Movies and TV shows like The Pacific
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The Pacific (2010)
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 530 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, emotional, suspenseful, disturbing, epic, exciting, motivational, political, anime, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, military, war, battlefield, battles, squad, soldier, marines, american soldier, imperial japan, u.s. military, navy, killed in action, battle zone, friends, selflessness, behind enemy lines, peril, infantry, japanese soldier, war violence, life is a bitch, self sacrifice, hapless soldier, tank ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945, 20th century, 40s
Place:
pacific ocean, japan, alabama, okinawa, asia, korea
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Most similar movies to The Pacific
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and tense films and TV series with plots about war, soldier, battles, military, world war two, military life and heroes mostly in Drama, War and Action genres. Some movies like The Pacific: Band of Brothers (2001), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Generation Kill (2008), Letters from Iwo Jima (2006), The Thin Red Line (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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, captivating, epic, serious, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, military, war, combat, soldier, battles, american soldier, behind enemy lines, paratrooper, u.s. army, nazi germany, courage ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 20th century
Place:
germany, europe, belgium, paris france, netherlands ...
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95%
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
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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 ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 70 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:
suspenseful, tense, disturbing, political, realistic ...
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boys' night
Plot:
military, iraq war, marines, soldier, anti war, war, courage, military life, violence, character study, life & death, survival ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
iraq, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
Based on the graphic novel by James Jones, The Thin Red Line tells the story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II ...
Style:
epic, visually appealing, thought provoking, philosophical, atmospheric ...
Plot:
war, soldier, world war two, sergeant, anti war, jungle, infantry, existentialism, survival, invasion, pacific island, military life ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
asia, canada, japan, pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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 ...
Style:
rough, tense, brutal, captivating, emotional ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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 ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: 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.
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serious, factual, emotional, realistic, suspenseful ...
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boys' night
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military, vietnam war, war, battles, soldier, battlefield, heroic mission, military life, death, wartime, justice, anti war ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
vietnam, asia, usa, iraq
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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, exciting, tense, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, date night
Plot:
world war two, war, tank, soldier, military, battles, heroism, american soldier, nazi germany, nazi, ambush, battlefield ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945, 20th century
Place:
europe, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 270 min.
TV show
Story:
Berlin, 1941. Five friends eager to become heroes in an adventure that will change the face of Europe - and that will forever change them as well.
Style:
tense, captivating, serious, thought provoking, mind blowing ...
Plot:
world war two, nazism, holocaust, military, war, guilt, friendship, against humanity, atrocity, friends, nazi germany, german ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
germany, berlin germany, ussr
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, war, survival, military, military life, leadership, battles, heroism, battlefield, soldier, world war, anti war ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 20th century
Place:
japan, australia, papua new guinea
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Hacksaw Ridge related movies
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, brutal, intense, stylized ...
Plot:
world war two, war, military, native american, artillery, battles, survival, code, soldier, friendship, courage, military life ...
Time:
year 1944, 1940s, post world war two, year 1943, 20th century
Place:
japan, arizona, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: West Germany, France, UK, Italy
Duration: 293 min.
TV show
Story:
Life aboard a German U-Boat during World War II.
Style:
bleak, gloomy, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, submarine, navy, sinking ship, battles, torpedo, military, military life, survival, confined, life is a bitch, nazism ...
Time:
year 1941, 20th century, 1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, realistic, sincere, intellectual ...
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boys' night
Plot:
iraq war, military, soldier, u.s. military, friendship, army life, violence, self sacrifice, right and wrong, hopes, sacrifice, lost ...
Time:
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Place:
iraq, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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 ...
Style:
intense, realistic, emotional, sincere, epic ...
Plot:
war, world war two, military, battles, survival, guilt, propaganda, fame, political intrigue, suspense, wartime, loss of friend ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 20th century
Place:
japan, asia, pacific ocean, iraq, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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 ...
Audience:
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The dramatized World War II adventures of US Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington and his Marine Attack Squadron 214, AKA The Black Sheep Squadron.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, realistic, sitcom
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, military, aviation, mission, wartime, american soldier, soldier, army, air force, attack, pilot, us military ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American soldiers fighting the Germans in France during World War II. The program starred Rick Jason as ...
