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Operation Leopard (1980)
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Operation Leopard (1980)
Original name: La légion saute sur Kolwezi
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In May 1978, the mining town of Kolwezi in Katanga, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo, the former Belgian Congo) is under attack from a group of communist guerillas coming from nearby Angola. The Europeans who work for the Belgian mining company and the Blacks who live in the town are taken as hostages by the invaders, who start a blood bath, shooting Europeans as well as Africans. Many of the Europeans being French, the French decide to organize a counter-attack, and to send a Regiment of Paratroopers from the Foreign Legion. The movie follows the stories of Delbart, a former non-commissioned officer, who was about to go back to France with his African wife and his child, Damrémont, who was Delbart's replacement, Bia, a Zairian doctor, and Annie, an American married to a Belgian engineer as well as Non com Legion officer Federico and the French Ambassador and the Military Attaché.
Style: cult film
Plot: parachutist, foreign legion, french foreign legion, military, conflict, african, conservative, combat, jungle, paratrooper, tough guy, soldier, rescue, heat wave, parachute, imperialism, french military, french soldier, commando raid, town, parachute drop, group, war, uniform, firearm ...
Place: africa, congo
Keyword: french

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Most similar movies to Operation Leopard

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, rough and exciting films with plots about military, soldier, war, battles, heroes, world war two and military life mostly in War, Drama and Adventure genres. Some movies like Operation Leopard: The Crab-Drum (1977), The 317th Platoon (1965), March or Die (1977), Good Work (1999), Break-through (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Crab-Drum (1977)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A dying French naval frigate captain tries to make a last rendezvous in the winter storm-tossed seas off the Grand Banks, with "le crabe tambour," a French war hero he had betrayed twenty years earlier. "Le crabe tambour" ...
Style: contemplative, captivating, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Plot: military, world war two, indochina war, marine, soldier, tropics, black cat, french military, courtroom, french soldier, naval officer, french army ...
Time: 60s, 70s, 1950s, 50s
Place: algeria, atlantic ocean, france, newfoundland, indochina ...
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95%
The 317th Platoon (1965)
Genre: War
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In Vietnam, 1954, a French platoon isolated behind enemy lines tries to come back. It is led by the inexperienced, idealistic sous-lieutenant Torrens, and by adjutant Willsdorf, a WWII veteran of the Werhmacht.
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, bleak, rough ...
Plot: vietnam war, military, war trauma, indochina war, soldier, parachute drop, jungle warfare, dying man, cold war, tropics, french soldier, behind enemy lines ...
Time: 20th century, year 1954, 1950s
Place: cambodia, indochina, vietnam, southeast asia, asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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March or Die (1977)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The French Foreign Legion, in the early 20s, is tasked to protect a group of Archaeologists in the middle east. After scenes depicting the hardship of day-to-day Foreign Legion life, and the ragtag collection of people who join, the local Arabs take ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: foreign legion, archaeologist, french foreign legion, military, obsessive quest, world war one, rescue, adventurer, danger, treasure hunt, heroic mission, war ...
Time: 1910s, 1920s, 20th century
Place: morocco, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 7.3
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Good Work (1999)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Foreign Legion officer, Galoup, recalls his once glorious life, leading troops in the Gulf of Djibouti. His existence there was happy, strict and regimented, but the arrival of a promising young recruit, Sentain, plants the seeds of jealousy in ...
Style: surreal, harsh, realistic, touching, serious ...
Plot: foreign legion, military, military training, gay, soldier, french foreign legion, desert, obsession, transformation, lgbt, battles, discipline ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
Place: africa, france, south africa, east africa, salt lake city utah ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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Break-through (2006)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Russian paratroopers company meets superior forces of Chechen separatists during raid in mountains and accept uphill battle with no chance to survive. Based on Battle for Height 776.
Style: suspense, tense, disturbing
Plot: reconnaissance, russian soldier, soldier, paratrooper, combat, mission, wartime life, struggle for survival, commando mission, showdown, fight, heroic mission ...
Place: chechnya, caucasus
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
A Captain's Honor (1982)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 117 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: captivating, bleak, disturbing, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: military, indochina war, courtroom, french algerian war, wartime life, military life, false accusation, righting the wronged, obsessive quest, couple relations, rebellion, heroes ...
Time: 80s, 70s, 20th century, 60s, year 1957
Place: algeria, france, brittany
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Fort Saganne (1984)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France
Duration: 180 min.
Story: In 1911, a willful and determined man from peasant stock named Charles Saganne enlists in the military and is assigned to the Sahara Desert under the aristocratic Colonel Dubreuilh.
Style: epic, exciting, realistic, serious
Plot: foreign legion, french foreign legion, military, world war one, war, dictatorship, dictator, imperialism, colonialism, native, feminism, bigamy ...
Time: 1910s
Place: africa, paris france, france, europe, algeria ...
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52%
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Deserter (2002)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Unlikely friends in a melting pot of confusion. Simon Murray fights for the French Foreign Legion. Pascal Dupont fights for himself. War torn men question honour, hope, morality...because you can desert everything...except yourself.
