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1. Civil War (2024)
R | 109 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A journey across a dystopian future America, following a team of military-embedded journalists as they race against time to reach DC before rebel factions descend upon the White House.
Director: Alex Garland | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, Nick Offerman
Votes: 57,506
2. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
R | 116 min | Drama, War
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.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Matthew Modine, R. Lee Ermey, Vincent D'Onofrio, Adam Baldwin
Votes: 790,989 | Gross: $46.36M
3. Kong: Skull Island (2017)
PG-13 | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After the Vietnam war, a team of scientists explores an uncharted island in the Pacific, venturing into the domain of the mighty Kong and must fight to escape a primal Eden.
Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts | Stars: Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, Brie Larson, John C. Reilly
Votes: 348,653 | Gross: $168.05M
4. Overlord (2018)
R | 110 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A small group of American soldiers find horror behind enemy lines on the eve of D-Day.
Director: Julius Avery | Stars: Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, Mathilde Ollivier, Pilou Asbæk
Votes: 106,608 | Gross: $21.70M
5. Minamata (2020)
R | 115 min | Drama
War photographer W. Eugene Smith travels back to Japan where he documents the devastating effect of mercury poisoning in coastal communities.
Director: Andrew Levitas | Stars: Akiko Iwase, Kogarashi Wakasugi, Johnny Depp, Katherine Jenkins
Votes: 23,039
6. Damien (2016)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
After discovering his origins, Damien Thorn must cope with life as the Anti-Christ.
Stars: Bradley James, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Omid Abtahi, Barbara Hershey
Votes: 8,322
7. Revolt (2017)
R | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In the war-ravaged Kenyan countryside, a U.S. soldier (Lee Pace) and a French foreign aid worker (Berenice Marlohe) team up to survive an alien onslaught.
Director: Joe Miale | Stars: Lee Pace, Bérénice Marlohe, Jason Flemyng, Sibulele Gcilitshana
Votes: 10,281
8. The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, Pippa Lee engages in a period of reflection and finds herself heading toward a quiet nervous breakdown.
Director: Rebecca Miller | Stars: Robin Wright, Alan Arkin, Mike Binder, Winona Ryder
Votes: 14,229
9. Juniper (IV) (2021)
94 min | Drama
When a self-destructive teenager is suspended from school and asked to look after his feisty alcoholic grandmother as a punishment, the crazy time they spend together turns his life around.
Director: Matthew J. Saville | Stars: Charlotte Rampling, Marton Csokas, George Ferrier, Edith Poor
Votes: 1,779
10. Twice Born (2012)
R | 127 min | Drama, Romance, War
A mother brings her teenage son to Sarajevo, where his father died in the Bosnian conflict years ago.
Director: Sergio Castellitto | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Emile Hirsch, Adnan Haskovic, Saadet Aksoy
Votes: 17,377 | Gross: $0.01M
11. Held for Ransom (2019)
138 min | Biography, Drama, War
The story of Danish photographer Daniel Rye, who was captured by ISIS in Syria in 2013 and held hostage for 398 days.
Directors: Niels Arden Oplev, Anders W. Berthelsen | Stars: Esben Smed, Sofie Torp, Anders W. Berthelsen, Toby Kebbell
Votes: 4,714
12. Louder Than Bombs (2015)
R | 109 min | Drama
The fractious family of a father and his two sons confront their different feelings and memories of their deceased wife and mother, a famed war photographer.
Director: Joachim Trier | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Gabriel Byrne, Isabelle Huppert, Devin Druid
Votes: 14,205 | Gross: $0.16M
13. Before the Rain (1994)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, Romance, War
Three interconnected stories of love under the threat of civil war in Macedonia and London.
Director: Milcho Manchevski | Stars: Katrin Cartlidge, Rade Serbedzija, Grégoire Colin, Josif Josifovski
Votes: 15,868 | Gross: $0.76M
14. Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985)
R | 100 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Prequel to the first Missing In Action, set in the early 1980s it shows the capture of Colonel Braddock during the Vietnam war in the 1970s, and his captivity with other American POWs in a brutal prison camp, and his plans to escape.
