Movies like Pearl Harbor
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Pearl Harbor (2001)
350K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 183 min.
Story:
The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson. But the rivalry between the friends-turned-foes is immediately put on hold when they find themselves at the center of Japan's devastating attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
Style:
romantic, sentimental, emotional, epic, period piece, factual, exciting, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
world war two, war, love, military, combat, airplane, love triangle, navy, fighter pilot, wartime, aviation, love and romance, u.s. air force, historical event, aerial combats, warship, army, love story, tragic event, battles, secret mission, friendship, propaganda, patriotism, friends ...
Time:
year 2001, 1940s, 50s, 20th century, year 1942, year 1941, 2000s ...
Place:
hawaii, pearl harbor, japan, asia, america, cuba, usa ...
Keyword:
american, propaganda film, americana, german, french, reading, watching a movie, eye candy
Most similar movies to Pearl Harbor
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, historical drama and epic films with plots about military, soldier, world war two, war, wartime, world war and death mostly in Drama, War and Action genres. Some movies like Pearl Harbor: Midway (2019), Greyhound (2020), Legends of the Fall (1994), Love and Honor (2013), Flyboys (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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94K
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:
world war two, sea battle, aerial combat, naval battle, air battle, warship, fighter plane, navy, aircraft carrier, fighter pilot, u.s. navy, war ...
Time:
1940s, year 2019, year 1942, 1930s, 20th century ...
Place:
pearl harbor, pacific ocean, tokyo, washington d.c., honolulu hawaii ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
113K
Genre: Action, 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, inspirational ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, submarine, war, u.s. navy, navy, warship, convoy, wartime, ocean, battleship, naval officer, captain ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1942
Place:
san francisco, atlantic ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
An epic tale of three brothers and their father living in the remote wilderness of 1900s USA and how their lives are affected by nature, history, war, and love.
Style:
emotional, sincere, serious, scenic, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
world war one, love triangle, lovers, conflict, relationships, love, sibling relationship, native american, father son relationship, love story, death, vengeance ...
Time:
19th century, 1910s, 1920s, 1900s, year 1995 ...
Place:
america, usa, montana
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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, japanese history, aviation, fighter pilot, aerial combats, japanese navy, pacific war, air attack, newspaper reporter, war, tragic event ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
pearl harbor, japan, pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When a young soldier in Vietnam gets dumped by his hometown girl, he and his best friend decide to go AWOL and return to the States to win her back.
Style:
romantic, psychological, emotional, serious, teen ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night
Plot:
vietnam war, anti war, soldier, love and romance, wartime life, friends, homecoming, looking for love, military, army, awol, girl ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
michigan, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies similar to Fury
44K
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:
harsh, exciting, realistic, factual, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night
Plot:
war, world war one, aerial combat, airplane, fighter pilot, aviation, zeppelin, vengeance, biplane, fight scenes, great war, love story ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 2006
Place:
europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
165K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Follows a young man named Albert and his horse, Joey, and how their bond is broken when Joey is sold to the cavalry and sent to the trenches of World War One. Despite being too young to enlist, Albert heads to France to save his friend.
Style:
touching, emotional, epic, uplifting, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, date night, girls' night, teens, teen drama ...
Plot:
world war one, horse, war, friendship, animal training, animal, battles, human spirit, wartime, battlefield, danger, military ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, 2010s, 1920s, year 2011 ...
Place:
england, belgium, britain, america, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA, UK, Italy
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of ...
Style:
romantic, sentimental, emotional, touching, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
world war two, adultery, love story, tragic love, betrayal, desert, life philosophy, beautiful scenery, life & death, war, wartime, power of love ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, year 1944, year 1942, 90s ...
Place:
sahara, italy, africa, ottoman empire, cairo egypt ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
498K
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
For Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell and his friend and Co-Pilot Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw being accepted into an elite training school for fighter pilots is a dream come true. A tragedy, as well as personal demons, threaten ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, suspense, intense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, date night, manly, kids ...
Plot:
fighter pilot, aviation, pilot, u.s. navy, fighter jet, officers and cadets, airplane, flying, aerial combat, cold war, u.s. military, aviator ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Czech Republic, UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
An affair between the second in line to Britain's throne (Franco) and the princess of the feuding Irish (Myles) spells doom for the young lovers.
