Movies and TV shows like Rough Riders
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Rough Riders (1997)
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
TV show
Story:
In 1898 the US government decided to intervene on the side of the Cuban rebels in their struggle against Spanish rule. Assistant Navy Secretary Theodore Roosevelt decides to experience the war first hand by promoting and joining a volunteer cavalry regiment. The regiment, later known as the Rough Riders, brings together volunteers from all corners of the nation and all walks of life. When Roosevelt and his men finally land on Cuba, they face ambush, intense enemy fire, and a desperate, outnumbered charge up a defended hill.
Style:
realistic, sincere, serious, captivating, tense, suspenseful, political
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
american history, civil war, u.s. president, spanish american war, battles, president, soldier, military life, political unrest, state affairs, heroic mission, male friendship, white house, rescue, human spirit, danger, wartime life, medieval, male bonding, modern western, conservative, modern west, friendship between men, combat, cavalry ...
Time:
19th century, turn of the century, 1890s
Place:
latin america, new mexico, san antonio texas, cuba
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Most similar movies to Rough Riders
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and exciting films and TV series with plots about military, battles, soldier, war, heroes, military life and state affairs mostly in Drama, War and History genres. Some movies like Rough Riders: The Patriot (2000), Gettysburg (1993), 55 Days at Peking (1963), Band of Brothers (2001), Sons of Liberty (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. But when his son Gabriel enlists in the army to defend their new nation, ...
Style:
period piece, dramatic, sincere, rough, inspirational ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids, manly, boys' night, girls' night ...
Plot:
american revolution, war, military, revolution, battles, vengeance, lone hero, violence, freedom, rebellion, revenge, wartime ...
Time:
18th century, year 2000, y2k, georgian era, 1780s ...
Place:
boston, southern usa, america, virginia, britain ...
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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
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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 ...
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100%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 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, 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:
48%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of a group of very different men fighting in the American Colonies for freedom, and how they will shape the future for the United States of America.
Style:
captivating, historical drama, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
american revolution, human spirit, battles, politics, rebelliousness, political unrest, heroes, state affairs, rebellion, military, revolution, american history ...
Time:
18th century, future, 1770s, georgian era
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa
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48%
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 ...
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47%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
TV show
Story:
This movie is also in existance as a 3 part miniseries. America just before and during the Civil War, as seen through the eyes of an artist correspondent. The plot revolves around the families of two sisters; Maggie Geyser and Evelyn Hale. The ...
Style:
realistic, disturbing, captivating, serious, exciting ...
Plot:
american civil war, cavalry, military, civil war, u.s. civil war, battles, family life, working class, rebellion, society, showdown, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
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47%
142K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A 10-part mini-series from the creators of "Band of Brothers" telling the intertwined stories of three Marines during America's battle with the Japanese in the Pacific during World War II.
Style:
serious, disturbing, emotional, suspenseful, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, military, battlefield, war, squad, combat, battles, soldier, marines, american soldier, japanese soldier, imperial japan ...
Time:
1940s, 2010s, 20th century, year 1945
Place:
pacific ocean, japan, alabama, okinawa japan, asia ...
Similarity:
46%
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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:
46%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Sam Elliot stars as Sam Houston, the visionary who nearly single-handedly forged the state of Texas into a powerful entity in its own right. Refusing to forget the Alamo (as if anyone could), Houston led the military in Texas' rebellion against ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, realistic, serious, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
war, biopic, battles, political unrest, heroes, leadership, military, rise to the top, state affairs, folk hero, head of state, cannon ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
texas, mexico, austin texas
Similarity:
45%
479
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 188 min.
TV show
Story:
After arriving in Washington in 1861 after his election, Abraham Lincoln struggles with personal and political problems during his Presidency. Originally titled "Lincoln", the name of this miniseries was changed to "Gore Vidal's ...
Style:
historical drama, realistic, serious, talky, captivating ...
Plot:
american civil war, civil war, abraham lincoln, politics, u.s. civil war, knowledge, american politics, american history, usa president, assassination, usa history, white house ...
Time:
19th century, year 1865, 1860s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
45%
591
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
During the heat of battle in the midst of the Civil War, a beguilingly innocent colt is born to Union Jim Rabb's beloved mare. Refusing the orders to shoot it, lest it prove a hindrance, Rabb keeps the colt as a consolation in these desperate ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sincere, exciting
Plot:
american civil war, horse, civil war, soldier, colt, military life, daring rescue, danger, military, basic training, friendship, heroism ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
virginia, michigan, usa
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44%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
TV show
Story:
The continuing saga of the Hazards and the Mains. The Hazards are from the North and the Mains from the South. George Hazard and Orry Main met at West Point and fought in the Mexican American war together becoming fast friends. Now they find ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, family saga, patriotic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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44%
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Country: USA
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Style:
intellectual, disturbing, suspenseful, realistic, sincere ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
iraq war, military, soldier, combat, friendship, army life, sergeant, adultery, guerilla warfare, u.s. army, self sacrifice, right and wrong ...
Time:
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
TV show
Story:
Two friends, one northern and one southern, struggle to maintain their friendship as events build towards the American Civil War.
Style:
costume drama, realistic, exciting, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
american civil war, slavery, foe turned friend, cavalry, military, love and romance, u.s. civil war, slave, friendship, espionage, family feud, military base ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, 1850s, 1840s, 1860s ...
Place:
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43%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War, Western
Country: Mexico, Spain, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
One Man's Hero tells the little-known story of the "St. Patrick's Battalion" or "San Patricios," a group of mostly Irish and other immigrants of the Catholic faith who deserted to Mexico after encountering religious and ...
