Movies like 1944: Forced to Fight
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1944: Forced to Fight (2015)
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Original name: 1944
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Estonia, Finland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The events of the war in 1944, from the Blue Hills to Sõrve Peninsula. Shown through the eyes of Estonian soldiers who had to pick sides and fight against fellow brothers. Choices have to be made, not only by the soldiers, but also by their loved ones.
Style:
tense, psychological, captivating
Plot:
world war two, nazi, military, german army, nazi soldier, soldier, death, enemy, eastern front, attack, retreat, war, battles, friendship, suspense, courage, rivalry, tank, airplane, doll, letter, brother vs brother, sister, air strike, burial ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
estonia, ussr, europe, soviet union
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Most similar movies to 1944: Forced to Fight
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, captivating, tense and serious films with plots about world war two, soldier, war, military, battles, tank and military uniform mostly in Drama, War and History genres. Some movies like 1944: Forced to Fight: The Shadow in My Eye (2021), Saving Private Ryan (1998), The Forgotten Battle (2020), The Hot Snow (1972), The Turncoat (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Denmark, Belgium
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
On March 21st, 1945, the British Royal Air Force set out on a mission to bomb Gestapo's headquarters in Copenhagen. The raid had fatal consequences as some of the bombers accidentally targeted a school and more than 120 people were killed, 86 ...
Style:
disturbing
Plot:
world war two, nazi, war, air raid, nazism, suspense, bombing, military, murder, aerial bombardment, chaos, killings ...
Time:
year 1945, 1940s
Place:
copenhagen
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100%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
Style:
epic, realistic, breathtaking, captivating, rough ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick
Plot:
war, world war two, military, courage, battles, nazi, sniper, army, self sacrifice, d day, friendship, tank ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, middle ages, 20th century
Place:
normandy, poland, germany, france, europe ...
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100%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
November 1944. On the flooded isle of Walcheren, Zeeland, thousands of Allied soldiers are battling the German army. Three young lives become inextricably connected. A Dutch boy fighting for the Germans, an English glider pilot and a girl from ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating
Plot:
world war two, military, war, soldier, british soldier, killed in action, british military, combat, battles, resistance fighter, showdown, freedom fighter ...
Time:
year 1944, 1940s
Place:
germany, netherlands, holland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In November, 1942, near the Volga, Stanlingrad is under siege of Commander Friederich Paulus and his 330,000 men. The Russian high command unleashes an operation to protect the Mishkova River to avoid that about four hundred tanks join Paulus' ...
Plot:
eastern front, artillery, world war two, battlefield, soviet army, soldier, nurse, military officer, german soldier, tank, female soldier, cold weather ...
Time:
year 1942
Place:
russia, ussr
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
Directed by Academy Award-winner Florian Gallenberger from Sigefried Lenz's international bestseller, "Der Überläufer" is set in the summer of 1944. German soldier Walter Proska is about to return to the Eastern Front when his train ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
world war two, partisan, german soldier, nazi germany, pow, eastern front, defector, border crossing, escape, jail, abuse, loyalty ...
Time:
year 1945, 1940s, year 1956, post world war two, year 1944
Place:
berlin germany, germany, east berlin, hamburg germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The Soviet army breaks through the Finnish defences on the Karelian Isthmus in June 1944, advancing with overwhelming force. Somehow, the Finnish troops must find the strength to fight back, with all odds against them. The Battle of Tali-Ihantala ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
world war two, soldier, military, battles, against the odds, heroes, wartime life, war, rivalry, battlefield, tank, russo finnish war ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
finland, europe, ussr, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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 ⇓
60%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: West Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Starting in late May 1944, during the German retreat on the Eastern Front, Captain Stransky (Helmut Griem) orders Sergeant Steiner (Richard Burton) to blow up a railway tunnel to prevent Russian forces from using it. Steiner's platoon fails in ...