Director: Lance Hool | Stars: Chuck Norris, Soon-Tek Oh, Steven Williams, Bennett Ohta
Votes: 9,314 | Gross: $10.80M
15. 1,000 Times Good Night (2013)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama, War
Rebecca is one of the world's top war photographers. She must weather a major emotional storm when her husband refuses to put up with her dangerous life any longer.
Director: Erik Poppe | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lauryn Canny, Adrianna Cramer Curtis
Votes: 8,175 | Gross: $0.05M
16. Rule: Fidelity to the Limit (2014)
104 min | Drama
Mariana and Julián have it all: two kids, success and love for each other. Then they try an open marriage, and the situation turns ugly.
Director: Mauricio Walerstein | Stars: Mariana Seoane, Plutarco Haza, Mónica Dionne, Fabiana Perzabal
Votes: 179
17. Triage (2009)
R | 99 min | Drama, Mystery, War
The wife of a photojournalist sets out to discover why he came home from a recent assignment without his colleague.
Director: Danis Tanovic | Stars: Colin Farrell, Jamie Sives, Paz Vega, Kelly Reilly
Votes: 10,679
18. Zone Troopers (1985)
PG | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In Italy, during World War II some American soldiers find an alien UFO.
Director: Danny Bilson | Stars: Tim Thomerson, Timothy Van Patten, Art LaFleur, Biff Manard
Votes: 1,828
19. Down River (2018)
70 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Four soldiers trapped behind enemy lines must confront their fears and desires while finding a way back to their battalion.
Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Alexander Raye Pimentel, Zachary Greene, Cody Poirot, Nicholas Winand
Votes: 589
20. Photographing Fairies (1997)
R | 106 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Photographer Charles Castle is dazed with grief after the death of his girlfriend. He goes off to war and works in the trenches as photographer. After the war, still grieving, Charles receives some photographs that claim to be of fairies.
Director: Nick Willing | Stars: Toby Stephens, Emily Woof, Ben Kingsley, Frances Barber
Votes: 2,851
21. Bill Cunningham New York (2010)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A profile of the noted and extraordinarily cheerful veteran New York City fashion photographer.
Director: Richard Press | Stars: Bill Cunningham, Anna Wintour, Michael Kors, Editta Sherman
Votes: 5,670 | Gross: $1.51M
22. Cry for Happy (1961)
110 min | Comedy, Romance
U.S. Navy photographic team uses Tokyo geisha house as its home.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Glenn Ford, Donald O'Connor, Miiko Taka, James Shigeta
Votes: 315
23. Hearts and Bones (2019)
111 min | Drama
Daniel is preparing an exhibition of his work from the world's war zones. When Sebastian learns that this exhibition may display photographs of a massacre in his village, he finds Daniel and appeals to him to exclude those photographs.
Director: Ben Lawrence | Stars: Hugo Weaving, Andrew Luri, Hayley McElhinney, Bolude Watson
Votes: 733
24. Sweet Dreams (2016)
131 min | Drama, Romance
Massimo's idyllic childhood is shattered by the death of his mother. Years later, he is forced to relive his traumatic past and compassionate doctor Elisa could help him open up and confront his childhood wounds.
Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Valerio Mastandrea, Bérénice Bejo, Guido Caprino, Nicolò Cabras
Votes: 1,935
25. McCullin (2012)
91 min | Documentary
To many, Don McCullin is the greatest living war photographer, often cited as an inspiration for today's photojournalists. For the first time, McCullin speaks candidly about his ... See full summary »
Directors: David Morris, Jacqui Morris | Stars: Harold Evans, Don McCullin, Michael Parkinson, Sue Ryder
Votes: 2,287
26. Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words (2015)
Not Rated | 114 min | Documentary, Biography
A captivating look behind the scenes of the remarkable life of a young Swedish girl who became one of the most celebrated actresses of American and World cinema.
