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First we fight a war, then we make a movie about it. From the Romans and the Nazis to Vietnam and Rwanda, there's no shortage of material for filmmakers to exploit. What they offer is a front row seat to mankind's greatest dramas, scouring history for tales both tragic and inspiring. To mark the release of compelling Hitler biopic Downfall, we've collected many of the best war movies ever made, films that won't allow us to forget the mistakes of our past.
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 | Hell In The Pacific(2001)
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Two men, one American, the other Japanese, meet on a desolate island in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Their evolving relationship is an inter...
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 | Regeneration(2000)
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A war hospital finds an officer, Siegfried Sassoon fighting a different kind of battle with psychologist Dr William Rivers. Based on the novel by Pat ...
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 | Memphis Belle(2000)
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A human drama set against a World War II backdrop and focussing on the crew of a US Eighth Air Force B-17 bomber stationed in England. They have compl...
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 | Rome, Open City
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Filmed on the streets of Italy immediately after World War II, this film considers the choices that people are forced to make during wartime.
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 | No Man's Land
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Chiki, a Bosnian soldier finds himself alone in a trench in no man's land and is witness to two Serbian soldiers setting up a land mine using the body...
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 | Love And Death(1975)
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The experiences of Boris, a timid Russian soldier in the Napoleonic Wars, provide the viewer with top-notch intellectual comedy. Boris expounds on the...
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 | Land And Freedom
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The 1936 Spanish uprising is in full flow whilst in Liverpool unemployed and disillusioned David decides to leave his fiancee and travel to Spain as a...
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 | Enemy At The Gates(2001)
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Based on the true story of the 1942-1943 battle of Stalingrad, in which the Germans were eventually defeated by the Russians.
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 | Courage Under Fire(1996)
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After the Gulf War Lt Colonel Nathan Serling returns home knowing he had accidentally destroyed one of his own tanks. The army covers up the incident ...
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 | Ride With The Devil(1999)
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In 1861, the Southern Confederacy is formed and the American Civil War ignites. Friends Jake and Jack join the Bushwhackers, a unit formed to raid th...
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