Movies Like The Lost Patrol
If you liked The Lost Patrol (1929), a war movie directed by Walter Summers, 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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Jarhead: Law of Return (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also warMajor 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…
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Bunker (2023)
★ 6.7/10Also warTrapped in a bunker during World War I, a group of soldiers are faced with an ungodly presence that slowly turns them against each other.
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The Kill Team (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also warWhen Andrew Briggman — a young soldier in the US Army during the invasion of Afghanistan — witnesses the murderous behavior of fellow soldiers, under the direction of a malevolent Sergeant, he faces a moral dilemma…
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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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Jacknife (1989)
★ 6.4/10Also warA conflict develops between a troubled Vietnam veteran and the sister he lives with when she becomes involved romantically with the army buddy who reminds him of the tragic battle they both survived.
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The Guns of Navarone (1961)
★ 7.3/10Also warA 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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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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Boudica (2023)
★ 5.8/10Also warInspired by events in A.D. 60, Boudica follows the eponymous Celtic warrior who rules the Iceni people alongside her husband Prasutagus. When he dies at the hands of Roman soldiers, Boudica’s kingdom is left without a…
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The Yellow Birds (2018)
★ 6/10Also warTwo young soldiers, Bartle and Murph, navigate the terrors of the Iraq war under the command of the older, troubled Sergeant Sterling. All the while, Bartle is tortured by a promise he made to Murph's mother before…
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The Young Lions (1958)
★ 6.7/10Also warThe lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII.
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Men in War (1957)
★ 6.6/10Also warIn Korea, on 6 September 1950, Lieutenant Benson's platoon finds itself isolated in enemy-held territory after a retreat. Soon they are joined by Sergeant Montana, whose overriding concern is caring for his catatonic…
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Sand Castle (2017)
★ 6.5/10Also warSet during the occupation of Iraq, a squad of U.S. soldiers try to protect a small village.
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Outlaws - For Greater Glory (2012)
★ 7/10Also 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 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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What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966)
★ 5.9/10Also warA by-the-book Captain is ordered to capture a strategic village in Italy. The Italian soldiers are willing to surrender, if they can have a festival first. The lieutenant convinces the Captain this is the only way…
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Walking with the Enemy (2014)
★ 6.3/10Also 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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King Rat (1965)
★ 7.1/10Also warWhen Singapore surrendered to the Japanese in 1942, the Allied POWs, mostly British but including a few Americans, were incarcerated in Changi prison. Among the American prisoners is Cpl. King, a wheeler-dealer who has…
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Platoon (1986)
★ 7.7/10Also warAs a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.
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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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The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
★ 6.4/10Also warHenry Fleming is a young Union soldier in the American Civil War. During his unit's first engagement, Henry flees the battlefield in fear. When he learns that the Union actually won the battle, shame over his cowardice…