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# Name Year Country Genres IMDb Votes IMDb Rating Type Status CBFC
1
City of Ghosts
City of Ghosts
116 min
2002 United States of America 5854 5.9 Movie Released R
2
Restrepo
Restrepo
93 min
2010 United States of America 24536 7.4 Movie Released
3 1984 United Kingdom 60089 7.8 Movie Released
4 2010 United Kingdom 1542 8.4 Movie Released
5 2012 Denmark 41179 8.2 Movie Released NR
6
For Sama
For Sama
100 min
2019 Syrian Arab Republic 12972 8.5 Movie Released
7
A Private War
A Private War
106 min
2018 United Kingdom 21235 6.7 Movie Released R
8
The Fog of War
The Fog of War
107 min
2003 United States of America 25203 8.1 Movie Released PG-13
9 2018 New Zealand 38780 8.2 Movie Released R
10 2020 France 15 7.8 Movie Released
11 2008 Czech Republic 40370 7.3 Movie Released
12
The Report
The Report
119 min
2019 United States of America 51930 7.2 Movie Released
13
Cameraperson
Cameraperson
102 min
2016 United States of America 3304 7.4 Movie Released
14 2005 United States of America 1258 6.8 Movie Released
15 2015 Brazil 87514 7.7 Movie Released
16
Hotel Rwanda
Hotel Rwanda
121 min
2004 Italy 374612 8.1 Movie Released
17
The Hurt Locker
The Hurt Locker
131 min
2008 United States of America 476768 7.5 Movie Released
18 2017 Canada 28526 7.7 Movie Released PG-13
19
American Sniper
American Sniper
133 min
2014 United States of America 535391 7.3 Movie Released R
20
Black Hawk Down
Black Hawk Down
145 min
2001 United Kingdom 427892 7.7 Movie Released
21 2012 India 321851 7.4 Movie Released R
22 2012 United States of America 7109 7.6 Movie Released NR
23
The Square
The Square
151 min
2017 Denmark 78244 7.1 Movie Released R
24 1963 United States of America 261224 8.2 Movie Released
25 2017 United Kingdom 64344 7.8 Movie Released PG-13
26 1998 United States of America 201250 7.6 Movie Released
27 2016 United Kingdom 8242 7.5 Movie Released
28 2006 United Kingdom 2174 7.2 Movie Released
29
Afghan Star
Afghan Star
87 min
2008 United Kingdom 1018 7.2 Movie Released NR
30
The Messenger
The Messenger
113 min
2009 United States of America 36931 7.1 Movie Released
31 1987 United Kingdom 798308 8.2 Movie Released
32 1995 United States of America 61064 6.8 Movie Released PG-13
33
The Front Line
The Front Line
133 min
2011 South Korea 7177 7.3 Movie Released
34
The Way Back
The Way Back
133 min
2010 India 122717 7.3 Movie Released
35
The Great War
The Great War
137 min
1959 France 4655 8.1 Movie Released
36 1997 United States of America 1283 7.6 Movie Released
37 2007 Germany 125718 7 Movie Released R
38
Hacksaw Ridge
Hacksaw Ridge
139 min
2016 Australia 605772 8.1 Movie Released
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