Movies like Dunkirk
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Dunkirk (2017)
631K
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:
dramatic, atmospheric, epic, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, harsh, intense, stylized, cerebral ...
Plot:
world war two, wartime, rescue mission, warship, evacuation, british history, war, survival, british army, nazi occupied france, bravery, battlefield, army, military, military officer, aerial combat, soldier, rescue, german army, raf, french military, air attack, surrounded, death, murder ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1940
Place:
france, europe, dunkirk, england, united kingdom, english channel, flanders
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Most similar movies to Dunkirk
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspense and intense films with plots about explosion, survival, soldier, wartime, war, military and courage mostly in Drama, War and Action genres. Some movies like Dunkirk: 1917 (2019), Greyhound (2020), Midway (2019), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Flags of Our Fathers (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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548K
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA, India, Spain
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield and Blake are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, rough, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
trench warfare, world war one, british army, soldier, race against time, tragic event, british soldier, military, courage, survival, behind enemy lines, british military ...
Time:
1910s, year 1917, 20th century, contemporary
Place:
france
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90%
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Canada, China
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A first-time captain leads a convoy of allied ships carrying thousands of soldiers across the treacherous waters of the “Black Pit” to the front lines of WW2. With no air cover protection for 5 days, the captain and his convoy must battle the ...
Style:
serious, exciting, emotional, compassionate, suspense ...
Plot:
world war two, u.s. navy, navy, warship, submarine, war, convoy, ship captain, ocean, battleship, us military, naval officer ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
atlantic ocean, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
82K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
The story of the soldiers and aviators who helped turn the tide of the Second World War during the iconic Battle of Midway in June 1942.
Style:
exciting, bleak, suspense, scary, sad ...
Plot:
sea battle, warship, naval battle, aircraft carrier, aerial combat, navy, fighter pilot, u.s. navy, fighter plane, air battle, battleship, shipwreck ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, year 1942, year 1941, year 1937 ...
Place:
pearl harbor, pacific ocean, tokyo, honolulu hawaii, china ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
war, behind enemy lines, world war two, army, allies, battle zone, heroic mission, against the odds, soldier, mission, german, invasion ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944, 70s
Place:
netherlands, holland, germany, europe, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the story of three of the six surviving servicemen – John 'Doc' Bradley, Pvt. Rene Gagnon ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, serious, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
war, world war two, military, fame, loss of friend, battles, survival, guilt, selflessness, homecoming, propaganda, soldier ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
japan, pacific ocean, asia, usa, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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328K
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:
romantic, sentimental, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
world war two, love triangle, war, navy, love and romance, warship, love, airplane, aerial combats, battleship, fighter pilot, pilot ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1941, year 1942, 1920s
Place:
pearl harbor, hawaii, japan, england, asia ...
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100%
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, sincere, serious, epic ...
Plot:
world war two, raf, british history, luftwaffe, aerial combat, battles, soldier, military, fighter pilot, war, politics, rescue ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1940, 1930s
Place:
england, europe, london, berlin germany, dunkirk ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.
Style:
realistic, rough, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
war, sniper, courage, warrior, u.s. military, rescue mission, battles, mission, combat, american soldier, helicopter, marine ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1992, year 1993
Place:
somalia, africa, arkansas, north africa, east africa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Norway
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
After a failed anti-Nazi sabotage mission leaves his 11 comrades dead, Norwegian resistance fighter Jan Baalsrud finds himself fleeing from the Gestapo through the snowbound reaches of Scandinavia.
Style:
uplifting, suspense, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gestapo, resistance fighter, lone hero, coping, world war two, survival, chase, nazi, courage, one man army, life & death, self mutilation ...
Time:
year 1943, year 1945, year 1988, year 1947, year 1940 ...
Place:
norway, sweden, scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
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:
realistic, suspenseful, touching, serious, epic ...
Plot:
world war two, soldier, resistance, military, war, invasion, allies, nazi, german, navy, military life, battle zone ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1944
Place:
normandy, france, europe, england, paris france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Red Dawn related movies
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 ...
Style:
tense, exciting, rough, serious, emotional ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
bomber, world war two, military, war, soldier, battles, one last job, mission, behind enemy lines, friendship, airplane, rescue ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1943
Place:
europe, england, united kingdom, germany, australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Japan
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, disturbing, emotional, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war two, survival, war, battles, military, anti war, japanese history, japanese army, imperial japan, chaos, selflessness, chaos and mayhem ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 2005, year 1945
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, epic, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
fighter pilot, world war two, interracial relations, aerial combats, war, military life, fighter jet, military base, soldier, discrimination, airplane, military ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944, year 1942
Place:
europe, italy, pentagon, germany, cuba ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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:
captivating, realistic, epic, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
world war two, war, military, army, sniper, battles, courage, heroic mission, warrior, self sacrifice, bravery, rescue ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944
Place:
normandy, france, europe, poland, germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young British soldier must find his way back to safety after his unit accidentally abandons him during a riot in the streets of Belfast.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, bleak, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
soldier, ira, survival, terrorism, military, riot, irish republican army, war, hapless soldier, rivalry, dishonesty, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1971
Place:
ireland, england, belfast, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Movies similar to Pearl Harbor
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
The story of the Podolsk cadets’ heroic stand outside Moscow in October 1941. Cadets were sent to the Ilyinsky line, fighting alongside units from the Soviet 43rd Army to hold back the German advance until reinforcements arrived. Hopelessly ...
