20 movies like The Lost Patrol, ordered by similarity : They Shall Not Grow Old(2018), Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero(2018), The Thin Red Line(1998), El Alamein: The Line of Fire(2002), Dunkirk(2017), Lone Survivor(2013), Wunderland(2018), Miracle at St. Anna(2008), Fires on the Plain(1959), Breaker Morant(1980), The Inglorious Bastards(1978), Westfront 1918(1930) ...
War
USA
1934
74 Minutes
Victor McLaglen Boris Karloff Wallace Ford Reginald Denny J.M. Kerrigan Billy Bevan Alan Hale Brandon Hurst Douglas Walton Sammy Stein
sergeant commander enemy pilot soldier dark intense mesopotamia desert oasis horrors of war world war i battle lost daunting task survival rescue discovery 1910s
A dozen British soldiers, lost in a Mesopotamian desert during World War I, are menaced by unseen Arab enemies.
Documentary, War, Drama, History
UK|New Zealand
2018
99 Minutes
soldier army recruit british officer british soldier british soldiers german soldier german troops bleak emotional moving patriotic powerful sad somber war zone france belgium united kingdom trenches training camp
A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war.
War, Animation, Kids & Family, Adventure
Ireland|France|USA|Canada|Belgium|UK
2018
84 Minutes
army recruit dog soldier enemy french officer army officer cheeky heartwarming emotional touching uplifting boot camp france village battlefield cafeteria dog war soldiers world war i
The true story of a stray dog who joins his new master on the battlefields of the First World War. For his valorous actions, Sgt. Stubby is still recognized as the most decorated dog in American history.
War, Drama, History
USA
1998
170 Minutes
Sean Penn Adrien Brody Jim Caviezel Ben Chaplin George Clooney John Cusack Woody Harrelson Elias Koteas Jared Leto Dash Mihok Tim Blake Nelson
deserter soldiers native military officer enemy japanese soldier dreamy calm intense striking battlefield battleship guadalcanal south pacific tropical island world war ii armed conflict meaning of life male bonding desertion
Adaptation of James Jones' autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War.
Drama, War
Italy
2002
117 Minutes
Paolo Briguglia Pierfrancesco Favino Luciano Scarpa Emilio Solfrizzi Thomas Trabacchi Piero Maggio Giuseppe Cederna Roberto Citran Silvio Orlando Antonio Petrocelli
private lieutenant sergeant soldier gritty tense africa desert battlefield horrors of war survival desert trek battle fatigue world war ii underdog sacrifice escape 1940s
War seen through the eyes of Serra, a university student from Palermo who volunteers in 1942 to fight in Africa. He is assigned to the Pavia Division on the southern line in Egypt. Rommel ... See full summary »
War, Drama, History
UK|Netherlands|France|USA
2017
107 Minutes
Fionn Whitehead Tom Glynn-Carney Jack Lowden Harry Styles Aneurin Barnard James D'Arcy Barry Keoghan Kenneth Branagh Cillian Murphy Mark Rylance Tom Hardy
soldier enemy captain pilot chilling emotional gripping inspiring intense beach europe boat world war ii invasion escape battle rescue survival escape rescue
Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.
War, Drama
USA|UK
2013
121 Minutes
Mark Wahlberg Taylor Kitsch Eric Bana Emile Hirsch Ben Foster Sammy Sheik Yousuf Azami Ali Suliman
navy seal soldier afghan terrorist warlord survivor bleak frenetic dark intense suspenseful afghanistan field desert battlefield betrayal determination surveillance shoot-out war
Marcus Luttrell and his team set out on a mission to capture or kill notorious Taliban leader Ahmad Shah, in late June 2005. Marcus and his team are left to fight for their lives in one of the most valiant efforts of modern warfare.
War, Drama
USA
2018
85 Minutes
Tom Berenger Steven Luke Wade Dienert Andrew Stecker Cody Fleury Aaron Courteau Casey Sill Jeremy Michael Pereira Zach Hardin Billy Zane Luke Steinborn
soldier enemy medic lieutenant commander civilian bleak brutal intense gritty gripping patriotic battlefield woods road belgium france luxembourg battle of the bulge war
Christmas 1944, The Germans make one final push against the attacking allied armies in the West. Lt. Robert Cappa and his platoon of 2nd Infantry Division soldiers have been ordered to hold... See full summary »
War, Drama, History
Italy|USA
2008
160 Minutes
Derek Luke Michael Ealy Laz Alonso Omar Benson Miller Pierfrancesco Favino Valentina Cervi Matteo Sciabordi John Turturro Joseph Gordon-Levitt John Alberto Leguizamo Kerry Washington
reporter detective veteran soldier german soldier commander gripping dark tense tuscany, italy new york city village apartment war zone battlefield world war ii behind enemy lines pow/mia investigation racial issues
Set in 1944 Italy, the story of four black American soldiers who get trapped in a Tuscan village during WWII.
War
Japan
1959
100 Minutes
Eiji Funakoshi Mantaro Ushio Yoshiro Hamaguchi Osamu Takizawa
soldier doctor dark chilling bleak island philippines hospital desertion starvation battle fatigue war survival world war ii quest escape fall 1940s
In the closing days of WWII remnants of the Japanese army in Leyte are abandoned by their command and face certain starvation.
