Movies and TvShows featuring "homecoming-soldier" theme.
In a small steel mill town in Pennsylvania, the lives of several friends are impacted and disrupted by the Vietnam War. They prepare for military service and experience the challenges of the war. The story follows their relationships, weddings, hunting trips, and the brutal realities of war. It delves into themes of friendship, love, grief, and the psychological toll of war, creating a gripping and emotional narrative.
Ron Kovic, a young and patriotic boy, enlists in the Marine Corps and goes on to serve in the Vietnam War. After a series of traumatic experiences, including the accidental shooting of a fellow Marine and becoming paralyzed, Ron becomes disillusioned with the war and his country. He returns home to a society that has forgotten about its Vietnam veterans and becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist.
The Best Years of Our Lives follows three veterans of World War II as they struggle to readjust to civilian life after the war. The film explores the challenges they face, such as finding employment, dealing with physical and emotional scars, and reconnecting with their families. It portrays their experiences with honesty and compassion, highlighting the sacrifices and resilience of war veterans.
A writer and war veteran, who is also an alcoholic, returns to his small Indiana hometown. He gets caught in a scandalous affair and must confront his troubled past.
A Danish soldier is accused of killing civilians during the war in Afghanistan and stands trial for his actions.
Set in post-World War II Germany, 'The Marriage of Maria Braun' follows the story of Maria Braun, a strong-willed German woman who navigates through the challenges of the black market, an interracial relationship, and her own personal ambition. As she builds a new life for herself amidst the rubble of war, Maria's journey is marked by infidelity, political turmoil, and the pursuit of success in a male-dominated society.
In the midst of World War I, a French soldier's life is forever changed when he suffers a disfiguring facial wound. As he recovers in a hospital, he struggles with his new appearance and grapples with the challenges of adjusting to life as a disfigured soldier. Through introspection and encounters with others who have faced their own hardships, he begins to find hope and acceptance in the midst of despair.
During the Algerian War, a French soldier disobeys orders and is captured by mercenaries. After his escape, he returns home to face accusations of treason and must defend himself in court.
During World War II, a courageous soldier finds himself stranded in the desert of Libya after a devastating battle. With limited supplies and dire straits, he must fight to stay alive and make his way back to safety.
Arsenal is a silent film that tells the story of the events during the Russian Revolution and the aftermath of World War I. It follows a group of Ukrainian soldiers who revolt against the Russian Army and fight for Ukrainian independence. The film explores themes of war, revolution, and the hardships faced by soldiers returning home.
After WWII, Berlin lies in ruins. For Gustav, Willi and their friends the rubble provides an adventurous, dangerous playground. Especially for Gustav, it helps pass the time, as he longs for his father's return from a POW camp. One day a stranger arrives, looking helpless and hopeless.
Till the End of Time is a drama/romance film set in post-World War II America. It follows the story of a war veteran who battles with PTSD and tries to adjust to civilian life while dealing with a domineering mother. The film explores themes of reprisal, retribution, and the challenges faced by veterans returning from war.
A Marine is blinded during the Guadalcanal campaign and must adapt to his new life. With the help of his devoted nurse, he learns to overcome his self-pity and bitterness.
A Korean war vet and his bride face subtle and sometimes extreme racism when they return to his home in rural California.
The returning soldier Kuzma Kadkin on the train tells how well he lived before the war, and that everyone in the area knows him. An accidental fellow traveler, a young mother, leaves her child, a one and a half year old boy, Kadkin, to run away at the junction for water, but lags behind the train. Kuzma has no choice but to bring the baby home...
Documentary/training film depicting the duties of a pilot in the Pacific Theatre of the Second World War as he flies reconnaissance missions over enemy-held islands.
Teresa is a young girl living in Italy during World War Two. She experiences the struggles of war and the challenges of being in a binational couple. Her psychic abilities add an interesting dynamic to her story. Teresa's discontent with her life and her complicated relationship with a US soldier make for an emotional journey. The movie explores themes of love, family conflict, and immigration.
When he returns to Prague from a stint in the Army, Lada does not seem to fit in anywhere, and he cannot get the hang of the system of deliberately underperforming on the job. His girlfriend tries to keep him in the city with a variety of stratagems, but he eventually takes a job as a truck driver on a dam-building project. He uses the truck to visit his girl on weekends. Ingenuous, he is unaware that the truck is being used for black-market smuggling, and that his girlfriend two-times on him when he cannot arrange to leave on time for his weekend.
Private Bumbarash, considered lost in the First World War, suddenly returned to his native village, where no one recognizes, because the money for the memorial service a long time ago employed for other purposes. In a country already in full raging civil war in the tiny village of power is changing every half: red, white, anarchists, gangsters, again red and white for them again, and so on to infinity ... Amid all this chaos Bumbarash tries to arrange his life and personal happiness.