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We Go in at Dawn (2020)
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Original name: We Go In at Dawn
Genre: History, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When a high-ranking war planner is captured and held in a German prisoner of war camp, a team of specialists take on the dangerous mission of trying to break him out. Trouble is, he doesn't want to be rescued.
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense, bleak
Plot:
world war two, pow, rescue mission, military, captivity, mission, military officer, prisoner of war camp, german army, escape plan, reluctant hero, military operation, claustrophobia, mature, isolation, leadership, bravery, covert operation, sabotage, betrayal, interrogation, slow burn, french resistance, prisoner, psychological drama
Time:
1940s
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Most similar movies to We Go in at Dawn
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, captivating, suspenseful and suspense films with plots about world war two, military, war, survival, soldier, world war and sacrifice mostly in War, Thriller and History genres. Some movies like We Go in at Dawn: An Enemy to Die For (2012), Wolves of War (2022), Burial (2022), Breaking Point (1989), Natural Light (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: History, Thriller, War
Country: Sweden, Germany, Norway
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Despite the threat of war in the fall of 1939, the Germans decide to launch a sea expedition in search of evidence for Pangaea. Although the multi national geologists embark enthusiastically on their research mission, the growing political tension ...
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
world war two, scientific expedition, ship, wartime, military, expedition, war, mission, moral dilemma, isolation, political intrigue, claustrophobia ...
Time:
year 1939
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Action, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Decorated British officer Jack Wallace must lead a band of Allied commandos across enemy lines to rescue Professor Hopper, an American scientist held hostage by the Nazis. With information that could turn the tide of war, these unlikely heroes must ...
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, tense, captivating, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, rescue mission, mission, british officer, nazi, wartime, wartime life, british, soldier, military, war, military life ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
bavaria
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Horror, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Set in the last days of World War II, a small band of Russian soldiers led by intelligence officer Brana Vasilyeva, who is tasked with trafficking the remains of Hitler back to Stalin in Russia. En route, the unit is attacked by German ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, josef stalin, hitler, soldier, last stand, mission, assignment, military, wartime life, german soldier, russian soldier, military officer ...
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Mystery, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Pike is an American agent who is captured by the Nazis who want the date of Normandy attack. When they can't get the information through torture they try something totally different.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological horror, period drama
Plot:
world war two, deception, mind game, d day, nazi, psychological manipulation, pow, brainwashing, interrogation, military, prospector, espionage ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
47%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Hungary, Latvia, France, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
World War II, occupied Soviet Union. István Semetka is a simple Hungarian farmer who serves as a Sub-Lieutenant in a special unit scouting for partisan groups. On their way to a remote village, his company falls under enemy fire. As the commander ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
prospector, reconnaissance, soldier, partisan, realism, eastern front, military, military officer, fight for supremacy, ambush, war, struggle for survival ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union, germany
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Nazi occupied Poland, during the World War II. Hans, a former brilliant student, has become an SS officer stationed at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. When he is commissioned by his superior officer to build an efficient gas chamber, ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, historical drama, bleak ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, ss officer, nazi, auschwitz, nazi officer, nazism, nazi germany, genocide, war crime, anti semitism, wartime ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
poland, germany
Similarity:
44%
Genre: History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Gordon Welchman was one of the original elite codebreakers crucial to the allies defeating the Nazis in World War II. He is the forgotten genius of Bletchley Park.
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, disturbing, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, code breaking, historical character, historical figure, cryptography, intelligence, biopic, puzzle, wartime, wartime life, historical event, technology ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
england
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Adventure, History, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
During the last days of World War II, Germany, desperate for any last grasp to defeat the allied powers, looked to their last remaining weapons and soldiers. The German Navy and the last remaining U-Boats were formed together for one desperate last ...
Style:
period piece, tense, captivating, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war two, torpedo, mission, defeat, air attack, soldier, dead body, guilt, u.s. navy, fighter plane, world war, wartime ...
Time:
1940s, 1910s, year 1945, year 1918
Place:
atlantic ocean, usa
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: China
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The film is set in 1949, as the members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China prepare to establish a new Chinese state, the People's Republic of China.
Style:
political, historical drama, period piece, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
revolution, communist party, chinese history, military, military officer, society, historical event, political unrest, politics, republican era china, political intrigue, biopic ...
