Movies like Saving Private Ryan
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Saving Private Ryan (1998)
1.6M
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
Style:
epic, breathtaking, realistic, captivating, tense, inspirational, touching, rough, sentimental, visual ...
Audience:
manly, kids, chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
war, world war two, military, courage, battles, self sacrifice, sniper, nazi, friendship, combat, army, heroic mission, u.s. army, machine gun, d day, bravery, u.s. military, tank, rescue mission, rescue, cowardice, ambush, mission, infantry, army ranger ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, year 1998, 90s, 20th century, year 2013, year 1941 ...
Place:
normandy, france, germany, poland, europe, america, persia ...
Keyword:
bell tower, jewish, life lessons, german, sport, fighting movie, russian, operation, international, attack, order, withdrawal, american, challenge, change, poster, eye candy
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Most similar movies to Saving Private Ryan
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, epic, serious and dramatic films with plots about war, battles, soldier, violence, military, world war two and wartime mostly in Drama, War and Action genres. Some movies like Saving Private Ryan: Band of Brothers (2001), Fury (2014), Hacksaw Ridge (2016), Enemy at the Gates (2001), The Thin Red Line (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men from paratrooper training in Georgia through the end of the war. As an elite rifle company ...
Style:
heroic, captivating, epic, historical drama, serious ...
Audience:
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Plot:
world war two, military, combat, war, battles, soldier, american soldier, paratrooper, behind enemy lines, courage, infantry, nazi germany ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, China
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Last months of World War II in April 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theater, a battle-hardened U.S. Army sergeant in the 2nd Armored Division named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank called "Fury" and its five-man ...
Style:
serious, sexy, exciting, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, family friendly, teens, date night, adult
Plot:
world war two, war, tank, military, soldier, battles, heroism, last stand, nazi, combat, american soldier, nazi germany ...
Time:
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Place:
europe, germany, america
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Style:
inspirational, touching, sentimental, christian film, harsh ...
Audience:
manly, girls' night
Plot:
world war two, war, soldier, survival, conscientious objector, us military, combat, religion, american soldier, military, bible, pacifist ...
Time:
1940s, year 2016, 20th century, middle ages, year 1945 ...
Place:
okinawa japan, japan, tennessee, usa
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Ireland, UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Enemy at the Gates is a war film from Jean-Jacques Annaud from 2001 that takes place during the battle of Stalingard in World War II between the Russians and the Germans.
Style:
epic, realistic, sexy, serious, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
war, sniper, world war two, military, stalingrad, friendship, nazi, wartime, world war, courage, winter, battles ...
Time:
20th century, year 2001, 1940s, year 1944, year 1939 ...
Place:
germany, russia, iraq, persia, soviet union ...
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
Based on the graphic novel by James Jones, The Thin Red Line tells the story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II ...
Style:
philosophical, visually stunning, epic, visually appealing, visual ...
Plot:
war, world war two, jungle, sergeant, infantry, soldier, army, anti war, pacific war, pacific island, existentialism, survival ...
Time:
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Place:
asia, japan, america, germany, pacific ocean ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.
Style:
realistic, epic, rough, disturbing, intense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
war, combat, military, gunfight, courage, battles, sniper, chaos, army, shooting, survival, american soldier ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Netherlands, France, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.
Style:
epic, atmospheric, dramatic, visually stunning, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
world war two, military, war, survival, wartime, soldier, evacuation, military officer, beach, combat, shell shock, air attack ...
Time:
1940s, year 1940, 2010s, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
france, england, english channel, dover england, dunkirk ...
Similarity:
89%
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA, India, Spain, Canada
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield and Blake are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds ...
Style:
period piece, visually stunning, tense, sad, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, teens, adult
Plot:
world war one, trench warfare, race against time, soldier, british army, british soldier, death, battlefield, military, british military, dangerous mission, german soldier ...
Time:
year 1917, 1910s, 20th century, year 2019, 2010s
Place:
los angeles, britain, persia, europe, france
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
realistic, epic, contemplative, disturbing, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, adult
Plot:
war, world war two, military, japanese history, battles, anti war, survival, japanese military, japanese army, imperial japan, violence, world war ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 2006, ancient times, 2000s ...
Place:
japan, asia, nebraska, tokyo, germany
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, USA, UK
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
Paul Baumer and his friends Albert and Muller, egged on by romantic dreams of heroism, voluntarily enlist in the German army. Full of excitement and patriotic fervour, the boys enthusiastically march into a war they believe in. But once on the ...
Style:
visually stunning, captivating, suspenseful, entertaining, thrilling ...
