Films like Once Upon a Time in the Middle East (2026)

Once Upon a Time in the Middle East (2026) is drama, war. These 24 films share its genres, ordered by how much overlap they have and how well they are rated.

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  Inglourious Basterds (2009)

  Also drama 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…

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  Schindler's List (1993)

  Also drama 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.

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  Fury (2014)

  Also drama and war. 7.5/10

  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…

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  Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

  Also drama 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…

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  Saving Private Ryan (1998)

  Also drama 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…

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  The Imitation Game (2014)

  Also drama and war. 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 drama 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.

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  The Last Samurai (2003)

  Also drama and war. 7.6/10

  Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that…

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  The Pianist (2002)

  Also drama and war. 8.4/10

  The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds…

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  Courage Under Fire (1996)

  Also drama 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…

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  Full Metal Jacket (1987)

  Also drama and war. 8.1/10

  A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.

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  Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

  Also drama and war. 7.8/10

  In post–civil war Spain, 10-year-old Ofelia moves with her pregnant mother to live under the control of her cruel stepfather. Drawn into a mysterious labyrinth, she meets a faun…

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  Dunkirk (2017)

  Also drama and war. 7.5/10

  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…

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  Apocalypse Now (1979)

  Also drama and war. 8.3/10

  At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and…

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  Braveheart (1995)

  Also drama 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…

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  Civil War (2024)

  Also drama and war. 6.8/10

  In the near future, a group of war journalists attempt to survive while reporting the truth as the United States stands on the brink of civil war.

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  Jojo Rabbit (2019)

  Also drama and war. 8.0/10

  Jojo, a lonely German boy during World War II has his world shaken when he learns that his single mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home. Influenced by a buffoonish…

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  1917 (2019)

  Also drama 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.

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  The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)

  Also drama 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…

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  War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)

  Also drama and war. 7.2/10

  Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker…

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  Young Washington (2026)

  Also drama and war. 7.9/10

  Before he led a nation, George Washington was a young soldier thrown into a global conflict. With alliances crumbling and war closing in, he must choose who to trust and confront…

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  13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)

  Also drama and war. 7.3/10

  An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.

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  Gone with the Wind (1939)

  Also drama and war. 7.9/10

  The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.

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  The Patriot (2000)

  Also drama and war. 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…