Movies like Tobruk

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Tobruk (1967)
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Tobruk (1967)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In September 1942, the German Afrika Korps under Rommel have successfully pushed the Allies back into Egypt. A counter-attack is planned, for which the fuel dumps at Tobruk are a critical impediment. In order to aid the attack, a group of British commandos and German Jews make their way undercover through 800 miles of desert, to destroy the fuel dumps starving the Germans of fuel.
Style: spectacular, exciting, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, military, desert, soldier, war, world war, espionage, tank, prisoner, commando, secret mission, freedom, revolutionary, revolution, lonely, mission, struggle, man on a mission, revolutionary war, great war, battles, rescue, british military, survival, heroes ...
Time: 1940s, year 1967, year 1942, 20th century, 40s
Place: africa, libya, egypt
Keyword: jewish, german

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Most similar movies to Tobruk

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and rough films with plots about world war two, world war, war, battles, military, soldier and danger mostly in War, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Tobruk: Raid on Rommel (1971), Eagles Over London (1969), Dirty Heroes (1967), Operation Crossbow (1965), The Biggest Battle (1978). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Raid on Rommel (1971)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Captain Foster plans on raiding German-occupied Tobruk with hand- picked commandos, but a mixup leaves him with a medical unit led by a Quaker conscientious objector. Despite all odds they succeed with their mission. On the way they pick up and drug ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, world war, war, nazi, commando, holocaust, desert, battles, british soldier, military life, heroic mission, captivity ...
Time: year 1971, year 1943
Place: africa, libya
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Taxi for Tobruk (1961)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Spain, West Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story: During World War II, French Commandos join forces with a German officer in order to survive the African desert.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, road movie, rough ...
Plot: world war two, war, desert, friendship, soldier, military, tank, anti war, world war, holocaust, courage, german officer ...
Time: 1940s, year 1942
Place: africa, france, libya, north africa, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Eagles Over London (1969)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The British High Command finds itself in the thick of a huge dilemma when it is realized that they have long been infiltrated by spies from a German intelligence group. This all happens during the preliminary stages of the Battle of Britain.
Style: macaroni combat, captivating, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: luftwaffe, world war two, soldier, combat, world war, revolution, freedom, revolutionary, struggle, revolutionary war, evacuation, superior officer ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1940
Place: london, england, france, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 262
Dirty Heroes (1967)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Set near the end of World War II in the Netherlands, Dirty Heroes concerns a group of ex-convicts recruited into the U.S. Army to recover Dutch jewels originally stolen by the Nazis as well as confiscated Allied plans
Style: exciting, macaroni combat, grindhouse, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, world war, wartime, exploitation, holocaust, prisoner, battles, escapades, soldier, danger, confined, chases and races ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: holland, europe, amsterdam, netherlands
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Operation Crossbow (1965)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Allied agents infiltrate the Nazi rocket complex at Peenemunde in order to obtain their secrets and sabotage the plant.The film alternates between German developments of the V-1 missile and V-2 rocket (with a German cast speaking their own language) ...
Style: political thriller, retro, cult classic, suspense, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, undercover, spy thriller, espionage, nazi, british, world war, luftwaffe, great war, machine gun, aviation, man on a mission ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: germany, england, london, europe, big ben london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Biggest Battle (1978)
Genre: War, Drama
Country: Italy, West Germany, Yugoslavia
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A story of how World War II affected the lives of a German family and an American family, both of whom had sons and fathers fighting in the war.
Style: macaroni combat, exciting, rough, bleak, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, world war, battles, nazi, revolutionary, freedom, revolution, combat, struggle, revolutionary war, soldier, computers and web ...
Time: 1940s, year 1978
Place: africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Hell Is for Heroes (1962)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: World War II drama where the action centers around a single maneuver by a squad of GIs in retaliation against the force of the German Siegfried line. Reese joins a group of weary GIs unexpectedly ordered back into the line when on their way to a ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: world war two, military, war, battles, infantry, soldier, american abroad, rebellion, military life, heroic mission, world war, fighting the system ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1962, year 1944
Place: germany, iraq, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Back Door to Hell (1964)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: During WWII, a three-man commando team places its trust in the hands of a band of Filipino resistors, as they try to knock out a Japenese communication center.
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, tense, psychotronic ...
Plot: world war two, espionage, war, danger, anti war, escapades, mission, world war, liberation, reconnaissance, battles, soldier ...
Time: 1940s
Place: the philippines, japan, asia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Too Late the Hero (1970)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: A WWII film set on a Pacific island. Japanese and allied forces occupy different parts of the island. When a group of British soldiers are sent on a mission behind enemy lines, things don't go exactly to plan. This film differs in that some of ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, tense, psychological, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, jungle, war, survival, military, british army, anti war, danger, soldier, rescue, rivalry, wartime ...
