa Gunn, Aaron Letrick
Votes: 235
21. The Earth Is Blue as an Orange (2020)
74 min | Documentary, War
To cope with the daily trauma of living in a war-zone, Anna and her children are making a film together about their life in the most surreal surroundings.
Director: Iryna Tsilyk | Stars: Danylo Dydenko, Ganna Gladka, Olena Gladka, Olga Gladka
Votes: 773
22. The Wages of War (2016)
82 min | Documentary, History, War
Director: Timo Korhonen | Stars: Hannu Huhtala, Erja Johansson, Kauko Mäkinen, Sisko Laukkanen
Votes: 59
23. Germany Pale Mother (1980)
152 min | Drama, History, War
Germany 1939. Hans and Lene marry the day before the war breaks out, and Hans is sent to the Eastern front. During a bombing raid their daughter Anna is born. The house is destroyed and ... See full summary »
Director: Helma Sanders-Brahms | Stars: Eva Mattes, Ernst Jacobi, Elisabeth Stepanek, Angelika Thomas
Votes: 848
24. Skin (II) (2008)
85 min | Drama, History
Raised in a home broken by wartime trauma, the frustrated teenage son of a Dutch Holocaust survivor starts down a path of further tragedy when he finds belonging in a gang of neo-Nazi skinheads.
Director: Hanro Smitsman | Stars: John Buijsman, Chris Comvalius, Guus Dam, Robert de Hoog
Votes: 1,086
25. Trip of Compassion (2017)
83 min | Documentary
Thousands of victims of PTSD in Israel live with no hope. In recent years an innovative treatment for PTSD was developed - psycho active substances. The film documents victims of PTSD, over... See full summary »
Director: Gil Karni
Votes: 106
26. La Garçonne (2020– )
305 min | Crime, Drama
Paris, June 1919. Louise Kerlac witnesses the murder of a family friend by state agents who frame her. She becomes a police detective using her brother's identity, convinced it will be the best place to hide and to prove her innocence.
Stars: Laura Smet, Grégory Fitoussi, Tom Hygreck, Clément Aubert
Votes: 254
27. Upperdog (2009)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
As young children, half-siblings Axel and Yanne are adopted to Norway. They are separated on arrival, he to material wealth on Oslo's west side, she to an average family on the east side. ... See full summary »
Director: Sara Johnsen | Stars: Hermann Sabado, Agnieszka Grochowska, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen, Bang Chau
Votes: 1,524
28. Normal (2020)
35 min | Drama
Noam is a 24-year-old columnist struggling to establish himself as a writer, and not lose his mind in the process. A challenging task since his father is famous not only for his great ... See full summary »
Stars: Roy Nik, Rami Heuberger, Vicrot Haim Bubli, Omri David
Votes: 41
29. The Little Blonde Dead (1993)
95 min | Drama
Poet Valentijn comes in contact with his former teacher Mieke. After a brief relationship Valentijn leaves her. But when he later gets to know his son, a bond develops between the two.
Director: Jean van de Velde | Stars: Antonie Kamerling, Olivier Tuinier, Loes Wouterson, Gees Linnebank
Votes: 1,109
30. Koirankynnen leikkaaja (2004)
105 min | Drama
Bright young soldier Mertsi suffers a permanent brain injury in the Second World War. In the late 1940s he wanders around the Finnish countryside looking for simple work and relying on ... See full summary »
Director: Markku Pölönen | Stars: Peter Franzén, Taisto Reimaluoto, Ahti Kuoppala, Ville Virtanen
Votes: 1,483
31. Aylan Baby (2022)
Action, Crime, Drama
Alan Kurdi (Kurdish: Alan Kurdî ), initially reported as Aylan Kurdi, was a three-year-old Syrian - The bodies of Kurdi and another child were discovered by two locals at around 6:30 am. The two men moved the bodies from the water,
Director: Omer Sarikaya | Stars: Wilma Elles, Ali Sabri Belaid, Mike Mitchell, Toktam Aboozary
Votes: 8
32. Doomsday and the Arrival of Dajjal
Action, Drama, Horror | Announced
Doomsday and The Arrival of Dajjal There will be three hard years before the Dajjal (appears). During them, people will be stricken by a great famine. In the first year, . People will stop offering the prayers .
Director: Omer Sarikaya
33. Black Fire (1985)
85 min | Action, Crime
After suffering a concussion from a grenade blast in 'Nam, Sgt. Frank Johnson has been getting flashes of his childhood. He is a ninja in those dreams. Because of this, he is given a ... See full summary »
Director: Teddy Page | Stars: Romano Kristoff, Jim Gaines, Ruel Vernal, Jerry Bailey
Votes: 69
34. Alice in Chains: Rooster (1993 Music Video)
7 min | Music, War
Official music video for Alice in Chains' 1993 single "Rooster" based on the traumatic experiences of Jerry Fulton Cantrell, the father of the band's founder, guitarist and co-vocalist, Jerry Cantrell, in the Vietnam War.
Director: Mark Pellington | Stars: Alice in Chains, Jerry Cantrell, James Elliott, Layne Staley
Votes: 118
35. Fragment of an Empire (1929)
78 min | Drama
A story of a man who loses his memory during the First World War, regains it 10 years after the Russian Revolution and returns home to a new and alien St. Petersburg.
