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The Patrol (2013)
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, Morocco
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Afghanistan, 2006, Helmand Province becomes one of the most dangerous places on Earth as the British Army is deployed into the Taliban heartland. The Operation, Herrick, became synonymous with the struggle as British troops fought a losing battle against this unseen enemy.
Style:
psychological, tense, realistic, disturbing, bleak, serious, captivating, suspenseful, masterpiece
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
war, military, british army, soldier, isolation, military life, chaos, danger, confined, army, anti war, war on terror, war in afghanistan, chaos and mayhem, hapless soldier, weapons, british, british man, group, kurd, desert, survival, eastern
Time:
2000s, year 2006, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
afghanistan, middle east, morocco
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Most similar movies to The Patrol
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and tense films with plots about military, soldier, war, danger, military life, battles and survival mostly in Drama, War and Action genres. Some movies like The Patrol: Generation Kill (2008), Rescue Under Fire (2017), Kajaki (2014), Jarhead 2: Field of Fire (2014), Fires on the Plain (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 60 min.
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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:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Spain
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The crew of a medical helicopter suffers an accident when helping a joint force of USA and United Nations troops under Spanish command division in Afghanistan. The Spanish army has only one night to organize the rescue of the crew and injured, but ...
Style:
suspense, brutal, stylized, intense, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rescue mission, military, war, battlefield, battles, chaos and mayhem, battle zone, violent, rescue, squad, danger, courage ...
Place:
afghanistan
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
British soldiers guarding the Kajaki Dam set out to rescue a three-man team after one of them loses a leg to a landmine.
Style:
bleak, exciting, tense, rough, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
war, soldier, war in afghanistan, minefield, bravery, military, british army, desert, danger, heroic mission, tough heroes, battle zone ...
Time:
year 2006, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan, middle east
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Battle-scarred and disillusioned by the war, Corporal Chris Merrimette is put in charge of a unit whose next mission is to resupply a remote outpost on the edge of Taliban-controlled territory. While driving through the hostile Helmand province, a ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
navy seal, taliban, military, male nudity, battles, heroic mission, against the odds, wartime life, heroes, soldier, terrorism, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan, middle east
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In the final days of World War II, occupying Japanese forces in the Philippines face resistance from the local population and the American offensive. The dwindling Japanese soldiers attempt to survive through the horrors of war.
Style:
psychological, tense, atmospheric, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, japanese soldier, survival, danger, military life, escapades, isolation, confined, losing-it hero, rivalry, humanity, anti war ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Iraq, 2004: during a routine sortie a US patrol is ambushed and the young soldiers are forced to put their training and skills into action fast. A determined foe with superior local knowledge, the Fedayeen insurgents soon draw them into close ...
Style:
realistic, serious, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
iraq war, military, terrorism, war, american soldier, battles, danger, confined, state affairs, heroes, soldier, escapades ...
Place:
iraq, middle east
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Three British soldiers find themselves stranded in No Man's Land after a failed charge on the German Trenches. Set in France 1916.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, bleak, captivating ...
Plot:
world war one, military, survival, danger, against the odds, mission gone awry, great war, escapades, infantrymen, world war two, violent content, hapless soldier ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century
Place:
france
Similarity:
31%
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:
30%
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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:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan, pakistan
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Following the roguish terrorist attacks at Uri Army Base camp in Kashmir, India takes the fight to the enemy, in its most successful covert operation till date with one and only one objective of avenging their fallen heroes.
Style:
captivating, tense, disturbing, suspense, mind blowing ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
terrorist attack, military, terrorism, soldier, indian soldier, indian army, terrorist, patriot, propaganda, violence, murder, danger ...
Time:
year 2016, year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
india, pakistan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
In a desolate war zone where screams of the innocent echo, on the very line between disaster and valor, 7 Maroon Berets will dance with death.
Style:
exciting, disturbing, tense, captivating, suspense
Plot:
terrorist, special forces, swat team, isis, military, islam, behind enemy lines, criminal, dangerous mission, danger, journalism, rescue ...
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A soldier is stuck in a combat zone after stepping on a mine.
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
desert, soldier, survival, danger, isolation, confined, deathtrap, minefield, war in afghanistan, holocaust, landmine, trapped ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan, middle east, morocco
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The Korean war does not start well for the US. They are being routed by the North Koreans and In July 1950, the early stage of the Korean War, at the Jugok Village in the middle of the Korean Peninsula, Chang-yee and his friends grow excited over ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
military, survival, captivity, wartime life, korean war, confined, homecoming, anti war, against humanity, genocide, isolation, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north korea, korea
Similarity:
27%
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
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: United Arab Emirates, France, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
It is the winter of 2018, the men and women of the UAE military are deployed to provide aid. At the Mocha Base, spirits are high as three Emirati soldiers anticipate an imminent return home. While on their final routine patrol, the three soldiers, ...
Style:
realistic, tension, exciting, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
ambush, rescue mission, military, survival, soldier, war, rescue attempt, rescue, militant, salvation, battlefield, danger ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
In the confused melee that follows a roadside bomb attack on their convoy in Afghanistan, a Dutch soldier opens fire on a suspect Afghan, only to find that this killing unleashes a chain of dramatic events that will cast a long shadow over the lives ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
military, soldier, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, hapless soldier, murder, afghanistan veteran, problem, wartime life, military officer, military life ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Palestinian family is trapped inside a house commandeered by Israeli soldiers.
