Movies Like Heaven on Earth
If you liked Heaven on Earth (1970), a war movie directed by Zbigniew Kuźmiński, 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 Beast of War (1988)
★ 7.1/10Also warDuring the war in Afghanistan a Soviet tank crew commanded by a tyrannical officer find themselves lost and in a struggle against a band of Mujahadeen guerrillas in the mountains.
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Wolf Hound (2022)
★ 6.4/10Also warInspired 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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Lucky Strike (2026)
★ 6.6/10Also warA wounded American soldier fights to survive behind enemy lines during WWII's Battle of the Bulge against the Germans, relying on his instinct, spy craft and a hand-radio to evade capture and find his way back to his…
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Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
★ 7.4/10Also warA young academy soldier, Maciek Chelmicki, is ordered to shoot the secretary of the KW PPR. A coincidence causes him to kill someone else. Meeting face to face with his victim, he gets a shock. He faces the necessity…
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303 Squadron (2018)
★ 5.9/10Also warAfter the fall of the September Campaign of 1939, two Polish pilots are forced to fight for their nation in foreign battlefronts.
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Shoulder Arms (1918)
★ 6.8/10Also warAn American doughboy, stationed in France during the Great War, goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines and becomes a hero.
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Schindler's List (1993)
★ 8.6/10Also warThe true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
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Tobruk (1967)
★ 6.4/10Also warIn September 1942, the German Afrika Korps under Rommel have successfully pushed the Allies back into Egypt. A counter-attack is planned, for which the fuel dumps at Tobruk are a critical impediment. In order to aid…
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Battle of the Bulge (1965)
★ 6.9/10Also warIn the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies stand ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New Year. To prevent it, Hitler orders an all-out offensive to re-take French territory and capture the major port city of…
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The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1970)
★ 6.9/10Also warDuring World War II, Italian villagers hide their wine from the German army.
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The War Below (2021)
★ 6.6/10Also warDuring World War I, a group of British miners are recruited to tunnel underneath no man's land and set bombs from below the German front in hopes of breaking the deadly stalemate of the Battle of Messines.
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Decision Before Dawn (1951)
★ 6.8/10Also warWWII is entering its last phase: Germany is in ruins, but does not yield. The US army lacks crucial knowledge about the German units operating on the opposite side of the Rhine, and decides to send two German prisoners…
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Stalag 17 (1953)
★ 7.7/10Also warAfter two American prisoners are killed by guards in the act of escaping from a German POW camp in World War II, barracks black marketeer J.J. Sefton is suspected of being an informer.
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Sahara (1995)
★ 6.7/10Also warAfter 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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Operation Mincemeat (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also warIn 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…
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Enemy at the Gates (2001)
★ 7.4/10Also warA Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.
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Filip (2023)
★ 6.9/10Also warDuring World War II, a Polish food server at a luxury German hotel tempts fate as he romances local women while hiding his Jewish identity.
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Beneath Hill 60 (2010)
★ 6.8/10Also warThe true story of Australia's cat-and-mouse underground mine warfare—one of the most misunderstood, misrepresented and mystifying conflicts of WW I. It was secret struggle BENEATH the Western Front that combined daring…
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The Long Voyage Home (1940)
★ 6.6/10Also warThe crew of the merchant ship Glencairn hope to survive a transatlantic crossing during World War II. Adapted from four Eugene O'Neill one-act plays.
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Battleground (1949)
★ 6.7/10Also warMembers of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Holley and his American compatriots have already seen one of their…