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Battle Scars (2015)
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Battle Scars (2015)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Every Marine has a story, some they're proud of, other they'd rather forget. After coming home from his tour of duty in Afghanistan suffering from PTSD, Luke Stephens wants nothing more than to forget. What happens when our soldiers come back to Another Stateside?
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot: marine, soldier, post traumatic stress disorder, military, brothers, family relations, life is a bitch, father son relationship, war veteran, social problems, criminal underworld, military officer, post traumatic stress, military life, brother brother relationship, ex soldier, war in afghanistan, war
Place: afghanistan

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, disturbing, tense and suspense films with plots about military, soldier, life is a bitch, war, military officer, military life and wartime life mostly in Drama, War and Action genres. Some movies like Battle Scars: A War (2015), A Good Kill (2016), Our Time Will Come (2017), Foxhole (2021), The Breitner Commando (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 11K
A War (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Denmark, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Company commander Claus Michael Pedersen and his men are stationed in Helmand, Afghanistan. Meanwhile back in Denmark, with a husband at war and three children missing their father, everyday life is a struggle for Claus' wife Maria. During a ...
Style: social, psychological, tense, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: war in afghanistan, trial, court case, soldier, killed in action, officer, witness, sniper, murder, lawyer, war on terror, life is a bitch ...
Time: 2010s
Place: afghanistan, somalia, iraq, denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.0
 289
A Good Kill (2016)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 78 min.
Story: In the confused melee that follows a roadside bomb attack on their convoy in Afghanistan, a Dutch soldier opens fire on a suspect Afghan, only to find that this killing unleashes a chain of dramatic events that will cast a long shadow over the lives ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, suspense, tense
Plot: war in afghanistan, soldier, military, military life, wartime life, problem, life is a bitch, military officer, murder, afghanistan veteran, hapless soldier, dutch history ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: afghanistan
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Our Time Will Come (2017)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 130 min.
Story: In Japanese-occupied Hong Kong, a school teacher and her would-be-fiancé link up with Chinese guerrilla fighters, forging their own path to freedom.
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating
Plot: world war two, partisan, war, occupation, mother daughter relationship, soldier, family relations, arrest, military, life is a bitch, world war, martial arts ...
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 4.0
 206
Foxhole (2021)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Unfolding over the span of 36 hours in three separate wars – The American Civil War, World War I, and Iraq – FOXHOLE follows five soldiers confined in a foxhole as they grapple with morality, futility, and an increasingly volatile combat ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, tense, captivating
Plot: battles, wartime life, wartime, war, world war one, alternate reality, soldier, military officer, civil war, fight, struggle for survival, american soldier ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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The Breitner Commando (2019)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 109 min.
Story: 1959, France. Colonel Breitner is given a secret mission : find the body of his former aide, Colonel Delignières, who is reported missing in French Algeria, before the French army burns the whole place to the ground. Breitner puts together a team ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, tense
Plot: french algerian war, algerian war, torture, soldier, military life, war, problem, wartime, wartime life, military, warrior, military officer ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
A Melody to Remember (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Second Lieutenant Han Sang-yeol leads his platoon during the Korean War in the early 1950s. He carries emotional scars and pain within. So when he meets some children from a choir, who have lost everything in the war, Sang-yeol is deeply moved and ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating, suspense
Plot: korean army, orphan, military, life is a bitch, wartime, soldier, children, military officer, kids in trouble, wartime life, social problems, war ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 3.9
 1K
Warfighter (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Rusty Wittenburg is a Navy SEAL struggling to balance his family life and his job. He fights daily to maintain the line between reality and the nightmares his PTSD conjures up for him. Dedicated to his team and his mission, he is willing to give the ...
Style: captivating, romantic
Plot: military, social problems, husband wife relationship, post traumatic stress disorder, haunted by the past, soldier, relationship problems, marital problem, family life, life is a bitch, post traumatic stress, navy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
My Brother's Keeper (2020)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Travis Fox is a returning veteran struggling with PTSD and his faith in God.
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological, christian film
Audience: family outing
Plot: faith, veteran, war veteran, ex soldier, post traumatic stress disorder, soldier, psychological trauma, christian, military officer, introspection, self discovery, suicide attempt ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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The Yellow Birds (2017)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Two young soldiers, Bartle and Murph, navigate the terrors of the Iraq war under the command of the older, troubled Sergeant Sterling. All the while, Bartle is tortured by a promise he made to Murph's mother before their deployment.