Plot:
world war two, eastern front, nazi, tank, military, war, troops, assassination, d day, ambush, hitler, retreat ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944
Place:
normandy, france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
During WW2, in 1942 and 1943, a series of not-so-well known yet bloody battles occurred near the town of Rzhev. Those battles received the name of ‘Rzhev Meat Grinder’. The film is based on the award-winning novel by Vyacheslav Kondratyev, which ...
Style:
rough, epic, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, infantry, wehrmacht, great patriotic war, soviet army, war, battles, soldier, attack, battle zone, heroism, suspense ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
ussr
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Finland, Belgium, Iceland
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The film follows Finnish army machine gun company in Continuation War against Soviet Union, 1941–1944. Based on Väinö Linna's best selling novel Tuntematon Sotilas (The Unknown Soldier) and the novel's uncensored version, Sotaromaani ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, military, infantry, eastern front, soldier, friendship, friend, husband wife relationship, battles, insubordination, firing squad, courage ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1942, year 1944, year 1943 ...
Place:
finland, germany, ussr
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Movies like Saving Private Ryan
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A beautiful story about youth, love, friendship and the pursuit of adventure during the bloody and brutal reality of the Warsaw Uprising.
Style:
realistic, captivating, romantic, tense, psychological
Plot:
world war two, nazi occupation, nazism, death, love and romance, friendship, war, society, friends, relationships, love affair, love story ...
Time:
year 1944, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A movie based on real wartime diaries tells the story of the Swedish speaking Finns' infantry regiment 61. The story follows the regiment during the Continuation War from 1942 to 1944 and from Syväri to the Karelian Isthmus where they faced ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, tense
Plot:
world war two, military, soldier, wartime life, politics, heroic mission, against humanity, chaos and mayhem, battles, state affairs, war, russo finnish war ...
Time:
post world war two, 1940s, 20th century, year 1944, year 1942 ...
Place:
finland, europe, russia, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
In the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies stand ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New Year. To prevent this occurrence, Hitler orders an all out offensive to re-take French territory and capture the major port city of Antwerp. "The ...
Style:
epic, factual, tense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
manly, teens, kids, girls' night
Plot:
world war two, war, tank, military, nazi, battles, heroic mission, campaign, epic battle, leadership, attack, u.s. military ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1944
Place:
belgium, hawaii, spain, germany, berlin germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 188 min.
Story:
Based on the eponymous book by Boris Vasilyev, the film is set in Karelia (North-West of Russia, near Finland) in 1941 during WWII. In a beautiful and quiet wilderness far from the front-line there is an anti-aircraft artillery point, where corporal ...
Style:
disturbing, tragic ending, epic, sad, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, soviet army, soldier, great patriotic war, war, wartime life, heroic mission, military life, military, swamp, female soldier, friendship ...
Time:
year 1942
Place:
ussr, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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:
captivating, tense, perverse
Plot:
world war two, nazi, military, war, nazi hunter, soldier, battles, u.s. army, american soldier, behind enemy lines, fight, anti nazi ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, 20th century
Place:
france
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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TV series similar to Band of Brothers
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
In July 1942, in the Second World War, the rearguard of the Russian army protects the bridgehead of the Don River against the German army while the retreating Russian troops cross the bridge. While they move back to the Russian territory through the ...
Style:
heroic, suspenseful, rough, tense, sentimental
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, red army, heroism, camaraderie, war, life & death, nazi, military, world war, retreat, eastern front, russian soldier ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942
Place:
ussr, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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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, tense, exciting
Plot:
world war two, military, soldier, secret mission, survival, friendship, battles, suspense, war, wehrmacht, traitor, suicide ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, 20th century
Place:
france
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Poland, Lithuania
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
This harrowing war film is an epic dramatization of the first battle of World War II. The Battle of Westerplatte that began on 1 September 1939 will forever be remembered as the one that announced the beginning of the Second World War in Europe. ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, bleak, gloomy
Plot:
world war two, soldier, military, war, battles, against the odds, battle zone, heroic mission, beach, battleship, attack, surrender ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, year 1939
Place:
poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
To the young lieutenant Maleshkin the war is a minor obstacle, if compared to his personal battle to command his subordinates, while conducting an armored vehicle at the same time he's trying to impress his superior Soviet officers who put him ...