Style:
touching, romantic, exciting, fairy tale, costume drama ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
medieval, love affair, love story, knight, forbidden love, true love, king, tragic love, sword and shield, legends and myths, star crossed lovers, betrayal ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 6th century, 2000s, 50s ...
Place:
ireland, cornwall, england, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Genre: War, Drama, Action, Romance
Country: Czech Republic, UK, Germany, Denmark, Italy, France, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Lt. Franta Slama is a top pilot in the Czech Air Force who is assigned to train a promising young flier, Karel Vojtisek, and they soon become friends. When Nazi Germany invades Czechoslovakia in 1939, they both reject the authority of their new ...
Style:
sentimental, intense, sincere, captivating, non-linear ...
Plot:
aviation, world war two, war, friendship, culture clash, air battle, love triangle, wartime life, battle zone, world war, wartime, prison ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 2001, post world war two, year 1939 ...
Place:
england, london, czech republic, europe, czechoslovakia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The harrowing true story of the crew of the USS Indianapolis, who were stranded in the Philippine Sea for five days after delivering the atomic weapons that would eventually end WWII. As they awaited rescue, they endured extreme thirst, hunger, and ...
Style:
dramatic, suspense, tense, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, warship, u.s. navy, shark, sea, ocean, military, submarine, rescue, survival, world war, disobeying orders ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945
Place:
san francisco, the philippines, washington d.c., pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 594 min.
TV show
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, epic, captivating, serious, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
world war two, military, combat, war, soldier, battles, courage, american soldier, paratrooper, behind enemy lines, nazi germany, infantry ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, y2k, 2000s
Place:
germany, europe, belgium, netherlands, austria ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
155K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA, Italy, Romania, UK
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
In this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named W.P. Inman deserts his unit and travels across the South, aiming to return to his young wife, Ada, who he left behind ...
Style:
romantic, sincere, serious, period piece, touching ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
american civil war, love story, survival, civil war, tragic love, war, loss of family member, wartime, getting home, slavery, loss of loved one, military ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 1860s, year 2003 ...
Place:
south carolina, north carolina, usa, america, ancient greece ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
733K
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:
epic, dramatic, atmospheric, suspense, visually stunning ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
world war two, military, survival, war, wartime, soldier, evacuation, military officer, beach, shell shock, air attack, combat ...
Time:
1940s, year 1940, year 2017, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place:
france, england, english channel, dover england, britain ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Titanic related movies
1.1M
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against ...
Style:
epic, factual, breathtaking, scenic, inspirational ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, chick flick, adult
Plot:
freedom, courage, sword fight, war, vengeance, medieval, battles, tragic hero, military, love story, beautiful scenery, warrior ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 14th century, ancient times, 20th century ...
Place:
scotland, england, britain, europe, scottish highlands ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
1.3M
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 194 min.
Story:
84 years later, a 101-year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell and Anatoly Mikailavich on the Keldysh about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a ship called ...
Style:
romantic, emotional, sentimental, dramatic, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, kids, family friendly ...
Plot:
love, love story, titanic, disaster, ship, tragedy, forbidden love, ocean, love and romance, survival, fall in love, tragic love ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s, year 1997, 90s, edwardian era ...
Place:
britain, iran, los angeles, america, nova scotia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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, intense, talky, serious ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
world war two, war, navy, fighter plane, u.s. navy, aviation, battles, military life, military, world war, wartime, air raid ...
Time:
year 1970, 1940s, 20th century, year 1941
Place:
hawaii, japan, pearl harbor, washington d.c., asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
157K
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Sergeant John Tyree is home on a 2 week leave from Germany. He meets Savannah after he dives into the ocean to retrieve Savannah's purse that had fallen off the pier. John falls in love with Savannah who is a student on spring break helping ...
Style:
romantic, sentimental, sweet, touching, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
love, love story, true love, love and romance, fall in love, couples, love affair, young love, young lovers, couple relations, relationships, soldier ...
