Movies like The Battle of the Eagles
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The Battle of the Eagles (1979)
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Original name: Partizanska eskadrila
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The first Yugoslav Partisan air force unit. Loosely based on historical facts.
Style:
epic, cult film
Plot:
world war two, world war, aviation, luftwaffe, combat, mountain, partisan, air battle, horse, airplane, nazi, train, army, violence, truck, rock, pilot, death, map, murder, battles, soldier, weapons, railway, fire ...
Time:
year 1942, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
former yugoslavia, yugoslavia
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Most similar movies to The Battle of the Eagles
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out epic, realistic, serious and exciting films with plots about world war two, nazi, battles, death, explosion, machine gun and soldier mostly in War, Drama and History genres. Some movies like The Battle of the Eagles: The Demolition Squad (1967), Kozara (1962), The Peaks of Zelengore (1976), Walter Defends Sarajevo (1972), Battle of Britain (1969). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
The Germans held the strategically important airport, where planes were taking off to bombard partisans positions. Headquarters of one a partisan unit sent a few commandos to blow up airplanes and airport in the air.
Style:
tension, suspenseful, tense, period piece, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, partisan, sabotage, resistance, covert operation, espionage, commando raid, guerilla warfare, sacrifice, loyalty, heroism, weapons ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
eastern europe, czechoslovakia, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
95%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
In June of 1942 Germans and their collaborators decide to get rid of partisans and their stronghold in the woods of Mount Kozara in Northern Bosnia. They encircle the mountain and begin the mop up operation. Out gunned and outnumbered the partisans ...
Style:
epic, crying, epic war, black and white
Plot:
world war two, partisan, mountain, world war, woods, fate, innocence, wounded, nazi collaborator, retribution, dead body, inhumanity ...
Time:
year 1942
Place:
bosnia, balkan, bosnia herzegovina, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
74%
Genre: War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
During the Battle of Sutjeska, partisan troops must endure 24 hours of big and heavy attacks on German units Ljubino grave, to the main Partisan units, with the wounded and the Supreme Headquarters, pulled out the ring that is tightened around them.
Style:
epic
Plot:
world war two, madness, brutality, burned alive, enemy, woman, weapons, battles, soldier, violence, blinded, pistol ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1943
Place:
former yugoslavia, bosnia herzegovina
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Valter brani Sarajevo (English: Walter Defends Sarajevo, German: Walter verteidigt Sarajewo) is a Yugoslav partisan drama film that takes place during World War. Walter Defends Sarajevo takes place in Sarajevo, Bosnia against the German withdrawal ...
Plot:
world war two, partisan, feeling, train, machine gun, police, disguise, trap, secret base, mountain, fight, traitor ...
Place:
bosnia, balkan, bosnia herzegovina, sarajevo
Similarity:
69%
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA, France, Spain
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the Nazi invasion of Britain.
Style:
epic, cult classic, realistic, exciting, spectacular ...
Plot:
world war two, aviation, luftwaffe, aerial combat, air battle, fighter pilot, raf, british history, fighter plane, battles, world war, nazi ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1940, 1930s
Place:
london, poland, england, english channel, europe ...
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A story of a boy, forced to grow mature before his time and to die too early because of the cruel war circumstances. This film is dedicated to all the children who have died during the National Liberation War.
Style:
crying
Plot:
world war two, partisan, soldier, children, battles, commander, child with gun, reprisal, combat, boy, machine gun, dog ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
former yugoslavia, bosnia
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
Uzice Republic a known as the 'first offensive', is a story about Serbia in 1941. Few months after German panzers forced Yugoslav Royal Army to capitulate, organized resistance is turning into massive uprising against occupying forces. ...
Style:
crying, epic
Plot:
world war two, partisan, mountain, world war, cannon, slaughter, heroes, exploding airplane, airplane, murder of an innocent person, innocent, river ...
Time:
year 1941, 1940s
Place:
former yugoslavia, serbia, london
Similarity:
62%
Genre: War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
German forces in Yugoslavia set out to destroy the stronghold of Tito with a traitor's help, but are overcome by Partisan resistance.
