Movies Like On the Other Side
If you liked On the Other Side (1958), a war and romance movie directed by Fyodor Filippov, 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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Your Heart Will Be Broken (2026)
★ 7.8/10Also romanceHigh school student Polina is saved from bullying at her new school and makes a deal with the main bully Bars: he must pretend to be her boyfriend and protect her, and she must do everything he says. During this game…
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Cold Mountain (2003)
★ 6.9/10Also war and romanceIn this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named W.P. Inman deserts his unit and travels across the South, aiming to return to his young…
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The Alamo (1960)
★ 7.1/10Also warThe legendary true story of a small band of soldiers who sacrificed their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas.
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The Great Raid (2005)
★ 6.6/10Also warAs World War II rages, the elite Sixth Ranger Battalion is given a mission of heroic proportions: push 30 miles behind enemy lines and liberate over 500 American prisoners of war.
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The Horse Soldiers (1959)
★ 6.9/10Also warA Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and the commander. The secret plan for the…
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The Pride and the Passion (1957)
★ 6/10Also war and romanceDuring the Napoleonic Wars, when the French have occupied Spain, some Spanish guerrilla soldiers are going to move a big cannon across Spain in order to help the British defeat the French. A British officer is there to…
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Red Scorpion (1988)
★ 6/10Also warA Soviet commando is sent to eliminate a rebel leader in Africa. Soon he finds himself doubting his mission.
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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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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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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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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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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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Kandahar (2023)
★ 6.8/10Also warAfter his mission is exposed, an undercover CIA operative stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding…
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Chateau Christmas (2020)
★ 6.1/10Also romanceMargot, a world-renowned pianist, returns to Chateau Newhaus to spend the holidays with her family and is reunited with an ex who helps her rediscover her passion for music.
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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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Tom Clancy's Without Remorse (2021)
★ 6.9/10Also warAn elite Navy SEAL uncovers an international conspiracy while seeking justice for the murder of his pregnant wife.
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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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The Matchmaker's Playbook (2018)
★ 7.1/10Also romanceAfter a career-ending accident, former NFL recruit Ian Hunter is back on campus, and he's putting his extensive skills with women to work as one of the masterminds behind a successful and secretive dating service. But…
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The Dirty Dozen (1967)
★ 7.6/10Also war12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy château and kill the Nazi officers vacationing there. The soldiers, most of whom are facing death sentences for a variety of…
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Angel and the Badman (1947)
★ 6.4/10Also romanceA wounded outlaw finds unexpected mercy in the care of a rancher's daughter. The hope of love pulls him toward a different life until the law, and his violent past, close in on his new home. Now he must choose the kind…