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Movies Like A Fighter Has Crashed

If you liked A Fighter Has Crashed (1943), a war movie, 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. 1Jarhead: Law of Return

    Jarhead: Law of Return (2019)

    ★ 6.5/10Also war

    Major Ronan Jackson, an accomplished fighter pilot for the Israel Defense Forces and son of a U.S. Senator, is shot down while flying through Syrian airspace. After miraculously surviving the crash, Jackson is taken…

  2. 2Flyboys

    Flyboys (2006)

    ★ 6.5/10Also war

    The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.

  3. 3The Kill Team

    The Kill Team (2019)

    ★ 6.5/10Also war

    When Andrew Briggman — a young soldier in the US Army during the invasion of Afghanistan — witnesses the murderous behavior of fellow soldiers, under the direction of a malevolent Sergeant, he faces a moral dilemma…

  4. 4Twelve O'Clock High

    Twelve O'Clock High (1949)

    ★ 7.2/10Also war

    In 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…

  5. 5Bunker

    Bunker (2023)

    ★ 6.7/10Also war

    Trapped in a bunker during World War I, a group of soldiers are faced with an ungodly presence that slowly turns them against each other.

  6. 6One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

    One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)

    ★ 6.6/10Also war

    During a raid on Germany, a British bomber crew is forced to bail out after their plane is damaged. They land in Holland, where they're aided by Dutch civilians.

  7. 7Dear John

    Dear John (2010)

    ★ 6.8/10Also war

    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…

  8. 8Wolf Hound

    Wolf Hound (2022)

    ★ 6.4/10Also war

    Inspired by the real-life German special operations unit KG 200 that shot down, repaired, and flew Allied aircraft as Trojan horses, "Wolf Hound" takes place in 1944 German-occupied France and follows the daring…

  9. 9The First of the Few

    The First of the Few (1942)

    ★ 6.7/10Also war

    This 1942 fictionalized biopic chronicles the true story of how two of the most remarkable men in aviation history - visionary Spitfire designer R.J. Mitchell and his test pilot Geoffrey Crisp - designed a streamlined…

  10. 10Hell Hath No Fury

    Hell Hath No Fury (2021)

    ★ 6.4/10Also war

    Branded a traitor by her countrymen, French national Marie DuJardin is rescued by American soldiers on one condition: to survive, she must lead them to a cache of gold - before the Nazis return to claim it for…

  11. 11Sahara

    Sahara (1995)

    ★ 6.7/10Also war

    After the fall of Tobruk in June 1942, U.S. Army sergeant Joe Gunn leads his tank into the Sahara desert, in order to evade advancing Rommel's forces and reach Allied lines. Along the way he picks up few Allied…

  12. 12Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain (1969)

    ★ 6.8/10Also war

    In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing an attempted Nazi invasion.

  13. 13The Outpost

    The Outpost (2020)

    ★ 6.9/10Also war

    A small unit of U.S. soldiers, alone at the remote Combat Outpost Keating, located deep in the valley of three mountains in Afghanistan, battles to defend against an overwhelming force of Taliban fighters in a…

  14. 14Battleground

    Battleground (1949)

    ★ 6.7/10Also 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…

  15. 15The Scarlet and the Black

    The Scarlet and the Black (1983)

    ★ 7.1/10Also war

    Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His activities become so large that the Nazis decide to assassinate him…

  16. 16What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

    What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966)

    ★ 5.9/10Also war

    A by-the-book Captain is ordered to capture a strategic village in Italy. The Italian soldiers are willing to surrender, if they can have a festival first. The lieutenant convinces the Captain this is the only way…

  17. 1712 Strong

    12 Strong (2018)

    ★ 6.4/10Also war

    A team of special forces head into Afghanistan in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks in an attempt to dismantle the Taliban.

  18. 18The Greatest Beer Run Ever

    The Greatest Beer Run Ever (2022)

    ★ 7.5/10Also war

    Chickie wants to support his friends fighting in Vietnam, so he does something wild—personally bring them American beer. What starts as a well-meaning journey quickly changes Chickie's life and perspective.

  19. 19Shining Through

    Shining Through (1992)

    ★ 6.5/10Also war

    Spirited New Yorker Linda Voss goes to work for international lawyer and secret Office of Strategic Services operative Ed Leland just before World War II. As they fall in love, the United States enters the fight…

  20. 20Hurricane

    Hurricane (2018)

    ★ 5.9/10Also war

    Polish 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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