Movies like Sole Survivor 1970

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Sole Survivor (1970)
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Sole Survivor (1970)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: This story is loosely based on the discovery of the B-24 "Liberator" bomber the "Lady Be Good" that was found in the Libyan desert after the crew got lost on their 1st bombing mission to Italy
Style: psychotronic
Plot: world war two, airplane crash, haunted by the past, air disaster, aviation, desert, ghost story, haunted, world war, ghost, investigation, truck, pilot, baseball, car chase, afterlife, crash, spirit, helicopter, lie, photograph, air force, mission, aerial combat, war veteran ...
Place: libya

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Most similar movies to Sole Survivor

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, spiritual, touching and emotional films with plots about world war two, pilot, aviation, world war, ghost, haunted by the past and afterlife mostly in Drama, Fantasy and War genres. Some movies like Sole Survivor: The Starfighters (1964), One Day (2017), Fire and Rain (1989), The Hell with Heroes (1968), Nine Days (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Starfighters (1964)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: A young Air Force lieutenant falls in love with fighter planes while his father, a Congressman and war hero, yearns for him to fly heavy bombers.
Style: grindhouse, independent film
Plot: aviation, air force, u.s. air force, military, helicopter, fighter plane, target practice, jet plane, love, pilot, u.s. military, flying ...
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95%
 6.5
 644
One Day (2017)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A man, who witnessed his wife's suicide, gradually cures his emotional scars through a fateful encounter with the spirit of a woman in coma...
Style: psychological, captivating, sincere, disturbing
Plot: loss of wife, male female relationship, coma, suicide, witness, couple relations, relationships, seeing dead people, able to see the dead, bereavement, spirit, depressed man ...
Place: south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
 5.5
 151
Fire and Rain (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: This movie is based on the actual events on the tragic day of August 2nd, 1985. Delta Airlines flight 191 en route to Los Angeles Via Dallas Ft Worth took off from Ft Lauderdale, Fl. When the plane was landing in Ft Worth wind-shear from a strong ...
Plot: air disaster, airplane crash, aviation, thunderstorm, airplane accident, disaster, crash, cigarette smoking
Time: year 1985
Place: dallas texas, texas, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
The Hell with Heroes (1968)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: In 1946 North Africa, two former US Air Force pilots are forced to work for an international smuggler to get money needed for their return to civilian life after fighting in World War II.
Plot: world war two, world war, pilot, money, narcotics, ambition, murder, prospector, post war, smuggler, partnership, mistress ...
Time: 1940s, year 1946
Place: africa, algeria
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
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 6.8
 12K
Nine Days (2020)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A reclusive man conducts a series of interviews with human souls for a chance to be born.
Style: psychological, philosophical, melancholic, unusual plot structure, inspirational ...
Plot: solitude, destiny, humanity, life & death, life philosophy, mentor, alone in the world, honest, recluse, forgiveness, haunted by the past, hopes ...
Place: tibet
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
 7.2
 592
Decoration Day (1990)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A cantankerous widower (Garner) who is virtually living the life of a recluse is forced to rejoin his community when his Godchild (Skaggs) gets in trouble and a childhood friend (Cobbs), a black tenant farmer, refuses to belatedly accept a ...
Style: touching, sentimental, emotional, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: world war two, world war, friendship, family relations, couples, friends, interracial relations, society, human nature, hopes, opposites attract, introspection ...
Place: georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
Flight from Ashiya (1964)
Genre: Adventure, Romance, Drama, War
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Featuring an all-star cast and on-location shooting in Japan, where the story is set, three US Air Force rescue pilots must overcome their personal problems and differences to embark upon a dangerous mission to save raft-bound Japanese survivors ...
Style: exciting, captivating, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: world war two, aviation, flying, airplane, air disaster, world war, photojournalism, female journalist, exotic locale, pilot, u.s. air force, disaster ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: japan, the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
The Horror at 37,000 Feet (1973)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story: A commercial-jet captain (Chuck Connors) has ghosts on board from stones of an English abbey being shipped overseas.
Style: psychotronic, black and white, splatter, spooky, horror comedy ...
Plot: airplane, demon, aviation, religion, stewardess, flying, druid, supernatural, air disaster, folk horror, aeroplane, disaster ...
Time: 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
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 6.2
 352
Death Race (1973)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In the North African desert in World War II, a crippled American fighter plane that is unable to take off tries to evade and destroy a pursuing Nazi tank.
