Movies like Too Late the Hero
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Too Late the Hero (1970)
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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 the 'heroes' are very reluctant, but they come good when they are pursued by the Japanese who are determined to prevent them returning to base.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, psychological, exciting, realistic, rough, serious, historically accurate, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, jungle, war, survival, military, british army, anti war, danger, soldier, rescue, rivalry, combat, wartime, world war, good versus evil, murder, officer, sabotage, japanese military, secret mission, behind enemy lines, commando mission, class conflict, cockney, pistol ...
Time:
year 1942, 70s
Place:
the philippines, japan, england, tokyo, american
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Most similar movies to Too Late the Hero
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, exciting and suspenseful films with plots about war, military, world war two, danger, soldier, heroes and world war mostly in War, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Too Late the Hero: The Eagle Has Landed (1976), Morituri (1965), Tears of the Sun (2003), The Guns of Navarone (1961), The Devil's Brigade (1968). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
When the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a country estate in Norfolk, it hatches an audacious scheme to kidnap the prime minister and spirit him to Germany for enforced negotiations with Hitler.
Style:
exciting, suspense, tense, intense, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, espionage, spy, war, nazi germany, military, soldier, nazi soldier, commando mission, runaway, insubordination, rescue ...
Time:
1940s, year 1976, 20th century, year 1943
Place:
london, germany, poland, europe, england ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, War
Country: USA, Croatia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Learning of a Nazi plot to attack Washington, D.C. with a deadly nerve gas, Major Wright leads twelve convicts on a suicide mission deep into occupied France to destroy the secret factory where the poison is made.
Style:
exciting, realistic, captivating, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
nazi occupation, soldier, military, danger, rescue, heroes, heroic mission, world war two, anti hero, world war, french resistance, abbey ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A German living in India during World War II is blackmailed by the English to impersonate an SS officer on board a cargo ship leaving Japan for Germany carrying a large supply of rubber for tyres. His mission is to disable the scuttling charges so ...
Style:
black and white, rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, submarine, sabotage, nazi, spy, mutiny, world war, secret mission, espionage, military, war, soldier ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942
Place:
japan, england, germany, asia, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Navy SEAL Lieutenant A.K. Waters and his elite squadron of tactical specialists are forced to choose between their duty and their humanity, between following orders by ignoring the conflict that surrounds them, or finding the courage to follow their ...
Style:
touching, serious, suspense, factual, compassionate ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
military, war, jungle, combat, civil war, soldier, sniper, refugee, special forces, escapades, rescue mission, army ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
africa, nigeria, iran, iraq, hawaii
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
Style:
suspense, exciting, tense, intense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, military, behind enemy lines, island, resistance, nazi, mercenary, spy, wartime, gunfight, mountain, fortress ...
Time:
1940s, year 1961, year 1943, 20th century
Place:
greece, fictional island, germany, hellas, balkan ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
1968 American war film about the formation and first mission of the joint Canadian-American WWII special forces winter and mountain unit formally called 1st Special Service Force, but commonly known as “The Devil’s Brigade”. The film ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, tense, harsh, serious ...
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boys' night
Plot:
world war two, military, commando, visceral, espionage, battles, betrayal, heroes, escapades, military life, wartime life, basic training ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
italy, canada, europe, germany, california ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Direct to DVD movie: The German U-Boat, U-234, from the Port of Kiel is trading cargo with the Japanese. USS Seaviper must locate and stop this dangerous exchange. The Captain of USS Seaviper must go ashore to conduct reconnaissance on an island ...
Style:
exciting, tense, suspense, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, world war two, save the day, danger, isolation, military, war, rebelliousness, survival, island, soldier, rebellion ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In September 1942, the German Afrika Korps under Rommel have successfully pushed the Allies back into Egypt. A counter-attack is planned, for which the fuel dumps at Tobruk are a critical impediment. In order to aid the attack, a group of British ...
Style:
spectacular, serious, realistic, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, war, military, soldier, desert, world war, espionage, prisoner, commando, secret mission, tank, british military ...
Time:
1940s, year 1967, year 1942, 20th century
Place:
africa, libya, egypt
Similarity:
40%
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:
39%
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, intense, suspense ...
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 ...
Time:
year 1942, year 1976, 20th century, 1940s, 70s
Place:
america, pacific ocean, japan, hawaii, germany ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A bitter battle is fought between Australian and Japanese soldiers along the Kokoda trail in New Guinea during World War II.
