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Dirty Heroes (1967)
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Original name: Dalle Ardenne all'inferno
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, grindhouse, macaroni combat, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, world war, holocaust, prisoner, wartime, exploitation, war, military, battles, soldier, chases and races, escapades, vengeance, rivalry, danger, confined, love, nazi, civil war, partisan, ss, diamond, robbery, double agent, occupation ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 40s
Place:
holland, europe, amsterdam, netherlands
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Most similar movies to Dirty Heroes
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and exciting films with plots about world war two, danger, war, military, soldier, battles and world war mostly in War, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Dirty Heroes: Commandos (1968), Tobruk (1967), Code Name: Emerald (1985), Miracle of the White Stallions (1963), Eagles Over London (1969). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 98 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, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, combat, world war, tank, last stand, iconoclastic, man on a mission, heroes, soldier, battles, military base, violent content ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
africa
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In September 1942, the German Afrika Korps under Rommel have successfully pushed the Allies back into Egypt. A counter-attack is planned, for which the fuel dumps at Tobruk are a critical impediment. In order to aid the attack, a group of British ...
Style:
spectacular, serious, realistic, tense, exciting ...
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boys' night
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world war two, war, military, soldier, desert, world war, espionage, prisoner, commando, secret mission, tank, british military ...
Time:
1940s, year 1967, year 1942, 20th century
Place:
africa, libya, egypt
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In april 1944, an allied agent is sent to France in order to rescue an "overlord" captured by the Germans. (An "overlord" is one of the few men who knew the date and place of the "D" day). To achieve this goal, he will ...
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suspenseful, serious, realistic
Plot:
world war two, world war, double agent, spy, cell mate, revolutionary war, struggle, revolutionary, nazi officer, mole, covert operation, man on a mission ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, year 1985, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france, europe, london, berlin germany
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100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, War
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In WWII Austria, Col. Alois Podhajsky must protect his beloved Lipizzaner stallions and make sure that they are surrendered into the right hands. But Patton's something of a horse fancier and can help...if he sees the stallions perform.
Style:
realistic, serious, disturbing, sincere
Audience:
pre-teens
Plot:
world war two, horse, stallion, struggle, freedom, school, horse riding, revolutionary, animal, revolution, revolutionary war, miraculous event ...
Time:
year 1963, 1940s, year 1945
Place:
austria, europe, vienna
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 100 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, suspenseful, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, luftwaffe, soldier, combat, world war, freedom, revolution, revolutionary war, revolutionary, struggle, evacuation, aerial combats ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1940
Place:
london, england, britain, france
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42%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Set in the Philippines during WW II, two U.S. Army officers are caught and shot by a Japanese officer. One survives and soon joins with a guerrilla troop to battle the enemy... and get revenge.
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, bleak, rough ...
Plot:
world war, soldier, war, rivalry, danger, heroes, military, vengeance, escapades, confined, against the odds, battles ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
the philippines, japan
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
During WWII, a three-man commando team places its trust in the hands of a band of Filipino resistors, as they try to knock out a Japenese communication center.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, tense, psychotronic ...
Plot:
world war two, espionage, danger, war, anti war, escapades, mission, world war, liberation, reconnaissance, battles, soldier ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
the philippines, japan, asia, usa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: War, Drama
Country: Italy, West Germany, Yugoslavia
Duration: 90 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, bleak, rough, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, world war, battles, nazi, combat, revolution, struggle, revolutionary, revolutionary war, soldier, computers and web, destiny ...
Time:
1940s, year 1978
Place:
africa
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A group of Slave workers, drafted by the Nazis to help construct their coastal defenses in 1944 are trapped in an underground bunker when the Allies land at Normandy on D-Day. They find huge dtores of food but not enough candles. The slow dying of ...
Style:
grindhouse, gloomy, bleak, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, chess, world war, bunker, d day, survival, claustrophobia, battles, holocaust, wartime life, prison, against humanity ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
france
Similarity:
36%
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, serious, realistic, road movie, rough ...
Plot:
world war two, war, desert, friendship, soldier, military, tank, courage, german soldier, german officer, pow, anti war ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942
Place:
africa, france, libya, paris france, north africa
Similarity:
50%
479
Genre: War
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Klaus Muller, a battle-hardened veteran, finds himself fighting for his life on the Russian front. Surrounded by overwhelming numbers of Russian tanks and planes, he and his men are doomed until famed German tank ace, Michael Wittmann, shows up in ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, emotional ...
Plot:
soldier, military, heroes, family relations, battles, lovers on the run, danger, escapades, d day, chase, tank, world war two ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
europe, normandy
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
To be defeated and not be - a victory. This is the motto that life is guided by three young friends: Alek, Sophy and Rudy. Scouts, high school graduates high school in Warsaw drifting ambitious plans for the future broken through September 1939. ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, suspenseful, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
world war two, wartime life, wartime, against the odds, life is a bitch, danger, daring rescue, german occupation, prospector, nazi occupation, resistance fighter, resistance ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
europe, poland
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy, France, Yugoslavia
Duration: 84 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, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, anarchy, paratrooper, soldier, military, prison, escape, against humanity, war, confined, escapades, prostitute ...
Place:
germany, italy
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Direct to DVD movie: The German U-Boat, U-234, from the Port of Kiel is trading cargo with the Japanese. USS Seaviper must locate and stop this dangerous exchange. The Captain of USS Seaviper must go ashore to conduct reconnaissance on an island ...
