Movies like Desert Commandos

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Desert Commandos (1967)
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Desert Commandos (1967)
Original name: Attentato ai tre grandi
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story: German commandos are dropped behind enemy lines in the Sahara Desert tasked with getting to Casablanca in an assassination attempt on allied leaders.
Style: grindhouse, macaroni combat, cult film
Plot: world war two, world war, combat, war, man on a mission, horse, airplane, assassin, soldier, gunfight, trap, death of protagonist, german soldier, chase, assassination attempt, commando, british, camel, parachute, ambush, enemy, small town, machine gun, last stand, war violence ...
Place: middle east
Keyword: german

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Most similar movies to Desert Commandos

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, macaroni combat and suspenseful films with plots about world war two, world war, battles, soldier, war, combat and military mostly in Drama, War and Action genres. Some movies like Desert Commandos: From Hell to Victory (1979), Heroes in Hell (1974), Hell in Normandy (1968), War Fever (1969), The Biggest Battle (1978). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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From Hell to Victory (1979)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story: From Hell To Victory follows the relationship of six friends throughout the Second World War. They meet in a cafe in Paris on 24th August 1939 and agree to meet there on the same day every year. The war however takes them on their own individual ...
Style: spectacular, macaroni combat
Plot: world war two, world war, combat, machine gun, scuba diving, soldier, battles, commando, childhood, nazi, french soldier, war violence ...
Time: 1940s, year 1979, 1930s
Place: france, amsterdam, paris france
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95%
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Heroes in Hell (1974)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 83 min.
Story: In World War II, guerrillas kidnap a German general.
Style: perverse, macaroni combat
Plot: world war two, combat, world war, shootout, woods, exploitation, truck, adultery, soldier, machine gun, violence, bare breasts ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Hell in Normandy (1968)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The movie is set during World War II in the days just prior to the D-Day invasion. A special parachute unit is sent to destroy a German flame thrower installation on Omaha Beach.
Style: macaroni combat
Plot: world war two, combat, world war, man on a mission, holocaust, invasion, beach, battles, death of protagonist, military, fire, water ...
Time: 1940s
Place: normandy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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 280
War Fever (1969)
Genre: War, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A twist of fate leads a recent Westpoint grad into being responsible for the execution of two fellow American GIs. The young lieutenant comes of age, and the two battle hardened veterans achieve a state of grace through acts of sacrifice.
Style: macaroni combat
Plot: world war two, world war, man on a mission, combat, german army, chaplain, cigarette smoking, small town, prisoner, firing squad, ambush, death of child ...
Time: 1940s
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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The Biggest Battle (1978)
Genre: War, Drama
Country: Italy, West Germany, Yugoslavia
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A story of how World War II affected the lives of a German family and an American family, both of whom had sons and fathers fighting in the war.
Style: macaroni combat, exciting, rough, bleak, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, world war, battles, nazi, revolutionary, freedom, revolution, combat, struggle, revolutionary war, soldier, computers and web ...
Time: 1940s, year 1978
Place: africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Commandos (1968)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Sgt. Sullivan puts together a group of Italian-Americans into disguise as Italian soldiers in order to infiltrate a North African camp held by the Italians. After the soldiers have knifed the Italians in their beds, they find a hooker living at the ...
Style: grindhouse, macaroni combat, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, combat, world war, tank, man on a mission, iconoclastic, battles, heroes, soldier, military base, violent content, weapon system ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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The Steel Claw (1961)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A Marine stationed in the Philippines loses a hand in an accident and is discharged from the Corps. When the Japanese invade the Philippines, he is called back into service to rescue a general held by Filipino guerrillas behind Japanese lines. ...
Style: independent film
Plot: world war two, world war, combat, war, bare chested male, shootout, commando mission, pow, battles, ambush, japanese army, behind enemy lines ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Hornets' Nest (1970)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: An American commando who's the sole survivor of a parachute jump into WWII-era Italy leads a group of children in a campaign of sabotage against the Nazis.
