Movies like The Hook
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The Hook (1963)
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Three soldiers in Korea go through inner torment when they're ordered to execute an enemy soldier.
Style:
political, retro
Plot:
korean war, ship, american soldier, airplane shot down, pow, air disaster, pilot, parachutist, drunkenness, sergeant, racial slur, lieutenant, attempted murder, attempted escape, aerial bombardment, tanker, order, psychological drama, neck breaking, burial at sea, buoy, gun, pistol, broken neck, handgun
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Most similar movies to The Hook
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, rough and suspenseful films with plots about soldier, world war two, military, war, american soldier, sergeant and battles mostly in Drama, War and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Hook: Silver Stallion (1991), Sergeant Ryker (1968), In Harm's Way (1965), Seven Women from Hell (1961), Field of Honor (1986). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Soldiers with the U.N. forces that entered Korea during the Korean War rape a village girl named Eon-rae. The villagers ostracize Eon-rae and her son. Unable to make a living, Eon-rae joins the brothel district that has been set up near the U.N. ...
Plot:
korean war, us military, prostitution, village, widow, u.s. army, children, sergeant, international relations, american, soldier, army ...
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95%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
During the Korean War Sergeant Paul Ryker is accused of defecting to Communist China and then returning to his unit as a spy.He's court-martialed and sentenced to death but his attorney believes Ryker's innocent and asks for a new trial.
Plot:
korean war, spy, human experiment, sergeant, communist, secret mission, traitor, u.s. army, court martial, commander, counter intelligence, court ...
Time:
year 1950
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79%
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, factual, tense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
war, world war two, naval battle, military, wartime, naval officer, father son relationship, adultery, u.s. navy, military life, suicide, marital infidelity ...
Time:
year 1941, 1940s, year 1942
Place:
pearl harbor, hawaii, san francisco, polynesia, pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Seven women from different backgrounds, nationality, age, class, and marital status find themselves in New Guinea, February 1942 - when the Japanese army takes over unexpectedly, and sends them into a war camp in the jungle.
Plot:
world war two, torture, thief, plantation, airplane shot down, hunger, british army, truck driver, barbarian, heroine, cruelty, pregnancy ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Netherlands, South Korea
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Korea 1951: After a Chinese attack Dutch mercenary sergeant De Koning is left alone by his army. While trying to survive, he meets a woman who is attempting to save her little brother. The image of the boy in shock changes him.
Plot:
korean war, military, war crime, behind enemy lines, rescue mission, war violence, raid, desertion, chinese, mercenary, shell shock, combat ...
Time:
20th century, year 1951, 50s
Place:
korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min.
Story:
Korean War drama.
Style:
slang
Plot:
korean war, humiliation, minefield, death of protagonist, battles, world war two veteran, communist, communism, ambush, u.s. army, cigarette smoking, uniform
Place:
korea, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
1945, on an old cargo ship somewhere deep in the Pacific ocean: Captain Morton strives to become commander, so he demands the maximum quality of work from his crew, without granting them any freedom or favors - ignoring that they're thousand of ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous, homoerotic ...
Plot:
world war two, military, sea, love, military life, u.s. navy, island, sailor, ocean, ship, officers and cadets, power relations ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Recruits head to the front lines towards the close of the Korean War. The interaction between two of the soldiers...an idealistic newcomer and a psychotic who goes on one-man patrols slitting enemy throats under cover of night...and the orphan boy ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, emotional, rough ...
Plot:
korean war, world war two, psychopath, battles, stalking, orphan, innocence lost, lone wolves, idealism, military, army investigation, obsession ...
Time:
50s, year 1953
Place:
korea, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Fourth-generation Army Col. William McNamara is imprisoned in a brutal German POW camp. Still, as the senior-ranking American officer, he commands his fellow inmates, keeping a sense of honor alive in a place where honor is easy to destroy, all ...
Style:
realistic, tense, harsh, factual, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, war, military, prison, nazi, racism, soldier, prison escape, ethnic conflict, pow, russian, propaganda ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 20th century
Place:
germany, poland, europe, belgium
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A weary sergeant in Korea commands military prisoners on a dangerous mission and is joined by a nun and a group of schoolgirls in enemy territory.
Style:
serious, realistic, bleak
Plot:
korean war, clergy, soldier, military, society, war, death, coward, mutiny, nun, attempted rape, shrine ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA
Story:
Inspired by American war films from the 50's, Retreat! tells the story of a small outfit of U.S. Soldiers who were forced to retreat into unknown territories deep in the heart of Korea during the roughest stretch of the Korean War. Unsure of ...
Plot:
korean war, behind enemy lines, soldier
Place:
korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: South Korea, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A noisy and absurd re-telling of the great 1950 invasion of Inchon during the Korean War which was masterminded by General Douglas MacArthur.
Plot:
korean war, invasion, un, general, stalinism, american soldier, controversy, massacre, army general, soldier, cold war, military ...
Time:
50s, year 1950, 80s
Place:
korea, asia, south korea, north korea, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Hungary
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In Budapest in 1944, a watchmaker, a book seller and a carpenter are drinking in a bar with the owner. They are joined by a stranger who asks a hypothetical question that will change their lives.
Style:
art house, political, psychological
Plot:
world war two, conspiracy, existentialism, nazi occupation, fascism, morality, philosophy, moral dilemma, bombing, torture, drunkenness, female nudity ...
Place:
eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
American troops storm ashore on a Japanese-held island and push inland while their enemies plan a counterattack in this look at warfare. Soldiers on both sides are haunted by memories of home and the horrifying, sickening images they find in combat.
