Movies like The Sand Pebbles
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The Sand Pebbles (1966)
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 182 min.
Story:
Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat U.S.S. San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of the Yangtze in the middle of exploited and revolution-torn 1926 China. His iconoclasm and cynical nature soon clash with the "rice-bowl" system which runs the ship and the uneasy symbiosis between Chinese and foreigner on the river. Hostility towards the gunboat's presence reaches a climax when the boat must crash through a river-boom and rescue missionaries upriver at China Light Mission.
Style:
epic, tense, realistic, romantic, breathtaking, political, dramatic, scenic, harsh, talky ...
Plot:
war, military, warship, u.s. navy, friendship, navy, gunfight, civil war, politics, anti war, revolution, redemption, missionary, ship, love, brutality, boat, colonialism, catastrophe, race, time travel, ocean, vietnam war, beautiful scenery, suspense ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, 1930s, 20s
Place:
china, shanghai, asia, vermont, philadelphia, new jersey, utah ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, dramatic, realistic and intense films with plots about dialogue, courage, military, culture clash, mentor, brutality and sacrifice mostly in Drama, War and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Sand Pebbles: The Year of Living Dangerously (1982), The Last of the Mohicans (1992), The Bounty (1984), The Great Escape (1963), The Four Feathers (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh his commitment to duty and ...
Style:
exciting, tense, epic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ship, napoleonic wars, navy, battles, sea battle, heroic mission, leadership, naval battle, sailboat, friendship, military, royal navy ...
Time:
19th century, 18th century, regency period, edwardian era, georgian era
Place:
england, france, brazil, europe, pacific ocean ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Australian journalist Guy Hamilton travels to Indonesia to cover civil strife in 1965. There, on the eve of an attempted coup, he befriends a Chinese Australian photographer with a deep connection to and vast knowledge of the Indonesian people and ...
Style:
political, thought provoking, atmospheric, sexy, enigmatic ...
Plot:
journalism, politics, embassy, journalist, diplomat, reporter, photographer, civil war, revolution, betrayal, president, communism ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1965
Place:
australia, the philippines, indonesia, asia, southeast asia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
As the English and French soldiers battle for control of the American colonies in the 18th century, the settlers and native Americans are forced to take sides. Cora and her sister Alice unwittingly walk into trouble but are reluctantly saved by ...
Style:
epic, exciting, sexy, dramatic, visually appealing ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
native american, indians, native americans, army, war, wilderness, colonial america, freedom, american indian, fight scenes, american history, colonialism ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era, 19th century, middle ages, 1930s
Place:
england, usa
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100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA, New Zealand
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Lieutenant Bligh to get ...
Style:
epic, captivating, suspenseful, sexy, breathtaking ...
Plot:
ship, island, mutiny, betrayal, sea, storm at sea, sailboat, survival, boat, lost at sea, murder, suspense ...
Time:
18th century, 1930s, georgian era, year 1984, 1780s
Place:
england, tahiti, pacific ocean, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 172 min.
Story:
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocates them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners ...
Style:
epic, suspenseful, breathtaking, dramatic, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, manly, kids, family outing
Plot:
world war two, prison, prison escape, war, nazi, pow, military, chase, soldier, escape, motorcycle, freedom ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
germany, poland, europe, alps, switzerland
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The story, set in 1875, follows a British officer (Heath Ledger) who resigns his post when he learns of his regiment's plan to ship out to the Sudan for the conflict with the Mahdi. His friends and fiancée send him four white feathers which ...
Style:
epic, serious, touching, atmospheric, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
military, war, imperialism, redemption, slavery, desert, soldier, colonialism, cavalry, fight, friendship, torture ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1880s, 1890s
Place:
sudan, england, africa, middle east, egypt ...
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28%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 271 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, realistic, factual, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
american civil war, military, war, civil war, battles, slavery, civil rights, soldier, prejudice, infantry, heroic mission, state affairs ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
usa, pennsylvania, maryland
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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:
war, world war two, naval battle, military, wartime, naval officer, father son relationship, adultery, u.s. navy, military life, suicide, marital infidelity ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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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, epic, sincere, serious, touching ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
american civil war, survival, love story, civil war, tragic love, war, loss of family member, wartime, getting home, slavery, loss of loved one, military ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, victorian era, 50s
Place:
south carolina, north carolina, usa, ancient greece, atlantic ocean ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A sergeant must deal with his desires to save the lives of young soldiers being sent to Vietnam. Continuously denied the chance to teach the soldiers about his experiences, he settles for trying to help the son of an old army buddy.
Style:
realistic, intense, harsh, bleak, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
vietnam war, military, war, soldier, politics, justice, military life, civil war, wartime, casualty of war, life is a bitch, wartime life ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1968
Place:
washington d.c., vietnam, iraq, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Will Montgomery (Ben Foster), a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant who has returned home from Iraq, is assigned to the Army’s Casualty Notification service. Montgomery is partnered with Captain Tony Stone (Woody Harrelson), to give notice to the families of ...
Style:
touching, depressing, sincere, bleak, sad ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
war, military, soldier, loneliness, redemption, honest, character study, bereavement, human nature, officer, wartime, relationships ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, iraq, bosnia, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
A cargo plane goes down in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for an airplane they will ...
Style:
harsh, serious, captivating, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Three U.S. journalists (Nick Nolte, Joanna Cassidy, Gene Hackman) get too close to one another and their work in 1979 Nicaragua.
Style:
tense, realistic, political, atmospheric, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
journalism, politics, photojournalist, revolution, idealism, photographer, reporter, political unrest, military, media, anti war, society ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1979
Place:
nicaragua, latin america, ireland, central america
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23%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Lt. Col. Iceal "Ham" Hambleton is a weapons countermeasures expert and when his aircraft is shot over enemy territory the Air Force very much wants to get him back. Hambleton knows the area he's in is going to be carpet-bombed but a ...