Style: tense, thought provoking, captivating, realistic, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, iraq war, soldier, war, courage, friendship, adaptation, military officer, danger, brutality, heroes, life is a bitch ...
Place: iraq, afghanistan, virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 7.5
 12K
Brothers (2004)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Denmark, UK, Sweden, Norway
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A Danish officer, Michael (Thomsen), is sent away to the International Security Assistance Force operation in Afghanistan for three months. His first mission there is to find a young radar technician who had been separated from his squad some ...
Style: emotional, tense, disturbing, serious, melancholic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: family drama, courage, depression, brutality, politics, relationships, family relations, war, brothers, family problems, brother brother relationship, prisoner ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: afghanistan, scandinavia, europe, denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 5.3
 102
Unfallen (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, War
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Seven year-old old twin brothers, separated during the Civil War in Tajikistan, face each other years later in a new war where one is an American soldier and the other is Taliban.
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense
Plot: brother, soldier, warrior, evil twin, fight, battles, military, twins, dysfunctional family, american soldier, twin brother, brother brother relationship ...
Place: afghanistan
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 5.2
 310
Blast Beat (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: After their family emigrates from Colombia during the summer of ‘99, a metalhead science prodigy and his deviant younger brother do their best to adapt to new lives in America.
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot: family relations, immigrant, social problems, brother brother relationship, life is a bitch, brothers, father son relationship, new life, mother son relationship, husband wife relationship, family problems, brother ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
A Hero's Welcome (2008)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: psychological, realistic, captivating, tense, serious ...
Plot: soldier, haunted by the past, anti war, homecoming, sibling relationship, military, life is a bitch, brother brother relationship, medical examination, post traumatic stress disorder, danger, forest ...
Time: 21st century
Place: afghanistan, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Flag of My Father (2011)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Serving her country is an honour for Judith (GiGi Erneta: Friday NIght Lights, Vernonica Mars), an army nurse whose Vietnam veteran father (William Devane: Knots Landing, 24) taught her the importance of sacrifice. After a tour in Iraq, she returns ...
Style: captivating, suspense, surprise ending
Plot: faith, military, family problems, siblings relations, loss of father, brother sister relationship, brother brother relationship, death of father, relationship problems, family relations, post traumatic stress, faith based ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Natural Light (2021)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Hungary, Latvia, France, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story: World War II, occupied Soviet Union. István Semetka is a simple Hungarian farmer who serves as a Sub-Lieutenant in a special unit scouting for partisan groups. On their way to a remote village, his company falls under enemy fire. As the commander ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, tense
Plot: reconnaissance, partisan, soldier, spy, struggle for survival, soviet army, war, military officer, military, wartime, army, fight for supremacy ...
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 4.3
 1K
The Patrol (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, Morocco
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Afghanistan, 2006, Helmand Province becomes one of the most dangerous places on Earth as the British Army is deployed into the Taliban heartland. The Operation, Herrick, became synonymous with the struggle as British troops fought a losing battle ...
Style: tense, psychological, disturbing, realistic, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: war, military, british army, soldier, military life, isolation, desert, chaos, danger, confined, war on terror, army ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: afghanistan, morocco, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Spitfire Over Berlin (2022)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story: August 1944. With the American Eighth Air Force poised to strike over Nazi Germany, British Intelligence learns that they could be flying into a deadly trap. With only hours to spare, Flight Lieutenant Edward Barnes must fly a life and death mission ...
Style: disturbing, exciting, suspense, captivating, tense
Plot: world war two, aviator, military, military officer, heroic mission, aviation, air force base, mission, historical event, war, secret mission, air strike ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 5.4
 821
Afghan Luke (2011)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Disheartened when his story about Canadian snipers possibly mutilating corpses in Afghanistan is buried, Luke (Nick Stahl) quits his job but is even more determined to return to Afghanistan to get the real story. With his offbeat buddy, Tom (Nicolas ...
Style: realistic, tense, thought provoking, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: war correspondent, journalism, military, anti war, danger, buddies, idealism, media, war on terror, war in afghanistan, journalist, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: afghanistan
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 5.0
 176
Little Kingdom (2019)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Slovakia
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Soldier Jack deserts his unit and finds his wife Eva in isolated village in the mountains. She moved there to work in a factory unaware of the cruel owner Bar. Secret police arrives and it seems both Jack and Eva's time is up.
Style: captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: soldier, world war two, military officer, military life, star crossed lovers, love affair, lovers apart, male female relationship, couple relations, love story, wartime, romantic relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 6.5
 817
20 Cigarettes (2010)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Based on director Aureliano Amadei's 2003 experiences in Iraq, 20 Cigarettes is the gripping story of a twenty-eight year old anarchist and anti-war activist who receives an offer to fly to Iraq as assistant director on a film about the Italian ...
