Shows Like Masters of the Air

If you liked Masters of the Air (2024), a drama and war & politics series, here are 20 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
War and Remembrance (1988)
★ 7.9/10Also drama and war & politics
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the extended Henry and Jastrow families navigate the personal, social and political impacts of World War II, including the Holocaust, the Battle of the Bulge, and the Pacific…
2
Band of Brothers (2001)
★ 8.6/10Also drama and war & politics
Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men from paratrooper training in Georgia through the end of the war. As…
3
The Pacific (2010)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and war & politics
Track the intertwined real-life stories of three U.S. Marines – Robert Leckie, John Basilone, and Eugene Sledge – across the vast canvas of the Pacific Theater during World War II. A companion piece to the 2001…
4
All the Light We Cannot See (2023)
★ 7.4/10Also drama
A blind French girl and a young German soldier's paths collide during WWII.
5
Nikita (2010)
★ 7.3/10Also drama
Nikita will stop at nothing to expose and destroy Division, the secret U.S. agency who trained her as a spy and assassin.
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Echoes (2022)
★ 6.6/10Also drama
Identical twins Leni and Gina have secretly switched places for years. But when one sister disappears, both of their lives start to fall apart.
7
The Unit (2006)
★ 7.4/10Also drama
A covert team of special forces operatives risk their lives on undercover missions around the globe, while their wives maintain the homefront, protecting their husbands' secrets.
8
SAS Rogue Heroes (2022)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and war & politics
The dramatised account of how the world’s greatest Special Forces unit, the SAS, was formed under extraordinary circumstances in the darkest days of World War Two.
9
X Company (2015)
★ 7.4/10Also drama
An emotionally-driven character drama, set in the thrilling and dangerous world of WWII espionage and covert operations. It follows the stories of five highly skilled young recruits - Canadian, American and British…
10
Tour of Duty (1987)
★ 8.1/10Also war & politics and drama
The trials of a U.S. Army platoon serving in the field during the Vietnam War.
11
SEAL Team (2017)
★ 8/10Also drama and war & politics
Military drama following the professional and personal lives of the most elite unit of Navy SEALs as they train, plan and execute the most dangerous, high stakes missions our country can ask of them.
12
Ultimate Force (2002)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and war & politics
This covert combat series focuses on the Red Troop, an elite group of soldiers from the British military's Special Air Service group.
13
A Spy Among Friends (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also war & politics and drama
Follow the defection of notorious British intelligence officer and KGB double agent, Kim Philby, through the lens of his complex relationship with MI6 colleague and close friend, Nicholas Elliott.
14
World on Fire (2019)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and war & politics
The story of World War II told through the intertwining fates of ordinary people from all sides of this global conflict as they grapple with the effect of the war on their everyday lives.
15
Strike Back (2010)
★ 7.4/10Also drama
The series follows John Porter, a former British Special Forces soldier, who is drafted back into service by Section 20, a fictional branch of the Secret Intelligence Service.
16
The Stolen Girl (2025)
★ 6.3/10Also drama
Mother of two, Elisa, allows her daughter, Lucia, to go on an impromptu sleepover with her new best friend Josephine after meeting Josephine's mother, Rebecca, at her beautiful home. But when Elisa arrives to collect…
17
Citadel (2023)
★ 6.9/10Also drama
What if you lost your memory? What if a spy didn't know they were a spy? Years ago, the top agents of Citadel, Mason Kane and Nadia Sinh, had their minds wiped. But, they're called back to action as sinister forces…
18
Lioness (2023)
★ 8.3/10Also drama and war & politics
Cruz Manuelos, a rough-around-the-edges but passionate young Marine, is recruited to join the CIA's Lioness Engagement Team to help bring down a terrorist organization from within. Joe, the station chief of the Lioness…
19
The Terminal List (2022)
★ 8/10Also drama
Navy SEAL Commander James Reece turns to vengeance as he investigates the mysterious forces behind the murder of his entire platoon. Free from the military's command structure, Reece applies the lessons he's learned…
20
La Femme Nikita (1997)
★ 7.4/10Also drama
Nikita is a drug-addicted juvenile delinquent who was accused of killing a police officer in cold blood during an attempted robbery of a pharmacy. She is later arrested and sentenced to death by lethal injection, upon…