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Dunkirk (2017)

3.90 Stars

Action, Drama, History

Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Commonwealth and Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.

1940s, Beach, Evacuation, Soldier, World War Two

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Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

4.05 Stars

Biography, Drama, History

World War II American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot.

Similarity: 17.11 (Very Similar)

1940s, Conscientious Objector, Medic, Soldier, World War Two

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Red Tails (2012)

2.95 Stars

Action, Drama, History

A crew of African American pilots in the Tuskegee training program, having faced segregation while kept mostly on the ground during World War II, are called into duty under the guidance of Col. A.J. Bullard.

Similarity: 12.67 (Very Similar)

1940s, 20th Century, Magical Negro Stereotype, Pseudohistory, Year 1944, World War Two

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De slag om de Schelde (2021)

3.55 Stars

Drama, War

1944, the Second World War. A British glider pilot, a Dutch boy fighting on the German side and a Dutch female resistance member all end up involved in the Battle of the Schelde. Their choices differ, but their goal is the same: free

Similarity: 9.98 (Very Similar)

1940s, Boy, World War, World War Two, Year 1944, Based On True Story, Forgotten History, Soldier, Netherlands, Allied Forces, Canadian Army, Dutch Resistance

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Letters from Iwo Jima (2007)

3.95 Stars

Action, Adventure, Drama

The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.

Similarity: 9.91 (Very Similar)

1940s, Imperial Japan, Iwo Jima, Japanese, World War Two, Blood Splatter, Imperial Japanese Army

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Greyhound (2020)

3.50 Stars

Action, Drama, History

Several months after the U.S. entry into World War II, an inexperienced U.S. Navy commander must lead an Allied convoy being stalked by a German submarine wolf pack.

Similarity: 8.90 (Very Similar)

Battle Of The Atlantic, Naval Convoy, U Boat, War At Sea, World War Two

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The Monuments Men (2014)

3.05 Stars

Comedy, Drama, History

An unlikely World War II platoon is tasked to rescue art masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their owners.

Similarity: 8.71 (Very Similar)

1940s, Art, Art Expert, Nazi Stolen Art, World War Two

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Empire of the Sun (1987)

3.85 Stars

Action, Drama, History, War

A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation of China during World War II.

Similarity: 8.08 (Very Similar)

Battle, Chase, Explosion, Murder, Student, Hong Kong, Imperial Japan, Imperial Japanese Army, Japanese Occupation, World War Two

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Midway (1976)

3.35 Stars

Action, Drama, History

A dramatization of the battle that was widely heralded as a turning point of the Pacific Theatre of World War II.

Similarity: 7.81 (Very Similar)

Aircraft Carrier, Battle Of Midway, Midway Island, U.s. Navy, Year 1942, Black Smoke, Interracial Love, Interracial Relationship, White Man Asian Woman Relationship, World War Two

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Battle of Britain (1969)

3.45 Stars

Action, Drama, History

In 1940, the British Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle to prevent the Luftwaffe from gaining air superiority over the English Channel as a prelude to a possible Axis invasion of the U.K.

Similarity: 7.46 (Similar)

Air Battle, Luftwaffe, Raf, Royal Air Force, World War Two, Canadian, Normandy France, Polish Pilot, United Kingdom, Nazi Bomber, Nazi Uniform, Anti Aircraft Gun, Danger

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We Were Soldiers (2002)

3.60 Stars

Action, Drama, History

The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War, and the soldiers on both sides that fought it, while their wives wait nervously and anxiously at home for the good news or the bad news.

Similarity: 7.45 (Similar)

Based On True Story, Battle, Helicopter, Soldier, Vietnam War

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Border (1997)

4.00 Stars

Action, Drama, History

In 1971, along the border region of Longewala, a small battalion of Indian soldiers goes up against a large Pakistani strike force.

Similarity: 7.20 (Similar)

Battle Of Longewala, India Pakistan Border, Indo Pakistani War, Soldier, Year 1971

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The Longest Day (1962)

3.85 Stars

Action, Drama, History

The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.

