Full Metal Jacket(1987)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 70

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.



The Book Thief(2013)

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Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 66

While subjected to the horrors of World War II Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. In the basement of her home, a Jewish refugee is being protected by her adoptive parents.



Born on the Fourth of July(1989)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 62

The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.



Empire of the Sun(1987)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 58

A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation during World War II.



Legends of the Fall(1994)

Combined Rating:
65
Combined Critics Rating: 50

In the early 1900s, three brothers and their father living in the remote wilderness of Montana are affected by betrayal, history, love, nature, and war.



Katyn(2007)

Combined Rating:
49
Combined Critics Rating: 41

An examination of the Soviet slaughter of thousands of Polish officers and citizens in the Katyn forest in 1940.



The Thin Red Line(1998)

Combined Rating:
58
Combined Critics Rating: 39

Adaptation of James Jones' autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War.



1941(1979)

Combined Rating:
49
Combined Critics Rating: 34

Hysterical Californians prepare for a Japanese invasion in the days after Pearl Harbor.



U-571(2000)

Combined Rating:
51
Combined Critics Rating: 31

A German submarine is boarded by disguised American submariners trying to capture their Enigma cipher machine.



Beaufort(2007)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 26

The story of a group of Israeli soldiers stationed in an outpost prior to the withdrawal of forces of 2000.



Doctor Zhivago(1965)

Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 25

The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during the First World War and then the October Revolution.



Before the Rain(1994)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 21

In the republic of Macedonia, amid war in Bosnia, an Albanian girl being hunted by Christians is offered protection by a monk who has taken a vow of silence.



Private Benjamin(1980)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 20

A sheltered young high society woman joins the United States Army on a whim and finds herself in a more difficult situation than she ever expected.



Coming Home(1978)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 17

A woman whose husband is fighting in Vietnam falls in love with another man who suffered a paralyzing combat injury there.



Havana(1990)

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Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 17

Cuba, December 1958: The professional gambler Jack visits Havana to organize a big Poker game. On the ship he meets Roberta and falls in love with her. Shortly after they arrive in Cuba, ...





The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming(1966)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 15

Without hostile intent, a Soviet sub runs aground off New England. Men are sent for a boat, but many villagers go into a tizzy, risking bloodshed.



Von Ryan's Express(1965)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 14

An American POW leads a group of mainly British prisoners to escape from the Germans in WWII.



Ship of Fools(1965)

Combined Rating:
22
Combined Critics Rating: 14

A varied group of passengers boarding a ship bound for post-war Germany represents a microcosm of 1930s society.



Under Fire(1983)

Combined Rating:
24
Combined Critics Rating: 14

Three journalists in a romantic triangle are involved in political intrigue during the last days of the corrupt Somozoa regime in Nicaragua before it falls to a popular revolution in 1979.




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