Films like P.O.W. The Escape (1986)

P.O.W. The Escape (1986) is action, war. These 24 films share its genres, ordered by how much overlap they have and how well they are rated.

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  Lucky Strike (2026)

  Also action and war. 6.8/10

  A wounded American soldier fights to survive behind enemy lines during WWII's Battle of the Bulge against the Germans, relying on his instinct, spy craft and a hand-radio to evade…

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  Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

  Also action 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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  Fury (2014)

  Also action 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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  Civil War (2024)

  Also action 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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  Black Hawk Down (2001)

  Also action 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…

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  The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024)

  Also action and war. 7.0/10

  During World War II, the British Army assigns a group of competent soldiers to carry out a mission against the Nazi forces behind enemy lines... A true story about a secret…

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  The Last Samurai (2003)

  Also action 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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  Guy Ritchie's The Covenant (2023)

  Also action 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…

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  Land of Bad (2024)

  Also action and war. 7.3/10

  When a Delta Force special ops mission goes terribly wrong, Air Force drone pilot Reaper has 48 hours to remedy what has devolved into a wild rescue operation. With no weapons and…

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  Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)

  Also action and war. 6.7/10

  John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.

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  Tropic Thunder (2008)

  Also action and war. 6.7/10

  A group of self-absorbed actors set out to make the most expensive war film ever. After ballooning costs force the studio to cancel the movie, the frustrated director refuses to…

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  300: Rise of an Empire (2014)

  Also action and war. 6.1/10

  Greek general Themistocles attempts to unite all of Greece by leading the charge that will change the course of the war. Themistocles faces the massive invading Persian forces led…

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  Warfare (2025)

  Also action and war. 7.1/10

  A platoon of Navy SEALs embarks on a dangerous mission in Ramadi, Iraq, with the chaos and brotherhood of war retold through their memories of the event.

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  American Sniper (2014)

  Also action and war. 7.4/10

  U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle takes his sole mission—protect his comrades—to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers in American history. His pinpoint accuracy not only saves…

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  Dunkirk (2017)

  Also action 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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  Lone Survivor (2013)

  Also action and war. 7.4/10

  Four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level Taliban operative must make an impossible moral decision in the mountains of Afghanistan that leads them into an…

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  Crimson Tide (1995)

  Also action and war. 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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  Tears of the Sun (2003)

  Also action and war. 6.9/10

  Navy SEAL Lieutenant A.K. Waters and his elite squadron of tactical specialists are forced to choose between their duty and their humanity, between following orders by ignoring…

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  300 (2007)

  Also action and war. 7.2/10

  A story very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians.

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  Sisu: Road to Revenge (2025)

  Also action and war. 7.3/10

  Returning to the house where his family was brutally murdered during the war, "the man who refuses to die" dismantles it, loads it on a truck, and is determined to rebuild it…

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  The Patriot (2000)

  Also action 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…

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  Platoon (1986)

  Also action and war. 7.7/10

  As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.

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  12 Strong (2018)

  Also action and war. 6.4/10

  A team of special forces head into Afghanistan in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks in an attempt to dismantle the Taliban.

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  Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)

  Also action and war. 6.5/10

  Topper Harley is found to be working as an odd-job-man in a monastery. The CIA want him to lead a rescue mission into Iraq, to rescue the last rescue team, who went in to rescue…