1967年，19岁的克里斯·泰勒放弃学业，和其他美国士兵一起，乘飞机飞抵西贡。他被编在一个步兵排里执行任务，步兵连中对泰勒影响最大的要属巴恩斯中士和伊莱亚斯中士，但两人对战争的看法完全不同，因战争而成了疯狂杀人机器巴恩斯，心肠极为冷酷，而伊莱亚斯认为即使在残酷的战争中，也要遵守必要的行为准则。 在一次战役中，巴恩斯下令用火焰喷射器烧毁整个村庄，伊莱亚斯极力劝阻巴恩斯的暴行，巴恩斯因此怀恨在心。某次激战中，伊莱亚斯负伤，巴恩斯闻声赶来，命令泰勒背另一名伤员，撤退，自己则趁机瞄准伊莱亚斯，连放两枪；他甚至想杀掉知晓真情的泰勒，然而，正好一颗炸弹落下，两人都失去知觉。他们醒来后，巴恩斯命令泰勒去找军医，而泰勒则将枪口对准了巴恩斯，扣动扳机……
在美国南北战争期间，北军麦约翰受伤垂危，幸得南方寄宿女子学校一名少女所救。该名少女将他带回学校，学校师生对他既惊且恐。当约翰渐渐康复，他的魅力逐一迷倒学校的女教师，因妒成恨的复仇行为一触即发……
《帕斯尚尔战役》讲述了一个受伤的军官（保罗·格罗斯饰）爱上一名护士（卡罗琳·德哈维纳斯饰）的故事。他与患慢性病的护士弟弟一起，协同加拿大士兵在帕斯尚尔的战场上同敌人作战……
1945年，年轻的法国士兵罗伯特在中印河内与他的兄弟亨利会合。在一次日本人的袭击中，罗伯特看到亨利和他怀孕的妻子被处决。罗伯特想要报仇，于是加入了法国军队。但当他遇到当地妓女麦时，他的信仰和仇恨情绪被动摇了。
二战末期，一个17岁的小男孩在乡间游荡，他先被苏维埃军队捉获，然后释放，之后又因为穿上一件御寒的德国军装而再次被苏联部队逮捕，被监禁在一个偏僻的兵营，在那里他跟一名年轻的苏联士兵建立起一段不可能的友谊关系。影片展示出导演一贯的主题：心理因素、随意的暴力和独裁政权。
A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.
Johnny Forest, bounty hunter, attempts to carry out his mother's dying wish that he bring in his outlaw brother, Clint, alive. On the run from Jurago, a former partner he has crossed, Clint accepts Johnny's help, and agrees to surrender ..... for now.
Two soldiers, Daniel and Jerome, flee a war we don’t see and we know nothing about. Jerome is badly injured, he will die, he says it, he knows it, he is afraid. Then Jerome confesses to Daniel his last will: he does not want to die a virgin, he wants to die loved…
An American soldier is wounded in Israel and slowly begins to lose his sight while hospitalized.
After breaking the enemy's rings, a partisan batch is left only with three wounded and two healthy fighters. Through his binoculars, the German captain Anders monitors the surviving soldiers who are walking through the fog in an effort to reach their brigade. Anders quietly starts a manhunt on wounded while anticipating their physical and mental exhaustion.
Battered, bandaged and playing croquet on crutches, wounded First World War soldiers get a break from the Western Front.
'Our Day' badges and flags being sold in aid of wounded WWI soldiers are shown in this Topical Budget film.