Style:
serious, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, contemplative ...
Plot:
muslim, human rights, soldier, military, dysfunctional family, society, politics, terrorism, rivalry, confined, family problems, isolation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, palestine, jerusalem, palestinian authority, israel
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An investigation of the massacre of 24 men, women and children in Haditha, Iraq allegedly shot by 4 U.S. Marines in retaliation for the death of a U.S. Marine killed by a roadside bomb. The movie follows the story of the Marines of Kilo Company, an ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, sexy, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
soldier, iraq war, military, marine, war, culture clash, desert, military life, marines, society, vengeance, occupation ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
iraq, middle east, united kingdom
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Three different men, three different worlds, three different wars – all stand at the intersection of modern warfare – a murky world of fluid morality where all is not as it seems.
Style:
brutal, disturbing, suspenseful, tense, rough ...
Plot:
ambush, military, war, pride and honor, army, friendship, military life, battle zone, morality, death, courage, bonding ...
Place:
middle east, afghanistan, canada
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Our Girl is the story of Molly Dawes, born and raised in the London Borough of Newham. Molly is the eldest of five kids with little future, a difficult father and a mother who always wanted more for her. Leaving school with no qualifications, Molly ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, serious, touching, tense
Plot:
military, parents and children, british army, self discovery, family relations, basic training, military base, siblings relations, military life, soldier, hopes, army ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
25%
12K
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel, France, Germany, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
June, 1982 - The First Lebanon War. A lone tank and a paratroopers platoon are dispatched to search a hostile town - a simple mission that turns into a nightmare. The four members of a tank crew find themselves in a violent situation that they ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, disturbing, suspenseful, sincere ...
Plot:
military, arab israeli conflict, confined, sergeant, tank, israeli, israeli soldier, army vs civilians, military life, mission gone awry, moral dilemma, danger ...
Time:
year 1982, year 2009, 80s, 20th century
Place:
lebanon, middle east, israel, palestine, big ben london
Similarity:
25%
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 ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, realistic, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, jungle, war, survival, military, british army, anti war, danger, rivalry, soldier, rescue, combat ...
Time:
year 1942, 70s
Place:
the philippines, japan, tokyo, england
Similarity:
25%
241
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Based on a true story its the untold story of Italian World War II POW"S in Jan 1946. Luca Zingaretti stars as one of over 50,000 Italian Prisoners of War detained at POW camps in the U.S. Roy Schneider stars as Colonel Gartner, the Commander ...
Style:
rough, disturbing, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
Plot:
fascism, world war two, military, military life, genocide, confined, danger, captivity, prison life, wartime life, isolation, prison ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
usa, texas
Similarity:
24%
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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, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war one, trench warfare, military, u.s. military, american abroad, u.s. army, pigeon, great war, survival, military life, leadership, danger ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1918
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, Germany, Italy
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
THE FALLEN is a three-sided story about German, Italian, and American soldiers, set in Northern Italy during the final weeks of the World War II. On the one side, a group of American supply soldiers delivers ammunition to the front line, a journey ...
Style:
captivating, rough, realistic, serious, bleak
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, war, soldier, resistance movement, military life, military, captivity, against the odds, battles, leadership, against humanity ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, Morocco
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The day after they get the word they'll go home in two weeks, a group of soldiers from Spokane are ambushed in an Iraqi city. Back stateside we follow four of them - a surgeon who saw too much, a teacher who's a single mom and who lost a ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, disturbing, serious, rough ...
Plot:
post traumatic stress disorder, military, politics, coping, amputee, insomnia, hostage, life is a bitch, buddies, anti war, homecoming, single parent ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
iraq, afghanistan, middle east
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The first U.S.-made film drama set during the Iraq war, THE SITUATION chronicles the tragic death of an Iraqi teenager at the hands of U.S. soldiers. The incident sets off an "investigation," a cover-up, and complications involving Iraqi ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, rough, extraordinary
Plot:
iraq war, photograph, danger, assassination, racism, soldier, terrorism, media, battles, state affairs, military, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
iraq, middle east
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, tense, serious ...
Plot:
soldier, haunted by the past, anti war, homecoming, sibling relationship, military, life is a bitch, brother brother relationship, medical examination, post traumatic stress disorder, danger, forest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan, germany
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Germany, May 1945, deep in the Harz Mountains a U.S. tank crew discovers a platoon of Germans preparing to ambush U.S. supply trucks.
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
world war two, tank, military, racism, soldier, danger, battles, military life, against the odds, save the day, hopes, heroic mission ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, 20th century
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Canada, Germany, South Africa
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
During the Vietnam War [1959-1975] a special US combat unit is sent out to hunt and kill the Viet Cong soldiers in a man-to-man combat in the endless tunnels underneath the jungle of Vietnam. Suicide squads of a special kind.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspense, controversial ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, war, survival, soldier, heroic mission, danger, chaos, military life, escapades, blood, vietcong, american abroad ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, asia
Similarity:
22%
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