Movies like Recon
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Recon (2019)
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Genre: Biography, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Four American soldiers in WW2, after witnessing the vicious murder of an innocent civilian at the hands of their platoon Sergeant, are sent on a reconnaissance/suicide mission led by a local partisan.
Style:
tense, heavy, serious, suspenseful, dramatic, harsh, disturbing, bleak, suspense, grim ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, soldier, partisan, moral ambiguity, war, warrior, murder, american soldier, brutality, military officer, sergeant, war atrocity, army sergeant, world war, survival, loss of innocence, war crime, guilt, paranoia, suspicion, mistrust, trauma, suicide mission, claustrophobia, isolation ...
Time:
1940s
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Most similar movies to Recon
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspenseful, captivating and bleak films with plots about world war two, military, survival, soldier, war, world war and moral ambiguity mostly in War, Thriller and Action genres. Some movies like Recon: Assault on Hill 400 (2023), Alone We Fight (2018), The Eastern Front (2020), Beyond the Line (2019), Near Enemies (2020). 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: 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:
79%
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, suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, eastern front, battles, soldier, frontline, german soldier, wehrmacht, survival, war, military, military service, wartime ...
Time:
year 1945, 1940s
Similarity:
77%
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:
74%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, War
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A squad of American soldiers hunt down a suspected spy that escaped an internment camp during WWII.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war two, soldier, betrayal, espionage, world war, mistrust, wartime, concentration camp, paranoia, war, wartime life, military ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
california
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Biography, History, War
Country: Israel
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The unbelievable story of Leonid Bernshtein, a young Jewish soldier who rose to become the leader and led the operation to destroy the secret facility of the notorious Nazi V2 ballistic missiles.
Style:
thought provoking, historical drama, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, moral dilemma, soldier, guerilla warfare, nazi occupation, military, life is a bitch, holocaust, nazi germany, german officer, military life, german soldier ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
72%
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:
69%
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Norway
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Fredrik isn’t the bravest of men, but now he is faced with a great responsibility and an enormous task - to get the entire Norwegian gold reserve away from the Nazis during the invasion of Norway.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, dramatic, serious, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, resistance, stolen gold, gold, truck, responsibility, theft, assignment, war, danger, evacuation, occupation ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A WWII pilot, bombardier, and radioman find themselves adrift on a lifeboat without food or water after being forced to ditch their plane during a scouting mission.
Style:
tense, captivating, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
survival, world war two, military, human spirit, danger, ocean, soldier, disaster, human nature, getting home, isolation, wilderness ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942, 20th century
Place:
pacific ocean
Similarity:
66%
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:
59%
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:
56%
Genre: Action, Thriller, War
Country: Thailand
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
On July 7, 1944, a U.S. Army hospital on the remote island of Saipan is overrun by Japanese forces during a relentless attack. Outgunned and surrounded by the enemy, a lone medic puts it all on the line to lead a band of wounded soldiers to safety.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, dramatic, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, doctor, surgeon, male doctor, world war two, hospital, protection, war, death, rescue, fight, military hospital ...
Similarity:
55%
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:
55%
Genre: History, Thriller, War
Country: Sweden, Germany, Norway
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Despite the threat of war in the fall of 1939, the Germans decide to launch a sea expedition in search of evidence for Pangaea. Although the multi national geologists embark enthusiastically on their research mission, the growing political tension ...
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
world war two, scientific expedition, ship, wartime, military, expedition, war, mission, moral dilemma, isolation, political intrigue, claustrophobia ...
Time:
year 1939
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Action, Adventure, History, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
During the last days of World War II, Germany, desperate for any last grasp to defeat the allied powers, looked to their last remaining weapons and soldiers. The German Navy and the last remaining U-Boats were formed together for one desperate last ...
Style:
period piece, tense, captivating, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war two, torpedo, mission, defeat, air attack, soldier, dead body, guilt, u.s. navy, fighter plane, world war, wartime ...
Time:
1940s, 1910s, year 1945, year 1918
Place:
atlantic ocean, usa
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Action, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Decorated British officer Jack Wallace must lead a band of Allied commandos across enemy lines to rescue Professor Hopper, an American scientist held hostage by the Nazis. With information that could turn the tide of war, these unlikely heroes must ...