Similarity: 6.94 (Similar)

Amphibious Assault, Invasion, Parachute Drop, World War Two, Year 1944, Dwight D. Eisenhower Character, Heroism, No Music, Atlantic Coast, Military Officer, Reference To Paul Verlaine

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Dvadtsat vosem panfilovtsev (2016)

3.40 Stars

Action, Drama, History

In November 1941, remaining squad of Soviet soldiers must stop a column of Nazi Germany tanks.

Similarity: 6.92 (Similar)

Hand Grenade, Nazis Invade Ussr, Red Army, Tank On Fire, Year 1941, Soviet Military, World War Two

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Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage (2005)

3.80 Stars

Biography, Crime, Drama

A dramatization of the final days of Sophie Scholl, one of the most famous members of the German World War II anti-Nazi resistance movement, The White Rose.

Similarity: 6.84 (Similar)

1940s, Anti Nazi, Nazi Germany, Resistance, World War Two, Based On True Story, Munich Germany

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Gojira vs. Kingu Gidorâ (1991)

3.25 Stars

Action, Adventure, Drama

Time travelers use Godzilla in their scheme to destroy Japan to prevent the country's future economic reign.

Similarity: 6.63 (Similar)

1940s, 1990s, Godzilla, Time Travel, World War Two

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The Great Escape (1963)

4.10 Stars

Adventure, Drama, History

Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.

Similarity: 6.61 (Similar)

Escape, Escape From Prison, Freedom, Prisoner Of War, Tunnel, 1940s, Prisoner Of War Camp, Airforce Officer, Luftwaffe, Wehrmacht

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Uri: The Surgical Strike (2019)

4.20 Stars

Action, Drama, War, History

Indian army special forces execute a covert operation, avenging the killing of fellow army men at their base by a terrorist group.

Similarity: 6.59 (Similar)

Indian Army, Indian Soldier, Military, Soldier, Year 2016

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Darkest Hour (2017)

3.70 Stars

Biography, Drama, History, War

In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler, or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.

Similarity: 6.53 (Similar)

Politics, Prime Minister, Speech, Winston Churchill Character, World War Two

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The Dam Busters (1955)

3.70 Stars

Drama, History, War

The story of how the British attacked German dams in World War II by using an ingenious technique to drop bombs where they would be most effective.

Similarity: 6.44 (Similar)

Aircrew, British Military, Dangerous Mission, Raf Bomber Command, Risk Taking, Based On Book, Based On True Story, World War Two

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Brestskaya krepost (2010)

3.70 Stars

Action, Drama, History

A war drama set during the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, in which Soviet troops held on to a border stronghold for nine days.

Similarity: 6.38 (Similar)

Heroic Military, Operation Barbarossa, Red Army, Soviet Military, Wehrmacht, 1940s, Automatic Weapon, German Soldier, Soviet Border, Soviet Soldier

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Saints and Soldiers (2005)

3.35 Stars

Action, Drama, War

Four American soldiers and one Brit 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.

Similarity: 6.33 (Similar)

1940s, American Soldier, Ardennes Forest, Behind Enemy Lines, Year 1944, 20th Century, American Abroad, Medic, Army Medic, U.s. Army, U.s. Soldier

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Der Hauptmann (2018)

3.65 Stars

Drama, History, Thriller

In the last moments of World War II, a young German soldier fighting for survival finds a Nazi captain's uniform. Impersonating an officer, the man quickly takes on the monstrous identity of the perpetrators he's escaping from.

Similarity: 6.25 (Similar)

Army Deserter, Impostor, War Criminal, World War Two, Year 1945

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Midway (2019)

3.35 Stars

Action, Drama, History

The story of the Battle of Midway, told by the leaders and the sailors who fought it.

Similarity: 6.24 (Similar)

Battle Of Midway, Explosion, War At Sea, Warplane, World War Two, Naval Uniform, Navy Ship, Detonation, Fire

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Exodus (1961)

3.35 Stars

Action, Drama, History

The State of Israel is created in 1948, resulting in war with its Arab neighbors.

Similarity: 6.23 (Similar)

1940s, Based On True Story, Israel, Jewish, Jewish Refugee

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Munich: The Edge of War (2022)

3.45 Stars

Biography, Drama, History

A British diplomat travels to Munich in the run-up to World War II, where a former classmate of his from Oxford is also en route, but is working for the German government.

