Movies Like NZ WARS: Stories of Waitara
If you liked NZ WARS: Stories of Waitara, a documentary and war movie directed by Mahanga Pihama, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Korengal (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also documentary and warKorengal picks up where Restrepo left off; the same men, the same valley, the same commanders, but a very different look at the experience of war.
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2000 Meters to Andriivka (2025)
★ 8.1/10Also documentary and warAmid the failing counteroffensive, a journalist follows a Ukrainian platoon on their mission to traverse one mile of heavily fortified forest and liberate a strategic village from Russian occupation. But the farther…
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Why We Fight: Prelude to War (1942)
★ 6.4/10Also documentary and warPrelude to War was the first film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, commissioned by the Pentagon and George C. Marshall. It was made to convince American troops of the necessity of combating the…
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The Battle of San Pietro (1945)
★ 6.1/10Also war and documentaryThis documentary movie is about the battle of San Pietro, a small village in Italy. Over 1,100 US soldiers were killed while trying to take this location, that blocked the way for the Allied forces from the Germans…
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Last Days in Vietnam (2014)
★ 7.3/10Also war and documentaryDuring the chaotic final weeks of the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese Army closes in on Saigon as the panicked South Vietnamese people desperately attempt to escape. On the ground, American soldiers and diplomats…
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City of Ghosts (2017)
★ 7.2/10Also war and documentaryWith unprecedented access, this documentary follows the extraordinary journey of “Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently”—a group of anonymous citizen journalists who banded together after their homeland was overtaken by…
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The Godfather Family: A Look Inside (1990)
★ 7.8/10Also documentary and tv movieA documentary on the making of the three Godfather films, with interviews and recollections from the film makers and cast. This feature also includes the original screen tests of some of the actors for "The Godfather"…
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Father Soldier Son (2020)
★ 6.5/10Also documentary and warWhen Sgt. First Class Brian Eisch is critically wounded in Afghanistan, it sets him and his sons on a journey of love, loss, redemption and legacy.
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We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company (2001)
★ 7.4/10Also documentary and warOver a period of two years, Mark Cowen and his crew travelled to thirty U.S. states and ten European cities, to interview the veterans of Easy Company. The stories told by the veterans themselves, create a history of…
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The Bloody Hundredth (2024)
★ 7.2/10Also war and documentaryMeet the real-life airmen who inspired Masters of the Air as they share the harrowing and transformative events of the 100th Bomb Group.
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For Sama (2019)
★ 8.2/10Also documentary and warA love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all…
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Behind the Planet of the Apes (1998)
★ 7.1/10Also documentary and tv movieRoddy McDowall takes you, film by film, from production meetings to make-up sessions, then right onto the movie set to see the actual filming of the science fiction masterpiece. The most comprehensive history of Planet…
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Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (2006)
★ 7/10Also documentary and tv movieFeaturing never-before-seen footage, this documentary delivers a startling new look at the Peoples Temple, headed by preacher Jim Jones who, in 1978, led more than 900 members to Guyana, where he orchestrated a mass…
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The Soviet Story (2008)
★ 7.3/10Also documentary and war“The Soviet Story” is a story of an Allied power, which helped the Nazis to fight Jews and which slaughtered its own people on an industrial scale. Assisted by the West, this power triumphed on May 9th, 1945. Its…
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20 Days in Mariupol (2023)
★ 8.1/10Also documentary and warAs the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting the war's atrocities.
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Seven Up! (1985)
★ 7.2/10Also documentary and tv movieA group of British children aged 7 from widely ranging backgrounds are interviewed about a range of subjects. The filmmakers plan to re-interview them at 7 year intervals to track how their lives and attitudes change…
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Let There Be Light (1946)
★ 7.3/10Also documentary and warThe final entry in a trilogy of films produced for the U.S. government by John Huston. Some returning combat veterans suffer scars that are more psychological than physical. This film follows patients and staff during…
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Nazi Concentration Camps (1945)
★ 7.7/10Also documentary and warProduced and presented as evidence at the Nuremberg war crimes trial of Hermann Göring and twenty other Nazi leaders, this film consists primarily of dead and surviving prisoners and of facilities used to kill and…
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They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)
★ 7.8/10Also documentary and warA documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of Armistice Day, and the end of the war.
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Audrey (2020)
★ 7.1/10Also documentary and tv movieAn unprecedented and intimate look at the life, work and enduring legacy of British actress Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993).