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Railway Heroes (2021)
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Original name: 铁道英雄
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: China
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The historical story of an enemy fighting the wits and courage of an extraordinary brave group of ordinary heroes known as the "Lunan Railway Brigade" who desperately fight to defend their homeland.
Style:
tense, historical drama, captivating, thrilling, period piece, inspirational, emotional, suspense, grim
Plot:
railway, sino japanese war, courage, heroism, resistance, militia, underground movement, war, fight, civil war, wartime, communism, wartime life, anti communism, occupation, sacrifice, patriotism, loyalty, sabotage, resilience, military, partisan, underground, espionage, train wreck ...
Place:
china
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Most similar movies to Railway Heroes
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, captivating, bleak and suspense films with plots about sacrifice, heroism, patriotism, world war two, war, wartime and resistance mostly in Drama, War and History genres. Some movies like Railway Heroes: Water Gate Bridge (2022), Battle of Xiangjiang River (2017), Back to 1942 (2012), No Goodbyes (2018), Our Time Will Come (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: China
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
In the follow-up to "The Battle At Lake Changjin", brothers Wu Qianli and Wu Wanli undertake a new task for the People's Volunteer Army, defending a bridge part of the American troops' escape route from the advancing Chinese.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, period piece ...
Plot:
korean war, communist, communist propaganda, military, battles, wartime, historical event, fight, war, japanese soldier, commando, commander ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, year 1950, 50s
Place:
china, north korea, japan
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: China
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
From November 27, 1934 to December 1, the Red Army fought with the Kuomintang army in Xing'an County, Quanzhou County and Guanyang County in the territory of Guangxi province for 5 days, finally, the Red Army through Xiangjiang in the border of ...
Style:
tense, historical drama, disturbing, suspense, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
red army, battles, military, chinese civil war, war, revolution, army, blockade, soldier, fight for supremacy, wartime, wartime life ...
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45%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: China
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
In 1942, Henan Province was devastated by the most tragic famine in modern Chinese history, resulting in the deaths of at least three million men, women and children. Although the primary cause of the famine was a severe drought, it was exacerbated ...
Style:
serious, rough, captivating, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
sino japanese war, world war two, japanese occupation of china, japanese occupation, life is a bitch, survival, danger, chaos, on the run, against humanity, escapades, on the road ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1942
Place:
china, taiwan, asia
Similarity:
44%
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:
42%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
In Japanese-occupied Hong Kong, a school teacher and her would-be-fiancé link up with Chinese guerrilla fighters, forging their own path to freedom.
Style:
suspense, historical drama, captivating, disturbing, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
japanese occupation, world war two, mother daughter relationship, sacrifice, courage, resistance, military, arrest, family relations, life is a bitch, occupation, partisan ...
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: China
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A former spy in the Chinese Nationalist Party falls for an opium-dealing widow, as China is ravaged by war and revolution.
Style:
historical drama, captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
world war two, social problems, wartime life, life is a bitch, wartime, couple relations, romantic relationship, loner, war, love story, in love, fall in love ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
During World War I, a group of British miners are recruited to tunnel underneath no man's land and set bombs from below the German front in hopes of breaking the deadly stalemate of the Battle of Messines.
Style:
thought provoking, tense, captivating, suspense, powerful
Plot:
world war one, military, miner, wartime, patriot, patriotism, mining, battles, heroic mission, showdown, fight, fight for supremacy ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Follows the story of underground workers who risked their lives to send intelligence and defend the motherland, set after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor when the Wang Jingwei regime declared war on Britain and the U.S.
Style:
thrilling, tense, captivating, suspenseful, patriotic ...