Director: Stig Björkman | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Pia Lindström, Roberto Rossellini, Isotta Rossellini
Votes: 2,496 | Gross: $0.14M
27. The War You Don't See (2010)
97 min | Documentary, War
Thought-provoking documentary on war propaganda: how governments manipulate the facts and how most media let them get away with it.
Directors: Alan Lowery, John Pilger | Stars: John Pilger, Stuart Ewen, Melvin Goodman, Dan Rather
Votes: 1,527
28. Camille (I) (2019)
Not Rated | 90 min | Biography, Drama, War
The story of Camille Lepage, a French photojournalist who was killed at age 26 in the Central African Republic.
Director: Boris Lojkine | Stars: Nina Meurisse, Fiacre Bindala, Bruno Todeschini, Grégoire Colin
Votes: 642
29. War Story (I) (2014)
Unrated | 90 min | Drama
A war photographer who recently endured a brutal detainment in Libya holes up in Sicily to come to terms with her ordeal, not far from the home of her former lover and mentor. Soon she ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Jackson | Stars: Catherine Keener, Hafsia Herzi, Ben Kingsley, Vincenzo Amato
Votes: 795
30. The Devil Came on Horseback (2007)
85 min | Documentary
A documentary that exposes the genocide raging in Darfur, Sudan as seen through the eyes of a former U.S. marine who returns home to make the story public.
Directors: Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg | Stars: Nicholas Kristof, Brian Steidle
Votes: 1,622 | Gross: $0.13M
31. Up the Valley and Beyond (2013)
15 min | Short, Biography, Comedy
Biopic about legendary cult film maker Russ Meyer, focusing on Russ after World War 2 as a glamor photographer. Not satisfied with his models, Russ searches and finally meets his muse and ... See full summary »
Director: Todd Rosken | Stars: Jim Parrack, Sarah Jones, Dani Lennon, Brad Grunberg
Votes: 14
32. War Photographer (2019)
75 min | Documentary, Biography
A photographer struggles to balance life in war zones with being the father of four.
Director: Boris B. Bertram | Stars: Jan Grarup, Marie Bitsch-Larsen, Elias Sekjær Grarup, Marikka Sekjær Grarup
Votes: 231
33. Brothers (1982)
103 min | Drama
News photographer Adam and journalist Kevin, two fictional estranged brothers who witnessed the real life 1975 killing of the Balibo Five in Timor, reunite after five years only for their PTSD to resurface and tear them apart.
Director: Terry Bourke | Stars: Chard Hayward, Ivar Kants, Margaret Laurence, Jennifer Cluff
Votes: 30
34. Before the Fall (2015)
98 min | Thriller, War
A stunning nightclub singer engages in a battle of wits and deception with two lovers in a bid to escape a rapidly collapsing city under siege. Super cool style and razor sharp action drive this rich, noir thriller.
Director: Ian White | Stars: Ian Virgo, Antonis Greco, Nicolas Berthery, Pauline Cammal
Votes: 56
35. Battle Zone (1952)
Approved | 81 min | War
During the Korean War, two combat photographers with the U.S. Marine Corps compete for the heart of a pretty Italian Army nurse.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: John Hodiak, Linda Christian, Stephen McNally, Martin Milner
Votes: 219
36. The Crimean War (1997)
150 min | Documentary, History, War
The devastating details of a long ago war are eloquently presented in this documentary. "The Crimean War" is a well-researched look into the conflict that shook Europe during the years 1853... See full summary »
Stars: Billie Whitelaw, Dominic Lieven, Andrew Lambert, Alain Gouttman
Votes: 72
37. Smash His Camera (2010)
PG-13 | 87 min | Documentary
A film centering on the life and work of Ron Galella that examines the nature and effect of paparazzi.