Director: Fridrikh Ermler | Stars: Emil Gal, Sergey Gerasimov, Yakov Gudkin, Ursula Krug
Votes: 513
36. Once Upon a Time in the Provinces (2008)
100 min | Drama
Sex, alcohol and violence define the people of a city in defeat in this downbeat drama from writer and director Katya Shagalova. As a teenager, Nastia (Yulia Peresild) was the star of a ... See full summary »
Director: Ekaterina Shagalova | Stars: Yuliya Peresild, Elvira Bolgova, Aleksandr Golubev, Nataliya Soldatova
Votes: 149
37. Hlidac c.47 (2008)
108 min | Drama, Thriller
A WW I veteran still haunted by his time in the trenches settles in a small town to work for the railroad company. His pretty wife attracts the attention of the lonely young gravedigger.
Director: Filip Renc | Stars: Karel Roden, Lucia Siposová, Václav Jirácek, Vladimír Dlouhý
Votes: 295
38. Permanently Temporary (2024)
Animation, Short, Comedy | Completed
Permanently Temporary follows Mishka, a Bosnian migrant in Vienna, through his battles with identity, belonging, and discrimination, showcasing the resilience amid societal prejudices in an anti-war narrative.
Director: Mikal Maldoror | Stars: Alexandru Cosarca, Nikola Kolja Erceg, Natasa Peric, Cosimo Nando
39. Lawrence of Arabia: Britain's Great Adventurer (2020 TV Movie)
94 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A group of experts - historians, psychologists, and writers - discuss the life of T.E. Lawrence, "Lawrence of Arabia".
Director: Jonathan Jones | Stars: Feras Alkabani, Dick Benson-Gyles, Archie Chapman, Neil Faulkner
Votes: 17
40. Tarnished (1950)
Approved | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Bud Dolliver, a former WWII hero and an ex-convict, returns to his hometown in an effort to make a new life for himself, but even with help from cannery worker Lou Jellison he finds living ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Keller | Stars: Dorothy Patrick, Arthur Franz, Barbra Fuller, Jimmy Lydon
Votes: 81
41. Vartioitu kylä 1944 (1978)
100 min | Drama, War
Director: Timo Linnasalo | Stars: Raimo Grönberg, Markku Huhtamo, Kaija Kangas, Antti Litja
Votes: 86
42. El App (2022)
92 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The life of one of the world's most renowned hackers is in danger after he develops an app that can hack any social media account and get any information using just a phone number.
Director: Tabaré Blanchard | Stars: Isaac Saviñón, José Guillermo Cortines, Lydia Li, Kristen Hung
Votes: 17
43. Home Front (2016)
8 min | Short, Drama, Family
War veteran Peter has left the battles behind him. He has overcome the psychical injuries of his captivity in Iraq but his frustrated wife Anna can't let go of the armed struggle.
Director: Ruben Broekhuis | Stars: Ilyas Incesulu, Marije Coralie Loermans, Loes Schnepper, Martin van Waardenberg
44. As a Bad Dream (2003)
91 min | Drama
Story about people and their destinies, frustrated by war traumas who try to erase memories of their past.
Director: Antonio Mitrikeski | Stars: Loris Curci, Robert Englund, Tamara Garbajs, Fehmi Grubi
Votes: 274
45. When the Smoke Clears (2017)
81 min | Documentary
When the Smoke Clears: A Story of Brotherhood, Resilience and Hope, shows how a group of wounded soldiers discover renewed purpose and healing by giving to others.
Director: Rebecca Shore
Votes: 13
46. God Has Made An Atheist Out Of Me
Short, Drama | Pre-production
We find Crash, a veteran of the Gulf War, on a park bench in deep-soulful conversation with a life time 'friend' about the war, his present mental/emotional status and possible life altering actions to take for better or worse.
Director: Pedro Resto
47. Kinderbilder aus Sarajevo (2021 TV Movie)
51 min | Documentary, History
25 years after the siege of Sarajevo, the Spanish war reporter Gervasio Sánchez returns to the scene. There he meets the adults he photographed as a child, having chosen to capture life ... See full summary »
Directors: Àngel Leiro, Airy Maragall | Stars: Gervasio Sánchez, Enric Martí, Edo Osvicic, Amer Osvicic
Votes: 26
48. La belle vie (1963)
105 min | Drama, War
After twenty-seven long months spent in Algeria, Frédéric Simon, a young photographer is determined to forget this time of trouble. Now that the Army has finally discharged him he wants to ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Enrico | Stars: Frédéric de Pasquale, Josée Steiner, Odile Geoffroy, Françoise Giret
Votes: 52
49. See You in Chechnya (2016)
69 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
After falling in love with a photographer, a young man follows her to war and puts himself into the shoes of a war reporter.
Director: Alex Kvatashidze | Stars: Brice Fleutiaux, Giorgio Fornoni, Renzo Martens, Antonio Russo
Votes: 28
50. Defunct (2013)
90 min | Documentary
A story of traumatized soldiers suffering from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and unable to lead a normal life anymore. The film portrays 4 former German soldiers and an armored regiment being trained for their operation in Afghanistan.
Director: Michael Richter