Audience:
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Plot:
world war one, trench warfare, battles, military, infantry, battlefield, soldier, german army, death of friend, dying young, german soldier, death ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
"Stalingrad" follows the progress of a German Platoon through the brutal fighting of the Battle of Stalingrad. After having half their number wiped out and after being placed under the command of a sadistic Captain, the Lieutenant of the ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, epic, gloomy ...
Plot:
world war two, war, battles, nazism, eastern front, soldier, german soldier, survival, holocaust, starvation, military life, winter ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, year 1942, 20th century
Place:
russia, germany, europe, italy, berlin germany ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
A Bridge Too Far tells the story of Operation Market Garden, the failed attempt by the allies to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland and allowing access over the Rhine into Germany. A combination of poor allied intelligence and ...
Style:
epic, realistic, breathtaking, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
world war two, war, behind enemy lines, wartime, military, tank, army, combat, military operation, courage, allies, soldier ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944, 70s
Place:
germany, america, netherlands, europe, canada ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A 10-part mini-series from the creators of "Band of Brothers" telling the intertwined stories of three Marines during America's battle with the Japanese in the Pacific during World War II.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, disturbing, emotional, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, military, battlefield, war, squad, combat, battles, marines, soldier, japanese soldier, american soldier, pacific war ...
Time:
1940s, 2010s, 20th century, year 1945
Place:
pacific ocean, japan, alabama, okinawa japan, asia ...
Similarity:
94%
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Luxembourg, Canada
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Forced to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse in the chaos of war, an elite Army bomb squad unit must come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy and every object could be a deadly bomb.
Style:
tense, realistic, emotional, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
iraq war, military, terrorism, sniper, soldier, war, army, bomb squad, violence, shootout, marines, gulf war ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, year 2004, 21st century
Place:
middle east, iraq, baghdad iraq, america, afghanistan ...
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.
Style:
factual, realistic, heroic, intense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
military, vietnam war, war, soldier, battles, battlefield, ambush, army, military life, heroic mission, infantry, wartime ...
Time:
20th century, year 2002, 60s, 2000s
Place:
vietnam, america, asia, usa, iraq ...
Similarity:
80%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
Style:
suspense, tense, clever, visually stunning, bleak ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
vietnam war, military, war, soldier, anti war, suicide, basic training, boot camp, sniper, violence, military life, brutality ...
Time:
20th century, year 1968, year 1967, year 1987, 60s ...
Place:
vietnam, persia, america, asia, south carolina ...
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61%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.
Style:
epic, realistic, disturbing, suspense, rough ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, military, soldier, battlefield, battles, squad, jungle, combat, jungle warfare, anti war, conflict, violent ...
Time:
year 1986, year 1967, 60s, year 1968, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, southeast asia, the philippines, america, asia ...
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67%
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level al-Qaeda operative must make an impossible moral decision in the mountains of Afghanistan that leads them into an enemy ambush. As they confront unthinkable odds, the SEALs must find ...
Style:
rough, captivating, inspirational, exciting, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, survival, soldier, terrorism, war, gunfight, death, courage, squad, military life, war on terror, selflessness ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 2000s, year 2005, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan, middle east, usa, iraq, israel
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67%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Navy SEAL Lieutenant A.K. Waters and his elite squadron of tactical specialists are forced to choose between their duty and their humanity, between following orders by ignoring the conflict that surrounds them, or finding the courage to follow their ...
Style:
touching, serious, suspense, factual, compassionate ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Finland, Belgium, Iceland
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
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world war two, military, infantry, eastern front, soldier, friendship, husband wife relationship, friend, insubordination, firing squad, battles, heroes ...
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Place:
finland, germany, soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A veteran sergeant of the World War I leads a squad in World War II, always in the company of the survivor Pvt. Griff, the writer Pvt. Zab, the Sicilian Pvt. Vinci and Pvt. Johnson in Vichy French Africa, Sicily, D-Day at Omaha Beach, Belgium and ...
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bleak, realistic, cult classic, political, historical drama ...
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world war two, military, war, infantry, hospital, soldier, world war, nazi soldier, great war, desert, us military, battlefield ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA, India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Follows a young man named Albert and his horse, Joey, and how their bond is broken when Joey is sold to the cavalry and sent to the trenches of World War One. Despite being too young to enlist, Albert heads to France to save his friend.
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Audience:
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Country: USA
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The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
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Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
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Joe Enders is a gung-ho Marine assigned to protect a "windtalker" - one of several Navajo Indians who were used to relay messages during World War II because their spoken language was indecipherable to Japanese code breakers.
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Country: USA
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