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Battle for Sevastopol(2015)
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Barry Lyndon(1975)
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A Very Long Engagement(2004)
Rating: 7.3 Genre:Drama, Romance, War
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Gone with the Wind(1939)
Rating: 8 Genre:Drama, War, Romance
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The Last of the Mohicans(1992)
Rating: 7.4 Genre:Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
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Pearl Harbor(2001)
Rating: 6.9 Genre:Action, War, History, Romance, Drama
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Hair(1979)
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The English Patient(1996)
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