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CNN's captivating documentary series The Seventies tackles pop culture, the Watergate Scandal, and Son of Sam, but the series is at its best when it sets its incisive gaze on the Vietnam War in "Peace with Honor." Executive produced by Tom Hanks, the episode documents the battle between Richard Nixon and the New York Times as well as America's...
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Jamie Dornan stars in this gripping ode to one of the unsung battles of world history. In 1961, the UN sent a poorly-equipped battalion of Irish soldiers to hold a mining town in the Congo. Katangese forces moved in on them and pummeled the Irish for almost a week. This is that story.
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This star-studded, harrowing drama about an American rescue mission during the 1993 military action in Somalia earned director Ridley Scott an Oscar nomination, winning statues for Editing and Sound Mixing. The cast is insane, starring Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Eric Bana, Tom Hardy, Orlando Bloom, Hugh Dancy, and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.
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You know the saying, "If you want something done, ask a woman," and Female Agents is certainly familiar with the sentiment. This WWII film centers on a group of French servicewomen who are recruited for an important and dangerous mission. Watch them take it in stride without even messing up their lipstick.
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Looking for a cinematic classic or a summer reading shortcut? Then you're in luck. Francis Ford Coppola's masterpiece has just been added to Hulu and Prime Video. Starring Martin Sheen and Marlon Brando, this powerful adaptation of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness is worth a midweek rewatch.
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Terrence Mallick's almost disconcertingly thoughtful 1998 pacific theater study contains a star-studded cast that's nearly overshadowed by the dreamlike beauty of the cinematography.
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There's no shortage of great and moving films and series to watch in honor of Memorial Day (just peep this list, for example), but one series that seems to have become a recent, instant classic is the Tom Hanks-produced Band Of Brothers. From D-Day to Hitler's Eagles' Nest, WWII's European theater thrillingly, and emotionally, comes to life.
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The spelling is poor, but the quality of filmmaking is so, so good. Take a break from holiday cheer and indulge in some holiday bloody vengeance with Quentin Tarantino's 2009 World War II fantasia Inglourious Basterds. See why it placed 6 performers in our Top 50 list of best performances in QT's movies.
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By the Sea star Mélanie Laurent is anti-Nazi crusader Shosanna in Quentin Tarantino's alt-history war drama, Inglourious Basterds. Determined to see the Third Reich fall, Shosanna risks her life to devise a plan with the vigilante Basterds to host a private screening at her theater and invite none other than Adolf Hitler.
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