Movies and TV shows like Catch-22
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Catch-22 (2019)
23K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in Italy during World War II, the series follows the story of the incomparable, artful dodger Yossarian, a bombardier for the U.S. Air Force, who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. But his real problem is not the enemy, but rather his own army which keeps increasing the number of missions the men must fly to complete their service.
Style:
thought provoking, exciting, captivating, humorous, entertaining, dark, anthology, anime, historical drama, surprise ending
Plot:
world war two, u.s. air force, aviator, war, air raid, soldier, world war, transformation, frustration, friendship, escapades, society, danger, youth, death, rivalry, desertion, attempted escape, dishonesty, satire, aviation, us military, godfather, life changing, cheating wife ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944
Place:
mediterranean sea, southern italy
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Most similar movies to Catch-22
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, exciting and suspenseful films and TV series with plots about world war two, military, war, world war, danger, soldier and heroes mostly in Drama, War and Action genres. Some movies like Catch-22: Masters of the Air (2024), SAS Rogue Heroes (2022), Baa Baa Black Sheep (1976), Piece of Cake (1988), War and Remembrance (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min.
TV show
Story:
During World War II, airmen risk their lives with the 100th Bomb Group, a brotherhood forged by courage, loss, and triumph.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, exciting, epic war, period drama
Plot:
world war two, aerial combat, bomber, male nudity, male protagonist, pilot, flying, bombing, military officer, aircraft, u.s. air force, airplane ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1943
Place:
germany, england, europe
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
The dramatised account of how the world’s greatest Special Forces unit, the SAS, was formed under extraordinary circumstances in the darkest days of World War Two.
Style:
tense, captivating, thrilling, satirical, inspirational ...
Plot:
world war two, military, mission, british soldier, military officer, soldier, pilot, british army, battles, special agent, fight, military life ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
north africa, libya, cairo egypt, egypt
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
The dramatized World War II adventures of US Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington and his Marine Attack Squadron 214, AKA The Black Sheep Squadron.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, realistic, semi serious, sitcom ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, aviation, military, world war, mission, air force, american soldier, revolutionary war, aircraft, wartime, revolution, revolutionary ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
pacific ocean
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40%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 312 min.
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Story:
The lives and loves of the men of RAF Hornet Squadron who are transferred to France at the outbreak of World Wat II in September 1939. For the most part the men are competent fliers but there is little action in the first several months. The men ...
Style:
costume drama, serious, realistic, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
aerial combats, world war two, battles, aviation, luftwaffe, royal air force, warplane, wartime, world war, partner, friends, heroes ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
europe
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36%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Yugoslavia, USA
Duration: 135 min.
TV show
Story:
War and Remembrance is an American miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Herman Wouk. It is the sequel to highly successful The Winds of War.
Style:
historical drama, saga, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, war, nazi germany, military, world war, submarine, dictatorship, nazi, winston churchill, hitler, u.s. president ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
asia, pearl harbor, pacific ocean, japan, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
An emotionally-driven character drama, set in the thrilling and dangerous world of WWII espionage and covert operations. It follows the stories of five highly skilled young recruits - Canadian, American and British - torn from their ordinary lives ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
world war two, secret agent, working undercover, heroic mission, undercover, danger, espionage, rivalry, friendship, nazi, world war, strength ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
europe
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men from paratrooper training in Georgia through the end of the war. As an elite rifle company ...
Style:
heroic, captivating, epic, historical drama, period piece ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
world war two, combat, military, war, battles, soldier, american soldier, paratrooper, courage, behind enemy lines, infantry, nazi germany ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, y2k, 2000s, post world war two
Place:
germany, europe, belgium, netherlands, austria ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
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:
fast, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
military, world war, us military, mission, luftwaffe, french foreign legion, tank, soldier, battles, rivalry, danger, heroes ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
africa
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A group of American GIs work their way through war-torn France during the final days of the Second World War.
Style:
realistic, disturbing, thought provoking, captivating, historical drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, military, wehrmacht, behind enemy lines, soldier, battles, heroes, danger, world war, american soldier, mormon, friendship ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, 20th century
Place:
europe, provence, france
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
September 1941. In a turn of events young lovebirds Kostya and Nastya find themselves on board of a barge that will evacuate people from sieged Leningrad. At night the barge gets into the storm. When it starts sinking, enemy planes - but not ...
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, exciting, suspenseful, suspense
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, life is a bitch, death, danger, hopes, rescue, society, love and romance, murder, world war, life & death, happy ending ...
Time:
year 1941
Place:
ussr
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, War, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Comedy drama based on the true story of two British Army dentists who in 1942, eager to see action, go AWOL and invade occupied France on their own.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, entertaining, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, war, soldier, dentist, military life, heroic mission, adventurer, goofy hero, military, officers and cadets, escapades, army investigation ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
france, europe, england, english channel
Similarity:
33%
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:
realistic, captivating, suspense, tense
Plot:
world war two, field hospital, rescue, evacuation, friendship, soldier, bravery, danger, rivalry, military, bombing, world war ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, 20th century
Place:
france
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Syd Burnett has left her complicated past behind to become an LAPD detective. Paired with a new partner, Nancy McKenna, a working mom with an equally complex past, Syd is pushed to examine whether her unapologetic lifestyle might be masking a ...
