Movies tagged as "gulf war"

Big Lebowski, The [1998, USA, UK ] starting from $1.99

They figured he was a lazy time wasting slacker. They were right.

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Mystery Actors: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, David Huddleston, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tara Reid, Philip Moon, Mark Pellegrino, Peter Stormare, Flea, Torsten Voges, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Jack Kehler, John Turturro Directors: Joel Coen, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   When "The Dude" Lebowski is mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, two thugs urinate on his rug to coerce him into paying a debt he knows nothing about. While attempting to gain recompense for the ruined rug from his wealthy counterpart, he accepts a one-time job with high pay-off. He enlists the help of his bowling buddy, Walter, a gun-toting Jewish-convert with anger issues. Deception leads to more trouble, and it soon seems that everyone from porn empire tycoons to nihilists want something from The Dude.

Jarhead [2005, Germany, USA ] starting from $1.99

Every man fights his own way.

Genres: Action, Biography, Drama, War Actors: Jake Gyllenhaal, Scott MacDonald, Lo Ming, Kevin Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Damion Poitier, Riad Galayini, Craig Coyne, Katherine Randolph, Rini Bell, Dendrie Taylor, James Morrison, Arman Zajic, Brianne Davis, Jamie Foxx Directors: Sam Mendes, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Jarhead (the self-imposed moniker of the Marines) follows "Swoff" (Gyllenhaal), a third-generation enlistee, from a sobering stint in boot camp to active duty, sporting a sniper's rifle and a hundred-pound ruck on his back through Middle East deserts with no cover from intolerable heat or from Iraqi soldiers, always potentially just over the next horizon. Swoff and his fellow Marines sustain themselves with sardonic humanity and wicked comedy on blazing desert fields in a country they don't understand against an enemy they can't see for a cause they don't fully fathom... Foxx portrays Sergeant Sykes, a Marine lifer who heads up Swofford's scout/sniper platoon, while Sarsgaard is Swoff's friend and mentor, Troy, a die-hard member of STA-their elite Marine Unit.

Manchurian Candidate, The [2004, USA ] starting from $1.99

This summer everything is under control.

Genres: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War Actors: Jeffrey Wright, Pablo Schreiber, Anthony Mackie, Dorian Missick, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Teddy Dunn, Joaquin Perez-Campbell, Tim Artz, Denzel Washington, Robyn Hitchcock, Liev Schreiber, Antoine Taylor, Joseph Alessi, Raymond Anthony Thomas, Bill Irwin, Directors: Jonathan Demme Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   When his army unit was ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saved his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, then-Captain Ben Marco, was knocked unconscious. Brokering the incident for political capital, Shaw eventually becomes a vice-presidential nominee, while Marco is haunted by dreams of what happened — or didn't happen — in Kuwait. As Marco (now a Major) investigates, the story begins to unravel, to the point where he questions if it happened at all. Is it possible the entire unit was kidnapped and brainwashed to believe Shaw is a war hero as part of a plot to seize the White House? Some very powerful people at Manchurian Global corporation appear desperate to stop him from finding out.

Punisher, The [2004, Germany, USA ] starting from $1.99

This Is Not Revenge. It's Punishment!

Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller Actors: Will Patton, John Travolta, Rebecca Romijn, Roy Scheider, A. Russell Andrews, Omar Avila, James Carpinello, Mark Collie, Russ Comegys, Antoni Corone, Rick Elmhurst, Laura Harring, Ben Foster, Michael Reardon, Will Hasenzahl, Thomas Jane, Eddie Jemison, Marco St. John, Marcus Johns Directors: Jonathan Hensleigh, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Special agent Frank Castle had it all: A loving family, a great life, and an adventurous job. But when his life is taken away from him by a ruthless criminal and his associates, Frank has become reborn. Now serving as judge, jury, and executioner, he's a new kind of vigilante out to wage a one man war against those who have done him wrong.

Three Kings [1999, USA ] starting from $1.99

In a war without heroes they are kings

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, War Actors: Saïd Taghmaoui, George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze, Cliff Curtis, Nora Dunn, Jamie Kennedy, Mykelti Williamson, Holt McCallany, Judy Greer, Christopher Lohr, Jon Sklaroff, Liz Stauber, Marsha Horan Directors: David O. Russell, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg and Ice Cube star in "Three Kings," the story of a small group of adventurous American soldiers in Iraq at the end of the Gulf War who are determined to steal a huge cache of gold reputed to be hidden somewhere near their desert base. Finding a map they believe will take them to the gold, they embark on a journey that leads to unexpected discoveries, enabling them to rise to a heroic challenge that drastically changes their lives.