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The Eastern Front (2020)
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Genre: War
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A dwindling group of German soldiers battle to return to their lines on the harsh Eastern Front.
Style:
bleak, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, intense, tension, period piece, grim
Plot:
world war two, eastern front, battles, soldier, frontline, german soldier, wehrmacht, survival, war, military, wartime, military service, desperation, realism, retreat, fear, loss, trauma, snow, cold, anti war, isolation, moral ambiguity, graphic violence, claustrophobia ...
Time:
year 1945, 1940s
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Most similar movies to The Eastern Front
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, bleak, period piece and suspenseful films with plots about soldier, military, world war two, survival, war, battles and wartime mostly in War, Drama and History genres. Some movies like The Eastern Front: Assault on Hill 400 (2023), Lost in Klessin (2018), Alone We Fight (2018), Beyond the Line (2019), Battle Over Britain (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: War
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
On November 14, 1944, the 2nd Ranger Battalion is tasked with sieging the German town of Bergstein, and Hill 400, a highly strategic position that provides the Reich with high ground for artillery.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, bleak, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, military, fortress, american soldier, german soldier, forest, shootout, nurse, assault, battles, wartime life, military life ...
Time:
year 1944, 1940s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
95%
Genre: War
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
On their journey West, Captain von Stock and his battle group are arrive in a small village located not far from a strategically important river crossing. The village is frequented by a constant stream of refugees fleeing the advancing Soviet army.
Style:
sincere, suspense, disturbing, bleak, grim ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, refugee, wartime, soldier, war refugee, war, small village, village, russian army, red army, life is a bitch, wartime life ...
Similarity:
91%
Genre: 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:
tense, suspenseful, harsh, captivating, grim ...
Plot:
world war two, mission, military, german soldier, american soldier, wartime life, war, soldier, friend, friendship, military life, nazi soldier ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
france
Similarity:
88%
Genre: War
Country: Canada
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Two Allied soldiers find themselves stuck behind enemy Nazi lines and must find a way to get back home despite the temptation to accept defeat.
Style:
serious, dramatic, tense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war two, behind enemy lines, survival, wartime, wounded, wounded soldier, war injury, troops, german soldier, wound, military, war ...
Similarity:
87%
Genre: War
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Captain Muller struggles to survive fighting overwhelming Russian forces. Wounded, he is sent to Normandy as Americans Lee and Trey prepare for D-Day. Soon, scores are settled and battle brings our GIs and Germans on the same path.
Style:
period piece, tense, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war two, battles, military officer, military, german soldier, d day, combat, fight, soldier, struggle for survival, wartime, war ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
normandy
Similarity:
84%
Genre: War
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A young pilot, fresh out of training, is called to join a Flight while they wait for the call to scramble. Throughout a single day, he witnesses the skies of southern England filled with deadly dog fights, and after every exhausting battle the men ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, tense, tension, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, pilot, royal air force, aerial combat, sacrifice, air force, military, aviation, air strike, soldier, military service, war ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s
Similarity:
78%
Genre: War
Country: China
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A Soviet Russian lady officer, a Chinese peasant and a Japanese schoolgirl must walk their way out of a forest toward the end of World War II, despite their mutual distrust of one another.
Style:
emotional, suspense, thought provoking, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
world war two, forest, soldier, military, war, survival, brutality, life is a bitch, violent, killing, characters in danger, journey ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
china, soviet union, japan
Similarity:
69%
Genre: War
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Christmas 1944, The Germans make one final push against the attacking allied armies in the West. Lt. Robert Cappa and his platoon of 2nd Infantry Division soldiers have been ordered to hold a vital road junction against the German aggressors. Cappa ...
Style:
tense, action packed, suspenseful, period piece, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, battle of the bulge, battles, survival, heroism, winter, camaraderie, protection, patriotism, siege, trench warfare, military ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
65%
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Genre: Action, History, War
Country: Thailand, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Marines stationed at an airfield in Malay during WWII get wind of a coming raid by the Japanese. Unable to get reinforcements approved, they engage in a harrowing 3-day battle against enemy forces.
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, bleak, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, group, battles, combat, siege, military, great war, military service, world war, japanese soldier, wartime, wartime life ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Action, War
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
An American troop stranded in the Italian wilderness, struggle to find their way back to safety during World War 2.
Style:
tension, intense, realistic, suspense, grim ...
Plot:
world war two, survival, stranded, man versus nature, fear, danger, isolation, military, soldier, camaraderie, brotherhood, loss ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
60%
306
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Greece
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Two stories set in northern Greece during World War II.
Style:
period piece, black and white, grim, bleak, psychological ...
Plot:
world war two, retreat, sacrifice, loss, tragedy, survival, desperation, battlefield, wounded, trauma, anti war, realism ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
greece
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Hungary, Latvia, France, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
World War II, occupied Soviet Union. István Semetka is a simple Hungarian farmer who serves as a Sub-Lieutenant in a special unit scouting for partisan groups. On their way to a remote village, his company falls under enemy fire. As the commander ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
prospector, reconnaissance, soldier, partisan, realism, eastern front, military, military officer, fight for supremacy, ambush, war, struggle for survival ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union, germany
Similarity:
59%
479
Genre: War
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Klaus Muller, a battle-hardened veteran, finds himself fighting for his life on the Russian front. Surrounded by overwhelming numbers of Russian tanks and planes, he and his men are doomed until famed German tank ace, Michael Wittmann, shows up in ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, emotional ...