Time:
1940s, year 1949
Place:
china, east asia, beijing china, asia
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
During WWII, the death camp at Treblinka had an escape, causing the Commandant at a similar camp in Sobibor to vow (actually threaten) that his camp would never experience the same thing. But those who were its captives, the Jewish laborers that had ...
Style:
tense, realistic, thought provoking, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
concentration camp, world war two, pow, holocaust, escape, shoah, against humanity, genocide, military, captivity, nazi, hopes ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
poland, europe
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of a British secret agent, shot down over Malaya near to a Allied POW forced labour camp. There she is hidden, disguised as a youthful prisoner, until her escape can be effected. The costs of keeping her identity secret fall ...
Style:
bleak, period piece, grindhouse
Plot:
world war two, pow, torture, survival, spy, captivity, secret agent, female protagonist, escape, sacrifice, bravery, loyalty ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
asia
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Biography, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Four American soldiers in WW2, after witnessing the vicious murder of an innocent civilian at the hands of their platoon Sergeant, are sent on a reconnaissance/suicide mission led by a local partisan.
Style:
tense, heavy, harsh, dramatic, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, soldier, partisan, moral ambiguity, war, war atrocity, warrior, military officer, sergeant, army sergeant, brutality, american soldier ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
36%
Genre: War
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Facing mounting odds, a small but determined band of American soldiers venture into dangerous enemy territory on a mission to stop an advancing German unit from breaking through the Allied line.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, harsh, captivating, grim ...
Plot:
world war two, mission, military, german soldier, american soldier, wartime life, war, soldier, friend, friendship, military life, nazi soldier ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
france
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Thriller, War
Country: Thailand
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
On July 7, 1944, a U.S. Army hospital on the remote island of Saipan is overrun by Japanese forces during a relentless attack. Outgunned and surrounded by the enemy, a lone medic puts it all on the line to lead a band of wounded soldiers to safety.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, dramatic, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, doctor, surgeon, male doctor, world war two, hospital, protection, war, death, rescue, fight, military hospital ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: War
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A young pilot, fresh out of training, is called to join a Flight while they wait for the call to scramble. Throughout a single day, he witnesses the skies of southern England filled with deadly dog fights, and after every exhausting battle the men ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, tense, tension, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, pilot, royal air force, aerial combat, sacrifice, air force, military, aviation, air strike, soldier, military service, war ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When a small outpost is ambushed, a US Army squad must take the battle below ground on a high-stakes mission in a new type of warfare the likes of which they have never seen.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mission, battles, military, vietnam war, ambush, combat, fight, agent, team, special agent, risk, threat ...
Place:
vietnam
Similarity:
34%
Genre: History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
Documentary series recounting the exploits of the Special Operations Executive in World War Two.
Style:
suspenseful, period piece, captivating, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, military history, covert operation, military, wartime life, world history, historical figure, black ops, great war, historical character, british history, world war ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
britain, europe, france, belgium, italy
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
August 1944. With the American Eighth Air Force poised to strike over Nazi Germany, British Intelligence learns that they could be flying into a deadly trap. With only hours to spare, Flight Lieutenant Edward Barnes must fly a life and death mission ...
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, military, heroic mission, aviation, military officer, nazi germany, heroism, dangerous mission, air strike, air force base, historical event, soldier ...
Place:
berlin germany
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infiltrating and surveying Nazi Germany.
Style:
political thriller, retro, captivating, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, espionage, nazi, covert operation, dominatrix, nazi germany, wartime, international relations, youth, politics, secret agent, danger ...
Time:
year 1962, 20th century, 1940s, year 1942
Place:
germany, europe, hamburg germany, copenhagen, berlin germany ...
Similarity:
33%
241
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Based on a true story its the untold story of Italian World War II POW"S in Jan 1946. Luca Zingaretti stars as one of over 50,000 Italian Prisoners of War detained at POW camps in the U.S. Roy Schneider stars as Colonel Gartner, the Commander ...
