Movies like 1971
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1971 (2007)
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Based on true facts, the film revolves around 6 brave soldiers who escape from the clutches of the Pakistan Army and risk death with honour and courage with sacrifice towards their journey home.
Style:
patriotic, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, cult classic
Plot:
pow, soldier, freedom, escape, patriot, indo pakistani war, army, military, courage, prisoner of war camp, prisoners of war, danger, war, prison escape, politics, revolutionary, revolution, nationalism, indian war, struggle, military prison, revolutionary war, indian soldier, death, journey ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
india, pakistan, kashmir
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Most similar movies to 1971
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, captivating, tense and serious films with plots about war, soldier, military, battles, revolution, rebellion and danger mostly in Drama, War and Action genres. Some movies like 1971: Kurukshetra (2008), Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran (2018), Line of Control: Kargil (2003), Keerthi Chakra (2006), Lakshya (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
Major Ranvir Kaul (Amitabh Bachchan) is a POW who was captured along with over 50 soldiers by Pakistani soldiers in 1971 during the war between India and Pakistan. 33 years later Ranvir's son Gaurav (Akshaye Khanna) decides to go on a rescue ...
Style:
patriotic, serious, exciting, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
prison escape, patriot, escape attempt, prison, parents and children, confined, rescue, prison life, hopes, getting home, danger, military ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pakistan, india
Similarity:
100%
Genre: War
Country: India
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
As intense battles rage between Indian and Pakistani forces in the Kargil district of Kashmir, Indian Col. Mahadeva (Mohanlal) leads his brave troops on a dangerous mission to capture the rocky Kargil territory. This Malayalam-language war drama -- ...
Style:
intense, political, suspense, patriotic
Plot:
soldier, military, conflict, patriotism, battles, nationalism, combat, retribution, heroism, colonel, revenge, sacrifice ...
Time:
90s, year 2008
Place:
india, pakistan
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100%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A look at India's second confidential nuclear test series at Pokhran lead by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, during the time of PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's tenure.
Style:
patriotic, psychological, serious, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
nuclear, propaganda, nuclear reactor, husband wife relationship, satellite, nuclear explosion, political unrest, politics, danger, espionage, time, indian history ...
Time:
year 1998
Place:
india
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: India
Duration: 255 min.
Story:
This film dramatizes events that occurred as the hostility between India and Pakistan over Kashmir came to a head in 1999, when more than 1,000 men crossed the "Line of Control" that separates the two locations. Taliban and Pakistani ...
Style:
patriotic, suspenseful, thought provoking, disturbing, exciting ...
Plot:
military, death of friend, military officer, lieutenant, battlefield, husband wife relationship, soldier, army life, patriot, war, bravery, colonel ...
Time:
90s
Place:
india, pakistan
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Major Mahadevan (Mohanlal) is the head of the elite command force. He is in charge of fighting the country’s terrorist groups and protecting the country from their terrorist intentions. Havildar Jaikumar (Jeevaa) is Major Mahadevan’s most ...
Style:
patriotic
Plot:
rape, terrorism, politics, revolutionary war, revolution, freedom, revolutionary, struggle, newlyweds, indian army, officer, soldier ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
kashmir
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: India
Duration: 186 min.
Story:
An aimless, jobless, irresponsible grown man joins the army and matures into a battlefield hero.
Style:
realistic, serious, cult classic, captivating, touching ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
soldier, terrorist, old love, domineering father, self discovery, redemption, patriot, family relations, military life, heroic mission, military, slacker ...
Time:
year 2004, 90s
Place:
pakistan, india, middle east, asia, new delhi ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
While delivering food in a forest area in Andhra Pradesh, impoverished Narasimha is held against his will by a band of Naxalites led by Velu, and forced to join them. He is anxious to collect his dues and return home to his wife, Uma; daughter, ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, patriotic
Plot:
undercover, rebel, insurgent, mutiny, runaway, social problems, escape, society, escape attempt, fleeing, terrorism, war ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Action, War
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Set against the backdrop of 1971 Indo-Pak war, the movie is inspired by real incidents and the protagonists are inspired by Param Vir Chakra recipients. The movie shows what consequences of war are on the lives of soldiers on either side of the ...
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, intense ...
Plot:
military, soldier, battlefield, sacrifice, fight, wartime, wartime life, military life, battles, frontline, army life, trauma ...
Time:
70s
Place:
india, pakistan
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Indian Army Sepoy Tarun Chauhan is assigned to proceed to Northeastern part of India that has been rocked by riots and violence with orders to report to his superior, Havaldar Mohammed Ali. Once there, he comes to know that things can be quiet for ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, exciting, realistic ...
Plot:
war, terrorism, rescue, anti war, heroes, danger, soldier, patriot, war on terror, indian war, battlefield, politics ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: India
Duration: 39 min.
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Story:
Lieutenant Sodhi and his army fight for Indian Independence during World War II as part of the Indian National Army; the journey and sacrifice of the Indian National Army from its soldiers' point of view.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, tense, suspense, patriotic ...
Plot:
wartime, world war two, military life, soldier, war, battles, struggle for survival, army, officer, military, nationalism, patriot ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
india
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Drama about a major in the Indian army and his impending arranged marriage.
Style:
emotional, tense, suspense, patriotic, period drama
Plot:
patriotism, indian army, wartime, love triangle, sacrifice, battlefield, conflict, arranged marriage, loyalty, honor, heartbreak, friendship ...
Time:
70s, year 1971
Place:
india
Similarity:
35%
740
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Kashmir... Once known as a paradise on earth, it is now a playground for blood thirsty militants. A company is generating millions of unaccountable dollars that benefit all powers - from politicians and leaders to bureaucrats in the Indian and ...