Plot:
soldier, military, heroes, family relations, battles, lovers on the run, danger, escapades, d day, chase, tank, world war two ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
europe, normandy
Similarity:
57%
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:
serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, bleak
Plot:
eastern front, world war two, friendship, battles, human spirit, military, survival, life is a bitch, confined, on the run, war, heroes ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
europe, germany
Similarity:
56%
380
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
During the Second World War, following an ambush carried out in a fort by German troops, Eugène, a French soldier, finds himself trapped underground. Now fighting for his survival, his destiny will play out alongside that of another survivor and ...
Style:
tense, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, french soldier, soldier, ambush, survival, military, wound, battles, wartime, fight, war, trap ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
france
Similarity:
55%
538
Genre: War
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The story of trust and its absence against the background of events unfolding in Eastern Ukraine in early 2014. The main topic is revealed through the prism of the Luhansk border base, whose fighters the separatists and Russian special services ...
Style:
tension, captivating, psychological, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
russian army, war, wartime, ukrainian history, conflict, military, trust, betrayal, loyalty, life is a bitch, wartime life, invasion ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
ukraine, eastern europe
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 201 min.
Story:
A Russian war correspondent is drafted into the war and finds himself in the middle of battle. When he loses his party card, however, he is treated as a deserter until he finds help from a kind man. This Soviet war feature was considerably outspoken ...
Style:
historical drama, melancholic, period piece, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
world war two, great patriotic war, red army, eastern front, survival, camaraderie, wehrmacht, realism, moral ambiguity, battlefield, anti war, retreat ...
Time:
year 1941
Place:
soviet union, siberia, ussr, russia
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
War drama directed by Jerzy Wojcik.
Style:
period piece, realistic, bleak, intense, medical drama
Plot:
frontline, world war one, field hospital, sacrifice, doctor, death, military, humanity, trauma, survival, cold, loss ...
Place:
poland
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Set in the last days of World War II, a small band of Russian soldiers led by intelligence officer Brana Vasilyeva, who is tasked with trafficking the remains of Hitler back to Stalin in Russia. En route, the unit is attacked by German ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, josef stalin, hitler, soldier, last stand, mission, assignment, military, wartime life, german soldier, russian soldier, military officer ...
Similarity:
48%
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:
tense, period piece, suspense, emotional, macaroni combat ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, tank, soldier, survival, battles, german soldier, retreat, occupied france, battlefield, ambush, loss, cross cultural relations ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
normandy
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Fantasy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Lt. Robert Cappa and his platoon of 2nd Infantry Division soldiers must defend a vital supply depot from being captured by attacking German soldiers.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, dramatic, intense, tense
Plot:
world war two, german army, american soldier, battles, soldier, gunfight, military life, military, wartime life, winter, wartime, battle of the bulge ...
Place:
belgium
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: Italy, West Germany, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Adventure drama during WW2 in Italy where a mixed group of people get trapped inside a cave after a bomb raid. But can they co-operate? And will they survive?
Style:
tense, intense, serious, suspense, period piece ...
Plot:
world war two, cave, trapped, underground, survival, claustrophobia, confined, isolation, darkness, desperation, sacrifice, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The continuation of a story started by Alexander Stolper epic movie "Zhivye i Myortvye".
Style:
historical drama, serious, period piece, realistic, grim ...
Plot:
world war two, red army, stalingrad, great patriotic war, soldier, sacrifice, military, siege, eastern front, battlefield, survival, brutality ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union
Similarity:
41%
Genre: War
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
U.S. General Hudson Kilpatrick is known to many as “Kill Cavalry,” not for the number of enemy troops he has killed, but his own, due to brash decisions that lead to heavy Federal casualties
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
civil war, military, army, swamp, reverend, cavalry, war, military officer, american soldier, army general, soldier, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
year 1865, 1860s, 19th century
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Iran
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The resistance of Ammar battalion in Abughoraib strait at the last days of Iran-Iraq war.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, tension, intense ...
Plot:
resistance, soldier, military, battles, iraq iran war, heroism, war, fight, historical event, wartime life, wartime, military officer ...
Time:
80s
Place:
iran
Similarity:
38%
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:
suspenseful, tense, reflective, bleak, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
moral dilemma, realism, israeli army, combat, moral ambiguity, guerilla warfare, soldier, political conflict, platoon, occupation, fear, loss ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
lebanon, middle east, israel
Similarity:
38%
Genre: War
Country: Australia
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
The true story of the brutal World War II military campaign fought between Australia and Japan in the green hell of the mountains of Papua New Guinea. Told from both the Japanese and Australian perspectives the documentary also explores the impact ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, educational ...
Plot:
world war two, military, soldier, australian history, japanese army, world war, wartime life, japanese man, japanese soldier, war, japanese military, japanese history ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
papua new guinea, australia, japan
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Three British soldiers and their German captive trek through the European countryside.
Style:
serious, realistic
Plot:
world war two, soldier, holocaust, captive, battles, basic training, captivity, military life, prison, gory, anti war, war ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
europe, england, germany
Similarity:
36%
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, captivating, gloomy, epic ...
Plot:
world war two, war, battles, nazism, eastern front, soldier, german soldier, starvation, survival, military life, holocaust, winter ...
Time:
year 1942, year 1943, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
russia, germany, europe, italy, berlin germany ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
October 1941. Thousands of fascists troops are advancing on Kalinin to capture the city and therefore open a direct route to Moscow. There are two thousand people able to defend the city and they are without tanks or artillery. The only hope of ...
Style:
atmospheric, serious, rough, suspenseful, touching ...
Plot:
world war two, protection, fight, diversion, battles, eastern front, sabotage, danger, spy, society, resistance, siege ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union
Similarity:
35%
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