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Movies Like Canopy

If you liked Canopy (2014), a war and adventure movie directed by Aaron Wilson, 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. 1Objective, Burma!

    Objective, Burma! (1945)

    ★ 6.9/10Also war and adventure

    A group of men parachute into Japanese-occupied Burma with a dangerous and important mission: to locate and blow up a radar station. They accomplish this well enough, but when they try to rendezvous at an old air-strip…

  2. 2Merrill's Marauders

    Merrill's Marauders (1962)

    ★ 6.2/10Also war and drama

    Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill leads the 3,000 American volunteers of his 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), aka "Merrill's Marauders", behind Japanese lines across Burma to Myitkyina, pushing beyond their limits…

  3. 3Paradise Road

    Paradise Road (1997)

    ★ 6.3/10Also war and drama

    A group of English, American, Dutch and Australian women creates a vocal orchestra while being imprisoned in a Japanese POW camp on Sumatra during World War II.

  4. 4Battleground

    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…

  5. 5The Bridges at Toko-Ri

    The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)

    ★ 6/10Also war and drama

    A U.S. Navy pilot and his squad are assigned to bomb a group of heavily defended bridges deep behind enemy lines during the Korean War.

  6. 6The Purple Plain

    The Purple Plain (1954)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and adventure

    An RAF airfield in Burma in 1945, during World War II. Canadian bomber pilot Bill Forrester is a bitter man who lives haunted by a tragic past. He has became a reckless warrior, and is feared by his comrades, who…

  7. 7Devotion

    Devotion (2022)

    ★ 7/10Also war and drama

    The harrowing true story of two elite US Navy fighter pilots during the Korean War. Their heroic sacrifices would ultimately make them the Navy's most celebrated wingmen.

  8. 8Operation Pacific

    Operation Pacific (1951)

    ★ 6.1/10Also war and drama

    During WWII, Duke E. Gifford is second in command of the USS Thunderfish, a submarine which is firing off torpedoes that either explode too early or never explode at all. It's a dilemma that he'll eventually take up…

  9. 9Ice Cold in Alex

    Ice Cold in Alex (1958)

    ★ 7.3/10Also war and adventure

    A group of army personnel and nurses attempt a dangerous and arduous trek across the deserts of North Africa during the second world war. The leader of the team dreams of his ice cold beer when he reaches Alexandria.

  10. 10Empire of the Sun

    Empire of the Sun (1987)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama and war

    Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor, who looks out for him while they are in the…

  11. 11Shepherd: The Story of a Jewish Dog

    Shepherd: The Story of a Jewish Dog (2020)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and war

    Follow the perilous journey to freedom when a young boy and his dog attempt to escape a concentration camp during World War II. Based on true events.

  12. 12Six Minutes to Midnight

    Six Minutes to Midnight (2020)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and war

    Summer 1939. Influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town to learn the language and be ambassadors for a future looking National Socialist. A teacher…

  13. 13Tracker

    Tracker (2010)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and adventure

    A guerilla fighter from the South African Boer war called Arjan (Winstone) takes on a manhunt in New Zealand for Maori seaman Kereama (Morrison), who is accused of murdering a British soldier. What follows is a cat and…

  14. 14Blood on the Sun

    Blood on the Sun (1945)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and war

    Nick Condon, an American journalist in 20s Tokyo, publishes the Japanese master plan for world domination. Reaction from the understandably upset Japanese provides the action, but this is overshadowed by the propaganda…

  15. 15Memphis Belle

    Memphis Belle (1990)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and war

    The "Memphis Belle" is a World War II bomber, piloted by a young crew on dangerous bombing raids into Europe. The crew only have to make one more bombing raid before they have finished their duty and can go home. In…

  16. 16The Lost City of Z

    The Lost City of Z (2017)

    ★ 6.4/10Also adventure and drama

    A true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization in the Amazon and disappeared whilst searching for it.

  17. 17The Counterfeit Traitor

    The Counterfeit Traitor (1962)

    ★ 6.5/10Also war and drama

    Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infiltrating and surveying Nazi Germany.

  18. 18Taking Sides

    Taking Sides (2002)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and war

    One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 1930s, Wilhelm Furtwangler's reputation rivaled that of Toscanini's. After the war, he was investigated as part of the Allies' de-Nazification programme. In…

  19. 19Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin

    Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin (2024)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and war

    As the world teeters on the brink of annihilation, Dietrich Bonhoeffer joins a deadly plot to assassinate Hitler, risking his faith and fate to save millions of Jews from genocide.

  20. 20Overlord

    Overlord (1975)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and war

    During World War II, a young man is called up and, with an increasing sense of foreboding, undertakes his army training ready for D-Day, June 6th, 1944.

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