Movies Like An Enemy to Die For

If you liked An Enemy to Die For (2012), a history and thriller movie directed by Peter Dalle, 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
Walking with the Enemy (2014)
★ 6.3/10Also history and war
Regent Horthy is the leader of Hungary and a German ally, but his favorable standing with Hitler changes as the war comes to an end. Forced to cede Hungary’s power or else witness the execution of his son, Regent…
2
Soldiers of the Damned (2015)
★ 6.2/10Also war and thriller
WWII German soldiers take an occult scientist into a haunted forest in Romania, only to be confronted by their own ghosts.
3
Rambo (2008)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller and war
In Thailand, ex-Green Beret John James Rambo joins a group of mercenaries to venture into war-torn neighboring Myanmar to rescue a group of Christian aid workers who have been kidnapped by a ruthless local infantry unit.
4
Darfur (2009)
★ 5.9/10Also war and thriller
American journalists in Sudan are confronted with the dilemma of whether to return home to report on the atrocities they have seen, or to stay behind and help some of the victims they have encountered.
5
Escape from Sobibor (1987)
★ 7.2/10Also thriller and war
The true story of WWII's notorious Sobibor Nazi death camp, where a courageous inmate orchestrates and leads the escape of over 300 prisoners.
6
Ike: Countdown to D-Day (2004)
★ 6.5/10Also war and history
The story of the senior-level preparations for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944 from the time of Dwight D. Eisenhower's appointment as the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, to the establishment of the beachhead in…
7
Original Sin (2001)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and history
A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp.
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Sometimes in April (2005)
★ 7.1/10Also history and war
Two brothers are divided by marriage and fate during the 100 horrifying days of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
9
Fanny Lye Deliver'd (2019)
★ 6.3/10Also history and thriller
On an isolated English farm in 1657, Fanny lives a quiet life with her oppressive husband John and their young son. One day their life is rocked with the arrival of young couple Thomas and Rebecca who claim to have…
10
A Midnight Clear (1992)
★ 6.5/10Also war and history
In 1944 France, an American Intelligence Squad locates a German Platoon wishing to surrender rather than die in Germany's final war offensive. The two groups of men, isolated from the war at present, put aside their…
11
Chimes at Midnight (1965)
★ 7.2/10Also history and war
Henry IV usurps the English throne, sets in motion the factious War of the Roses and now faces a rebellion led by Northumberland scion Hotspur. Henry's heir, Prince Hal, is a ne'er-do-well carouser who drinks and…
12
Casualties of War (1989)
★ 7.2/10Also history and war
During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.
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Missing in Action (1984)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and war
American servicemen are still being held captive in Vietnam and it's up to one man to bring them home in this blistering, fast-paced action/adventure starring martial arts superstar Chuck Norris. Following a daring…
14
The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller and history
In 1971, Stanford's Professor Philip Zimbardo conducts a controversial psychology experiment in which college students pretend to be either prisoners or guards, but the proceedings soon get out of hand. Based on a true…
15
Walker (1987)
★ 6.5/10Also history and war
William Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century in order to install a new government by a coup d'etat.
16
Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985)
★ 5.8/10Also war and thriller
Prequel to the first Missing In Action, set in the early 1980s it shows the capture of Colonel Braddock during the Vietnam war in the 1970s, and his captivity with other American POWs in a brutal prison camp, and his…
17
A Field in England (2013)
★ 6.2/10Also history and thriller
During the Civil War in 17th-Century England, a small group of deserters flee from a raging battle through an overgrown field. They are captured by an alchemist, who forces the group to aid him in his search to find a…
18
Brooklyn 45 (2023)
★ 5.8/10Also thriller and history
Five military veterans, best friends since childhood, gather together in a Brooklyn brownstone several months after the end of World War II, and the metaphoric ghosts of their past become all-too-literal.
19
Triumph of the Spirit (1989)
★ 6.5/10Also war and history
During World War II, Salamo Arouch, a passionate boxer, is arrested and sent to a concentration camp. Soon, he is forced to box against his fellow prisoners for the sake of entertainment.
20
Rambo III (1988)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and war
Combat has taken its toll on Rambo, but he's finally begun to find inner peace in a monastery. When Rambo's friend and mentor Col. Trautman asks for his help on a top secret mission to Afghanistan, Rambo declines but…