Style:
captivating, tense, exciting, suspense, patriotic
Plot:
terrorist, patriot, bomb, assassination, prisoner, muslim, fanatic, terrorist plot, investigation, danger, undercover agent, spy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, kashmir
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
A police officer adopts the son and sole survivor of a family he has massacred while pursuing a terrorist. After some time the foster son finds out what the stepfather did.
Style:
serious, captivating, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
patriot, family relations, vengeance, family problems, haunted by the past, criminal's revenge, parents and children, death in the family, islam, violence, wedding, murder ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
kashmir, asia, india
Similarity:
35%
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
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of the rescue of Private Jessica Lynch, by the United States army, in Iraq.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, realistic, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
terrorism, pow, rescue, war on terror, struggle, soldier, female soldier, military, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, suspect, private investigation ...
Place:
iraq
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: Action, Drama, War
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The movie starts with the tough lives of the aforementioned characters in a military school, showing friendship and even competition among them. But the lives of the young cadets changes when Dutch soldiers suddenly attack their camp, tearing them ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, rough, captivating ...
Plot:
military, soldier, rebellion, social differences, rivalry, battles, heroes, politics, society, state affairs, revolution, vengeance ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1947
Place:
indonesia, southeast asia, asia
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
A WWII film set on a Pacific island. Japanese and allied forces occupy different parts of the island. When a group of British soldiers are sent on a mission behind enemy lines, things don't go exactly to plan. This film differs in that some of ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, realistic, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, jungle, war, survival, military, british army, anti war, danger, rivalry, soldier, rescue, combat ...
Time:
year 1942, 70s
Place:
the philippines, japan, tokyo, england
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A German U-Boat commander and 600 prisoners plan a daring escape from a PoW camp in Scotland.
Style:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
world war two, war, gay soldier, pow, captivity, escape, nazi officer, military, soldier, battles, british soldier, prison life ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
ireland, london, scotland
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A group of war prisoners has spilt blood, sweat and tears to construct a bridge over the river Kwai in Thailand. Just when the bridge is ready, an American bomber arrives and destroys it. Camp commander Tanaka wants to set an example and orders that ...
Style:
independent film
Plot:
world war, pow, prisoners of war, prison, revolutionary war, prison escape, military prison, struggle, prisoner, freedom, revolution, decapitation ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
asia, thailand, burma, japan
Similarity:
33%
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, world war, struggle, revolutionary, nazi, combat, freedom, holocaust, luftwaffe ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
sahara
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Based on a real-life story, this drama focuses on a small group of Allied soldiers in Burma who are held captive by the Japanese. Capt. Ernest Gordon (Ciaran McMenamin), Lt. Jim Reardon (Kiefer Sutherland) and Maj. Ian Campbell (Robert Carlyle) are ...
Style:
harsh, suspenseful, tense, serious, rough ...
Plot:
world war two, pow, war, military, prisoner of war camp, escape, hopes, jungle, christian, soldier, war crime, human spirit ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century, year 1942, post world war two
Place:
japan, asia, scotland, hawaii, india ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, Morocco
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Afghanistan, 2006, Helmand Province becomes one of the most dangerous places on Earth as the British Army is deployed into the Taliban heartland. The Operation, Herrick, became synonymous with the struggle as British troops fought a losing battle ...
Style:
tense, psychological, realistic, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
war, military, british army, soldier, isolation, military life, danger, confined, chaos, war on terror, army, anti war ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan, morocco, middle east
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Lionel Chetwynd's film documents the horrific struggles that faced American POWs held in the North Vietnamese prison Hoa Lo -- more infamously known as the Hanoi Hilton -- between 1964 and 1975. Williamson (Michael Moriarty) leads a group of ...
Style:
political, grindhouse, independent film, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
vietnam war, military, prison, cannon, pow, electric torture, conservative, cold war era, prison escape, military prison, war trauma, escape ...
Time:
year 1987, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, indochina
Similarity:
33%
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:
33%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Israel
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
BEAUFORT tells the story of LIRAZ LIBERTI, the 22 year-old outpost commander, and his troops in the months before Israel pulled out of Lebanon. This is not a story of war, but of retreat. This is a story with no enemy, only an amorphous entity that ...
Style:
rough, tense, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
soldier, bomb squad, israeli, military life, danger, evacuation, battle zone, military base, military, militia, officer, bombing ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, 80s
Place:
lebanon, middle east, israel, palestine
Similarity:
33%
26K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
In 1897, an army of 21 Sikhs battles 10,000 Afghans to prevent the Saragarhi Fort from being taken down.
Style:
epic, patriotic, exciting, intense, scenic ...
Plot:
sikh, british raj, war, against the odds, propaganda, human spirit, courage, fight scenes, heroism, heroic mission, patriot, battles ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1890s
Place:
britain
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
August 1944 two months after D-Day, the Allies are advancing across France. A team of British and American commandos are dropped behind enemy lines on a secret mission to ambush a German Officer and steal maps charting the location of the enemy ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, tense, suspense
Plot:
world war two, military, ambush, soldier, secret mission, danger, survival, friendship, battles, occupied france, traitor, wounded soldier ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944
Place:
france
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, Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The Soldier tells us about the military operations taking place in the years 1965-1973 when a group of Russian military operatives carried out the advisory support of North Vietnam as well as covert operations to capture the spoils (the enemy's ...
Style:
touching, realistic, inspirational, brutal, tense ...
Plot:
tropics, soviet army, russian abroad, war, life & death, courage, soldier, heroes, survival, military, army, one man army ...
Time:
70s, year 1973, year 1965, 60s
Place:
southeast asia, vietnam, soviet union, asia
Similarity:
33%
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