Movies like The Colonel
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The Colonel (2006)
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Original name: Mon colonel
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A "Reformed Colonel" is found dead in Paris, a couple of decades after Algeria's struggle for independence was won from France. Lieutenant Galois is assigned the investigation of this murder. She receives the diary of Lieutenent Guy Rossi who served under The Colonel in Algeria in 1956, and has been reported as missing in action since 1957. The revelations found in Rossi's diary go far beyond The Colonel's actions in Algeria, and give an insight on how dirty Algeria's War for Independence really was.
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating
Plot:
military, torture, algerian war, murder, investigation, military life, love affair, state affairs, uncover truth, brutality, war, soldier, nosy, power relations, war for independence, military officer, colonel, french army, french military, murder victim, french soldier, french algerian war, deadly, uniform, crimes
Time:
90s, 50s
Place:
algeria, paris france, france
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Most similar movies to The Colonel
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and rough films with plots about military, soldier, war, military life, battles, wartime life and state affairs mostly in Drama, War and History genres. Some movies like The Colonel: Intimate Enemies (2007), Nothing to Report (1973), Serial Killer 1 (2014), A Captain's Honor (1982), The Winston Affair (1964). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, Morocco
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A drama following a French platoon during Algeria's war of independence
Style:
realistic, rough, serious, disturbing, sexy ...
Plot:
military, atrocity, soldier, racism, basic training, anti war, politics, military life, imperialism, political unrest, moral dilemma, state affairs ...
Time:
50s, year 1959
Place:
algeria, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Italy, Tunisia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In 1956, the professional army of France lacks the manpower to keep the peace in Algeria, the colony which the country is determined to hold on to at any price. For this reason, reservists are called up and subject to an intense period of training ...
Style:
captivating, tense, serious, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot:
prostitute, soldier, mutiny, execution, platoon, anti war protest, military training, idealist, deserter, french army, pacifist, communist ...
Time:
50s, 20th century
Place:
algeria, africa, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The hunt, capture and trial of Guy Georges, one of France's most notorious serial killer.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious, non-linear
Plot:
police investigation, murder, law enforcement, serial killer, obsession, uncover truth, riddles and clues, murder trial, murder suspect, true crime, nude, court ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1991, year 2001, year 1995
Place:
france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, bleak, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
military, courtroom, righting the wronged, obsessive quest, society, state affairs, life is a bitch, fighting the system, rebellion, heroes, false accusation, couple relations ...
Time:
80s, 60s, 20th century, 70s, year 1957
Place:
algeria, france, brittany
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In a remote jungle outpost in the Far Eastern theater of World War II, a hotheaded American soldier murders an allied British sergeant in cold blood. Stalwart American Lt. Colonel Barney Adams (Mitchum) is dispatched to defend him in the ensuing ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, bleak, rough, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, courtroom drama, murder, legal investigation, soldier, dedicated lawyer, court martial, psychopath, power relations, politics, heroes, rebellion ...
Place:
india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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Movies like We Were Soldiers
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
In 1911, a willful and determined man from peasant stock named Charles Saganne enlists in the military and is assigned to the Sahara Desert under the aristocratic Colonel Dubreuilh.
Style:
feminist film, epic, serious, realistic, exciting
Plot:
foreign legion, military, world war one, war, french foreign legion, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, love, revenge, nurse, world war two ...
Time:
1910s
Place:
africa, sahara, france, europe, paris france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
1936, Italian army is invading Ethiopia. Lieutenant Silvestri suffering toothache decides to reach the nearest camp hospital. But the lorry has an accident and stop near a rock, so Silvestri continues by walk. On his way he meets and rapes a ...
Style:
rough, disturbing, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
murder, hospital, military, soldier, investigation, world war two, italian army, italian history, buddies, graphic violence, nude, animal life ...
Time:
pre world war two, year 1936
Place:
africa, ethiopia
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
1959, France. Colonel Breitner is given a secret mission : find the body of his former aide, Colonel Delignières, who is reported missing in French Algeria, before the French army burns the whole place to the ground. Breitner puts together a team ...
