Movies Like Swept Under

If you liked Swept Under (2022), a horror and history movie directed by Ethan Soo, 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.

1
Bunker (2023)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and war
Trapped in a bunker during World War I, a group of soldiers are faced with an ungodly presence that slowly turns them against each other.
2
We Were Soldiers (2002)
★ 7.1/10Also history and war
The year is 1965 and America is at war with North Vietnam. Commanding the air cavalry is Lt. Col. Hal Moore (Gibson), a born leader committed to his troops. His target: the Ia Drang Valley, called "The Valley of…
3
Primitive War (2025)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and war
During the Vietnam War, a recon unit ventures to an isolated jungle valley to uncover the fate of a missing platoon. They soon find themselves in a fight for their lives against an unexpected enemy — prehistoric…
4
Soldiers of the Damned (2015)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and war
WWII German soldiers take an occult scientist into a haunted forest in Romania, only to be confronted by their own ghosts.
5
Black Hawk Down (2001)
★ 7.4/10Also war and history
When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from…
6
Beast of War (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also war and horror
When their boat sinks while crossing the Timor Sea during World War II, a troop of young Australian soldiers must find a way to survive the harsh seas on a quickly shrinking raft. Hundreds of miles from anywhere, they…
7
Ghosts of War (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and war
A group of World War II American soldiers encounter a supernatural enemy as they occupy a French castle previously under Nazi control.
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Screamers (1995)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and war
SIRIUS 6B, Year 2078. On a distant mining planet ravaged by a decade of war, scientists have created the perfect weapon: a blade-wielding, self-replicating race of killing devices known as Screamers designed for one…
9
Firebase (2017)
★ 6.8/10Also war and horror
Set during the Vietnam war, Firebase follows American soldier Hines through an ever-deepening web of science fiction madness.
10
The Man with the Iron Heart (2017)
★ 6.5/10Also war and history
With the Third Reich at its peak in 1942, the Czech resistance in London plans the most ambitious military operation of WWII – Anthropoid. Two young recruits are sent to Prague to assassinate the most ruthless Nazi…
11
Shadow in the Cloud (2021)
★ 5.8/10Also horror and war
A WWII pilot traveling with top secret documents on a B-17 Flying Fortress encounters an evil presence on board the flight.
12
12 Strong (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also war and history
A team of special forces head into Afghanistan in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks in an attempt to dismantle the Taliban.
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The Great Raid (2005)
★ 6.6/10Also history and war
As 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.
14
The Doctor and the Devils (1985)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and history
In Victorian England, graverobbers supply a wealthy doctor with bodies to research anatomy on, but greed causes them to seek an easier means of getting the job done.
15
Rakka (2017)
★ 7/10Also horror and war
A story of broken humanity following the invasion of a technologically superior alien species. Bleak, harrowing, and unrelenting, the humans must find enough courage to go on fighting.
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Overlord (2018)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and war
On the eve of D-Day, a team of American paratroopers crash behind enemy lines and come face-to-face with a Nazi threat unlike any the world has ever seen.
17
Kokoda (2006)
★ 6.2/10Also history and war
A bitter battle is fought between Australian and Japanese soldiers along the Kokoda trail in New Guinea during World War II.
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Desert Warrior (2026)
★ 6/10Also history and war
In 7th-century Arabia, Princess Hind becomes a warrior to defy the ruthless Emperor Kisra. Forged into a warrior and aided by legendary bandit Hanzala, Hind unites warring tribes for a last stand—the historic Battle of…
19
Pressure (2026)
★ 7.7/10Also history and war
In the tense 72 hours before D-Day, and the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Captain James Stagg face an impossible choice—launch the largest and most dangerous seaborne…
20
We Go In at Dawn (2020)
★ 5.9/10Also history and war
When a high-ranking war planner is captured and held in a German prisoner of war camp, a team of specialists take on the dangerous mission of trying to break him out. Trouble is, he doesn't want to be rescued.