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English-language war adventure films
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The list English-language war adventure films includes
The Guns of Navarone, This Man's Navy, Dark of the Sun, Ambush Bay and The Real Glory.
The list consists of 55 members.
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The 300 Spartans
1962 film by Rudolph Maté
Overview: The 300 Spartans is a 1962 CinemaScope epic historical drama film depicting the Battle of Thermopylae. It was directed by Rudolph Maté and stars Richard Egan, Ralph Richardson, David Farrar, Diane Baker ...Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, WarDirector: Rudolph MatéProducer: Rudolph Maté, George St. GeorgeWriter: George St. George, Ugo LiberatoreA small Army of Greeks spearheaded by three hundred Spartans do battle with the whole invading Persian Army.
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The Expendables 2
2012 film: 2nd in The Expendables series by Sylvester Stallone
Overview: The Expendables 2 is a 2012 American action film directed by Simon West, written by Richard Wenk and Sylvester Stallone and based on a story by Ken Kaufman, David Agosto and Wenk. Brian Tyler returned ...
Release date: 17 August 2012Genre: Action, Adventure, ThrillerDirector: Simon WestCast: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van DammeProducer: Guymon Casady, Jason ConstantineWriter: Richard Wenk, Sylvester StalloneMr. Church reunites the Expendables for what should be an easy paycheck, but when one of their men is murdered on the job, their quest for revenge puts ... 0
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The Expendables
2010 first film of The Expendables series directed by Sylvester Stallone
Overview: The Expendables is a 2010 American action film directed by Sylvester Stallone, who co-wrote it with David Callaham and also starred in the lead role. The film co-stars an ensemble cast of mostly action ...
Release date: 3 August 2010Genre: Action, War, Adventure, ThrillerDirector: Sylvester StalloneProducer: Guymon Casady, Jason ConstantineWriter: Dave Callaham, Sylvester StalloneA CIA operative hires a team of mercenaries to eliminate a Latin dictator and a renegade CIA agent. 0
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Where Eagles Dare
1968 film by Brian G. Hutton
Overview: Where Eagles Dare is a 1968 action adventure war thriller spy film directed by Brian G. Hutton and starring Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood and Mary Ure. It follows a Special Operations Executive team of ...
Release date: 4 December 1968Genre: War, Drama, Adventure, ActionDirector: Brian G. HuttonProducer: Jerry Gershwin, Denis HoltWriter: Alistair MacLeanAllied agents stage a daring raid on a castle where the Nazis are holding American brigadier general George Carnaby prisoner, but that's not all that's ... 0
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Troy
2004 film directed by Wolfgang Petersen
Overview: Troy is a 2004 epic historical war film directed by Wolfgang Petersen and written by David Benioff. Produced by units in Malta, Mexico and Britain's Shepperton Studios, the film features an ensemble cast ...
Release date: 9 May 2004Genre: Action, Romance, AdventureDirector: Wolfgang PetersenProducer: Winston Azzopardi, Barbara HuberWriter: Homer, David BenioffAn adaptation of Homer's great epic, the film follows the assault on Troy by the united Greek forces and chronicles the fates of the men involved. 0
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The Guns of Navarone
1961 Anglo-American epic adventure war film by J. Lee Thompson
Overview: The Guns of Navarone is a 1961 action adventure war film directed by J. Lee Thompson from a screenplay by Carl Foreman, based on Alistair MacLean's 1957 novel of the same name. Foreman also produced the ...
Release date: 27 April 1961Genre: Action, Drama, War, AdventureDirector: J. Lee ThompsonProducer: Leon Becker, Cecil F. FordWriter: Alistair MacLean, Carl ForemanA team of Allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held Greek island and destroy the two enormous long-range ... 0
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The Green Berets
1968 film by John Wayne, Ray Kellogg
Overview: The Green Berets is a 1968 American war film directed by John Wayne and Ray Kellogg, and starring Wayne, David Janssen and Jim Hutton, based on the 1965 novel by Robin Moore. Much of the film was shot ...
Release date: 4 July 1968Genre: Action, Drama, WarDirector: Ray Kellogg, John WayneProducer: John Wayne, Michael WayneWriter: James Lee Barrett, Robin MooreCol. Mike Kirby picks two teams of crack Green Berets for a mission in South Vietnam. First off is to build and control a camp that is trying to be taken ... 0
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The Great Escape
1963 American war film
Overview: The Great Escape is a 1963 American epic historical war adventure film starring Steve McQueen, James Garner and Richard Attenborough and featuring James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James ...
Release date: 20 June 1963Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller, WarDirector: John SturgesCast: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald PleasenceProducer: James Clavell, Walter MirischWriter: Paul Brickhill, James ClavellAllied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II. 0
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King Arthur
2004 American film directed by Antoine Fuqua
Overview: King Arthur is a 2004 historical adventure film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by David Franzoni. It features an ensemble cast with Clive Owen as the title character, Ioan Gruffudd as Lancelot and ...
Release date: 28 June 2004Genre: Action, Adventure, History, War, DramaDirector: Antoine FuquaProducer: Jerry Bruckheimer, Ned DowdWriter: David FranzoniA demystified take on the tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. 0
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Inglourious Basterds
2009 film by Quentin Tarantino
Overview: Inglourious Basterds is a 2009 war film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger, Daniel Brühl, Til Schweiger and Mélanie ...
