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The Long Day's Dying (1968)
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Three British soldiers and their German captive trek through the European countryside.
Style:
serious, realistic, cult film
Plot:
world war two, soldier, captive, war, survival, prison, military, battles, captivity, rescue, anti war, escapades, confined, military life, basic training, paratrooper, german soldier, corpse, no survivors, farmhouse, behind enemy lines, gory, danger, shot to death
Time:
1940s
Place:
england, germany, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and suspenseful films with plots about military, war, soldier, world war two, danger, battles and military life mostly in Drama, War and History genres. Some movies like The Long Day's Dying: The Blockhouse (1973), Fires on the Plain (2014), Sword of Honour (2001), The Last Lieutenant (1993), The Elusive Corporal (1962). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A group of Slave workers, drafted by the Nazis to help construct their coastal defenses in 1944 are trapped in an underground bunker when the Allies land at Normandy on D-Day. They find huge dtores of food but not enough candles. The slow dying of ...
Style:
suspenseful, gloomy, bleak, realistic, serious
Plot:
world war two, bunker, d day, survival, battles, holocaust, wartime life, prison, war, human spirit, confined, life is a bitch ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
france
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95%
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.
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tense, psychological, atmospheric, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, war, survival, japanese soldier, military life, escapades, confined, isolation, rivalry, asian prostitute, anti war, graphic violence ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 208 min.
Story:
Guy Crouchback joins the war effort during World War 2, an idealistic quest to join the forces of good in the fight against evil. But his efforts is not rewarded, he never has any chance to join any real fighting, circumstances always prevent it. ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, touching, semi autobiographical ...
Plot:
world war two, military, love triangle, fighting the system, life is a bitch, military life, betrayal, haunted by the past, soldier, love and romance, society, basic training ...
Time:
future, 1940s
Place:
europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Norway
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Norwegian war drama. The old sea-captain retires, but the next day German WWII occupation of Norway begins. He then kisses his wife good-bye and is off to Army HQ. There he finds a lack of leadership and morale that offends him. They even laugh at ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, sincere, emotional ...
Plot:
world war two, military life, military base, political unrest, wartime life, captivity, couple relations, anti war, working class, battles, heroes, aging ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
germany, norway
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The story serves as a companion piece to Renoir's 1937 film, Grand Illusion, once more bringing together men from across the broad social spectrum of French society to depict one man's Sisyphean efforts to escape captivity in a German POW ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, contemplative
Plot:
world war two, escape, dentist, anti war, soldier, prison, confined, partners, buddies, down on your luck, friends, hopes ...
Time:
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Place:
paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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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 ⇓
71%
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:
serious, realistic
Audience:
manly
Plot:
airplane, bomber, aviation, war, luftwaffe, wartime, aerial combat, pilot, courage, american, introspection, escapades ...
Place:
england, europe, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
During WWII, a three-man commando team places its trust in the hands of a band of Filipino resistors, as they try to knock out a Japenese communication center.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, tense, psychotronic ...
Plot:
world war two, espionage, war, anti war, escapades, mission, liberation, reconnaissance, battles, soldier, military life, wartime life ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
the philippines, japan, asia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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, serious, realistic, rough, bleak
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, war, soldier, survival, military life, military, captivity, against the odds, battles, against humanity, leadership ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two
Place:
italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Genre: Comedy, War, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Comedy drama based on the true story of two British Army dentists who in 1942, eager to see action, go AWOL and invade occupied France on their own.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, entertaining, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, soldier, dentist, military life, heroic mission, military, adventurer, goofy hero, officers and cadets, battles, army investigation, escapades ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
england, europe, france, english channel
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 312 min.
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Story:
The lives and loves of the men of RAF Hornet Squadron who are transferred to France at the outbreak of World Wat II in September 1939. For the most part the men are competent fliers but there is little action in the first several months. The men ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, exciting
Plot:
world war two, aerial combats, battles, aviation, luftwaffe, wartime, friends, war, partners, heroes, soldier, military ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Eli is an Israeli soldier who manages to escape from a notorious Arab prison. He makes it back to Israel, where he finds Beno, another soldier who had spent 2 years of horror in the same prison. They organize a rescue operation against the prison. ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
world war two, prison, arab, soldier, rescue mission, captivity, heroic mission, daring rescue, escapades, heroes, military, war ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
israel, middle east, syria
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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 ⇓
51%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 176 min.
