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  1. Taking Chance posterViewer rating: 72%
    Taking Chance2009
  2. A Bridge Too Far posterViewer rating: 72%
    A Bridge Too Far1977
  3. Is Paris Burning? posterViewer rating: 72%
    Is Paris Burning?1966
  4. Tora! Tora! Tora! posterViewer rating: 72%
    Tora! Tora! Tora!1970
  5. Escape from Sobibor posterViewer rating: 72%
    Escape from Sobibor1987
  6. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World posterViewer rating: 72%
    Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World2003
  7. Sergeant York posterViewer rating: 72%
    Sergeant York1941
  8. The Front Line posterViewer rating: 72%
    The Front Line2011
  9. Crimson Tide posterViewer rating: 72%
    Crimson Tide1995
  10. Troy posterViewer rating: 72%
    Troy2004
  11. A Hidden Life posterViewer rating: 72%
    A Hidden Life2019
  12. Casualties of War posterViewer rating: 72%
    Casualties of War1989
  13. The Battleship Island posterViewer rating: 72%
    The Battleship Island2017
  14. The Enemy Below posterViewer rating: 72%
    The Enemy Below1957
  15. The King posterViewer rating: 72%
    The King2019
  16. The Tank posterViewer rating: 71%
    The Tank2025
  17. Number 24 posterViewer rating: 71%
    Number 242024
  18. Olga posterViewer rating: 71%
    Olga2004
  19. The English Patient posterViewer rating: 71%
    The English Patient1996
  20. Allied posterViewer rating: 68%
    Allied2016
  21. '71 posterViewer rating: 68%
    '712014
  22. Che: Part One posterViewer rating: 68%
    Che: Part One2008
  23. Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan posterViewer rating: 68%
    Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan2019
  24. 13 Days, 13 Nights posterViewer rating: 68%
    13 Days, 13 Nights2025
  25. My Best Friend Anne Frank posterViewer rating: 68%
    My Best Friend Anne Frank2021
  26. 15 Minutes of War posterViewer rating: 68%
    15 Minutes of War2019
  27. The Water Diviner posterViewer rating: 68%
    The Water Diviner2014
  28. Narvik posterViewer rating: 68%
    Narvik2022
  29. Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan posterViewer rating: 68%
    Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan2007
  30. Kandahar posterViewer rating: 68%
    Kandahar2023
  31. Free State of Jones posterViewer rating: 68%
    Free State of Jones2016
  32. A Private War posterViewer rating: 68%
    A Private War2018
  33. The Messenger posterViewer rating: 67%
    The Messenger2009
  34. Memphis Belle posterViewer rating: 67%
    Memphis Belle1990
  35. Lore posterViewer rating: 67%
    Lore2012
  36. Overlord posterViewer rating: 67%
    Overlord2018
  37. To Be or Not to Be posterViewer rating: 67%
    To Be or Not to Be1983
  38. Special Forces posterViewer rating: 67%
    Special Forces2011
  39. Rob Roy posterViewer rating: 67%
    Rob Roy1995
  40. Mosul posterViewer rating: 67%
    Mosul2019
  41. Alone in Berlin posterViewer rating: 67%
    Alone in Berlin2016
  42. One Shot posterViewer rating: 67%
    One Shot2021
  43. The Resistance Banker posterViewer rating: 67%
    The Resistance Banker2018
  44. Tropic Thunder posterViewer rating: 67%
    Tropic Thunder2008
  45. Katyn posterViewer rating: 67%
    Katyn2007
  46. All Quiet on the Western Front posterViewer rating: 67%
    All Quiet on the Western Front1979
  47. The Big Red One posterViewer rating: 67%
    The Big Red One1980
  48. Catch-22 posterViewer rating: 67%
    Catch-221970

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