War
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Twelve O’Clock High
Date: 1949 Director: Henry King Starring: Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill, Millard Mitchell, Harvey Stovall, Robert Arthur, Paul Stewart, John…
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The Thin Red Line
Date: 1998 Director: Terrence Malick Starring: James Cavaziel, Sean Penn, Adrien Body, Nick Nolte, Jared Leto War as filtered through a…
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Kingdom of Heaven
Date: 2005 Director: Ridley Scott Starring: Liam Neeson, Orlando Bloom, Ghassan Massoud, Jeremy Irons, Eva Green Ridley Scott’s epic of the…
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Jarhead
Date: 2005 Director: Sam Mendes Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Peter Sarsgaard No arguing that director Sam Medes (“American Beauty”) is…
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Alexander
Date: 2004 Director: Oliver Stone Starring: Colin Farrell, Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt Easy to understand why Oliver Stone would…
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Un long dimanche de fiançailles (A Very Long Engagement)
Date: 2004 Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet Starring: Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Jodie Foster Ethereal Mathilde (Audrey Tautou), a provincial girl, cannot accept…
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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Date: 2003 Director: Peter Weir Starring: Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany It’s easy to consider this just a guns-and-bombast epic about pretty…
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We Were Soldiers
Date: 2002 Director: Randall Wallace Starring: Mel Gibson, Barry Pepper, Sam Elliott What distinguishes director Randall Wallace’s tale of battlefield decisions…
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Braveheart
Date: 1995 Director: Mel Gibson Starring: Mel Gibson, Brian Cox, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan Mel Gibson is just right as William…
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Crimson Tide
Date: 1995 Director: Tony Scott Starring: Denzel Washington, Gene Hackman, Viggo Mortensen Briton Tony Scott (“Top Gun,” “Spy Game,” “Man on…
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