Movies like Chaco

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Chaco (2020)
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Chaco (2020)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Argentina, Bolivia
Duration: 80 min.
Story: In 1934, Bolivia is at war with Paraguay. Liborio and Ticona and other Bolivian indigenous soldiers are lost in the hell of the Chaco, under the commandment of German Captain Kundt. They're looking for the Paraguayan enemy that they haven't seen for months, and that they will never find. They leave together in a search that will make them realize, progressively, the destiny they have been pushed into and the inevitable condition of a defeated troop. They're walking like shadows, wandering forever in the middle of dust and silence.
Style: serious, captivating, realistic, intense
Plot: wartime life, soldier, war, fight, army, military, death, murder, battles, wartime, brutality, explosions, patriotism, danger, defeat, military life, bittersweet, battle zone, doll, water shortage, campfire, trench
Time: 20th century, year 1934

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, captivating, realistic and disturbing films with plots about military, war, soldier, military life, battles, danger and wartime life mostly in Drama, War and History genres. Some movies like Chaco: The Great War (2019), This Life (2012), Only the Brave (2006), Company K (2004), Stones for the Rampart (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Great War (2019)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: In November of 1918 as World War I was ending, a unit of American soldiers goes behind enemy lines to find a lost platoon of African American soldiers.
Style: captivating, serious
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war one, trench warfare, military, soldier, rescue mission, battles, military life, infantrymen, death, army, wartime life, battlefield ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, year 1918
Place: europe
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This Life (2012)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Denmark
Duration: 122 min.
Story: The true story of the Fiil's a family of innkeepers who during Nazi-Germany's occupation of Denmark took up arms against the German occupiers. But in the fight for freedom, some must die so that others may live.
Style: disturbing, emotional, realistic, captivating, tense ...
Plot: resistance fighter, nazi, world war two, freedom fighter, resistance, nazi occupation, sabotage, danger, heroes, wartime, showdown, self sacrifice ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: denmark, germany, scandinavia
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Only the Brave (2006)
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, tense, captivating, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, battles, soldier, survival, military life, society, daring rescue, danger, war, heroic mission, battle zone, world war ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: europe, usa, france, italy, hawaii
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67%
 5.4
 349
Company K (2004)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Based on the popular World War I novel by author William March, director Robert Clem's COMPANY K follows a veteran of the first great conflict as he finishes a book about his wartime experiences and reflects on how a man's true character ...
Style: serious, psychological, captivating, disturbing, epic ...
Plot: world war one, veteran, soldier, wartime life, battles, state affairs, military, life is a bitch, politics, prison life, haunted by the past, military life ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, year 1917
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Stones for the Rampart (2014)
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: serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating, suspense ...
Plot: world war two, wartime life, against the odds, life is a bitch, daring rescue, danger, prospector, wartime, german occupation, resistance, resistance fighter, nazi occupation ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: europe, poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
71: Into the Fire (2010)
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 ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, touching ...
Plot: war, korean war, military, battles, youth, military life, against the odds, leadership, danger, ambition, battle zone, patriotism ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, 1950s
Place: north korea, asia, korea, south korea
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Death and Glory in Changde (2010)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: China
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Directed by Shen Dong and starring Ray Lui, An Yixuan and Yuan Wenkang, Death and Glory in Changde recalls one of the most cruel and controversial battles during China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1937-45), Changde Battle, ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, tense
Plot: world war two, military, fight, battles, army, battlefield, wartime life, war, military life, warrior, soldier, combat ...
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Greenery Will Bloom Again (2014)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 80 min.
Story: World War I, Italian north-eastern front after the 1917 bloody battles on the Altipiano. A group of soldiers face the difficulty of war in a story that unfolds in the space of one night. Events follow one after the other without any kind of pattern: ...
Style: atmospheric, bleak, serious, realistic, historical drama ...
Plot: world war one, soldier, military, anti war, danger, battle zone, military life, introspection, life is a bitch, great war, mountain, war ...
Time: 20th century, 1910s, year 1917
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Cinco de Mayo: La Batalla (2013)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Mexico
Duration: 125 min.
Story: On May 5th, 1862, a few thousand Mexican soldiers put their lives on the line against the world's largest and most powerful army in one legendary battle for freedom and for Mexico.
Style: exciting, realistic, captivating, factual, serious ...
Plot: military, battles, against the odds, rivalry, soldier, ambition, war, liberation, army, danger, combat, american history ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s
Place: mexico, america, latin america
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54%
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4 Days in May (2011)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, Russia, Ukraine
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A group of Russian soldiers are sent into Northern Germany at the tail-end of WWII, where they occupy a children's home in close proximity to a larger German unit. Against these odds, a friendship forms between a German orphan and a childless ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, suspense
Plot: holocaust, battles, world war two, military, love affair, military life, friendship, wartime life, basic training, hiding, russian soldier, boyhood ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1945
Place: ukraine, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
The Passing Bells (2014)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, Poland
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Story: At the outbreak of war, two teenage boys defy their parents to sign up.
Style: historical drama, epic, realistic, captivating, serious ...
Plot: world war one, military, wartime life, soldier, battles, life is a bitch, hopes, great war, friendship, danger, young soldier, battlefield ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century
Place: europe
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Our World War (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK
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Story: During the First World War, British troops face the horrors of the Battle of Mons in 1914, internal strife in 1916 and innovative tank warfare in 1918.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, suspenseful, costume drama ...
Plot: world war one, battles, military, soldier, war, battle zone, great war, british soldier, wartime, military life, wartime life, struggle for survival ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Last Winter (1983)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Tells the story of two women seeking leads to their missing husbands after the end of the Yom Kippur War (1973). A relationship builds between them when each identified her husband in the same blurred image of a foreign newsreel.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, gloomy, bleak ...
