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3 Days in Malay (2023)
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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, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, captivating, thrilling, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, group, combat, battles, siege, military, soldier, wartime, japanese soldier, military service, military life, wartime life, world war, great war, survival, marines, heroism, sacrifice, last stand, desperation, duty, bombing, brotherhood, claustrophobia, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
1940s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspenseful, captivating and bleak films with plots about military, soldier, war, world war two, battles, sacrifice and wartime life mostly in War, Action and Drama genres. Some movies like 3 Days in Malay: Assault on Hill 400 (2023), Death and Glory in Changde (2010), War Raiders (2018), Battle for Saipan (2022), Infiltration (2022). 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.
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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
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95%
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:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, military, battles, combat, fight, military life, war, battlefield, soldier, army, wartime life, warrior ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
92%
Genre: Action, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
Eastern Europe, 1944. The Allies successfully bomb a dam in France, wiping out a German installation, concealing secret codes valuable for Allied decoding. A rogue band of soldiers is sent to retrieve the codes from a hidden vault in the flooded ...
Style:
tense, captivating, tension, grim, action packed ...
Plot:
world war two, military, soldier, battles, nazi, war, wartime, mission, nazism, fight, nazi occupation, struggle for survival ...
Time:
year 1944
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
80%
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:
78%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Ivan sets off on a dangerous mission into Syria to save his ex-commander Grey after his capture by ISIS. With the help of U.S. military patrols, he succeeds in freeing Grey and attempts to escape the country while being hunted by terrorists.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, bleak, serious, rough ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
military, russian abroad, hostage rescue, dangerous mission, isis, rescue mission, wartime, correspondents, war correspondent, ex military, ex soldier, wartime life ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
syria, middle east
Similarity:
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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:
77%
Genre: Action, War
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In the midst of the D-Day invasion, a group of US soldiers are given orders to smuggle a member of the French Resistance behind enemy lines to assassinate a high-value Nazi target.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, thrilling, captivating, action packed ...
Plot:
behind enemy lines, french resistance, world war two, infiltration, military officer, wartime life, military, secret mission, military life, wartime, soldier, american soldier ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
normandy
Similarity:
77%
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:
73%
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Genre: Action
Country: China
Duration: 50 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
world war two, military, handgun, war, soldier, wartime life, handheld weapon, wartime, weapons, world war, battles, frontline ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
china
Similarity:
71%
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:
71%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
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Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, tension, intense ...
Plot:
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Time:
80s
Place:
iran
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Action, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
American soldiers lost behind enemy lines during the WWII make a horrific discovery: Hitler has a super bomb in development. Against all odds, they set out to find the scientist in charge of the program who is looking to defect.
Style:
captivating, serious, exciting, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
69%
Genre: History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, bleak
Plot:
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Time:
1940s, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
europe, germany
Similarity:
68%
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:
67%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Untold and lost history. A true story of the American Pathfinders, the volunteer paratroopers whose deadly mission was to land 30 minutes before the Normandy invasion, locate and mark strategic "drop zones" and set up the top-secret ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
1940s
Place:
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Similarity:
65%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Latvia
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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241
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
1940s
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Memorial Day, 1993. When 13-year-old Kyle Vogel discovers the World War II footlocker belonging to his grandfather, Bud, everyone tells Kyle to put it back. Luckily, he ignores them. Although Bud has never talked about the war, he finds himself ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
61%
Genre: Action, War
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, intense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
61%
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Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, thrilling, tense, tension, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
1940s, 1930s
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, Czechoslovakia, West Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
60%
Genre: History, War
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
Legend of the Patriots is a remake of the 1975 South Korean drama Comrades. Its production was spawned to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Korean War. The story centers around the lives of eleven Korean soldiers fighting in the Korean War. ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
korea, south korea
Similarity:
59%
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Genre: Action
Country: Russia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
dramatic, captivating, suspenseful, tense, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
1940s
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When a small outpost is ambushed, a US Army squad must take the battle below ground on a high-stakes mission in a new type of warfare the likes of which they have never seen.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: War
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, action packed, suspenseful, period piece, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
1940s
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: China
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, tense, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
china
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, Germany, Italy
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, rough, realistic, serious, bleak
Plot:
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Time:
1940s, post world war two
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: History, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating
Plot:
world war two, military, soldier, infantry, heroic mission, battle zone, danger, bunker, invasion, world war, bombing, holocaust ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944
Place:
france, europe, normandy, canada
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