Style: contemplative, realistic, serious, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot: filmmaking, wartime life, life is a bitch, director, iraq iran war, iraq war, soldier, military, filmmaker, death threat, military life, military base ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iraq, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 6.1
 196
Changeover (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A girl grieving the horrific loss of her parents moves in with relatives, who try their best to welcome her into the family.
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: mental health, post traumatic stress disorder, relationship problems, family relations, loss of father, post traumatic stress, family life, life is a bitch, loss of family, family problems, uncle niece relationship, loss of mother ...
Place: north carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Sniper. The White Raven (2022)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Mykola is an eccentric pacifist who wants to be useful to humanity. When the war begins at Donbass, Mykola’s naive world is collapsing as the militants kill his pregnant wife and burn his home to the ground. Recovered, he makes a cardinal decision ...
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, suspense, thought provoking ...
Plot: war zone, international crisis, military, power struggle, crisis, husband wife relationship, loss of wife, woman killed, soldier, battles, vengeance, military officer ...
Time: 2010s
Place: eastern europe, ukraine, europe, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
The Last Winter (1983)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Tells the story of two women seeking leads to their missing husbands after the end of the Yom Kippur War (1973). A relationship builds between them when each identified her husband in the same blurred image of a foreign newsreel.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, gloomy, bleak ...
Plot: conflict, friends, destiny, military life, friendship, captivity, anti war, war, life is a bitch, danger, military, journalism ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Iron Cross: The Road to Normandy (2022)
Genre: War
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Captain Muller struggles to survive fighting overwhelming Russian forces. Wounded, he is sent to Normandy as Americans Lee and Trey prepare for D-Day. Soon, scores are settled and battle brings our GIs and Germans on the same path.
Style: captivating, tense, disturbing, period piece, epic
Plot: world war two, battles, military, military officer, war, wartime, struggle for survival, soldier, fight, combat, love
Time: 1940s
Place: normandy
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 7.1
 145K
Brothers (2009)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: When his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marine Sam Cahill is presumed dead. Back home, brother Tommy steps in to look over Sam’s wife, Grace, and two children. Sam’s surprise homecoming triggers domestic ...
Style: touching, tense, melancholic, suspense, heartbreaking ...
Plot: family drama, war, adultery, american soldier, marital infidelity, presumed dead, marine, family problems, brothers, dysfunctional family, soldier, suspicion ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place: afghanistan, iraq, america, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 6.3
 27K
Sand Castle (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Set during the occupation of Iraq, a squad of U.S. soldiers try to protect a small village.
Style: thought provoking, suspense, psychological, rough, tense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: soldier, military, occupation, small village, war, military life, wartime life, military base, life is a bitch, military service, war violence, fight for supremacy ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: iraq, middle east, afghanistan
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 6.1
 471
Danny Boy (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Soldier Brian Wood, is accused of war crimes in Iraq by the human rights lawyer Phil Shiner. The two men go head to head in a legal and moral conflict that takes us from the battlefield, at so-called Checkpoint Danny Boy, to the courtroom and one of ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: iraq war, american soldier, war crime, ex soldier, accused of murder, military, framed for a crime, military officer, soldier, framed for murder, accusation, war violence ...
Place: united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 6.0
 825
Mother at War (2020)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Denmark, Estonia, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story: 1918. World War I rages in Europe while Erna Jensen tends to her ordinary life at home in Bramstrup, with her simple-minded son, Kalle. One day the village constable comes to enlist Kalle for military service for the German Empire – of which ...
Style: captivating, sincere, suspense, period drama
Plot: world war one, female soldier, motherhood, mother son relationship, military, soldier, parents and children, wartime, mother and son, military life, cross dressing, deception ...
Time: year 1918
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Unkindness of Ravens (2016)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A homeless veteran battles to survive against his demons in the remote Highlands of Scotland
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, psychological
Plot: folk horror, confronting the past, haunted by the past, post traumatic stress, life is a bitch, estrangement, alienation, veteran, post traumatic stress disorder, soldier, war veteran, homeless ...
Place: scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 5.9
 124
Happy New Year (2011)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A war-torn marine returns home to face his fiercest battle yet - the one against himself.
Style: psychological, rough, tense, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: haunted by the past, homecoming, military, under the surface, disability, military hospital, friendship, soldier, post traumatic stress disorder, anti war, society, therapy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, iraq
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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