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Jarhead (2005)

3.50 Stars

Action, Biography, Drama, War

A psychological study of Marine's state of mind during the Gulf War. Told through the eyes of a U.S. Marine sniper who struggles to cope with boredom, a sense of isolation, and other issues back home.

Boot Camp, Desert, Gulf War, Sniper Rifle, Soldier, Sniper

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Al Kameen (2021)

4.50 Stars

Action, Drama, War

When three Emirati soldiers are ambushed in a hostile territory, their commander leads a daring mission to rescue them.

Similarity: 11.42 (Very Similar)

Ambush, Desert, Emirate, Rescue Mission, Soldier

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Sniper (1993)

3.05 Stars

Action, Thriller, War

A veteran US Marine sniper is partnered with a rookie sniper as his spotter to take out a politician and a rebel leader in the jungles of Panama.

Similarity: 8.80 (Very Similar)

Jungle, Machine Gun, Shot In The Head, Sniper, Soldier

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Flashback

4.15 Stars

Drama, War

Heinz Prulier (Fred Robsahm) is a German soldier stationed as a sniper overlooking his own army from a tree. When he falls asleep, his troops are gone and he is left alone to defend the incoming enemy invasion. Flashbacks recall his

Similarity: 8.09 (Very Similar)

Atrocity, Prostitute, Sniper, Soldier, Violence, Timeframe 1940s

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Bitva za Sevastopol (2015)

3.50 Stars

Biography, Drama, Romance

A story of Lyudmila Pavlichenko, the most successful female sniper in history.

Similarity: 7.78 (Very Similar)

Rifle, Shot To Death, Sniper, Sniper Rifle, World War Two, Elimination, Enemy, Kill

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Shooter (2007)

3.60 Stars

Action, Drama, Thriller

A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the President. After being double crossed for the attempt and on the run, he sets out for the real killer and the truth.

Similarity: 7.74 (Very Similar)

Government Agent, On The Run, Sniper, Sniper Rifle, Voyeur, Blond Wig, Cleavage, Panties, Voyeurism

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The Wall (2017)

3.10 Stars

Action, Drama, Thriller

Two American Soldiers are trapped by a lethal sniper, with only an unsteady wall between them.

Similarity: 7.53 (Very Similar)

Deception, Duel, Sniper, Soldier, Wound

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American Sniper (2015)

3.65 Stars

Action, Biography, Drama

Navy S.E.A.L. sniper Chris Kyle's pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and turns him into a legend. Back home with his family after four tours of duty, however, Chris finds that it is the war he can't leave behi

Similarity: 7.22 (Similar)

Assassin, Iraq War, Mercenary, Sniper, Violence, Iraq, Neoconservatism, U.s. Invasion Of Iraq

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1971 (2007)

4.10 Stars

Action, Drama, War

Based on true facts, the film revolves around 6 brave soldiers who escape from the clutches of the Pakistan Army and risk death with honour and courage with sacrifice towards their journey home.

Similarity: 6.95 (Similar)

Escape, Pakistan, Sacrifice, Soldier, Year As Title

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Thank You for Your Service (2017)

3.25 Stars

Biography, Drama, War

A group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they've left the battlefield.

Similarity: 6.87 (Similar)

Dog Fight, Flashback, Soldier, U.s. Soldier, Violence, Dropping A Baby, Sex Scene, U.s. Invasion Of Iraq, Military

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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: 6.78 (Similar)

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

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The Patrol (2014)

2.15 Stars

Action, Drama, War

Written and directed by former soldier, Tom Petch, 'The Patrol' provides the antidote to the war action film. A psychological drama, the film explores the relationships between a group of British soldiers as they grow disillusioned w

Similarity: 6.62 (Similar)

2000s, 21st Century, British, Soldier, Weapon, Timeframe 2000s, Timeframe 21st Century

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Enemy at the Gates (2001)

3.80 Stars

Drama, History, War, Action

A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad.

Similarity: 6.58 (Similar)

Battle, Sniper, Stalingrad, Weapon, World War Two Soldier

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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: 6.50 (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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Born on the Fourth of July (1990)

3.60 Stars

Biography, Drama, War

The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.

Similarity: 6.44 (Similar)

1950s, 1970s, Bar, Desert, Drunkenness

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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: 6.34 (Similar)

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

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Svoi (2004)

3.75 Stars

Action, Drama, War

With the battle line far away in the east, three soldiers who have managed to escape from captivity find it difficult to hide. An old man offers to help them because one of them, the sniper, is his son.

Similarity: 6.33 (Similar)

Escape, Man, Soldier, Woman, World War Two

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G.I. Jane (1997)

3.00 Stars

Action, Drama, War

A female Senator succeeds in enrolling a woman into Combined Reconnaissance Team training where everyone expects her to fail.

Similarity: 6.17 (Similar)

Feminism, Military, Soldier, Strong Female Character, Training

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Mongol (2007)

3.60 Stars

Action, Biography, Drama

The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world in 1206.

