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Movies Like The Unknown Soldier

If you liked The Unknown Soldier (1985), a drama and war movie directed by Rauni Mollberg, 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. 1Hell Hath No Fury

    Hell Hath No Fury (2021)

    ★ 6.4/10Also war

    Branded 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…

  2. 2Walking with the Enemy

    Walking with the Enemy (2014)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and war

    Regent 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…

  3. 3A Midnight Clear

    A Midnight Clear (1992)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and war

    In 1944 France, an American Intelligence Squad locates a German Platoon wishing to surrender rather than die in Germany's final war offensive. The two groups of men, isolated from the war at present, put aside their…

  4. 4Casualties of War

    Casualties of War (1989)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and war

    During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.

  5. 5Seal Team Eight: Behind Enemy Lines

    Seal Team Eight: Behind Enemy Lines (2014)

    ★ 6.1/10Also war and drama

    Seal Team Eight must fight their way deep into Africa's Congo, decommission a secret uranium mine, and stop our most dangerous enemy from smuggling weapon's grade yellow-cake out of the country.

  6. 6Jarhead: Law of Return

    Jarhead: Law of Return (2019)

    ★ 6.5/10Also war

    Major Ronan Jackson, an accomplished fighter pilot for the Israel Defense Forces and son of a U.S. Senator, is shot down while flying through Syrian airspace. After miraculously surviving the crash, Jackson is taken…

  7. 7Ike: Countdown to D-Day

    Ike: Countdown to D-Day (2004)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and war

    The story of the senior-level preparations for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944 from the time of Dwight D. Eisenhower's appointment as the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, to the establishment of the beachhead in…

  8. 8Escape from Sobibor

    Escape from Sobibor (1987)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and war

    The true story of WWII's notorious Sobibor Nazi death camp, where a courageous inmate orchestrates and leads the escape of over 300 prisoners.

  9. 9Operation Overlord

    Operation Overlord (2021)

    ★ 6.4/10Also war

    A week before storming the beaches of Normandy, two US Soldiers infiltrate an abandoned complex to rescue a prisoner of war from the clutches of the Nazi regime.

  10. 10Sometimes in April

    Sometimes in April (2005)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama and war

    Two brothers are divided by marriage and fate during the 100 horrifying days of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

  11. 11Born on the Fourth of July

    Born on the Fourth of July (1989)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and war

    Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.

  12. 12300: Rise of an Empire

    300: Rise of an Empire (2014)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and war

    Greek general Themistocles attempts to unite all of Greece by leading the charge that will change the course of the war. Themistocles faces the massive invading Persian forces led by mortal-turned-god, Xerxes and…

  13. 13Convict

    Convict (2014)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    Set in the dark and old Parramatta prison built by the original convicts our lead character Ray a war veteran finds himself serving 18 months for manslaughter after defending his fiance. He soon realizes that the…

  14. 14Darfur

    Darfur (2009)

    ★ 5.9/10Also war and drama

    American journalists in Sudan are confronted with the dilemma of whether to return home to report on the atrocities they have seen, or to stay behind and help some of the victims they have encountered.

  15. 15The Substitute

    The Substitute (1996)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    When an inner-city Miami schoolteacher gets her knee broken after standing up to the school's gang leader, her mercenary combat specialist boyfriend goes undercover as a substitute teacher to take down the punk. Soon…

  16. 16Jawbone

    Jawbone (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    A former youth boxing champion, Jimmy McCabe is a man in search of hope but looking in all the wrong places. When he hits rock bottom he turns to his childhood boxing club and the only family he has left: gym owner…

  17. 17Hamburger Hill

    Hamburger Hill (1987)

    ★ 6.6/10Also war and drama

    The men of Bravo Company are facing a battle that's all uphill… up Hamburger Hill. Fourteen war-weary soldiers are battling for a mud-covered mound of earth so named because it chews up soldiers like chopped meat. They…

  18. 18Crimes of Passion

    Crimes of Passion (1984)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    Fashion designer Joanna Crane leads a double life. By night she is China Blue, a prostitute who's attracted the attention of a sexually frustrated private detective, and a psychopathic priest in possession of a…

  19. 19The Deer Hunter

    The Deer Hunter (1978)

    ★ 8/10Also drama and war

    Three steelworkers enlist in the army and are sent to Vietnam, one leaving behind a rushed marriage, the others a shared love. What they encounter during the war changes their lives forever.

  20. 20Cherry

    Cherry (2021)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    Cherry drifts from college dropout to army medic in Iraq—anchored only by his one true love, Emily. But after returning from the war with PTSD, his life spirals into drugs and crime as he struggles to find his place in…

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