Movies Like Il generale dorme in piedi
If you liked Il generale dorme in piedi (1974), a movie directed by Francesco Massaro, 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 Bed Sitting Room (1969)
★ 5.9/10In the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a 'nuclear misunderstanding' is producing strange mutations amongst the survivors, and the noble Lord Fortnum finds himself transforming into a bed sitting room.
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Equilibrium (2002)
★ 7.1/10In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.
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Awake (2021)
★ 5.9/10After a sudden global event wipes out all electronics and takes away humankind’s ability to sleep, chaos quickly begins to consume the world. Only Jill, an ex-soldier with a troubled past, may hold the key to a cure in…
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Kelly's Heroes (1970)
★ 7.4/10A misfit group of World War II American soldiers goes AWOL to rob a bank behind German lines.
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The Ninth Configuration (1980)
★ 6.4/10Army psychiatrist Colonel Kane is posted to a secluded gothic castle housing a military asylum. With a reserved calm, he indulges the inmates' delusions, allowing them free rein to express their fantasies.
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The Dictator (2012)
★ 6.3/10The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
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Love and Death (1975)
★ 7.5/10In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.
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Silver Streak (1976)
★ 6.7/10A somewhat daffy book editor on a rail trip from Los Angeles to Chicago thinks that he sees a murdered man thrown from the train. When he can find no one who will believe him, he starts doing some investigating of his…
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Intimacy (2001)
★ 6.2/10Failed musician Jay abandoned his family and now earns a living as head bartender in a trendy London pub. Every Wednesday afternoon, a woman comes to his house for graphic, almost wordless, sex. One day, Jay follows…
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Cadet Kelly (2002)
★ 6.2/10Hyperactive teenager Kelly is enrolled into a military school when her new stepfather becomes the Commandant. At first she has problems fitting in and taking orders until she tries out for the drill team.
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Birdy (1984)
★ 7.1/10Two young men are seriously affected by the Vietnam War. One of them has always been obsessed with birds - but now believes he really is a bird, and has been sent to a mental hospital. Can his friend help him pull…
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Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
★ 6.3/10Years after the Racoon City catastrophe, survivors travel across the Nevada desert, hoping to make it to Alaska. Alice joins the caravan and their fight against hordes of zombies and the evil Umbrella Corp.
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Cadence (1990)
★ 6.7/10As punishment for drunken, rebellious behavior, a young white soldier is thrown into a stockade populated entirely by black inmates. But instead of falling victim to racial hatred, the soldier joins forces with his…
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Animal House (1978)
★ 6.9/10At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.
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Freelance (2023)
★ 6.4/10An ex-special forces operative takes a job to provide security for a journalist as she interviews a dictator, but a military coup breaks out in the middle of the interview, they are forced to escape into the jungle…
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Career Opportunities (1991)
★ 6.9/10After falling asleep in a Target dressing room, an unhappy heiress wakes up locked inside the store overnight with a local slacker and notorious liar, leading the two unlikely companions to bond over their shared…
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Pandorum (2009)
★ 6.6/10Two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they've been asleep, or what their mission is. The two soon discover they're actually not alone – and the reality of their…
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The Young One (1960)
★ 7/10A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
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Sleeper (1973)
★ 6.8/10Miles Monroe, a clarinet-playing health food store proprietor, is revived out of cryostasis 200 years into a future world in order to help rebels fight an oppressive government regime.
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40 Acres (2025)
★ 6.6/10Hailey Freeman and her family are the last descendants of African American farmers who settled in rural Canada after the Civil War. In a famine-decimated near future, they now struggle to safeguard their farm, as they…