Similarity: 6.09 (Similar)

Desert, Genghis Khan, Mongolia, Slave, Warlord

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Everyman's War (2009)

2.55 Stars

Biography, Drama, War

The true story of Don Smith's heroic experience at the Battle of the Bulge while with the 94th Infantry.

Similarity: 6.05 (Similar)

Based On Real Person, Man, Soldier, U.s. Military, U.s. Soldier

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Beaufort (2007)

3.35 Stars

Action, Drama, War

The story of a group of Israeli soldiers stationed in an outpost prior to the withdrawal of forces of 2000.

Similarity: 5.89 (Similar)

Bomb, Israeli, Israeli Soldier, Officer, Soldier

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Hae anseon (2002)

3.20 Stars

Action, Drama, War

A member of Coast Guard Platoon 23, Private Kang monitors a high-infiltration stretch of beach lined with barbed-wire fencing. Driven by the belief that killing a spy is the highest honor, he waits for a chance to prove his worth.

Similarity: 5.87 (Similar)

Friend, Friendship, Patrol, Soldier, South Korea

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Bankier van het verzet (2018)

3.45 Stars

Biography, Drama, War

In Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, banker brothers Walraven and Gijs van Hall face their greatest challenge yet when they decide to help fund the Dutch resistance.

Similarity: 5.86 (Similar)

Fight, Resistance, Soldier, War Hero, World War Two

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Gränsen (2011)

3.10 Stars

Action, Drama, War

December 1942. Two young soldiers leave their post at check-point 83 in Northern Värmland, Sweden, and make their way through the ice cold winter-night towards the border of Nazi-occupied Norway. Sweden stands on the brink of invasio

Similarity: 5.68 (Similar)

Border, Eastern Europe, Nazi Occupied Norway, Soldier, Sweden

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Bravo Two Zero (1999)

3.40 Stars

Action, Adventure, Drama

This is the true story of the most highly decorated British patrol since the Boer war: an eight man SAS team inserted behind Iraqi lines during the Gulf War in January 1991. Their mission was to take out the scud missiles which Sadda

Similarity: 5.57 (Similar)

Army, British, Gulf War, Mission, Sergeant

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Mine (2016)

2.95 Stars

Drama, Fantasy, Thriller

After a failed assassination attempt, a United States Marine finds himself stranded in the desert. Exposed to the elements, he must survive the dangers of the desert and battle the psychological and physical tolls of the treacherous

Similarity: 5.50 (Similar)

Desert, Hallucination, Perseverance, Soldier, Survival

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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: 5.47 (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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Full Metal Jacket (1987)

4.15 Stars

Drama, War

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.

Similarity: 5.37 (Similar)

Boot Camp, Drill Instructor, Military, U.s. Marine, Vietnam War

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Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo (2004)

2.40 Stars

Action, Drama, War

Kunal unwillingly joins the army to maintain his family's tradition and soon finds himself fighting ruthless terrorists who want to destroy the peace and harmony between India and Pakistan.

Similarity: 5.35 (Similar)

Army, Presumed Dead, Soldier, Terrorist, Widow

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Legends of the Fall (1995)

3.75 Stars

Drama, Romance, War

In the early 1900s, three brothers and their father living in the remote wilderness of Montana are affected by betrayal, history, love, nature, and war.

Similarity: 5.32 (Similar)

F Word, No Opening Credits, Sex Scene, Sexual Positions, Violence, Bear, Dog, Guilt, Racism, Soldier

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Casualties of War (1989)

3.55 Stars

Action, Crime, Drama

During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.

Similarity: 5.30 (Similar)

Beer Drinking, Railroad Trestle, Scarf, Vietnam War, Water Buffalo, Soldier, Stabbing, Vietnam, Village

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Straight Into Darkness

2.50 Stars

Action, Drama, Horror

When two young American GIs desert their platoon in the final days of World War II, they will find themselves struggling against all odds to stay alive.

Similarity: 5.23 (Similar)

Child, Child Uses A Gun, Murder Of A Child, Orphan, Soldier, U.s. Soldier, World War Two Soldier

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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: 5.21 (Similar)

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

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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1945)

4.05 Stars

Drama, Romance, War

From the Boer War through World War II, a soldier rises through the ranks in the British military.

Similarity: 5.21 (Similar)

Boer War, England, Regiment, Soldier, World War One

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Michael Collins (1996)

3.55 Stars

Biography, Drama, Thriller

Neil Jordan's historical biopic of Irish revolutionary Michael Collins, the man who led a guerrilla war against the UK, helped negotiate the creation of the Irish Free State, and led the National Army during the Irish Civil War.

Similarity: 5.19 (Similar)

1920s, British Soldier, Civil Unrest, Irish Civil War, Soldier, 1916 Easter Rising, Brutality, Irish History, Irish Independence, Irish Republican Army

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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: 5.16 (Similar)

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

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Lawrence of Arabia (1963)

4.15 Stars

Adventure, Biography, Drama

The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.