Style:
realistic, disturbing, captivating, thought provoking
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, soviet army, tank, great patriotic war, military, soldier, heroism, heroes, leadership, battles, friendship, transformation ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943
Place:
russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A group of German boys is ordered to protect a small bridge in their home village during the waning months of the second world war. Truckloads of defeated, cynical Wehrmacht soldiers flee the approaching American troops, but the boys, full of ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, bleak
Plot:
world war two, war, military, heroic mission, soldier, left to die, young heroes, american soldier, combat casualty, german history, nazi, small town ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1945
Place:
germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Belarus, Russia
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A war drama set during the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, in which Russian troops held on to a border stronghold for nine days. The film shows the heroic defense of Brest Fortress, which has taken upon the first stroke of German ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, military, wehrmacht, infantrymen, red army, battles, war, tank, border guard, nazism, german, heroes ...
Time:
1940s, year 1941, 20th century
Place:
russia, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Allied forces land at Anzio unopposed but instead of moving straight inland their commanding officer decides to dig in. A battle-hardened war correspondent borrows a jeep and drives to Rome and back without meeting any German forces, but his report ...
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macaroni combat, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, military, kriegsmarine, nazi, submarine, tank, behind enemy lines, military operation, american abroad, us military, escapades, survival ...
Time:
year 1944, 1940s
Place:
italy, europe, rome italy
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30%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Tank Klim Voroshilov 2
Style:
sincere, exciting, rough, disturbing, touching
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
great patriotic war, world war two, death, tank, eastern front, soldier, battlefield, nazi soldier, german soldier, nazi, military life, wartime life ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
ussr
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
A Bridge Too Far tells the story of Operation Market Garden, the failed attempt by the allies to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland and allowing access over the Rhine into Germany. A combination of poor allied intelligence and ...
Style:
epic, realistic, intense, serious, rough ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
war, world war two, behind enemy lines, tank, military, army, courage, allies, nazi, soldier, paratrooper, u.s. army ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, 70s, 20th century
Place:
germany, poland, england, berlin germany, netherlands ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that ...
Style:
epic, realistic, factual, harsh, tense ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
world war two, military, war, nazi, soldier, invasion, d day, courage, german, allies, resistance, beach ...
Time:
year 1944, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
normandy, poland, germany, europe, paris france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A story about two young men during the last days of WWII.
Style:
captivating, exciting, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, military, soldier, friendship, friendship between men, violence, fascism, society, war, soviet army, great patriotic war, fight ...
Time:
1940s
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29%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
During the war a young lad is called up and, with an increasing sense of foreboding, undertakes his army training ready for D-day.
Style:
surreal, psychedelic, mind bending, political, tense ...
Plot:
world war two, military, d day, boot camp, soldier, politics, basic training, premonition, train, death, bomber, british army ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
france, europe, normandy
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28%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
In 1944, the American military lands on the shores of Saipan. Refusing to commit suicide with his superiors or be forced into camps for prisoners of war, Captain Oba Sakae leads a group of his men and other similarly minded local residents into the ...
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, exciting
Plot:
world war two, military, honor, soldier, battles, medieval, japanese army, commander, suspense, fight, war, wartime ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945, year 1944
Place:
japan, pacific ocean, oceania
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28%
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Jun-shik, who works for Tatsuo’s grandfather’s farm while Korea is colonized by Japan, dreams about participating in the Tokyo Olympics as a marathon runner. Tatsuo also aims to become a marathon runner, so the two become rivals. But the war ...
Style:
tense, serious, rough, captivating, epic ...
Plot:
world war two, military, war, japanese occupation of korea, military life, captivity, battles, life is a bitch, rivalry, confined, occupation, soldier ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
asia, korea, south korea, mongolia, russia ...
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27%
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 ⇓
27%
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