20 movies like The Story of Dr. Wassell, ordered by similarity : Hacksaw Ridge(2016), First They Killed My Father(2017), PT 109(1963), Megan Leavey(2017), Che: Part Two(2008), Sobibor(2018), Carve Her Name With Pride(1958), The Great Impostor(1960), Vincere(2009), A Private War(2018), Resistance(2020), Darkest Hour(2017) ...
Biography
USA
1944
140 Minutes
Gary Cooper Laraine Day Signe Hasso Dennis O'Keefe Carol Thurston Carl Esmond Paul Kelly Elliott Reid Stanley Ridges Renny McEvoy Oliver Thorndike
doctor naval officer japanese soldier lieutenant sailor nurse brutal uplifting tense patriotic east indies jungle ship world war ii heroism navy disillusionment horrors of war corydon m. wassell escape
When the U.S. forces withdraw from Java, ahead of the Japanese invasion, U.S. Navy doctor Corydon M. Wassell coordinates the remaining wounded servicemen and leads them to safety towards the last Allied evacuation points.
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.
Biography, Drama, History
Cambodia|USA
2017
136 Minutes
Sareum Srey Moch Phoeung Kompheak Sveng Socheata Tharoth Sam
young girl soldier author village elder cambodian boy gripping inspiring incredible uplifting cambodia village jungle cultural revolution culture war discovery escape love sacrifice 1970s
Cambodian author and human rights activist Loung Ung recounts the horrors she suffered as a child under the rule of the deadly Khmer Rouge.
Biography
USA
1963
140 Minutes
Cliff Robertson Ty Hardin James Gregory Robert Culp Grant Williams Lew Gallo Errol John Michael Pate Robert Blake Biff Elliot Norman Fell
ensign sailor officer native coastwatcher lieutenant intense thrilling solomon islands ocean boat world war ii survival courage shipwreck john f. kennedy quest rescue 1940s
President John F. Kennedy kept a unique inauguration gift on his desk: a plastic-encased coconut. The tale of that coconut is the heroic story of PT 109.
War, Biography, Drama
USA
2017
116 Minutes
Kate Mara Edie Falco Ramon Rodriguez Tom Felton Damson Idris Bradley Whitford Common Geraldine James Will Patton Corey Johnson Jonathan Howard
marine dog drill instructor mother doctor emotional engaging heartwarming inspiring intense desert iraq washington, d.c. war militarism animal taming love sacrifice quest 2010s
Based on the true life story of a young Marine corporal whose unique discipline and bond with her military combat dog saved many lives during their deployment in Iraq.
Biography, Drama
Spain|France|USA
2008
128 Minutes
Benicio Del Toro Demián Bichir Santiago Cabrera Elvira Mínguez Franka Potente Jorge Perugorría Edgar Ramírez Victor Rasuk Armando Riesco Catalina Sandino Moreno Rodrigo Santoro
revolutionary fidel castro soldier friend dictator rebel profound emotional suspenseful tense cuba bolivia training camp jungle river farm political repression guerrilla warfare che guevara politics
In 1967, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara leads a small partisan army to fight an ill-fated revolutionary guerrilla war in Bolivia, South America.
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, Biography, History
UK
1958
116 Minutes
Virginia McKenna Paul Scofield Jack Warner Denise Grey Alain Saury Maurice Ronet Anne Leon Sydney Tafler
spy woman man soldier husband daughter confident emotional engaging patriotic france england germany train concentration camp espionage war love death pursuit
During World War II, a recently widowed young woman is recruited to work as a spy in France.
Biography
USA
1960
112 Minutes
Tony Curtis Edmond O'Brien Frank Gorshin Karl Malden Arthur O'Connell Gary Merrill Joan Blackman Raymond Massey Robert Middleton Jeanette Nolan Sue Ane Langdon
con artist soldier nurse doctor monk fbi agent confident intense amusing new england texas korea island monastery battleship identity theft crime con game schemes on the run
A semi-documentary dramatization of five weeks in the life of Vice Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey, Jr., from his assignment to command the U.S. naval operations in the South Pacific to the Allied victory at Guadalcanal.
Biography, Drama, History
Italy|France
2009
128 Minutes
Giovanna Mezzogiorno Filippo Timi Corrado Invernizzi Fausto Russo Alesi Michela Cescon Pier Giorgio Bellocchio Paolo Pierobon Bruno Cariello Francesca Picozza Simona Nobili Giovanna Mori
benito mussolini wife son fascists brutal dark emotional italy betrayal love war politics loss fall revenge sacrifice 1940s
The story of Mussolini's secret lover, Ida Dalser, and their son Albino.
War, Biography, Drama
UK|USA
2018
110 Minutes
Rosamund Pike Jamie Dornan Tom Hollander Stanley Tucci Jeremie Laheurte Hilton McRae Fady Elsayed Raad Rawi
war correspondent photographer friend love interest colleague brooding gripping intense raw syria iraq afghanistan libya london war zone war journalism middle east terrorism evil plot
One of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontline of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless.