Style:
serious, rough, tense, inspirational
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, war, military, battlefield, military life, danger, leadership, battles, world war, heroism, soldier, pacific war ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
japan, australia, papua new guinea
Similarity:
39%
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:
20th century, 1940s, year 1978, 70s
Place:
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Similarity:
37%
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:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, rough, period piece, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
america, europe, england, united kingdom, germany ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, China
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, serious, exciting, tense, rough ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
germany, america, europe
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Afghanistan. War correspondent Elsa Casanova is taken hostage by the Taliban. Faced with her imminent execution, a Special Forces unit is dispatched to free her. In some of the world’s most breathtaking yet hostile landscapes, a relentless pursuit ...
Style:
tense, exciting, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
taliban, military, chase, soldier, war zone, kidnapping, tough heroes, daring rescue, danger, rescue, swat team, survival ...
Time:
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Place:
afghanistan, pakistan
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A German U-Boat commander and 600 prisoners plan a daring escape from a PoW camp in Scotland.
Style:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
world war two, war, gay soldier, pow, captivity, escape, nazi officer, military, soldier, battles, british soldier, prison life ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
ireland, london, scotland
Similarity:
36%
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:
36%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
macaroni combat, grindhouse, exciting, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, world war, war, combat, machine gun, attempted rape, youth, german soldier, man on a mission, battles, kidnapping, military ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
36%
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 ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
world war two, military, infantry, war, american abroad, battles, u.s. army, soldier, rebellion, heroic mission, military life, world war ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944, year 1962
Place:
germany, iraq, europe, france
Similarity:
36%
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, war, combat, military, code, artillery, soldier, marines, native american, courage, wartime, brutality ...
Time:
year 1944, 1940s, 20th century, year 1943, year 2002 ...
Place:
japan, america, asia, pacific ocean, arizona
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, bleak, rough ...
Plot:
world war, soldier, war, rivalry, danger, heroes, military, vengeance, escapades, confined, against the odds, battles ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
the philippines, japan
Similarity:
35%
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.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, exciting, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rescue, danger, terrorism, military, heroes, battles, confined, special agent, state affairs, kurd, brother brother relationship, rescue mission ...
Time:
90s, year 1985, year 1990
Place:
iraq, middle east, iran, baghdad iraq, jordan
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
During WWII, a three-man commando team places its trust in the hands of a band of Filipino resistors, as they try to knock out a Japenese communication center.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, tense, psychotronic ...
Plot:
world war two, espionage, danger, war, anti war, escapades, mission, world war, liberation, reconnaissance, battles, soldier ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
the philippines, japan, asia, usa
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
North Africa, World War II. British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up a brutal incline. It's not a military objective. It's The Hill, a manmade instrument of torture, a tower of sand seared by a ...
Style:
black and white, tense, bleak, historically accurate, noir ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
world war two, prison, military, brutality, desert, sadism, prison escape, military prison, world war, prison life, great war, wartime ...
Time:
1940s, year 1965, 20th century, 70s
Place:
africa, north africa, libya, germany, sahara
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The Dirty Dozen meet the Stiff Upper Lip. A British Petroleum executive (Michael Caine) is assigned to work with the British Army in North Africa handling port duties for incoming fuels.
Style:
meditative, rough, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, war, military, world war, desert, machine gun, mission, tank, man on a mission, unhappy ending, combat, nazi ...
Time:
year 1969
Place:
africa, europe, germany, england, egypt ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When Norwegian resistance leader Lieutenant Erik Bergman reports the location of a German V-2 rocket fuel plant, the Royal Air Force's 633 Squadron is assigned the mission to destroy it. The plant is in a seemingly-impregnable location beneath ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, spectacular ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, fishing, war, aviation, crash landing, behind enemy lines, death of brother, nazi, resistance fighter, airplane crash, warplane, battles ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944
Place:
europe, scotland
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The British High Command finds itself in the thick of a huge dilemma when it is realized that they have long been infiltrated by spies from a German intelligence group. This all happens during the preliminary stages of the Battle of Britain.
Style:
macaroni combat, suspenseful, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, luftwaffe, soldier, combat, world war, freedom, revolution, revolutionary war, revolutionary, struggle, evacuation, aerial combats ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1940
Place:
london, england, britain, france
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
During World War II, American officer Capt. Lee Mitchell (Stuart Whitman) and a British military unit boldly infiltrate German-occupied enemy territory and attempt to kidnap brilliant Nazi scientist Dr. Von Heinken (Pinkas Braun) and bring him back ...
Style:
exciting, bleak, suspenseful, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, world war, military, danger, heroes, escapades, kidnapping, war, battles, soldier, confined, aerial bombardment ...
Time:
20th century, year 1945, 1940s
Place:
germany, soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Major Reisman is "volunteered" to lead another mission using convicted army soldiers, sentenced to either death or long prison terms. This time their mission is to kill a Nazi general who plans to assassinate Hitler.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, soldier, military, assassination, convict, army, military life, heroic mission, confined, wartime life, escapades, danger ...
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
34%
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