Movies like Midway 1976
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Midway (1976)
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, suspense, intense, exciting, serious, dramatic, historical drama, spectacular ...
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, wartime, prejudice, ethnic conflict, against the odds, heroic mission, danger, military life, underdog, warplane, water, revolution, usa history, great war ...
Time:
year 1942, year 1976, 20th century, 1940s, 70s, 40s
Place:
america, pacific ocean, japan, hawaii, germany, tokyo, poland ...
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Most similar movies to Midway
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, exciting and suspenseful films with plots about military, war, soldier, world war two, world war, battles and heroes mostly in War, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Midway: Greyhound (2020), Das Boot - The Director's Cut (1981), The Longest Day (1962), Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), Force 10 from Navarone (1978). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
104K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Canada, China, Hong Kong
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
The story of the soldiers and aviators who helped turn the tide of the Second World War during the iconic Battle of Midway in June 1942.
Style:
historical drama, bleak, exciting, scary, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
naval battle, war, world war two, warship, aerial combat, sea battle, air battle, fighter plane, aircraft carrier, fighter pilot, navy, u.s. military ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942, year 2019, 1930s, year 1941 ...
Place:
pearl harbor, pacific ocean, tokyo, washington d.c., honolulu hawaii ...
Similarity:
100%
131K
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Canada, China
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A first-time captain leads a convoy of allied ships carrying thousands of soldiers across the treacherous waters of the “Black Pit” to the front lines of WW2. With no air cover protection for 5 days, the captain and his convoy must battle the ...
Style:
serious, exciting, emotional, compassionate, cult classic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, submarine, warship, war, u.s. navy, navy, captain, ship captain, convoy, wartime, naval officer, ocean ...
Time:
1940s, year 1941, 20th century, year 1942
Place:
san francisco, atlantic ocean
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: West Germany
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.
Style:
epic, suspense, atmospheric, realistic, factual ...
Plot:
submarine, world war two, naval battle, navy, military, ocean, war, nazi, survival, sea, courage, ship captain ...
Time:
year 1941, 20th century, 1940s, year 1942, year 1981
Place:
germany, atlantic ocean, mediterranean sea
Similarity:
100%
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 ...
Style:
epic, black and white, factual, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
world war two, military, french resistance, machine gun, nazi, courage, war, combat, beach, world war, brutality, allies ...
Time:
year 1962, 20th century, year 1944, 1940s
Place:
normandy, english channel, america, europe, france ...
Similarity:
100%
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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 ...
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67%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Mallory and Miller are back. The survivors of Navarone are sent on a mission along with a unit called Force 10, which is led by Colonel Barnsby. But Force 10 has a mission of their own which the boys know nothing about.
Style:
exciting, suspense, intense, stylized, tense ...
Plot:
war, military, world war two, nazi, timebomb, task force, mission, wartime, battles, double agent, spy, world war ...
Time:
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Place:
former yugoslavia, italy, england, germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
By June 1942, the Japanese Navy has swept across the Pacific. In an effort to change the course of the war, a United States carrier group is positioned off the coast of Midway, tasked with springing a trap on the enemy. During this pivotal battle, ...
Style:
suspense, emotional, sad, suspenseful, mockbuster
Plot:
sea battle, plane crash, world war two, aircraft carrier, war, aviation, u.s. military, bravery, courage, bombing, military, showdown ...
Time:
year 1941
Place:
honolulu hawaii
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
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
As World War II rages, the elite Sixth Ranger Battalion is given a mission of heroic proportions: push 30 miles behind enemy lines and liberate over 500 American prisoners of war.
Style:
tense, harsh, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
war, military, rescue mission, pow, world war two, prisoner of war camp, prison, special forces, japanese occupation, prison escape, world war, escape attempt ...
Time:
1940s, year 2005, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
the philippines, asia, pearl harbor, manila philippines, germany ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion. The disparate interests unite for survival despite competing factions, overwhelming odds, ...
Style:
serious, exciting, realistic, epic, suspense ...
Plot:
battles, imperialism, politics, british empire, colonialism, revolution, military, political unrest, rivalry, state affairs, against the odds, culture clash ...
