Movies Like Bhayanakam
If you liked Bhayanakam (2018), a history and drama movie directed by Jayaraj, 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 Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and historyThe life and career of Erwin Rommel and his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler.
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The Last Rifleman (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and historyA WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding the courage to face the ghosts of his…
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Churchill (2017)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and historyA ticking-clock thriller following Winston Churchill in the 24 hours before D-Day.
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Taking Chance (2009)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaLt. Col. Michael Strobl, a volunteer military escort accompanies the body of Lance Cpl. Chance Phelps to his hometown in Wyoming.
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Darkest Hour (2017)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and historyIn May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.
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Kensuke's Kingdom (2024)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaA young boy and his family set off on a sailing trip of a lifetime until a violent storm erupts, sweeping Michael and his dog overboard. After washing up on a remote island, terrified, they struggle to survive and…
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The Man Who Never Was (1956)
★ 7/10Also drama and historyThe true story of a British effort to trick the Germans into weakening Sicily's defenses before the 1943 attack. A dead soldier is dressed as a British officer and outfitted with faked papers showing that the Allies…
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Patton (1970)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and history"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with Patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third…
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Waiting for Anya (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaDuring the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain.
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All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
★ 7.8/10Also dramaWhen a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat.
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Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaWar correspondent Ernie Pyle joins Company C, 18th Infantry as this American army unit fights its way across North Africa in World War II. He comes to know the soldiers and finds much human interest material for his…
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Fast Girls (2012)
★ 6/10Also dramaA street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.
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Zulu Dawn (1979)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and historyIn 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.
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All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaAt the start of World War I, Paul Baumer is a young German patriot, eager to fight. Indoctrinated with propaganda at school, he and his friends eagerly sign up for the army soon after graduation. But when the horrors…
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Letters to God (2010)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaA young boy fighting cancer writes letters to God, touching lives in his neighborhood and inspiring hope among everyone he comes in contact. An unsuspecting substitute postman, with a troubled life of his own, becomes…
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The Hill (2023)
★ 7.7/10Also history and dramaThe story of Rickey Hill, who overcomes his physical disability and repairs his relationship with his father in a quest to become a major league baseball (MLB) player.
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House of Bamboo (1955)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaEddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow servicemen and Japanese locals.
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Edie (2018)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaTo try and overcome a lifetime of bitterness and resentment, 83-year-old Edie decides that it is never too late. After packing an old camping bag, she leaves her life behind and embarks on an adventure she never got to…
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The Guns of Navarone (1961)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaA 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.
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A Hidden Life (2019)
★ 7.2/10Also history and dramaAustrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II.