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1. First Blood (1982)
R | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A veteran Green Beret is forced by a cruel Sheriff and his deputies to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.
Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Brian Dennehy, Richard Crenna, Bill McKinney
Votes: 276,482 | Gross: $47.21M
2. Inchon (1981)
PG | 140 min | Drama, History, War
During the Korean War, General Douglas MacArthur masterminds the amphibious invasion of Inchon in September 1950.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Jacqueline Bisset, Ben Gazzara, Toshirô Mifune
Votes: 850 | Gross: $5.20M
3. Can't Get You Out of My Head (2021)
80 min | Documentary, History
Love, power, money, ghosts of empire, conspiracies, artificial intelligence and You. An emotional history of the modern world by Adam Curtis.
Star: Adam Curtis
Votes: 2,369
4. State of Siege (1972)
Not Rated | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Using the interrogation of a US counterinsurgency agent as a backdrop, the film explores the consequences of the struggle between Uruguay's government and the leftist Tupamaro guerrillas.
Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Yves Montand, Renato Salvatori, O.E. Hasse, Jacques Weber
Votes: 6,085 | Gross: $1.13M
5. Coup 53 (2019)
120 min | Documentary, History
Theatrical feature documentary on the story of Operation Ajax, the CIA/MI6 staged coup in 1953 in Iran that overthrew Prime Minister Mossadegh.
Director: Taghi Amirani | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Walter Murch, Winston Churchill, Dwight D. Eisenhower
Votes: 694
6. The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961)
Approved | 124 min | Drama, Romance
While the Nazi regime subjugates European nations during World War II, in the Belgian Congo nurse Rachel Cade tries to cure the local people. Colonel Derode falls in love with her, but an injured young American pilot upsets his plans.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Angie Dickinson, Peter Finch, Roger Moore, Errol John
Votes: 607
7. The Unknown Known (2013)
PG-13 | 103 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Former United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, discusses his career in Washington D.C. from his days as a congressman in the early 1960s to planning the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Director: Errol Morris | Stars: Donald Rumsfeld, Errol Morris
Votes: 4,298 | Gross: $0.28M
8. 11M: Terror in Madrid (2022)
TV-14 | 92 min | Documentary
The story of the worst terrorist attack in European history. Survivors and insiders recount March 11, 2004's terrorist attack on Madrid, including the political crisis it ignited and the hunt for the perpetrators.
Director: Jose Gomez | Star: Peter Flihan
Votes: 2,785
9. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (2003)
Unrated | 74 min | Documentary
In April 2002, an Irish film crew is making a documentary about Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, when a coup from the opposition is made.
Directors: Kim Bartley, Donnacha O'Briain | Stars: Hugo Chávez, Pedro Carmona, Jesse Helms, Colin Powell
Votes: 2,633
10. Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror (2003 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary
A critical documentary about the war on terror since 9-11.
Directors: Steve Connelly, John Pilger | Stars: John Pilger, John Bolton, Reed Brody, Wesley Clark
Votes: 299
11. The Bob Hope Christmas Special (1970 TV Special)
90 min | Documentary, Comedy, Music
Bob and crew entertain military personnel at stops through Southeast Asia and Europe.
Director: Mort Lachman | Stars: Bob Hope, Connie Stevens, The Golddiggers, Teresa Graves
Votes: 27
12. Epicentro (2020)
Not Rated | 108 min | Documentary
An immersive portrait of Cuba, its people, and the role of cinema in political myth-making from Academy Award® nominee Hubert Sauper "Darwin's Nightmare".
Director: Hubert Sauper | Stars: Oona Chaplin, Fena LeChuck, Juan Padrón, Hubert Sauper
Votes: 293
13. Geisha Girl (1952)
Approved | 67 min | Comedy, Romance
"Rocky" Wilson and his sidekick, Archer McGregor, American soldiers en route home from Korea, stop over in Tokyo. They instantly get involved in a sabotage plot and, inadvertently, end up ... See full summary »
Directors: George P. Breakston, C. Ray Stahl | Stars: Steve Forrest, Martha Hyer, Archer MacDonald, Tetsu Nakamura
Votes: 81
14. The Bob Hope Vietnam Christmas Show (1966 TV Special)
Documentary, Comedy, Music
Stars: Bob Hope, Carroll Baker, Les Brown, Anita Bryant
Votes: 47
15. Nuclear Savage: The Islands of Secret Project 4.1 (2011)
87 min | Documentary
A shocking political expose, and an intimate ethnographic portrait of Pacific Islanders struggling for survival, dignity and justice after decades of top-secret human radiation experiments conducted on them by the U.S. government.
Director: Adam Jonas Horowitz | Stars: Holly Barker, Steven V. Carey, Tony de Brum, Howard Hills
Votes: 36
16. A Sign Days (1989)
111 min | Biography, Drama
During the Vietnam War era, the influx of American soldiers to Okinawa boosted the local economy and introduced many bars and nightclubs.
Director: Yôichi Sai | Stars: Anna Nakagawa, Ryo Ishibashi, Leona Hirota, Yasuo Daichi
Votes: 31
17. CNN Presents: Terror Nation? U.S. Creation? (1994 TV Special)
News
Peter Arnett examines terrorist groups that are training in and destabilizing Afghanistan.
Director: Peter Bergan | Stars: Bernard Shaw, Peter Arnett, Patricia A. Gossman, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
18. A Luta Continua (1972)
35 min | Documentary, Short, History
A look at life in the areas of Mozambique that had been liberated from Portuguese colonial rule.
Director: Robert van Lierop | Stars: Eduardo Mondlane, Robert van Lierop
19. Machine Gun: History Down the Barrel of a Gun (1999)
180 min | Documentary
At the center of every armed conflict of the 20th century, the machine gun has been a tool of conquest - and of liberation. Everywhere, it has unleashed consequences its creators never ... See full summary »
Stars: John Milius, Lawrence Bayne, Peter Kokalis, Carroll Pursell
Votes: 7
20. El futuro ha comenzado (1976)
9 min | Documentary, Short, Family
Director: Leonidas Zegarra | Star: Augusto Varillas
21. 6 Nam Mae (1960)
Drama
Based on the novel by Han Sorya. About children who lost their parents as a result of the Korean War.
Director: Youngseob Joo | Stars: Deung-hee Won, Choo-mok Kim, Hwan-sik Shin, Ha-Hyung Jang
22.
Viewpoint '90 (1990– )
Episode:
Cambodia, the Betrayal
(1990)
Documentary
A year after warning of the dangers of a return by the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia: Year Ten, John Pilger went back to the country still suffering from the effects of Pol Pot's tyranny and Western sanctions with director David Munro.
Director: David Munro | Star: John Pilger
Votes: 6