Plot: world war two, dystopia, world war, war, pursuit, desert, plane crash, stranded in the desert, airplane, pilot, minefield, tank ...
Place: africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
The Secret War of Jackie's Girls (1980)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An improbable story, but entertaining, of five American women pilots recruited in to the British RAF before the USA joined the war to fly a new top secret aircraft, which turns out to be helicopters, with a Hollywood mansion standing in for a ...
Plot: world war two, world war, helicopter, aviator, pilot, secret mission
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
 4.4
 316
Westender (2003)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Set in a fictional medieval world, this is the story of Asbrey of Westender. Once a great heroic knight, he has mysteriously fallen from grace. One night he drunkenly bets and loses his ring, his last possession of worth. He then embarks on a ...
Style: contemplative, serious, exciting, captivating
Plot: sword and sorcery, downfall, obsessive quest, haunted by the past, rivalry, redemption, danger, heroes, shrewd, intrigue
Time: middle ages
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
Miracle Landing (1990)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Cracks are noticed in the ceiling of an aircraft. They widen & a large portion of the fuselage tears off & an emergency landing attempted. Based on actual events.
Plot: disaster, aviation, airplane, aeroplane, apocalypse, crash landing, airplane accident, crew, airplane crash, panic, pilot, plane crash ...
Time: 20th century, year 1988, 80s
Place: hawaii
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
 6.7
 78K
Ghost Town (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Dentist, Bertram Pincus is a man whose people skills leave much to be desired. When Pincus dies unexpectedly, but is miraculously revived after seven minutes, he wakes up to discover that he now has the annoying ability to see ghosts.
Style: light, entertaining, feel good, humorous, witty ...
Audience: date night, chick flick
Plot: afterlife, ghost, supernatural, seeing dead people, haunted by the past, doctor, psychic, selflessness, self involved, untimely death, supernatural ability, character change ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, america, manhattan new york city, egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
 6.3
 39K
The Shack (2017)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada, Hong Kong
Duration: 132 min.
Story: After suffering a family tragedy, Mack Phillips spirals into a deep depression causing him to question his innermost beliefs. Facing a crisis of faith, he receives a mysterious letter urging him to an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. ...
Style: christian film, spiritual, philosophical, psychedelic, motivational ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: christian, god, forgiveness, depression, guilt, death of daughter, a vision, jesus, missing child, hate, death of child, faith ...
Time: year 2017
Place: tibet, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
Hitler Meets Christ (2007)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 76 min.
Story: Hitler Meets Christ premiered at the Cinequest Film Festival in 2007 and went on to play at other festivals internationally. Written as a play by Michael Moriarty entitled "Hitler and Christ meet Death at the Port Authority Bus Station" ...
Style: dark comedy, independent film
Plot: hitler, world war two, jesus, religion, train station
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
 5.7
 363
Hitler (1962)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The private life of Hitler revealed for the first time!
Style: independent film
Plot: world war two, nazi, hitler, intrigue, world war, myth, biopic, evil man
Time: 1930s, 1920s, 1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
The Singing Forest (2003)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story: Two lovers are killed during the Holocaust. One reincarnates first. He has a twenty two year old daughter who falls in love with who her father believes is his past life lover.
Style: serious, touching
Plot: reincarnation, gay, holocaust, past life, father daughter relationship, world war two, destiny, emaciation, lgbtqi, bachelor party, wedding, flashback ...
Time: 2000s, 1930s
Place: germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
 6.9
 2K
The Victors (1963)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 175 min.
Story: Intercutting dramatic vignettes with newsreel footage, the story follows the characters from an infantry squad as they make their way from Sicily to Germany during the end of World War II.
Style: tragic ending, epic
Plot: world war two, world war, christmas, wartime, american soldier, american abroad, u.s. military, infantry, army, generosity, anti war, firing squad ...
Time: 20th century, year 1963, 1940s
Place: france, berlin germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
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 6.5
 95K
Hereafter (2010)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: A supernatural thriller centered on three people -- a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy -- who are touched by death in different ways.
Style: sad, psychological, touching, emotional, suspense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: afterlife, psychic, natural disaster, disaster, journalist, supernatural ability, supernatural, survival, destiny, grief, death, dealing with death ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 2000s, year 2004, 21st century
Place: france, london, san francisco, bay area, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
Beautiful Dreamer (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A pilot (Egglesfield) gets shot down and gets amnesia, later on his stricken-with-grief wife (Langton) finds him in a small town and she is shocked that he doesn't remember her.
