Movies like The Longest Day
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The Longest Day (1962)
62K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 179 min.
Story:
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"
Style:
epic, black and white, factual, tense, suspense, harsh, suspenseful, touching, serious, intense ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
world war two, military, french resistance, machine gun, nazi, courage, war, combat, beach, world war, brutality, allies, resistance, nazi occupied france, american history, bunker, parachutist, british army, military officer, corpse, nazi officer, behind enemy lines, u.s. military, commando mission, nazi occupation ...
Time:
year 1962, 20th century, year 1944, 1940s, 40s
Place:
normandy, english channel, america, europe, france, england, paris france ...
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Most similar movies to The Longest Day
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, dramatic and intense films with plots about war, military, soldier, world war two, battles, heroes and great war mostly in War, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like The Longest Day: A Bridge Too Far (1977), Patton (1970), Battle of Britain (1969), Band of Brothers (2001), Ike: Countdown to D-Day (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
A Bridge Too Far tells the story of Operation Market Garden, the failed attempt by the allies to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland and allowing access over the Rhine into Germany. A combination of poor allied intelligence and ...
Style:
epic, realistic, breathtaking, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
world war two, war, behind enemy lines, wartime, tank, courage, military, combat, paratrooper, plan gone wrong, allies, mission ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944, 70s
Place:
germany, america, europe, netherlands, canada ...
Similarity:
100%
114K
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 172 min.
Story:
"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich. Side ...
Style:
dramatic, realistic, epic, historical drama, aesthetic ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
world war two, world war, u.s. army, biopic, business, wartime, tank, military, u.s. military, allies, battle of the bulge, ego ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century, year 1970, year 1942 ...
Place:
london, italy, africa, north africa, america ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA, France, Spain
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the Nazi invasion of Britain.
Style:
epic, cult classic, realistic, exciting, spectacular ...
Plot:
world war two, aviation, luftwaffe, aerial combat, air battle, fighter pilot, raf, british history, fighter plane, battles, world war, nazi ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1940, 1930s
Place:
london, poland, england, english channel, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men from paratrooper training in Georgia through the end of the war. As an elite rifle company ...
Style:
heroic, captivating, epic, historical drama, period piece ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
world war two, combat, military, war, battles, soldier, american soldier, paratrooper, courage, behind enemy lines, infantry, nazi germany ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, y2k, 2000s, post world war two
Place:
germany, europe, belgium, netherlands, austria ...
Similarity:
83%
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Malta, USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.
Style:
intense, tense, suspenseful, realistic, factual ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
war, terrorism, cia, courage, mercenary, rescue mission, combat, soldier, commando, embassy, navy seal, cia agent ...
Time:
year 2012, year 2016, year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
libya, middle east, africa, pentagon, langley virginia ...
Similarity:
100%
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:
war, world war two, against the odds, president, battles, human spirit, military life, basic training, heroic mission, soldier, leadership, idealism ...
Time:
post world war two
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100%
46K
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
In 1879, during the Zulu wars, man of the people Lt. John Chard (Stanley Baker) and snooty Lt Gonville Bromhead (Michael Caine) were in charge of defending the isolated Natal outpost of Rorke's Drift from tribal hordes, holding out during an ...
Style:
realistic, epic, period piece, factual, suspense ...
Plot:
war, british colonialism, military, british empire, siege, british army, zulu, human spirit, historical event, battles, colonialism, epic battle ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, ancient times, 1800s, 1870s ...
Place:
africa, south africa, britain, united kingdom, england
Similarity:
100%
23K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, factual, intense, suspense ...
Plot:
world war two, military, sea battle, naval battle, pacific war, u.s. navy, navy, war, aviation, world war, fighter plane, white man asian woman relationship ...
Time:
year 1942, year 1976, 20th century, 1940s, 70s
Place:
america, pacific ocean, japan, hawaii, germany ...
Similarity:
100%
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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, semi autobiographical, cynical, political ...
