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Movies Like Defenders of Riga

If you liked Defenders of Riga (2007), a action and drama movie directed by Aigars Grauba, 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. 1Walking with the Enemy

    Walking with the Enemy (2014)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action and drama

    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. 2Field of Lost Shoes

    Field of Lost Shoes (2015)

    ★ 6.1/10Also war and drama

    A group of teenage cadets sheltered from war at the Virginia Military Institute must confront the horrors of an adult world when they are called upon to defend the Shenandoah Valley.

  3. 3The Rifleman

    The Rifleman (2019)

    ★ 7.3/10Also war and drama

    The love story of sixteen-year-old Arturs is interrupted by the First World War. After losing his mother and his home, he finds some consolation in joining the army, because this is the first time national battalions…

  4. 4Von Richthofen and Brown

    Von Richthofen and Brown (1971)

    ★ 6.2/10Also war and drama

    Spend time on both sides of World War I, partly with German flying ace Baron Manfred Von Richthofen (John Phillip Law), aka "The Red Baron," and his colorful "flying circus" of Fokker fighter planes, during the time…

  5. 5The Kill Team

    The Kill Team (2019)

    ★ 6.5/10Also war and action

    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…

  6. 6Wolf Hound

    Wolf Hound (2022)

    ★ 6.4/10Also war and action

    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…

  7. 7When Trumpets Fade

    When Trumpets Fade (1998)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and war

    In 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…

  8. 8The Great War

    The Great War (2019)

    ★ 6.5/10Also history and war

    In November of 1918 as World War I was ending, a unit of American soldiers goes behind enemy lines to find a lost platoon of African American soldiers.

  9. 9The Outpost

    The Outpost (2020)

    ★ 6.9/10Also war and drama

    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…

  10. 10Lucky Strike

    Lucky Strike (2026)

    ★ 6.6/10Also war and action

    A wounded American soldier fights to survive behind enemy lines during WWII's Battle of the Bulge against the Germans, relying on his instinct, spy craft and a hand-radio to evade capture and find his way back to his…

  11. 11Sahara

    Sahara (1995)

    ★ 6.7/10Also action and 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. 12Hurricane

    Hurricane (2018)

    ★ 5.9/10Also war and drama

    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.

  13. 13Cross of Iron

    Cross of Iron (1977)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and action

    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…

  14. 141917

    1917 (2019)

    ★ 8/10Also war and drama

    At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.

  15. 15Outlaws - For Greater Glory

    Outlaws - For Greater Glory (2012)

    ★ 7/10Also history and drama

    A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.

  16. 16Enemy at the Gates

    Enemy at the Gates (2001)

    ★ 7.4/10Also war and history

    A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.

  17. 17Beneath Hill 60

    Beneath Hill 60 (2010)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and history

    The 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…

  18. 18The Dam Busters

    The Dam Busters (1955)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and history

    The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industrial complex and the execution of the raid by 617 Squadron 'The Dam Busters'.

  19. 19Jarhead 3: The Siege

    Jarhead 3: The Siege (2016)

    ★ 6.1/10Also war and action

    Corporal Evan Albright joined the elite Marine Corps Security Guards to save the world and see some action-not necessarily in that order. But his first assignment, protecting a U. S. Embassy in a seemingly safe Middle…

  20. 20Miracle at St. Anna

    Miracle at St. Anna (2008)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and war

    Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the all-black 92nd "Buffalo Soldier" Division stationed in Tuscany, Italy during World War II.

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