Release date: 20 May 2009Genre: Action, Adventure, War, Drama, ThrillerDirector: Quentin TarantinoProducer: Lawrence Bender, William Paul ClarkWriter: Quentin TarantinoIn Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful ... 0
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Flags of Our Fathers
2006 film by Clint Eastwood
Overview: Flags of Our Fathers is a 2006 American war drama film directed, co-produced, and scored by Clint Eastwood and written by William Broyles Jr. and Paul Haggis. It is based on the 2000 book of the same name ...
Release date: 20 October 2006Genre: Action, Drama, History, WarDirector: Clint EastwoodProducer: Clint Eastwood, Robert LorenzWriter: William Broyles Jr., Paul HaggisThe life stories of the six men who raised the flag at the Battle of Iwo Jima, a turning point in World War II. 0
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War Dogs
2016 film by Todd Phillips
Overview: War Dogs is a 2016 American black comedy crime film directed by Todd Phillips and written by Phillips, Jason Smilovic and Stephen Chin, based on the 2011 Rolling Stone article, "Arms and the Dudes", by ...
Release date: 19 August 2016Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller, War, CrimeDirector: Todd PhillipsProducer: Zakaria Alaoui, Scott BudnickWriter: Stephen Chin, Todd PhillipsLoosely based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a three hundred million dollar contract from the Pentagon ... 0
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The Sea Wolves
1980 war film
Overview: The Sea Wolves is a 1980 war film starring Gregory Peck, Roger Moore and David Niven. The film, which is based on the 1978 book Boarding Party by James Leasor, is the true story of Operation Creek during ...
Release date: 3 July 1980Genre: War, Action, HistoryDirector: Andrew V. McLaglenProducer: Jorge L. Araneta, Harold BuckWriter: James Leasor, Reginald RoseDuring World War II, British Intelligence brings a crew of ex-soldiers out of retirement, using their age as cover, to take to the seas and pull off an ... 0
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The Purple Plain
1954 film
Overview: The Purple Plain is a 1954 British war film directed by Robert Parrish, with Gregory Peck playing a Royal Canadian Air Force pilot serving in the Royal Air Force in the Burma campaign in the closing months ...
Release date: 14 September 1954Genre: Adventure, Drama, War, ActionDirector: Robert ParrishProducer: John Bryan, Earl St. JohnWriter: H.E. Bates, Eric AmblerIn WW2 Burma, a Canadian bomber pilot becomes reckless after losing his bride in a Luftwaffe air-raid. 0
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River Queen
2005 New Zealand-British film by Vincent Ward
Overview: River Queen is a 2005 war drama film written and directed by Vincent Ward and starring Samantha Morton, Kiefer Sutherland, Cliff Curtis, Temuera Morrison and Stephen Rea. The film garnered mixed reviews ...Release date: 12 September 2005Genre: Action, Adventure, DramaDirector: Vincent WardProducer: Chris Auty, Geoff DixonWriter: Vincent Ward, Toa FraserAn intimate story set during the 1860s in which a young Irish woman Sarah and her family find themselves on both sides of the turbulent wars between British ... 0
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Gunga Din
1939 film by George Stevens
Overview: Gunga Din is a 1939 American adventure film from RKO Radio Pictures directed by George Stevens and starring Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr., loosely based on the 1890 poem of the ...
Release date: 24 January 1939Genre: Action, Adventure, WarDirector: George StevensCast: Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Sam Jaffe, Eduardo Ciannelli, Joan FontaineProducer: George StevensWriter: Joel Sayre, Fred GuiolIn 19th century India, three British soldiers and a native waterbearer must stop a secret mass revival of the murderous Thuggee cult before it can rampage ... 0
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Father Goose
1964 film by Ralph Nelson
Overview: Father Goose is a 1964 American Technicolor romantic comedy film set in World War II, starring Cary Grant, Leslie Caron and Trevor Howard. The title is a play on the children's fiction character of "Mother ...Release date: 10 December 1964Genre: War, Romance, Comedy, AdventureDirector: Ralph NelsonProducer: Robert ArthurWriter: Peter Stone, Frank TarloffDuring WW2, a man persuaded to live on an isolated island and spot aircraft finds himself responsible for a teacher and several students, all female. 0
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Enemy Mine
1985 film by Wolfgang Petersen
Overview: Enemy Mine is a 1985 American science fiction film directed by Wolfgang Petersen and written by Edward Khmara, based on Barry B. Longyear's novella of the same name. The film stars Dennis Quaid and Louis ...
Release date: 12 December 1985Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama, Action, AdventureDirector: Wolfgang PetersenCast: Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett Jr., Brion James, Richard Marcus, Carolyn McCormick, Bumper RobinsonProducer: Stephen J. Friedman, Stanley O'TooleWriter: Barry Longyear, Edward KhmaraDuring a long space war, the lives of two wounded enemies become dependent on their ability to forgive and to trust. 0
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Age of Heroes
2011 British film
Overview: Age of Heroes is a 2011 British war film directed by Adrian Vitoria.Release date: 20 May 2011Genre: War, Action, Adventure, ThrillerDirector: Adrian VitoriaProducer: Ed Scates, Adrian VitoriaThe true story of the formation of Ian Fleming's 30 Commando unit, a precursor for the elite forces in the U.K. 0
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Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia
2009 American film
Overview: Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia is a 2009 American action war film directed by Tim Matheson and starring Joe Manganiello, WWE wrestler Mr. Kennedy, Keith David and Matheson. It is the third installment in ...Release date: 6 January 2009Director: Tim MathesonProducer: John Davis, Jeff DiazWriter: James Dodson, Tobias IaconisNavy SEALS mount an attack on Colombian special forces to clear their names and rescue a hostage. 0
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