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War Trap (2022)
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Original name: Piège de guerre
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 both must find the energy to extricate themselves from a certain death, unaware of the terrible battle that awaits them on the outside.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, suspense, intense, realistic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, french soldier, soldier, ambush, survival, war, fight, military, battles, wartime, trap, wound, escape, bunker, claustrophobia, fear, darkness, isolation, desperation, combat, prisoner, minimalism, courage, fortress, sacrifice ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
france
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspense, realistic and captivating films with plots about soldier, military, world war two, survival, war, battles and heroism mostly in War, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like War Trap: Foxhole (2021), The Battle of the Last Panzer (1969), The Cavern (1964), The Eastern Front (2020), Beyond the Line (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Unfolding over the span of 36 hours in three separate wars – The American Civil War, World War I, and Iraq – FOXHOLE follows five soldiers confined in a foxhole as they grapple with morality, futility, and an increasingly volatile combat ...
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war one, iraq war, civil war, moral ambiguity, battlefield, morality, combat, multiple storylines, war, wartime life, battles, wartime ...
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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:
74%
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
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71%
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:
69%
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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:
67%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
From Hell To Victory follows the relationship of six friends throughout the Second World War. They meet in a cafe in Paris on 24th August 1939 and agree to meet there on the same day every year. The war however takes them on their own individual ...
Style:
period piece, tense, realistic, political, grim ...
Plot:
world war two, soldier, nazi, world war, occupation, commando, friendship, liberation, military, resistance, combat, survival ...
Time:
1940s, year 1979, 1930s
Place:
paris france, amsterdam, france
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
In 1944, the American military lands on the shores of Saipan. Refusing to commit suicide with his superiors or be forced into camps for prisoners of war, Captain Oba Sakae leads a group of his men and other similarly minded local residents into the ...
Style:
tense, exciting, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot:
world war two, military, honor, world war, soldier, battles, japanese army, commander, fight, war, heroic mission, wartime life ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945, year 1944
Place:
japan, pacific ocean, oceania
Similarity:
64%
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:
62%
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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:
61%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Australia, Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Tijdens de laatste dagen van de Tweede Wereldoorlog wordt op het eiland Borneo een Australische legereenheid bijna geheel uitgemoord door een enkele Japanse Soldaat, Ichiro Yamamura (Koji Tamaki). Hij zit zo vol haat omdat hij zijn vrouw en kinderen ...
Style:
intense, tense, suspense, psychological thriller, brutal ...
Plot:
jungle warfare, world war two, soldier, jungle, cat and mouse, survival, combat, wartime, enemy, sniper, violence, fear ...
Time:
year 1945, 1940s, 90s
Place:
pacific ocean, australia, japan, borneo
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A group of Slave workers, drafted by the Nazis to help construct their coastal defenses in 1944 are trapped in an underground bunker when the Allies land at Normandy on D-Day. They find huge dtores of food but not enough candles. The slow dying of ...
Style:
grindhouse, gloomy, bleak, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, chess, world war, bunker, d day, survival, claustrophobia, battles, holocaust, wartime life, prison, against humanity ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
france
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: China
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Based on real life events, the film is set in January 1949 and focuses around a group of soldiers involved in the final stages of the Battle of Pingjin
Style:
realistic, tense, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
battles, soldier, military, chinese civil war, liberation, military base, military officer, fight, military life, wartime life, heroism, sacrifice ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A story about an armored train number 56 and his actions during WWII.
Style:
patriotic, intense, period piece, tension, action drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
red army, world war two, soldier, military, railway, battles, protection, fortress, eastern front, heroism, frontline, combat ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union, ukraine, kiev ukraine, ussr
Similarity:
57%
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:
55%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: United Arab Emirates, France, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
It is the winter of 2018, the men and women of the UAE military are deployed to provide aid. At the Mocha Base, spirits are high as three Emirati soldiers anticipate an imminent return home. While on their final routine patrol, the three soldiers, ...
Style:
realistic, tension, exciting, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
ambush, rescue mission, military, survival, soldier, war, rescue attempt, rescue, militant, salvation, battlefield, danger ...
Similarity:
51%
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:
51%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia
TV show
Story:
Summer 1944. The Second World War rages. On one side, elite German soldiers serving in the most dangerous and cruel army the world has ever seen. On the other, Russian partisans-fatigued, wounded and hungry, they have almost forgotten the warmth of ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, harsh, brutal ...