Style: grindhouse, macaroni combat, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Plot: world war two, world war, war, combat, machine gun, youth, man on a mission, kidnapping, battles, soldier, military, teenage life ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944
Place: italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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A Bullet for Rommel (1969)
Genre: War, Drama
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story: During World War II, a tough officer organizes a commando raid into Germany.
Style: macaroni combat
Plot: world war two, world war, commando, woman, german soldier, pilot, bunker, tank, mission, weapons, blood, train ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1944
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Dirty Heroes (1967)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Set near the end of World War II in the Netherlands, Dirty Heroes concerns a group of ex-convicts recruited into the U.S. Army to recover Dutch jewels originally stolen by the Nazis as well as confiscated Allied plans
Style: exciting, macaroni combat, grindhouse, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, world war, wartime, exploitation, holocaust, prisoner, battles, escapades, soldier, danger, confined, chases and races ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: holland, europe, amsterdam, netherlands
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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 ⇓
45%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Hell Is for Heroes (1962)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: World War II drama where the action centers around a single maneuver by a squad of GIs in retaliation against the force of the German Siegfried line. Reese joins a group of weary GIs unexpectedly ordered back into the line when on their way to a ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: world war two, military, war, battles, infantry, soldier, american abroad, rebellion, military life, heroic mission, world war, fighting the system ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1962, year 1944
Place: germany, iraq, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The Secret Invasion (1964)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: During World War II, convicts are recruited by the Allies for an extremely hazardous mission.
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: world war two, commando raid, world war, war, friendly fire, man on a mission, tunnel, prison, commando, ira, battles, heroes ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: europe, former yugoslavia, balkan, italy, cairo egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Operation Crossbow (1965)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Allied agents infiltrate the Nazi rocket complex at Peenemunde in order to obtain their secrets and sabotage the plant.The film alternates between German developments of the V-1 missile and V-2 rocket (with a German cast speaking their own language) ...
Style: political thriller, retro, cult classic, suspense, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, undercover, spy thriller, espionage, nazi, british, world war, luftwaffe, great war, machine gun, aviation, man on a mission ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: germany, england, london, europe, big ben london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
The Battle of the Last Panzer (1969)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The film looks through the eyes of the German offense during World War II, specifically a German tank crew who, after losing a battle, struggle to get home.
Style: macaroni combat
Plot: world war two, tank, revolutionary war, world war, war, freedom, revolution, revolutionary, struggle, u.s. army, german soldier, bombing ...
Time: 1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Breakthrough (1979)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: West Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Starting in late May 1944, during the German retreat on the Eastern Front, Captain Stransky (Helmut Griem) orders Sergeant Steiner (Richard Burton) to blow up a railway tunnel to prevent Russian forces from using it. Steiner's platoon fails in ...
Plot: world war two, eastern front, world war, nazi, military, revolutionary, revolution, struggle, ss, holocaust, freedom, revolutionary war ...
Time: 1940s, year 1979, year 1944, 20th century
Place: normandy, france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
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, suspense, intense, stylized, tense ...
Plot: world war two, war, military, survival, nazi, commando, wartime, battles, task force, double agent, spy, world war ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1978
Place: former yugoslavia, italy, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Dear Elza! (2014)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Hungary
Duration: 96 min.
Story: "Mankind is nature's greatest mistake. In his actions echoes millions of years of instinct and a few genius's idea's useless revolution." End of 1942, eastern front, Ukraine. Private Lombos, tied to his family and his ...
Plot: world war two, eastern front, world war, homesickness, shootout, army, behind enemy lines, pow, combat, journal, translator, forest ...
Time: year 1942
Place: soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
The Quick and the Dead (1963)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Pretty intense war-action drama about a small group of soldiers who capture a German observation post, but in turn are captured themselves. They soon escape and--with the aid of two women--try to fight their way to safety.