Style:
captivating, tense, disturbing
Plot:
algerian war, french algerian war, torture, military life, soldier, problem, war, wartime life, wartime, military, military officer, warrior ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
This gripping historical drama recounts the story of Armenian-born Missak Manouchian, a woodworker and political activist who led an immigrant laborer division of the Parisian Resistance on 30 operations against the Nazis in 1943. The Nazis branded ...
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, disturbing, sincere ...
Plot:
world war two, resistance, gestapo, rebelliousness, heroes, human spirit, rebellion, hopes, war, idealism, life is a bitch, youth ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 20th century, year 1942
Place:
paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
During a patrol, Julie and Simon, two police constables, injure a wealthy man who pointlessly killed their partner. This wealthy man in question turns out to be the son of a politician. This is why the two police constables are accused of brutality ...
Style:
realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious
Plot:
investigation, dishonesty, law enforcement, working undercover, police, drugs, criminal, chase, politician, duty, patrol, nightclub ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Films like Casualties of War
Genre: Crime, Drama, War
Country: France, Algeria, Belgium, Tunisia, Italy
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
After losing their family home in Algeria in the 1920s, three brothers and their mother are scattered across the globe. Messaoud joins the French army fighting in Indochina; Abdelkader becomes a leader of the Algerian independence movement in France ...
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
politics, police brutality, french algerian war, resistance, revenge, war crime, political unrest, family relations, military, society, world war two, algerian war ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 50s, 60s, year 1960 ...
Place:
algeria, france, africa, europe, north africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Croatia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Set amid the atrocities of war in the Balkans, Witnesses is retold, Rashomon-style, from various characters' viewpoints, adding new information about the complexity of war and humanity. Beginning inside a rustic house with a woman in black ...
Style:
tense, rough, serious, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
military, murder, investigation, police investigation, soldier, amateur detective, kidnapping, war, criminal heroes, political unrest, anti war, human nature ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
europe, former yugoslavia, serbia, croatia
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough
Plot:
iraq war, assassination, racism, media, life is a bitch, battles, state affairs, terrorism, military, soldier, journalism, spy ...
Place:
middle east, iraq
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A dying French naval frigate captain tries to make a last rendezvous in the winter storm-tossed seas off the Grand Banks, with "le crabe tambour," a French war hero he had betrayed twenty years earlier. "Le crabe tambour" ...
Style:
captivating, serious, psychological, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
military, world war two, soldier, french military, doctor, veteran, french soldier, french army, courtroom, battles, friends, life is a bitch ...
Time:
70s, 50s, 60s
Place:
algeria, france, atlantic ocean, indochina, newfoundland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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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:
disturbing, realistic, rough, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
fascism, world war two, military, military life, genocide, isolation, prison life, wartime life, captivity, confined, society, prison ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Mexico
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
On May 5th, 1862, a few thousand Mexican soldiers put their lives on the line against the world's largest and most powerful army in one legendary battle for freedom and for Mexico.
Style:
exciting, realistic, captivating, factual, serious ...
Plot:
military, battles, against the odds, soldier, rivalry, ambition, war, freedom fighter, liberation, army, intrigue, mexican ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Police Chief Jesse Stone, who was suspended by the Paradise, Mass. Town Council, begins moonlighting for his friend, State Homicide Commander Healy, by investigating a series of murders in Boston, leaving Rose and Suitcase to handle a crime spree in ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, tense
Plot:
murder, law enforcement, investigation, police investigation, small town, murder investigation, serial killer, undercover, police officer, chief of police, hit and run, deadly ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, boston, new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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:
captivating, suspenseful, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
world war two, soldier, military, battles, against the odds, heroes, wartime life, war, rivalry, battlefield, tank, russo finnish war ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
finland, europe, ussr, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
This is the story of the senior-level preparations for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944 from the time of Dwight D. Eisenhower's appointment as the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, to the establishment of the beachhead in Normandy. The film ...
