Movies like Kangaroo
If Kangaroo's mix of sydney, australia, war veteran and political activism stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Kangaroo's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Lion of the Desert
1981 · Directed by Moustapha Akkad · 173 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: 1920s · From the same decade (1980s)
Resistance leader Omar Mukhtar opposes Italian colonization before World War II. The brutal guerrilla war against Italian General Rodolfo Graziani and the Fascist forces of Benito Mussolini highlights the struggle for…
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Sergeant York
1941 · Directed by Howard Hawks · 134 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: conscientious objector
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most…
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Trumbo
2015 · Directed by Jay Roach · 124 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: writer
The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted.
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A Hidden Life
2019 · Directed by Terrence Malick · 173 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: conscientious objector
Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II.