Movies Like The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission
If you liked The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission (1987), a action and adventure movie directed by Lee H. Katzin, 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 Dirty Dozen (1967)
★ 7.6/10Also action and adventure12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy château and kill the Nazi officers vacationing there. The soldiers, most of whom are facing death sentences for a variety of…
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When Trumpets Fade (1998)
★ 6.6/10Also war and tv movieIn 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…
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Outlaws - For Greater Glory (2012)
★ 7/10Also action and warA chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.
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Hell Hath No Fury (2021)
★ 6.4/10Also action and warBranded a traitor by her countrymen, French national Marie DuJardin is rescued by American soldiers on one condition: to survive, she must lead them to a cache of gold - before the Nazis return to claim it for…
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Sahara (1995)
★ 6.7/10Also action and adventureAfter 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…
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Walking with the Enemy (2014)
★ 6.3/10Also action and warRegent 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…
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To Have and Have Not (1945)
★ 7.5/10Also adventure and warA Martinique charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance operatives during WWII.
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No Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder (1987)
★ 6/10Also action and adventureIn this sequel, Scott Wylde, an American kickboxer, must go to Cambodia to rescue his Vietnamese girlfriend from Russian and Vietnamese troops.
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The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (1985)
★ 6.3/10Also action and warMajor Reisman is "volunteered" to lead another mission using convicted army soldiers, sentenced to either death or long prison terms. This time their mission is to kill a Nazi general who plans to assassinate Hitler.
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Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding (2003)
★ 6/10Also action and adventureMitch Buchannon, believed to have died in a boating accident survived and only has amnesia, he has been recovering in a Los Angeles hospital. His new fiancée, Allison Ford, resembles his old lover, Lt. Stephanie Holden…
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Walking Tall (2004)
★ 6.4/10Also adventure and actionA former U.S. soldier returns to his hometown to find it overrun by crime and corruption, which prompts him to clean house.
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Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure and warWorld War II, 1943. Mallory and Miller, the heroes who destroyed the guns of Navarone, are sent to Yugoslavia in search of a ghost from the past.
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Allied (2016)
★ 6.8/10Also action and warIn 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.
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The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
★ 6.9/10Also action and warSet in German-occupied Norway, resistance fighter Knut Straud enlists the reluctant physicist Rolf Pedersen in an effort to destroy the German heavy water production plant in rural Telemark.
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Wolf Hound (2022)
★ 6.4/10Also war and actionInspired 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…
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Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
★ 7.5/10Also action and warThe story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
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Red Scorpion (1988)
★ 6/10Also adventure and actionA Soviet commando is sent to eliminate a rebel leader in Africa. Soon he finds himself doubting his mission.
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Lost Command (1966)
★ 6.2/10Also action and warAfter being freed from a Vietnamese war prison, French Lt. Col. Pierre Raspeguy is sent to help quell resistance forces in Algeria. With the help of the Capt. Esclavier, who has grown weary of war, and Capt…
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Missing in Action (1984)
★ 5.9/10Also action and adventureAmerican servicemen are still being held captive in Vietnam and it's up to one man to bring them home in this blistering, fast-paced action/adventure starring martial arts superstar Chuck Norris. Following a daring…
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Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
★ 7.2/10Also war and actionIn the early days of daylight bombing raids over Germany, General Frank Savage must take command of a 'hard luck' bomber group. Much of the story deals with his struggle to whip his group into a disciplined fighting…