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Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis (1991)
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Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis (1991)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: True story of the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, its crew's struggle to survive the sharks and exposure, and the captain's scape-goat court-martial.
Style: bleak, realistic, exciting, serious, captivating, disaster movie
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, shark, war, submarine, u.s. navy, killer shark, ghost ship, animal attack, world war, survival, military, ship, disaster, honor, ocean, heroes, battles, dangerous animal, injustice, escapades, danger, military life, courtroom drama, army investigation, atomic bomb ...
Time: 1940s, 40s
Keyword: ocean or sea

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Most similar movies to Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, exciting and captivating films with plots about world war two, war, military, world war, danger, heroes and soldier mostly in Drama, War and Action genres. Some movies like Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis: Into the White (2012), USS Seaviper (2012), Submarine X-1 (1968), The Bridge at Remagen (1969), In Enemy Hands (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: The harrowing true story of the crew of the USS Indianapolis, who were stranded in the Philippine Sea for five days after delivering the atomic weapons that would eventually end WWII. As they awaited rescue, they endured extreme thirst, hunger, and ...
Style: dramatic, suspense, tense, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, warship, u.s. navy, shark, sea, ocean, military, submarine, rescue, survival, world war, disobeying orders ...
Time: 1940s, year 1945
Place: san francisco, the philippines, washington d.c., pacific ocean
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Into the White (2012)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Norway, Sweden, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Into the White is an anti-war movie. High above the harsh Norwegian wilderness, English and German pilots shoot each other to the ground after a violent chance encounter. Isolated, they must fight to survive the brutal winter. Though war has made ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot: survival, wilderness, winter, world war two, war, air disaster, aviation, foe turned friend, luftwaffe, airplane shot down, snow, isolation ...
Time: 20th century, year 2012, 1940s, year 1940
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 2.4
 973
USS Seaviper (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Direct to DVD movie: The German U-Boat, U-234, from the Port of Kiel is trading cargo with the Japanese. USS Seaviper must locate and stop this dangerous exchange. The Captain of USS Seaviper must go ashore to conduct reconnaissance on an island ...
Style: exciting, tense, suspense, captivating, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: submarine, world war two, save the day, danger, isolation, heroic mission, rebellion, survival, island, rebelliousness, war, soldier ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
 5.3
 730
Submarine X-1 (1968)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After losing a submarine and fifty crew in a battle with a German ship during WWII, a Royal Navy officer gets a second chance in a daring raid with midget subs.
Style: captivating, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot: submarine, world war two, world war, ocean, underwater, diver, combat, kriegsmarine, battles, seaport, power relations, leadership ...
Time: 1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Pathfinders: In the Company of Strangers (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Untold and lost history. A true story of the American Pathfinders, the volunteer paratroopers whose deadly mission was to land 30 minutes before the Normandy invasion, locate and mark strategic "drop zones" and set up the top-secret ...
Style: realistic, tense, suspenseful, captivating, epic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, military life, heroic mission, military, military base, battles, danger, friendship, battle zone, d day, world war, violent content ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: normandy, germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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 ⇓
48%
In Enemy Hands (2004)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: At the height of Hitler's infamous U-boat war, the crew of the U.S.S. Swordfish were heading home after months at sea. They never made it. Now prisoners of war aboard U-boat 429, a small group of American survivors will find their loyalties put ...
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, tense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: submarine, underwater, world war two, ship, holocaust, military, mutiny, boat, survival, daring rescue, danger, rescue ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 5.9
 237
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 ...
Plot: fascism, world war two, military, military life, prison life, isolation, danger, wartime life, captivity, confined, genocide, prison ...
Time: 1940s
Place: usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Midway (1976)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II.
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
Place: america, pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 6.4
 2K
Yamato (2005)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 145 min.
Story: Directed by Junya Sato and based on a book by Jun Henmi, "Yamato" has a framing story set in the present day and uses flashbacks to tell the story of the crew of the World War II Japanese battleship Yamato. The film was never released in ...
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, exciting, touching
Plot: world war two, navy, battleship, warship, kamikaze, military, war, battles, heroes, danger, japanese history, world war ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 2000s, year 2005, year 1945 ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb (1980)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 156 min.
Story: Well-intentioned history lesson; the decision to drop the atom bomb, the secrecy surrounding the mission, and the men who flew it.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, rough, bleak
Plot: world war two, world war, usa history, atomic bomb, bomber, military, danger, moral dilemma, state affairs, against humanity, war, heroes ...
Time: 1940s
Place: japan, usa, asia, hiroshima japan, pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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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 ...
Plot: world war two, war, d day, soldier, battles, fall in love, danger, military, world war, battlefield, holocaust, soviet army ...
Time: 1940s
Place: soviet union, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Saints and Soldiers: The Void (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Germany, May 1945, deep in the Harz Mountains a U.S. tank crew discovers a platoon of Germans preparing to ambush U.S. supply trucks.
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 ⇓
44%
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 111
The Ravagers (1965)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Cruel captors of the war in the pacific.
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, exciting, bleak ...
Plot: world war two, world war, convent, battles, war, state affairs, danger, escapades, soldier, military, heroes, against the odds ...
