Movies like Hannibal Brooks
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Hannibal Brooks (1969)
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A POW in World War II is put to work in a Munich zoo, looking after an Asian elephant. The zoo is bombed by the Americans and the director of the zoo decides it is not safe for his Asian elephant Lucy to remain there. So he sends Brooks to safety with Lucy. They escape and go on the run in order to get to Switzerland.
Style:
exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious, buddy comedy, cult film
Plot:
world war two, war, railway, elephant, escape, soldier, satire, heroes, military, holocaust, betrayal, battles, genocide, captivity, fugitives, anti war, escapades, animal life, confined, wartime life, against humanity, unlikely criminals, travel, nazi, us military ...
Place:
germany, europe, swiss alps, switzerland
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, exciting, serious and suspenseful films with plots about heroes, military, soldier, war, world war two, escapades and danger mostly in War, Adventure and Action genres. Some movies like Hannibal Brooks: Kelly's Heroes (1970), Escape to Athena (1979), Company of Heroes (2013), The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962), The Ascent (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, War
Country: Yugoslavia, USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
A misfit group of World War II American soldiers goes AWOL to rob a bank behind German lines.
Style:
entertaining, light, semi serious, cynical, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, war, world war two, military, gold, tank, german, nazi, behind enemy lines, escapades, cons and scams, suspense ...
Time:
1940s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
france, germany, europe
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100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, War
Country: UK
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
During the World War II, the prisoners of a German camp in a greek island are trying to escape. They don't want only their freedom, but they also seek for an ineffable treasure hidden in a monastery at the top of the island's mountain.
Style:
exciting, captivating, disturbing, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, war, island, chase, soldier, daring rescue, survival, military, archaeologist, relic, suspense, leader ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
greece, europe, balkan
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Action, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
American soldiers lost behind enemy lines during the WWII make a horrific discovery: Hitler has a super bomb in development. Against all odds, they set out to find the scientist in charge of the program who is looking to defect.
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot:
world war two, military, save the day, wartime life, war, race against time, heroes, obsessive quest, against the odds, super weapon, heroic mission, soldier ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
An American Infantry officer assigned to a cloak-and-dagger role in Rome uses homing pigeons for outside contact, with humorous results.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, captivating
Plot:
world war two, pigeon, us military, wedding, battles, wartime life, genocide, fall in love, friendship, holocaust, pregnancy, against humanity ...
Time:
year 1944
Place:
rome italy, italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Adventure, War
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The real-life adventure of a dashing Italian soldier who escapes a British prisoner-of-war camp because he dreams of climbing 17,000-foot Mt. Kenya and planting the Italian flag at the summit. The obsessive British camp commander pursues him, and ...
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
holocaust, rock climbing, chase, obsessive quest, against humanity, confined, contests and competitions, heroes, fugitives, survival, escapades, human spirit ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
kenya, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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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:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Action, Adventure, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Set in Europe during WWII, a group of American soldiers on their way to military prison are beset upon by a German artillery attack, escaping with Switzerland in their sights. Before making it any farther, they volunteer to steal a V2 warhead for ...
Style:
realistic, talky, intense, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, nazi, military, gunfight, war, escape, battles, brutality, fascism, partners, survival, american ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 70s
Place:
germany, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 224 min.
Story:
How I unleashed World War II is a Polish feature film made in 1969, based on Kazimierz Sławiński's novel "Przygody kanoniera Dolasa" (The adventures of Dolas the cannoneer). The film was divided into three parts: Ucieczka (The ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious
Plot:
world war two, foreign legion, military, polish, military life, war, soldier, coincidence, mistaken identity, disorder, hapless soldier, wartime life ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
poland, africa, europe, italy, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Action, Adventure, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy château and kill the Nazi officers vacationing there. The soldiers, most of whom are facing death sentences for a variety of violent crimes, agree to the ...
Style:
exciting, intense, tense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
world war two, behind enemy lines, squad, redemption, war, military, soldier, gunfight, nazi, psychopath, machismo, suspense ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1944
Place:
germany, europe, france, brittany, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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 ⇓
28%
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Movies similar to Where Eagles Dare
Genre: Action, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Major Reisman is "volunteered" to lead another mission using convicted army soldiers, sentenced to either death or long prison terms. This time their mission is to kill a Nazi general who plans to assassinate Hitler.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, military, soldier, assassination, convict, army, military life, heroic mission, confined, wartime life, leadership, heroes ...
Place:
germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Action, Adventure, War
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Von Ryan's Express stars Frank Sinatra as a POW colonel who leads a daring escape from Nazi Germany by taking over a freight train, but he has to win over the British soldiers he finds himself commanding.
