20 movies like Escape by Night, ordered by similarity : They Shall Not Grow Old(2018), Revolution(1985), The Great Escape(1963), Only the Brave(2006), Attack!(1956), Midway(2019), The Deer Hunter(1978), The Army of Crime(2009), The Captain(2017), Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison(1957), Thank You for Your Service(2017), The Second Lieutenant(1993) ...
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.
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, Drama, History
UK|Norway
1985
123 Minutes
Al Pacino Donald Sutherland Nastassja Kinski Joan Plowright Dave King Annie Lennox Steven Berkoff John Wells
trapper son soldier british colonial official moving emotional tense shocking solemn patriotic america united states war revenge battle torture american history american revolutionary war revenge escape
A trapper and his young son get pulled into the American revolution early as unwilling participants and remain involved through to the end.
War, Drama
USA
1963
172 Minutes
Steve McQueen James Garner Richard Attenborough Charles Bronson James Donald Donald Pleasence James Coburn David McCallum Gordon Jackson John Leyton Angus Lennie
military officer soldier prisoner nazi cheeky engaging gutsy spirited suspenseful germany pow camp escape deception confinement dangerous assignment prison rebellion escape quest pursuit
Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.
War, Drama, History
USA
2006
99 Minutes
Lane Nishikawa Jason Scott Lee Mark Dacascos Yuji Okumoto Tamlyn Tomita Jeff Fahey Noriyuki "Pat" Morita Guy Ecker Greg Watanabe Ken Narasaki Kipp Shiotani
japanese-american american soldier japanese soldier brutal creative emotional engaging fascinating fiery gutsy patriotic raw shocking pearl harbor united states italy north africa pearl harbor world war ii battalion
A searing portrait of war and prejudice, 'Only the Brave' takes you on a haunting journey into the hearts and minds of the forgotten heroes of WWII - the Japanese-American 100th/442nd. In ... See full summary »
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.
War, Drama, History
USA|Canada
2019
138 Minutes
Ed Skrein Patrick Wilson Luke Evans Woody Harrelson Dennis Quaid Mandy Moore Aaron Eckhart Nick Jonas Darren Criss Tadanobu Asano Geoffrey Blake
navy pilot fighter pilot japanese soldier american soldier wife naval officer brooding gripping emotional passionate patriotic spectacular naval base pacific ocean transport ship military base war zone ship world war ii battle of midway
The story of the Battle of Midway, told by the leaders and the sailors who fought it.
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.
War, Drama, History
USA
2009
139 Minutes
Simon Abkarian Virginie Ledoyen Robinson Stévenin Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet Lola Naymark Yann Trégouët Ariane Ascaride Jean-Pierre Darroussin Ivan Franek Adrien Jolivet Horatiu Malaele
resistance fighter wife bomber marksman volunteer nazi brooding gripping suspenseful france berlin countryside house resistance fighters husband/wife relationship nazi hunting world war ii vichy france nazi occupation revenge
Based on the true story of the double initial killings in Rochester, NY.
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 »
Adventure, Drama, Action, War
USA
1957
107 Minutes
nun marines enemy emotional suspenseful island japan cave romance survival friendship escape world war ii rescue transformation love 1940s
During World War II, an American marine and an Irish nun form an unlikely friendship after being stranded on a South Pacific island. They find comfort in one another as the two hope for a rescue.
War, Biography, Drama
USA|India
2017
108 Minutes
Miles Teller Haley Bennett Joe Cole Amy Schumer Beulah Koale Scott Haze Keisha Castle-Hughes Brad Beyer Omar J. Dorsey Jayson Warner Smith Sean Bridgers
soldier commander wife daughter son bomber emotional chilling moving solemn tense raw iraq truck united states house bar veteran's hospital iraq war post-traumatic stress disorder
A group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they've left the battlefield.
Drama, War
China|Hong Kong
1993
102 Minutes
Espen Skjonberg Lars Andreas Larssen Gard Eidsvold Bjørn Sundquist Morten Faldaas Ove Christian Owe
sea captain wife lieutenant resistance fighter retiree colonel frenetic thrilling patriotic emotional norway coast family home countryside front lines telemark, norway world war ii norwegian resistance unlikely hero vigilantism
A pregnant peasant woman seeks redress from the Chinese bureaucracy after the village chief kicks her husband in the groin in this comedy of justice. As she is frustrated by each level of ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
2018
108 Minutes
Jim Caviezel James Faulkner Olivier Martinez Joanne Whalley-Kilmer John Lynch Yorgos Karamihos Antonia Campbell Hughes Alessandro Sperduti Manuel Cauchi Noah Huntley Kenneth Spiteri
apostle captive prisoner writer roman roman soldier dark brutal inspiring emotional gritty tense rome prison cell city market religious beliefs storytelling prison
Luke travels Roma looking for apostle Paul, turned in Nero's prisoner, to tell his story before his execution.
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.
War, Biography, Drama, History
USA
2016
139 Minutes
Matthew McConaughey Gugu Mbatha-Raw Mahershala Ali Keri Russell Brendan Gleeson Christopher Berry Sean Bridgers Jacob Lofland Kirk Bovill Manny Penton Thomas Francis Murphy
farmer medic confederate soldier slave fugitive rebel brooding emotional intense mississippi battlefield house plantation forest farm american civil war desertion slavery conscience rebellion
A disillusioned Confederate army deserter returns to Mississippi and leads a militia of fellow deserters and women in an uprising against the corrupt local Confederate government.
War, Drama
France|Belgium|Georgia|Switzerland
2018
115 Minutes
Golshifteh Farahani Emmanuelle Bercot Evin Ahmad Erol Afsin Zübeyde Bulut Behi Djanati Atai Arabi Ghibeh Sinama Alievi
female fighter journalist mother son terrorist intense tense disheartening gripping emotional brutal iraq abandoned building camp village war extremism family love women soldiers
A Kurdish female battalion prepares to take back their town from extremists.
War, Drama, History
France|Italy
1969
140 Minutes
Lino Ventura Paul Meurisse Jean-Pierre Cassel Paul Crauchet Claude Mann Christian Barbier Simone Signoret Serge Reggiani Alain Libolt
engineer rebel traitor nazi intense gritty passionate paris marseilles, france london france submarine prison french resistance world war ii prisoners of war nazism underdog sacrifice 1940s
An account of underground resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied France.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|UK
2018
93 Minutes
Robert Redford Casey Affleck Sissy Spacek Danny Glover Tom Waits Tika Sumpter Ari Elizabeth Johnson Teagan Johnson Gene Jones John David Washington Barlow Jacobs
prisoner prison guard bank robber wife detective escape artist amusing gutsy bleak suspenseful tense california san quentin penitentiary prison bank car escape bank heist life story prison
Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.
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.
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.