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A War (2015)
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Original name: Krigen
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 routine mission, the soldiers are caught in heavy Taliban crossfire. In order to save his men, Claus makes a decision that ultimately sees him return to Denmark accused of a war crime.
Style:
social, psychological, tense, captivating, realistic, art house
Plot:
war in afghanistan, trial, court case, islam, war zone, soldier, officer, witness, killed in action, murder, lawyer, life is a bitch, war on terror, military, family relations, husband wife relationship, military life, ptsd, teenager, world war two, psychology, revolution, girl, jury, sociology ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
afghanistan, iraq, somalia, denmark
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Most similar movies to A War
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, captivating, realistic and serious films with plots about military, soldier, murder, war, war in afghanistan, danger and war on terror mostly in Drama, War and Thriller genres. Some movies like A War: The Hurt Locker (2008), Battle Scars (2015), Traceless (2010), A Hijacking (2012), April 9th (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Luxembourg, Canada
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Forced to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse in the chaos of war, an elite Army bomb squad unit must come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy and every object could be a deadly bomb.
Style:
tense, realistic, emotional, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
iraq war, terrorism, military, sniper, soldier, war, bomb squad, violence, army, shootout, marines, bomb ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, year 2004, 21st century
Place:
middle east, iraq, baghdad iraq, america, afghanistan ...
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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 ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
father son relationship, war in afghanistan, marine, ptsd, soldier, post traumatic stress disorder, veteran, military, family relations, brothers, life is a bitch, social problems ...
Place:
afghanistan
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Étienne Meunier (Benoît Magimel) is a young executive who has everything going for him. His career is skyrocketing and he is about to become #1 at work, he is married to a picture-perfect wife, has a dream home and money. To top it off, he's ...
Style:
neo noir, tense, suspenseful, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, haunted by the past, moral dilemma, promotion, under the surface, life turned upside down, breaking point, dishonesty, harassment, nudity, suffering, secret ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Tensions are high after a Danish freighter is captured and held for ransom by Somali pirates, leading to weeks of high-stakes negotiations – and an escalating potential for explosive violence.
Style:
psychological, bleak, suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot:
negotiation, pirate, hostage, terrorism, hijacking, sailor, manipulation, ransom, character study, moral dilemma, captivity, workplace ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
somalia, denmark, scandinavia
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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:
serious, captivating, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi occupation, wehrmacht, military, war, soldier, battles, danger, against the odds, nazi, world war, friendship ...
Time:
20th century, year 1940, 1940s
Place:
denmark, germany, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Battling insomnia and undiagnosed PTSD, a war veteran works nights as a projectionist at a decrepit theater. While struggling to adapt to civilian life, he soon finds himself tangled in an inescapable web of seduction, addiction, and violence.
Style:
bleak, dark, tense, captivating, intense ...
Plot:
veteran, ptsd, post traumatic stress disorder, obsession, post war, loneliness, drug, character study, war trauma, society, social relations, social misfits ...
Place:
afghanistan
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In the shadowy world of drone warfare, combat unfolds like a video game–only with real lives at stake. After six tours of duty, Air Force pilot Tom Egan now fights the Taliban from an air-conditioned bunker in the Nevada desert. But as he yearns ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, realistic, social, suspense ...
Plot:
drone, war, military, moral dilemma, murder, terrorism, taliban, suspicion, family relations, family problems, family life, u.s. air force ...
Time:
year 2014, year 2001, year 2010, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan, morocco, usa, nevada, las vegas ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, psychological, 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:
54%
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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, disturbing, captivating, thought provoking, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
soldier, iraq war, military, terrorist, war zone, sex scene, military officer, friendship, courage, brutality, danger, heroes ...
Place:
iraq, afghanistan, virginia
Similarity:
54%
16K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
British soldiers guarding the Kajaki Dam set out to rescue a three-man team after one of them loses a leg to a landmine.
Style:
bleak, exciting, tense, rough, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
war, soldier, war in afghanistan, minefield, bravery, military, british army, desert, danger, heroic mission, tough heroes, battle zone ...
Time:
year 2006, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan, middle east
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Jesper is a soldier in the German army, who reports for a new tour of duty in Afghanistan. His unit is to protect a village from the Taliban.
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
soldier, translator, culture clash, gain trust, danger, battle zone, friendship, war in afghanistan, military, village, murder, death threat ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan, pakistan, middle east
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Cyprus, Belgium, Lebanon, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
After an emotional exchange between a Lebanese Christian and a Palestinian refugee escalates, the men end up in a court case that gets national attention.
Style:
political, tense, psychological, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, courtroom, lawyer, trial, attorney, prejudice, racial tension, insult, court case, idealism, media coverage, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s
Place:
lebanon, middle east, maghreb, palestine, beirut lebanon
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, Jordan
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, perverse, psychological, suspense, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
soldier, occupation, military, small village, jihad, war zone, military life, wartime life, military base, life is a bitch, fight for supremacy, military service ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
iraq, middle east, afghanistan
Similarity:
52%
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:
thought provoking, realistic, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
war correspondent, journalism, anti war, military, idealism, danger, buddies, media, war on terror, war in afghanistan, journalist, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan
Similarity:
52%
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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, disturbing, serious, melancholic, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
brother brother relationship, family drama, relationships, brutality, politics, courage, depression, family relations, brothers, pow, family problems, presumed dead ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan, scandinavia, europe, denmark, california ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The R of the title stands for the young protagonist, Rune, fearlessly played by Pilou Asbæk. Imprisoned for violent assault, he's a cocky, good-looking young man placed in the hardcore ward, where his survival depends on quickly learning the ...
