American historical action films

The Last Samurai

Film Age rating: 14 Year: 2003 IMDB Rating: 7.8

Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to...

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Dunkirk

Film Age rating: 12 Year: 2017 IMDB Rating: 7.8

The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between M...

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300

Film Age rating: 16 Year: 2007 IMDB Rating: 7.6

Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians; the battle is said to have...

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Rescue Dawn

Film Age rating: 14 Year: 2006 IMDB Rating: 7.3

A US Fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.

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Unbroken

Film Age rating: 14 Year: 2014 IMDB Rating: 7.2

A chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II.

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Kingdom of Heaven

Film Age rating: 13 Year: 2005 IMDB Rating: 7.2

After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.

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The Patriot

Film Age rating: 14 Year: 2000 IMDB Rating: 7.2

After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. But when his son Gabriel e...

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American Made

Film Age rating: 13 Year: 2017 IMDB Rating: 7.1

The true story of pilot Barry Seal, who transported contraband for the CIA and the Medellin cartel in the 1980s.

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The Woman King

Film Age rating: 14 Year: 2022 IMDB Rating: 6.9

The story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen, and General Nan...

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