Style:
suspense, humorous, entertaining, feel good, light ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
partners against crime, homicide detective, police investigation, female police officer, black cop, police protagonist, policewoman, betrayal, violence, sex, police, police detective ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Danger UXB is a 1979 British ITV television series about World War II developed by John Hawkesworth and starring Anthony Andrews as Lieutenant Brian Ash, an officer in the Royal Engineers.
The series chronicles the exploits of the fictional 97 ...
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war two, world war, terrorism, military life, battles, danger, wartime life, soldier, anti hero, heroes, military, fall in love ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
london, europe, england
Similarity:
33%
38K
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:
33%
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:
serious, tense, suspenseful, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
world war two, tank, military, racism, soldier, danger, battles, military life, against the odds, save the day, hopes, heroic mission ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, 20th century
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American soldiers fighting the Germans in France during World War II. The program starred Rick Jason as ...
Style:
retro, realistic, serious, vintage
Plot:
world war two, military, world war, tank, mission, american soldier, soldier, anti war, infantrymen, military life, babies and infants, war ...
Time:
year 1944, 1940s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
europe, prague, france, czech republic
Similarity:
33%
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:
32%
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:
32%
243
Genre: Action, War, Drama
Country: Poland, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A dramatic re-enactment of the Warsaw Ghetto Jewish uprising in April 1943 were 650 armed members of the Jewish Fighting Organization of Poland held off a 3,000 strong Nazi force in which only a handful of Jews survived. Tom Conti plays Dolek ...
Style:
thought provoking, tense, captivating, sincere, bleak ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, racism, nazi, holocaust survivor, racial discrimination, anti semitism, confined, heroes, against humanity, military, survival ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
europe, poland, warsaw poland
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
The Eastern Front, 1943. Two Soviet pilots, straight out of training, join a veteran fighter squadron on the front line.
Style:
tense, captivating, dramatic, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, aerial combat, soviet army, air force, aviation, eastern front, military service, war, red army, military, military training, wartime life ...
Place:
soviet union, ukraine
Similarity:
32%
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:
32%
9K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 80 min.
TV show
Story:
Tasked with risky missions across Turkey, members of a special-operations police unit confront danger and tragedy both on the field and at home.
Style:
disturbing, tense, suspenseful, suspense, captivating
Plot:
terrorist, turkish army, military, battles, heroes, danger, fear, society, showdown, wartime, political unrest, fight ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
Three prisoners, Jack Rose, Tom Willis and Nick McGrade, embark on an heroic plan to escape from a World War Two POW camp. As Rose And Willis are recaptured by the Germans, McGrade manages to traverse their clutches and travels to London to inform ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, tense, exciting ...
Plot:
pow, world war two, military, soldier, love and romance, battles, love triangle, prison life, nazism, world war, danger, confined ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1939
Place:
london, germany, europe, warsaw poland
Similarity:
31%
142K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A 10-part mini-series from the creators of "Band of Brothers" telling the intertwined stories of three Marines during America's battle with the Japanese in the Pacific during World War II.
Style:
serious, disturbing, emotional, suspenseful, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, military, battlefield, war, squad, combat, battles, soldier, marines, american soldier, japanese soldier, imperial japan ...
Time:
1940s, 2010s, 20th century, year 1945
Place:
pacific ocean, japan, alabama, okinawa japan, asia ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA, Croatia
Duration: 126 min.
TV show
Story:
In the late 1930s, world politics begin to head in a dangerous direction. In Europe, Germany expands and rearms and proceeds to annex several border countries into the Reich. Meanwhile, Italy attempts to establish a Facist Colonial Empire under ...
Style:
sentimental, contemplative, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, luftwaffe, u.s. navy, military, world war, jewish girl, anti semitism, cheating wife, holocaust survivor, wartime, navy ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
germany, italy, berlin germany, japan, china ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, 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:
exciting, serious, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, military, soldier, heroic mission, daring rescue, battles, danger, heroes, platoon, world war, battle of the bulge, tough heroes ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
germany, europe, france
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story:
True Story about the Atlantic Ferry Operation during World War II.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, emotional
Plot:
world war two, post war, captain, military, danger, love affair, love and romance, wartime life, relationship vs career, heroes, against the odds, life is a bitch ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
europe, canada, newfoundland, england, london
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Relive a heroic fight for survival during the Iraq War, when the 1st Cavalry Division from Fort Hood was ferociously ambushed on April 4, 2004, in Sadr City, Baghdad — a day that came to be known in military annals as “Black Sunday.”
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
iraq war, military, war, soldier, last stand, danger, courage, wartime life, friendship, chaos, death, military life ...
Place:
afghanistan, iraq
Similarity:
31%
28K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A bombardier in World War II tries desperately to escape the insanity of the war. However, sometimes insanity is the only sane way to cope with a crazy situation. Catch-22 is a parody of a "military mentality" and of a bureaucratic society ...
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, absurd, surreal, grim ...
Plot:
world war two, anti war, satire, military, bomber, male nudity, soldier, aviation, social commentary, literary, wartime, world war ...
Time:
1940s, year 1970, year 1944, 20th century, 70s
Place:
rome italy, alexandria egypt, sardinia, mediterranean sea, new york ...
Similarity:
31%
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