Movies like Battle of Britain

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Battle of Britain (1969)
 6.9
 23K
Battle of Britain (1969)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 132 min.
Story: In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the Nazi invasion of Britain.
Style: epic, exciting, realistic, light, dramatic, talky, factual, dieselpunk, sincere, serious ...
Plot: world war two, aviation, luftwaffe, aerial combat, war, fighter pilot, air battle, raf, british history, battles, fighter plane, airplane, nazi, wartime, politics, courage, bomb, new year, catastrophe, survival, submarine, spy, twists and turns, fight, natural disaster ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1940, 40s
Place: poland, england, london, berlin germany, russia, germany, israel ...

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Most similar movies to Battle of Britain

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, exciting and dramatic films with plots about military, war, world war two, soldier, battles, wartime and explosion mostly in War, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Battle of Britain: The Longest Day (1962), Aces High (1976), Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), The Bridge at Remagen (1969), Midway (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
The Longest Day (1962)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
Story: The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that ...
Style: epic, realistic, factual, harsh, tense ...
Audience: manly
Plot: world war two, military, war, nazi, soldier, invasion, d day, courage, german, allies, resistance, beach ...
Time: year 1944, 1940s, 20th century
Place: normandy, poland, germany, europe, paris france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.5
 3K
Aces High (1976)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, France
Duration: 114 min.
Story: The first World War is in its third year and aerial combat above the Western Front is consuming the nation's favored children at an appalling rate. By early 1917, the average life-span of a British pilot is less than a fortnight. Such losses ...
Style: realistic, serious, gloomy, bleak, rough ...
Plot: world war one, fighter pilot, military, aviation, fighter plane, war, aerial combat, luftwaffe, airplane, pilot, intrigue, world war two ...
Time: 1910s, year 1917, 20th century
Place: england, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story: In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words use by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had ...
Style: epic, factual, talky, intense, serious ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: world war two, war, u.s. navy, battles, fighter plane, aviation, military life, navy, military, air raid, airplane, state affairs ...
Time: 70s, 1940s, year 1941, 20th century
Place: hawaii, japan, pearl harbor, washington d.c., asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: In March of 1945, as the War in Europe is coming to a close, fighting erupts between German and American troops at the last remaining bridgehead across the Rhine.
Style: realistic, harsh, intense, exciting, serious ...
Plot: world war two, war, battles, soldier, survival, nazi, military, tank, escapades, anti war, wartime life, heroes ...
Time: 1940s, year 1945, 20th century
Place: germany, italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Battle of the Bulge (1965)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 167 min.
Story: In the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies stand ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New Year. To prevent this occurrence, Hitler orders an all out offensive to re-take French territory and capture the major port city of Antwerp. "The ...
Style: epic, factual, tense, serious, realistic ...
Audience: manly, teens, kids, girls' night
Plot: world war two, war, tank, military, nazi, battles, heroic mission, campaign, epic battle, leadership, attack, u.s. military ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1944
Place: belgium, hawaii, spain, germany, berlin germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.7
 88K
Midway (2019)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Canada, China, Hong Kong
Duration: 138 min.
Story: The story of the soldiers and aviators who helped turn the tide of the Second World War during the iconic Battle of Midway in June 1942.
Style: exciting, bleak, scary, sad, motivational ...
Plot: world war two, sea battle, naval battle, aerial combat, aircraft carrier, warship, air battle, fighter plane, fighter pilot, navy, u.s. navy, war ...
Time: 1940s, year 1942, 1930s, year 1937, year 1941 ...
Place: pearl harbor, pacific ocean, tokyo, washington d.c., hawaii ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.8
 673K
Dunkirk (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Netherlands, France, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.
Style: epic, atmospheric, dramatic, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: world war two, military, survival, war, soldier, evacuation, military officer, beach, wartime, air attack, rescue mission, army ...
Time: 1940s, year 1940, middle ages, 20th century
Place: france, england, english channel, dunkirk, los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 6.9
 29K
Memphis Belle (1990)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The "Memphis Belle" is a World War II bomber, piloted by a young crew on dangerous bombing raids into Europe. The crew only have to make one more bombing raid before they have finished their duty and can go home. In the briefing before ...
Style: tense, exciting, emotional, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night
Plot: world war two, war, bomber, military, soldier, battles, airplane, friendship, u.s. air force, aviation, heroic mission, bomb ...
Time: 1940s, year 1943, 20th century
Place: europe, australia, germany, england, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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 6.7
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Midway (1976)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II.