Style:
realistic, serious, bleak, rough
Plot:
world war two, military, war, island, wartime, battles, soldier, anti war, flashback, japanese army, marine, pacific island ...
Place:
asia, japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Go Tell the Spartans is a 1978 American war film based on Daniel Ford's 1967 novel "Incident at Muc Wa." It tells the story about U.S. Army military advisers during the early part of the Vietnam War. Led my Major Asa Barker, these ...
Style:
rough, serious, bleak, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot:
vietnam war, military, war, military life, haunted by the past, battles, political unrest, hopes, soldier, idealism, mercenary, rescue ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 70s, year 1964
Place:
vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Col. Mike Kirby picks two teams of crack Green Berets for a mission in South Vietnam. First off is to build and control a camp that is trying to be taken by the enemy the second mission is to kidnap a North Vietnamese General
Style:
realistic, serious, thought provoking, captivating, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, war, green beret, propaganda, military, jungle, culture clash, politics, soldier, battlefield, journalism, u.s. military ...
Time:
80s
Place:
vietnam, iraq, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Naples, year 1943, in the middle of World War II. The city has just be liberated by American troops in an era in which nobody knows just when the war or where begins the peace; winners and losers face...
Style:
controversial, realistic, rough, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
world war two, wartime life, translator, soldier, chaos and mayhem, society, against humanity, life is a bitch, military, war, captivity, pimp ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
italy, naples italy, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Rafael, a village mayor caught in the murderous crossfire of the Philippine-American War. When U.S. troops occupy his village, Rafael comes under pressure from a tough-as-nails officer to help the Americans in their hunt for Filipino guerilla ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, emotional, contemplative
Plot:
soldier, village, moral dilemma, american, rebel, friendship, rebelliousness, culture clash, military, society, social relations, life is a bitch ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1900
Place:
the philippines, asia, iraq
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Set in 1944 France, an American Intelligence Squad locates a German Platoon wishing to surrender rather than die in Germany's final war offensive. The two groups of men, isolated from the war at present, put aside their differences and spend ...
Style:
bleak, realistic, emotional, harsh, psychological ...
Plot:
world war two, military, anti war, war, innocence lost, tragedy, violence, friendship, politics, wartime, weapons, nazi ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
germany, poland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
Intercutting dramatic vignettes with newsreel footage, the story follows the characters from an infantry squad as they make their way from Sicily to Germany during the end of World War II.
Style:
epic, tragic ending
Plot:
world war two, christmas, wartime, american soldier, u.s. military, american abroad, army, infantry, soldier, execution, firing squad, anti war ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
france, berlin germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, France, West Germany, Yugoslavia
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In WWII, Lieut. Martino and his men are assigned to lead a group of prostitutes through the mountainous ways to serve in brothels for Italian soldiers in Albania.
Style:
road movie
Plot:
world war two, social injustice, partisan, sergeant, italian army, hunger, journey, prostitution, prostitute, brothel, lieutenant, mountain ...
Place:
greece, athens greece, albania
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: South Korea, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A division of marines survive a battle with the Chinese army but find themselves stranded without contact on the wrong side of the front.
Plot:
korean war, chinese army, snow, flashback, massacre, adoption, orphan, un, corpse, army, chinese, madam ...
Time:
50s
Place:
korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
When Singapore surrendered to the Japanese in 1942 the Allied POWs, mostly British but including a few Americans, were incarcerated in Changi prison. This was a POW detention center like no other. There were no walls or barbed-wire fences for the ...
Style:
bleak, realistic, dramatic, witty, talky ...
Plot:
world war two, prison, war, prisoner of war camp, prisoners of war, military, friendship, wartime, prison life, rat, british, capitalism ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945
Place:
california, poland, england, asia, japan ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The film takes place aboard an American submarine in the Pacific during World War II. The sub's commander is ordered to stop and pick up an underwater demolition team led by Lt. Hayes, whose mission is to locate and destroy a US submarine ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
Plot:
world war two, submarine, dream, love interest, fistfight, scuba diving, island, japanese soldier, ocean, battleship, battles, soldier ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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, war, tank, nazi, commando, battles, desert, british soldier, survival, prostitute, military, rescue ...
Time:
year 1943
Place:
africa, libya
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
During World War 2 the Germans arrested people at random off the streets of Paris and in retaliation to sabotage by the resistance announced the execution of one in ten prisoners. Chosen as one of the victims, lawyer Chavel trades his place with ...
Style:
noir, tense, sentimental, gloomy, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, catholic, nazism, fall in love, switching roles, hidden identity, love and romance, mysterious character, dishonesty, french resistance, firing squad, collaborator ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two
Place:
france, europe, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: War, Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A young boy is adopted by a priest and his wife during the Nazi occupation of Romania during the Second World War. He befriends the village idiot, who's despised by everyone else. When a German is killed in the last days of the war, the ...
Plot:
world war two, tank, wehrmacht, murder, adult child friendship, reprisal, gun
Place:
romania
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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
Plot:
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 ⇓
37%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor named Basie, who looks out for him while they are in the camp together. Even ...
Style:
epic, sad, emotional, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
world war two, coming of age, war, child protagonist, childhood, captivity, peasant, japanese army, pow, survival, child, young heroes ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1945
Place:
shanghai, china, japan, tokyo, asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
Style:
disturbing, bleak, psychological, clever, tense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
military, vietnam war, war, anti war, soldier, suicide, boot camp, military life, sniper, suspense, infantry, violence ...
Time:
60s, year 1968, year 1967, 20th century, 80s
Place:
vietnam, asia, south carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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