Movies like A Gathering of Eagles

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A Gathering of Eagles (1963)
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A Gathering of Eagles (1963)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Rock Hudson plays an Air Force Colonel who has just been re-assigned as a cold war B-52 commander who must shape up his men to pass a grueling inspection that the previous commander had failed, and had been fired for. He is also recently married, and as a tough commanding officer doing whatever he has to do to shape his men up, his wife sees a side to him that she hadn't seen before.
Plot: cold war, aviation, nuclear threat, u.s. air force, lonely, flying, fighter plane, military, friendship, nuclear war, pilot, hospital, accident, air force, male female relationship, bomber, nuclear bomb, nuclear missile, control, military life, squash, marriage, u.s. military, stress, bare chested male ...
Time: year 1963, 60s, 1960s
Place: california

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Most similar movies to A Gathering of Eagles

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and exciting films with plots about military, aviation, flying, war, soldier, military life and airplane mostly in Drama, War and Romance genres. Some movies like A Gathering of Eagles: The Starfighters (1964), Iron Eagle II (1988), The Airlift (2005), Fortress (2012), In Harm's Way (1965). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Starfighters (1964)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: A young Air Force lieutenant falls in love with fighter planes while his father, a Congressman and war hero, yearns for him to fly heavy bombers.
Style: grindhouse, independent film
Plot: aviation, air force, u.s. air force, military, helicopter, fighter plane, target practice, jet plane, love, pilot, u.s. military, flying ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Iron Eagle II (1988)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Canada, Israel
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Chappy Sinclair is called to gather together a mixed Soviet/U.S. strike force that will perform a surgical strike on a massively defended nuclear missile site in the Middle East. Chappy finds that getting the Soviet and U.S. Pilots to cooperate is ...
Style: cult classic, independent film, fast, exciting, serious ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: aviation, airplane, air force, cold war, fighter jet, military, air attack, war on terror, flying, army, colonel, u.s. air force ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: israel, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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The Airlift (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 180 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: light, touching, exciting, sincere
Plot: cold war, soldier, pow, anti communist, army, air force, german history, world war two, world war, crisis, conservative, boys and girls ...
Time: post world war two
Place: west berlin west germany, east berlin, germany, berlin germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Fortress (2012)
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
Plot: bomber, aerial combats, world war two, airplane, soldier, battles, military life, heroic mission, leadership, flying, aviation, war ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: sicily, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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In Harm's Way (1965)
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, tense, factual, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot: war, world war two, naval battle, military, wartime, naval officer, father son relationship, u.s. navy, military life, suicide, marital infidelity, navy ...
Time: year 1941, year 1965, 1940s, year 1942
Place: pearl harbor, hawaii, pacific ocean, san francisco, polynesia
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Bat*21 (1988)
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 ...
Style: realistic, suspense, harsh, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: vietnam war, military, survival, rescue, aviation, danger, against the odds, friendship, soldier, daring rescue, battles, jungle ...
Place: vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Mosquito Squadron (1969)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In WW2, a RAF squadron leader mourns the death of a comrade and receives a bombing mission against a secret Nazi V-2 rocket testing facility in France.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, aviation, raf, world war, military, flying, aeroplane, space, zeppelin, wartime, luftwaffe, aerial combat ...
Time: year 1969, 20th century
Place: england, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Torpedo Bombers (1983)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In 1944 a Soviet marine air force unit stationed near Murmansk is fighting off the German bombers attacking the British navy convoys supplying the Soviet Union with war materials under the lend-lease agreement.
Style: rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious, contemplative
Plot: soviet army, aviation, world war two, world war, navy, air force, allies, ocean, battles, danger, heroes, military ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944
Place: soviet union, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Flight from Ashiya (1964)
Genre: Adventure, Romance, Drama, War
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Featuring an all-star cast and on-location shooting in Japan, where the story is set, three US Air Force rescue pilots must overcome their personal problems and differences to embark upon a dangerous mission to save raft-bound Japanese survivors ...
Style: exciting, captivating, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: world war two, aviation, flying, airplane, air disaster, world war, photojournalism, female journalist, exotic locale, pilot, u.s. air force, disaster ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: japan, the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Every Time We Say Goodbye (1986)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: An American flyer who joined the RAF before his country was in the war is recovering from a leg injury in Jerusalem. Through an English friend he meets a quiet Jewish girl whose close-knit family originally came from Spain. The two are attracted to ...
