Films like The Catcher Was a Spy (2018)

The Catcher Was a Spy (2018) is 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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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…
12.12: The Day (2023)

Also drama and history. 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…
Escape from Mogadishu (2021)

Also drama and history. 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 drama and history. 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…
Black Angel (2002)

Also drama and history. 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…
Army of Shadows (1969)

Also drama and history. 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…
Michael Collins (1996)

Also drama and history. 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…
The Angel (2018)

Also drama and history. 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 drama and thriller. 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 drama and history. 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.
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…
Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

Also drama and history. 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 drama and history. 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 drama and history. 7.1/10

After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.
Courage Under Fire (1996)

Also drama and thriller. 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 drama and history. 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 drama and history. 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.
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)

Also drama and history. 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…
Young Washington (2026)

Also drama and history. 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…
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)

Also drama and history. 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.
United 93 (2006)

Also drama and history. 7.1/10

A real-time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on 9/11 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.
The Patriot (2000)

Also drama and history. 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…
The Thin Red Line (1998)

Also drama and history. 7.4/10

The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War…
9th Company (2005)

Also drama and history. 6.7/10

Russian army recruits complete training and take their posting in late 1980s Afghanistan, where the insurgents are slowly gaining the upper hand.