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Cast

Jay Baruchel

Gerard Butler

Craig Ferguson

America Ferrera

How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

7.9 14.5K votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Family

Country: United States of America

Duration: 98 min.

Audience: PG

Story: As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle. But after downing a feared dragon, he realizes that he no longer wants to destroy it, and instead befriends the beast – which he names Toothless – much to the chagrin of his warrior father.

Style: lighthearted, intimate, witty, romantic, whimsical

Plot: friendship, ship, blacksmith, island, based on novel or book, flying, arena, village, ...

Platoon (1986)

7.7 5.2K votes

Genre: Action, Drama, War

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 120 min.

Audience: R

Story: As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.

Style: suspenseful, intense

Plot: dying and death, helicopter, ambush, war crimes, village, mine, bunker, infantry, ...

Time: vietnam war

Cast

Felix Kammerer

Albrecht Schuch

Aaron Hilmer

Moritz Klaus

All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)

7.7 4.8K votes

Genre: Drama, War

Country: Germany

Duration: 147 min.

Audience: R

Story: Paul Baumer and his friends Albert and Muller, egged on by romantic dreams of heroism, voluntarily enlist in the German army. Full of excitement and patriotic fervour, the boys enthusiastically march into a war they believe in. But once on the Western Front, they discover the soul-destroying horror of World War I.

Style: shocking, intense

Plot: based on novel or book, infantry, tank, battle, brutality, period drama, german soldier, german army, ...

Time: world war i, 1910s

Cast

Gary Cooper

Thomas Mitchell

Lloyd Bridges

Katy Jurado

High Noon (1952)

7.7 1.6K votes

Genre: Western

Country: United States of America

Duration: 85 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train. Knowing the outlaw and his gang are coming to kill him, Kane is determined to stand his ground, so he attempts to gather a posse from among the local townspeople.

Plot: small town, gunslinger, showdown, fistfight, u.s. marshal, shootout, morality, black and white, ...

Cast

Stephen Lang

7.6 34.2K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America, United Kingdom

Duration: 162 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.

Plot: paraplegic, attachment to nature, culture clash, indigenous, space travel, space colony, tribe, alien planet, ...

Time: 22nd century

Cast

Masako Nozawa

Ryo Horikawa

Takeshi Kusao

Kappei Yamaguchi

Super Dragon Ball Heroes (2018) TV Show

7.6 3.1K votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Seasons: 6

Episodes: 54

Story: Trunks returns from the future to train with Goku and Vegeta. However, it disappears without warning. Then the mysterious Fu bursts in, telling them that Trunks has been imprisoned in the Prison Planet, a mysterious complex in an unknown place in the universes. The group seeks the dragon balls to free Trunks, but an endless battle awaits them! Will Goku and the others rescue Trunks and escape the Prison Planet?

Plot: fight, attack, battle, spin off, based on video game, anime, original net animation (ona)

Cast

Brad Pitt

Shia LaBeouf

Logan Lerman

Michael Peu00f1a

Fury (2014)

7.5 13.0K votes

Genre: Action, Drama, War

Country: United States of America

Duration: 135 min.

Audience: R

Story: April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank and her five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Outnumbered and outgunned, and with a rookie soldier thrust into their platoon, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.

Plot: hero, nazi, ambush, bravery, heroism, tank, europe, execution, ...

Time: world war ii, 1940s

Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan (2010) TV Show

7.5 92 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 48

Audience: TV-14

Story: Rikuo Nura, is 3 parts human and a quarter Demon, lives in a house of spirits with his grandfather, The current clan head of the Nura youkai. Rikuo is set to be the next clan head, despite the fact he dislikes his demon side. He soon come to terms with his demon blood and decides to take his position as young master of the Nura house. However there are those who will certainly not allow it to be easy.

Plot: swordplay, based on manga, battle, fighting, ghost, half breed, japanese folklore, youkai, ...

Cast

Matthew Broderick

Denzel Washington

Cary Elwes

Morgan Freeman

Glory (1989)

7.5 1.8K votes

Genre: Drama, History, War

Country: United States of America

Duration: 122 min.

Audience: R

Story: Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.

Plot: based on true story, racism, battle, union soldier, confederate soldier, american civil war, early america, african american history, ...

Time: 19th century

Cast

Sean Connery

Michael Caine

Christopher Plummer

Saeed Jaffrey

The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

7.5 716 votes

Genre: Adventure, Drama

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 129 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Tired of life as soldiers, Peachy Carnehan and Danny Dravot travel to the isolated land of Kafiristan, where they are ultimately embraced by the people and revered as rulers. After a series of misunderstandings, the natives come to believe that Dravot is a god, but he and Carnehan can't keep up their deception forever.

Plot: journalist, gold, treasure, robbery, cheating, coronation, freemason, con man, ...

