20 movies like The Purple Heart, ordered by similarity : Attack!(1956), The Captain(2017), Breakout(1959), Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo(1944), Stalag 17(1953), The Bridge on the River Kwai(1957), Halls of Montezuma(1950), Standard Operating Procedure(2008), The Inglorious Bastards(1978), Decision Before Dawn(1951), The Dam Busters(1955), My Name Is Ivan(1963) ...
6.6/10
War
USA
1944
99 Minutes
captain lieutenant sargeant judge japanese soldier patriotic brutal gripping tokyo courtroom prison cell world war ii imprisonment trial patriotism bombing courage rivalry rise
This is the story of the crew of a downed bomber, captured after a run over Tokyo, early in the war. Relates the hardships the men endure while in captivity, and their final humiliation: ... See full summary »
7.4/10
Drama, War
USA
1956
107 Minutes
Jack Palance Eddie Albert Lee Marvin Robert Strauss Richard Jaeckel Buddy Ebsen Jon Shepodd Peter Van Eyck Jimmy Goodwin Steven Geray Jud Taylor
soldier lieutenant german troops coward captain suspenseful gripping patriotic belgium battlefield war world war ii arrogance battle of the bulge revenge escape rivalry 1940s
In 1945, an American Infantry company sets up an artillery observation post, but tensions between Captain Cooney and Lieutenant Costa run high.
4.8/10
War, Drama, History
USA
2017
118 Minutes
Max Hubacher Milan Peschel Frederick Lau Waldemar Kobus Alexander Fehling Samuel Finzi Wolfram Koch Britta Hammelstein Bernd Hölscher Sascha Alexander Gersak Blerim Destani
soldier nazi nazi commandant prison guard prisoner deserter uneasy intense tense unrestrained brutal bleak concentration camp truck woods base camp office fraud nazi collaboration power
After the tragic deaths of her husband and daughter, Sarah Doyle moves back to her childhood home with her estranged brother, Richard. It's not long before Sarah begins to experience ... See full summary »
6.9/10
Drama, War
UK
1959
99 Minutes
Richard Todd Richard Attenborough Bernard Lee Michael Wilding Dennis Price Donald Houston William Franklyn Vincent Ball Peter Arne Peter Jones Ronnie Stevens
prisoner of war prisoners military officer informant brutal engaging gripping gutsy patriotic suspenseful tense thrilling italy prison camp world war ii prisoners of war escape informing tunneling escape
In 1943, an Italian-administered P.O.W. camp for captured Allies goes through a series of failed escapes only to culminate in a daring plan for a dramatic mass escape.
War
1944
138 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Van Johnson Robert Walker Phyllis Thaxter Scott McKay Robert Mitchum Don DeFore Stephen McNally Louis Jean Heydt Leon Ames Paul Langton
colonel captain lieutenant pilot wife patriotic rousing tense japan china ship naval base air raids survival world war ii stranded heroism bombing quest rivalry
Lt. Col. James Doolittle (Spencer Tracy) leads B-25s off the USS Hornet's deck on a 1942 mission to bomb Japan.
8.0/10
War
USA
1953
120 Minutes
William Holden Otto Preminger Robert Strauss Don Taylor Harvey Lembeck Richard Erdman Peter Graves Neville Brand Sig Ruman Michael Moore Peter Baldwin
prisoner of war spy guard pilot sergeant nazi engaging gripping suspenseful tense germany prison camp world war ii prisoners of war loyalty imprisonment escape mystery quest 1940s
When two escaping American World War II prisoners are killed, the German P.O.W. camp barracks black marketeer, J.J. Sefton, is suspected of being an informer.
8.1/10
War, Drama
UK|USA
1957
161 Minutes
William Holden Alec Guinness Sessue Hayakawa Jack Hawkins James Donald Geoffrey Horne Andre Morrell Peter Williams John Boxer Percy Herbert Harold Goodwin
soldier captain rival prisoner of war captor gritty military base bridge burma world war ii munitions construction military battle bombing rivalry quest revenge 1940s
British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors, not knowing that the allied forces are planning to destroy it.
6.6/10
War
USA
1950
113 Minutes
Richard Widmark Jack Palance Robert Wagner Jack Webb Reginald Gardiner Karl Malden Philip Ahn
lieutenant soldier enemy doctor thrilling patriotic gripping rousing japan island world war ii invasion battle courage quest rescue sacrifice 1940s
A company of Marines races against the clock to find a Japanese rocket base.
7.4/10
Documentary, War, Crime, Drama
USA
2008
116 Minutes
Megan Ambuhl Graner Javal Davis Ken Davis Anthony Diaz Tim Dugan Lynndie England
soldier prisoner photographer pregnant woman iraqi powerful gripping disturbing iraq prison court scandal abu ghraib prison responsibility transformation fall 2000s
Errol Morris examines the incidents of abuse and torture of suspected terrorists at the hands of U.S. forces at the Abu Ghraib prison.
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.
