Movies like Straight Into Darkness
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Straight Into Darkness (2004)
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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:
psychological, realistic, surreal, rough, bleak, serious, twisted, offbeat
Plot:
world war two, wartime life, soldier, survival, military, danger, military life, against humanity, battle zone, war, psychopath, heroes, battles, genocide, anti war, mass child killing, orphan, desert, escapades, horse, tank, children, winter, forest, violence ...
Time:
year 1945, 1940s, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
usa, texas, american
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Most similar movies to Straight Into Darkness
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, captivating and suspenseful films with plots about military, soldier, war, danger, battles, world war two and heroes mostly in War, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Straight Into Darkness: The Fallen (2004), Miracle of the White Stallions (1963), The Bridge at Remagen (1969), Stalingrad (2013), When Trumpets Fade (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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, resistance movement, military life, military, captivity, against the odds, battles, leadership, against humanity ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
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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:
world war two, horse, stallion, struggle, freedom, school, horse riding, revolutionary, animal, revolution, revolutionary war, miraculous event ...
Time:
year 1963, 1940s, year 1945
Place:
austria, europe, vienna
Similarity:
100%
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, tank, escapades, anti war, wartime life, danger ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945, year 1969, 20th century
Place:
germany, europe, italy
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62%
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, heroism, war, battles, heroes, world war, life is a bitch, wartime life, danger, battle zone, military life, military ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942, 20th century
Place:
europe, soviet union, russia, ussr
Similarity:
56%
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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, serious, captivating, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
world war two, military, infantry, battles, heroic mission, military life, nazi germany, world war, wartime life, anti war, battle zone, siblings relations ...
Time:
year 1944, 1940s
Place:
germany, europe, france, belgium
Similarity:
55%
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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:
rough, disturbing, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
Plot:
fascism, world war two, military, military life, genocide, confined, danger, captivity, prison life, wartime life, isolation, prison ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
usa, texas
Similarity:
53%
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, captivating, tense, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, battles, soldier, survival, military life, society, danger, daring rescue, war, heroic mission, battle zone, world war ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
france, europe, italy, usa, hawaii
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
No one in high command believed that German forces would attack in the sub zero temperatures and near blizzard conditions. As the pre-dawn attack comes, with communications down Sgt. Smith is left with no choice but to make his way through enemy ...
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, uplifting
Plot:
world war two, military, historical event, soldier, against the odds, military life, danger, heroes, battle zone, infantrymen, small town, world war ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
europe, germany, astoria oregon
Similarity:
50%
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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:
serious, tense, suspenseful, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
world war two, tank, military, racism, soldier, danger, battles, military life, against the odds, save the day, hopes, heroic mission ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, 20th century
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, China
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:
sexy, serious, exciting, tense, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, family friendly, teens, date night, adult
Plot:
world war two, war, tank, soldier, military, battles, heroism, nazi, last stand, world war, combat, american soldier ...
Time:
1940s, year 2014, year 1945, 2010s, 20th century
Place:
germany, america, europe
Similarity:
50%
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:
macaroni combat, grindhouse, exciting, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, world war, war, combat, machine gun, attempted rape, youth, german soldier, man on a mission, battles, kidnapping, military ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, 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, tense, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, military, soldier, heroic mission, daring rescue, battles, danger, heroes, platoon, world war, battle of the bulge, tough heroes ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
germany, europe, france
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Action, Horror, War
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
An American reporter covering a civil war in Nicaragua discovers that four soldiers that he used to know during World War II are there and they are actual vampires fighting their own personal war against an evil Nicaraguan general and his own ...
Style:
independent film, scary, bleak, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, vietnam war, supernatural being, soldier, world war two, violent content, media, danger, heroes, war, imaginary ...
Place:
nicaragua, latin america, korea
Similarity:
49%
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, f word
Plot:
bomber, world war two, aerial combats, soldier, airplane, battles, military life, heroic mission, leadership, flying, aviation, war ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
sicily, europe
Similarity:
49%
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, danger, war, anti war, escapades, mission, world war, liberation, reconnaissance, battles, soldier ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
the philippines, japan, asia, usa
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A rag tag unit of misfits known as the War Pigs must go behind enemy lines to exterminate Nazis by any means necessary.
