Lessons of Darkness
Feb 21, 1992 | IMDB 7.8
54 min Watch NowWar, Documentary
Shortly after the Gulf War, oil fires were raging all through Kuwait. In the week before this sea of fire would be extinguished, Werner Herzog filmed this apocalyptic landscape with its murky skies, scorched earth and capricious flames.
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Broken Token
9/11: The Longest War
Desolate Rome
Three Kings
Flight 149: Hostage of War
The Pentagon Wars
Grenfell: Uncovered
Notre-Dame: Race Against the Inferno
Live from Baghdad
Far from Men
The Gulf War... What Next?
The Men Who Stare at Goats
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IMDB 6.7 | Nov , 2005
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IMDB 7.7 | Jun , 1992
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IMDB 6.8 | Sep , 2021
Follows the deadly Australian bushfires of 2019-2020, known as ‘Black Summer’. Burning is an exploration of what happened as told from the perspective of victims of the fires, activists and scientists.Fire in Paradise
IMDB 6.8 | Sep , 2019
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IMDB 7 | Jul , 2015
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IMDB 0 | Oct , 2024
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IMDB 0 | Sep , 2016
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IMDB 3.4 | Oct , 1995
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IMDB 6.6 | Sep , 1999
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IMDB 10 | Mar , 2025
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IMDB 6.9 | Feb , 1998
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IMDB 7.7 | Jun , 2025
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IMDB 6.7 | Dec , 2002
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IMDB 6.8 | Jan , 2015
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 1993
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IMDB 6 | Oct , 2009
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IMDB 5 | Mar , 2017
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