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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.

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

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

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: 10.84 (Very Similar)

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

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

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: 10.41 (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

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

The Lost Battalion (2001)

3.50 Stars

Action, Drama, War

Fact-based war drama about an American battalion of over 500 men which gets trapped behind enemy lines in the Argonne Forest in October 1918 France during the closing weeks of World War I.

Similarity: 9.15 (Very Similar)

Argonne, Army, France, Trench Warfare, U.s. Army

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

4.15 Stars

Adventure, Drama, War

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.

Similarity: 8.99 (Very Similar)

Brutality, Nazi, Nazi Hunter, Revenge, World War Two, Alternate History, France, Jewish Resistance

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

When Trumpets Fade (1998)

3.55 Stars

Action, Drama, War

A private in the latter days of WWII on the German front struggles between his will to survive and what his superiors perceive as a battlefield instinct.

Similarity: 8.15 (Very Similar)

1940s, No Female Character, Pipe Smoking, Platoon, Year 1944

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

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: 7.96 (Very Similar)

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

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

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: 7.82 (Very Similar)

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

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Patton (1970)

4.00 Stars

Biography, Drama, War

The World War II phase of the career of controversial American general George S. Patton.

Similarity: 7.43 (Similar)

World War Two In Italy, Year 1942, Year 1943, Year 1944, Year 1945, 1940s

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

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: 7.40 (Similar)

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

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

A Midnight Clear (1992)

3.55 Stars

Drama, War

This WW2 psychological drama plays out at Christmas. US GIs hold an isolated cabin in the Ardennes against a handful of Germans cut off from their main force. Combat-weary and short of rations, both sides are determined to survive.

Similarity: 7.28 (Similar)

1940s, Europe, Glasses, Rifle, Year 1944

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Paris brûle-t-il? (1966)

3.45 Stars

Drama, History, War

August 1944. The Allies are approaching Paris and residence groups within the city start to plan an uprising against the Germans. However, Hitler wants the city destroyed if it looks like the Allies will take it.

Similarity: 7.22 (Similar)

Firearm, French Military, French Resistance, Wehrmacht, Year 1944, 1940s, Allies, Nazi General

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Lacombe Lucien (1974)

3.80 Stars

Drama, Romance, War

In 1944, an 18-year old boy from small-town France, collaborates with the Nazi-regime and subsequently falls in love with a Jewish girl.

Similarity: 7.16 (Similar)

Collaborator, France, French German Relations, Teenage Boy, Year 1944

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)

3.45 Stars

Biography, Drama, War

The story of the final years of the respected World War II German general, Erwin Rommel.

Similarity: 7.13 (Similar)

Field Marshal, Forced Suicide, German Officer, Military Leadership, Year 1944, 1940s, Reference To Erwin Rommel, Western Front Of World War Ii

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Catch-22 (1970)

3.55 Stars

Comedy, Drama, War

A man is trying desperately to be certified insane during World War II, so he can stop flying missions.

Similarity: 7.04 (Similar)

Based On Novel, Bomber, U.s. Military, World War Two, Year 1944, U.s. Army Air Force, U.s. Soldier

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Attack (1956)

3.70 Stars

Action, Drama, War

In 1945, an American Infantry company sets up an artillery observation post, but tensions between Captain Cooney and Lieutenant Costa run high.

Similarity: 7.01 (Similar)

American Soldier, Cold Weather, Nazi Soldier, Questioning Authority, Year 1944, 1940s, Drunkenness, Shooting A Dead Body, Tank

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Les femmes de l'ombre (2008)

3.35 Stars

Drama, War

London, 1944: SOE's section for French ops parachute 4 women into France, plus a woman there, to free an English geologist and kill SS colonel Heindrich.

Similarity: 6.98 (Similar)

1940s, Murderess, Woman Wears A Gas Mask, Year 1944, Year 1945

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

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: 6.95 (Similar)

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

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

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: 6.73 (Similar)

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

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

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: 6.44 (Similar)

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

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

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: 6.34 (Similar)

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

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

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.

