Movies like Dunkirk
If Dunkirk's mix of army, beach and france stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Dunkirk'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: allies, world war ii, historical fiction · Also war and action
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: army, allies, world war ii · Also drama and war
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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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
2003 · Directed by Peter Weir · 138 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: royal navy, historical fiction, period drama · Also drama and war
After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh…
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Midway
2019 · Directed by Roland Emmerich · 138 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: world war ii, historical fiction, 1940s · Also war and drama · From the same decade (2010s)
The story of the Battle of Midway, and the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude and bravery to overcome massive odds.
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Midway
1976 · Directed by Jack Smight · 132 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: world war ii, soldier, 1940s · Also action and drama
This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II.
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Journey's End
2017 · Directed by Saul Dibb · 108 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: army, france, british army · Also war and drama · From the same decade (2010s)
Set in a dugout in Aisne in 1918, a group of British officers, led by the mentally disintegrating young officer Stanhope, variously await their fate.
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The Great Escape
1963 · Directed by John Sturges · 173 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: world war ii, 1940s · Also drama and war
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war.
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The Six Triple Eight
2024 · Directed by Tyler Perry · 130 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: world war ii, 1940s · Also drama and war
During World War II, the US Army's only all-Black, all-women battalion takes on an impossible mission: sorting through a three-year backlog of 17 million pieces of mail that hadn't been delivered to American soldiers…
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Patton
1970 · Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner · 172 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: allies, world war ii · Also war and drama
"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with Patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third…
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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 action
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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Lifeboat
1944 · Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · 96 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: world war ii, survival · Also war and drama
During World War II, a small group of survivors is stranded in a lifeboat together after the ship they were traveling on is destroyed by a German U-boat.
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Memphis Belle
1990 · Directed by Michael Caton-Jones · 107 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: world war ii, soldier · Also drama and war
The "Memphis Belle" is a World War II bomber, piloted by a young crew on dangerous bombing raids into Europe. The crew only have to make one more bombing raid before they have finished their duty and can go home.