Style: serious, realistic, touching, tense
Plot: french foreign legion, military, war, introspection, military life, moral dilemma, hopes, soldier, idealism, rivalry, friendship, infantrymen ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1960
Place: algeria, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Lost Command (1966)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: The film begins with the final moments of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954, when the final assault of Viet Minh is imminent. The weakened French garrison awaits reinforcements that arrive with a single plane under the command of Major De ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, bleak
Audience: boys' night
Plot: algerian war, vietnam war, military, terrorism, revolution, struggle, conflict, revolutionary, freedom, african, cold war, french foreign legion ...
Time: year 1966, 1940s, year 1954
Place: algeria, africa, vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Taxi for Tobruk (1961)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Spain, West Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story: During World War II, French Commandos join forces with a German officer in order to survive the African desert.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, road movie, rough ...
Plot: world war two, war, desert, friendship, soldier, military, tank, anti war, world war, holocaust, courage, german officer ...
Time: 1940s, year 1942
Place: africa, france, libya, north africa, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
The Honors of War (1961)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: This is August 1944. In France the times are uncertain and some places can be in turns liberated by the Allies and reclaimed by the Occupiers. The place is Nanteuil, a provincial town. The German troops present there are exhausted and leaderless and ...
Plot: american soldier, partisan, village, u.s. army, wehrmacht, german soldier, nazi soldier, french soldier, soldier, world war two, military, liberation ...
Time: year 1944
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47%
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The Wild Geese (1978)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Switzerland, UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story: A British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and sends them in to save the virtuous but imprisoned opposition leader who is also critically ill and ...
Style: exciting, harsh, tense, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, mercenary, betrayal, battles, rescue, politics, political unrest, behind enemy lines, political corruption, against the odds, danger, heroes ...
Time: 20th century, year 1978, 70s
Place: africa, zimbabwe, south africa, england, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Beau Geste (1966)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Beau, John, and Digby Geste are three inseparable, adventurous brothers who haven been adopted into the wealthy household of Lady Brandon. When money in the uppercrust household grows tight, Lady Brandon is forced to sell her most treasured jewel ...
Plot: foreign legion, french foreign legion, jewel theft, lonely, military, legion, medieval, gay interest, brother, soldier, male male relationship, homosexual subtext ...
Time: year 1966, 1800s, 1900s
Place: north africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Camp de Thiaroye (1988)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Senegal, Algeria, Tunisia
Duration: 157 min.
Story: A historical drama based on the Thiaroye transit camp massacre, Camp de Thiaroye dismantles the myth of colonial assimilation to expose ingrained social and cultural mechanisms of racism, exploitation, and privilege. In 1944, the French army ...
Style: disturbing, bleak, realistic, serious, thought provoking
Plot: racism, black, prison, urban, imperialism, historical event, african, blaxploitation, racial issues, prison escape, interracial relations, soldier ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: africa, senegal, france
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45%
The Dogs of War (1980)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Mercenary James Shannon, on a reconnaissance job to the African nation of Zangaro, is tortured and deported. He returns to lead a coup.
Style: suspense, intense, harsh, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mercenary, revolution, war, gunfight, torture, military, commando, soldier, covert operation, undercover, jail cell, espionage ...
Time: year 1980, 80s
Place: africa, london, new york, central america, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Merrill's Marauders (1962)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill leads the 3,000 American volunteers of his 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), aka "Merrill's Marauders", behind Japanese lines across Burma to Myitkyina, pushing beyond their limits and fighting ...
Style: bleak, rough, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, war, military, great war, conflict, world war, battles, soldier, swamp, jungle warfare, pacific war, campaign ...
Time: 1940s, year 1962, year 1944
Place: burma, japan, asia, pacific ocean, southeast asia
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41%
Black and White in Color (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Côte d'Ivoire, France, West Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 90 min.
Story: French colonists in Africa, several months behind in the news, find themselves at war with their German neighbors. Deciding that they must do their proper duty and fight the Germans, they promptly conscript the local native population. Issuing them ...
Style: biting, cynical, realistic, semi serious, witty ...
Plot: world war one, colonialism, great war, war, imperialism, african, world war, blaxploitation, satire, soldier, military, french colonialism ...
Time: year 1976, 20th century, 1910s, year 1914, year 1915
Place: africa
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41%
The Beast of War (1988)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: During the war in Afghanistan a Soviet tank crew commanded by a tyrannical officer find themselves lost and in a struggle against a band of Mujahadeen guerrillas in the mountains.
Style: realistic, bleak, sexy, gothic, retro ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: tank, politics, desert, military, soldier, soviet afghanistan war, vengeance, war in afghanistan, international relations, revenge, brutality, world war two ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
Place: afghanistan, middle east
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40%
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Kippur (2000)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story: The film takes place in 1973 during the Yom Kippur War in which Egypt and Syria launched attacks in Sinai and the Golan Heights. The story is told from the perspective of Israeli soldiers. We are led by Weinraub and his friend Ruso on a day that ...
