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1. The Hunt (II) (2020)

R | 90 min | Action, Horror, Thriller

Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don't know where they are, or how they got there. They don't know they've been chosen - for a very specific purpose - The Hunt.

Director: Craig Zobel | Stars: Betty Gilpin, Hilary Swank, Ike Barinholtz, Wayne Duvall

Votes: 129,683 | Gross: $5.81M

2. Burn! (1969)

R | 112 min | Action, Drama, War

In 1844, a British mercenary helps the revolting slaves of an Antilles island colony gain independence from Portugal, but later returns to hunt down a local rebel leader and former protégé.

Director: Gillo Pontecorvo | Stars: Marlon Brando, Evaristo Márquez, Renato Salvatori, Dana Ghia

Votes: 5,853 | Gross: $0.43M

3. Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)

Approved | 146 min | Adventure, Drama, History

In 1947, following the U.N. decision to split British Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states, a former U.S. Army officer is recruited by the Jews to reorganize the Haganah.

Director: Melville Shavelson | Stars: Kirk Douglas, John Wayne, Frank Sinatra, Senta Berger

Votes: 3,849

4. Da hong zha (2018)

R | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

During World War II, five different Chinese people fight their way through Japanese Air Force attacks to protect an important military machine in Chongqing, 1940.

Director: Xiao Feng | Stars: Ye Liu, Bruce Willis, Song Seung-heon, William Chan

Votes: 4,803

5. The Human Shield (1991)

R | 88 min | Action, Drama, War

An ex-Marine who was hired to train Iraqi soldiers to fight Iran returns to Iraq as a CIA agent to free his brother, who has been imprisoned there by a renegade general.

Director: Ted Post | Stars: Michael Dudikoff, Tommy Hinkley, Hanna Azoulay Hasfari, Steve Inwood

Votes: 546

6. Agents Unknown (2019)

TV-14 | 67 min | Documentary, History, War

Vietnam 1967: John Murphy, then a military intelligence adviser for the Army, C.I.A., and South Vietnamese intelligence services, reveals the gray areas of critical on-the-ground spy work, where trust is hard-won and easily lost.

Director: Michael Reiter | Star: John Murphy

Votes: 90

7. The Tick (1994–1997)
Episode: The Tick vs. Pineapple Pokopo (1994)

TV-Y7 | 21 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Island dictator captures smart astronaut monkey, wants to use him to take over Hawaii and Wyoming.

Director: Art Vitello | Stars: Townsend Coleman, Micky Dolenz, Kay Lenz, Dorian Harewood

Votes: 79

8. TopTenz (2010– )
Episode: 10 Uncomfortable Truths About the American Revolution (2018)

15 min | Documentary

The American Revolution is rich in myth and legend, quite a bit of it of questionable validity. But the big one is the omission of the extent France was involved in the war thanks to the ... See full summary »

Star: Simon Whistler

9. The Big Picture (1950–1968)
Episode: The Stilwell Story (1963)

Documentary

Biography of US Army General Joseph W. "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell, best known for his acerbic style and for his leadership in the China-Burma-India theater of World War II.

Stars: Stuart Queen, Joseph W. Stilwell

10. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: America and the Taliban (2) (2023)

TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary, News

An investigation into how America's 20-year investment in Afghanistan culminated in Taliban victory, with a focus on missteps and consequences.

Directors: Marcela Gaviria, Martin Smith | Stars: Martin Smith, Douglas Lute, David Petraeus, Joey Keller

Votes: 44

11. Beyond the Myth: The SS Unveiled (2022– )
Episode: Unrepentant: The SS and its Myth After 1945 (2022)

Documentary, History, War

Drawing a line to the present, the atrocities of the SS are beyond all doubt, yet, there is a cult surrounding 'old comrades' today.

Director: Carsten Binsack | Stars: James Milano, Peter Hammerschmidt, Benjamin Ferencz, Bastian Hein

12. The Vietnam War (2017)
Episode: Déjà Vu (1858-1961) (2017)

TV-MA | 81 min | Documentary, History, War

After nearly a century of French colonial rule, Vietnam emerges independent, but divided.

Directors: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Karl Marlantes, Max Cleland, Bao Ninh

Votes: 1,098

13. The Vietnam War (2017)
Episode: Riding the Tiger (1961-1963) (2017)

TV-MA | 82 min | Documentary, History, War

President John F. Kennedy and his advisors consider how deeply the U.S. should get involved in South Vietnam as a communist insurgency and Buddhist protests intensify.

Directors: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, John Musgrave, Jack Todd, Bao Ninh

Votes: 893