Films like Escape from Mogadishu (2021)

Escape from Mogadishu (2021) is action, drama, history, thriller, war. These 24 films share its genres, ordered by how much overlap they have and how well they are rated.

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  12.12: The Day (2023)

  Also action and drama. 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…

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  The Angel (2018)

  Also action and drama. 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…

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  The Imitation Game (2014)

  Also drama and history. 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…

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  Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

  Also action and drama. 7.1/10

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

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  Braveheart (1995)

  Also action and drama. 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…

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  The Patriot (2000)

  Also action and drama. 7.2/10

  After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. But…

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  Pearl Harbor (2001)

  Also action and drama. 6.9/10

  The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval…

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  Patriots Day (2016)

  Also action and drama. 7.1/10

  In the aftermath of an unspeakable act of terror, Police Sergeant Tommy Saunders joins courageous survivors, first responders and investigators in a race against the clock to hunt…

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  Alexander (2004)

  Also action and drama. 6.0/10

  Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then known world, venturing…

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  Allied (2016)

  Also action and drama. 6.8/10

  In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their…

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  The Woman King (2022)

  Also action and drama. 7.6/10

  The story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever…

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  Crimson Tide (1995)

  Also action and drama. 7.2/10

  After the Cold War, a breakaway Russian republic with nuclear warheads becomes a possible worldwide threat. U.S. submarine Capt. Frank Ramsey signs on a relatively green but…

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  The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)

  Also action and drama. 6.4/10

  In 1429, a French teenager stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she would defeat the world's greatest army and liberate her country from its…

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  King Arthur (2004)

  Also action and drama. 6.3/10

  The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops stationed in…

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  Behind Enemy Lines (2001)

  Also action and drama. 6.5/10

  While flying a routine reconnaissance mission over Bosnia, fighter pilot Lt. Chris Burnett photographs something he wasn't supposed to see and gets shot down behind enemy lines…

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  Midway (1976)

  Also action and drama. 6.6/10

  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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  The Outpost (2020)

  Also action and drama. 6.9/10

  A small unit of U.S. soldiers, alone at the remote Combat Outpost Keating, located deep in the valley of three mountains in Afghanistan, battles to defend against an overwhelming…

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  Green Zone (2010)

  Also action and drama. 6.5/10

  During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller and his team of Army inspectors are dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to…

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  In the Heart of the Sea (2015)

  Also action and drama. 6.8/10

  In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex is assaulted by something no one could believe—a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance.

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  Red Dawn (1984)

  Also action and drama. 6.3/10

  It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town—and their country—from invading Soviet forces.

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  Prisoner of War (2025)

  Also action and history. 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…

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  Kagemusha (1980)

  Also action and drama. 7.8/10

  Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans…

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  Red Cliff (2008)

  Also action and drama. 7.1/10

  In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite all of China was to declare war on the kingdoms…

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  Hotel Mumbai (2019)

  Also action and drama. 7.5/10

  Mumbai, India, November 26, 2008. While several terrorists spread hatred and death through the city, others attack the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. Both hotel staff and guests risk…