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1. Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

R | 164 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

Young Blade Runner K's discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former Blade Runner Rick Deckard, who's been missing for thirty years.

Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling, Ana de Armas, Dave Bautista

Votes: 667,933 | Gross: $92.05M

2. Apocalypse Now (1979)

R | 147 min | Drama, Mystery, War

A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest

Votes: 711,740 | Gross: $83.47M

3. Downfall (2004)

R | 156 min | Biography, Drama, History

Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII.

Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel | Stars: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Ulrich Matthes, Juliane Köhler

Votes: 375,817 | Gross: $5.51M

4. Million Dollar Baby (2004)

PG-13 | 132 min | Drama, Sport

Frankie, an ill-tempered old coach, reluctantly agrees to train aspiring boxer Maggie. Impressed with her determination and talent, he helps her become the best and the two soon form a close bond.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Jay Baruchel

Votes: 722,941 | Gross: $100.49M

5. Redemption (I) (2013)

R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A damaged ex-special forces soldier navigating London's criminal underworld seizes an opportunity to assume another man's identity.

Director: Steven Knight | Stars: Jason Statham, Agata Buzek, Vicky McClure, Benedict Wong

Votes: 77,233 | Gross: $0.03M

6. The Thin Red Line (1998)

R | 170 min | Drama, History, War

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

Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Kirk Acevedo

Votes: 199,891 | Gross: $36.40M

7. 2 Guns (2013)

R | 109 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller

Two hardened criminals get into trouble with the US border patrol after meeting with a Mexican drug lord, and then revelations start to unfold.

Director: Baltasar Kormákur | Stars: Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton, Bill Paxton

Votes: 225,714 | Gross: $75.61M

8. The Snowman (2017)

R | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose scarf is found wrapped around an ominous-looking snowman.

Director: Tomas Alfredson | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jonas Karlsson

Votes: 71,807 | Gross: $6.70M

9. War Horse (2011)

PG-13 | 146 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A young farm boy enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. His hopeful journey takes him out of England and onto the front lines as the war rages on.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Benedict Cumberbatch

Votes: 165,819 | Gross: $79.88M

10. Lionheart (1990)

R | 108 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An Ex-French Soldier begins participating in underground street fights in order to make money for his brother's family.

Director: Sheldon Lettich | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Harrison Page, Deborah Rennard, Lisa Pelikan

Votes: 39,909 | Gross: $24.08M

11. Short Term 12 (2013)

R | 96 min | Drama

A 20-something supervising staff member of a residential treatment facility navigates the troubled waters of that world alongside her co-worker and longtime boyfriend.

Director: Destin Daniel Cretton | Stars: Brie Larson, Frantz Turner, John Gallagher Jr., Kaitlyn Dever

Votes: 91,904 | Gross: $1.01M

12. Tigerland (2000)

R | 101 min | Drama, War

A group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana's infamous Tigerland, last stop before Vietnam for tens of thousands of young men in 1971.

Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Colin Farrell, Matthew Davis, Clifton Collins Jr., Tom Guiry

Votes: 43,399 | Gross: $0.14M

13. The Last Front (2024)

98 min | Action, Drama, History

Amidst World War I's chaos, a grieving father turns hero, leading villagers to safety while evading a relentless enemy driven by vengeance.

Director: Julien Hayet-Kerknawi | Stars: Sasha Luss, Iain Glen, Joe Anderson, David Calder

Votes: 202

14. The Rose (1979)

R | 125 min | Drama, Music, Romance

The tragic life of a self-destructive female rock star who struggles to deal with the constant pressures of her career and the demands of her ruthless business manager.

Director: Mark Rydell | Stars: Bette Midler, Alan Bates, Frederic Forrest, Harry Dean Stanton

Votes: 9,263 | Gross: $29.20M

15. Witchfinder General (1968)

Unrated | 86 min | Drama, Horror

A young soldier seeks to put an end to the evils caused by a vicious witch-hunter when the latter terrorizes his fiancée and kills her uncle.

Director: Michael Reeves | Stars: Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Rupert Davies, Patrick Wymark

Votes: 12,261

16. Solar Crisis (1990)

PG-13 | 112 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller

A huge solar flare is predicted to fry the Earth. Astronauts must fly toward the sun to drop a talking bomb at the right time for the flare to be aimed elsewhere.

Directors: Richard C. Sarafian, Arthur Marks | Stars: Tim Matheson, Charlton Heston, Peter Boyle, Annabel Schofield

Votes: 2,084

17. Europa (1991)

R | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Just after World War II, an American takes a railway job in Germany, but finds his position politically sensitive with various people trying to use him.

Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Barbara Sukowa, Jean-Marc Barr, Udo Kier, Ernst-Hugo Järegård

Votes: 23,228 | Gross: $1.01M

18. Miracle at St. Anna (2008)

R | 160 min | Action, Drama, War

Set in 1944 Italy, the story of four black American soldiers who get trapped in a Tuscan village during WWII.

Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso, Omar Benson Miller

Votes: 19,207 | Gross: $7.92M

19. Survival of the Dead (2009)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

On an island off the coast of North America, local residents simultaneously fight a zombie epidemic while hoping for a cure to return their un-dead relatives back to their human state.

Director: George A. Romero | Stars: Alan Van Sprang, Kenneth Welsh, Kathleen Munroe, Joshua Peace

Votes: 22,564 | Gross: $0.10M

20. Stop-Loss (2008)

R | 112 min | Drama, War

A veteran soldier returns from his completed tour of duty in Iraq, only to find his life turned upside down when he is arbitrarily ordered to return to field duty by the Army.

Director: Kimberly Peirce | Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Abbie Cornish, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rob Brown

Votes: 20,904 | Gross: $10.91M

21. Days of Glory (2006)

R | 120 min | Action, Drama, War

During World War II, four North African men enlist in the French army to liberate that country from German oppression, and to fight French discrimination.

Director: Rachid Bouchareb | Stars: Samy Naceri, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, Jamel Debbouze

Votes: 15,154 | Gross: $0.32M

22. The Far Pavilions (1984)

315 min | Drama, History, Romance

Story of forbidden love in 1800s India set against the revolution for India's freedom from England.

Stars: Ben Cross, Amy Irving, Christopher Lee, Robert Hardy

Votes: 878

23. Crash Pad (I) (2017)

R | 91 min | Comedy

A hopeless romantic who thinks he's found true love with an older woman learns that she's married and that the fling is merely an instrument of revenge against her neglectful husband.

Director: Kevin Tent | Stars: Domhnall Gleeson, Christina Applegate, Sunita Prasad, Balinder Johal

Votes: 5,650

24. Top End Wedding (2019)

TV-14 | 113 min | Comedy, Romance

Lauren and Ned, in love and engaged, have just ten days to find Lauren's mother who has gone AWOL somewhere in the remote far north of Australia, reunite her parents, and pull off their dream wedding.

Director: Wayne Blair | Stars: Brooklyn Doomadgee, Helena Johnson, Dan Collins, Antonio Tipiloura

Votes: 2,348

25. Lakshya (2004)

Not Rated | 186 min | Action, Drama, Romance

An aimless, jobless, irresponsible grown man joins the army and matures into a battlefield hero.

Director: Farhan Akhtar | Stars: Hrithik Roshan, Preity G Zinta, Amitabh Bachchan, Om Puri

Votes: 25,591 | Gross: $0.75M

26. AWOL (2016)

Not Rated | 82 min | Drama, Romance

A young woman Joey is in search of direction in her small town. A visit to an army recruiting office appears to provide a path, but when she meets and falls in love with Rayna that path diverges in ways that neither woman anticipates.

Director: Deb Shoval | Stars: Lola Kirke, Kyle Monaghan, Dale Soules, Madeline Hindmarch

Votes: 1,526

27. The Waterdance (1992)

R | 106 min | Drama, Romance

A young man learns how to come to terms with his disability after becoming paralyzed in a hiking accident.

Directors: Neal Jimenez, Michael Steinberg | Stars: Eric Stoltz, Helen Hunt, Wesley Snipes, William Allen Young

Votes: 4,195 | Gross: $1.72M

28. The D.I. (1957)

106 min | Drama

A no-nonsense Drill Instructor is convinced that he can make a recruit, that is haunted by his family combat history and who falters under pressure, into a Marine.

Director: Jack Webb | Stars: Jack Webb, Don Dubbins, Jackie Loughery, Lin McCarthy

Votes: 1,036

29. 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: 592

30. Osaka Elegy (1936)

90 min | Comedy, Drama

A young woman becomes a mistress of her boss in order to support her family.

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Isuzu Yamada, Yôko Umemura, Chiyoko Ôkura, Kiyoko Ôkubo

Votes: 2,603

31. Lafayette Escadrille (1958)

Approved | 93 min | Drama, Romance, War

American youth and flying ace flies for France in World War I, meets and loves a French girl and a prostitute.

Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Tab Hunter, Clint Eastwood, Etchika Choureau, Marcel Dalio

Votes: 932

32. Be Somebody (2016)

PG | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Pop superstar Jordan Jaye has a big dream - he just wants to live like a regular teenager. When he's chased down by some excited female fans, he finds a perfect hideout and a reluctant new ... See full summary »

Director: Joshua Caldwell | Stars: Matthew Espinosa, Sarah Jeffery, Allison Paige, Tava Smiley

Votes: 4,313

33. Ha-Trempist (1972)

R | 93 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Incited by a disillusioned young man who has decided to flee from civilization, a group of 4 people go searching for freedom and happiness on an isolated island . When their boat goes ... See full summary »

Director: Amos Sefer | Stars: Asher Tzarfati, Shmuel Wolf, Lily Avidan, Tzila Karney

Votes: 699

34. This Above All (1942)

Approved | 110 min | Drama, Romance, War

Although she comes from an aristocratic family, beautiful Prudence Cathaway defies convention by joining the WAAFs and becoming romantically involved with an AWOL soldier.

Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Tyrone Power, Joan Fontaine, Thomas Mitchell, Henry Stephenson

Votes: 1,421

35. Sunday Premiere (1986–1988)
Episode: The Monocled Mutineer (1986)

310 min

During World War I, Percy Toplis, a deserter from the British Army, plays a major role in the Étaples Mutiny in September 1917.

Votes: 391

36. Java Heat (2013)

R | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A Muslim detective teams with an American posing as a graduate student to find the man behind a series of deadly terrorist bombings in Indonesia.

Director: Conor Allyn | Stars: Kellan Lutz, Verdi Solaiman, Mickey Rourke, Ario Bayu

Votes: 4,936

37. Covert One: The Hades Factor (2006)

Not Rated | 160 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

Secret agents fight to stop the spread of a deadly virus that menaces millions of people.

Stars: Stephen Dorff, Mira Sorvino, Blair Underwood, Sophia Myles

Votes: 1,705

38. Three Blind Mice (2008)

94 min | Comedy, Drama

Three young Navy officers hit Sydney for one last night on land before being shipped over to the Gulf to fight. Sam has been mistreated at sea and is going AWOL, Dean has a fiancée and the ... See full summary »

Director: Matthew Newton | Stars: Ewen Leslie, Toby Schmitz, Matthew Newton, Tina Bursill

Votes: 404

39. Rebel (1985)

R | 89 min | Drama, Music, Romance

This drama is set in World War II Australia, where an American Marine, Rebel is recuperating from wounds suffered in battle. He is weary of war and is intent on going AWOL and escaping from... See full summary »

Director: Michael Jenkins | Stars: Matt Dillon, Debra Byrne, Bryan Brown, Bill Hunter

Votes: 428

40. Call Me Mister (1951)

Approved | 96 min | Musical, Romance

A G.I. in occupied Japan tries to re-woo his old love, who's putting on a show for the troops.

Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, Danny Thomas, Dale Robertson

Votes: 281 | Gross: $2.70M

41. Good-Time Girl (1948)

Approved | 81 min | Crime, Drama

A young girl from the ghetto gets involved with some criminals. Driving while drunk, she knocks down and kills a Policeman. She runs away with two G. I.s who are also on the run and they start a crime wave.

Director: David MacDonald | Stars: Diana Dors, George Merritt, Flora Robson, Jean Kent

Votes: 463

42. Blue State (2007)

R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

BLUE STATE is a romantic comedy about a disgruntled Democrat who actually follows through on a drunken campaign promise to move to Canada if George "Dubya" Bush gets re-elected.

Director: Marshall Lewy | Stars: Breckin Meyer, Anna Paquin, Joyce Krenz, Richard Blackburn

Votes: 2,453

43. South Sea Woman (1953)

Passed | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

AWOL marine Sgt. Jim O'Hearn is court-martialed for a variety of offenses that carry 143 years in the stockade or the death penalty but refuses to aid in his own defense.

Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo, Chuck Connors, Arthur Shields

Votes: 876

44. Waterloo Road (1945)

76 min | Drama, Romance, War

A drama set during World War II. A tale of adultery and desertion.

Director: Sidney Gilliat | Stars: John Mills, Stewart Granger, Alastair Sim, Joy Shelton

Votes: 691

45. The Shopworn Angel (1938)

Passed | 85 min | Drama, Romance

Shortly after the United States enters World War I in 1917, a Broadway actress agrees to let a naive soldier court her in order to impress his friends, but a real romance soon begins.

Director: H.C. Potter | Stars: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Walter Pidgeon, Hattie McDaniel

Votes: 1,663

46. Wilson Sorronda: Leader Kuratong Baleleng's Solid Group (1995)

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Director: Carlo J. Caparas | Stars: Jinggoy Estrada, Rudy Fernandez, Ramon 'Bong' Revilla Jr., Sunshine Cruz

Votes: 10

47. Ha ett underbart liv (1992)

89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Per is doing his military service when he finds out that his girlfriend back home in Stockholm is having an affair. He goes AWOL and tries to find a way back home. On the way he meets Hanna... See full summary »

Director: Ulf Malmros | Stars: Per Löfberg, Lina Perned, Kjell Bergqvist, Johan Humlesjö

Votes: 621

48. Girlhood (2003)

Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary, Crime

Documentary chronicling America's justice system. Follows two female inmates - victims of horrific violence and tragedy - who are serving time in a Maryland juvenile detention center.

Director: Liz Garbus

Votes: 612 | Gross: $0.06M

49. The McConnell Story (1955)

Approved | 106 min | Drama, Romance, War

A Korean War fighter pilot hero returns home to test fly the new Sabre jets despite his wife's uneasiness regarding his job.

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Alan Ladd, June Allyson, James Whitmore, Frank Faylen

Votes: 629

50. Warriors (1994)

R | 101 min | Action, Drama

A government-trained killing machine must turn his lethal skills against his top-secret squad's AWOL leader

Director: Shimon Dotan | Stars: Gary Busey, Michael Paré, Wendii Fulford, Catherine MacKenzie

Votes: 613