Movies like Hornets' Nest

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Hornets' Nest (1970)
 5.7
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Hornets' Nest (1970)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: An American commando who's the sole survivor of a parachute jump into WWII-era Italy leads a group of children in a campaign of sabotage against the Nazis.
Style: grindhouse, macaroni combat, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: world war two, world war, war, combat, machine gun, youth, man on a mission, military, kidnapping, battles, soldier, village, heroes, gang, fascism, orphan, village life, anti war, gays and lesbians, teenage life, escapades, vengeance, rivalry, danger, confined ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944
Place: italy, europe

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Most similar movies to Hornets' Nest

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, exciting and suspenseful films with plots about war, battles, military, soldier, heroes, danger and world war two mostly in War, Action and Drama genres. Some movies like Hornets' Nest: Battle of the Commandos (1969), The Devil's Brigade (1968), Commandos (1968), The Bridge at Remagen (1969), Submarine X-1 (1968). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Battle of the Commandos (1969)
Genre: Action, War
Country: Italy, Spain, West Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A British Colonel is angry with his superiors after his entire platoon is slaughtered by the Germans in what he saw as a suicide mission. So for his next mission, he takes along a platoon a convicted criminals - to prepare the Normandy beaches for ...
Style: exciting, macaroni combat, serious, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, combat, world war, train, collaborator, submarine, commando, revenge, resistance, disguise, soldier, military ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 60s
Place: normandy, france
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100%
The Devil's Brigade (1968)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: 1968 American war film about the formation and first mission of the joint Canadian-American WWII special forces winter and mountain unit formally called 1st Special Service Force, but commonly known as “The Devil’s Brigade”. The film ...
Style: exciting, realistic, tense, harsh, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, military, commando, espionage, visceral, battles, betrayal, heroes, anti war, military life, basic training, wartime life ...
Time: 1940s
Place: italy, europe, canada, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 5.4
 1K
Commandos (1968)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Sgt. Sullivan puts together a group of Italian-Americans into disguise as Italian soldiers in order to infiltrate a North African camp held by the Italians. After the soldiers have knifed the Italians in their beds, they find a hooker living at the ...
Style: grindhouse, macaroni combat, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, combat, world war, tank, man on a mission, iconoclastic, battles, heroes, soldier, military base, violent content, weapon system ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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 ⇓
31%
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 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 ⇓
30%
The Secret Invasion (1964)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: During World War II, convicts are recruited by the Allies for an extremely hazardous mission.
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: world war two, commando raid, world war, war, friendly fire, man on a mission, tunnel, prison, commando, ira, battles, heroes ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: europe, former yugoslavia, balkan, italy, cairo egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 5.6
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Warriors Five (1962)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy, France, Yugoslavia
Duration: 87 min.
Story: World War II Italy...1943. After parachuting behind enemy lines on an espionage mission, an American soldier is imprisoned by the enemy. He escapes with four Italian prisoners, enlisting their aid in exploding a bridge.
Style: macaroni combat, serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, anarchy, paratrooper, military, soldier, prison, escape, espionage, prostitute, heroes, against humanity, escapades ...
Place: germany, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
The Human Shield (1991)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The Human Shield is a 1991 film directed by Ted Post. It stars Michael Dudikoff and Tommy Hinkley. It is about a former government agent who must save his diabetic brother from Iraqi abductors.
Style: realistic, rough, suspenseful, exciting, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: rescue, danger, terrorism, heroes, military, battles, confined, special agent, state affairs, brother brother relationship, rescue mission, revenge ...
Time: 90s, year 1985, year 1990
Place: iraq, middle east, iran, jordan, baghdad iraq
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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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 ⇓
28%
Too Late the Hero (1970)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: A WWII film set on a Pacific island. Japanese and allied forces occupy different parts of the island. When a group of British soldiers are sent on a mission behind enemy lines, things don't go exactly to plan. This film differs in that some of ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, tense, psychological, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, jungle, war, survival, military, british army, anti war, danger, soldier, rescue, rivalry, wartime ...
Time: year 1942
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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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 ⇓
28%
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Fury (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, China, UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Last months of World War II in April 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theater, a battle-hardened U.S. Army sergeant in the 2nd Armored Division named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank called "Fury" and its five-man ...
Style: serious, tense, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, family friendly, date night, adult