Style:
exciting, tense, suspense, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, world war two, save the day, danger, isolation, military, war, rebelliousness, survival, island, soldier, rebellion ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
This movie's opening prologue states: "June 1942. As Rommel swept toward the Nile, the fall of Egypt and the capture of the Suez Canal seemed inevitable. Italian and German advance units raced toward Alexandria. Mussolini had given ...
Style:
macaroni combat, captivating, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, tank, world war, nazi, combat, world war two, british soldier, revolutionary war, freedom, revolution, struggle, revolutionary ...
Time:
1940s, year 1969
Place:
africa, north africa, germany, sahara
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Eli is an Israeli soldier who manages to escape from a notorious Arab prison. He makes it back to Israel, where he finds Beno, another soldier who had spent 2 years of horror in the same prison. They organize a rescue operation against the prison. ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
israeli, world war two, arab, prison, soldier, rescue mission, war, heroes, military, danger, confined, escapades ...
Time:
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Place:
israel, syria, middle east
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Three British soldiers and their German captive trek through the European countryside.
Style:
serious, realistic
Plot:
world war two, soldier, holocaust, captive, battles, basic training, captivity, military life, prison, gory, anti war, war ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
europe, england, germany
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
During World War II, American officer Capt. Lee Mitchell (Stuart Whitman) and a British military unit boldly infiltrate German-occupied enemy territory and attempt to kidnap brilliant Nazi scientist Dr. Von Heinken (Pinkas Braun) and bring him back ...
Style:
exciting, bleak, suspenseful, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, world war, military, danger, heroes, escapades, kidnapping, war, battles, soldier, confined, aerial bombardment ...
Time:
20th century, year 1945, 1940s
Place:
germany, soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Based on a true story its the untold story of Italian World War II POW"S in Jan 1946. Luca Zingaretti stars as one of over 50,000 Italian Prisoners of War detained at POW camps in the U.S. Roy Schneider stars as Colonel Gartner, the Commander ...
Style:
rough, disturbing, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
Plot:
fascism, world war two, military, military life, genocide, confined, danger, captivity, prison life, wartime life, isolation, prison ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
usa, texas
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When in 1941 Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, their troops quickly besieged Leningrad. Foreign journalists are evacuated but one of them, Kate Davies, is presumed dead and misses the plane. Alone in the city she is helped by Nina Tsvetnova a ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, bleak, gloomy
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, hunger, siege, battles, soldier, self sacrifice, female protagonist, wartime life, chess, journalist, world war, danger ...
Time:
1940s, year 1941, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
russia, st. petersburg russia
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 100 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:
period piece, tense, realistic, political, grim ...
Plot:
world war two, soldier, nazi, world war, occupation, commando, friendship, liberation, military, resistance, combat, survival ...
Time:
1940s, year 1979, 1930s
Place:
paris france, amsterdam, france
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Professor-turned-spy Col. Calvin Turner and his associate, workaholic Lt. Shelley Flynn, plan a daring rescue behind enemy lines in World War II German-occupied Norway of a brilliant scientist who may or may not be aiding the Germans.
Style:
exciting, captivating, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
spy, covert operation, chases and races, espionage, undercover, criminal heroes, heroes, rebellion, against humanity, state affairs, war, escapades ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
33%
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, desert, world war, commando, nazi, british soldier, holocaust, battles, survival, escapades, confined, soldier ...
Time:
year 1971, 1940s, year 1943
Place:
north africa, africa, libya
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A Marine unit on a Japanese-held island in the Philippines tries to hook up with local Filipino guerrillas.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, world war, special forces, battles, daring rescue, chases and races, escapades, danger, soldier, superhero, race against time, war ...
Time:
year 1966
Place:
the philippines, asia, manila philippines
Similarity:
33%
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:
33%
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, infantry, war, american abroad, battles, u.s. army, soldier, rebellion, heroic mission, military life, world war ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944, year 1962
Place:
germany, iraq, europe, france
Similarity:
32%
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:
macaroni combat, grindhouse, exciting, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, world war, war, combat, machine gun, attempted rape, youth, german soldier, man on a mission, battles, kidnapping, military ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
"Stalingrad" follows the progress of a German Platoon through the brutal fighting of the Battle of Stalingrad. After having half their number wiped out and after being placed under the command of a sadistic Captain, the Lieutenant of the ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, gloomy, epic ...
Plot:
world war two, war, battles, nazism, eastern front, soldier, german soldier, starvation, survival, military life, holocaust, winter ...
Time:
year 1942, year 1943, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
russia, germany, europe, italy, berlin germany ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, Denmark, Panama, UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In April 1940, the armies of Nazi Germany invaded Denmark. The Danish government promised peaceful cooperation on the condition that Denmark s Jews remain free. The Nazi s agreed. In October, 1943, the agreement was broken...This is the true and ...
Style:
bleak, realistic, serious, uplifting, captivating ...
Plot:
holocaust, nazi occupation, heroes, military, confined, politics, war, against humanity, state affairs, danger, society, battles ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
denmark, europe
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, Czechoslovakia, West Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In March of 1945, as the War in Europe is coming to a close, fighting erupts between German and American troops at the last remaining bridgehead across the Rhine.
Style:
realistic, intense, harsh, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, war, battles, survival, soldier, nazi, world war, tank, escapades, anti war, wartime life, danger ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945, year 1969, 20th century
Place:
germany, europe, italy
Similarity:
32%
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