Plot:
japanese occupation of china, espionage, underground movement, undercover agent, world war two, resistance, soldier, special agent, mission, agent, spy, war ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s
Place:
china, east asia
Similarity:
39%
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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: Action, Drama, War
Country: China
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In 1953, the Korean War is entering the final stage. The People's Volunteer Army of China has launched the last major battle in Kumsong. In order to arrive at the battleground on time and deliver enough force to the Kumsong front line, the ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, political, philosophical
Plot:
korean war, battles, korean army, military base, wartime life, heroism, fight for supremacy, wartime, korean history, protector, struggle for survival, combat ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Denmark
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
This Danish movie "Out of The Darkness" ( in Danish 'De Forbandede år 2' ) is a continuation of the popular WW II drama "Into The Darkness" ( in Danish 'De forbandede år' ) and it portraits the Danish ...
Style:
suspenseful, dramatic, captivating, serious, historical drama ...
Plot:
world war two, occupation, german occupation, resistance, freedom fighter, world war, wartime, nazism, war, fight, nazi soldier, nazi ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
denmark, copenhagen
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Georgia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Shindisi tells the story of the 2008 Russia-Georgia war through the fate of 17 Georgian soldiers who died during the Shindisi battle. The script was written by Irakli Solomanashvili based on real facts and the cast includes Georgian actors as well ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, thought provoking, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
military, occupation, battles, heroism, land grab, hostile takeover, sacrifice, loss, wartime, soldier, aggression, russian soldier ...
Place:
georgia, caucasus
Similarity:
36%
Genre: War
Country: China
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
1949. Just before the most important and brutal battle of Chinese civil war, an elite small group of PLA commandos infiltrated across the Yang-tze river into the heart of KMT regime. Other than fighting behind enemy lines, the captain of the group ...
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, period piece ...
Plot:
battles, chinese civil war, loyalty, military, military life, honor, soldier, japanese soldier, fight, brother brother relationship, war, wartime ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, East Germany
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
A final episode in the trilogy about the Russian partisan's resistance during WWII. The film is set in 1944, when Russian partisans are making progress in their fighting against the Nazi occupation of Russia, Poland and Czechoslovakia. Lt. ...
Style:
period piece, tense, suspenseful, patriotic
Plot:
world war two, eastern front, behind enemy lines, guerilla warfare, resistance, occupation, sabotage, underground movement, sacrifice, resilience, heroism, patriotism ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union, russia, czechoslovakia, poland, ussr
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
September the 8th 1943, Rome, that crucial day, the armistice, in the town many life change their way. Danilo escapes the fascist enlist, while Michele succeeded to leave his administration moving from Rome. On the way to come back Rome the two ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, realistic, bleak, tense
Plot:
world war two, fascism, sabotage, heroism, resistance movement, sacrifice, nazi, occupation, courage, german occupation, bravery, tragedy ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
italy, rome italy
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
This war drama is dedicated to the victory in the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). It revolves around Pavel Zubov, a school teacher whose village was occupied by the fascists. Being a teacher is his calling in life. He believes in such basic human ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, realistic, intense ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, great patriotic war, german occupation, occupation, world war two, wartime, nazi occupation, war, wartime life, life is a bitch, struggle for survival, teacher ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: China
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
In the Nanjing Massacre of 1937, in order to save his life, postman A Chang pretended to be a photo developer in a photo studio and developed photos for the Japanese army. He also took in a group of Chinese soldiers and civilians, turning the studio ...
Style:
historical drama, bleak, period piece, educational, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
photography, japanese army, japanese occupation, refugee, heroism, sacrifice, occupation, resilience, wartime, moral ambiguity, resistance, urban ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, year 1937
Place:
china
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: China
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In 1932 Shanghai, a resistance leader and a gangster join forces to eliminate a Japanese military strategist. Their mission leads to violent encounters, public uprising, and ultimate sacrifice in the fight for freedom.
Style:
tense, heroic, bleak, political, dark ...
Plot:
assassination, resistance, japanese occupation, patriotism, espionage, double agent, betrayal, courage, sacrifice, spy thriller, underground movement, undercover ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
shanghai
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: China
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of Zhou Wen, a graduate of Whampoa Military Academy for rich kids. After being sentenced to death for murder, he was able to escape. Changing his name to Zhou Wei Guo and joining the military, he went on to create the special operations ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, tense, suspenseful, intense ...