Time: 19th century

Centaurworld (2021) TV Show

7.4 83 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Family

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 18

Audience: TV-Y7

Story: Centaurworld follows a war horse who is transported from her embattled world to a strange land inhabited by silly, singing centaurs of all species, shapes, and sizes. Desperate to return home, she befriends a group of these magical creatures and embarks on a journey that will test her more than any battle she's ever faced before.

Plot: musical, singing, battle, fantasy world, transport, animal protagonist, rainbow

Cast

Jude Law

Joseph Fiennes

Rachel Weisz

Ed Harris

Enemy at the Gates (2001)

7.4 4.1K votes

Genre: History, War

Country: United States of America, France

Duration: 131 min.

Audience: R

Story: A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.

Plot: sniper, hero, winter, stalingrad, based on true story, nazi officer, battle, bombing, ...

Time: world war ii, 1940s

Cast

Daiki Hamano

Junya Enoki

Shion Wakayama

Yuuichirou Umehara

SSSS.DYNAZENON (2021) TV Show

7.4 70 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 12

Audience: TV-14

Story: Sequel to the 2018 animated series SSSS.Gridman and the third installment of the Gridman multimedia franchise.When Yomogi Asanaka, a first-year student at Fujiyokidai High School, meets Gauma, he claims to be a "kaiju user." But the appearance of a kaiju followed by the entry of the gigantic robot, Dynazenon, backs up his mysterious words. After ending up in the wrong place at the wrong time; they get dragged into the desperate fight against the kaiju!

Plot: sequel, superhero, mecha, school, giant monster, robot, battle, kaiju, ...

Cast

Matt Damon

Adam Driver

Jodie Comer

Ben Affleck

The Last Duel (2021)

7.4 3.9K votes

Genre: Drama, History, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 153 min.

Audience: R

Story: King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire, Jacques Le Gris, by challenging him to a duel.

Plot: based on novel or book, castle, male friendship, normandy, france, based on true story, trial, battlefield, ...

Time: 14th century

Cast

Ha Ji-won

Ju Jin-mo

Ji Chang-wook

Jin Yi-han

Empress Ki (2013) TV Show

7.4 64 votes

Genre: Drama, War

Country: South Korea

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 51

Audience: TV-14

Story: A woman born in Korea navigates her way through love, war, politics and national loyalties to become a powerful empress in China's Yuan dynasty.

Plot: love triangle, love, revenge, romance, empress, cross dressing, battle, power struggle, ...

The Thin Red Line (1998)

7.4 3.4K votes

Genre: Drama, History, War

Country: United States of America

Duration: 171 min.

Audience: R

Story: The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal. It follows their journey, from the surprise of an unopposed landing, through the bloody and exhausting battles that follow, to the ultimate departure of those who survived.

Style: philosophical, intimate, provocative

Plot: based on novel or book, steel helmet, battle assignment, invasion, infantry, marine corps, us army, commander, ...

Time: world war ii, 1940s

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Cast

Ian McKellen

Martin Freeman

Richard Armitage

Orlando Bloom

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

7.3 15.5K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Country: New Zealand, United States of America

Duration: 144 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Following Smaug's attack on Laketown, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor's mountain of treasure from others who claim it: the men of the ruined Laketown and the elves of Mirkwood. Meanwhile an army of Orcs led by Azog the Defiler is marching on Erebor, fueled by the rise of the dark lord Sauron. Dwarves, elves and men must unite, and the hope for Middle-Earth falls into Bilbo's hands.

Plot: gold, corruption, based on novel or book, elves, dwarf, mine, mountain, sequel, ...

Cast

Koji Yakusho

Takayuki Yamada

Yu016bsuke Iseya

Goro Inagaki

13 Assassins (2010)

7.3 1.3K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama

Country: Japan, United Kingdom

Duration: 141 min.

Audience: R

Story: A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a war-torn future.

Plot: suicide, mission, assassin, samurai, immortality, swordsman, massacre, battle, ...

Time: 19th century

Place: japan

Cast

Jun Shison

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Alice Hirose

Mamoru Miyano

Bubble (2022)

7.3 483 votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Fantasy

Country: Japan

Duration: 101 min.

Audience: PG

Story: In an abandoned Tokyo overrun by bubbles and gravitational abnormalities, one gifted young man has a fateful meeting with a mysterious girl.

Plot: adolescence, parkour, romance, disaster, tokyo, japan, battle, gravity, ...

Time: post-apocalyptic

Scarlet Nexus (2021) TV Show

7.3 64 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 26

Audience: TV-14

Story: Saved by the Other Suppression Force as a child, psychokinetic Yuito enlists in this elite team formed to fight Earth’s enemy. Meanwhile, prodigy Kasane was scouted for her abilities. Kasane’s dreams tell her strange things, dragging the two into an unavoidable fate.

Plot: supernatural, survival, battle, based on video game, dark fantasy, anime

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