Movies like Reach for the Sky

20 movies like Reach for the Sky, ordered by similarity : The Dam Busters(1955), Unbroken(2014), Darkest Hour(2017), Hacksaw Ridge(2016), The Bridge at Remagen(1969), Twelve O'Clock High(1949), Ships With Wings(1941), The Wind Rises(2013), Submarine X-1(1968), The King's Choice(2016), Wing and a Prayer(1944), Midway(2019) ...

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Reach for the Sky

Biopic of RAF Group Captain Douglas Bader who, after having lost both legs, flew a British fighter plane during WW2.

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The Dam Busters

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.

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Unbroken

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.

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Darkest Hour

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.

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Hacksaw Ridge

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.

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The Bridge at Remagen

As the Allied armies close in, the Germans decide to blow up the last Rhine bridge, trapping their own men on the wrong side. But will it happen?

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Twelve O'Clock High

A hard-as-nails general takes over a bomber unit suffering from low morale and whips them into fighting shape.

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Ships With Wings

Lt. Dick Stacey is dismissed from the Fleet Air Arm for poor discipline. He joins the Aircraft Carrier "HMS Ark Royal" (The Ship with Wings). When they go into battle in the Mediterranean ... See full summary »

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The Wind Rises

A look at the life of Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II.

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Submarine X-1

During World War II, the British Royal Navy used experimental midget submarines to raid German warships in Norway.

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The King's Choice

April 1940. Norway has been invaded by Germany and the royal family and government have fled into the interior. The German envoy to Norway tries to negotiate a peace. Ultimately, the decision on Norway's future will rest with the King.

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Wing and a Prayer

In WW2, an American aircraft carrier sails around the Pacific on a decoy mission until it joins the battle of Midway against the Japanese forces.

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Midway

The story of the Battle of Midway, told by the leaders and the sailors who fought it.

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Breakout

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.

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San Demetrio, London

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 »

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Run Silent, Run Deep

A U.S. sub commander, obsessed with sinking a certain Japanese ship, butts heads with his first officer and crew.

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Attack!

In 1945, an American Infantry company sets up an artillery observation post, but tensions between Captain Cooney and Lieutenant Costa run high.

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The Cockleshell Heroes

During World War II, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them.

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They Shall Not Grow Old

A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war.

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God Is My Co-Pilot

During WW2, American volunteer pilots are stationed in China where, as part of the Flying Tigers unit, they dog-fight against Japanese warplanes.

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633 Squadron

An RAF squadron is assigned to knock out a German rocket fuel factory in Norway. The factory supplies fuel for the Nazi effort to launch rockets on England during D-Day.

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