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The bridge on the River Kwai, Midway, Tora! Tora! Tora! and The Tuskegee airmen: MPAA Rating: PG ; The great escape: Not rated. ; Hacksaw Ridge: Rating: R

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The bridge on the River Kwai: British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge for their WWII Japanese captors, unaware of an Allied mission to blow it upThe great escape: A high-security German prisoner-of-war camp in 1942 holds only known troublemakers and risk-takers, all of whom are determined to pull off the war's most daring escapeHacksaw Ridge: During the bloodiest battle of WWII, in Okinawa, Desmond Doss saved 75 men without firing or carrying a gun. He was the only American soldier in WWII to fight on the front lines without a weapon, as he believed that while the war was justified, killing was nevertheless wrong. As an army medic, he singlehandedly evacuated the wounded from behind enemy lines, braved fire while tending to soldiers and was wounded by a grenade and hit by snipers. Doss was the first conscientious objector to ever earn the Congressional Medal of HonorMidway: Centers on the Battle of Midway, a clash between the American fleet and the Imperial Japanese Navy which marked a pivotal turning point in the Pacific Theater during WWII. The film, based on the real-life events of this heroic feat, tells the story of the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude, and bravery to overcome the oddsTora! Tora! Tora!: A dramatization which chronicles the bombing of Pearl Harbor from both the Japanese and American points of viewThe Tuskegee airmen: The story of the 'Fighting 99th' - the first squadron of black American pilots to be allowed to fight for their country. It is 1943 and the U.S. is suffering huge losses on the ground and in the air. Four newly recruited pilots are united by a desire to serve their country, at a time when black flyers were not welcomed in the Air Force. Now, the "Tuskegee Airmen" must undertake the riskiest mission of their lives and to prove to America that courage knows no color

The bridge on the River Kwai -- The great escape -- Hacksaw Ridge -- Midway -- Tora! Tora! Tora! -- The Tuskegee airmen

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