Style: independent film
Plot: world war two, cowboy, soldier, behind enemy lines, shootout, doctor, pistol, machine gun, chase, escape, on the run, violence ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
The Boys from St. Petri (1991)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A group of school-mates form a resistance group in nazi-occupied Denmark.
Plot: world war two, children, wartime life, world war, war, nazi, sabotage, resistance, high school, teenager
Time: 1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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War Hunt (1962)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Recruits head to the front lines towards the close of the Korean War. The interaction between two of the soldiers...an idealistic newcomer and a psychotic who goes on one-man patrols slitting enemy throats under cover of night...and the orphan boy ...
Style: neo noir, serious, realistic, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot: korean war, world war two, soldier, psychopath, heroes, innocence lost, idealism, buddies, danger, obsession, military, army investigation ...
Time: year 1962, 50s, 1950s, year 1953
Place: iraq, korea, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Eagles Over London (1969)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The British High Command finds itself in the thick of a huge dilemma when it is realized that they have long been infiltrated by spies from a German intelligence group. This all happens during the preliminary stages of the Battle of Britain.
Style: macaroni combat, captivating, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: luftwaffe, world war two, soldier, combat, world war, revolution, freedom, revolutionary, struggle, revolutionary war, evacuation, superior officer ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1940
Place: london, england, france, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Brothers of War (2015)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story: When a bitter rivalry between two brothers finally erupts into bloody, life-changing violence it is younger bother Greg who signs up for frontline battle in France. Greg discovers a world of uncompromising brutality as we follow him on his journey ...
Style: suspense, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: world war two, sibling relationship, sibling rivalry, violence, soldier, british soldier, german soldier, brutality, brother, torture, enemy, brother brother relationship ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s, year 1939, year 1943
Place: germany, united kingdom, england, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Hell Commandos (1969)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Spanish-Italian war movie.
Style: macaroni combat
Plot: world war two, world war, nazi officer, group, mission, nazi, commando, female fighter, behind enemy lines, infiltration, covert operation, military training
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
El Alamein - The Line of Fire (2002)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story: War seen through the eyes of Serra, a university student from Palermo who volunteers in 1942 to fight in Africa. He is assigned to the Pavia Division on the southern line in Egypt. Rommel and the Axis forces are bogged down; it's October, the ...
Style: serious, bleak, realistic, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: war, world war two, military, soldier, battles, friendship, danger, wartime life, military life, british army, behind enemy lines, introspection ...
Time: 1940s, year 1942, 20th century
Place: middle east, egypt, africa, alexandria egypt, palermo italy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Battle at Bloody Beach (1961)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: This is only the second Audie Murphy movie set in WWII after his autobiographical "To Hell and Back." Here Murphy steps out of his usual kid-Western role to play a civilian working for the Navy helping supply guerilla insurgents in the ...
Plot: world war two, war, showdown, jungle warfare, jungle, battlefield, japanese soldier, death of mother, island, shark, shipwreck, japanese army ...
Time: year 1961
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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 ⇓
28%
The Battle of the Eagles (1979)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 130 min.
Story: The first Yugoslav Partisan air force unit. Loosely based on historical facts.
Style: epic
Plot: world war two, world war, aviation, luftwaffe, partisan, combat, air battle, mountain, horse, truck, train, murder ...
Time: year 1942, 20th century, 1940s
Place: former yugoslavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Weekend at Dunkirk (1964)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 119 min.
Story: In June 1940, during the Dunkirk evacuation of Allied troops to England, French sergeant Julien Maillat and his men debate whether to evacuate to Britain or stay and fight the German troops that are closing-in from all directions. - from IMDB
Plot: world war two, french army, revolutionary war, wartime, submarine, kriegsmarine, revolutionary, freedom, struggle, revolution, war, car wreck ...
Time: year 1940
Place: france, dunkirk, english channel, flanders
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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