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The Battle of El Alamein (1969)
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The Battle of El Alamein (1969)
Original name: La battaglia di El Alamein
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story: This movie's opening prologue states: "June 1942. As Rommel swept toward the Nile, the fall of Egypt and the capture of the Suez Canal seemed inevitable. Italian and German advance units raced toward Alexandria. Mussolini had given explicit orders: The Italians must arrive first!"
Style: macaroni combat, exciting, rough, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, tank, world war, world war two, combat, nazi, freedom, revolutionary, revolution, struggle, revolutionary war, desert, battles, soldier, british soldier, war, heroes, escapades, danger, infantrymen, against humanity, battle zone, tough heroes, army, escape ...
Time: 1940s, year 1969, 40s
Place: africa, north africa, germany, sahara

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and exciting films with plots about war, world war, world war two, soldier, battles, military and danger mostly in War, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like The Battle of El Alamein: Eagles Over London (1969), The Biggest Battle (1978), Sahara (1995), Commandos (1968), Dirty Heroes (1967). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Eagles Over London (1969)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 110 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, captivating, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: luftwaffe, world war two, soldier, combat, world war, revolution, freedom, revolutionary, struggle, revolutionary war, evacuation, superior officer ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1940
Place: london, england, france, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
The Biggest Battle (1978)
Genre: War, Drama
Country: Italy, West Germany, Yugoslavia
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A story of how World War II affected the lives of a German family and an American family, both of whom had sons and fathers fighting in the war.
Style: macaroni combat, exciting, rough, bleak, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, world war, battles, nazi, revolutionary, freedom, revolution, combat, struggle, revolutionary war, soldier, computers and web ...
Time: 1940s, year 1978
Place: africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
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Sahara (1995)
Genre: Action, War
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: After the fall of Tobruk in June 1942, U.S. Army sergeant Joe Gunn leads his tank into the Sahara desert, in order to evade advancing Rommel's forces and reach Allied lines. Along the way he picks up few Allied soldiers, but soon they are ...
Style: serious, realistic
Plot: world war two, desert, tank, revolution, holocaust, struggle, freedom, nazi, combat, revolutionary, luftwaffe, world war ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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Commandos (1968)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Sgt. Sullivan puts together a group of Italian-Americans into disguise as Italian soldiers in order to infiltrate a North African camp held by the Italians. After the soldiers have knifed the Italians in their beds, they find a hooker living at the ...
Style: grindhouse, macaroni combat, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, combat, world war, tank, man on a mission, iconoclastic, battles, heroes, soldier, military base, violent content, weapon system ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
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Dirty Heroes (1967)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Set near the end of World War II in the Netherlands, Dirty Heroes concerns a group of ex-convicts recruited into the U.S. Army to recover Dutch jewels originally stolen by the Nazis as well as confiscated Allied plans
Style: exciting, macaroni combat, grindhouse, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, world war, wartime, exploitation, holocaust, prisoner, battles, escapades, soldier, danger, confined, chases and races ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: holland, europe, amsterdam, netherlands
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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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 ⇓
75%
The Battle on the River Neretva (1969)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Yugoslavia, Italy, West Germany, USA, France
Duration: 175 min.
Story: In January 1943 the German army, afraid of an Allied invasion of the Balkans, launched a great offensive against Yugoslav Partisans in Western Bosnia. The only way out for the Partisan forces and thousands of refugees was the bridge on the river ...
Style: epic, exciting, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, partisan, battles, military, war, machine gun, tank, world war, revolutionary war, judaism, struggle, freedom ...
Time: 1940s, year 1969, year 1943
Place: former yugoslavia, croatia, bosnia, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Taxi for Tobruk (1961)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Spain, West Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story: During World War II, French Commandos join forces with a German officer in order to survive the African desert.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, road movie, rough ...
Plot: world war two, war, desert, friendship, soldier, military, tank, anti war, world war, holocaust, courage, german officer ...
Time: 1940s, year 1942
Place: africa, france, libya, north africa, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
Movie in collections
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Texas '46 (2002)
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: suspenseful, rough, disturbing, realistic, exciting ...
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Time: 1940s
Place: usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
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, military, tank, escapades, anti war, wartime life ...
Time: 1940s, year 1969, year 1945, 20th century
Place: germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Too Late the Hero (1970)
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, suspense, tense, psychological, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, jungle, war, survival, military, british army, anti war, danger, soldier, rescue, rivalry, wartime ...
Time: year 1942
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Raid on Rommel (1971)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Captain Foster plans on raiding German-occupied Tobruk with hand- picked commandos, but a mixup leaves him with a medical unit led by a Quaker conscientious objector. Despite all odds they succeed with their mission. On the way they pick up and drug ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, world war, war, nazi, commando, holocaust, desert, battles, british soldier, military life, heroic mission, captivity ...
Time: year 1971, year 1943
Place: africa, libya
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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The Fallen (2004)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, Germany, Italy
Duration: 112 min.
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Style: captivating, rough, realistic, serious, bleak
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
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⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Battle of the Bulge (1965)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 167 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
Saints and Soldiers: The Void (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
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Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
Plot: world war two, tank, military, racism, soldier, danger, against the odds, save the day, military life, battles, human spirit, heroic mission ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944, 20th century
Place: germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
The Misfit Brigade (1987)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK, Denmark, Yugoslavia, USA
Duration: 100 min.
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Style: independent film, bleak, rough, captivating, exciting ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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Midway (1976)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
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Style: realistic, tense, factual, intense, suspense ...
Plot: world war two, military, sea battle, pacific war, naval battle, aviation, navy, u.s. navy, world war, wartime, ethnic conflict, fascism ...
Time: year 1976, year 1942, 20th century, 1940s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 131 min.
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Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
1944 The Final Defence (2007)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 117 min.
Story: The Soviet army breaks through the Finnish defences on the Karelian Isthmus in June 1944, advancing with overwhelming force. Somehow, the Finnish troops must find the strength to fight back, with all odds against them. The Battle of Tali-Ihantala ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: world war two, soldier, military, battles, against the odds, heroes, wartime life, war, rivalry, tank, battlefield, eastern front ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944
Place: finland, europe, russia, soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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Ardennes Fury (2014)
Genre: Action, War
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: As the Battle of the Bulge rages on, an American tank unit gets trapped behind Nazi lines. With just hours before the bombs of Operation Ardennes Fury fall, the tank's commander makes the risky decision to rescue an orphanage.
Style: exciting, serious, captivating, psychological, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Code Name: Emerald (1985)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In april 1944, an allied agent is sent to France in order to rescue an "overlord" captured by the Germans. (An "overlord" is one of the few men who knew the date and place of the "D" day). To achieve this goal, he will ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious
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⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
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Style: tense, rough, serious, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
The Last Escape (1970)
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, captivating, bleak, realistic, serious ...
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Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1945
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⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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The Star (2002)
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: serious, realistic, exciting, bleak, captivating ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Everyman's War (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
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Style: rough, realistic, serious, uplifting
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⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
 6.6
 6K
April 9th (2015)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Denmark
Duration: 93 min.
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A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 175 min.
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Style: epic, realistic, suspense, intense, serious ...
Audience: manly
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⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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The Bridge (2008)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A group of German boys is ordered to protect a small bridge in their home village during the waning months of the second world war. Truckloads of defeated, cynical Wehrmacht soldiers flee the approaching American troops, but the boys, full of ...
Style: realistic, serious, bleak, rough
Plot: world war two, military, heroic mission, soldier, left to die, young heroes, danger, american soldier, combat casualty, world war, nazi, german history ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1945
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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