Style: tense, disturbing, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot: rescue, soldier, military life, military, life is a bitch, danger, battle zone, realism, conflict, israeli, revolutionary war, revolution ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place: israel, middle east, palestine, iraq, syria ...
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40%
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Morenga (1985)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: West Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Based on a novel of the same title by Uwe Timm and set in 1904 in South Africa, this is an uneven tale of war and intrigue between native South Africans, German colonialists, and British colonialists, a war no one really wins. Gottschalk (Jacques ...
Plot: german history, imperialism, desert, mass murder, genocide, military officer, brutality, german officer, killing, paratrooper, injustice, rebel ...
Time: 1900s
Place: africa, namibia
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39%
Farewell to the King (1989)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: An American soldier who escapes the execution of his comrades by Japanese soldiers in Borneo during WWII becomes the leader of a personal empire among the headhunters in this war story told in the style of Joseph Conrad and Rudyard Kipling. The ...
Style: epic, serious, exciting, rough, independent film ...
Plot: world war two, jungle, island, vengeance, survival, betrayal, soldier, military, u.s. navy, revenge, british, conquistador ...
Time: 1940s, year 1989, 20th century
Place: japan, asia, southeast asia, usa, manila philippines ...
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39%
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Play Dirty (1969)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The Dirty Dozen meet the Stiff Upper Lip. A British Petroleum executive (Michael Caine) is assigned to work with the British Army in North Africa handling port duties for incoming fuels.
Style: rough, realistic, serious, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, war, military, world war, desert, unhappy ending, machine gun, tank, mission, man on a mission, combat, nazi ...
Time: year 1969
Place: africa, germany, england, europe, egypt ...
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38%
Hornblower: Duty (2003)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The Hornblower series is based on C.S. Forester's classic maritime adventures - the story of one young man's struggle to become a leader of men. Set against the back drop of the 18th century Anglo-French wars, the bloodiest time in British ...
Style: exciting, rough, suspenseful, serious, period piece ...
Plot: ship, napoleonic wars, ship captain, military, sea battle, battles, military life, couples, danger, rescue, treason, heroes ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s
Place: switzerland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Behind Enemy Lines (1986)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Col. Carradine leads a group of American P.O.W.s, battling their way to freedom as Saigon falls to the Viet Cong.
Style: independent film, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vietnam war, cannon, conflict, special forces, bomb, jungle warfare, prisoner of war camp, battles, escape, violent content, nudity, rescue ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1973, 70s
Place: vietnam
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The Desert of the Tartars (1976)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Lieutenant Giovanni Drogo is assigned to the old Bastiani border fortress where he expects an imminent attack by nomadic fearsome Tartars.
Style: atmospheric, psychological, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Plot: desert, military, destiny, war, fortress, literary, conformity, french foreign legion, minimalism, battles, isolation, soldier ...
Time: year 1976, 1910s, 70s, turn of the century
Place: austria
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Dark of the Sun (1968)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A band of mercenaries led by Captain Curry travel through the Congo across deadly terrain, battling rival armies, to rescue $25 million in uncut diamonds.
Style: grindhouse, realistic, serious, exciting, political thriller ...
Plot: mercenary, military, soldier, man on a mission, shootout, commando, cold war, world war two, african, colonialism, revolution, crisis ...
Time: 50s, 60s, year 1964
Place: africa, congo
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Warriors Five (1962)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy, France, Yugoslavia
Duration: 87 min.
Story: World War II Italy...1943. After parachuting behind enemy lines on an espionage mission, an American soldier is imprisoned by the enemy. He escapes with four Italian prisoners, enlisting their aid in exploding a bridge.
Style: macaroni combat, serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, anarchy, paratrooper, military, soldier, prison, escape, espionage, prostitute, heroes, against humanity, escapades ...
Place: germany, italy
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35%
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Road to Berlin (2015)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A story about two young men during the last days of WWII.
Style: rough, exciting, captivating, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, military, male bonding, soldier, friendship, violence, society, fascism, friendship between men, war, world war, soviet army ...
Time: 1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The War Lover (1962)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Buzz Rickson is a dare-devil World War II bomber pilot with a death wish. Failing at everything not involving flying, Rickson lives for the most dangerous missions. His crew lives with this aspect of his personality only because they know he always ...
Style: sex comedy, realistic, serious, vintage
Audience: manly
Plot: aviation, bomber, flying, world war, aerial combat, airplane, war, luftwaffe, wartime, colonialism, foreign legion, legion ...
Time: 1940s
Place: iraq, english channel, germany, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Raid on Rommel (1971)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Captain Foster plans on raiding German-occupied Tobruk with hand- picked commandos, but a mixup leaves him with a medical unit led by a Quaker conscientious objector. Despite all odds they succeed with their mission. On the way they pick up and drug ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, world war, war, nazi, commando, holocaust, desert, battles, british soldier, military life, heroic mission, captivity ...
Time: year 1971, year 1943
Place: africa, libya
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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