Similarity: 5.55 (Similar)

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

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Tuntematon sotilas (1955)

4.00 Stars

Drama, War

The tale of a platoon of soldiers during the Continuation War. Based on Väinö Linna's book of the same name.

Similarity: 5.53 (Similar)

Army Life, Based On Novel, Finnish Military, Finnish Soldier, World War Two, Military Discipline

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

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: 5.25 (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

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

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: 5.20 (Similar)

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

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

La notte di San Lorenzo (1982)

3.70 Stars

Drama, Fantasy, Romance

In 1944, the residents of a small Italian town under Axis control flee their homes to seek out the liberating Allied forces.

Similarity: 5.20 (Similar)

1940s, Surrealism, Town, World War Two In Italy, Year 1944

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Le roi de coeur (1966)

3.75 Stars

Comedy, Drama, War

During World War I, a British private, sent ahead to a French town to scout for enemy presence, is mistaken for a King by the colorful patients of an insane asylum.

Similarity: 5.19 (Similar)

Escape From The Asylum, France, Kissing, Mission, Password

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

The Great Raid (2005)

3.30 Stars

Action, Drama, War

Taking place towards the end of WWII, 500 American Soldiers have been entrapped in a camp for 3 years. Beginning to give up hope they will ever be rescued, a group of Rangers goes on a dangerous mission to try and save them.

Similarity: 5.16 (Similar)

Based On True Story, Japanese Army, Prisoner Of War Camp, Rescue Mission, U.s. Army, Philippines

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Ningen no jôken (1959)

4.25 Stars

Drama, History, War

As a conscript in war-time Japan's military, a pacifist struggles to maintain his determination to keep his ideals.

Similarity: 5.16 (Similar)

Conscientious Objector, Japanese Army, Japanese Occupation Of China, Second Part, World War Two

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Guizi lai le (2001)

4.10 Stars

Comedy, Drama, War

Villagers in World War II China are unsure what to do with the two enemy prisoners who have been left in their care.

Similarity: 5.14 (Similar)

Army, Hitting One's Head, Japanese Occupation Of China, Log, Sino Japanese War

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

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: 5.11 (Similar)

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

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Ballada o soldate (1959)

4.10 Stars

Drama, Romance, War

Young Russian soldier Alyosha earns a medal, but asks to visit his mother instead. His journey recounts various kinds of love during wartime.

Similarity: 5.11 (Similar)

Falling In Love, Great Patriotic War, Road Movie, World War Two, Year 1942

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

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: 5.03 (Similar)

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

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Shadow in the Cloud (2021)

2.45 Stars

Action, Horror, War

A female WWII pilot traveling with top secret documents on a B-17 Flying Fortress encounters an evil presence on board the flight.

Similarity: 5.00 (Similar)

1940s, Boeing B 17 Flying Fortress, Electronic Music Score, World War Two, Year 1943

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Tuntematon sotilas (2017)

3.85 Stars

Drama, War

A film adaptation of Väinö Linna's best selling novel The Unknown Soldier (1954) and the novel's unedited manuscript version, Sotaromaani.

Similarity: 4.99 (Slightly Similar)

Based On Novel, Finland, Finnish Soldier, Soldier, World War Two, Lotta Svard

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Sahara (1943)

3.75 Stars

Action, Drama, War

After the fall of Tobruk in 1942, during the Allied retreat in the Libyan desert, an American tank picks-up a motley group of survivors but they face advancing Germans and a lack of water.

Similarity: 4.98 (Slightly Similar)

British Soldier, Italian Soldier, Reference To Muhammad, Tank, World War Two

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Twelve O'Clock High (1950)

3.85 Stars

Drama, War

A hard-as-nails general (Gregory Peck as General Savage) takes over a bomber unit suffering from low morale and whips them into fighting shape.

Similarity: 4.97 (Slightly Similar)

American Abroad, B 17 Bomber, Military Leadership, Reminiscence, World War Two, Airplane Navigator, Bombardier, American In The Uk, Boeing B 17 Flying Fortress, Four Engine Airplane, Ptsd Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

T-34 (2019)

3.40 Stars

Action, War

SS Panzer Division uses T-34 manned by Soviet POWs as a target in their training field, but the prisoners plot a daring maneuver.