Style: sentimental, touching, serious, realistic, entertaining ...
Plot: world war two, friends, friendship, fall in love, father daughter relationship, couples, social differences, love affair, couple relations, opposites attract, interfaith relationship, wartime life ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1986
Place: jerusalem, middle east, israel, palestine
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Fate Is the Hunter (1964)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A man refuses to believe that pilot error caused a fatal crash, and persists in looking for another reason. Airliner crashes near Los Angeles due to unusual string of coincidences. Stewardess, who is sole survivor, joins airline executives in ...
Plot: aviation, airplane crash, airplane accident, pilot, air disaster, investigation, flying, natural disaster, fate, flashback, beach, male male relationship ...
Time: 60s
Place: los angeles, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Flight of the Intruder (1991)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: U.S. Navy pilot Lt. Jake Grafton and his bombardier buddy, Lt. Cmdr. Virgil Cole, are two soldiers embedded in the Vietnam War growing frustrated by the military's constraints on their missions. Despite the best efforts of their commanding ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vietnam war, military, war, bomber, pilot, fighter pilot, combat, bombing, aviation, fighter jet, fighter plane, evil ...
Time: year 1991, 70s
Place: vietnam, europe, china, asia, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Greyhound Attack (2019)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: WWII drama from film-maker Christopher Forbes which follows American fighter pilots on a perilous mission into the skies of enemy territory.
Style: suspenseful, captivating, serious, dramatic, tense
Plot: world war two, pilot, captain, air attack, mission, u.s. air force, aerial bombardment, dangerous mission, fighter pilot, air raid, air force, fighter plane ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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For the Moment (1993)
Genre: Romance, War, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story: This Canadian film presents and old-fashioned war time romance. It is set during 1942 in Manitoba and traces the doomed affair between a young farmer's wife (Christianne Hirt) whose husband is fighting abroad and a dashing Australian pilot ...
Style: realistic, romantic, sentimental, serious, independent film
Plot: world war two, love, war, betrayal, infidelity, bittersweet, wartime, aviation, training, flying, air force, couples ...
Time: 1940s
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Fail Safe (2000)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.
Style: tense, captivating, serious, suspenseful, political ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cold war, nuclear threat, aviation, moral dilemma, nuclear holocaust, politics, military life, disaster, danger, military, race against time, chaos ...
Time: 90s
Place: russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Fail-Safe (1964)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring. Director Sidney Lumet gives an atmospheric ...
Style: tense, political thriller, political, realistic, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cold war, nuclear holocaust, nuclear war, nuclear threat, politics, military, u.s. air force, atomic bomb, nuclear, chaos, radio, president ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1967
Place: russia, new york, usa, moscow russia, washington d.c. ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Incident at Map-Grid 36-80 (1982)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 69 min.
Story: Russian naval pilots risk death to help stop a American Submarine whose defective reactor threatens a nuclear meltdown.
Plot: nuclear submarine, aviation, submarine, soviet army, air force, cold war, navy, radioactivity, mishap, incident, u.s. air force, bomber ...
Place: soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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 5K
Swing Shift (1984)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In 1941 America Kay and her husband are happy enough until he enlists after Pearl Harbor. Against his wishes, his wife takes a job at the local aircraft plant where she meets Hazel, the singer from across the way the two soon become firm friends and ...
Style: sentimental, emotional, touching, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot: world war two, friendship, love triangle, wartime, courage, adultery, storytelling, unlikely friendships, betrayal, fascism, love and romance, sexism ...
Time: 1940s, year 1941, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, santa monica california
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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X-15 (1961)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: X-15 is a 1961 movie that tells a fictionalized account of the X-15 research rocket plane, the men who flew it and the women who loved them.
Style: independent film, tense, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot: aviation, nasa, u.s. air force, outer space, space exploration, cold war, astronaut, flying, exploration, test pilot, space travel, airplane ...
Time: year 1961, 60s, 20th century, 1950s
Place: usa, soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
The War Lover (1962)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Buzz Rickson is a dare-devil World War II bomber pilot with a death wish. Failing at everything not involving flying, Rickson lives for the most dangerous missions. His crew lives with this aspect of his personality only because they know he always ...