Style: emotional, touching, dramatic, serious, indie film ...
Plot: aviation, world war two, amnesia, pilot, false identity, happy ending, memory loss, male female relationship, waking up, father figure, medical examination, husband wife relationship ...
Time: post world war two, 50s
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
Escape of the Birdmen (1971)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: During WWII an American soldier sent to Norway to help with the escape of a scientist working on the atomic bomb for the Germans. Before they can escape they are captured and sent to a POW prison camp in an alpine castle. Cook must find a way to ...
Plot: world war two, escape, world war, prison escape, military prison, historical event, caper, prisoner, castle, broken leg, chess, prisoner of war camp ...
Time: year 1943
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
SST: Death Flight (1977)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: On its maiden flight, the crew of America's first supersonic transport learns that it may not be able to land, due to an act of sabotage and a deadly flu onboard.
Style: psychotronic, grindhouse
Plot: disaster, aviation, natural disaster, sabotage, airplane accident, ceo, sportscaster, pilot, engaged couple, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, crash landing, influenza ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Angel in the Family (2004)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Sarah Bishop and her estranged sister Beth are reunited after their father Buddy suffers a mild stroke. Buddy, who's never accepted the loss of his wife Lorraine, wants only one thing-to return home for Christmas. With sweet memories of a life ...
Style: emotional, touching, sweet, sentimental, christmas classics
Plot: christmas, afterlife, love, father daughter relationship, sister sister relationship, miraculous event, snow, christmas season, death of wife, loss of loved one, widower, christmas eve ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
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 7.5
 127K
Field of Dreams (1989)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield into a baseball diamond. He does, but the voice's directions don't stop -- even after the spirits of deceased ballplayers turn up to play.
Style: inspirational, feel good, sweet, sad, uplifting ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: baseball, ghost, hearing voices, regret, farmer, farm, small town, father son relationship, time travel, supernatural, magic realism, childhood ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1989, 70s
Place: iowa, minnesota, usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
 5.5
 14K
In Dreams (1999)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A suburban housewife learns that she has psychic connections to a serial killer, and can predict this person's motives through her dreams.
Style: psychological, suspense, scary, disturbing, intense ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, dream, supernatural, insanity, murder mystery, investigation, danger, supernatural ability, woman in danger, haunted by the past, nightmare ...
Time: 90s, year 1999
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
 7.1
 234K
Ghost (1990)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Sam Wheat is a banker, Molly Jensen is an artist, and the two are madly in love. However, when Sam is murdered by his friend and corrupt business partner Carl Bruner over a shady business deal, he is left to roam the earth as a powerless spirit. ...
Style: sentimental, romantic, touching, sweet, tear jerker ...
Audience: date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: afterlife, love story, ghost, love, love and romance, supernatural, life & death, psychic, death, supernatural romance, impossible love, psychic power ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 80s
Place: new york, persia, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, Ana, a sensitive seven-year-old girl in a rural Spanish hamlet is traumatized after a traveling projectionist screens a print of James Whale's 1931 "Frankenstein" for the village. The ...
Style: art house, surreal, visual, contemplative, atmospheric ...
Plot: childhood, coming of age, spanish civil war, children, surrealism, existentialism, art, imagination, magic realism, youth, innocence lost, civil war ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1973, year 1940
Place: spain, iberian peninsula, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
 5.0
 2K
Fortress (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: When the commander of the crew of a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber is killed in action in a raid over Sicily in 1943, his replacement, a young, naive pilot struggles to be accepted by the plane's already tight-knit Irish American crew.
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, tense
Plot: bomber, aerial combats, world war two, airplane, soldier, battles, military life, heroic mission, leadership, flying, aviation, war ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: sicily, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
The Explosive Generation (1961)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Peter Gifford is a likable, dedicated schoolteacher that teaches a senior life skills class. When student Janet Sommers brings up the topic of sex and dating, he asks students to write questions on the topic, and will cover them in the next class. ...
Style: realistic, serious, sexual, psychotronic
Plot: teacher, high school, couples, power relations, urban ghetto, teachers and students, high school life, teenage life, school, looking for sex, urban ghetto life, youth ...
Time: year 1961, 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
The Invisible (2002)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A teenager is assaulted and killed, but returns as a ghost to find his killer.
Style: atmospheric, psychological, suspenseful, tense, esoteric ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: ghost, investigation, murder, supernatural, danger, invisibility, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teenage life, young heroes, youth, coma, missing person ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
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