Films like They Were Expendable (1945)
They Were Expendable (1945) 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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Once Upon a Time in the Middle East (2026)
Also drama and war.
Xu Fu travels to the Middle East to work as a chef in a Chinese restaurant to pay off family debts, where he meets floor manager Ma Junsheng. Their Dragon Restaurant rises to…
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War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
Also drama and war.
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.
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.
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.
The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.