Similarity: 6.17 (Similar)

1930s, British, Munich, World War Two, Year 1938, Based On True Story, Based On Book, Germany, Munich Germany, Netflix Original

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Australia (2008)

3.30 Stars

Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance

Set in northern Australia before WWII, an Englishwoman who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscapes.

Similarity: 6.13 (Similar)

Australian Aborigine, Male Objectification, Prejudice, Year 1939, Year 1942, 1940s, Airplane, Dog, Soldier

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Popiól i diament (1958)

3.90 Stars

Drama, Romance, War

As WWII and the German occupation ends, the Polish resistance and the Russian forces turn on each other in an attempt to take over leadership in Communist Poland.

Similarity: 6.09 (Similar)

1940s, Resistance Movement, Russian Abroad, Soviet Troops, World War Two

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Schindler's List (1993)

4.50 Stars

Biography, Drama, History

In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.

Similarity: 6.04 (Similar)

Accountant, Champagne, Soap, Villa, Womanizer, Black And White, Gratitude, Manicure, Shaving, Holocaust, Marriage, World War Two, Nazi

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Alone in Berlin (2016)

3.25 Stars

Drama, History, War

After a Nazi German working class couple loses their son in World War II, they decide to retaliate by secretly leafletting handwritten cards in Berlin denouncing their government.

Similarity: 5.97 (Similar)

1940s, Berlin Germany, Opening Action Scene, Torture, Violence

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Battle of the Bulge (1966)

3.40 Stars

Drama, History, War

A dramatization of Nazi Germany's final Western Front counterattack of World War II.

Similarity: 5.83 (Similar)

Battle Of The Bulge, Cold Weather, Wehrmacht, World War Two In Belgium, Year 1944, 1940s, 20th Century

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Sergeant York (1941)

3.85 Stars

Biography, Drama, History

A Tennessee farmer and marksman is drafted in World War I, and struggles with his pacifist inclinations before becoming one of the most celebrated war heroes.

Similarity: 5.76 (Similar)

Hillbilly, Infantry, U.s. Soldier, Western Front, World War One Soldier, Based On True Story, Drunken Man, National Film Registry, Ploughing, Soldier, American In Europe, American In France, Embroidery, Military Propaganda, War Propaganda

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Saving Private Ryan (1998)

4.30 Stars

Drama, War

Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.

Similarity: 5.69 (Similar)

1940s, D Day, Rescue Mission, World War Two, Year 1944, Army, France, Unsubtitled Foreign Language

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Wolyn (2016)

3.80 Stars

Drama, History, War

Despite being in love with a Ukrainian boy from the same village, Polish girl named Zosia is forced into marrying a wealthy widower. Soon World War II begins and ethnic tensions arise. Amidst the war chaos Zosia tries to survive.

Similarity: 5.68 (Similar)

Genocide, Massacre, Nudity, World War Two, Year 1943, Torture

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Little Boy (2015)

3.70 Stars

Drama, History, War

An eight-year-old boy is willing to do whatever it takes to end World War II so he can bring his father home. The story reveals the indescribable love a father has for his little boy and the love a son has for his father.

Similarity: 5.65 (Similar)

Faith, Father Son Relationship, Racial Discrimination, Spirituality, World War Two

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Under sandet (2015)

3.90 Stars

Drama, History, War

In post-World War II Denmark, a group of young German POWs are forced to clear a beach of thousands of land mines under the watch of a Danish Sergeant who slowly learns to appreciate their plight.

Similarity: 5.63 (Similar)

Beach, Child Soldier, Denmark, Dog, Minefield

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Joyeux Noël (2005)

3.85 Stars

Drama, History, Music

In December 1914, an unofficial Christmas truce on the Western Front allows soldiers from opposing sides of the First World War to gain insight into each other's way of life.

Similarity: 5.63 (Similar)

Christmas, Christmas Eve, Soldier, Truce, World War One, No Man's Land

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Resistance (2020)

3.20 Stars

Biography, Drama, History

The story of mime Marcel Marceau as he works with a group of Jewish boy scouts and the French Resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans during World War II.

Similarity: 5.62 (Similar)

French Resistance, Germany, Lyon France, Strasbourg France, World War Two

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The Children of Huang Shi (2008)

3.50 Stars

Drama, War

About young British journalist, George Hogg, who with the assistance of a courageous Australian nurse, saves a group of orphaned children during the Japanese occupation of China in 1937.