Plot:
world war two, military, infantry, war, hospital, soldier, nazi soldier, world war, desert, great war, sniper, sergeant ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, year 1942, year 1980, 1910s ...
Place:
africa, america, sicily, europe, normandy ...
Similarity:
100%
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, tank, escapades, anti war, wartime life, danger ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945, year 1969, 20th century
Place:
germany, europe, italy
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
Style:
suspense, exciting, tense, intense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, military, behind enemy lines, island, resistance, nazi, mercenary, spy, wartime, gunfight, mountain, fortress ...
Time:
1940s, year 1961, year 1943, 20th century
Place:
greece, fictional island, germany, hellas, balkan ...
Similarity:
100%
799K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Netherlands, France, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.
Style:
atmospheric, dramatic, epic, cerebral, visually stunning ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
world war two, military, war, survival, wartime, evacuation, soldier, beach, military officer, shell shock, air attack, combat ...
Time:
1940s, year 1940, 2010s, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
france, england, english channel, dover england, dunkirk ...
Similarity:
100%
38K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.
Style:
epic, serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, fighter pilot, aerial combats, airplane, interracial relations, war, military, military life, discrimination, black history, propaganda, african american ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 2012, year 1944, year 1942
Place:
europe, cuba, italy, pentagon, seattle ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
Style:
breathtaking, realistic, captivating, tense, inspirational ...
Audience:
manly, date night, chick flick, kids, adult
Plot:
war, world war two, military, courage, battles, self sacrifice, sniper, friendship, nazi, combat, army, machine gun ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, year 1998, 90s, year 2013 ...
Place:
normandy, france, germany, poland, europe ...
Similarity:
67%
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, captivating, gloomy, epic ...
Plot:
world war two, war, battles, nazism, eastern front, soldier, german soldier, starvation, survival, military life, holocaust, winter ...
Time:
year 1942, year 1943, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
russia, germany, europe, italy, berlin germany ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Norway, Denmark, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Max Manus is a Norwegian 2008 biographic war film based on the real events of the life of resistance fighter Max Manus (1914–96), after his contribution in the Winter War against the Soviet Union. The story follows Manus through the outbreak of ...
Style:
factual, brutal, intense, melancholic, romantic ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
world war two, resistance, nazi, nazism, wartime, war, military, nazi occupation, gestapo, terrorist, courage, manhunt ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1940, post world war two
Place:
scotland, europe, eastern europe, scandinavia, finland ...
Similarity:
100%
273K
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events unfold so that he becomes a ...
Style:
bad ending, factual, tense, period piece, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
world war two, nazi, nazism, nazi germany, conspiracy, war, hitler, german soldier, resistance, politics, wehrmacht, gestapo ...
Time:
1940s, year 2008, year 1944, year 1943, 20th century ...
Place:
germany, berlin germany, europe, munich germany, tunisia ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 254 min.
Story:
Summer 1863. The Confederacy pushes north into Pennsylvania. Union divisions converge to face them. The two great armies clash at Gettysburg, site of a theology school. For three days, through such legendary actions as Little Round Top and ...
Style:
epic, captivating, breathtaking, factual, intense ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
american civil war, military, war, battles, slavery, civil war, civil rights, independence, usa history, soldier, infantry, epic battle ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, 1860s
Place:
usa, pennsylvania, maryland
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, History, War
Country: UK, USA, Switzerland
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
This true story follows the exploits of a top secret British military mission to destroy Nazi radio ships in a neutral harbor during WWII. The daring plan is led by British Intelligence officers Col. Lewis Pugh (Gregory Peck) and Capt. Gavin Stewart ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, suspense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, war, battles, espionage, military, undercover, submarine, spy, seaport, 007, ship, heroic mission ...
Time:
1940s, year 1980, 20th century, year 1943, year 1942 ...