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realistic, harsh, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
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Place:
vietnam, iraq, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
As World War I rages, brave and youthful Australians Archy and Frank, both agile runners, become friends and enlist in the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps together. They later find themselves part of the Dardanelles Campaign on the Gallipoli ...
Style:
touching, atmospheric, harsh, emotional, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war one, military, anti war, friendship, war, idealism, human spirit, politics, british army, battle zone, military life, british empire ...
Time:
1910s, 1920s, 20th century, year 1915, 18th century
Place:
australia, ottoman empire, egypt, turkey, england ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
Style:
emotional, bleak, realistic, epic, disturbing ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
world war two, war, military, battles, survival, anti war, japanese history, japanese army, imperial japan, brutality, japanese military, violence ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 20th century, year 2005, year 1945
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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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:
epic, scenic, emotional, romantic, stylized ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick, teens
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unlikely couple, social differences, opposites attract, journey, fall in love, desert, culture clash, wilderness, prejudice, couples, world war two, horse ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, post world war two, 50s, 19th century ...
Place:
australia, japan, england, asia, hawaii ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.
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rough, realistic, epic, disturbing, atmospheric ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
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vietnam war, military, soldier, battles, battlefield, squad, war, anti war, jungle warfare, combat, violent, jungle ...
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year 1967, year 1968, 60s, 20th century
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vietnam, the philippines, southeast asia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: China, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite all of China was to declare war on the kingdoms of Xu in the west and East Wu in the south. Thus began a military ...
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epic, realistic, breathtaking, brutal, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
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battles, war, martial arts, strategy, kung fu, historical event, fight, visceral, revenge, ethnic conflict, idealism, assassination ...
Time:
ancient times
Place:
china, ancient china, rome italy, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
During the war in Afghanistan a Soviet tank crew commanded by a tyrannical officer find themselves lost and in a struggle against a band of Mujahadeen guerrillas in the mountains.
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boys' night
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afghanistan, russia, israel, vietnam, iraq ...
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21%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Ride with the Devil follows four people who are fighting for truth and justice amidst the turmoil of the American Civil War. Director Ang Lee takes us to a no man's land on the Missouri/Kansas border where a staunch loyalist, an ...
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bloody, realistic, epic, sexy, gothic ...
Plot:
american civil war, civil war, war, military, violence, slavery, gunfight, freedom, courage, brutality, revenge, friendship ...
Time:
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21%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana's infamous Tigerland, last stop before Vietnam for tens of thousands of young men in 1971
Style:
realistic, tense, thought provoking, psychological, talky ...
Plot:
military, vietnam war, boot camp, anti war, recruit, insubordination, military base, basic training, buddies, war, army, suspense ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1971
Place:
vietnam, louisiana, usa, kansas
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21%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: China, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
The battle of Red Cliff continues and the alliance between Xu and East Wu is fracturing. With Cao Cao's massive forces on their doorstep, will the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu survive?
Style:
epic, stylized, scenic, enigmatic, brutal ...
Audience:
boys' night
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war, martial arts, master warrior, soldier, battles, chinese history, chinese, suspense, historical event, wartime life, leadership, life is a bitch ...
Time:
ancient times
Place:
china, ancient china, hong kong, england, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Essentially true story of how Spartan king Leonidas led an extremely small army of Greek Soldiers (300 of his personal body guards from Sparta) to hold off an invading Persian army now thought to have numbered 250,000.
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epic, sexy, serious, breathtaking, talky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
battles, heroic mission, heroes, sword fight, antiquity, ancient, greek mythology, ancient history, leadership, against the odds, chaos and mayhem, chaos ...
Time:
ancient times, 60s, 19th century, 18th century
Place:
ancient greece, rome italy, egypt, europe, greece
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20%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the story of three of the six surviving servicemen – John 'Doc' Bradley, Pvt. Rene Gagnon ...
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intense, realistic, emotional, sincere, epic ...
Plot:
war, world war two, military, battles, survival, guilt, propaganda, fame, political intrigue, suspense, wartime, loss of friend ...
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1940s, post world war two, 20th century
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japan, asia, pacific ocean, iraq, usa ...
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20%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A drama based on the experiences of Agu, a child soldier fighting in the civil war of an unnamed African country. Follows the journey of a young boy, Agu, who is forced to join a group of soldiers in a fictional West African country. While Agu fears ...
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disturbing, political, intense, bleak, harsh ...
Plot:
war, child soldier, life is a bitch, children in wartime, violence, survival, adaptation, civil war, anti war, justice, military, suspense ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.
Style:
epic, intense, inspirational, factual, emotional ...
Plot:
american civil war, civil war, battles, slavery, war, prejudice, racism, military, human spirit, freedom, black history, heroic mission ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1860s
Place:
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19%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
Style:
epic, realistic, breathtaking, captivating, rough ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick
Plot:
war, world war two, military, courage, battles, nazi, sniper, army, self sacrifice, d day, friendship, tank ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, middle ages, 20th century
Place:
normandy, poland, germany, france, europe ...
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19%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Captain Bligh will do anything to get there as fast as possible, using any means to keep up a strict discipline. When they arrive at Tahiti, it is like a ...
Style:
epic, psychological, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
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Plot:
ship, ocean, sailboat, mutiny, betrayal, suspense, captain, leadership, brutality, sea, rebelliousness, military ...
Time:
18th century, 60s, 1930s, georgian era, 1780s ...
Place:
tahiti, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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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realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
world war two, military, war, battles, infantry, soldier, rebellion, military life, heroic mission, heroes, fighting the system, leadership ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944
Place:
germany, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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