20 movies like Malaya, ordered by similarity : The Enemy Below(1957), Journey Together(1945), Wings(1927), King Rat(1965), American Guerrilla in the Philippines(1950), The Deer Hunter(1978), Battle of the Commandos(1969), Morituri(1965), Sands of Iwo Jima(1949), The Garden of the Finzi-Continis(1971), The Inglorious Bastards(1978), Action in the North Atlantic(1943) ...
6.6/10
War
USA
1950
98 Minutes
Spencer Tracy James Stewart Sydney Greenstreet Valentina Cortesa John Hodiak Lionel Barrymore Gilbert Roland Roland Winters Richard Loo Lester Matthews Ian MacDonald
journalist adventurer editor government agent girlfriend old friend gritty tense california alcatraz island ship malay peninsula jungle plantation world war ii secret mission friendship patriotism island life smuggling
Newspaperman Royer convinces government officials of a plan to obtain rubber by smuggling it out from under the Japanese. Carnahan is let out of prison to help.
7.5/10
War
USA
1957
98 Minutes
Robert Mitchum Curt Jurgens Theodore Bikel Al Hedison Russell Collins Kurt Kreuger Frank Albertson Biff Elliot Alan Dexter Doug McClure Joe Di Reda
captain sailor soldier enemy friend doctor gritty tense gripping ocean ship world war ii battle showdown survival respect quest rivalry 1940s
During World War II, an American destroyer discovers a German U-boat, thus ensuing in a deadly duel between the two ships. The American Captain must draw upon all his experience to defeat the equally experienced German commander.
6.6/10
War
UK
1945
95 Minutes
pilot friend cadet instructor brash patriotic rousing england united states canada flight school airplane training camp world war ii basic training mission aspirations aviation friendship quest
British propaganda film from WW2 stressing the importance of the navigator on RAF's bomber crews.
War, Drama, History
1927
139 Minutes
Clara Bow Charles Rogers Richard Arlen Jobyna Ralston Gary Cooper El Brendel Arlette Marchal Richard Tucker Julia Swayne Gordon Henry B. Walthall George Irving
pilot cadet friend love interest volunteer military officer rousing suspenseful emotional paris small town air force base airplane world war i friendly fire friendship patriotism duty horrors of war adventure
Two World War I pilots (Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Richard Arlen) woo a young woman (Clara Bow) and fight the Germans.
7.5/10
War
USA
1965
133 Minutes
George Segal Tom Courtenay James Fox Patrick O'Neal Todd Anderson Sammy Reese Joe Turkel Michael Stroka William Fawcett Denholm Elliott Leonard Rossiter
prisoner of war guard soldier rival friend tense engaging pow camp singapore war friendship survival bribery black market quest rivalry 1940s
Fast-talking wheeler-dealer Corporal King is stuck in a Malaysian P.O.W. camp during World War II and uses bribery and larceny to take de-facto control of the camp.
6.1/10
War
USA
1950
105 Minutes
Tyrone Power Micheline Presle Tom Ewell Robert Patten Tommy Cook Juan Torena Jack Elam Robert Barrat Carleton Young Maria Del Val Eddie Infante
soldier love interest friend gen. douglas macarthur ensign thrilling patriotic philippines ship jungle survival world war ii journey resistance new romance betrayal escape quest underdog 1940s
American soldiers stranded in the Philippines after the Japanese invasion form guerrilla bands to fight back.
8.1/10
War, Drama
USA
1978
183 Minutes
Robert De Niro Christopher Walken John Savage John Cazale Meryl Streep George Dzundza Chuck Aspegren Shirley Stoler
soldier friend girlfriend wife enemy blue-collar worker bleak disturbing powerful intense emotional brutal clairton, pa. battlefield vietnam pow camp wedding town horrors of war vietnam war
An in-depth examination of the ways in which the U.S. Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of people in a small industrial town in Pennsylvania.
5.0/10
War
Italy|Spain|West Germany
1969
94 Minutes
Jack Palance Curt Jurgens Diana Lorys Thomas Hunter Robert Hundar Wolfgang Preiss Helmut Schneider Guido Lollobrigida
commando colonel army recruit nazi enemy teamwork thrilling suspenseful gripping intense powerful war zone ship sea underwater minefield front lines secret mission world war ii explosion
Irish Colonel Charlie McPhearson has just had his platoon of twenty-eight slaughtered by German troops. Angered at his superiors for this suicide mission, he takes convicts on his next, ... See full summary »
7.0/10
War, Drama, Action
USA
1965
123 Minutes
Marlon Brando Yul Brynner Janet Margolin Trevor Howard Martin Benrath Hans Christian Blech Wally Cox Max Haufler Rainer Penkert William Redfield
deserter government official ship captain nazi british intelligence agent sailor tense suspenseful thrilling ship india japan ocean working undercover moral dilemma world war ii espionage mutiny blackmail quest
A war pacifist is blackmailed to pose as an SS officer and to disable the scuttling explosives on freighter carrying rubber cargo to be captured by the Allies.