Style: realistic, factual, tense, intense, exciting ...
Plot: world war two, military, war, sea battle, u.s. navy, aviation, navy, fascism, ethnic conflict, prejudice, suspense, naval battle ...
Time: 70s, year 1942, 20th century, 1940s
Place: poland, hawaii, tokyo, germany, japan ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Mallory and Miller are back. The survivors of Navarone are sent on a mission along with a unit called Force 10, which is led by Colonel Barnsby. But Force 10 has a mission of their own which the boys know nothing about.
Style: exciting, intense, tense, stylized, serious ...
Plot: world war two, war, military, survival, nazi, suspense, battles, task force, double agent, spy, heroic mission, against the odds ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, 70s
Place: germany, former yugoslavia, italy, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 6.5
 43K
Flyboys (2006)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.
Style: harsh, exciting, realistic, factual, epic ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night
Plot: war, airplane, world war one, aerial combat, aviation, fighter pilot, german, zeppelin, vengeance, biplane, fight scenes, love story ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century
Place: europe, france, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story: When the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a country estate in Norfolk, it hatches an audacious scheme to kidnap the prime minister and spirit him to Germany for enforced negotiations with Hitler.
Style: exciting, intense, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, espionage, war, nazi germany, military, soldier, spy, suspense, runaway, insubordination, rescue, commando mission ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1943
Place: germany, poland, england, europe, berlin germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Operation Crossbow (1965)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Allied agents infiltrate the Nazi rocket complex at Peenemunde in order to obtain their secrets and sabotage the plant.The film alternates between German developments of the V-1 missile and V-2 rocket (with a German cast speaking their own language) ...
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, spy, undercover, espionage, british, nazi, luftwaffe, aviation, nazi germany, alien, secret mission, man on a mission ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: germany, england, london, europe, netherlands ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 139 min.
Story: A chronicle of events that led to the British involvement in the Crimean War against Russia and which led to the siege of Sevastopol and the fierce Battle of Balaclava on October 25, 1854 which climaxed with the heroic, but near-disastrous calvary ...
Style: epic, factual, harsh, serious, exciting ...
Plot: war, british history, politics, british army, anti war, military, british soldier, visceral, battles, justice, wartime, assassination ...
Time: 19th century, 1850s, victorian era, 70s, 60s
Place: england, canada, london, europe, istanbul turkey ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 7.1
 7K
The Blue Max (1966)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 156 min.
Story: A young pilot in the German air force of 1918, disliked as lower-class and unchivalrous, tries ambitiously to earn the medal offered for 20 kills.
Style: sexy, dramatic, epic, breathtaking, talky ...
Plot: world war one, fighter plane, fighter pilot, war, ambition, aviation, military, biplane, rivalry, soldier, german army, aerial combat ...
Time: 70s, 1930s, 1910s, year 1916
Place: berlin germany, germany, france, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Sea Wolves (1980)
Genre: Action, History, War
Country: UK, USA, Switzerland
Duration: 120 min.
Story: This true story follows the exploits of a top secret British military mission to destroy Nazi radio ships in a neutral harbor during WWII. The daring plan is led by British Intelligence officers Col. Lewis Pugh (Gregory Peck) and Capt. Gavin Stewart ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, tense, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, war, battles, espionage, military, submarine, seaport, suspense, ship, heroic mission, sea, undercover ...
Time: 1940s, 80s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1943 ...
Place: england, india, asia, goa india, portugal ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
We Were Soldiers (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Germany, USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.
Style: serious, factual, emotional, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, vietnam war, war, battles, soldier, battlefield, heroic mission, military life, death, wartime, justice, anti war ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 2000s
Place: vietnam, asia, usa, iraq
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 6.2
 338K
Pearl Harbor (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 183 min.
Story: The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson. But the rivalry between the friends-turned-foes ...
Style: romantic, sentimental, emotional, epic, factual ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens, date night
Plot: world war two, war, love, love triangle, military, airplane, love and romance, fighter pilot, aviation, navy, aerial combats, warship ...
Time: 1940s, 50s, post world war two, 20th century, year 1942 ...
Place: hawaii, pearl harbor, japan, asia, tokyo ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Ireland, UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Enemy at the Gates is a war film from Jean-Jacques Annaud from 2001 that takes place during the battle of Stalingard in World War II between the Russians and the Germans.
Style: epic, realistic, serious, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: sniper, world war two, war, military, german, friendship, heroes, ambition, death, nazi, courage, russian ...