Plot: conflict, friends, destiny, military life, friendship, captivity, anti war, war, life is a bitch, danger, military, journalism ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Foxhole (2021)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Unfolding over the span of 36 hours in three separate wars – The American Civil War, World War I, and Iraq – FOXHOLE follows five soldiers confined in a foxhole as they grapple with morality, futility, and an increasingly volatile combat ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, tense, captivating
Plot: battles, wartime life, wartime, war, world war one, alternate reality, soldier, military officer, civil war, fight, struggle for survival, american soldier ...
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Pathfinders: In the Company of Strangers (2011)
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 ...
Style: realistic, tense, suspenseful, captivating, epic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, military life, heroic mission, military, military base, battles, danger, friendship, battle zone, d day, world war, violent content ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
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Oba: The Last Samurai (2011)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story: In 1944, the American military lands on the shores of Saipan. Refusing to commit suicide with his superiors or be forced into camps for prisoners of war, Captain Oba Sakae leads a group of his men and other similarly minded local residents into the ...
Style: tense, captivating, exciting, suspense, disturbing
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Time: 1940s, year 1945, year 1944
Place: japan, pacific ocean, oceania
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April 9th (2015)
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, military, war, soldier, battles, danger, against the odds, wehrmacht, nazi, world war, friendship ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1940
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Piece of Cake (1988)
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, captivating, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Plot: world war two, aerial combats, battles, aviation, luftwaffe, world war, wartime, royal air force, friends, danger, heroes, military ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Everyman's War (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: No one in high command believed that German forces would attack in the sub zero temperatures and near blizzard conditions. As the pre-dawn attack comes, with communications down Sgt. Smith is left with no choice but to make his way through enemy ...
Style: rough, realistic, serious, uplifting
Plot: world war two, military, soldier, historical event, military life, against the odds, heroes, danger, infantrymen, battle zone, small town, world war ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: europe, germany, astoria oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Kippur (2000)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story: The film takes place in 1973 during the Yom Kippur War in which Egypt and Syria launched attacks in Sinai and the Golan Heights. The story is told from the perspective of Israeli soldiers. We are led by Weinraub and his friend Ruso on a day that ...
Style: tense, disturbing, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot: rescue, soldier, military life, military, life is a bitch, danger, battle zone, realism, conflict, israeli, revolutionary war, revolution ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1973
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The Breitner Commando (2019)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 109 min.
Story: 1959, France. Colonel Breitner is given a secret mission : find the body of his former aide, Colonel Delignières, who is reported missing in French Algeria, before the French army burns the whole place to the ground. Breitner puts together a team ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, tense
Plot: french algerian war, algerian war, torture, soldier, military life, war, problem, wartime, wartime life, military, warrior, military officer ...
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Gallipoli: End of the Road (2013)
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 ...
Style: exciting, serious, stylized, realistic, epic ...
Plot: world war one, battles, military, great war, survival, violent content, siblings relations, battle zone, danger, family relations, soldier, heroic mission ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, year 1915, middle ages
Place: gallipoli, turkey, ottoman empire
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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 38K
Stalingrad (1993)
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, suspenseful, gloomy, rough ...
Plot: world war two, war, battles, nazism, soldier, eastern front, military, holocaust, starvation, survival, military life, winter ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1942, year 1943
Place: russia, germany, europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Faith of My Fathers (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Faith of My Fathers is based on the story of Lieutenant Commander John McCain's experiences as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam for five and a half years during the Vietnam War, interleaved with his memories of growing up in a heritage rich ...
Style: uplifting, captivating, disturbing, serious, suspense ...
Plot: vietnam war, prison, human spirit, survival, military, confined, captivity, patriotism, hopes, rebellion, danger, soldier ...
Time: 60s, 70s, 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place: vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Fires on the Plain (2014)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story: In the final days of World War II, occupying Japanese forces in the Philippines face resistance from the local population and the American offensive. The dwindling Japanese soldiers attempt to survive through the horrors of war.
Style: psychological, tense, realistic, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot: world war two, survival, japanese soldier, military life, danger, isolation, confined, escapades, rivalry, asian prostitute, anti war, humanity ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Biggest Battle (1978)
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 ⇓
38%
Two Fingers from Sidon (1986)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The story of a platoon of Israeli soldiers in Lebanon of 1986, shortly before Israeli withdrawal, and the dilemmas they face in having to fight against Lebanese guerilla in a hostile but civilian area.
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, emotional, suspenseful
Plot: soldier, realism, military, moral dilemma, war, battle zone, military life, israeli army, israeli soldier, army life
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: lebanon, middle east, israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 5.5
 2K
Squadron 303 (2018)
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: sincere, exciting
Plot: aerial combat, air force, world war two, aviation, world war, politics, rescue, wartime life, military, battles, danger, soldier ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: poland, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 5.5
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Hell Boats (1970)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A war drama of motor torpedo boats which did much unsung work in WW2, but the naval battles merely provide an exciting story in which an even more special romantic drama is wrapped up.
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, captivating, exciting
Plot: world war, royal navy, kriegsmarine, navy, wartime, submarine, love triangle, war, military, danger, escapades, heroes ...
Time: 60s, 1940s
Place: malta, italy, sicily
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 6.5
 817
20 Cigarettes (2010)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Based on director Aureliano Amadei's 2003 experiences in Iraq, 20 Cigarettes is the gripping story of a twenty-eight year old anarchist and anti-war activist who receives an offer to fly to Iraq as assistant director on a film about the Italian ...
Style: contemplative, realistic, serious, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot: filmmaking, wartime life, life is a bitch, director, iraq iran war, iraq war, soldier, military, filmmaker, death threat, military life, military base ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iraq, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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