Style:
epic
Plot:
partisan, world war two, mountain, world war, legend, tank, letter, paratrooper, cinema, commander, tragic event, raid ...
Place:
former yugoslavia, bosnia
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In the conflict with the enemy in one battle lost in advance, the risk to die in vain, partisan Mitko Angelov, fleeing from the battlefield. He climbs onto the train and goes to see his mother, who has just returned from internment. When he returned ...
Plot:
world war two, partisan, murder, prison, train, horse, basement, machine gun, death, patrol, deserter, river ...
Place:
macedonia, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After the fall of the September Campaign of 1939, two Polish pilots are forced to fight for their nation in foreign battlefronts.
Style:
exciting, sincere
Plot:
aerial combat, air force, world war two, world war, aviation, soldier, courage, wartime life, danger, politics, rescue, battles ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
poland, britain, europe
Similarity:
58%
Genre: War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The film tells the story of the Battle of Sutjeska which occurred in Nazi-occupied Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1943.
Style:
mythical, crying, epic
Plot:
world war two, partisan, child, murder, nazi soldier, wound, mountain, parachutist, revolutionary war, rock climbing, balkan war, military ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943
Place:
former yugoslavia, bosnia herzegovina, bosnia
Similarity:
56%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
In this episodic WW II drama, a Yugoslavian youth attempts to escape from German soldiers. In the first scene, he stands amongst a group of refugees waiting for a train. One man, with no identification papers is accused of a petty crime and the ...
Style:
black and white
Plot:
partisan, world war two, black, death, fugitive, revolutionary, nazi, false accusation, wound, execution, cemetery, fight ...
Place:
serbia, balkan, eastern europe, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
55%
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, pilot, mission, bunker, tank, german soldier, airplane, woman, soldier, nurse ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944
Place:
germany
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When Norwegian resistance leader Lieutenant Erik Bergman reports the location of a German V-2 rocket fuel plant, the Royal Air Force's 633 Squadron is assigned the mission to destroy it. The plant is in a seemingly-impregnable location beneath ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, spectacular ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, fishing, war, aviation, crash landing, behind enemy lines, death of brother, nazi, resistance fighter, airplane crash, warplane, battles ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944
Place:
europe, scotland
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Yugoslavia, Italy, West Germany, USA, France, Croatia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In January 1943 the German army, afraid of an Allied invasion of the Balkans, launched a great offensive against Yugoslav Partisans in Western Bosnia. The only way out for the Partisan forces and thousands of refugees was the bridge on the river ...
Style:
epic, exciting, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, partisan, battles, military, war, holocaust, freedom, world war, machine gun, tank, revolutionary war, judaism ...
Time:
1940s, year 1969, year 1939, year 1944, year 1945 ...
Place:
former yugoslavia, croatia, bosnia, europe, germany
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Action, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In order to check the German offensive, Partizans send an elite team of explosive experts to blow up a strategically important bridge. Besides being heavily guarded, that bridge is almost indestructible and the only man who knows weak spots in the ...
Plot:
partisan, world war two, mountain, engineer, church, swamp, truck, traitor, nun, nazi, tank, mission ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
former yugoslavia
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
A Bridge Too Far tells the story of Operation Market Garden, the failed attempt by the allies to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland and allowing access over the Rhine into Germany. A combination of poor allied intelligence and ...
Style:
epic, realistic, breathtaking, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
world war two, war, behind enemy lines, wartime, tank, courage, military, combat, paratrooper, plan gone wrong, allies, mission ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944, 70s
Place:
germany, america, europe, netherlands, canada ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
In the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies stand ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New Year. To prevent this occurrence, Hitler orders an all out offensive to re-take French territory and capture the major port city of Antwerp. "The ...
Style:
epic, factual, tense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
manly, girls' night, kids, teens
Plot:
world war two, war, tank, nazi, epic battle, u.s. military, world war, battles, heroic mission, military, campaign, danger ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1944
Place:
belgium, america, europe, berlin germany, hawaii ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Wonderful war stories about Isidor Katanic, officer who spent his working life as a calligrapher writing to various documents. Resignation living at home, living with rampant wife and her son from a previous marriage, sloth. Very soon retire and go ...
