Movies Like Rescue Under Fire

If you liked Rescue Under Fire (2017), a war movie directed by Adolfo Martínez Pérez, 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
The Scarlet and the Black (1983)
★ 7.1/10Also war
Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His activities become so large that the Nazis decide to assassinate him…
2
The Boy in the Woods (2023)
★ 7/10Also war
The remarkable true-life survival story of a Jewish boy hiding and being hunted in the forests of Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, based on Maxwell Smart's memoir.
3
The Monuments Men (2014)
★ 6.1/10Also war
Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on seven over-the-hill, out-of-shape museum directors, artists, architects, curators, and art historians…
4
The Guns of Navarone (1961)
★ 7.3/10Also war
A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
5
The Zone of Interest (2023)
★ 7/10Also war
The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.
6
Devotion (2022)
★ 7/10Also war
The harrowing true story of two elite US Navy fighter pilots during the Korean War. Their heroic sacrifices would ultimately make them the Navy's most celebrated wingmen.
7
Shepherd: The Story of a Jewish Dog (2020)
★ 6.8/10Also war
Follow the perilous journey to freedom when a young boy and his dog attempt to escape a concentration camp during World War II. Based on true events.
8
They Were Expendable (1945)
★ 6.5/10Also war
After a demonstration of new PT boats, Navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat, leaving Lt. "Rusty" Ryan frustrated. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, however, Ryan and his buddy Lt. Brickley are…
9
Henry V (1944)
★ 6.7/10Also war
In 1415, in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France.
10
The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1970)
★ 6.9/10Also war
During World War II, Italian villagers hide their wine from the German army.
11
Dear John (2010)
★ 6.8/10Also war
While Sergeant John Tyree is home on two weeks leave from Germany, he meets Savannah after he dives into the ocean to retrieve Savannah's purse that had fallen off a pier. John eventually falls in love with Savannah…
12
Operation Mincemeat (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also war
In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a corpse with false papers off the coast of Spain would fool Nazi spies into believing the Allied forces were planning…
13
Their Finest (2017)
★ 6.6/10Also war
During the Blitz of World War II, a female screenwriter works on a film celebrating England's resilience as a way to buoy a weary populace's spirits. Her efforts to dramatise the true story of two sisters who undertook…
14
Midway (2019)
★ 7.1/10Also war
The story of the Battle of Midway, and the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude and bravery to overcome massive odds.
15
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)
★ 7.8/10Also war
When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware…
16
Greyhound (2020)
★ 7.4/10Also war
A first-time captain leads a convoy of allied ships carrying thousands of soldiers across the treacherous waters of the "Black Pit" to the front lines of WWII. With no air cover protection for 5 days, the captain and…
17
Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin (2024)
★ 6.7/10Also war
As the world teeters on the brink of annihilation, Dietrich Bonhoeffer joins a deadly plot to assassinate Hitler, risking his faith and fate to save millions of Jews from genocide.
18
The Codes of War (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also war
War stories about family, ethics and honor include the true story of two U.S. Marines who in a span of six seconds, must stand their ground to stop a suicide truck bomb, a Navy Corpsman who attempts to hold on to his…
19
Taking Chance (2009)
★ 7.2/10Also war
Lt. Col. Michael Strobl, a volunteer military escort accompanies the body of Lance Cpl. Chance Phelps to his hometown in Wyoming.
20
2000 Meters to Andriivka (2025)
★ 8.1/10Also war
Amid 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…