Style:
realistic, tense, captivating, rough, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, prison life, male pubic hair, friendship, gang, confined, warden, murder, violence, muslim, racial slur, nordic ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, europe
Similarity:
51%
170K
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, clever, suspense ...
Plot:
family drama, presumed dead, war, american soldier, adultery, marine, marital infidelity, brothers, released from prison, murder, dysfunctional family, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan, iraq, america, usa
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A defense attorney works to get his teenage client acquitted of murdering his wealthy father.
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspenseful, rough, tense ...
Plot:
lawyer, defense attorney, mother son relationship, legal action, murder, legal, courtroom, courtroom drama, death of father, trial, teenager, lie ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A young lawyer stumbles upon a vast conspiracy while investigating a brutal murder case.
Style:
psychological, captivating, atmospheric, surprise ending, surreal ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, lawyer, courtroom, childhood trauma, nazi, trial, nazi war criminal, murder, german history, public defender, revenge killing, german soldier ...
Time:
year 2001, 1940s, 20th century, year 2019, 2000s ...
Place:
berlin germany, germany, frankfurt germany, tuscany
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Shaurya, revolves around the lives of two close friends, both lawyers in the Indian army.Maj. Siddhant Chaudhary and Maj. Akash Kapoor.Siddhant is defending and Aakash is prosecuting a soldier,convicted for killing his commanding officer.An ...
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful, offbeat ...
Plot:
murder, courtroom, false accusation, disobey, courtroom drama, military life, friendship, legal, law enforcement, dishonesty, military, power relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Hard-nosed liberal lawyer Roman J. Israel has been fighting the good fight forever while others take the credit. When his partner – the firm’s frontman – has a heart attack, Israel suddenly takes on that role. He soon discovers some unsettling ...
Style:
inspirational, suspense, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom, court, murder, african american, civil rights, black, trial, moral dilemma, idealist, execution, courtroom drama ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Afghanistan. War correspondent Elsa Casanova is taken hostage by the Taliban. Faced with her imminent execution, a Special Forces unit is dispatched to free her. In some of the world’s most breathtaking yet hostile landscapes, a relentless pursuit ...
Style:
tense, exciting, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
taliban, military, chase, soldier, war zone, kidnapping, tough heroes, daring rescue, danger, rescue, swat team, survival ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan, pakistan
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Rick (Andrew W. Walker) is a man raised with solid American values, who was trained as a "special interrogator" in Iraq. He does and experiences things there that cause him PTSD. When he is debriefed by a therapist (Doc), strange things ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, slasher, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
interrogation, haunted by the past, held captive, danger, soldier, post traumatic stress disorder, murder, politics, terrorism, psychopath, survival, violence ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 21st century
Place:
iraq, usa, afghanistan, middle east
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Spain, Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After a failed assassination attempt, a soldier finds himself stranded in the desert. Exposed to the elements, he must survive the dangers of the desert and battle the psychological and physical toll of the treacherous conditions.
Style:
exciting, tense, psychological thriller, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
hallucination, desert, survival, u.s. marine, landmine, soldier, stranded, parent child relationship, war zone, military operation, wilderness survival, wilderness ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
afghanistan, middle east
Similarity:
49%
16K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
A loose remake of “12 Angry Men”, “12” is set in contemporary Moscow where 12 very different men must unanimously decide the fate of a young Chechen accused of murdering his step-father, a Russian army officer. Consigned to a makeshift jury ...
Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, intercultural, suspense ...
Plot:
jury, courtroom drama, racism, court case, hopes, murder, life is a bitch, family relations, teenage life, social differences, heroes, society ...
Time:
year 2007
Place:
russia, soviet union, chechnya, caucasus
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Three different men, three different worlds, three different wars – all stand at the intersection of modern warfare – a murky world of fluid morality where all is not as it seems.
Style:
brutal, disturbing, suspenseful, tense, rough ...
Plot:
ambush, military, war, pride and honor, army, friendship, military life, battle zone, morality, death, courage, bonding ...
Place:
middle east, afghanistan, canada
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA, India
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they've left the battlefield.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, sad ...
Plot:
military, post traumatic stress disorder, iraq war, sex scene, soldier, profanity, ptsd, haunted by the past, rage, homecoming, war zone, jihad ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
afghanistan, middle east, iraq
Similarity:
49%
363
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Alex, the son of a gang boss from Marseilles, joins the French Foreign Legion to avoid a hit put out on him by the Corsican Mafia. Four years later, Alex deserts and returns to Marseilles to get back together with Katia, his former girlfriend. But ...
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, serious ...
Plot:
gang, danger, family relations, parents and children, mafia, murder, father son relationship, lawyer, reprisal, rivalry, black, violent content ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
marseille, france
Similarity:
49%
352
Genre: Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A soldier is stuck in a combat zone after stepping on a mine.
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
desert, soldier, survival, danger, isolation, confined, deathtrap, minefield, war in afghanistan, holocaust, landmine, trapped ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan, middle east, morocco
Similarity:
49%
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, captivating, tense, independent film ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, homecoming, military, disability, under the surface, friendship, military hospital, soldier, post traumatic stress disorder, anti war, society, therapy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, iraq
Similarity:
49%
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