Year 1944
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Valkyrie (2008)
Directed by Bryan Singer, starring Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy. Critics Consensus: Given the subject matter, Valkyrie could have been an outstanding historical thriller, but settles for being a mildly...
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The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson. Overview: During WWII, a US Army major recruits twelve convicted murderers to undertake a suicide mission behind enemy lines in...
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The English Patient (1996)
Directed by Anthony Minghella, starring Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe. Critics Consensus: Though it suffers from excessive length and ambition, director Minghella's adaptation of the Michael Ondaatje novel is...
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Eye of the Needle (1981)
Directed by Richard Marquand, starring Donald Sutherland, Kate Nelligan, Ian Bannen. Critics Consensus: Eye of the Needle is generally regarded as a gripping and well-acted World War II spy thriller, reminiscent of...
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The Caine Mutiny (1954)
Directed by Edward Dmytryk, starring Humphrey Bogart, Robert Francis, Van Johnson. Critics Consensus: Humphrey Bogart is superb as a domineering captain with brittle composure in The Caine Mutiny, an inquisitive courtroom...
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5 Fingers (1952)
Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring James Mason, Danielle Darrieux, Michael Rennie. Overview: During WWII, a British ambassador's ambitious valet in neutral Turkey sells top-secret Allied documents to the Germans,...