Style:
realistic, exciting, talky, intense, harsh ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
train, war, world war two, escape, prison, behind enemy lines, prison escape, nazi, railway, military, prisoners of war, soldier ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1943
Place:
italy, germany, new jersey, europe, milan italy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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 ⇓
27%
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Brendan Byers III (Jerry Lewis), one of the richest men in America, has been pronounced 4-F and can't serve his country in it's war against Hitler. Byers does not takes "No" for an answer and recruits other 4-F's to fight ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, not serious, humorous, cult film
Plot:
world war two, farce, military, heroes, war, escapades, soldier, misfit, obsessive quest, goofy hero, disorder, fish out of water ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
American GI Ernie Williams, admittedly weak-kneed, has an uncanny resemblance to British Colonel MacKenzie. Williams, also a master of imitation and disguise, is asked to impersonate the Colonel, ostensibly to allow the Colonel to make a secret trip ...
Style:
humorous, exciting, semi serious, realistic, retro
Plot:
world war two, sergeant, dancing, disguise, friendship, kidnapping, d day, military life, wartime life, estrangement, airplane, disorder ...
Time:
year 1944
Place:
germany, england, europe, london, berlin germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, War
Country: France, UK
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
During World War II, two French civilians and a downed English Bomber Crew set out from Paris to cross the demarcation line between Nazi-occupied Northern France and the South. From there they will be able to escape to England. First, they must ...
Style:
humorous, exciting, realistic, semi serious, funny ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi occupation, war, french resistance, soldier, rescue, house painter, aviation, time travel, holocaust, raf, british soldier ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
paris france, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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 ⇓
24%
Genre: Action, War
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
As the Battle of the Bulge rages on, an American tank unit gets trapped behind Nazi lines. With just hours before the bombs of Operation Ardennes Fury fall, the tank's commander makes the risky decision to rescue an orphanage.
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, psychological, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, tank, military, soldier, heroic mission, daring rescue, battles, heroes, platoon, scarecrow, tough heroes, battle zone ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
germany, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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 ⇓
24%
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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 ⇓
24%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Different factions in WWII-era Holland race to find a stash of Nazi gold.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, exciting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, gold, battles, heroic mission, military life, survival, confined, military, against humanity, espionage, resistance, suspense ...
Time:
post world war two
Place:
holland, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, France, West Germany
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A safecracker turns double agent during WWII.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, eurospy
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, spy, espionage, nazi, double agent, secret agents, intrigue, nazi germany, safecracker, military, prison, sabotage ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
germany, england, europe, english channel, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Political and personal intrigues surround a group of characters in Malaya, after the close of the Second World War.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
world war two, jungle, military, politics, british empire, wilderness, battles, british colonialism, psychopath, friends, soldier, betrayal ...
Place:
asia, russia, malaysia
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Genre: Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In the midst of WWII, a group of half-witted soldiers lead by a slightly smarter sergeant, battle the Germans and especially Von Kraut in the desert.
Style:
parody, humorous, biting, not serious, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, military, french foreign legion, battles, suspense, disorder, military life, desert, heroes, escapades, war, soldier ...
Time:
year 1942
Place:
africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Action / Comedy - Five retired ex-military men attempt the unthinkable and dust off their old uniforms for one last explosive mission. The team quickly discovers that they are up against an enemy from their past. This time, The Dependables mission ...
Style:
exciting, humorous, semi serious, captivating, realistic
Plot:
daring rescue, escapades, terrorism, confined, captivity, ex soldier, rivalry, military, heroes, soldier, young heroes, hostage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Genre: Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When 5 allied generals are captured in Italy in WWII, it is a propaganda nightmare for the allies. The generals are all 1 star and refuse to take orders from each other in order to plan an escape. Harry Frigg is a private who has escaped from the ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, semi serious, feel good, humorous
Plot:
world war two, escape, prison escape, heist, countess, troublemaker, disorder, military life, fall in love, heroic mission, prison, captivity ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1943
Place:
italy, london, tunisia
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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 ⇓
23%
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 ⇓
22%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Col. Carradine leads a group of American P.O.W.s, battling their way to freedom as Saigon falls to the Viet Cong.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, bomb, helicopter, prisoner of war camp, jungle warfare, swat team, escape, battles, military, heroes, rescue, war ...
Time:
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Place:
vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, War
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In WWII Austria, Col. Alois Podhajsky must protect his beloved Lipizzaner stallions and make sure that they are surrendered into the right hands. But Patton's something of a horse fancier and can help...if he sees the stallions perform.
Style:
realistic, serious, disturbing, sincere
Audience:
pre-teens
Plot:
horse, world war two, disney, equestrian, stallion, miraculous event, military life, wartime life, anti war, school, holocaust, against humanity ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945
Place:
austria, europe, vienna
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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