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Movies Like Force of Arms

If you liked Force of Arms (1951), a war and romance movie directed by Michael Curtiz, 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.

  1. 1The Best Years of Our Lives

    The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

    ★ 7.7/10Also drama and romance

    It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.

  2. 2A Farewell to Arms

    A Farewell to Arms (1932)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and romance

    A tale of the World War I love affair, begun in Italy, between American ambulance driver Lt. Frederic Henry and British nurse Catherine Barkley. Eventually separated by Frederic's transfer, tremendous challenges and…

  3. 3From Here to Eternity

    From Here to Eternity (1953)

    ★ 7.3/10Also war and romance

    In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love.

  4. 4Firebird

    Firebird (2021)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama and romance

    At the height of the Cold War, a troubled soldier forms a forbidden love triangle with a daring fighter pilot and his female comrade amid the dangerous surroundings of a Soviet Air Force Base.

  5. 5The Big Red One

    The Big Red One (1980)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and war

    A veteran sergeant of World War I leads a squad in World War II, always in the company of the survivor Pvt. Griff, the writer Pvt. Zab, the Sicilian Pvt. Vinci and Pvt. Johnson, in Vichy French Africa, Sicily, D-Day at…

  6. 6The Messenger

    The Messenger (2009)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and romance

    Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant who has returned home from Iraq, is assigned to the Army’s Casualty Notification service. Montgomery is partnered with Captain Tony Stone, to give notice to the families of…

  7. 7Cross of Iron

    Cross of Iron (1977)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and war

    It is 1943, and the German army—ravaged and demoralised—is hastily retreating from the Russian front. In the midst of the madness, conflict brews between the aristocratic yet ultimately pusillanimous Captain Stransky…

  8. 8Cold Mountain

    Cold Mountain (2003)

    ★ 6.9/10Also war and romance

    In this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named W.P. Inman deserts his unit and travels across the South, aiming to return to his young…

  9. 9Coming Home

    Coming Home (1978)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and romance

    In 1968 California, a Marine officer's wife falls in love with a former high school classmate who suffered a paralyzing combat injury in the war.

  10. 10Captain Corelli's Mandolin

    Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and romance

    When a fisherman leaves to fight with the Greek army during World War II, his fiancée falls in love with the local Italian commander.

  11. 11Battleground

    Battleground (1949)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and war

    Members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Holley and his American compatriots have already seen one of their…

  12. 12Fury

    Fury (2014)

    ★ 7.5/10Also war and drama

    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 enemy lines.

  13. 13Heartbreak Ridge

    Heartbreak Ridge (1986)

    ★ 6.9/10Also war and drama

    A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.

  14. 14To Hell and Back

    To Hell and Back (1955)

    ★ 6.6/10Also romance and drama

    The true WWII story of Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier in U.S. history. Based on the autobiography of Audie Murphy who stars as himself in the film.

  15. 15Dear John

    Dear John (2010)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and romance

    While Sergeant John Tyree is home on two weeks leave from Germany, he meets Savannah after he dives into the ocean to retrieve Savannah's purse that had fallen off a pier. John eventually falls in love with Savannah…

  16. 16Play Dirty

    Play Dirty (1969)

    ★ 6.3/10Also war and drama

    During World War II in North Africa, a group of British commandos disguised as Italian soldiers must travel behind enemy lines and destroy a vital Nazi oil depot.

  17. 17A Farewell to Arms

    A Farewell to Arms (1957)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and romance

    An English nurse and an American soldier on the Italian front during World War I fall in love, but the horrors surrounding them test their romance to the limit.

  18. 18Wings

    Wings (1927)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and war

    Two young men, one rich, one middle class, both in love with the same woman, become US Air Corps fighter pilots and, eventually, heroic flying aces during World War I. Devoted best friends, their mutual love of the…

  19. 19The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

    ★ 7.5/10Also war and drama

    General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. But it wasn't always…

  20. 20Story of G.I. Joe

    Story of G.I. Joe (1945)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and war

    War correspondent Ernie Pyle joins Company C, 18th Infantry as this American army unit fights its way across North Africa in World War II. He comes to know the soldiers and finds much human interest material for his…

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