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The Lost Battalion (2001)
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, Luxembourg
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Fact-based war drama about an American battalion of over 500 men which gets trapped behind enemy lines in the Argonne Forest in October 1918 France during the closing weeks of World War I. Based on a true story, The Lost Battalion is set in 1918 during the final months of WWI. Assigned to capture an enemy stronghold in Charlvaux at the height of the Argonne campaign, the men of the AEF 308th Battalion, 77th Division, are led by young American major Charles Whittlesey, an inexperienced but dedicated "citizen soldier." Totally cut off from the other allied troops, unaware of their vulnerability, and barraged by "friendly fire," the 500-plus men of the 308th bravely hold their position, suffering incredible losses and unspeakable deprivations in the process -- while the battalion's superior officers, far from the firing line, callously prepare to write off the men as expendable casualties.
Style:
rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, gloomy
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war one, war, survival, military, military life, heroes, soldier, danger, heroic mission, leadership, battle zone, battles, polish, siege, escapades, combat, army, u.s. army, pigeon, all male cast, trench warfare, flamethrower, bayonet, united states army
Time:
1910s, 20th century
Place:
france, europe
Most similar movies to The Lost Battalion
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, rough and suspenseful films with plots about military, war, soldier, battles, heroes, danger and military life mostly in War, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like The Lost Battalion: Lone Survivor (2013), Von Richthofen and Brown (1971), The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1989), Fury (2014), When Trumpets Fade (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level al-Qaeda operative must make an impossible moral decision in the mountains of Afghanistan that leads them into an enemy ambush. As they confront unthinkable odds, the SEALs must find ...
Style:
rough, captivating, tense, exciting, emotional ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, soldier, survival, terrorism, gunfight, courage, military life, squad, battles, selflessness, swat team, war ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century, 2000s, year 2005
Place:
afghanistan, middle east, usa, iraq, israel
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100%

Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The story of Manfred von Richtofen, the german air ace during the World War I and his struggle with the enemy aces and some jealous german officers.
Style:
captivating, serious, suspenseful, realistic, psychotronic ...
Plot:
aerial combat, world war one, fighter plane, soldier, fighter pilot, danger, military, military life, heroic mission, heroes, ambition, collision ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s
Place:
germany, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%

Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Australia, USA, Philippines
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A Marine patrol stops at Firebase Gloria at the start of the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam war. With the firebase attacked, the patrol remains to help defend it. The Marines barely hold off the VC (Viet Cong), but in the end, hold the base.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, siege, battles, massacre, sergeant, survival, escapades, danger, military, soldier, heroic mission, against the odds ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
429K

Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, China, UK
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:
tense, exciting, suspenseful, rough, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
war, world war two, soldier, nazi germany, heroism, military, american soldier, battles, heroes, ambush, rivalry, heroic mission ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 40s, year 1945
Place:
europe, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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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:
serious, suspenseful, rough, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, survival, military life, heroic mission, military, battles, danger, battle zone, anti war, siblings relations, wartime life, u.s. army ...
Time:
year 1944, 1940s
Place:
europe, germany, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Three British soldiers find themselves stranded in No Man's Land after a failed charge on the German Trenches. Set in France 1916.
Style:
tense, realistic, bleak, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
world war one, survival, mission gone awry, danger, military, against the odds, infantrymen, escapades, graphic violence, war, hapless soldier, soldier ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century
Place:
france
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%

Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
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, rough, exciting, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
battles, world war two, soldier, military, explosion, war, wartime life, anti war, escapades, survival, heroic mission, against the odds ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1945
Place:
germany, europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%

Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A cameraman embedded with a reconnaissance patrol charts their mission across territory controlled by the Vietnamese. An impressively naturalistic Vietnam film. Impressive performance by unknown actors in this low-budget Vietnam drama. The story is ...
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, survival, jungle, escapades, anti war, against the odds, military life, heroic mission, battles, military, danger, soldier ...
Time:
60s, 1960s
Place:
vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A bitter battle is fought between Australian and Japanese soldiers along the Kokoda trail in New Guinea during World War II.
Style:
serious, rough, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
soldier, world war two, survival, military, military life, battles, leadership, danger, war, heroism, battlefield, escapades ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 40s
Place:
japan, australia, papua new guinea
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%

Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A civil war broke out in the 1950s between North and South Korea which changed the country forever. 71: Into the Fire centers on the struggles of 71 student soldiers who fought through the Korean War. Using real people and events based on the ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
battles, war, youth, student, military life, fight to the death, survival, against the odds, military, korean war, battle zone, patriotism ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 40s, 50s, 1950s
Place:
north korea, korea, asia, south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
April, 1915. First World War in Canakkale, Ottoman Empire. Two brothers leave their mountain village to fight on the front line. One is an experienced sniper fighting for Ottomans against the invasion, while his brother finds it much tougher to cope ...
Style:
exciting, serious, epic, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
world war one, military, battles, survival, one man army, danger, military life, siblings relations, family relations, heroic mission, soldier, battle zone ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century
Place:
turkey, ottoman empire
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%

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, gloomy ...
Audience:
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Plot:
military, battles, world war two, soldier, military life, survival, society, daring rescue, war, danger, battle zone, heroic mission ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
46%

Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The first World War is in its third year and aerial combat above the Western Front is consuming the nation's favored children at an appalling rate. By early 1917, the average life-span of a British pilot is less than a fortnight. Such losses ...
Style:
gloomy, rough, bleak, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot:
world war one, soldier, military, air disaster, pilot, aerial combat, fighter pilot, life is a bitch, collision, power relations, aerial combats, battles ...
Time:
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Place:
england, europe, france
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
During the Vietnam War [1959-1975] a special US combat unit is sent out to hunt and kill the Viet Cong soldiers in a man-to-man combat in the endless tunnels underneath the jungle of Vietnam. Suicide squads of a special kind.
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boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
vietnam, asia
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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 ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK
TV show
Story:
During the First World War, British troops face the horrors of the Battle of Mons in 1914, internal strife in 1916 and innovative tank warfare in 1918.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, serious, realistic, stylized
Plot:
world war one, battles, soldier, war, military, battle zone, british, battle
Time:
1910s, 20th century
Place:
europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.
Style:
exciting, realistic, suspenseful, harsh, factual ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
aerial combat, war, airplane, world war one, military, adventure, german, heroes, danger, vengeance, heroic mission, french ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century
Place:
europe, france, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%

Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, Germany, Italy
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
THE FALLEN is a three-sided story about German, Italian, and American soldiers, set in Northern Italy during the final weeks of the World War II. On the one side, a group of American supply soldiers delivers ammunition to the front line, a journey ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, rough, bleak
Plot:
holocaust, soldier, survival, military life, military, against the odds, captivity, battles, political unrest, leadership, against humanity, basic training ...
Time:
1940s, 40s
Place:
italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Untold and lost history. A true story of the American Pathfinders, the volunteer paratroopers whose deadly mission was to land 30 minutes before the Normandy invasion, locate and mark strategic "drop zones" and set up the top-secret ...
Style:
tense, realistic, captivating, suspenseful, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military life, heroic mission, military, d day, race against time, battles, friendship, battle zone, danger, military base, paratrooper, graphic violence ...
Time:
40s, 20th century, 1940s
Place:
europe, germany, normandy
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%

Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A group of American GIs work their way through war-torn France during the final days of the Second World War.
Style:
realistic, thought provoking, disturbing, captivating, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, soldier, battles, military, danger, heroes, friendship, family relations, american soldier, u.s. army, pow, courage ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 40s, year 1944
Place:
france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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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, suspenseful, serious, exciting, realistic ...
Plot:
racism, military, world war two, soldier, against the odds, war, military life, save the day, battles, danger, hopes, heroic mission ...
Time:
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Place:
germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%

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 ...
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boys' night
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world war two, battles, military, u.s. army, soldier, infantry, war, rebellion, heroic mission, military life, anti war, fighting the system ...
Time:
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Place:
germany, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%

Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Drama set in 1942, during one of the most important battles of World War II, which stopped the progress of Nazi forces and turned the tide of war in favor of the Allies. The Soviet army mounts a counter-attack on the Nazi forces that occupy half of ...
Style:
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Plot:
world war two, war, siege, heroes, life is a bitch, wartime life, battles, red army, military life, battle zone, danger, heroism ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 40s
Place:
russia, soviet union, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%

Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The men of Bravo Company are facing a battle that's all uphill… up Hamburger Hill. Fourteen war-weary soldiers are battling for a mud-covered mound of earth so named because it chews up soldiers like chopped meat. They are fighting for their ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%

Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The movie encompasses several different elements-the perils of war, a touch of macabre, sadness and redemption.
Style:
realistic, surreal, psychological, bleak, rough ...
Plot:
world war two, soldier, survival, danger, against humanity, military, battle zone, wartime life, military life, anti war, psychopath, battles ...
Place:
usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
At the start of World War I, Paul Baumer is a young German patriot, eager to fight. Indoctrinated with propaganda at school, he and his friends eagerly sign up for the army soon after graduation. But when the horrors of war soon become too much to ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
soldier, world war one, battles, military, anti war, school, hospital, innocence lost, wartime life, military life, atrocity, war ...
Time:
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Place:
germany, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%

Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Battle-scarred and disillusioned by the war, Corporal Chris Merrimette is put in charge of a unit whose next mission is to resupply a remote outpost on the edge of Taliban-controlled territory. While driving through the hostile Helmand province, a ...
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The film takes place in 1973 during the Yom Kippur War in which Egypt and Syria launched attacks in Sinai and the Golan Heights. The story is told from the perspective of Israeli soldiers. We are led by Weinraub and his friend Ruso on a day that ...
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Plot:
rescue, soldier, military life, life is a bitch, military, danger, battle zone, realism, war, anti war, wound, tank ...
Time:
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Place:
israel, middle east, syria, egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
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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, serious, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, commando, battles, heroes, war, military, anti war, military life, basic training, wartime life, espionage, escapades ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
31%

Genre: Action, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Major Reisman is "volunteered" to lead another mission using convicted army soldiers, sentenced to either death or long prison terms. This time their mission is to kill a Nazi general who plans to assassinate Hitler.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, exciting, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, soldier, assassination, convict, army, confined, heroic mission, military life, wartime life, escapades, heroes, military ...
Place:
germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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