Time: 1940s, post world war two, year 1942, 20th century
Place: germany, ussr, poland, canada, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Guns of Navarone (1961)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story: A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
Style: exciting, intense, tense, serious, epic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, war, island, military, behind enemy lines, german, suspense, nazi, resistance, mercenary, gunfight, battles ...
Time: 1940s, year 1943, 20th century
Place: greece, germany, fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Tuskegee Airmen (1995)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: During the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate African American pilots into the Fighter Pilot Program. Known as the "Tuskegee Airman" for the name of the airbase at which they were trained, ...
Style: factual, inspirational, emotional, serious, sincere ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: fighter pilot, military, world war two, racism, war, african american, aerial combat, black history, officers and cadets, interracial relations, aviation, training ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, 20th century
Place: alabama, africa, berlin germany, germany, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Winter War (1989)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 199 min.
Story: Russia attacked Finland in late November 1939. This film tells the story of a Finnish platoon of reservists from the municipality of Kauhava in the province of Pohjanmaa/Ostrobothnia who leave their homes and go to war. The film focuses on the ...
Style: realistic, epic, tense, bleak, gloomy ...
Plot: war, world war two, winter, military, invasion, cold weather, tank, politics, resistance, russo finnish war, violence, fight ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, year 1939, 20th century
Place: finland, russia, baltics, europe, ussr ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Too Late the Hero (1970)
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, realistic, psychological, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, jungle, anti war, war, survival, military, destiny, suspense, british army, rivalry, soldier, rescue ...
Time: 70s, year 1942
Place: the philippines, japan, tokyo, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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 6.4
 4K
633 Squadron (1964)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: When Norwegian resistance leader Lieutenant Erik Bergman reports the location of a German V-2 rocket fuel plant, the Royal Air Force's 633 Squadron is assigned the mission to destroy it. The plant is in a seemingly-impregnable location beneath ...
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, sincere
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, fighter pilot, battles, air raid, against the odds, hopes, military, war, save the day, crash landing, behind enemy lines, fishing ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1944
Place: norway, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 7.5
 36K
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, gloomy, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: world war two, war, battles, russian, german, nazism, soldier, survival, military, starvation, military life, wehrmacht ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1943, year 1942
Place: russia, germany, east germany, berlin germany, poland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
The Devil's Brigade (1968)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: 1968 American war film about the formation and first mission of the joint Canadian-American WWII special forces winter and mountain unit formally called 1st Special Service Force, but commonly known as “The Devil’s Brigade”. The film ...
Style: exciting, realistic, tense, harsh, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, military, war, commando, visceral, battles, betrayal, heroes, espionage, escapades, military life, anti war ...
Time: 1940s
Place: italy, tokyo, california, rome italy, norway ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Saints and Soldiers (2003)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Five American soldiers fighting in Europe during World War II struggle to return to Allied territory after being separated from U.S. forces during the historic Malmedy Massacre.
Style: touching, intense, emotional, rough, epic ...
Plot: world war two, military, behind enemy lines, soldier, pow, war, battles, winter, survival, friendship, allies, heroic mission ...
Time: 1940s, post world war two, year 1944, 20th century
Place: belgium, germany, berlin germany, poland, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 7.1
 151K
Defiance (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. The brothers begin the rescue of roughly 1,200 Jews still trapped in ...
Style: emotional, sincere, epic, dramatic, realistic ...
Plot: holocaust, world war two, jewish, war, survival, nazi, judaism, partisan, genocide, rebellion, military, prejudice ...
Time: post world war two, 20th century, 1940s, year 1942, year 1941
Place: poland, germany, israel, russia, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
The Monuments Men (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on seven over-the-hill, out-of-shape museum directors, artists, architects, curators, and art historians who went to the front lines of ...
Style: exciting, intense, suspenseful, realistic, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: world war two, war, art, art theft, nazi germany, nazism, military, painting, stolen gold, redemption, architect, suspense ...
Time: 1940s, post world war two, year 1945, year 1977, year 1943 ...
Place: poland, paris france, france, europe, germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 7.1
 249K
Valkyrie (2008)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Japan, UK
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events unfold so that he becomes a ...
Style: factual, tense, bad ending, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: world war two, nazi, war, nazism, hitler, conspiracy, nazi germany, suspense, resistance, politics, german soldier, wehrmacht ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944, post world war two, year 1943, 20th century
Place: germany, berlin germany, africa, poland, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%