Place:
india, asia, goa india, portugal, germany ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Belarus, Russia
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A war drama set during the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, in which Russian troops held on to a border stronghold for nine days. The film shows the heroic defense of Brest Fortress, which has taken upon the first stroke of German ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, war, military, battles, red army, wehrmacht, infantrymen, border guard, nazism, squad, heroes, invasion ...
Time:
1940s, year 1941, 2010s, 20th century
Place:
russia, europe
Similarity:
100%
601K
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, China
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Last months of World War II in April 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theater, a battle-hardened U.S. Army sergeant in the 2nd Armored Division named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank called "Fury" and its five-man ...
Style:
sexy, serious, exciting, tense, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, family friendly, teens, date night, adult
Plot:
world war two, war, tank, soldier, military, battles, heroism, nazi, last stand, world war, combat, american soldier ...
Time:
1940s, year 2014, year 1945, 2010s, 20th century
Place:
germany, america, europe
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When the commander of the crew of a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber is killed in action in a raid over Sicily in 1943, his replacement, a young, naive pilot struggles to be accepted by the plane's already tight-knit Irish American crew.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, tense, f word
Plot:
bomber, world war two, aerial combats, soldier, airplane, battles, military life, heroic mission, leadership, flying, aviation, war ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
sicily, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
World War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostage in the Schloss Adler, a Bavarian castle that's nearly impossible to breach. It's up to a group of skilled Allied soldiers to liberate the general ...
Style:
retro, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, mind blowing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, mountain, nazi, two man army, winter, military, espionage, machine gun, fortress, castle, secret mission, army ranger ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
germany, alps, bavaria, europe, austria
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.
Style:
factual, heroic, realistic, epic, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
military, vietnam war, war, soldier, battles, battlefield, ambush, military life, heroic mission, infantry, wartime, justice ...
Time:
20th century, year 2002, 60s, 2000s
Place:
vietnam, america, asia, usa, iraq ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words use by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had ...
Style:
epic, factual, talky, intense, serious ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
world war two, war, navy, fighter plane, u.s. navy, japanese military, aviation, battles, warship, aerial combat, military life, world war ...
Time:
year 1970, 1940s, year 1941, 20th century, 70s
Place:
hawaii, pearl harbor, japan, washington d.c., asia ...
Similarity:
50%
4K
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Allied forces land at Anzio unopposed but instead of moving straight inland their commanding officer decides to dig in. A battle-hardened war correspondent borrows a jeep and drives to Rome and back without meeting any German forces, but his report ...
Style:
retro, macaroni combat, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, behind enemy lines, military operation, military, world war, ss, nazi, tank, pain, u.s. army, beach, u.s. military ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
italy, europe, rome italy
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
Based on the graphic novel by James Jones, The Thin Red Line tells the story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II ...
Style:
philosophical, visually stunning, visually appealing, visual, epic ...
Plot:
war, world war two, sergeant, jungle, infantry, soldier, pacific war, anti war, u.s. army, pacific island, survival, existentialism ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 90s, year 1998, year 1940 ...
Place:
asia, japan, america, germany, pacific ocean ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.
Style:
realistic, rough, epic, disturbing, intense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
war, combat, courage, gunfight, military, battles, chaos, sniper, american soldier, shooting, survival, army ...
Time:
year 2001, 20th century, 90s, year 1993, year 2002 ...
Place:
somalia, africa, south africa, america, middle east ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Joe Enders is a gung-ho Marine assigned to protect a "windtalker" - one of several Navajo Indians who were used to relay messages during World War II because their spoken language was indecipherable to Japanese code breakers.
Style:
realistic, factual, intense, stylized, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, war, combat, military, code, artillery, soldier, marines, native american, courage, wartime, brutality ...
Time:
year 1944, 1940s, 20th century, year 1943, year 2002 ...
Place:
japan, america, asia, pacific ocean, arizona
Similarity:
28%
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, visceral, espionage, battles, betrayal, heroes, escapades, military life, wartime life, basic training ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
italy, canada, europe, germany, california ...
Similarity:
28%
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