Movies Like With Allenby in Palestine and Lawrence in Arabia
If you liked With Allenby in Palestine and Lawrence in Arabia (1927), a movie directed by Lowell Thomas, 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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They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)
★ 7.8/10A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of Armistice Day, and the end of the war.
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Beneath Hill 60 (2010)
★ 6.8/10The 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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Shoulder Arms (1918)
★ 6.8/10An 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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For Sama (2019)
★ 8.2/10A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all…
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Warfare (2025)
★ 7/10A platoon of Navy SEALs embarks on a dangerous mission in Ramadi, Iraq, with the chaos and brotherhood of war retold through their memories of the event.
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The Atomic Cafe (1982)
★ 7.3/10A disturbing collection of 1940s and 1950s United States government-issued propaganda films designed to reassure Americans that the atomic bomb was not a threat to their safety.
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Before Dawn (2024)
★ 6.9/10After leaving his family's sheep farm in the Australian outback, a young man joins his countrymen on the western front of World War I with hopes of helping expedite an end to the bloody conflict. But as war rages on…
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1917 (2019)
★ 8/10At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.
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Redacted (2007)
★ 5.9/10A fictional documentary discusses the effects the Iraq war has had on soldiers and local people through interviews with members of an American military unit, the media, and local Iraqis.
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The Battle of San Pietro (1945)
★ 6.1/10This documentary movie is about the battle of San Pietro, a small village in Italy. Over 1,100 US soldiers were killed while trying to take this location, that blocked the way for the Allied forces from the Germans…
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Val (2021)
★ 7.2/10For over 40 years Val Kilmer, one of Hollywood's most mercurial and/or misunderstood actors, has been documenting his own life and craft through film and video. He has amassed thousands of hours of footage, from 16mm…
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Their Finest (2017)
★ 6.6/10During the Blitz of World War II, a female screenwriter works on a film celebrating England's resilience as a way to buoy a weary populace's spirits. Her efforts to dramatise the true story of two sisters who undertook…
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A Private War (2018)
★ 6.8/10One of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontlines of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless.
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2000 Meters to Andriivka (2025)
★ 8.1/10Amid the failing counteroffensive, a journalist follows a Ukrainian platoon on their mission to traverse one mile of heavily fortified forest and liberate a strategic village from Russian occupation. But the farther…
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Sahara (1995)
★ 6.7/10After 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 Bloody Hundredth (2024)
★ 7.2/10Meet the real-life airmen who inspired Masters of the Air as they share the harrowing and transformative events of the 100th Bomb Group.
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Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
★ 8/10During World War I, English officer Thomas Edward 'T.E.' Lawrence sets out to unite and lead the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes to fight the Turks.
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War Horse (2011)
★ 7.3/10On the brink of the First World War, Albert's beloved horse Joey is sold to the Cavalry by his father. Against the backdrop of the Great War, Joey begins an odyssey full of danger, joy, and sorrow, and he transforms…
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King Rat (1965)
★ 7.1/10When 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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Korengal (2014)
★ 6.6/10Korengal picks up where Restrepo left off; the same men, the same valley, the same commanders, but a very different look at the experience of war.