Movies like Patton
If Patton's mix of general, steel helmet and allies stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Patton's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Longest Day
1962 · Directed by Ken Annakin · 178 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: steel helmet, allies, world war ii · Also war and drama
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall,…
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A Bridge Too Far
1977 · Directed by Richard Attenborough · 175 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: allies, world war ii, tank · Also drama and history · From the same decade (1970s)
The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland allowing access over the Rhine into Germany.
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Saving Private Ryan
1998 · Directed by Steven Spielberg · 169 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: world war ii, normandy, france, d-day · Also war and drama
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…
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Pressure
2026 · Directed by Anthony Maras · 101 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: world war ii, d-day · Also history and war
In the tense 72 hours before D-Day, and the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Captain James Stagg face an impossible choice—launch the largest and most dangerous seaborne…
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Dunkirk
2017 · Directed by Christopher Nolan · 107 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: allies, world war ii · Also war and drama
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…
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Greyhound
2020 · Directed by Aaron Schneider · 92 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: allies, world war ii · Also war and drama
A first-time captain leads a convoy of allied ships carrying thousands of soldiers across the treacherous waters of the "Black Pit" to the front lines of WWII.
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Battle of the Bulge
1965 · Directed by Ken Annakin · 169 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: world war ii, tank · Also drama and history
In the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies stand ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New Year. To prevent it, Hitler orders an all-out offensive to re-take French territory and capture the major port city of…
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Courage Under Fire
1996 · Directed by Edward Zwick · 116 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: dead soldier, tank · Also drama and war
A US Army officer, who made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up, has been reassigned to a desk job. He is tasked to investigate a female chopper commander's worthiness to be awarded the Medal of Honor.
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Fury
2014 · Directed by David Ayer · 135 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: world war ii, tank · Also war and drama
April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theater, a battle-hardened army sergeant commands a Sherman tank with a five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines.
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All Quiet on the Western Front
1930 · Directed by Lewis Milestone · 133 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: steel helmet · Also drama and war
When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat.
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Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 · Directed by Toshio Masuda · 144 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: world war ii · Also war and history · From the same decade (1970s)
In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end.
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Midway
2019 · Directed by Roland Emmerich · 138 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: world war ii · Also war and history
The story of the Battle of Midway, and the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude and bravery to overcome massive odds.