War, Thriller, Drama
Set in a Japanese prisoner of war camp during World War II, the film focuses on the brutality and horror that the allied prisoners were exposed to as the Japanese metered out subjugation and punishment to a disgraced and defeated enemy. This harrowing drama concentrates on the deviations of legal and moral definitions when two opposing cultures clash. Although fictional, this was one of the earliest films to deal realistically with life and death in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp during the Second War.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
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To Be or Not to Be
The Godfather
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Walk the Line
American History X
All Quiet on the Western Front
Inside
Great Freedom
Man and Beast
Ariel
De Bevrijding van Den Haag
The Monument
Europa Europa
Kokoda
Franz + Polina
The Right Stuff
A Walk in the Clouds
Mean Machine
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
SIMILAR MOVIES
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IMDB 5.5 | May , 1943
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IMDB 7.8 | Mar , 1942
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IMDB 8.7 | Mar , 1972
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.Bed and Board
IMDB 7.1 | Sep , 1970
Parisian everyman Antoine Doinel has married his sweetheart Christine Darbon, and the newlyweds have set up a cozy domestic life of selling flowers and giving violin lessons while Antoine fitfully works on his long-gestating novel. As Christine becomes pregnant with the couple's first child, Antoine finds himself enraptured with a young Japanese beauty. The complications change the course of their relationship forever.Walk the Line
IMDB 7.5 | Sep , 2005
A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.American History X
IMDB 8.3 | Jul , 1998
Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did.All Quiet on the Western Front
IMDB 7.7 | Apr , 1930
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IMDB 6.4 | Feb , 2025
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IMDB 7.3 | Nov , 2021
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IMDB 6.3 | Jun , 1963
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IMDB 7.1 | Oct , 1988
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 2010
The Monument
IMDB 0 | Dec , 1977
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IMDB 7.2 | Nov , 1990
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IMDB 6.2 | Apr , 2006
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IMDB 4.5 | Jun , 2006
The movie tells the story of Franz, a Waffen-SS soldier who deserts, and Polina, a Belarusian woman whose village is razed and people massacred.The Right Stuff
IMDB 7.4 | Oct , 1983
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IMDB 7.4 | May , 1995
World War II vet Paul Sutton falls for a pregnant and unwed woman who persuades him -- during their first encounter -- to pose as her husband so she can face her family.Mean Machine
IMDB 6.2 | Dec , 2001
Disgraced ex-England football captain, Danny 'Mean Machine' Meehan, is thrown in jail for assaulting two police officers. He keeps his head down and has the opportunity to forget everything and change the lives of the prisoners. When these prisoners have the chance to put one over the evil guards during a prison football match, Danny takes the lead.Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil
IMDB 4.8 | Oct , 2006
Navy SEALS, headed by Lt. Bobby James, are dispatched to North Korea on a covert mission, all in an effort to take out a missile site...