Movies like Dunkirk
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Dunkirk (2017)
453K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Netherlands, France, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.
Style:
atmospheric, based on true events, suspense, dramatic, realistic, suspenseful, harsh, epic, surprise ending, intense ...
Plot:
world war two, war, british army, evacuation, british history, german, wartime, survival, soldier, rescue mission, rescue, german army, surrounded, nazi occupied france, french military, air strike, british navy, air attack, life & death, pilot, beach, royal navy, visceral, boat, courage ...
Time:
year 1940, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
france, europe, england, battleship, flanders, english channel
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, intense and suspense films with plots about dialogue, military, survival, mentor, culture clash, war and sacrifice mostly in Drama, War and Action genres. Some movies like Dunkirk: Battle of Britain (1969), Deepwater Horizon (2016), Letters from Iwo Jima (2006), The Longest Day (1962), Pearl Harbor (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the Nazi invasion of Britain.
Style:
realistic, exciting, serious, sincere, factual ...
Plot:
british history, aerial combat, war, politics, against the odds, heroes, rescue, battles, wartime life, aerial combats, heroic mission, danger ...
Time:
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Place:
england, europe, english channel, berlin germany, germany ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
Style:
factual, emotional, compassionate, intense, exciting ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
Style:
realistic, bleak, captivating, disturbing, sincere ...
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survival, military, suicide, battles, war, shooting, stabbing, disfigurement, commander, letter, invasion, horse ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 40s, year 2005, year 1945
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
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100%
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:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
normandy, france, europe, england, paris france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 183 min.
Story:
The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson. But the rivalry between the friends-turned-foes ...
Style:
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love triangle, war, love and romance, tragic event, friends, military, navy, aerial combats, love, patriotism, battles, childhood friend ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Place:
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49%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Country: Malta, Morocco, USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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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 ...
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, USA
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
The title is Adolf Hitler's question to his chief of staff Alfred Jodl on the eve of the liberation of Paris (August 25): the military governor of Paris, General Dietrich von Choltitz, had been ordered to destroy Paris rather than let it fall ...
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Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words use by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, epic, factual ...
Plot:
military, military life, navy, war, political unrest, state affairs, imperial japan, danger, battles, anti war, against the odds, rebellion ...
Time:
20th century, 40s, 1940s, year 1941
Place:
japan, hawaii, battleship, pearl harbor, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The "Memphis Belle" is a World War II bomber, piloted by a young crew on dangerous bombing raids into Europe. The crew only have to make one more bombing raid before they have finished their duty and can go home. In the briefing before ...
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Five American soldiers fighting in Europe during World War II struggle to return to Allied territory after being separated from U.S. forces during the historic Malmedy Massacre.
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
germany, europe, belgium, louisiana, berlin germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany, India, USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
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.
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
europe, germany, mine
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: USA, UK
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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35%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 172 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 138 min.
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32%
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