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Reporter Bob Wilton is trying to lose himself in the romance of war after his marriage fails. He gets more than he bargains for when he meets a special forces agent who reveals the existence of a secret, military unit whose goal is to end war as we know it. With unparalleled psychic powers, they can read the enemy's thoughts, pass through solid walls, and even kill a goat by simply staring at it. Now, the founder of the unit has gone missing and the...
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Drama about life in the Army in the days prior to World War II. Shows the effect of Army discipline on an individualistic former boxing champion who defies the attempts of officers and men to break him when he refuses to fight on the company's boxing team. Includes actual scenes of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
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US Army Staff Sergeant Will James, Sergeant J.T. Sanborn and Specialist Owen Eldridge comprise the Bravo Company's bomb disposal unit stationed in Baghdad. James is the tech team leader. When he arrives on the scene, Bravo Company has thirty-nine days left on its current deployment, and it will be a long thirty-nine days for Sanborn and Eldridge whose styles do not mesh with their new leader. James' thrill of the dismantlement seems to be the ultimate...
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The story begins with World War II's historic D-Day invasion of Normandy beach. Once the men move beyond the beach, Captain John Miller must take his men behind the German lines to find Private James Ryan, whose three brothers have already been killed in combat. Faced with impossible odds, the men question their orders. Why are eight men risking their lives to save just one? Surrounded by the brutal realities of war, each man searches for his own...
5) Forrest Gump
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Forrest Gump is not a "smart" man. But the young Alabaman with an IQ of 75 is a thoroughly decent man, who manages to become involved in every major event in American history. And he survives them all with only honesty and niceness as his shields. Thanks to his where-there's-a-will-there's-a-way Mama, Forrest believes in himself. This sees him through being taunted by bullies, playing college football, the army, a business, and -- amazingly -- many...
6) Platoon
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Platoon is the story of every soldier whose innocence was lost in the war-torn jungles of Vietnam. Chris Taylor arrives in Vietnam and quickly discovers that his worst enemies are not just the Viet Cong, but gnawing fear, physical exhaustion and the anger growing within himself.
7) Platoon
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In "Platoon," a middle-class college student volunteers for the war in Vietnam because he considers it his patriotic duty. The first thing he encounters on the airport tarmac in Saigon is a cart of body bags. It's downhill from there: endless hikes, ditch-digging, heat, rain, bugs and snakebites, fear and confusion, sleeplessness, and terror when he finally sleeps. He will only gradually, unknowingly, become an adequate soldier--one who has left innocence...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Colee, TK and Cheever are three soldiers who return home from the Iraq War after suffering injuries. They learn that life has moved on without them. The three end up on an unexpected road trip across the U.S. Colee is on a mission to bring her boyfriend's guitar back to his family. TK is seeking the confidence to face his wife after a shrapnel injury threatens his sexual function. Cheever is a middle-aged man who is planning to hit the casinos in...
9) Platoon
Series
Shout select volume 137
Description
A neophyte recruit in Vietnam finds himself caught in a battle of wills between two sergeants, one who believes nearby villagers are harboring Viet Cong soldiers, and one who has a more sympathetic view of the locals.
10) Stop-loss
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Decorated Iraq war hero Sgt. Brandon King makes a celebrated return to his small Texas hometown following his tour of duty. He tries to resume the life he left behind with the help and support of his family and his best friend, Steve Shriver, who served with him in Iraq. Along with their other war buddies, Brandon and Steve try to make peace with civilian life. Then, against Brandon's will the Army orders him back to duty in Iraq, upending his new...
11) Buck privates
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2012], ©2012
Description
Abbot and Costello accidentally enlist in the army to avoid arrest.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2012], ©2012
Description
Buck privates: Bud and Lou enlist in the army in order to escape being hauled off to jail, and soon find themselves in boot camp. To their dismay, the company's drill instructor is none other than the cop who was all set to run them off to the hoosegow in the first place! The boys end up having a whale of a time getting under the skin of their humorless nemesis. -- Duck soup: As Prime Minister Firefly of Freedonia, Groucho soon reduces the kingdom...
14) Platoon
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
Platoon is the story of every soldier whose innocence was lost in the war-torn jungles of Vietnam. Chris Taylor arrives in Vietnam and quickly discovers that his worst enemies are not just the Viet Cong, but gnawing fear, physical exhaustion and the anger growing within himself.
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
2020
Description
It happened one night: When her father threatens to annul her marriage to a fortune-hunting playboy, spoiled heiress Ellie Andrews hops a cross-country bus to New York, where she plans to live happily ever after with her handsome new hubby. Romantic complications soon arise, however, when she's befriended by fellow passenger Peter Warne, a brash and breezy reporter who offers his help in exchange for her exclusive story.
Morning Glory: When a naively...
16) We'll meet again
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
Four years into World War II, the quiet English village of Market Wetherby is in for a shock. They are not being invaded by the Germans, but the American servicemen at the new U.S. airbase are arriving. These newcomers are an entirely different breed altogether. But, for local doctor Helen Dereham and base commander Major James Kylie, they strike up a distinctly warm relationship. In a small place like Market Wetherby, few are left untouched.
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Relive each emotional moment from the lives of the military families at Fort Marshall, SC in the riveting fifth season. The women's friendships continue to grow stronger as they band together through their most difficult challenges yet, including life with a newborn, mid-life career changes, and the tragic loss of a loved one.
18) F Troop
Publisher
Warner Bros. Television
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
Features 6 episodes from the half-hour television comedy "F Troop", featuring the good-natured but inept U.S. frontier soldiers of Fort Courage. Includes episodes 5 ("The return of Bald Eagle"), episode 7 ("The girl from Philadelphia"), episode 29 ("Indian fever"), episode 35 ("The singing Mountie"), episode 37 ("Bye, bye balloon"), and episode 64 ("Our brave in F Troop").
Features dated and broadly-stereotyped caricatures of Native Americans, as...
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Description
Meet the Army wives--four women and one man--who share the common bond of loving someone enlisted in the U.S. Army and get a glimpse into the lives of everyday Americans as they struggle to understand honor, friendship and loyalty to their country.
20) Paisan: Paisà
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Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
Set during the liberation of Italy at the end of World War II, and taking place across the country, from Sicily to the northern Po Valley. Looks at the struggles of different cultures to communicate and of people living their everyday lives in extreme circumstances.
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