Movies like Pathfinders: In the Company of Strangers
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Pathfinders: In the Company of Strangers (2011)
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Untold and lost history. A true story of the American Pathfinders, the volunteer paratroopers whose deadly mission was to land 30 minutes before the Normandy invasion, locate and mark strategic "drop zones" and set up the top-secret navigation equipment needed to guide the main airborne assault on D-Day.
Style:
tense, realistic, captivating, suspenseful, epic, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, military life, heroic mission, military, friendship, battles, d day, military base, race against time, battle zone, war, heroes, friends, soldier, graphic violence, hapless soldier, paratrooper, danger, chases and races, search
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 40s
Place:
normandy, germany, europe
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Genre: History, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Storming Juno is a film based on the remarkable and determined actions of a handful of young Canadian men who stormed Juno Beach on June 6, 1944. D-Day.
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, captivating
Plot:
military, world war two, war, soldier, d day, heroic mission, battle zone, infantry, invasion, bunker, heroes, battles ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
france, europe, canada, normandy
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A civil war broke out in the 1950s between North and South Korea which changed the country forever. 71: Into the Fire centers on the struggles of 71 student soldiers who fought through the Korean War. Using real people and events based on the ...
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realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, touching ...
Plot:
korean war, war, military, battles, youth, military life, survival, against the odds, patriotism, leadership, ambition, battle zone ...
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20th century, 1940s, 50s
Place:
north korea, korea, asia, south korea
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100%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
World World II: Shortly after D-Day, three American soldiers and two Army Corps nurses are stranded behind enemy lines. They take a high-ranking German officer as their prisoner and try to orchestrate an escape.
Style:
captivating, realistic, tense
Plot:
world war two, escape, rescue, evacuation, field hospital, bravery, d day, friendship, soldier, held captive, suspense, rivalry ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, 20th century
Place:
france
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100%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Iraq, 2004: during a routine sortie a US patrol is ambushed and the young soldiers are forced to put their training and skills into action fast. A determined foe with superior local knowledge, the Fedayeen insurgents soon draw them into close ...
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realistic, serious
Audience:
boys' night
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military, terrorism, war, battles, survival, confined, escapades, heroes, soldier, state affairs, good versus evil, wartime life ...
Place:
iraq, middle east
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100%
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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:
suspenseful, tense, serious, exciting, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, tank, military, war, racism, soldier, military life, save the day, against the odds, battles, heroic mission, hopes ...
Time:
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Place:
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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:
captivating, serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
world war two, nazi occupation, war, military, soldier, battles, against the odds, wehrmacht, friendship, suspense, judaism, nazi ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1940
Place:
denmark, germany, europe
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67%
Genre: History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The story is set in the latter days of World War 2, against the backdrop of fierce combat on the eastern front. Brother's War is based on real events.
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful, bleak
Plot:
world war two, eastern front, friendship, battles, human spirit, survival, military, confined, life is a bitch, heroes, race against time, on the run ...
Time:
post world war two, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
europe, germany
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65%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
This is the story of the senior-level preparations for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944 from the time of Dwight D. Eisenhower's appointment as the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, to the establishment of the beachhead in Normandy. The film ...
Style:
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boys' night
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Time:
post world war two
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The true story of the formation of Ian Fleming's 30 Commando unit, a precursor for the elite forces in the U.K.
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, military, behind enemy lines, insubordination, war, heroic mission, sabotage, race against time, betrayal, dishonesty, chase, battle zone ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1940
Place:
norway, scottish highlands, scotland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Genre: Action, War
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
As the Battle of the Bulge rages on, an American tank unit gets trapped behind Nazi lines. With just hours before the bombs of Operation Ardennes Fury fall, the tank's commander makes the risky decision to rescue an orphanage.
Style:
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boys' night
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Time:
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germany, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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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 ...
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Genre: Action, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
American soldiers lost behind enemy lines during the WWII make a horrific discovery: Hitler has a super bomb in development. Against all odds, they set out to find the scientist in charge of the program who is looking to defect.
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serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, exciting ...
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world war two, military, save the day, wartime life, war, race against time, heroes, obsessive quest, against the odds, super weapon, heroic mission, soldier ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
April, 1915. First World War in Canakkale, Ottoman Empire. Two brothers leave their mountain village to fight on the front line. One is an experienced sniper fighting for Ottomans against the invasion, while his brother finds it much tougher to cope ...
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Place:
turkey, ottoman empire
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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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.
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exciting, serious, realistic, tense
Plot:
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Place:
sicily, europe
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60%
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.
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, battles, soldier, survival, military life, society, war, daring rescue, battle zone, heroic mission, infantrymen, world war two ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 20th century
Place:
italy, europe, usa, france, hawaii
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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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. ...
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suspenseful, rough, serious, captivating, realistic ...
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germany, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Genre: War
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Poland, Lithuania
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
This harrowing war film is an epic dramatization of the first battle of World War II. The Battle of Westerplatte that began on 1 September 1939 will forever be remembered as the one that announced the beginning of the Second World War in Europe. ...
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
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Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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57%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
True story of the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, its crew's struggle to survive the sharks and exposure, and the captain's scape-goat court-martial.
Style:
realistic, bleak, exciting, captivating, serious
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boys' night
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Genre: History, War
Country: Canada
Story:
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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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 ...
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ussr, europe, russia
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56%
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