Time:
2010s, september 11 2001, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, afghanistan, south carolina, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Romance, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
A young man Kentaro Saeki (Haruma Miura) keeps failing his bar test and does not know what to do any more. His older sister Keiko is a freelance writer. Kentaro and Keiko begin to search for information on their grandfather Kyuzo Miyabe (Junichi ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sentimental, emotional, stylized ...
Plot:
world war two, aerial combats, aerial combat, military, soldier, war, kamikaze, human spirit, moral dilemma, hopes, battles, uncover truth ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
pearl harbor, japan, asia, east asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
615K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately ...
Style:
touching, romantic, emotional, sentimental, tear jerker ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, adult
Plot:
love story, love and romance, love, fall in love, true love, youth, memory loss, love of one's life, power of love, love triangle, young lovers, love affair ...
Time:
1940s, year 2004, 50s, post world war two, 20th century ...
Place:
south carolina, north carolina, iran, usa, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
168K
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.
Style:
sexy, emotional, suspense, intense, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
world war two, spy, nazi, double agent, female agent, espionage, love, betrayal, war, husband wife relationship, british secret service, danger ...
Time:
1940s, year 2016, future, 1900s, 2010s ...
Place:
london, france, england, south africa, north africa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
542K
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:
serious, tense, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, family friendly, date night, adult
Plot:
world war two, war, soldier, military, tank, battles, heroism, american soldier, ambush, violence, combat, nazi germany ...
Time:
1940s, year 2014, year 1945, 2010s, 20th century
Place:
europe, germany, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Germany, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Richthofen goes off to war like thousands of other men. As fighter pilots, they become cult heroes for the soldiers on the battlefields. Marked by sportsmanlike conduct, technical exactitude and knightly propriety, they have their own code of ...
Style:
emotional, captivating, exciting, sincere, touching ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
world war one, soldier, fighter pilot, airplane, aviation, flying, great war, fall in love, rise to the top, pilot, airplane shot down, heroes ...
Time:
1910s, year 2008, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
germany, europe, belgium, france, berlin germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
87K
Genre: Action, War
Country: France, USA, Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In the midst of World War II, the battle under the sea rages and the Nazis have the upper hand as the Allies are unable to crack their war codes. However, after a wrecked U-boat sends out an SOS signal, the Allies realise this is their chance to ...
Style:
realistic, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, factual ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, world war two, military, navy, war, naval battle, nazism, naval officer, sea battle, ship captain, wartime, boat ...
Time:
year 2000, 1940s, y2k, 20th century
Place:
germany, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK, France, Canada, Belgium, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they both await news of her husband: a prisoner of war. Parisian refugees start to pour into their ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, romantic, period piece, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
world war two, forbidden love, nazi occupation, german officer, german soldier, war, fall in love, wartime life, occupied france, nazi occupied france, adultery, nazi officer ...
Time:
1940s, year 1940, ancient times, 20th century
Place:
france, europe, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
129K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, War, Western
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving ...
Style:
scenic, emotional, epic, period piece, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
fall in love, unlikely couple, social differences, couples, opposites attract, desert, culture clash, wilderness, prejudice, journey, world war two, love story ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, year 2008, 19th century, 50s ...
Place:
australia, japan, england, asia, oceania ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, military, war, native american, code, marines, artillery, wartime, battles, survival, soldier, friendship ...
Time:
year 1944, 1940s, year 2002, 20th century, year 1943
Place:
japan, america, arizona, asia, pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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, epic, rough, suspenseful, intense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
war, combat, courage, battles, army, military, shooting, gunfight, chaos, sniper, survival, american soldier ...
Time:
year 1993, year 2001, 90s, 20th century, year 2002 ...
Place:
africa, somalia, america, south africa, middle east ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
16%
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min.
TV show
Story:
Based in Shinmiyangyo, or the U.S. expedition to Korea in the late 19th century, Mr. Sunshine tells the story of a Korean boy born into a family of a house servant running away to board an American warship, later to return to his homeland as a U.S. ...
Style:
dorama, captivating, sentimental, sad, factual ...
Plot:
japanese occupation of korea, joseon dynasty, love triangle, culture clash, patriotism, destiny, betrayal, wartime, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, survival, propaganda, tragic event ...
Time:
19th century, edwardian era, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
korea, east asia, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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