7.1/10
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.
7.3/10
War, Drama
Italy|West Germany
1971
95 Minutes
Helmut Berger Lino Capolicchio Dominique Sanda Fabio Testi Romolo Valli Camillo Cesarei Inna Alexeieff Barbara Pilavin Katina Morisani Ettore Geri Camillo Angelini-Rota
brother sister friend lover passionate spirited italy estate countryside fascism friendship love triangle wealth young love world war ii growing up forbidden love discovery fall 1940s
The story of the Finzi-Continis, a noble family of Ferrara, during the Jewish persecution in Italy's 1930s.
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.
7.0/10
War
USA
1943
127 Minutes
Humphrey Bogart Raymond Massey Alan Hale Jacqueline Wells Ruth Gordon Sam Levene Dane Clark Peter Whitney
sailor nazi friend patriotic engaging spirited ship atlantic ocean showdown military dangerous assignment seafaring revenge quest pursuit 1940s
An American tanker's sunk by a German U-boat and the survivors spend 11 days at sea on a raft. Their next assignment; bound for Murmansk through the sub-stalked N. Atlantic.
6.7/10
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 »
7.5/10
Drama, War
UK|USA
1961
157 Minutes
Gregory Peck David Niven Anthony Quinn Stanley Baker Anthony Quayle James Darren Irene Papas Gia Scala James Robertson Justice Richard Harris
captain explosives expert resistance fighter security head soldier sister engaging tense brash gripping intense greece boat mountain village island cliff sabotage covert operations mountain climbing
A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
7.0/10
War, Drama, History
Australia|USA
2014
112 Minutes
Russell Crowe Olga Kurylenko Yilmaz Erdogan Cem Yilmaz Jai Courtney Dylan Georgiades Steve Bastoni Isabel Lucas Salih Kalyon Megan Gale Ryan Corr
farmer son soldier hotel owner friend wife brooding chilling intense australia turkey hotel street restaurant cemetery war loss father/son relationship search water
An Australian man travels to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli to try and locate his three missing sons.
7.6/10
War, Mystery & Thriller, Drama, History
India
2017
150 Minutes
Rana Daggubati Kay Kay Menon Atul Kulkarni Om Puri Nassar Rahul Singh Milind Gunaji Tapsee Pannu Satyadev Kancharana Bharath Reddy Kunal Kaushik
indian pakistani navy pilot ship captain indian agent refugee inspiring intense gripping patriotic passionate spirited house naval base ship submarine patriotism mission conspiracy danger
A Pakistani submarine, Ghazi plans to secretly attack Vizag port. For doing so, it has to get past Indian submarine S21.
6.0/10
War
USA
1943
99 Minutes
Pat O'Brien Randolph Scott Dawn O'Day Eddie Albert Walter Reed Robert Ryan Barton MacLane Leonard Strong Richard Martin Russell Wade James Newill
major captain pilot secretary cadet friend moving emotional thrilling arizona air force base airplane japan school friendship love triangle world war ii air force bombing espionage
Major "Chick" Davis is convinced that high-level bombing will win the next war. He convinces the powers-that-be to set up a bombardier school. He efficiently sets about training the USAAF's first generation of high-level bombardiers.
5.7/10
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.
5.6/10
War
UK
1954
101 Minutes
Dirk Bogarde Denholm Elliott Akim Tamiroff Kay Callard William Russell Harold Siddons Eric Pohlmann Gérard Oury Lisa Gastoni Sam Kydd Peter Burton
british soldier german soldier commando nazi englishman lieutenant gripping tense patriotic greece england island world war ii dangerous assignment secret mission sabotage nazis underdog sacrifice quest
During World War II, British commandos are sent to destroy a Luftwaffe airfield on a Greek island.
6.6/10
War, Adventure
UK
1956
119 Minutes
John Gregson Emeric Pressburger Anthony Quayle Peter Finch Ian Hunter Bernard Lee Patrick Macnee Christopher Lee
boat captain nazi soldier british officer commandant gory suspenseful thrilling brooding profound intense ship atlantic ocean great britain harbor world war ii battle explosion sinking ship escape
In the first major naval battle of World War II, the British Navy must find and destroy a powerful German warship.
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