Movies Like Xiao Hua Cross Shandong and Hebei War Zone
If you liked Xiao Hua Cross Shandong and Hebei War Zone (2009), a war and history movie directed by Zhang Yuzhong, 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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Rescue at Dongji (2025)
★ 8.3/10Also drama and historyInspired by the real life rescue of over 300 British soldiers in 1942, Dongji Rescue is a rousing, action-packed story of heroism on the high seas. When the Japanese warship Lisbon Maru is torpedoed off the coast of…
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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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The Eight Hundred (2020)
★ 7/10Also war and historyIn 1937, eight hundred Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army.
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Waiting for Anya (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and warDuring 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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Outlaws - For Greater Glory (2012)
★ 7/10Also history and dramaA 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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Walking with the Enemy (2014)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and historyRegent 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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Field of Lost Shoes (2015)
★ 6.1/10Also war and dramaA group of teenage cadets sheltered from war at the Virginia Military Institute must confront the horrors of an adult world when they are called upon to defend the Shenandoah Valley.
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The Scarlet and the Black (1983)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and historyFr. 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…
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The Kill Team (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also war and dramaWhen 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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Operation Mincemeat (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also war and historyIn 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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Devils on the Doorstep (2001)
★ 8.2/10Also drama and warDuring the Japanese occupation of China, two prisoners are dumped in a peasant's home in a small town. The owner is bullied into keeping the prisoners until the next New Year, at which time they will be collected. The…
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Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants (2025)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and historyUnder Genghis Khan, the Mongolian army pushes west to destroy the Jin Dynasty, setting its sights on the Song Dynasty next. Amid internal conflicts among martial arts schools, Guo Jing unites the Central Plains'…
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The New One-Armed Swordsman (1971)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and historyLei Li lost his right-arm in a sword duel with the master of a martial arts school, long ago. Now, he is able to defend himself well with just his left arm, and kung fu techniques. That he proves with just the help of…
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Cross of Iron (1977)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and historyIt is 1943, and the German army—ravaged and demoralised—is hastily retreating from the Russian front. In the midst of the madness, conflict brews between the aristocratic yet ultimately pusillanimous Captain Stransky…
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Beneath Hill 60 (2010)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and historyThe 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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Resistance (2020)
★ 7/10Also war and historyThe story of mime Marcel Marceau as he works with a group of Jewish boy scouts and the French Resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans during World War II.
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The Battle at Lake Changjin II: Water Gate Bridge (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also war and historyCommander Wu Qianli leads the 7th Infantry Company soldiers to Funchilin Pass where they are tasked to destroy a bridge to stop enemy troops from retreating.
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Railway Heroes (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also war and dramaThe historical story of an enemy fighting the wits and courage of an extraordinary brave group of ordinary heroes known as the "Lunan Railway Brigade" who desperately fight to defend their homeland.
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Battle of the Bulge (1965)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and historyIn 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 War Below (2021)
★ 6.6/10Also war and dramaDuring 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.