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Movies Like The Flying Torpedo

If you liked The Flying Torpedo (1916), a war and drama movie directed by Christy Cabanne and John B. O'Brien, 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. 1Ghost Recon: Alpha

    Ghost Recon: Alpha (2012)

    ★ 7.2/10Also science fiction and war

    Ghost Recon: Alpha sees a team led by Ghost Leader infiltrate a trade at a Russian depot between a general and a mysterious other figure.

  2. 2Vesper

    Vesper (2022)

    ★ 6.2/10Also science fiction and drama

    After the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed Father, meets a mysterious Woman with a secret that forces Vesper to use her wits, strength and bio-hacking…

  3. 32073

    2073 (2024)

    ★ 6.7/10Also science fiction and drama

    Inspired by Chris Marker's iconic 1962 featurette La Jetée; the year is 2073—a not-so-distant dystopian future—and the setting is New San Francisco, the scorched-earth tech-dominant police state where democracy and…

  4. 4Arrival

    Arrival (2016)

    ★ 7.6/10Also drama and science fiction

    Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.

  5. 5Doctor Who: Deep Breath

    Doctor Who: Deep Breath (2014)

    ★ 7.7/10Also science fiction and drama

    The newly-regenerated Doctor arrives in Victorian London, and Clara Oswald struggles to embrace the man he has become. All the while, they reunite with the Paternoster Gang to investigate a series of combustions that…

  6. 6Play Dirty

    Play Dirty (1969)

    ★ 6.3/10Also war and drama

    During World War II in North Africa, a group of British commandos disguised as Italian soldiers must travel behind enemy lines and destroy a vital Nazi oil depot.

  7. 7The Vast of Night

    The Vast of Night (2019)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and science fiction

    At the dawn of the space-race, two radio-obsessed teens discover a strange frequency over the airwaves in what becomes the most important night of their lives and in the history of their small town.

  8. 8Flyboys

    Flyboys (2006)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and 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.

  9. 9The Kill Team

    The Kill Team (2019)

    ★ 6.5/10Also war and drama

    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…

  10. 10Light of My Life

    Light of My Life (2019)

    ★ 6.5/10Also science fiction and drama

    Years after a pandemic wipes out most of the female population, a father struggles to shield his daughter from a dangerous and predatory world.

  11. 11Outlaws - For Greater Glory

    Outlaws - For Greater Glory (2012)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and war

    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.

  12. 12Meltdown: Days of Destruction

    Meltdown: Days of Destruction (2006)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and science fiction

    Despite scientist Nathan's warnings, his boss continues an experiment meant as publicity for his satellite firm: exploding an asteroid. Instead it splits, and the major piece, the size of Iceland, changes course to…

  13. 13Blade Runner

    Blade Runner (1982)

    ★ 7.9/10Also science fiction and drama

    In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their…

  14. 14The Birth of a Nation

    The Birth of a Nation (1915)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and war

    Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is captured in battle, nurse Elsie Stoneman petitions for his pardon. In…

  15. 15LOLA

    LOLA (2023)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and science fiction

    Sussex, England, 1938. Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, Thomasina and Martha Hanbury, two ingenious sisters, create LOLA, a miraculous machine.

  16. 16Matriculated

    Matriculated (2003)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and science fiction

    The human resistance works to convert a sentinel to their side. Part of the Animatrix collection of animated shorts set in the Matrix universe.

  17. 17The Day the Earth Stood Still

    The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

    ★ 7.4/10Also science fiction and drama

    An alien and a robot land on Earth after World War II and tell mankind to be peaceful or face destruction.

  18. 18The Man Who Fell to Earth

    The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)

    ★ 6.5/10Also science fiction and drama

    Thomas Jerome Newton is an alien who has come to Earth in search of water to save his home planet. Aided by lawyer Oliver Farnsworth, Thomas uses his knowledge of advanced technology to create profitable inventions…

  19. 19The Last Mimzy

    The Last Mimzy (2007)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and science fiction

    Two siblings begin to develop special talents after they find a mysterious box of toys, and soon their parents and even their teacher are drawn into a strange new world – and find a task ahead of them that is far more…

  20. 20Cloud Atlas

    Cloud Atlas (2012)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and science fiction

    A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the…

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