Time: year 1942
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Stalingrad (1993)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 134 min.
Story: "Stalingrad" follows the progress of a German Platoon through the brutal fighting of the Battle of Stalingrad. After having half their number wiped out and after being placed under the command of a sadistic Captain, the Lieutenant of the ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, gloomy, rough ...
Plot: world war two, war, battles, nazism, soldier, eastern front, military, holocaust, starvation, survival, military life, winter ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1942, year 1943
Place: russia, germany, europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Code Name: Emerald (1985)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In april 1944, an allied agent is sent to France in order to rescue an "overlord" captured by the Germans. (An "overlord" is one of the few men who knew the date and place of the "D" day). To achieve this goal, he will ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious
Plot: world war two, world war, spy, revolutionary war, man on a mission, revolutionary, revolution, struggle, freedom, secret mission, espionage, secret agent ...
Time: 1940s, year 1985, year 1944, 20th century
Place: paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, Czechoslovakia, West Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story: In March of 1945, as the War in Europe is coming to a close, fighting erupts between German and American troops at the last remaining bridgehead across the Rhine.
Style: realistic, intense, harsh, exciting, serious ...
Plot: world war two, war, battles, survival, soldier, nazi, world war, military, tank, escapades, anti war, wartime life ...
Time: 1940s, year 1969, year 1945, 20th century
Place: germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Everyman's War (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: No one in high command believed that German forces would attack in the sub zero temperatures and near blizzard conditions. As the pre-dawn attack comes, with communications down Sgt. Smith is left with no choice but to make his way through enemy ...
Style: rough, realistic, serious, uplifting
Plot: world war two, military, soldier, historical event, military life, against the odds, heroes, danger, infantrymen, battle zone, small town, world war ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: europe, germany, astoria oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Only the Brave (2006)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A searing portrait of war and prejudice, 'Only the Brave' takes you on a haunting journey into the hearts and minds of the forgotten heroes of WWII - the Japanese-American 100th/442nd.
Style: exciting, tense, captivating, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, battles, soldier, survival, military life, society, daring rescue, danger, war, heroic mission, battle zone, world war ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: europe, usa, france, italy, hawaii
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Mosquito Squadron (1969)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In WW2, a RAF squadron leader mourns the death of a comrade and receives a bombing mission against a secret Nazi V-2 rocket testing facility in France.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, aviation, raf, world war, military, flying, aeroplane, space, zeppelin, wartime, luftwaffe, aerial combat ...
Time: year 1969, 20th century
Place: england, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Battle of the Bulge (1965)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 167 min.
Story: In the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies stand ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New Year. To prevent this occurrence, Hitler orders an all out offensive to re-take French territory and capture the major port city of Antwerp. "The ...
Style: epic, factual, tense, exciting, serious ...
Audience: manly
Plot: world war two, war, tank, nazi, military, world war, u.s. military, battles, heroic mission, campaign, danger, wartime ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1944
Place: belgium, america, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
The Devil's Brigade (1968)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: 1968 American war film about the formation and first mission of the joint Canadian-American WWII special forces winter and mountain unit formally called 1st Special Service Force, but commonly known as “The Devil’s Brigade”. The film ...
Style: exciting, realistic, tense, harsh, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, military, commando, espionage, visceral, battles, betrayal, heroes, anti war, military life, basic training, wartime life ...
Time: 1940s
Place: italy, europe, canada, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
El Alamein - The Line of Fire (2002)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story: War seen through the eyes of Serra, a university student from Palermo who volunteers in 1942 to fight in Africa. He is assigned to the Pavia Division on the southern line in Egypt. Rommel and the Axis forces are bogged down; it's October, the ...
Style: serious, bleak, realistic, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: war, world war two, military, soldier, battles, friendship, danger, wartime life, military life, british army, behind enemy lines, introspection ...
Time: 1940s, year 1942, 20th century
Place: middle east, egypt, africa, alexandria egypt, palermo italy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Set in German-occupied Norway, this is based on the efforts of the Norwegian resistance to sabotage German development of the atomic bomb. Resistance fighter Knut Straud enlists the reluctant physicist Rolf Pedersen in an effort to destroy the ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, winter, nazi, spy, world war, military, resistance fighter, sabotage, mountain, great war, espionage, tank ...
Time: 1940s
Place: europe, england, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
The Battle of El Alamein (1969)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story: This movie's opening prologue states: "June 1942. As Rommel swept toward the Nile, the fall of Egypt and the capture of the Suez Canal seemed inevitable. Italian and German advance units raced toward Alexandria. Mussolini had given ...