Style:
perverse, captivating, tense
Plot:
world war two, nazi, military, nazi hunter, battles, soldier, u.s. army, american soldier, behind enemy lines, fight, wartime, swat ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944
Place:
france
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Canada, Germany, South Africa
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
During the Vietnam War [1959-1975] a special US combat unit is sent out to hunt and kill the Viet Cong soldiers in a man-to-man combat in the endless tunnels underneath the jungle of Vietnam. Suicide squads of a special kind.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspense, controversial ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, war, survival, soldier, heroic mission, danger, chaos, military life, escapades, blood, vietcong, american abroad ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, asia
Similarity:
48%
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, military, battlefield, military life, danger, leadership, battles, world war, heroism, soldier, pacific war ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
japan, australia, papua new guinea
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
August 1944 two months after D-Day, the Allies are advancing across France. A team of British and American commandos are dropped behind enemy lines on a secret mission to ambush a German Officer and steal maps charting the location of the enemy ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, tense, suspense
Plot:
world war two, military, ambush, soldier, secret mission, danger, survival, friendship, battles, occupied france, traitor, wounded soldier ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944
Place:
france
Similarity:
47%
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, trench warfare, military, u.s. military, american abroad, u.s. army, pigeon, great war, survival, military life, leadership, danger ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1918
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
"Stalingrad" follows the progress of a German Platoon through the brutal fighting of the Battle of Stalingrad. After having half their number wiped out and after being placed under the command of a sadistic Captain, the Lieutenant of the ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, gloomy, epic ...
Plot:
world war two, war, battles, nazism, eastern front, soldier, german soldier, starvation, survival, military life, holocaust, winter ...
Time:
year 1942, year 1943, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
russia, germany, europe, italy, berlin germany ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The Korean war does not start well for the US. They are being routed by the North Koreans and In July 1950, the early stage of the Korean War, at the Jugok Village in the middle of the Korean Peninsula, Chang-yee and his friends grow excited over ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
military, survival, captivity, wartime life, korean war, confined, homecoming, anti war, against humanity, genocide, isolation, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north korea, korea
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Battle-scarred and disillusioned by the war, Corporal Chris Merrimette is put in charge of a unit whose next mission is to resupply a remote outpost on the edge of Taliban-controlled territory. While driving through the hostile Helmand province, a ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
navy seal, taliban, military, male nudity, battles, heroic mission, against the odds, wartime life, heroes, soldier, terrorism, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan, middle east
Similarity:
47%
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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:
psychological, tense, atmospheric, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, japanese soldier, survival, danger, military life, escapades, isolation, confined, losing-it hero, rivalry, humanity, anti war ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
47%
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, thought provoking, captivating, historical drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, military, wehrmacht, behind enemy lines, soldier, battles, heroes, danger, world war, american soldier, mormon, friendship ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, 20th century
Place:
europe, provence, france
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
World World II: Shortly after D-Day, three American soldiers and two Army Corps nurses are stranded behind enemy lines. They take a high-ranking German officer as their prisoner and try to orchestrate an escape.
Style:
realistic, captivating, suspense, tense
Plot:
world war two, field hospital, rescue, evacuation, friendship, soldier, bravery, danger, rivalry, military, bombing, world war ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, 20th century
Place:
france
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Recruits head to the front lines towards the close of the Korean War. The interaction between two of the soldiers...an idealistic newcomer and a psychotic who goes on one-man patrols slitting enemy throats under cover of night...and the orphan boy ...
Style:
neo noir, realistic, psychological, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
korean war, last stand, world war two, soldier, psychopath, children in wartime, casualty of war, young soldier, violent man, platoon, war, idealism ...
Time:
year 1962, 50s, 1950s, year 1953
Place:
iraq, korea, asia
Similarity:
45%
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, bleak, suspenseful, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, world war, military, danger, heroes, escapades, kidnapping, war, battles, soldier, confined, aerial bombardment ...
Time:
20th century, year 1945, 1940s
Place:
germany, soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
45%
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:
captivating, serious, exciting, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, military, wartime life, save the day, danger, obsessive quest, against the odds, race against time, escapades, soldier, super weapon, heroes ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
45%
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, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
iraq war, military, terrorism, war, american soldier, battles, danger, confined, state affairs, heroes, soldier, escapades ...
Place:
iraq, middle east
Similarity:
44%
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