Style:
tense, serious, rough, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, war, d day, against the odds, human spirit, battles, leadership, soldier, idealism, heroes, heroic mission, basic training ...
Time:
post world war two
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Based on the popular World War I novel by author William March, director Robert Clem's COMPANY K follows a veteran of the first great conflict as he finishes a book about his wartime experiences and reflects on how a man's true character ...
Style:
psychological, serious, captivating, epic, disturbing ...
Plot:
world war one, war, veteran, wartime life, battles, military life, prison life, haunted by the past, soldier, life is a bitch, politics, military ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, year 1917
Place:
france
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Gene Reardon (Hauer) is a twice-divorced police detective who lives with his daughter. When a well-heeled local man is kidnapped, the FBI is called in, which introduces Longsworth (played by Paulina Porizkova). Longsworth happens to have been ...
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
murder, special agents, investigation, uncover truth, private detective, who done it, law enforcement, dishonesty, small town, ex husband ex wife relationship, fbi agent, frame up ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
An anachronistic martinet RSM on a remote Colonial African army caught in a local coup d'etat must use his experience to defend those in his care.
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, british empire, cold war, politics, colonialism, coup d'etat, army, battles, revolution, power relations, superior officer, un ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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:
tense, disturbing, bleak, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
iraq war, war, marine, military, soldier, attack, circumcision, culture clash, military life, desert, society, vengeance ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
iraq, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, James Coburn portrays a military lawyer assigned to defend a confessed psychotic killer. Set in the context of WWII and the uneasy US-Australian military alliance. The accused killer claims to have killed 3 women in order to ...
Style:
realistic, serious, disturbing, suspenseful
Plot:
serial killer, world war two, true crime, killer, murder, soldier, diplomacy, court, military life, courtroom drama, mentally unstable, investigation ...
Place:
australia, melbourne australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
The film begins with the final moments of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954, when the final assault of Viet Minh is imminent. The weakened French garrison awaits reinforcements that arrive with a single plane under the command of Major De ...
Style:
bleak, rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, algerian war, terrorism, vietnam war, cold war, french foreign legion, soldier, heroes, rebelliousness, state affairs, rebellion, war ...
Time:
1940s, year 1954
Place:
africa, vietnam, asia, algeria
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, Germany, Afghanistan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A Russian guitarist was enlisted in 1984 in the Afghan war. Imprisoned, he will meet an Afghan musician and a French journalist.
Style:
realistic, disturbing, serious, exciting, captivating
Plot:
heroes, military, freedom fighter, fight, journalism, state affairs, soldier, hostage, war, prisoners of war, war in afghanistan, fighter ...
Time:
september 11 2001
Place:
afghanistan, middle east, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: China
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Rival Chinese military strategists Sun Bin (Sun Honglei) and Pang Juan (Francis Ng) clash in this historic war adventure set during the Era of Warring States.
Style:
stylized, captivating, exciting, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, rivalry, heroes, military life, state affairs, betrayal, leadership, dishonesty, battles, political intrigue, uninhibited rivalry, political unrest ...
Place:
china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When Police Chief Jesse Stone's relationship with his ex-wife worsens, he fears he will relapse into alcoholism. To get his mind off his problems, Jesse begins working on the unsolved murder of a bank teller shot during a robbery. Meanwhile, ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, tense
Plot:
investigation, police investigation, uncover truth, murder, life is a bitch, law enforcement, heist, undercover, serial killer, coma, police officer, small town ...
Time:
year 1992, year 1994, 90s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new england, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, terrorism, war, battles, survival, confined, escapades, heroes, soldier, state affairs, good versus evil, wartime life ...
Place:
iraq, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Denmark
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In the early morning of April 9th 1940 the Danish army is alerted. The Germans have crossed the border; Denmark is at war against Europe's strongest army. In Southern Jutland Danish bicycle- and motorcycle companies are ordered out, to against ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
world war two, nazi occupation, war, military, soldier, battles, against the odds, wehrmacht, friendship, suspense, judaism, nazi ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1940
Place:
denmark, germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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