7.2/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, War
USA|West Germany
1951
119 Minutes
Richard Basehart Gary Merrill Oskar Werner Hildegarde Neff Dominique Blanchar O.E. Hasse Hans Christian Blech Helene Thimig Robert Freitag George Tyne
lieutenant colonel prisoner of war spy soldier brash thrilling tense germany prison camp bavaria espionage gestapo world war ii military intelligence cooperation betrayal sacrifice adventure rise
As the US Army approaches Nazi Germany, they recruit German prisoners to spy behind German lines.
7.4/10
War
UK
1955
119 Minutes
Richard Todd Michael Redgrave Ursula Jeans Stanley Van Beers Raymond Huntley Hugh Manning Patrick Barr Basil Sydney Ernest Clark Derek Farr Laurence Naismith
pilot military officer government official engineer bomber confident gripping patriotic powerful airplane workplace bar united kingdom world war ii war fighting bombing adventure pursuit quest
The story of how the British attacked German dams in World War II by using an ingenious technique to drop bombs where they would be most effective.
War, Drama
1963
97 Minutes
Kolya Burlyayev Valentin Zubkov Ye. Zharikov Stepan Krylov Nikolay Grinko Dmitri Milyutenko
nazi russian spy boy orphan captain chilling powerful dark russia prison camp east germany military academy spying war traumatic past murder world war ii prison break transformation revenge
During World War II, a 12-year-old Russian sneaks behind enemy lines to spy on the Germans who killed his parents.
6.8/10
War
USA
1944
110 Minutes
Humphrey Bogart Michèle Morgan Claude Rains Philip Dorn Sydney Greenstreet Peter Lorre George Tobias Victor Francen Helmut Dantine John Loder Konstantin Shayne
captain prisoner leader major convict gripping spirited thrilling ship prison marseilles, france world war ii prison break patriotism blackmail murder redemption sacrifice escape 1930s
Five patriotic convicts are helped to escape imprisonment in Devil's Island so they can fight for occupied Free French forces against the Nazis.
6.7/10
War
USA
1951
92 Minutes
Van Johnson Gianna Maria Canale Warner Anderson Lane Nakano Henry Nakamura George Miki Henry Oyasato Don Haggerty Dan Riss
japanese-american lieutenant soldier engaging emotional patriotic mississippi italy world war ii training courage bigotry transformation sacrifice rise 1940s
The story of Japanese-American soldiers who fought in Europe during World War II.
3.3/10
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 »
7.2/10
Drama, War, History, Biography
USA
2014
137 Minutes
Jack O'Connell Domhnall Gleeson Garrett Hedlund Miyavi Finn Wittrock Jai Courtney Maddalena Ischiale Vincenzo Amato John Magaro Luke Treadaway Louis McIntosh
athlete olympic athlete crew member air force pilot prisoner of war prison guard uplifting patriotic inspiring japan pacific ocean air force base prison camp berlin world war ii prisoners of war olympic games survival air force airplane crash
After a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before he's caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.
7.3/10
War
UK|New Zealand|Japan
1983
124 Minutes
David Bowie Tom Conti Ryuichi Sakamoto "Beat" Takeshi Kitano Jack Thompson Johnny Ohkura Alistair Browning James Malcolm Chris Broun Grant Bridger Colin Francis
soldier prisoner of war translator military officer sergeant homosexual cool disturbing gutsy pow camp japan world war ii cultural differences torture homosexuality imprisonment honor underdog discovery 1940s
During WWII, a British colonel tries to bridge the cultural divides between a British POW and the Japanese camp commander in order to avoid bloodshed.
7.2/10
Drama, War
Italy|France
1960
138 Minutes
Giovanna Ralli Sergei Bondarchuk Leo Genn Peter Baldwin Renato Salvatori Hannes Messemer
prisoner of war communist nun partisan soldier american patriotic suspenseful emotional gritty rome attic farm house countryside prison camp loyalty resistance cultural differences unlikely allies
Three allied prisoners, a Russian, an American and an Englishman, attempt to escape with the help of a young couple from Rome.
War
1940
90 Minutes
James Cagney Pat O'Brien George Brent Jeffrey Lynn Alan Hale Frank McHugh Dennis Morgan William Lundigan Dick Foran Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Henry O'Neill
private captain lieutenant soldier chaplain brash gripping rousing america germany war bravery fraternity rebellion world war i rise sacrifice growing up 1910s
A Brooklyn brawler (James Cagney) joins Father Duffy (Pat O'Brien) and Col. "Wild Bill" Donovan's (George Brent) Irish-American regiment in World War I.
7.0/10
War
UK
1950
101 Minutes
Leo Genn Anthony Steel David Tomlinson David Greene Peter Burton Michael Goodliffe Anthony Dawson
prisoner of war captain british soldier british officer nazi commandant lieutenant intense tense suspenseful gripping engaging gutsy nazi germany concentration camp survival prisoners of war world war ii nazism tunneling gymnastics
True story of three British POWs and their attempt to escape from Nazi Germany.
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