Plot:
partisan, world war two, soldier, patriotism, heroism, russian soldier, great patriotic war, combat, camaraderie, brotherhood, battlefield, wartime life ...
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51%
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:
50%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Drama - Set in the present-day Iraq war, this tense and gripping drama unfolds as two US Marines find themselves stranded and alone in the desert after their unit is all but destroyed in a routine mission. One of their team is taken hostage in the ...
Style:
tension, intense, suspenseful, action drama, realistic ...
Plot:
iraq war, military, soldier, desert, survival, war on terror, stranded, combat, hostage, man versus nature, loneliness, ambush ...
Place:
iraq
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A rag tag unit of misfits known as the War Pigs must go behind enemy lines to exterminate Nazis by any means necessary.
Style:
perverse, captivating, tense
Plot:
world war two, nazi, military, nazi hunter, battles, soldier, u.s. army, american soldier, behind enemy lines, fight, wartime, swat ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944
Place:
france
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
The story of the Podolsk cadets’ heroic stand outside Moscow in October 1941. Cadets were sent to the Ilyinsky line, fighting alongside units from the Soviet 43rd Army to hold back the German advance until reinforcements arrived. Hopelessly ...
Style:
rough, exciting, tense, intense, visually appealing ...
Plot:
world war two, military, rescue mission, battlefield, combat, battles, soldier, violence, army, teenager, trapped, against the odds ...
Time:
year 1941, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
russia, soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A searing portrait of war and prejudice, 'Only the Brave' takes you on a haunting journey into the hearts and minds of the forgotten heroes of WWII - the Japanese-American 100th/442nd.
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, battles, soldier, survival, military life, society, danger, daring rescue, war, heroic mission, battle zone, world war ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
france, europe, italy, usa, hawaii
Similarity:
43%
264
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, War
Country: Russia
TV show
Story:
Present time. A squad of young soldiers of the Russian army during the march-throw splits from the main group. In order to save time, they decide to cut the path, but get into the strange fog, which transfers them to the past, right into the World ...
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, intense, brutal ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
russian soldier, world war two, military, soldier, heroism, time travel, war, fog, wartime, sent to the past, combat, death ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
WW2 story about group of prisoners who are trying to escape the death camp, run by local pro-Nazi militia.
Style:
tension, dark, suspense, grim, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, escape, concentration camp, prisoner, survival, oppression, war crime, tragedy, resistance, execution, escape plan, brutality ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
croatia, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Italy, Israel
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
During the Six Day War between Egypt and Israel a crack team of soldiers are sent on a dangerous mission and end up getting stranded in the desert, where they are forced to fight off numerous attacks by the enemy.
Style:
tense, realistic, suspense, period piece, grim ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
combat, soldier, mission, military, israeli army, survival, sacrifice, stranded, isolation, ambush, camaraderie, heroism ...
Place:
israel
Similarity:
41%
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:
41%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 184 min.
TV show
Story:
Platoon commander Lt. Kravtsov reports for active duty. Military 'fate' allocates for such lieutenants only three days of life, on average. During this time, Kravtsov should become the commander of his troops and lead them in a hopeless ...
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, grim, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, world war two, sacrifice, death, heroism, battlefield, lieutenant, duty, war violence, wartime life, battles, wartime ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Ukraine, Russia
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
The story is set during the World War II. Seven prisoners manage to escape from the penitentiary and hide in a small village forsaken of God and men. Soon after they respire, they face a new hardship - a German subversive group appears near the ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, grim ...
Plot:
patriotism, world war two, nazi occupation, redemption, resistance, moral transformation, wartime, great patriotic war, war, escaped prisoner, military, protector ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Lucien, 14, can’t understand why his father, a serious and respected teacher, makes a fool of himself by dressing up as a clown and giving a show. André, Lucien’s father’s best friend, feels for the teenager and decides to reveal something ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating, poignant ...
Plot:
world war two, occupied france, occupation, sabotage, resistance, french resistance, friendship, nazi occupation, german occupation, father son relationship, family secret, fight ...
Time:
1940s, year 2003
Place:
france
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Denmark
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In the early morning of April 9th 1940 the Danish army is alerted. The Germans have crossed the border; Denmark is at war against Europe's strongest army. In Southern Jutland Danish bicycle- and motorcycle companies are ordered out, to against ...
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi occupation, wehrmacht, military, war, soldier, battles, danger, against the odds, nazi, world war, friendship ...
Time:
20th century, year 1940, 1940s
Place:
denmark, germany, europe
Similarity:
38%
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