Drama, War, History
Australia
1980
107 Minutes
Edward Woodward Jack Thompson Bryan Brown John Waters Rod Mullinar Lewis Fitz-Gerald Charles "Bud" Tingwell Vincent Ball Frank Wilson Terence Donovan Russell Kiefel
military officer lord soldier enemy prisoner of war somber south africa court battlefield military base horrors of war war murder court battles injustice sacrifice fall 1900s
Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers.
War, Action
1978
93 Minutes
Bo Svenson Fred Williamson Ian Bannen Peter Hooten Jackie Basehart Michel Constantin Debra Berger Raimund Harmstorf Michael Pergolani
soldier deserter thief assassin prisoner lieutenant intense confident gutsy thrilling dark patriotic france world war ii prison break dangerous mission captivity nazism friendship adventure
Two officers (Bo Svenson, Ian Bannen) lead military misfits on a mission to steal a Nazi V-2 rocket gyroscope.
War, Drama
Germany
1930
90 Minutes
Fritz Kampers Gustav Diessl Claus Clausen Gustav Püttjer Jackie Monnier Hanna Hoessrich Else Heller Aribert Mog Vladimir Sokoloff
lieutenant student soldier wife mother friend brooding dark disheartening somber france trenches battlefield village germany world war i horrors of war disillusionment death military life
A group of German solders fight on the front line in France at the end of World War I.
War
USA
1949
110 Minutes
John Wayne John Agar Forrest Tucker Adele Mara Wally Cassell James Brown Richard Webb Arthur Franz Jacqueline Wells James Holden Peter Coe
sergeant marine private corporal woman patriotic gritty intense hawaii pacific ocean iwo jima, japan battlefield apartment world war ii military life war training respect survival sacrifice
Haunted by personal demons, Marine Sgt. John Stryker is hated and feared by his men, who see him as a cold-hearted sadist. But when their boots hit the beaches, they begin to understand the reason for Stryker's rigid form of discipline.
War
Australia
1941
100 Minutes
Grant Taylor Betty Bryant Chips Rafferty
australian cavalryman soldier enemy frenchwoman officer rousing thrilling melodramatic patriotic palestine desert middle east battlefield australia world war i horsemanship battle of beersheba survival palestinian campaign
Three young Australians join the army at the beginning of World War I and are assigned to the Australian Light Horse cavalry, which is serving in Palestine. The three eventually take part ... See full summary »
War, Drama, Action
USA
2017
90 Minutes
Jack Ashton Elliot James Langridge Daniel Betts Rupert Simonian Urs Rechn Andrea Deck Andreas Wisniewski Callum McGowan Barney White Ethan Vincent
bomber pilot prisoner of war british soldier nazi german soldier tense suspenseful gripping dark engaging nazi germany world war ii prisoners of war survival captivity oppression escape pursuit quest rescue
When U.S. B-24 bomber pilot Clair Cline is shot down and captured in northern Germany, one war ends and another begins -- to keep hope alive. Now behind German barbed wire and oppression, ... See full summary »
Drama, War
USA
1967
93 Minutes
James Drury Steve Carlson Jonathan Daly Robert Pine Michael Stanwood John Alladin Hank Jones Tommy Nolan
sergeant recruit commander soldier friend enemy patriotic thrilling tense europe battlefield new mexico bravery world war ii training mission teamwork growing up transformation rescue
In World War II, a tough sergeant is put in charge of a squad of young recruits and assigned to lead them on a mission against the Germans.
War, Drama, History
USA
1998
169 Minutes
Tom Hanks Ed Burns Tom Sizemore Jeremy Davies Vin Diesel Adam Goldberg Barry Pepper Giovanni Ribisi Matt Damon Dennis Farina Ted Danson
captain soldier brother enemy parachutist mother dark gritty gripping washington, d.c. france death world war ii invasion rescue honor horrors of war rescue quest 1940s
Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.
War, Biography, Drama, History
Australia|USA
2016
139 Minutes
Andrew Garfield Sam Worthington Luke Bracey Teresa Palmer Hugo Weaving Rachel Griffiths Vince Vaughn Richard Roxburgh Luke Pegler Richard Pyros Firass Dirani
private conscientious objector soldier commander enemy president confident emotional uplifting tense moving raw okinawa, japan airplane ship bunker white house car conscience world war ii
World War II American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people, and becomes the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot.
Drama, Biography, War
Russia|Germany|Lithuania|Poland
2018
120 Minutes
Konstantin Khabensky Christopher Lambert Felice Jankell Dainius Kazlauskas Sergey Godin Roman Ageev
prisoner of war soviet soldier concentration camp survivor lieutenant nazi sergeant dark chilling intense disturbing frightening raw poland concentration camp survival nazis prisoners of war world war ii concentration camp uprising
Soviet officer Alexander Pechersky organizes a revolt and mass escape of prisoners from Sobibór extermination camp in October 1943.
Drama, War
West Germany
1959
93 Minutes
Joachim Hansen Wilhelm Borchert Wolfgang Preiss Carl Lange Horst Frank Peter Carsten Richard Münch Günter Pfitzmann Sonja Ziemann Gunnar Möller
german officer nationalist german soldier enemy soldier engaging suspenseful fascinating gripping melodramatic heartwarming germany stalingrad stalingrad, russia war zone war world war ii ideologies nationalism national identity
In the winter of 1943, against the background of battle scenes, a young German Lieutenant who increasingly distrusts the inhuman Nazi ideology struggles with the concept of war.