Films like Anthropoid

Pressure (2026)

Also history and thriller. 7.7/10

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 Imitation Game (2014)

Also history and thriller. 8.0/10

Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at…

Prisoner of War (2025)

Also history and thriller. 7.1/10

British RAF Wing Commander James Wright is captured by the Japanese during WWII and forced to fight in brutal hand-to-hand combat. The Japanese soldiers get more than they…

12.12: The Day (2023)

Also history and thriller. 7.6/10

After the assassination of President Park, martial law has been declared. A coup d'état bursts out by Defense Security Commander Chun Doo-gwang and a private band of officers…

K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)

Also history and thriller. 6.6/10

When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.

Escape from Mogadishu (2021)

Also history and thriller. 7.1/10

Diplomats from the North and South Korean embassies in Somalia attempt a daring joint escape from Mogadishu when the outbreak of civil war leaves them stranded.

Chess Story (2021)

Also history and thriller. 6.8/10

1938. While the Nazi troops march into Vienna, the lawyer Josef Bartok hastily tries to escape to the USA with his wife but is arrested by the Gestapo. Bartok remains steadfast…

The Man with the Iron Heart (2017)

Also history and thriller. 6.5/10

With the Third Reich at its peak in 1942, the Czech resistance in London plans the most ambitious military operation of WWII – Anthropoid. Two young recruits are sent to Prague to…

Black Angel (2002)

Also history and thriller. 5.3/10

Livia, the attractive wife of a high-ranking Ministry of the People's Republic official, is accompanied by Ugo, a lawyer, her admirer and her husband's spy, to Venice. There, she…

The Catcher Was a Spy (2018)

Also history and thriller. 6.2/10

Former major league baseball player Moe Berg lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic Services in World War II Europe.

Michael Collins (1996)

Also history and thriller. 6.9/10

Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but becomes vilified by those hoping to create a completely independent Irish…

Army of Shadows (1969)

Also history and thriller. 7.9/10

Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Though Gerbier escapes to rejoin the Resistance in occupied Marseilles, France…

The Angel (2018)

Also history and thriller. 6.6/10

True story of Ashraf Marwan, who was President Nasser's son-in-law and special adviser and confidant to his successor Anwar Sadat - while simultaneously Israeli Intelligence's…

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Also thriller and war. 8.2/10

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by…

Schindler's List (1993)

Also history and war. 8.6/10

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.

Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

Also history and war. 8.2/10

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…

Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Also history and war. 8.2/10

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…

Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

Also history and war. 7.1/10

After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.

Black Hawk Down (2001)

Also history and war. 7.4/10

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…

Courage Under Fire (1996)

Also thriller and war. 6.6/10

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…

Braveheart (1995)

Also history and war. 7.9/10

Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village…

1917 (2019)

Also history and war. 8.0/10

At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.

Guy Ritchie's The Covenant (2023)

Also thriller and war. 7.7/10

After an ambush, Afghan interpreter Ahmed goes to Herculean lengths to save US Army Sergeant John Kinley's life. When Kinley learns that Ahmed and his family were not given safe…

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)

Also history and war. 7.8/10

When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems…

Films like Anthropoid (2016)