Movies Like The Tank
If you liked The Tank (2025), a war and action movie directed by Dennis Gansel, 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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Fury (2014)
★ 7.5/10Also war and dramaApril, 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.
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The Beast of War (1988)
★ 7.1/10Also war and dramaDuring the war in Afghanistan a Soviet tank crew commanded by a tyrannical officer find themselves lost and in a struggle against a band of Mujahadeen guerrillas in the mountains.
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Stalingrad (1993)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and warA German Platoon is explored through the brutal fighting of the Battle of Stalingrad. After half of their number is wiped out and they're placed under the command of a sadistic captain, the platoon lieutenant leads his…
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Cross of Iron (1977)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and actionIt 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…
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Beneath Hill 60 (2010)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and warThe true story of Australia's cat-and-mouse underground mine warfare—one of the most misunderstood, misrepresented and mystifying conflicts of WW I. It was secret struggle BENEATH the Western Front that combined daring…
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Before Dawn (2024)
★ 6.9/10Also war and dramaAfter leaving his family's sheep farm in the Australian outback, a young man joins his countrymen on the western front of World War I with hopes of helping expedite an end to the bloody conflict. But as war rages on…
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Escape from Sobibor (1987)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and warThe true story of WWII's notorious Sobibor Nazi death camp, where a courageous inmate orchestrates and leads the escape of over 300 prisoners.
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Hyena Road (2015)
★ 6.9/10Also war and dramaThree different men, three different worlds, three different wars – all stand at the intersection of modern warfare – a murky world of fluid morality where all is not as it seems. A unique and dramatic look at the…
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When Trumpets Fade (1998)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and warIn WWII Western Germany, Private David Manning reluctantly leaves behind a mortally wounded fellow soldier and searches for survivors from his platoon, only to learn from commanding officer Captain Pritchett that they…
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Walking with the Enemy (2014)
★ 6.3/10Also action and dramaRegent 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…
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Hurricane (2018)
★ 5.9/10Also war and dramaPolish pilots overcome prejudice to fight against the Luftwaffe with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, in the hope of protecting both Great Britain and their own Poland from the German advance.
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Play Dirty (1969)
★ 6.3/10Also war and dramaDuring 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.
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Land of Bad (2024)
★ 7.3/10Also action and warWhen a Delta Force special ops mission goes terribly wrong, Air Force drone pilot Reaper has 48 hours to remedy what has devolved into a wild rescue operation. With no weapons and no communication other than the drone…
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Inglourious Basterds (2009)
★ 8.2/10Also drama and warIn 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 scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The…
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Blood & Gold (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and warAt the end of World War II, a German soldier is looking for his daughter while an SS troop is looking for a Jewish treasure.
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Hamburger Hill (1987)
★ 6.6/10Also war and actionThe men of Bravo Company are facing a battle that's all uphill… up Hamburger Hill. Fourteen war-weary soldiers are battling for a mud-covered mound of earth so named because it chews up soldiers like chopped meat. They…
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Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
★ 7.2/10Also war and actionIn the early days of daylight bombing raids over Germany, General Frank Savage must take command of a 'hard luck' bomber group. Much of the story deals with his struggle to whip his group into a disciplined fighting…
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Ambush (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also war and actionWhen a small outpost is ambushed, a US Army squad must take the battle below ground on a high-stakes mission in a new type of warfare the likes of which they have never seen.
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Das Boot (1981)
★ 8.1/10Also drama and warA German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.
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Lone Survivor (2013)
★ 7.4/10Also war and actionFour Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level Taliban operative must make an impossible moral decision in the mountains of Afghanistan that leads them into an enemy ambush. As they confront unthinkable…