The Last Samurai (2003)
A drama starring Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe and Timothy Spall
Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.
The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)
A comedy movie starring George Clooney, Ewan McGregor and Jeff Bridges
A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's New Earth Army, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions.
The Nightingale (2022)
A war movie starring Elle Fanning and Dakota Fanning
The lives of two sisters living in France are torn apart at the onset of World War II.
The Painted Bird
A war movie starring Petr Kotlár, Nina Šunevič and Alla Sokolova
A young boy wanders Eastern Europe during World War II.
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1929)
A history movie starring Maria Falconetti, Eugène Silvain and André Berley
A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. On trial for claiming she'd spoken to God, Jeanne d'Arc is subjected to inhumane treatment and scare tactics at the hands of church court officials. Initially bullied into changing her story, Jeanne eventually opts for what she sees as the truth ... (more)
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The Pianist (2003)
A drama starring Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann and Frank Finlay
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.