Style:
realistic, serious, retro, vintage
Plot:
world war two, military, occupied france, american soldier, tank, mission, soldier, anti war, german, infantrymen, military life, d day ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944, 60s
Place:
europe, prague, czech republic, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that ...
Style:
epic, realistic, factual, harsh, tense ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
world war two, military, war, nazi, soldier, invasion, d day, courage, german, allies, resistance, beach ...
Time:
year 1944, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
normandy, poland, germany, europe, paris france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Relive a heroic fight for survival during the Iraq War, when the 1st Cavalry Division from Fort Hood was ferociously ambushed on April 4, 2004, in Sadr City, Baghdad — a day that came to be known in military annals as “Black Sunday.”
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serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
iraq war, military, war, soldier, army, courage, wartime life, last stand, friendship, chaos, death, killed in action ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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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:
realistic, factual, tense, intense, exciting ...
Plot:
world war two, military, war, sea battle, u.s. navy, aviation, navy, fascism, ethnic conflict, prejudice, suspense, naval battle ...
Time:
70s, year 1942, 20th century, 1940s
Place:
poland, hawaii, tokyo, germany, japan ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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TV shows like SEAL Team
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The exploits of four Allied soldiers — three Americans and one Englishman — who are part of a long-range desert patrol group in the North African campaign during World War II. Their mission: "to attack, harass and wreak havoc on Field ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, realistic
Plot:
military, tank, french foreign legion, mission, luftwaffe, soldier, mouse, battles, escapades, rivalry, heroes, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 240 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 ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, serious, captivating, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
american history, civil war, battles, soldier, state affairs, war, political unrest, heroic mission, military life, white house, human spirit, rescue ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s
Place:
latin america, san antonio texas, new mexico, cuba
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The film is based on the eponymous book by Emmanuil Kazakevich. In the summer of 1944 the Nazi Armies prepare a massive Tank Division named 'Viking" for the offensive on occupied Russian land. The Russian Army's special group of seven ...
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, bleak, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, war, soldier, d day, battles, fall in love, military, battlefield, russian, soviet army, heroes, escapades ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
ussr, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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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 ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, military, war, commando, visceral, battles, betrayal, heroes, espionage, escapades, military life, anti war ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
italy, tokyo, california, rome italy, norway ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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, 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 ⇓
30%
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Black Hawk Down related movies
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
A Bridge Too Far tells the story of Operation Market Garden, the failed attempt by the allies to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland and allowing access over the Rhine into Germany. A combination of poor allied intelligence and ...
Style:
epic, realistic, intense, serious, rough ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
war, world war two, behind enemy lines, tank, military, army, courage, allies, nazi, soldier, paratrooper, u.s. army ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, 70s, 20th century
Place:
germany, poland, england, berlin germany, netherlands ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
In the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies stand ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New Year. To prevent this occurrence, Hitler orders an all out offensive to re-take French territory and capture the major port city of Antwerp. "The ...
Style:
epic, factual, tense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
manly, teens, kids, girls' night
Plot:
world war two, war, tank, military, nazi, battles, heroic mission, campaign, epic battle, leadership, attack, u.s. military ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1944
Place:
belgium, hawaii, spain, germany, berlin germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 165 min.
TV show
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Anzacs was a 1985 5-part Australian miniseries set in World War I. The series follows the lives of a group of young Australian men who enlist in the 8th Battalion of the First Australian Imperial Force in 1914, fighting first at Gallipoli in 1915, ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
world war one, war, world war two, superior officer, battles, escapades, military, heroes, soldier, military life, friendship, battle zone ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century
Place:
new zealand, australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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, talky, intense, serious ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
world war two, war, u.s. navy, battles, fighter plane, aviation, military life, navy, military, air raid, airplane, state affairs ...
Time:
70s, 1940s, year 1941, 20th century
Place:
hawaii, japan, pearl harbor, washington d.c., asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A group of American GIs work their way through war-torn France during the final days of the Second World War.
Style:
realistic, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, christian film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, military, soldier, battles, heroes, mormon, friendship, american soldier, pow, courage, brutality, heroism ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, 20th century
Place:
france, europe, provence
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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