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Back Door to Hell (1964)
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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, bleak, suspenseful
Plot:
world war two, espionage, war, anti war, escapades, mission, reconnaissance, liberation, battles, soldier, heroes, military, lone wolves, military life, wartime life, daring rescue, partisan, torture, intelligence, pow, radio, attack, execution, captivity, danger ...
Time:
1940s, 40s
Place:
the philippines, japan, asia, usa, united states of america
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and captivating films with plots about war, military, soldier, world war two, danger, battles and heroes mostly in War, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Back Door to Hell: The Ravagers (1965), Fires on the Plain (2014), Ambush Bay (1966), Texas '46 (2002), A Taste of Hell (1973). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, War, Drama
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Cruel captors of the war in the pacific.
Style:
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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 ⇓
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.
Style:
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 ⇓
75%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A Marine unit on a Japanese-held island in the Philippines tries to hook up with local Filipino guerrillas.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, battles, superhero, soldier, heroes, military, war, escapades, race against time, daring rescue, infantrymen, island ...
Place:
the philippines, asia, manila philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
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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 ⇓
69%
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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 ⇓
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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 ...
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Audience:
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world war two, military, soldier, war, espionage, secret mission, tank, commando, mission, man on a mission, rescue, battles ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1942
Place:
africa, libya, egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Genre: War, Drama
Country: Italy, West Germany, Yugoslavia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A story of how World War II affected the lives of a German family and an American family, both of whom had sons and fathers fighting in the war.
Style:
macaroni combat, serious, realistic, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
world war two, battles, nazi, soldier, contests and competitions, military, war, heroes, journalism, wartime life, destiny, heroic mission ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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 ...
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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 ⇓
54%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Based on the diary of an unknown Viet Cong soldier, this film provides a sympathetic look at a Viet Cong soldier who protected a captured American soldier whom he believed did not kill him when the American had the opportunity. Written by John ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
vietnam war, war, confined, captivity, military life, battles, life is a bitch, rebellion, on the run, espionage, anti war, wartime life ...
Place:
vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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:
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Audience:
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Plot:
military, battles, soldier, survival, military life, society, war, daring rescue, battle zone, heroic mission, infantrymen, world war two ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 20th century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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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:
realistic, serious, cult film
Plot:
world war two, soldier, captive, survival, military, escapades, war, rescue, confined, battles, anti war, basic training ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
europe, england, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: War
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Klaus Muller, a battle-hardened veteran, finds himself fighting for his life on the Russian front. Surrounded by overwhelming numbers of Russian tanks and planes, he and his men are doomed until famed German tank ace, Michael Wittmann, shows up in ...
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Place:
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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 ...
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suspenseful, serious, realistic
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Time:
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Place:
africa, libya
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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:
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Plot:
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1940s
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
World War II drama where the action centers around a single maneuver by a squad of GIs in retaliation against the force of the German Siegfried line. Reese joins a group of weary GIs unexpectedly ordered back into the line when on their way to a ...
Style:
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Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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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:
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Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1944
Place:
germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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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 ...
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Time:
1940s, post world war two
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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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
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Audience:
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world war two, wartime, exploitation, battles, confined, escapades, soldier, rivalry, military, vengeance, war, prisoner of war camp ...
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1940s, 20th century
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Sweden
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
December 1942. Two young soldiers leave their posts at checkpoint 83 in North Värmland, Sweden and make their way through the ice cold winter night towards the Nazi-occupied Norwegian border. Sweden stands on the brink of invasion and they want to ...
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captivating, exciting, realistic, tense, serious ...
Plot:
war, soldier, confined, undercover, against the odds, missing person, military, escapades, battles, world war two, secret mission, rescue mission ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
sweden, norway, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
To be defeated and not be - a victory. This is the motto that life is guided by three young friends: Alek, Sophy and Rudy. Scouts, high school graduates high school in Warsaw drifting ambitious plans for the future broken through September 1939. ...
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realistic, suspenseful, serious, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
world war two, war, wartime life, life is a bitch, against the odds, daring rescue, prospector, wartime, suspense, resistance, resistance fighter, nazi occupation ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
poland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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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.
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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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. ...
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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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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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Denmark
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The true story of the Fiil's a family of innkeepers who during Nazi-Germany's occupation of Denmark took up arms against the German occupiers. But in the fight for freedom, some must die so that others may live.
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realistic, emotional, disturbing, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
world war two, resistance, nazi occupation, sabotage, resistance fighter, war, heroes, freedom fighter, nazi, wartime life, wartime, heroism ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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. ...
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Plot:
world war two, military, military life, heroic mission, battles, anti war, battle zone, wartime life, siblings relations, tank, nazi germany, war ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Professor-turned-spy Col. Calvin Turner and his associate, workaholic Lt. Shelley Flynn, plan a daring rescue behind enemy lines in World War II German-occupied Norway of a brilliant scientist who may or may not be aiding the Germans.
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Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A cameraman embedded with a reconnaissance patrol charts their mission across territory controlled by the Vietnamese. An impressively naturalistic Vietnam film. Impressive performance by unknown actors in this low-budget Vietnam drama. The story is ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada, Japan
Duration: 190 min.
Story:
Hiroshima is a 1995 Japanese / Canadian film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara and Roger Spottiswoode about the decision-making processes that led to the dropping of the atomic bombs by the United States on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ...
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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37%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, rough, tense
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
1940s, post world war two, 20th century
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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