Similarity: 5.09 (Similar)

Arab, Bedouin, British Military, Desert, Ottoman Empire, Camel, Arabia

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Waar (2013)

4.10 Stars

Action, Crime, Drama

The efforts of the Pakistani security forces in their fight against terrorism and how the lives of security officials are affected. A retired security officer returns to save Pakistan from a major terrorist attack.

Similarity: 5.02 (Similar)

Army, Hostage, Mission, Revenge, Sniper

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Glory (1990)

3.90 Stars

Biography, Drama, History

Robert Gould Shaw leads the U.S. Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates.

Similarity: 5.01 (Similar)

19th Century, American Civil War, Black Soldier, Military Uniform, Soldier

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Jariskatsis mama (1965)

4.25 Stars

Drama, War

An old man goes to visit his wounded son in a hospital, but it turns out that he's already been released and is back on the front lines. Reluctant to return home empty-handed, he tries to follow and find him.

Similarity: 5.01 (Similar)

Army, Great Patriotic War, Hospital, Red Army, Soldier, Tank, Village

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Akai tenshi (1966)

3.90 Stars

Drama, Romance, War

During the Sino-Japanese War, a young army nurse gives sympathy to her patients and falls in love with an impotent doctor who's addicted to morphine.

Similarity: 5.00 (Similar)

Doctor, Morphine, Nurse, Sino Japanese War, Soldier, Timeframe 1930s

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Dune: Part One (2021)

4.05 Stars

Action, Adventure, Drama

A noble family becomes embroiled in a war for control over the galaxy's most valuable asset while its heir becomes troubled by visions of a dark future.

Similarity: 4.99 (Slightly Similar)

Adaptation, Based On Novel, Desert, Dune, Feudalism, Sand, Chosen One, Doctor, Empire, Future, Prescience, Sandworm, Mind Control

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The Beast of War (1988)

3.65 Stars

Adventure, Drama, War

A Soviet tank and its warring crew become separated from their patrol and lost in an Afghan valley with a group of vengeance-seeking rebels on their tracks.

Similarity: 4.99 (Slightly Similar)

Brutality, Russian, Soldier, Tank Warfare, War Crime

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Sudba cheloveka (1959)

4.00 Stars

Drama, War

A Soviet soldier, Andrei Sokolov, has been separated with his family by World War II. Suffering in Nazi captivity, he dreams of meeting his darlings after the victory. But cruel fate turned out otherwise.

Similarity: 4.99 (Slightly Similar)

Driver, Escape, Orphan, Prisoner, Soldier

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Róza (2012)

3.75 Stars

Drama, War

A harrowing tale of survival centers on Rose, a Masurian woman, whose husband, a German soldier, was killed in the war, leaving her alone on their farm. A single woman had no defense against Russian soldiers who raped as a form of re

Similarity: 4.98 (Slightly Similar)

Character Name As Title, Male Nudity, Male Rear Nudity, Soldier, Warsaw Uprising

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Ice Cold in Alex (1958)

3.90 Stars

Adventure, Drama, War

During World War II in North Africa, a medical field unit must cross the desert in their ambulance in order to reach the British lines in Alexandria.

Similarity: 4.96 (Slightly Similar)

Afrika Corps, Alexandria Egypt, British Eighth Army, Desert, North Africa Campaign, Alcoholic, Military Ambulance

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Anne Frank Remembered (1995)

4.05 Stars

Biography, Documentary, War

Using previously unreleased archival material in addition to contemporary interviews, this academy award-winning documentary tells the story of the Frank family and presents the first fully-rounded portrait of their brash and free-sp

Similarity: 4.96 (Slightly Similar)

1930s, 1940s, Hiding A Jew, Reference To Anne Frank, Soldier

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Kukushka (2002)

3.90 Stars

Comedy, Drama, War

In WWII, a Finnish sniper is left chained to a rock by German soldiers, while a captain of the Red Army, en route to his court martial, is almost blown up by Russian planes. A Lapp woman gives a shelter to both of them at her farm.

Similarity: 4.92 (Slightly Similar)

Captain, Chained, Lapp, Russia, Soldier

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All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

4.05 Stars

Drama, War

A German youth eagerly enters World War I, but his enthusiasm wanes as he gets a firsthand view of the horror.

Similarity: 4.87 (Slightly Similar)

1910s, German Army, Soldier, Squad, Trench Warfare, Death, German Empire, Imperial German Army, Imperial Germany, Stahlhelm

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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: 4.85 (Slightly Similar)

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

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The Colt (2005)

3.30 Stars

Action, Drama, History

During the heat of battle in the midst of the Civil War, a beguilingly innocent colt is born to Union Jim Rabb's beloved mare. Refusing the orders to shoot it, lest it prove a hindrance, Rabb keeps the colt as a consolation in these

Similarity: 4.85 (Slightly Similar)

Battle, Civil War, Colt, Soldier, Virginia