Similarity: 4.97 (Slightly Similar)

1940s, Acronym As Title, Armor, Competition, Fun, Moron, Prison Escape, Sex Scene, Year 1944

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

A zori zdes tikhie (1972)

4.05 Stars

Drama, History, War

During WWII in a small village outpost, a commander has his troop replaced by an all female unit. As they finally begin to appreciate one another, German paratroopers are spotted nearby and the realities of war emerge.

Similarity: 4.97 (Slightly Similar)

Great Patriotic War, Tragic Hero, Woman Wears A Uniform, World War Two, Year 1942, Female Soldier

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

The Edge of Love (2008)

3.10 Stars

Biography, Drama, Romance

Two feisty, free-spirited women are connected by the brilliant, charismatic poet who loves them both.

Similarity: 4.96 (Slightly Similar)

1940s, Jealousy, Poet, Wales, World War Two, Love Triangle

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Miasto 44 (2014)

3.35 Stars

Drama, History, Romance

A story of love, friendship and the pursuit of adventure during the bloody and brutal reality of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising.

Similarity: 4.94 (Slightly Similar)

Female Armpit Hair, Male Pubic Hair, Pubic Hair, Warsaw Uprising, Year 1944, Written By Director, Battle, World War Two

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Stalag 17

4.00 Stars

Comedy, Drama, War

After two Americans are killed while escaping from a German P.O.W. camp in World War II, the barracks black marketeer, J.J. Sefton, is suspected of being an informer.

Similarity: 4.93 (Slightly Similar)

Betting, Diversionary Tactic, Nazi, Prisoner Of War Camp, World War Two

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Suite Française (2015)

3.50 Stars

Drama, Romance, Thriller

During the early years of Nazi occupation of France in World War II, romance blooms between Lucile Angellier (Michelle Williams), a French villager, and Lieutenant Bruno von Falk (Matthias Schoenaerts), a German soldier.

Similarity: 4.90 (Slightly Similar)

France, German Occupation Of France, German Soldier, Nazi Occupation, World War Two

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

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: 4.90 (Slightly Similar)

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

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

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: 4.90 (Slightly Similar)

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

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Dara iz Jasenovca

4.40 Stars

Drama, War

Follows the story of a young girl named Dara who is sent to a concentration camp in Croatia during World War 2.

Similarity: 4.87 (Slightly Similar)

Concentration Camp, Concentration Camps In The Independent State Of Croatia, Genocide Of Serbs In The Independent State Of Croatia, Jasenovac Concentration Camp, World War Two

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

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: 4.84 (Slightly Similar)

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

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Kill Your Darlings (2013)

3.20 Stars

Biography, Drama, Romance

A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs.

Similarity: 4.84 (Slightly Similar)

1940s, Murder, Victory In Europe Day, Year 1944, Year 2005, Reference To D. H. Lawrence

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Voskhozhdenie (1977)

4.15 Stars

Drama, War

Two Soviet partisans on a mission to gather food contend with the winter cold, the occupying Germans, and their own psyches.

Similarity: 4.82 (Slightly Similar)

Betrayal, Execution, Nazi Occupied Soviet Union, Partisan, World War Two

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Diplomatie (2014)

3.50 Stars

Drama, War

A historical drama that depicts the relationship between Dietrich von Choltitz, the German military governor of occupied Paris, and Swedish consul-general Raoul Nordling.

Similarity: 4.82 (Slightly Similar)

Embroidery, Meurice Hotel Paris, Nazi Occupied France, Paris France, Year 1944, German Occupation, Historical, Nazi General, Nazi Occupation

Similar to Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (2005)

2.60 Stars

Drama, Horror, Thriller

Years before Father Lankester Merrin helped save Regan MacNeil's soul, he first encounters the demon Pazuzu in East Africa. Merrin's initial battle with Pazuzu leads to the rediscovery of his faith.

Similarity: 4.77 (Slightly Similar)

1940s, Cgi Animal In Live Action Title, Supernatural Horror, Year 1944, Year 1947