Style:
rough, disturbing, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
Plot:
fascism, world war two, military, military life, genocide, confined, danger, captivity, prison life, wartime life, isolation, prison ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
usa, texas
Similarity:
32%
947
Genre: Drama, History, Sport, War
Country: Croatia, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events from the spring of 1944 when the Nazis organized a football match between a team of camp inmates and an elite Nazi team on Adolf Hitler's birthday. A match the prisoners are determined to win, no matter what happens.
Style:
tense, suspense, historical drama
Plot:
world war two, football, soccer, sport team, football team, soccer match, prisoner of war camp, prisoners of war, nazi, military, football player, teamwork ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Biography, History, War
Country: France
Story:
The story of Jean Moulin, a French civil servant and resistant who succeeded in unifying the main networks of the French Resistance in World War II, and who served as the first President of the National Council of the Resistance during the German ...
Style:
tense, bleak, poignant, educational, suspenseful ...
Plot:
heroism, biopic, resistance movement, nazi germany, world war two, sacrifice, occupation, french resistance, patriotism, leadership, martyrdom, interrogation ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
PURPLE HEART tells of a clean-up effort after a covert mission gone wrong. It is the story of Colonel Allen, the leader of a new, elite military unit designed for covert operations. His first mission: assassinate Saddam Hussein prior to the ...
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
military, moral dilemma, secret mission, colonel, murderer, runaway, military officer, murder, military base, soldier, mission, post traumatic stress ...
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sport, War
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Occupied France, 1940. A Nazi Commander discovers one of his prisoners, Danny is a champion boxer. He forces him to fight for his company's entertainment. But the POWs realise they can use these contests, as cover for an audacious breakout, ...
Style:
brutal, suspenseful, suspense, complex
Plot:
world war two, nazi occupied france, pow, dying, british army, soldier, moral dilemma, life & death, friendship between men, fear, german army, death ...
Place:
dunkirk
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Marcin Krysztalowicz's film is both a partisan ballad, showing the real face of German occupation of Poland during WW2 and a startling war thriller. It tells a story of corporal "Wydra", struggling not only with Germans and Polish ...
Style:
bleak, suspense, tension, period drama
Plot:
world war two, nazi, forest, desperation, occupation, war crime, betrayal, sabotage, moral ambiguity, brutality, assassination, guerilla warfare ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Denmark
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Karlskov is a self made, successful owner of a large electronics factory, has a wife and five children. They live the good, privileged upper-class life on Strandvejen north of Copenhagen when the Nazis occupy Denmark in April 1940. Karl struggles to ...
Style:
bleak, rough, suspense, realistic, historical drama ...
Plot:
world war two, businessman, factory, conflict, german occupation, family relations, industry, nazi occupation, collaboration, money, industrialist, family drama ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
denmark, germany, copenhagen
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Germans kidnap an American major and try to convince him that World War II is over, so that they can get details about the Allied invasion of Europe out of him.
Style:
retro, bleak, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, spy, war, espionage, world war, nazi, hospital, military, mind game, brainwashing, amnesia, pretense ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
europe, germany, portugal, london, lisbon portugal ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Norway
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In 1942, a convoy of 35 civilian ships, carrying vital supplies from Iceland to the Soviet Union, faces deadly challenges in the Arctic. Despite Allied naval escort, catastrophic intelligence errors expose the convoy to relentless German air and ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, historical drama, tension, grim ...
Plot:
world war two, sea battle, naval battle, arctic, navy, convoy, fight, military officer, war, military, marine, naval officer ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
iceland
Similarity:
29%
Genre: History, Thriller
Country: Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A historical spy-thriller set in 1939 about an Estonian intelligence agent tasked with uncovering the Soviet double agent in their ranks.
Style:
psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot:
world war two, espionage, murder, secret agent, traitor, murder investigation, political conspiracy, military, investigation, war, spy mission, political unrest ...
Time:
year 1937, year 1939, 1930s
Place:
estonia, helsinki finland
Similarity:
29%
Genre: History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After months of exhausting trench warfare, most of Major Belyaev's battalion was destroyed. The area is ruled by German aces snipers. Hope for replenishment collapses when the convoy, in which the Soviet snipers were traveling, falls under a ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, tense, serious, epic war
Plot:
sniper, world war two, soviet soldier, world war, gunslinger, shooter, war, russian soldier, shooting, military, soldier, eastern front ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union
Similarity:
28%
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