Story:
At a Dresden hospital in 1945, nurse Anna Mauth (Felicitas Woll) cares for badly injured British pilot Robert Newman (John Light), whom Anna believes to be a German deserter. As Allied forces close in, Anna grows close to Robert despite her ...
Style:
tense, captivating, touching, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, war, bombing, survival, military, moral dilemma, behind enemy lines, wartime life, love affair, fall in love, military life, hospital ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When in 1941 Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, their troops quickly besieged Leningrad. Foreign journalists are evacuated but one of them, Kate Davies, is presumed dead and misses the plane. Alone in the city she is helped by Nina Tsvetnova a ...
Style:
serious, realistic, bleak, rough, gloomy
Audience:
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Plot:
world war two, siege, hunger, wartime life, battles, survival, soldier, self sacrifice, female protagonist, military, heroic mission, rationing ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, year 1941, 20th century
Place:
russia, st. petersburg russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In WWII Western Germany, Private David Manning reluctantly leaves behind a mortally wounded fellow soldier and searches for survivors from his platoon, only to learn from commanding officer Captain Pritchett that they have all been killed in action. ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, military, military life, heroic mission, battles, anti war, battle zone, wartime life, siblings relations, tank, nazi germany, war ...
Time:
year 1944, 1940s
Place:
germany, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, wartime, exploitation, battles, confined, escapades, soldier, rivalry, military, vengeance, war, prisoner of war camp ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
holland, europe, amsterdam, netherlands
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
No one in high command believed that German forces would attack in the sub zero temperatures and near blizzard conditions. As the pre-dawn attack comes, with communications down Sgt. Smith is left with no choice but to make his way through enemy ...
Style:
uplifting, realistic, serious, rough
Plot:
world war two, military, soldier, military life, against the odds, battle zone, heroes, infantrymen, small town, war, historical event, battles ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 20th century
Place:
germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
WWII drama.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious
Plot:
world war two, youth, war, military, u.s. navy, coming of age, battleship, basic training, military life, military base, prison, power relations ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Allied forces land at Anzio unopposed but instead of moving straight inland their commanding officer decides to dig in. A battle-hardened war correspondent borrows a jeep and drives to Rome and back without meeting any German forces, but his report ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, military, kriegsmarine, nazi, submarine, tank, behind enemy lines, military operation, american abroad, us military, escapades, survival ...
Time:
year 1944, 1940s
Place:
italy, europe, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, Russia, Ukraine
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A group of Russian soldiers are sent into Northern Germany at the tail-end of WWII, where they occupy a children's home in close proximity to a larger German unit. Against these odds, a friendship forms between a German orphan and a childless ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating
Plot:
holocaust, battles, military, love affair, military life, friendship, wartime life, world war two, basic training, hiding, russian soldier, suspense ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1945
Place:
germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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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 ⇓
41%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK, Denmark, Yugoslavia, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
War story of the 27th Panzers, Hitler's heavy-duty combat regiment composed of prisoners.
Style:
bleak, rough, exciting, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
tank, world war two, eastern front, nazism, war, man on a mission, nazi, anti war, battles, soldier, sabotage, behind enemy lines ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
germany, ussr
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A searing portrait of war and prejudice, 'Only the Brave' takes you on a haunting journey into the hearts and minds of the forgotten heroes of WWII - the Japanese-American 100th/442nd.
Style:
exciting, tense, captivating, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, battles, soldier, survival, military life, society, war, daring rescue, battle zone, heroic mission, infantrymen, world war two ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
"Stalingrad" follows the progress of a German Platoon through the brutal fighting of the Battle of Stalingrad. After having half their number wiped out and after being placed under the command of a sadistic Captain, the Lieutenant of the ...
Style:
realistic, gloomy, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
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Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1943, year 1942
Place:
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39%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, Denmark, Panama, UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In April 1940, the armies of Nazi Germany invaded Denmark. The Danish government promised peaceful cooperation on the condition that Denmark s Jews remain free. The Nazi s agreed. In October, 1943, the agreement was broken...This is the true and ...
Style:
bleak, realistic, serious, captivating, uplifting ...
Plot:
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Time:
1940s
Place:
denmark, europe, sweden
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Lionel Chetwynd's film documents the horrific struggles that faced American POWs held in the North Vietnamese prison Hoa Lo -- more infamously known as the Hanoi Hilton -- between 1964 and 1975. Williamson (Michael Moriarty) leads a group of ...
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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