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A Thousand Splendid Suns
Two Muslim women, married to the same man, foster a friendship that lasts more than 10 years against the backdrop of war in Afghanistan.
Beneath A Scarlet Sky
Pino Lella is a normal Italian teenager living an idyllic life in Italy, until bombs begin falling on Milan and word of Nazi atrocities begin to circulate. Lello joins an underground railroad helping Jews escape over the Alps, guiding hundreds of Jews to safety in a year. On his 18th birthday, Lella is forced to enlist with the German Army, and is immediately assigned as a personal driver to Adolf Hitler's left hand, General Hans Leyers. This fly on the wall in the upper echelons of the Third Reich positions him to be recruited by the Allies as a spy.
Hannibal
The Netflix movie will showcase important battles of the Second Punic War, which was fought between Rome and Carthage.
El-Alamein
After British forces defeat Italian forces in North Africa, Germany taps German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel to drive eastward along the North African coast to seize the Suez Canal. British forces are routed, and it comes down to a stand at El-Alamein. There, Britain's Eighth Army in North Africa, led by Bernard Montgomery, keeps the Germans bottled up and unable to overrun Egypt. After several long, bloody battles, and with assistance from Australian and New Zealand forces, the Allies win the day. Rommel signals Hitler that the cause is lost. He is not granted permission to retreat but begins withdrawing troops, leaving the Italians alone to be trounced by allied forces.
Come Hell Or High Water
The film tells the true story of Capt. Ernest Evans, the U.S. Naval Commander posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle off Samar, part of the October 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf - one of the largest naval engagement in history.
The Flickering Light
Set in 1942, a group of prisoners from the Marzahn Concentration Camp -- exclusively for Gypsies -- are pressed into work as actors, bit players and extras during the filming of "Tiefland," a movie directed by and starring Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl.
Panzer 88
A five-man German crew of the Ilsa - the biggest tank of its day - embarks on a mission to the frigid and fearsome Russian border, where they stir a powerful entity.
Agent Zigzag
During WWII, Edward Arnold Chapman, a career criminal, spies on the Germans for the British.
The Battle of Britain
In 1940, the Royal Air Force battle the German Luftwaffe for control of British airspace over the city of London, which ultimately prevents a Nazi invasion of Britain.
Act of Valor 2
Chronicles an elite L.A.-based SWAT team.
Black Lion
Carlos Mavroleon, the Harvard-educated heir to an English/Greek shipping empire, decides to leave Wall Street behind and take on the most dangerous assignments in journalism (Afghanistan, Pakistan, etc.).
Lioness
The true story of Lance Corporal Leslie Martz, a U.S. Marine who was stationed in Haditha, Iraq.
The 13th Man
A mail clerk turned code breaker is thrust into the fledgling C.I.A. to stop an elite squad of Nazi saboteurs from destroying the U.S. on its own soil.
Killing Rommel
In 1942, a British battalion attempts to thwart German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's desert campaign.
Liberators
Follows the true-life 761st Tank Battalion, an African-American armored unit which saw combat as part of the U.S. Army during WWII under General George S. Patton.
Risk
Based on the Park Brothers' game Risk. Armies attempt to capture territories from other armies.
The Last Photograph
A photograph becomes the catalyst for a journey two men undertake through war-torn Afghanistan.
The Nobistor Affair
Follows a top-secret mission to aid in the coup d’état of the Ghana government that ultimately went horribly wrong.
The Red Star
Set in an alternate USSR where futuristic technology co-mingles with magical elements, a Red Fleet soldier goes up against an ex-leader who rules with an iron fist.
Tripoli
During the Jefferson presidency, U.S. diplomat William Eaton joined forces with a king to overthrow the lord of Tripoli, in what is now Libya.