Biography, Drama, History
UK|France|Germany|USA
2020
120 Minutes
Jesse Eisenberg Ed Harris Edgar Ramírez Clémence Poésy Matthias Schweighöfer Félix Moati Géza Röhrig Karl Markovics Bella Ramsey Alicia von Rittberg
resistance fighter resistance leader child jewish child jewish man nazi bleak brooding engaging gutsy heartwarming intense moving quirky sad suspenseful tense thrilling touching france
The story of mime Marcel Marceau as he works with a group of Jewish boy scouts and the French Resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans during World War II.
War, Biography, Drama, History
UK|USA
2017
125 Minutes
Gary Oldman Kristin Scott Thomas Ben Mendelsohn Lily James Ronald Pickup Stephen Dillane Nicholas Jones Samuel West Richard Lumsden Charley Palmer Rothwell Hannah Steele
winston churchill nazi king soldier politician adolf hitler brooding rousing passionate striking tense spirited london great britain war zone nazi germany government building house of parliament world war ii nazi occupation
In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler, or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.
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.
War
UK
1943
93 Minutes
Walter Fitzgerald Mervyn Johns Ralph Michael Arthur Young Neville Mapp Barry Letts Michael Allen Frederick Piper Herbert Cameron
ship captain sailor engineer officer german soldier patriotic suspenseful fiery tense atlantic ocean ship lifeboat seafaring world war ii battle disaster teamwork leadership escape underdog
The San Demetrio of the title is a British merchant ship in an Atlantic convoy in 1940. Disabled and left to the mercy of patrolling U-boats the crew must keep her afloat and out of harms ... See full summary »
Biography, Drama, History
UK
2017
105 Minutes
Brian Cox Miranda Richardson John Slattery Ella Purnell Julian Wadham Richard Durden James Purefoy Danny Webb Jonathan Aris George Anton Steven Cree
winston churchill wife general intense passionate patriotic spirited europe normandy coast england house office world war ii war effort politics political unrest pursuit rivalry sacrifice 1940s
Ninety-six hours before the World War II invasion of Normandy, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill struggles with his severe reservations with Operation Overlord and his increasingly marginalized role in the war effort.
Biography
USA
1945
119 Minutes
John Garfield Eleanor Parker Dane Clark John Ridgely Rosemary DeCamp Ann Doran Warren Douglas Don McGuire Tom D'Andrea Rory Mallinson Mark Stevens
soldier fiancé nurse emotional gripping south pacific hospital pearl harbor battlefield world war ii blindness injury love sacrifice 1940s
Marine hero Al Schmid is blinded in battle and returns home to be rehabilitated. He readjusts to his civilian life with the help of his soon to be wife.
War, Biography
UK
1957
123 Minutes
Kenneth More Muriel Pavlow Lyndon Brook Alexander Knox Sydney Tafler Nigel Green Dorothy Alison
fighter pilot squadron leader thrilling suspenseful spectacular spirited patriotic inspiring frenetic plane united kingdom office world war ii biography flying career battle of britain underdog rise rivalry
Biopic of RAF Group Captain Douglas Bader who, after having lost both legs, flew a British fighter plane during WW2.
Biography
USA
1946
117 Minutes
Rosalind Russell Alexander Knox Dean Jagger Philip Merivale Beulah Bondi Charles Dingle John Litel Doreen McCann Fay Helm Charles Kemper Dorothy Peterson
nurse patient doctor inspiring uplifting touching gutsy australia outback hospital medicine polio research paralysis underdog sacrifice quest 1930s
An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences great difficulty in convincing doctors of the validity of her claims.
Biography
USA
1955
138 Minutes
Tyrone Power Maureen O'Hara Robert Francis Donald Crisp Ward Bond Betsy Palmer Philip Carey William Leslie Harry Carey Jr. Patrick Wayne Sean McClory
athletic director wife mentor immigrant soldier dwight d. eisenhower endearing patriotic military academy gym family home west point, n.y. football marriage education military life relationships swimming rise underdog
In 1898, Irish immigrant Martin Maher is hired as a civilian employee at West Point where, during a 50-year career, he rises to the rank of NCO and instructor.
Biography
Denmark|Sweden|Norway|Germany
1996
158 Minutes
Max von Sydow Ghita Nørby Anette Hoff Gard Eidsvold Eindride Eidsvold Asa Soderling Sverre Anker Ousdal Erik Hivju Edgar Selge Ernst Jacobi Svein Erik Brodal
writer wife doctor adolf hitler intense melodramatic norway germany household knut hamsun nazism treason world war ii politics marriage fall transformation 1940s
Norwegian Nobel Laureate Knut Hamsun's controversial support for the Nazi regime during WW2 and its consequences for the Hamsun family after the war.