Plot: world war two, war, soldier, military, tank, battles, heroism, american soldier, ambush, violence, combat, nazi germany ...
Time: 1940s, year 2014, year 1945, 2010s, 20th century
Place: europe, germany, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Only the Brave (2006)
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, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, battles, soldier, survival, military life, society, daring rescue, danger, war, heroic mission, battle zone, world war ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: europe, usa, france, italy, hawaii
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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 ⇓
27%
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 ⇓
26%
Saints and Soldiers: Airborne Creed (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A group of American GIs work their way through war-torn France during the final days of the Second World War.
Style: realistic, disturbing, captivating, thought provoking, historical drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, military, soldier, battles, heroes, danger, world war, mormon, friendship, american soldier, pow, courage ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1944
Place: france, europe, provence
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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 ⇓
26%
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Dirty Heroes (1967)
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, grindhouse, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, world war, wartime, exploitation, holocaust, prisoner, battles, escapades, soldier, danger, confined, chases and races ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: holland, europe, amsterdam, netherlands
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Windtalkers (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Joe Enders is a gung-ho Marine assigned to protect a "windtalker" - one of several Navajo Indians who were used to relay messages during World War II because their spoken language was indecipherable to Japanese code breakers.
Style: realistic, factual, intense, stylized, serious ...
Plot: world war two, military, war, native american, code, marines, artillery, wartime, battles, survival, soldier, friendship ...
Time: year 1944, 1940s, year 2002, 20th century, year 1943
Place: japan, america, arizona, asia, pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Company of Heroes (2013)
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, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, military, wartime life, danger, save the day, escapades, heroes, obsessive quest, race against time, heroic mission, against the odds, super weapon ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Tobruk (1967)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In September 1942, the German Afrika Korps under Rommel have successfully pushed the Allies back into Egypt. A counter-attack is planned, for which the fuel dumps at Tobruk are a critical impediment. In order to aid the attack, a group of British ...
Style: spectacular, realistic, serious, tense, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, military, soldier, desert, war, world war, espionage, tank, prisoner, commando, secret mission, great war ...
Time: 1940s, year 1967, year 1942, 20th century
Place: africa, libya, egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Mallory and Miller are back. The survivors of Navarone are sent on a mission along with a unit called Force 10, which is led by Colonel Barnsby. But Force 10 has a mission of their own which the boys know nothing about.
Style: exciting, suspense, intense, stylized, tense ...
Plot: world war two, war, military, survival, nazi, commando, wartime, battles, task force, double agent, spy, world war ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1978
Place: former yugoslavia, italy, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Ardennes Fury (2014)
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, military, soldier, heroic mission, daring rescue, battles, danger, heroes, platoon, world war, scarecrow, tough heroes ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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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 ⇓
23%
Straight Into Darkness (2004)
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The movie encompasses several different elements-the perils of war, a touch of macabre, sadness and redemption.
Style: surreal, psychological, realistic, rough, bleak ...
Plot: world war two, wartime life, soldier, military, against humanity, danger, survival, battle zone, military life, battles, psychopath, war ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1945
Place: usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Eagles Over London (1969)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The British High Command finds itself in the thick of a huge dilemma when it is realized that they have long been infiltrated by spies from a German intelligence group. This all happens during the preliminary stages of the Battle of Britain.
Style: macaroni combat, captivating, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: luftwaffe, world war two, soldier, combat, world war, revolution, freedom, revolutionary, struggle, revolutionary war, evacuation, superior officer ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1940
Place: london, england, france, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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 ⇓
22%
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (1985)
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: suspenseful, realistic, rough, serious, exciting
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, military, soldier, assassination, convict, army, military life, heroic mission, confined, wartime life, escapades, heroes ...
Place: germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
The Last Drop (2006)
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, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, battles, heroic mission, military life, confined, survival, espionage, military, against humanity, danger, world war, resistance ...
Place: holland, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Inglorious Bastards (1978)
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, grindhouse, talky, intense, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, nazi, military, gunfight, escape, battles, skinny dipping, brutality, fascism, survival, partner, battle zone ...
Time: 20th century, year 1978, 1940s
Place: germany, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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