Style:
epic, tense, captivating, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
military, soldier, immigrant, army, heroes, foe turned friend, culture clash, society, tragic hero, propaganda, medieval, anger ...
Time:
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Place:
mexico, latin america, ireland
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A made-for-TV dramatization of George Washington's perilous gamble of crossing the Delaware River and attacking the British forces at Trenton.
Style:
tense, realistic, exciting, serious, political ...
Plot:
american revolution, george washington, war, american history, battles, heroes, last stand, battlefield, rebellion, against the odds, military life, heroic mission ...
Time:
18th century, 1770s, georgian era
Place:
philadelphia, america, usa, delaware, pennsylvania ...
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Drama, History, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna's forces at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas.
Style:
realistic, factual, intense, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
siege, gunfight, military, american history, patriotism, fortress, dictator, justice, civil war, wartime, fight scenes, danger ...
Time:
19th century, 1830s
Place:
texas, mexico, latin america, san antonio texas, austin texas ...
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Netherlands, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership. Cy Endfield co-wrote the epic prequel Zulu Dawn 15 years after his enormously popular Zulu. Set in 1879, this film depicts the catastrophic Battle of ...
Style:
action adventure, historical drama, cult classic, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
imperialism, battles, british empire, zulu, medieval, colonialism, revolution, hand to hand combat, massacre, war hero, last stand, british army ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, year 1979, turn of the century, 1870s
Place:
africa, south africa
Similarity:
43%
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
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43%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War, Western
Country: UK, France, Spain, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Biopic of General George Armstrong Custer from his rise to prominence in the Civil War through to his "last stand" at the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
Style:
spaghetti western, independent film, historical drama, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
native american attack, soldier, american civil war, culture clash, civil war, sioux tribe, conservative, cowboy, last stand, cavalry charge, epic battle, indigenous people ...
Time:
19th century, year 1967
Place:
america, washington d.c.
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Marines prepare to invade Iraq at the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom; while the soldiers wait to receive their orders, they learn a Rolling Stone columnist will be embedded with them
Style:
tense, political, disturbing, rough, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, iraq war, marines, soldier, violence, war, anti war, military life, courage, desert, life & death, character study ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
iraq, middle east, afghanistan
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of New York farmer, Abe Woodhull, who bands together with a group of childhood friends to form The Culper Ring, an unlikely group of spies who turn the tide in America’s fight for independence.
Style:
period piece, captivating, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
american revolution, spy, colonial america, american history, george washington, espionage, political unrest, treason, rebelliousness, ambition, undercover, rivalry ...
Time:
18th century, 1780s, 1770s, georgian era
Place:
usa, new jersey, america, new york, connecticut
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 291 min.
TV show
Story:
Ike is a 1979 television miniseries about the life of Dwight D. Eisenhower. The screenplay by Melville Shavelson was based on Kay Summersby's 1948 memoir Eisenhower Was My Boss and her 1975 autobiography, Past Forgetting: My Love Affair. ...
Style:
historical drama, realistic, serious, sincere, exciting ...
Plot:
world war two, president, u.s. president, usa history, world war, military, d day, historical figure, biopic, battles, head of state, against humanity ...
Place:
kansas, england, london, europe, usa
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42%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Portugal 1813. A band of deserters, including Sharpe's old enemy, Obadiah Hakeswill, have captured two women, one the wife of a high-ranking English officer, and are holding them hostage for ransom. Sharpe is given the 60th Rifles and a Rocket ...
Style:
captivating, serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic
Plot:
napoleonic wars, war, military, british soldier, soldier, heroes, daring rescue, heroic mission, kidnapping, captivity, tough heroes, ransom ...
Time:
19th century, 1810s
Place:
portugal, europe
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
CSS Hunley tells the incredible true story of the crew of the manually propelled submarine CSS Hunley, during the siege of Charleston of 1864. It is a story of heroism in the face of adversity, the Hunley being the first submersible to sink an enemy ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, touching
Plot:
submarine, american civil war, civil war, torpedo, u.s. civil war, naval battle, american history, navy, underwater, sea, water, yacht ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, 1860s, year 1995
Place:
charleston south carolina, south carolina
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, History, Western
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A depiction of the rise of Texas from the Battle of the Alamo to San Jacinto. A story told through the lives of the men who gave everything up to defend an infant country from a ruthless Dictator and savage Native Americans, and paved the way for ...
Style:
historical drama, serious, captivating, realistic, costume drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
wild west, rebellion, state affairs, hopes, law enforcement, society, u.s. president, texas revolution, victorian england, intrigue, conservative, world war two ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1830s
Place:
texas, mexico, usa
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Yugoslavia, USA
Duration: 135 min.
TV show
Story:
War and Remembrance is an American miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Herman Wouk. It is the sequel to highly successful The Winds of War.
Style:
historical drama, saga, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, war, nazi germany, military, world war, submarine, dictatorship, nazi, winston churchill, hitler, u.s. president ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
asia, pearl harbor, pacific ocean, japan, europe ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
During the 1864 battle of the Wilderness, three Union soldiers and three Confederate Soldiers get seperated from their units as twilight engulfs the ravaged battlefield. The men wander alone through the dangerous woods, separate of each other, until ...
Style:
thought provoking, emotional, sincere, epic, captivating ...
Plot:
american civil war, military, battles, wilderness, soldier, genocide, civil war, mistaken identity, against humanity, politics, heroes, weakness ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story:
Told his battalion is to be split up due to lack of recruits at home, Sharpe and Harper return to England to investigate. What should have been a simple query turns politically explosive as they come nearer to exposing profiteering on the home front ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
napoleonic wars, napoleonic era, british army, cavalry, war hero, special forces, napoleon bonaparte, spanish history, french revolution, soldier, military, heroes ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
42%
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