# War movies about lesser known conflicts

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 10, 2016, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-movies-about-lesser-known-conflicts/759528 "2016-07-10T03:45:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-movies-about-lesser-known-conflicts/759528/101 "2016-07-13T20:33:21Z")

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Nowhere in Africa is a German film that takes place during World War 2, but in Kenya, not a place one associates with that conflict.

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-movies-about-lesser-known-conflicts/759528/102 "2016-07-13T20:42:54Z")

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_Cowboys and Aliens_ - about the little known alien invasion of the American West in the 19th century.

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-movies-about-lesser-known-conflicts/759528/103 "2016-07-13T21:05:15Z")

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> [@Martini\_Enfield](#):
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> I’m not aware of any movies about the… [Mau Mau Uprising](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mau_Mau_Uprising).

One film, Safari, which might qualify was just on today. I didn’t watch it so can’t tell you how much of it was actually about the Mau Mau Uprising.

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-movies-about-lesser-known-conflicts/759528/104 "2016-07-14T09:19:13Z")

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> [@Martini\_Enfield](#):
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> I’m not aware of any movies about the […] [Mau Mau Uprising](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mau_Mau_Uprising)

[Safari](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safari_(1956_film))  
[Simba](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simba_(film))  
[Something of Value](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_of_Value)

And those weren’t all foreign films with no-name actors, either - Rock Hudson, Sydney Poitier, Dirk Bogarde, Victor Mature and Janet Leigh…

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**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-movies-about-lesser-known-conflicts/759528/105 "2016-07-15T18:27:16Z")

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The Milagro Beanfield War - not really a war but hey, directed by Robert Redford with Christopher Walken, Melanie Griffith & Ruben Blades how bad can it be? I liked it, IIRC.

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**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-movies-about-lesser-known-conflicts/759528/106 "2016-07-16T03:35:04Z")

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_The Panama Deception_ (more of a documentary than a war film, I suppose), about the Noriega skirmish.

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