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The Four Horsemen (2008)
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Four high school football stars enlist in the Marines and head off to fight in the war in Iraq. When one of them is killed and another wounded, they return home only to find is extremely difficult to pick up the threads of their old lives. The memories of events in Iraq combined with the lack of public support pushes many of these men to the breaking point.
Style:
serious, emotional, realistic, bleak
Plot:
iraq war, military, homecoming, survival, heroes, battles, soldier, battle zone, honor, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, death of friend, depression, patriotism, amputation, courage, guilty conscience, desert, terrorism, war, high school, sniper, combat, cemetery, getting home, breakup ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
iraq, middle east
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, rough and suspenseful films with plots about war, soldier, military, battles, heroes, danger and military life mostly in Drama, War and Action genres. Some movies like The Four Horsemen: Home of the Brave (2006), American Soldiers (2005), Going Back (2001), Memorial Day (2012), Jarhead 2: Field of Fire (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, Morocco
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The day after they get the word they'll go home in two weeks, a group of soldiers from Spokane are ambushed in an Iraqi city. Back stateside we follow four of them - a surgeon who saw too much, a teacher who's a single mom and who lost a ...
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post traumatic stress disorder, military, hostage, politics, life is a bitch, buddies, anti war, coping, homecoming, single parent, haunted by the past, interracial friendship ...
Place:
middle east, iraq
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Iraq, 2004: during a routine sortie a US patrol is ambushed and the young soldiers are forced to put their training and skills into action fast. A determined foe with superior local knowledge, the Fedayeen insurgents soon draw them into close ...
Style:
realistic, serious
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boys' night
Plot:
military, terrorism, war, battles, survival, confined, escapades, heroes, soldier, state affairs, good versus evil, wartime life ...
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iraq, middle east
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sport, Thriller, War
Country: UK, China, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks the film shows what really happened to his squad - contrasting the realities of war with America's perceptions.
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bleak, thought provoking, suspenseful, tense, sad ...
Plot:
post traumatic stress disorder, american football, iraq war, flashback, thanksgiving, cheerleader, military, soldier, mission, war veteran, patriotism, hostile takeover ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, year 1937, 21st century
Place:
texas, dallas texas, los angeles, baghdad iraq, vietnam ...
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100%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A group of Marines return to Vietnam with a news crew to relive their tragic war experiences.
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, cult film
Plot:
vietnam war, leadership, military life, battles, life is a bitch, military, love, terrorism, heroes, soldier, war, anti war ...
Place:
vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Memorial Day, 1993. When 13-year-old Kyle Vogel discovers the World War II footlocker belonging to his grandfather, Bud, everyone tells Kyle to put it back. Luckily, he ignores them. Although Bud has never talked about the war, he finds himself ...
Style:
exciting, serious, sincere, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
iraq war, soldier, military, family relations, war, military life, battles, world war two, national guard, army, insurgent, casualty of war ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 90s, year 1944, year 1945 ...
Place:
germany, minnesota, iraq, usa, europe
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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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tense, serious, realistic, exciting, captivating ...
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boys' night
Plot:
navy seal, taliban, military, war, male nudity, battles, wartime life, heroic mission, against the odds, heroes, race against time, terrorism ...
Time:
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afghanistan, middle east
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Luxembourg, USA
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 ...
Style:
serious, rough, bleak, realistic, suspenseful ...
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boys' night
Plot:
world war one, war, military, trench warfare, survival, military life, u.s. military, american abroad, u.s. army, pigeon, soldier, heroes ...
Time:
1910s, year 1918, 20th century
Place:
france, europe
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56%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The Human Shield is a 1991 film directed by Ted Post. It stars Michael Dudikoff and Tommy Hinkley. It is about a former government agent who must save his diabetic brother from Iraqi abductors.
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realistic, suspenseful, rough, exciting, serious ...
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boys' night
Plot:
rescue, terrorism, special agents, heroes, battles, confined, military, state affairs, brother brother relationship, rescue mission, revenge, suspense ...
Time:
90s, year 1985, year 1990
Place:
iraq, middle east, iran, baghdad iraq, jordan
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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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:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, touching ...
Plot:
korean war, war, military, battles, youth, military life, survival, against the odds, patriotism, leadership, ambition, battle zone ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The first U.S.-made film drama set during the Iraq war, THE SITUATION chronicles the tragic death of an Iraqi teenager at the hands of U.S. soldiers. The incident sets off an "investigation," a cover-up, and complications involving Iraqi ...
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serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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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 ...
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rough, tense, brutal, captivating, emotional ...
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boys' night
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military, survival, terrorism, soldier, war, gunfight, courage, military life, selflessness, squad, swat team, army ...
Time:
2000s, year 2005, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan, middle east, iraq, usa, israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Gritty, intense, evocative and emotional, "Over There" takes you to the front lines of battle and explores the effects of war on a U.S. Army unit sent to Iraq on their first tour of duty, as well as the equally powerful effects felt at ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, Germany, Italy
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
surreal, psychological, realistic, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
world war two, wartime life, soldier, military life, battle zone, survival, against humanity, military, battles, psychopath, anti war, genocide ...
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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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. ...
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suspenseful, rough, serious, captivating, realistic ...
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Place:
germany, europe, france
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54%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, Morocco
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Afghanistan, 2006, Helmand Province becomes one of the most dangerous places on Earth as the British Army is deployed into the Taliban heartland. The Operation, Herrick, became synonymous with the struggle as British troops fought a losing battle ...
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tense, psychological, realistic, disturbing, captivating ...
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war, military, soldier, survival, british army, isolation, military life, desert, chaos, confined, army, anti war ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
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epic, realistic, emotional, tense, sad ...
Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
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A veteran soldier returns from his completed tour of duty in Iraq, only to find his life turned upside down when he is arbitrarily ordered to return to field duty by the Army.
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, War, Drama
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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Cruel captors of the war in the pacific.
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Plot:
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53%
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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.
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, China, UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, Action, War
Country: Peru, Spain
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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