影片以一个小男孩的视角描写了东欧“二战”期间的悲惨景象。小男孩的父母把他送到乡下避难，但与他失去了联系。男孩开始在各个村庄之间流浪。因为他的黑头发、黑眼睛，村民认为他是吉卜赛人，会给村子带来不祥，以各种方式折磨他。他曾被埋在土里，只有脑袋露在外面，乌鸦将他啄得伤痕累累。他目睹人们在暴力、堕落和无知的牢固链环中彼此吞噬。当他躺在铁轨上，让火车从自己身上呼啸而过，他体会到的只有饱受凌辱却依然幸存的快乐。影片在黑白光影下呈现出绝美的视觉质感，一出战争浮生录在魔幻的视角下就此展开。
May 1945: the end of the Second World War in the Tyrolean Alps. SS man Anton has deserted and been shot. On the run from his unit, he swaps his SS uniform for that of a dead Wehrmacht soldier and discovers a lonely mountain hut. Hannah, a Jewish woman, is hiding here. She takes Anton in and tends to his wounds. But there is great mistrust between the two. Together they cope with the harsh everyday life in the remote hut. They are looked after by 16-year-old peasant girl Charlotte, whose family pays Hannah not to betray them. And at night, they hear fighting between the German troops and Italian partisans. Over time, a cautious familiarity develops between Anton and Hannah - he, who has done terrible things in the war, she, who has lost her family and has been struggling with fear and loneliness up here in the mountains for months. They grow closer. Hannah finds out that Anton was no ordinary soldier. He was in the SS, a man of conviction, at least at first. Brutal truths come to light. The war is as good as over, but what kind of future awaits them? Georg turns up at the hut: He's been looking for Anton, hunting him down. He was the one who shot Anton - his best friend. Georg is fighting a battle that has long been hopeless, driven by hatred and the will to destroy. And he also wants to kill Hannah. High in the mountains, the decision is made. The Deserter is a story about war and guilt, but also about helpfulness and humanity.
1943年9月，一支英国突击队与一名美国军官组成一个秘密小组，深入敌后波兰执行任务。他们与抵抗军一起穿越严酷的荒野，意图从德国人手中解救波兰科学家法比安博士。
第二次世界大战期间，一名患有创伤后应激障碍的士兵在非洲作战后返回家园，当他重温凯瑟琳山口的战役时，发现重新融入家庭生活越来越困难。
本片根据朝鲜战争中的真人真事演绎而来。 1950年八月，朝鲜人民军攻克汉城，一路南下。韩国方面征召学生入伍，组成“学徒义勇军”顽强抵抗。学徒兵吴张帆（崔胜贤/T.O.P 饰）所在的部队被人民军连连击退，为补充兵员，数十名学徒兵加入战斗序列，其中包括父母被人民军杀害的不良 学生甲赵（权相宇 饰），这些学徒兵组成了一支71人的小队，由吴张帆担任队长率队防卫浦项，而韩国部队则转移至釜山之前最后的防线——洛东江。孤零零的学徒兵小队在一所废弃的学校中布防，他们将要面对的，是朝鲜人民军精锐的766部队，人民军少校朴武郎（车胜元 饰）为完成最高领袖的任务，下令向距离釜山更近的浦项进攻……
To withstand the psychological torture of the Gestapo, a lawyer imprisoned by the Nazis rescues himself in the world of chess.
国民党军营长黄怀恩（张笑君 饰）在解放军发起渡江战役前夕，率部撤离驻守的楚家渡口，退守江南。临行前，他向房东楚老大表示要娶楚家闺女荷花（章龄之 饰）为妻，并留下一只祖传玉镯作为信物。就在这天傍晚，荷花遇到了前来侦查的解放军连长刘震山（陈龙 饰），并一见倾心。很快，刘震山就率部来到楚家 渡口，开始了全力以赴的渡江准备。而已在对岸矶头山防守的黄怀恩备战之余，仍沉浸在消灭渡江的解放军之后迎娶荷花的幻想之中。所有人的命运，都指向渡江这一刻的到来。这一刻，终于到来了——百万雄师过大江！ 刘震山与荷花从楚家渡口抢险出发，在黄怀恩的枪林弹雨中，渡过长江，第一个登上南岸的矶头山，来到战败的黄怀恩面前……
电影以抗美援朝战争第二次战役中的长津湖战役为背景，讲述了一段波澜壮阔的历史：71年前，中国人民志愿军赴朝作战，在极寒严酷环境下，东线作战部队凭着钢铁意志和英勇无畏的战斗精神一路追击，奋勇杀敌，扭转了战场态势，打出了军威国威。