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, tense, captivating, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, rescue mission, mission, british officer, nazi, wartime, wartime life, british, soldier, military, war, military life ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
bavaria
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Spain, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When Andrew Briggman—a young soldier in the US invasion of Afghanistan—witnesses other recruits killing innocent civilians under the direction of a sadistic Sergeant, he considers reporting them to higher-ups. However, the heavily-armed and ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, exciting, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
war crime, behind enemy lines, military, american soldier, moral dilemma, soldier, murder, gunfight, deception, machismo, brutality, heroism ...
Time:
year 2019, year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan, middle east
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
December 30, 1941. Vyazma ('Vyazemsky cauldron') is a small detachment of Soviet soldiers, by fatal coincidence, in an unequal battle with a special unit of the Wehrmacht. However, none of them think about giving up. Each of them was ready ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, suspense, rough, tense ...
Plot:
partisan, world war two, military, male nudity, world war, soldier, society, violence, battles, legend, death, fight ...
Time:
year 1941, 20th century, 1940s
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In WWII, a squad of U.S. African-American soldiers are sent on a rescue mission behind enemy lines to locate their lost commanding officer and a downed fighter pilot.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, harsh, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, us military, wartime, world war, u.s. army, military, american soldier, war, soldier, gunfight, ambush, fighter pilot ...
Similarity:
43%
398
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The private life of Hitler revealed for the first time!
Style:
historical drama, intense, period piece, bleak, grim ...
Plot:
world war two, hitler, biopic, nazi, character study, dictator, nazi germany, manipulation, anti semitism, rise to power, totalitarianism, propaganda ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 1920s
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
43%
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:
42%
Genre: Action, Thriller, War
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
British RAF Wing Commander James Wright is captured by the Japanese during WWII and forced to fight in brutal hand-to-hand combat. The Japanese soldiers get more than they bargained for when Wright’s years of martial arts training in Hong Kong ...
Style:
period piece, tense, historical drama, dark, action thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
bare chested male, world war two, martial arts, hand to hand combat, survival, captivity, pow, violence, brutality, military, resilience, extreme violence ...
Time:
1940s, year 1950, year 1942
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
39%
644
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After a catastrophic event, eight girls find themselves stranded in a house without electricity. As they run out of food and water, their sanity begins to crumble, and soon they regress to their baser instincts.
Style:
tense, psychological horror, disturbing, captivating, suspense ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
survival, party, isolation, claustrophobia, struggle for survival, trap, teenage girl, teenager, trapped, fear, mentally unstable, mentally unstable woman ...
Similarity:
39%
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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:
38%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
British soldiers guarding the Kajaki Dam set out to rescue a three-man team after one of them loses a leg to a landmine.
Style:
bleak, exciting, tense, rough, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
war, soldier, war in afghanistan, minefield, bravery, military, british army, desert, danger, heroic mission, tough heroes, battle zone ...
Time:
year 2006, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan, middle east
Similarity:
37%
Genre: War
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A week before storming the beaches of Normandy, two US Soldiers infiltrate an abandoned complex to rescue a prisoner of war from the clutches of the Nazi regime.
Style:
psychotronic, suspenseful, serious, suspense
Plot:
rescue mission, soldier, pow, captive, state affairs, police interrogation, murder, assignment, prison, gunfight, violence, army ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
normandy, france
Similarity:
37%
110
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The film follows Michael Todd, a lonely college student, with no direction in his life; he is assigned a research paper about a local New Orleans legend, the tale of Erica Fisc, a girl who disappeared some twenty years prior. As he looks into the ...
Style:
tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot:
missing person, investigation, danger, uncover truth, on the run, urban legend, fear, obsession, chase, suspicion, survival, cat and mouse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa
Similarity:
36%
854
Genre: Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The trip aboard a luxury yacht of three couples that will turn from an exciting experience to a terrible nightmare.
Style:
suspense, tense, thrilling, psychological thriller, dark ...
Plot:
boat, yacht, isolation, sea, claustrophobia, survival, paranoia, suspicion, slow burn, betrayal, power struggle, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
36%
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:
35%
Genre: Action, War
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In the thick of WWII, the 1st Special Service Force unit is called to duty on a secret rescue mission. Challenged by Nazis at every turn, our band of heroes bunker in a bombed out city and race against time to relay a message that is crucial to the ...
Style:
suspenseful, action packed, tense, heroic, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, soldier, secret mission, military, war, intelligence agency, heroic mission, mission, assignment, combat, nazi, special forces ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
35%
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