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Rating: 7.2 Genre:Drama, History, War
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Rating: 7.9 Genre:Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller, War
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The Killing Fields(1984)
Rating: 7.5 Genre:Drama, History, War
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Rating: 6 Genre:Drama, History, War
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The Thin Red Line(1998)
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