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Mark | imdb: 7.4 |
Genre | documentary, military, biography, history, news |
Country | USA, Italy, Afghanistan |
Duration | 01:33 |
Winner of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for a Documentary, Restrepo chronicles the deployment of a U.S. platoon of courageous American soldiers in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley, considered to be one of the most dangerous postings in the U.S. military.
Mark | imdb: 7.8 |
Genre | documentary, military, history |
Country | USA |
In 1943, in a circus tent in Burbank, CA, a bunch of revolutionary thinkers first gathered together in secrecy to build America's first jet fighter. They were rule benders, chance takers, corner cutters-people who believed that nothing was impossible. I
Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | action, documentary, military, history |
Country | Afghanistan, USA |
Armed only with their cameras, Peabody and Emmy Award-winning conflict Journalist Mike Boettcher, and his son, Carlos, provide unprecedented access into the longest war in U.S. history.
Mark | imdb: 9.1 |
Genre | documentary, military, history |
Country | USA |
An immersive 360-degree narrative telling the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. Featuring testimony from nearly 80 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides.
Mark | imdb: 7.4 |
Genre | documentary, military, biography, history |
Country | USA |
The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.
Mark | imdb: 7.6 |
Genre | documentary, military, history |
Country | USA |
During the chaotic final weeks of the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese Army closes in on Saigon as the panicked South Vietnamese people desperately attempt to escape. On the ground, American soldiers and diplomats confront a moral quandary: whether to obey White House orders to evacuate only U.S. citizens.
Mark | imdb: 6.4 |
Genre | action, documentary, military, history |
Country | USA, United Kingdom, Afghanistan |
Duration | 01:28 |
What does it mean to lead men in war? What does it mean to come home? Hell and Back Again is a cinematically revolutionary film that asks and answers these questions with a power and intimacy no previous film about the conflict in Afghanistan has been able to achieve. It is a masterpiece in the cinema of war.
Mark | imdb: 7.4 |
Genre | documentary, crime, detective, military, history, news |
Country | USA |
Investigative journalist, Jeremy Scahill is pulled into an unexpected journey as he chases down the hidden truth behind America's expanding covert wars, and examines how the US government has responded to international terrorist threats in ways that seem to go against the established laws of the land.
Mark | imdb: 7.5 |
Genre | documentary, military, history |
Country | USA |
Since the mid-20th century, the world has only ever heard one side of an incredible story. The story of a boy from an ordinary family whose ambition it was to become an artist, but who instead became a drifter. Now, for the first time, this is the documented account of a story many believe to be… the greatest story NEVER told!
Mark | imdb: 8.1 |
Genre | documentary, military, biography, history |
Country | USA |
Using archival footage, United States Cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the 85-year-old Robert McNamara, THE FOG OF WAR depicts his life, from working as a WWII whiz kid military officer, to being the Ford Motor Company's president, to managing the American Vietnam War, as defense secretary for presidents Kennedy and Johnson.
Mark | imdb: 5.7 |
Genre | documentary, military, history |
Country | USA |
During World War II, it was an unwritten order in the US military to avoid recommending African-American soldiers for the highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, no matter how worthy they were of it. Decades later, the Clinton administration ordered this old injustice systematically assessed and corrected. This film profiles the stories of African-Americans who displayed extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty who were finally given their proper due.
Mark | imdb: 8.5 |
Genre | documentary, military, history |
Country | USA |
Oliver Stone documentary charted the post-WW2 history of the United States.