Time:
1900s, 19th century, turn of the century, year 1900, year 1963 ...
Place:
china, england, france, beijing china, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
The dramatized World War II adventures of US Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington and his Marine Attack Squadron 214, AKA The Black Sheep Squadron.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, realistic, semi serious, sitcom ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, aviation, military, world war, mission, air force, american soldier, revolutionary war, aircraft, wartime, revolution, revolutionary ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
pacific ocean
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: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The "Memphis Belle" is a World War II bomber, piloted by a young crew on dangerous bombing raids into Europe. The crew only have to make one more bombing raid before they have finished their duty and can go home. In the briefing before ...
Style:
serious, rough, period piece, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
world war two, bomber, military, war, battles, soldier, aerial combat, u.s. air force, friendship, mission, aerial combats, luftwaffe ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century
Place:
america, europe, england, united kingdom, germany ...
Similarity:
100%
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%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
A naval officer reprimanded after Pearl Harbor is later promoted to rear admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.
Style:
realistic, factual, tense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
naval battle, war, world war two, military, wartime, naval officer, father son relationship, marital infidelity, military life, navy, u.s. navy, japanese military ...
Time:
year 1941, year 1965, year 1942, 1940s
Place:
hawaii, pearl harbor, pacific ocean, san francisco, polynesia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Directed by Junya Sato and based on a book by Jun Henmi, "Yamato" has a framing story set in the present day and uses flashbacks to tell the story of the crew of the World War II Japanese battleship Yamato. The film was never released in ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, exciting, touching
Plot:
world war two, navy, battleship, warship, kamikaze, japanese navy, lost love, military, battles, japanese history, heroes, danger ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 2000s, year 2005, year 1945 ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
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: 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:
67%
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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%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.
Style:
realistic, dark comedy, harsh, intense, suspense ...
Audience:
manly, girls' night
Plot:
military, war, marine, boot camp, platoon, soldier, justice, male bonding, old man, fistfight, ex husband ex wife relationship, tough guy ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983
Place:
north carolina, caribbean, vietnam
Similarity:
100%
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, tense, suspense, realistic, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, jungle, war, survival, military, british army, anti war, danger, rivalry, soldier, rescue, combat ...
Time:
year 1942, 70s
Place:
the philippines, japan, tokyo, england
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
True story of the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, its crew's struggle to survive the sharks and exposure, and the captain's scape-goat court-martial.
Style:
realistic, bleak, captivating, exciting, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, shark, submarine, u.s. navy, killer shark, animal attack, naval battle, ghost ship, world war, military, survival, ship ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
pacific ocean
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After losing a submarine and fifty crew in a battle with a German ship during WWII, a Royal Navy officer gets a second chance in a daring raid with midget subs.
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, captivating, suspenseful
Plot:
submarine, world war two, naval battle, world war, ocean, torpedo, underwater, diver, combat, kriegsmarine, sea disaster, warship ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
28%
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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:
28%
46K
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, harsh, epic, period piece, factual ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
war, world war one, aerial combat, airplane, fighter pilot, biplane, zeppelin, aviation, love story, vengeance, weapons, fight scenes ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 2006
Place:
europe, france, germany
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (1884-1943) was the Japanese Naval commander who was given the order to attack Pearl Harbour, an order he was duty bound to obey which went against his own personal beliefs. While this infamous attack is a low point in ...
Style:
touching
Plot:
world war two, navy, fighter pilot, aviation, japanese navy, aerial combats, pacific war, air attack, newspaper reporter, war, japanese history, tragic event ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
pearl harbor, japan, pacific ocean
Similarity:
27%
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:
27%
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:
27%
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:
realistic, tense, suspenseful, captivating, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic mission, world war two, military life, military, battle zone, danger, military base, battles, friendship, world war, violent content, chases and races ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
normandy, europe, germany
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
At the height of WWII, the Atlantic Ocean becomes a deadly battleground as an American torpedo boat fights against the constant bombardment of German forces.
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, exciting, disturbing
Plot:
sea battle, submarine, naval battle, military life, navy, disobeying orders, air attack, wartime, military, bombing, military base, military officer ...
Time:
year 1943
Place:
sicily
Similarity:
27%
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