Director: Leon Gast | Stars: Floyd Abrams, Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, Joseph Basile, Harry Benson
Votes: 964 | Gross: $0.00M
38. Whispers (1980)
92 min | Documentary
At every station, between sites filled with poetry and nostalgia for a bygone era, the poet's dashed dreams and idealized vision of her country coincide with the director's own.
Director: Maroun Bagdadi | Stars: Nabil Ismaïl, Marcel Khalife
Votes: 95
39. Altiplano (2009)
Not Rated | 109 min | Drama
A former war photographer and her physician husband are caught up in a riot when locals in an Andean village vent their unhappiness with contamination from a nearby mine.
Directors: Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth | Stars: Magaly Solier, Jasmin Tabatabai, Olivier Gourmet, Arturo Anacarino Zarate
Votes: 757 | Gross: $0.00M
40. Blood Trail (2008)
Not Rated | 79 min | Documentary, War
Follows Robert King in his fifteen years as a war photographer.
Director: Richard Parry | Star: Robert King
Votes: 130
41. Legacy (I) (1998)
R | 105 min | Action
A dedicated war photographer joins a beautiful Eurasian girl on a dangerous quest for her legacy.
Director: T.J. Scott | Stars: David Hasselhoff, Donita Rose, Rod Steiger, Corin Nemec
Votes: 223
42. Lost in Kyiv (2019)
30 min | Short, Drama
While heading to the war in the East of Ukraine, the Swedish war photographer Karin Holm encounters a young couple in Kyiv. The unexpected meeting carries her away much further from work, ... See full summary »
Director: Yana Martsynkevych | Stars: Maksym Samchyk, Yohanna Troell, Dasha Tvoronovich
Votes: 15
43. Jirai wo fundara sayônara (1999)
111 min | Drama, War
A biographical film of war photographer, Taizo Ichinose.
Director: Shô Igarashi | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Chao Channary, Thorng Darachhaya, Michiko Hada
Votes: 125
44. See You in Chechnya (2016)
69 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
After falling in love with a photographer, a young man follows her to war and puts himself into the shoes of a war reporter.
Director: Alex Kvatashidze | Stars: Brice Fleutiaux, Giorgio Fornoni, Renzo Martens, Antonio Russo
Votes: 28
45. Green Ashes (1994)
98 min | Drama, War
Hadi travels to Croatia to complete his researches on Film making. His friend Aziz who has heard about his trip gives him a photo and a VHS cassette asking him to look after a girl Fatemeh ... See full summary »
Director: Ebrahim Hatamikia | Stars: Atila Pesiani, Zlata Plsková, Barbora Bobulova, Asghar Naghizadeh
Votes: 199
46. Levoton rauha (2009 TV Movie)
71 min | Drama
Helsinki in 1945 sees young, drifting people in search of a better life, seeking refuge from narcotics and crime. Jaakko is one of them, a former war photographer, suffering from memory ... See full synopsis »
Director: Juha Rosma | Stars: Teemu Palosaari, Elina Korhonen, Timo Tuominen, Lauri Tanskanen
Votes: 28
47. Ryhmy ja Romppainen (1941)
79 min | Comedy, War
Ryhmy and Romppainen run into an international criminal gang that has stolen documents while on holiday from the war.
Director: Risto Orko | Stars: Reino Valkama, Oiva Luhtala, Kirsti Hurme, Ville Salminen
Votes: 54
49. Absence (2008)
21 min | Short, Drama, War
Timeless torment of people hunted by War, that happened yesterday, today and tomorrow. The story is displaced in the inner personal horror of experiencing War.One life worth a life. ... See full summary »
Director: Vanja Dimitrova | Stars: Hrund Atladottir, Abigail Byrne, Thom Hoffman, Jakob Nieuwenhuijsen
50. Les Guerres de Christine S. (2023)
89 min | Documentary
Director: Philippe Vallois | Star: Christine Spengler
Votes: 7