Movies Like Charlotte: A Royal at War
If you liked Charlotte: A Royal at War (2008), a war and documentary movie directed by Ray Tostevin, 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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The Battle of San Pietro (1945)
★ 6.1/10Also war and documentaryThis documentary movie is about the battle of San Pietro, a small village in Italy. Over 1,100 US soldiers were killed while trying to take this location, that blocked the way for the Allied forces from the Germans…
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The Soviet Story (2008)
★ 7.3/10Also documentary and war“The Soviet Story” is a story of an Allied power, which helped the Nazis to fight Jews and which slaughtered its own people on an industrial scale. Assisted by the West, this power triumphed on May 9th, 1945. Its…
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Why We Fight: Prelude to War (1942)
★ 6.4/10Also documentary and warPrelude to War was the first film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, commissioned by the Pentagon and George C. Marshall. It was made to convince American troops of the necessity of combating the…
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They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)
★ 7.8/10Also documentary and historyA documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of Armistice Day, and the end of the war.
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The Bloody Hundredth (2024)
★ 7.2/10Also war and documentaryMeet the real-life airmen who inspired Masters of the Air as they share the harrowing and transformative events of the 100th Bomb Group.
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Nazi Concentration Camps (1945)
★ 7.7/10Also documentary and historyProduced and presented as evidence at the Nuremberg war crimes trial of Hermann Göring and twenty other Nazi leaders, this film consists primarily of dead and surviving prisoners and of facilities used to kill and…
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Virunga (2014)
★ 7.9/10Also documentary and warVirunga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is Africa's oldest national park, a UNESCO world heritage site, and a contested ground among insurgencies seeking to topple the government that see untold profits in the…
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2000 Meters to Andriivka (2025)
★ 8.1/10Also documentary and warAmid the failing counteroffensive, a journalist follows a Ukrainian platoon on their mission to traverse one mile of heavily fortified forest and liberate a strategic village from Russian occupation. But the farther…
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Korengal (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also documentary and warKorengal picks up where Restrepo left off; the same men, the same valley, the same commanders, but a very different look at the experience of war.
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The War on Democracy (2007)
★ 7.5/10Also history and documentarySet both in Latin America and the United States, the film explores the historic and current relationship of Washington with countries such as Venezuela, Bolivia and Chile. Pilger says that the film "...tells a…
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NAZA (2026)
★ 8.1/10Also documentary and warFilmed at night from Tel Aviv rooftops, this investigative documentary examines the civilian casualties of Israel's military operations in Gaza and the systems behind targeted killings of Palestinians.
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Another Day of Life (2018)
★ 7.4/10Also documentary and historyIn 1975, Ryszard Kapuściński, a veteran Polish journalist, embarked on a seemingly suicidal road trip into the heart of the Angola's civil war. There, he witnessed once again the dirty reality of war and discovered a…
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We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company (2001)
★ 7.4/10Also documentary and warOver a period of two years, Mark Cowen and his crew travelled to thirty U.S. states and ten European cities, to interview the veterans of Easy Company. The stories told by the veterans themselves, create a history of…
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Father Soldier Son (2020)
★ 6.5/10Also documentary and warWhen Sgt. First Class Brian Eisch is critically wounded in Afghanistan, it sets him and his sons on a journey of love, loss, redemption and legacy.
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The Princess (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also documentary and historyDecades after her untimely death, Princess Diana continues to evoke mystery, glamour, and the quintessential modern fairy tale gone wrong. As a symbol of both the widening fissures weakening the British monarchy and…
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City of Ghosts (2017)
★ 7.2/10Also war and documentaryWith unprecedented access, this documentary follows the extraordinary journey of “Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently”—a group of anonymous citizen journalists who banded together after their homeland was overtaken by…
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For Sama (2019)
★ 8.2/10Also documentary and warA love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all…
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Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie (1995)
★ 7.2/10Also documentary and history"Trinity and Beyond" is an unsettling yet visually fascinating documentary presenting the history of nuclear weapons development and testing between 1945-1963. Narrated by William Shatner and featuring an original…
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Last Days in Vietnam (2014)
★ 7.3/10Also war and documentaryDuring the chaotic final weeks of the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese Army closes in on Saigon as the panicked South Vietnamese people desperately attempt to escape. On the ground, American soldiers and diplomats…
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Audrey (2020)
★ 7.1/10Also documentary and historyAn unprecedented and intimate look at the life, work and enduring legacy of British actress Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993).