Style:
rough, exciting, tense, clever, brutal ...
Plot:
world war two, attack, military, teenager, battlefield, combat, battles, war, soldier, rescue mission, army, lifesaver ...
Time:
year 1941, 20th century, 1940s
Place:
ussr, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
15%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Denmark, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In the days following the surrender of Germany in May 1945, a group of young German prisoners of war were handed over to the Danish authorities and subsequently sent out to the West Coast, where they were ordered to remove the more than two million ...
Style:
suspense, emotional, brutal, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
german soldier, minefield, pow, soldier, world war two, war crime, nazi, child soldier, moral dilemma, teenager, military officer, abuse of power ...
Time:
post world war two, 1940s, year 1945, 20th century, future
Place:
denmark, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Germany, USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.
Style:
factual, serious, realistic, rough, sincere ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, vietnam war, battles, soldier, war, military life, battlefield, heroes, wartime life, heroic mission, ambush, army ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
vietnam, asia, usa, iraq
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Genre: Action, History, War
Country: Switzerland, UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
This true story follows the exploits of a top secret British military mission to destroy Nazi radio ships in a neutral harbor during WWII. The daring plan is led by British Intelligence officers Col. Lewis Pugh (Gregory Peck) and Capt. Gavin Stewart ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, war, battles, military, espionage, ship, seaport, undercover, british intelligence, sea, heroic mission, soldier ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1942, year 1943, 80s ...
Place:
india, asia, goa india, germany, portugal ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport, War
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Occupied France, 1940. A Nazi Commander discovers one of his prisoners, Danny is a champion boxer. He forces him to fight for his company's entertainment. But the POWs realise they can use these contests, as cover for an audacious breakout, ...
Style:
brutal, suspenseful, suspense, complex
Plot:
nazi occupied france, world war two, pow, soldier, british army, dying, german, life & death, moral dilemma, fistfight, friendship between men, surrounded ...
Place:
dunkirk
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Movies like Deepwater Horizon
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:
world war two, military life, battleship, military, navy, war, state affairs, political unrest, imperial japan, battles, rebellion, anti war ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1941, 70s
Place:
japan, hawaii, pearl harbor, washington d.c., usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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, exciting, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, red army, world war two, battles, soldier, wehrmacht, infantrymen, heroes, invasion, nazism, german, nazi germany ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1941
Place:
russia, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Navy SEAL Lieutenant A.K. Waters and his elite squadron of tactical specialists are forced to choose between their duty and their humanity, between following orders by ignoring the conflict that surrounds them, or finding the courage to follow their ...
Style:
serious, touching, rough, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, war, soldier, jungle, war crime, brutality, army, rescue mission, navy seal, child soldier, genocide, civil war ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
nigeria, africa, iraq, hawaii
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
survival, natural disaster, storm at sea, adventure, ocean, forces of nature, courage, disaster, rescue mission, sinking ship, coast guard, daring rescue ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, year 1951, year 1952
Place:
new england, usa, massachusetts, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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, serious, suspenseful, suspense, stylized ...
Plot:
world war two, battles, double agent, military, task force, survival, adventure, war, heroic mission, racism, against the odds, betrayal ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
former yugoslavia, italy, england, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Movies similar to Saving Private Ryan
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:
rough, emotional, touching, intense, realistic ...
Plot:
pow, soldier, behind enemy lines, world war two, battles, allies, heroic mission, tragic hero, military, bondage, hapless soldier, battle zone ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1944
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
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, rough, exciting, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war two, soldier, battles, war, military, wartime life, anti war, escapades, survival, against the odds, heroic mission, heroes ...
Time:
20th century, year 1945, 1940s
Place:
germany, europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. The brothers begin the rescue of roughly 1,200 Jews still trapped in ...
Style:
emotional, epic, sincere, realistic, intense ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, partisan, nazi, wartime life, survival, jewish, forest, rebellion, camp, genocide, judaism ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1941, year 1942
Place:
poland, europe, germany, israel, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
As World War II rages, the elite Sixth Ranger Battalion is given a mission of heroic proportions: push 30 miles behind enemy lines and liberate over 500 American prisoners of war.
Style:
tense, rough, suspenseful, harsh, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rescue mission, military, war, pow, world war two, escape attempt, massacre, swat team, against the odds, military life, human spirit, daring rescue ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
the philippines, asia, manila philippines, pearl harbor, japan ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Four soldiers trapped behind enemy lines must confront their fears and desires while finding a way back to their battalion.
Style:
suspense, exciting, tense, serious, allegory ...
Plot:
military, survival, behind enemy lines, isis, murder, friendship, betrayal, escape, soldier, prisoner, captured, chaos ...
Time:
21st century, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, congo, normandy, germany, cambodia
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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