Similarity: 5.51 (Similar)

1940s, China, Japanese Occupation Of China, World War Two, Year 1937

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Hannibal Rising (2007)

3.05 Stars

Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama

After the death of his parents during World War II, young Hannibal Lecter moves in with his beautiful aunt and begins plotting revenge on the barbarians responsible for his sister's death.

Similarity: 5.44 (Similar)

1940s, 1950s, Cannibalism, Faked Death, Medical Student

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The Tuskegee Airmen (1995)

3.60 Stars

Drama, History, War

The true story of how a group of African American pilots overcame racist opposition to become one of the finest US fighter groups in World War II

Similarity: 5.41 (Similar)

20th Century, Aviator, Black History, Plane, Soldier

Similar to Dunkirk (2017)

The Tomorrow War (2021)

3.30 Stars

Action, Adventure, Drama

A family man is drafted to fight in a future war where the fate of humanity relies on his ability to confront the past.

Similarity: 5.27 (Similar)

Alien, Alien Invasion, Soldier, Three Word Title, Time Travel

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Mai wei (2011)

3.85 Stars

Action, Drama, War

In World War II-era Korea, rival runners, one Korean (Jang Dong-gun) and one Japanese (Joe Odagiri), go to war together against the Soviets.

Similarity: 5.24 (Similar)

1940s, Dead Soldier, Korea, Russia, Year 1944, France, Imperial Japan, Imperial Japanese Army, World War Two

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Allied (2016)

3.55 Stars

Action, Drama, Romance

In 1942, a Canadian intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.

Similarity: 5.23 (Similar)

Betrayal, French, Nazi, Spy, World War Two

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Shershaah (2021)

4.45 Stars

Action, Biography, Drama

The story of PVC awardee Indian soldier Capt. Vikram Batra, who shot to fame and became a household name during the Kargil War in 1999.

Similarity: 5.22 (Similar)

Indian Army, Indo Pak, Kargil War, Pakistan, Soldier

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Stalingrad (2013)

2.80 Stars

Action, Drama, War

A group of Russian soldiers fight to hold a strategic building in their devastated city against a ruthless German army, and in the process become deeply connected to two Russian women who have been living there.

Similarity: 5.21 (Similar)

Heroism, Russia, Russian History, Stalingrad, World War Two, Battle Of Stalingrad, Glorification, Heroic Military

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Once Upon a Time in London (2019)

2.80 Stars

Crime, History

In the 1930s, organized crime came to England. The Italian Sabinis and English White family in West End dominated the London underworld. Come WWII and Jack "Spot" took over and later Billy Hill.

Similarity: 5.19 (Similar)

1930s, 1940s, London England, Prison, World War Two

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Ayla: The Daughter of War (2017)

4.25 Stars

Biography, Drama, History

In 1950, amid-st the ravages of the Korean War, Sergeant Süleyman stumbles upon a half-frozen little girl, with no parents and no help in sight. Frantic, scared and on the verge of death, this little girl captures the heart of Süleym

Similarity: 5.07 (Similar)

Airplane, Korean War, Melodrama, Reference To Marilyn Monroe, Soldier, Turk, Turkish Soldier

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Fury (2014)

3.80 Stars

Action, Drama, War

A grizzled tank commander makes tough decisions as he and his crew fight their way across Germany in April, 1945.

Similarity: 5.04 (Similar)

American Soldier, Battle, Battlefield, Tank, World War Two, Combat

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Sand Castle (2017)

3.15 Stars

Action, Drama, War

The story follows a young soldier, and his introduction into the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Based on true events, it bears witness to the destruction, and horrors of war.

Similarity: 5.04 (Similar)

Based On True Story, Military, Shower, Soldier, Taking A Shower, 2003 Invasion Of Iraq, U.s. Military, U.s. Soldier

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Çiçero (2019)

3.30 Stars

Action, Crime, Drama

Ilyas Bazna works as a butler in the British Embassy in Turkey during WW2. After Bazna starts to work as a German spy he is going to experience a series of unexpected events.

Similarity: 5.04 (Similar)

Germany, Nazi, Spy, Turkey, World War Two