Movies like Death Race 1973
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Death Race (1973)
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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, war, desert, pursuit, dystopia, world war, plane crash, tank, airplane, pilot, minefield, stranded in the desert, chase, military vehicle, general
Place:
africa
Keyword:
german, american
Most similar movies to Death Race
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and exciting films with plots about world war two, world war, war, soldier, military, battles and danger mostly in Drama, War and Action genres. Some movies like Death Race: The Rat Patrol (1966), Taxi for Tobruk (1961), Fortress (2012), The Battle of the Last Panzer (1969), Sahara (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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 ⇓
95%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
The exploits of four Allied soldiers — three Americans and one Englishman — who are part of a long-range desert patrol group in the North African campaign during World War II. Their mission: "to attack, harass and wreak havoc on Field ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, realistic, serious, fast ...
Plot:
military, world war, french foreign legion, luftwaffe, mission, tank, soldier, battles, war, danger, uninhibited rivalry, escapades ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
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 ⇓
82%
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 ⇓
81%
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 ⇓
79%
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Genre: Action, War
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After the fall of Tobruk in June 1942, U.S. Army sergeant Joe Gunn leads his tank into the Sahara desert, in order to evade advancing Rommel's forces and reach Allied lines. Along the way he picks up few Allied soldiers, but soon they are ...
Style:
serious, realistic
Plot:
world war two, desert, tank, revolution, holocaust, struggle, freedom, nazi, combat, revolutionary, luftwaffe, world war ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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, military, tank, escapades, anti war, wartime life ...
Time:
1940s, year 1969, year 1945, 20th century
Place:
germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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 ⇓
74%
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, captivating, bleak, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, world war, military, kidnapping, battles, danger, heroes, war, confined, soldier, escapades, escape ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1945
Place:
germany, soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Cruel captors of the war in the pacific.
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, exciting, bleak ...
Plot:
world war two, world war, convent, battles, war, state affairs, danger, escapades, soldier, military, heroes, against the odds ...
Time:
60s
Place:
the philippines, japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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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 ⇓
68%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Germany, May 1945, deep in the Harz Mountains a U.S. tank crew discovers a platoon of Germans preparing to ambush U.S. supply trucks.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
Plot:
world war two, tank, military, racism, soldier, danger, against the odds, save the day, military life, battles, human spirit, heroic mission ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, 20th century
Place:
germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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 ⇓
66%
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, rough, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, tank, world war, world war two, nazi, combat, freedom, revolutionary, struggle, revolution, revolutionary war, battles ...
Time:
1940s, year 1969
Place:
africa, north africa, germany, sahara
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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, realistic, serious, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, military, soldier, desert, war, world war, espionage, tank, prisoner, commando, secret mission, great war ...
Time:
1940s, year 1967, year 1942, 20th century
Place:
africa, libya, egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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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%
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 ⇓
60%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In WWII Western Germany, Private David Manning reluctantly leaves behind a mortally wounded fellow soldier and searches for survivors from his platoon, only to learn from commanding officer Captain Pritchett that they have all been killed in action. ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, military, heroic mission, military life, world war, battles, anti war, battle zone, siblings relations, wartime life, danger, tank ...
Time:
year 1944, 1940s
Place:
germany, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A rag tag unit of misfits known as the War Pigs must go behind enemy lines to exterminate Nazis by any means necessary.
Style:
tense, captivating, perverse
Plot:
world war two, nazi, nazi hunter, military, battles, soldier, behind enemy lines, u.s. army, american soldier, wartime, fight, swat ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944
Place:
france
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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 ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious
Plot:
world war two, world war, spy, revolutionary war, man on a mission, revolutionary, revolution, struggle, freedom, secret mission, espionage, secret agent ...
Time:
1940s, year 1985, year 1944, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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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 ⇓
50%
Genre: Action, War
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Facing mounting odds, a small but determined band of American soldiers venture into dangerous enemy territory on a mission to stop an advancing German unit from breaking through the Allied line.
Style:
harsh, suspenseful, captivating, tense
Plot:
world war two, military, mission, war, nazi soldier, soldier, military life, friend, friendship, friends, wartime life, american soldier ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
During WW 2, a Basque shepherd is approached by the underground, who wants him to lead a scientist and his family across the Pyrenees. While being pursued by a sadistic German.
Style:
suspense, factual, disturbing, tense, action adventure ...
Plot:
world war two, scientist, exploitation, pursuit, resistance, rescue mission, ss officer, nazi, shepherd, machine gun, world war, female nudity ...
Time:
1940s, year 1979
Place:
basque country, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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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, airplane, war, interracial relations, aerial combats, military life, black history, discrimination, african american, soldier, military base ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 2012, year 1944, year 1942
Place:
europe, cuba, italy, pentagon
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In one of the most dangerous missions of the war, an American B-17 pilot volunteers to fly a surrendered Messerschmitt 109 on a daring flight through the heart of Germany to try to prevent the people of London from being terrorized by the V-2 ...
Style:
tense, captivating, exciting, suspenseful
Plot:
world war two, dangerous mission, fight, mission, military, war, heroic mission, soldier, survival, friendship, heroes, battles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK, Denmark, Yugoslavia, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
War story of the 27th Panzers, Hitler's heavy-duty combat regiment composed of prisoners.
Style:
independent film, bleak, rough, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
tank, world war two, eastern front, nazism, war, nazi, world war, holocaust, man on a mission, battles, anti war, soldier ...
Time:
1940s, year 1987
Place:
germany, soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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 ⇓
46%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
WWII drama from film-maker Christopher Forbes which follows American fighter pilots on a perilous mission into the skies of enemy territory.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, serious, dramatic, tense
Plot:
world war two, pilot, captain, air attack, mission, u.s. air force, aerial bombardment, dangerous mission, fighter pilot, air raid, air force, fighter plane ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Having placed mines on the hull of a British warship whilst it is safe in harbour during the second World War , the two man crew of an Italian miniature submarine are captured and held prisoner whist the crew try and discover the nature of their ...
Plot:
world war two, submarine, world war, kriegsmarine, navy, interrogation, battleship, frogman, royal navy, damage, underwater, capture ...
Time:
1940s, year 1941
Place:
alexandria egypt, mediterranean sea, egypt, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Drama set in 1942, during one of the most important battles of World War II, which stopped the progress of Nazi forces and turned the tide of war in favor of the Allies. The Soviet army mounts a counter-attack on the Nazi forces that occupy half of ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, exciting, rough ...
Plot:
world war two, war, heroism, battles, heroes, world war, life is a bitch, wartime life, russian history, danger, battle zone, military life ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1942
Place:
europe, soviet union, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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