Time: 60s
Place: the philippines, japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 5.1
 934
The Fallen (2004)
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, rough, realistic, serious, bleak
Plot: holocaust, world war two, war, soldier, military life, resistance movement, military, captivity, against the odds, battles, leadership, against humanity ...
Time: 1940s
Place: italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
The Rebels of PT-218 (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: At the height of WWII, the Atlantic Ocean becomes a deadly battleground as an American torpedo boat fights against the constant bombardment of German forces.
Style: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot: sea battle, submarine, naval battle, navy, military life, disobeying orders, air attack, wartime, military, battles, soldier, wartime life ...
Time: year 1943
Place: sicily
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
When Trumpets Fade (1998)
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: rough, suspenseful, serious, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, military, heroic mission, military life, world war, battles, anti war, battle zone, siblings relations, wartime life, danger, tank ...
Time: year 1944, 1940s
Place: germany, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
A Taste of Hell (1973)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Set in the Philippines during WW II, two U.S. Army officers are caught and shot by a Japanese officer. One survives and soon joins with a guerrilla troop to battle the enemy... and get revenge.
Style: independent film, bleak, rough, serious, realistic ...
Plot: world war, soldier, against the odds, escapades, rivalry, heroes, war, confined, vengeance, danger, military, battles ...
Time: 1940s
Place: the philippines, japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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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 ...
Plot: world war two, world war, military, kidnapping, battles, danger, heroes, war, confined, soldier, escapades, escape ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1945
Place: germany, soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Hell Boats (1970)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A war drama of motor torpedo boats which did much unsung work in WW2, but the naval battles merely provide an exciting story in which an even more special romantic drama is wrapped up.
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, captivating, exciting
Plot: world war, royal navy, kriegsmarine, navy, wartime, submarine, love triangle, war, military, danger, escapades, heroes ...
Time: 60s, 1940s
Place: malta, italy, sicily
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Kokoda: 39th Battalion (2006)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A bitter battle is fought between Australian and Japanese soldiers along the Kokoda trail in New Guinea during World War II.
Style: serious, rough, tense, inspirational
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, war, survival, military, military life, leadership, danger, battles, world war, heroism, battlefield, soldier ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: japan, australia, papua new guinea
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Back Door to Hell (1964)
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, serious, realistic, tense, psychotronic ...
Plot: world war two, espionage, war, danger, anti war, escapades, mission, world war, liberation, reconnaissance, battles, soldier ...
Time: 1940s
Place: the philippines, japan, asia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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 6K
April 9th (2015)
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: serious, captivating, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Plot: world war two, nazi occupation, military, war, soldier, battles, danger, against the odds, wehrmacht, nazi, world war, friendship ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1940
Place: denmark, germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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The Gustloff (2008)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 188 min.
Story: Joseph Vilsmaier Two-part TV movie focuses on the tragic events surrounding the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff, a German passenger ship, at the end of World War II. On 30 January 1945, Captain Hellmuth Kehding was in charge of the ship, evacuating ...
Style: exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: ship, world war two, torpedo, escapades, wartime life, downfall, ocean, evacuation, military, confined, danger, chaos and mayhem ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Lost Battalion (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Fact-based war drama about an American battalion of over 500 men which gets trapped behind enemy lines in the Argonne Forest in October 1918 France during the closing weeks of World War I. Based on a true story, The Lost Battalion is set in 1918 ...
Style: serious, rough, bleak, realistic, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war one, war, military, trench warfare, great war, survival, military life, american abroad, u.s. military, u.s. army, pigeon, heroes ...
Time: 1910s, year 1918, 20th century
Place: france, europe
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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 ⇓
42%
 5.7
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Stalingrad (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Drama set in 1942, during one of the most important battles of World War II, which stopped the progress of Nazi forces and turned the tide of war in favor of the Allies. The Soviet army mounts a counter-attack on the Nazi forces that occupy half of ...
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, exciting, rough ...
Plot: world war two, war, heroism, battles, heroes, world war, life is a bitch, wartime life, russian history, danger, battle zone, military life ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1942
Place: europe, soviet union, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 6.9
 224
The Wall (1982)
Genre: Action, War, Drama
Country: Poland, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: A dramatic re-enactment of the Warsaw Ghetto Jewish uprising in April 1943 were 650 armed members of the Jewish Fighting Organization of Poland held off a 3,000 strong Nazi force in which only a handful of Jews survived. Tom Conti plays Dolek ...
Style: thought provoking, captivating, tense, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot: holocaust, world war two, racism, nazi, anti semitism, society, survival, war, danger, against humanity, military, escapades ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: europe, poland, warsaw poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1988)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A full-length adaptation, originally staged as a play, of the court-martial segment from the novel "The Caine Mutiny".
Style: talky, biting, thought provoking, disturbing, clever ...
Plot: courtroom drama, world war two, court martial, army investigation, lawyer, legal, rebellion, leadership, law enforcement, mentally unstable, dishonesty, dedicated lawyer ...
Time: 1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story: In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words use by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had ...
Style: epic, factual, intense, talky, serious ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: world war two, war, navy, fighter plane, u.s. navy, aviation, battles, military life, military, world war, wartime, air raid ...
Time: year 1970, 1940s, 20th century, year 1941
Place: hawaii, japan, pearl harbor, washington d.c., asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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