Style: macaroni combat, rough, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, tank, world war, world war two, nazi, combat, freedom, revolutionary, struggle, revolution, revolutionary war, battles ...
Time: 1940s, year 1969
Place: africa, north africa, germany, sahara
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Play Dirty (1969)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The Dirty Dozen meet the Stiff Upper Lip. A British Petroleum executive (Michael Caine) is assigned to work with the British Army in North Africa handling port duties for incoming fuels.
Style: rough, realistic, serious, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, war, military, world war, desert, unhappy ending, machine gun, tank, mission, man on a mission, combat, nazi ...
Time: year 1969
Place: africa, germany, england, europe, egypt ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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 4K
Sahara (1995)
Genre: Action, War
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: After the fall of Tobruk in June 1942, U.S. Army sergeant Joe Gunn leads his tank into the Sahara desert, in order to evade advancing Rommel's forces and reach Allied lines. Along the way he picks up few Allied soldiers, but soon they are ...
Style: serious, realistic
Plot: world war two, desert, tank, revolution, holocaust, struggle, freedom, nazi, combat, revolutionary, luftwaffe, world war ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
When Trumpets Fade (1998)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In WWII Western Germany, Private David Manning reluctantly leaves behind a mortally wounded fellow soldier and searches for survivors from his platoon, only to learn from commanding officer Captain Pritchett that they have all been killed in action. ...
Style: rough, suspenseful, serious, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, military, heroic mission, military life, world war, battles, anti war, battle zone, siblings relations, wartime life, danger, tank ...
Time: year 1944, 1940s
Place: germany, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Saints and Soldiers: The Void (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Germany, May 1945, deep in the Harz Mountains a U.S. tank crew discovers a platoon of Germans preparing to ambush U.S. supply trucks.
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
Plot: world war two, tank, military, racism, soldier, danger, against the odds, save the day, military life, battles, human spirit, heroic mission ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944, 20th century
Place: germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Ike: Countdown to D-Day (2004)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: This is the story of the senior-level preparations for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944 from the time of Dwight D. Eisenhower's appointment as the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, to the establishment of the beachhead in Normandy. The film ...
Style: tense, rough, serious, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, war, d day, against the odds, president, battles, human spirit, heroic mission, basic training, military life, idealism, leadership ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 6.2
 2K
Beach Red (1967)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: American troops storm ashore on a Japanese-held island and push inland while their enemies plan a counterattack in this look at warfare. Soldiers on both sides are haunted by memories of home and the horrifying, sickening images they find in combat.
Style: spectacular, independent film, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Plot: world war two, war, military, island, world war, combat, wartime, colonialism, foreign legion, legion, battles, soldier ...
Time: year 1967
Place: asia, japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The Big Red One (1980)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A veteran sergeant of the World War I leads a squad in World War II, always in the company of the survivor Pvt. Griff, the writer Pvt. Zab, the Sicilian Pvt. Vinci and Pvt. Johnson in Vichy French Africa, Sicily, D-Day at Omaha Beach, Belgium and ...
Style: bleak, realistic, political, cynical, historical drama ...
Plot: world war two, war, military, sniper, world war, great war, soldier, tank, survival, hospital, infantry, friendly fire ...
Time: 1940s, year 1980, year 1942, year 1943, year 1945 ...
Place: africa, germany, america, europe, southern italy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The Battle of the Last Panzer (1969)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The film looks through the eyes of the German offense during World War II, specifically a German tank crew who, after losing a battle, struggle to get home.
Style: macaroni combat
Plot: world war two, tank, revolutionary war, world war, war, freedom, revolution, revolutionary, struggle, u.s. army, german soldier, bombing ...
Time: 1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Attack on Leningrad (2009)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: When in 1941 Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, their troops quickly besieged Leningrad. Foreign journalists are evacuated but one of them, Kate Davies, is presumed dead and misses the plane. Alone in the city she is helped by Nina Tsvetnova a ...
Style: serious, realistic, bleak, rough, gloomy
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, siege, hunger, wartime life, battles, soldier, world war, danger, self sacrifice, female protagonist, military, heroic mission ...
Time: 1940s, year 1941, 20th century
Place: russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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USS Seaviper (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Direct to DVD movie: The German U-Boat, U-234, from the Port of Kiel is trading cargo with the Japanese. USS Seaviper must locate and stop this dangerous exchange. The Captain of USS Seaviper must go ashore to conduct reconnaissance on an island ...
Style: exciting, tense, suspense, captivating, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: submarine, world war two, save the day, danger, isolation, heroic mission, rebellion, survival, island, rebelliousness, war, soldier ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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