Plot:
world war two, military, battles, patriotism, resistance, soldier, military life, wartime life, female soldier, fight, wartime, swat team ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
china
Similarity:
33%
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:
tense, captivating, disturbing, bleak, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, military, battles, combat, fight, military life, war, battlefield, soldier, army, wartime life, warrior ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Based on the novel of the same name by V. Kozhevnikov. The film is about the heroism of Soviet workers, clearly manifested during the WWII.
Style:
historical drama, inspirational, emotional, bleak, patriotic ...
Plot:
great patriotic war, worker, world war two, courage, patriotism, sacrifice, labor, duty, resilience, perseverance, survival, teamwork ...
Time:
year 1970
Place:
soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: China
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
1942, Nanjing (Nanking). Following a series of assassination attempts on officials of the Japanese-controlled puppet government, the Japanese spy chief gathers a group of suspects in a mansion house for questioning. A tense game of "cat and ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, realistic, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
japanese occupation, espionage, world war two, medieval, code breaking, resistance, assassination, undercover, wartime life, rivalry, danger, chinese history ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1942
Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Estonia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The young country of Estonia is dancing to the jazzy tune of the 1920's when on December 1, 1924, the capital Tallinn is overrun by members of the Comintern in an attempt to stage a Communist coup. The film follows the fates of a young soldier ...
Style:
serious, rough, realistic, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
revolution, military, on the run, couple relations, wartime life, state affairs, heroes, anniversary, independence, civil unrest, nationalism, resistance ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
estonia
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Drama, History, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Set during the Japanese occupation of Shanghai in 1941, the drama follows Chen Shan who was forced to be a Japanese spy to save his younger sister who was held in captive; and his journey to become a patriotic fighter.
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
patriotism, conflict, spy, world war two, wartime, japanese occupation, espionage, society, civil unrest, patriot, battles, fight for supremacy ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
shanghai, china
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: China
TV show
Story:
Gu Yizhong, a scion of the Gu family in Suzhou, returns to China after completing his studies in the Architecture Department at the University of Pennsylvania. When the war breaks out, a failed rescue mission to assist his underground party ...
Style:
historical drama, psychological, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, espionage, betrayal, infiltration, spy, undercover agent, resistance, japanese occupation, wartime, secret mission, secret agent, agent ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The film is based on the true story of a regiment of nationalist troop fighting Japanese forces several times of their strength. Due to the political reasons, such historical topic is avoided in China, and even after the reform, the cautious ...
Style:
tension, patriotic, emotional, suspense, melancholic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, military, sacrifice, battles, heroism, protection, bravery, siege, patriotism, combat, tragedy, leadership ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s
Place:
shanghai, china
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A crown prince emerges as a leader during the war between Korea and Japan in 1592.
Style:
tense, captivating, grim, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
battles, military, mercenary, teenager, korean history, military officer, leader, young soldier, wartime, joseon dynasty, fight, showdown ...
Time:
16th century
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: China
Duration: 176 min.
Story:
Korean War, winter 1950. In the frozen and snowy area of Changjin Lake, a bloody battle is about to begin between the elite troops of the United States and China.
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, disturbing, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
korean war, chinese army, propaganda, soldier, army, historical event, heroism, cold weather, courage, war, battles, river battle ...
Time:
year 1950, 1950s, 20th century
Place:
china, korea, asia, north korea
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
South Korean Air Force pilots engage in perilous missions against Communist North Koreans during the Korean War.
Style:
tension, historical drama, period piece, melancholic
Plot:
air force, camaraderie, military, aerial combat, military aviation, brotherhood, bravery, sacrifice, patriotism, heroism, resilience, fatalism ...
Time:
1950s, year 1952, 50s
Place:
north korea, south korea, korea
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A group of school-mates form a resistance group in nazi-occupied Denmark.
Style:
historical drama, tense, period piece, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war two, resistance, nazi occupation, children, political oppression, loss of innocence, coming of age, courage, moral ambiguity, underground movement, tragedy, escalation ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
29%
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