Plot:
world war two, partisan, fish, pension, master, photograph, drowning, basement, murder, communist, sister, ss ...
Place:
bosnia, former yugoslavia, belgrade
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Estonia, Finland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The events of the war in 1944, from the Blue Hills to Sõrve Peninsula. Shown through the eyes of Estonian soldiers who had to pick sides and fight against fellow brothers. Choices have to be made, not only by the soldiers, but also by their loved ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, psychological
Plot:
world war two, nazi, military, eastern front, nazi soldier, german army, soldier, enemy, death, retreat, battles, world war ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944
Place:
estonia, europe, soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In WW2, a RAF squadron leader mourns the death of a comrade and receives a bombing mission against a secret Nazi V-2 rocket testing facility in France.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, raf, aviation, world war, military, flying, warplane, fighter plane, french resistance, aerial combat, space, luftwaffe ...
Time:
year 1969, 20th century
Place:
england, europe, france
Similarity:
46%
Genre: War, Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Immediately after the war, OZNA insert an outstanding intelligence agent to catch the General Draza Mihajlovic.
Style:
epic
Plot:
world war two, trap, partisan, drinking, wedding, spy, girl, secret, fear, murder, blood, machine gun ...
Time:
year 1945
Place:
former yugoslavia, bosnia, serbia
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.
Style:
epic, serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, fighter pilot, aerial combats, airplane, interracial relations, war, military, military life, discrimination, black history, propaganda, african american ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 2012, year 1944, year 1942
Place:
europe, cuba, italy, pentagon, seattle ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Two best friends, former Partisans, must face new challenges after the war.
Style:
tension, suspense, political, period piece
Plot:
world war two, partisan, mission, resistance, sabotage, post war, danger, dangerous mission, friendship, brotherhood, bravery, loyalty ...
Time:
post world war two
Place:
former yugoslavia
Similarity:
41%
Genre: War, Drama
Country: Yugoslavia, West Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In an atmosphere of WWII, a village dyer wants to help his folks in their sorrow and distress by supplying them with the black paint, but there is not enough black paint for all of them, because death works faster than the dyer. His wife was raped, ...
Style:
epic
Plot:
world war two, mountain, village, hell, photograph, mass murder, chaos, nazi, sniper, church, tragic event, catastrophe ...
Time:
year 1941
Place:
serbia
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The Soviet army breaks through the Finnish defences on the Karelian Isthmus in June 1944, advancing with overwhelming force. Somehow, the Finnish troops must find the strength to fight back, with all odds against them. The Battle of Tali-Ihantala ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
world war two, soldier, military, battles, against the odds, heroes, wartime life, rivalry, war, tank, battlefield, all male cast ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
finland, europe, russia, soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A searing portrait of war and prejudice, 'Only the Brave' takes you on a haunting journey into the hearts and minds of the forgotten heroes of WWII - the Japanese-American 100th/442nd.
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, battles, soldier, survival, military life, society, danger, daring rescue, war, heroic mission, battle zone, world war ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
france, europe, italy, usa, hawaii
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Croatia
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The story about the Bleiburg massacre, seen from a Croatian Home Defenders point of view.
Plot:
world war two, partisan, massacre, escape, soldier, blood, fear, machine gun, propaganda, revenge, violence, death ...
Time:
year 1945
Place:
croatia
Similarity:
39%
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, f word
Plot:
bomber, world war two, aerial combats, soldier, airplane, battles, military life, heroic mission, leadership, flying, aviation, war ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
sicily, europe
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Yugoslavia, USA, Liechtenstein
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Yugoslav partisans battle Nazi invaders in a series of bloody confrontations which eventually culminate in the Battle at Hell River.
Plot:
world war two, partisan, world war, military, mass murder, mountain, traitor, skiing, brother, hanging, wound, factory ...
Time:
year 1941
Place:
former yugoslavia, serbia
Similarity:
39%
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