Style: sex comedy, realistic, serious, vintage
Audience: manly
Plot: aviation, bomber, flying, world war, aerial combat, airplane, war, luftwaffe, wartime, colonialism, foreign legion, legion ...
Time: 1940s
Place: iraq, english channel, germany, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Tobruk (1967)
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, realistic, serious, tense, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, military, soldier, desert, war, world war, espionage, tank, prisoner, commando, secret mission, great war ...
Time: 1940s, year 1967, year 1942, 20th century
Place: africa, libya, egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Angel of Mercy (1993)
Genre: Romance, War, Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The love story between a young widow and an austrian-hungarian army officer during the First World War.
Plot: world war one, love, war crime, hospital, widow, execution, saboteur, field hospital, brothel, tragic event, war hero, pow ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Coming Home (1978)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: The wife of a Marine serving in Vietnam, Sally Hyde (Jane Fonda) decides to volunteer at a local veterans hospital to occupy her time. There she meets Luke Martin (Jon Voight), a frustrated wheelchair-bound vet who has become disillusioned with the ...
Style: political, realistic, emotional, erotic, romantic ...
Plot: vietnam war, paraplegic, disability, love, vietnam veteran, homecoming, soldier, wartime, military, hospital, love story, suicide ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1978
Place: california, usa, los angeles, vietnam, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Firebird (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, Estonia
Duration: 107 min.
Story: At the height of the Cold War, a troubled soldier forms a forbidden love triangle with a daring fighter pilot and his female comrade amid the dangerous surroundings of a Soviet Air Force Base.
Style: art house, suspense, captivating, erotic, thought provoking ...
Plot: gay, gay love, gay lead character, gay soldier, gay slur, forbidden love, gay sex, military life, aerial combats, cold war, male male relationship, gay interest ...
Time: 70s
Place: estonia, afghanistan, soviet union, moscow russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The American Dream (2011)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Armed with dreams that extend beyond their block, Luis and Ronald, two best friends from Los Angeles, videotape their last 36 hours before shipping off to Afghanistan. One hundred days before Obama's inauguration, these young men have joined ...
Style: contemplative, serious, sincere, non-linear, realistic ...
Plot: military, society, soldier, friends, military life, friendship, youth, introspection, manhood, hopes, adolescence vs adulthood, buddies ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east, california, afghanistan, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
12 O'Clock High (1964)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: This series chronicles the adventures--in the air and on the ground--of the men of the 918th Bombardment Group of the U.S. Eighth Air Force. First commanded by irascible General Frank Savage--and later by Colonel Joe Gallagher, the son of a Pentagon ...
Style: vintage
Plot: world war two, luftwaffe, military, bomber, fighter plane, aviation, world war, team, sacrifice, sergeant, soldier, american soldier ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 6.2
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Pearl Harbor (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 183 min.
Story: The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson. But the rivalry between the friends-turned-foes ...
Style: romantic, sentimental, emotional, epic, period piece ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot: world war two, war, love, military, combat, airplane, love triangle, navy, fighter pilot, wartime, aviation, love and romance ...
Time: year 2001, 1940s, 50s, 20th century, year 1942 ...
Place: hawaii, pearl harbor, japan, asia, america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
The Carpetbaggers (1964)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story: The Carpetbaggers is a 1964 American film starring George Peppard as a character based largely on Howard Hughes and Alan Ladd as a former western gunslinger turned actor with the pseudonym Nevada Smith, played the following year in a prequel ...
Style: retro, stylized, clever, serious, realistic ...
Plot: showbiz, hollywood, aviation, sex, love story, friendship, filmmaking, uncontrollable, family problems, friends, couples, lifestyle ...
Time: 1920s, 1930s, 20th century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Gardens of Stone (1987)
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 ...
Plot: vietnam war, military, war, soldier, vietnam veteran, justice, politics, military life, civil war, dialogue, wartime, casualty of war ...
Time: 20th century, year 1987, 60s, year 1968
Place: washington d.c., vietnam, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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The Blue Max (1966)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 156 min.
Story: A young pilot in the German air force of 1918, disliked as lower-class and unchivalrous, tries ambitiously to earn the medal offered for 20 kills.
Style: retro, exciting, realistic, serious, sex comedy
Plot: world war one, ambition, aviation, fighter plane, fighter pilot, military, biplane, chivalry, airplane shot down, soldier, german army, great war ...
Time: year 1966, 1910s, year 1916
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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