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Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis (1991)
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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, u.s. navy, shark attack, sea battle, killer shark, ghost ship, animal attack, survival, military, submarine, ship, disaster, heroes, battles, dangerous animal, injustice, escapades, military life, courtroom drama, army investigation, atomic bomb, court martial, shipwreck ...
Time:
1940s, 40s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, exciting and captivating films with plots about military, war, world war two, danger, heroes, battles and soldier mostly in Drama, War and Action genres. Some movies like Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis: Submarine X-1 (1968), USS Seaviper (2012), Midway (1976), Yamato (2005), In Enemy Hands (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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, realistic, tense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, shark, warship, u.s. navy, ocean, survival, war, sea, military, submarine, rescue, disobeying orders ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945
Place:
pacific ocean, san francisco, the philippines, washington d.c.
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100%
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:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, military life, heroic mission, military, battles, friendship, battle zone, military base, d day, race against time, graphic violence, heroes ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
normandy, germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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:
realistic, serious, exciting, captivating, suspenseful
Plot:
world war two, submarine, ocean, diver, kriegsmarine, battles, military, soldier, leadership, war, escapades, heroes ...
Time:
1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, world war two, save the day, leadership, race against time, isolation, heroic mission, military, island, soldier, war, rebellion ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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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, factual, tense, intense, exciting ...
Plot:
world war two, military, war, sea battle, u.s. navy, aviation, navy, fascism, ethnic conflict, prejudice, suspense, naval battle ...
Time:
70s, year 1942, 20th century, 1940s
Place:
poland, hawaii, tokyo, germany, japan ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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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:
captivating, realistic, exciting, serious, touching
Plot:
world war two, navy, battleship, japanese history, military, war, battles, heroes, warship, lost love, first love, sea ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 20th century, year 2005, 2000s ...
Place:
japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, world war two, ship, holocaust, military, mutiny, boat, survival, daring rescue, race against time, rescue, heroic mission ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
233
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 ⇓
46%
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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:
suspenseful, tense, serious, exciting, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, tank, military, war, racism, soldier, military life, save the day, against the odds, battles, heroic mission, hopes ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1944
Place:
germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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, bleak, rough, serious, realistic
Plot:
world war two, usa history, atomic bomb, bomber, heroes, state affairs, war, moral dilemma, military, against humanity, super weapon, secret place ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
usa, japan, asia, hiroshima japan, pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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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 ⇓
44%
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, captivating, tense, disturbing
Plot:
sea battle, submarine, naval battle, military life, air attack, disobeying orders, military, wartime, military base, military officer, combat, suspense ...
Time:
year 1943
Place:
sicily
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war one, war, military, trench warfare, survival, military life, u.s. military, american abroad, u.s. army, pigeon, soldier, heroes ...
Time:
1910s, year 1918, 20th century
Place:
france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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:
realistic, serious, exciting, bleak, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, war, soldier, d day, battles, fall in love, military, battlefield, russian, soviet army, heroes, escapades ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
ussr, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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 ⇓
44%
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214
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:
tense, captivating, thought provoking, sincere, suspenseful ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, racism, nazi, anti semitism, survival, war, confined, against humanity, military, escapades, heroes ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
poland, europe, warsaw poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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, battles, heroism, heroes, life is a bitch, wartime life, russian history, battle zone, military life, military, tank ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1942
Place:
ussr, europe, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Action, War, Drama
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Cruel captors of the war in the pacific.
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
world war two, convent, battles, escapades, soldier, state affairs, military, war, heroes, political unrest, against the odds, mother superior ...
Time:
60s
Place:
the philippines, japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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 ⇓
43%
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:
disturbing, clever, thought provoking, talky, biting ...
Plot:
world war two, courtroom drama, court martial, army investigation, lawyer, dishonesty, dedicated lawyer, legal action, rebellion, mentally unstable, rivalry, leadership ...
Time:
1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The USS Neptune, a nuclear submarine, is sunk off the coast of Connecticut after a collision with a Norwegian cargo ship. The navy must attempt a potentially dangerous rescue in the hope of saving the lives of the crew.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, exciting, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, u.s. navy, disaster, rescue, drowning, daring rescue, survival, nuclear submarine, heroes, save the day, tough heroes, ocean ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
pentagon
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A drama set during World War II where a submarine carrying a secret weapon attempts to stop a planned third atomic bombing of Japan. Based on Harutoshi Fukui's novel Shuusen no Lorelei.
Style:
exciting, stylized, suspenseful, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, world war two, secret weapon, escapades, war, military, heroic mission, military life, chaos, battles, soldier, save the world ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, post world war two
Place:
japan, hiroshima japan, pacific ocean, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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 ⇓
42%
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Genre: Action, War, Drama
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:
serious, realistic, captivating, exciting, bleak ...
Plot:
soldier, vengeance, confined, escapades, military, heroes, war, rivalry, against the odds, battles, surrender, wound ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
the philippines, japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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 ⇓
42%
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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
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, war, survival, military, military life, leadership, battles, heroism, battlefield, soldier, world war, anti war ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 20th century
Place:
japan, australia, papua new guinea
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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 ⇓
42%
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, world war two, aerial combats, airplane, soldier, battles, heroic mission, military life, leadership, war, fighter plane, aviation ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
sicily, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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, suspenseful, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, military, escapades, war, confined, kidnapping, battles, soldier, heroes, nazi germany, infiltration, german ...
Time:
20th century, year 1945, 1940s
Place:
germany, ussr
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
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, harsh, intense, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, war, battles, soldier, survival, nazi, military, tank, escapades, anti war, wartime life, heroes ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945, 20th century
Place:
germany, italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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