20 movies like Play Dirty, ordered by similarity : They Shall Not Grow Old(2018), Where Eagles Dare(1969), The Wooden Horse(1950), The Bridge at Remagen(1969), The Sea Chase(1955), The Bridge on the River Kwai(1957), Instrument of War(2017), The Desert Rats(1953), The Battle of Russia(1943), Five Graves to Cairo(1943), Attack!(1956), My Name Is Ivan(1963) ...
War
UK
1969
117 Minutes
Michael Caine Nigel Davenport Nigel Green Harry Andrews Bernard Archard Daniel Pilon Aly Ben Ayed Takis Emmanuel Enrique Ávila Mohamed Kouka Mohsen Ben Abdullah
captain mercenary nazi criminal soldier spy gritty suspenseful dark libyan desert military base café village secret mission world war ii betrayal battle dangerous assignment unlikely allies quest
During World War II in North Africa, a group of British commandos disguised as Italian soldiers must travel behind enemy lines and destroy a vital Nazi oil depot.
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, Adventure, Action
UK|USA
1969
158 Minutes
Richard Burton Clint Eastwood Mary Ure Patrick Wymark Michael Hordern Donald Houston Peter Barkworth Robert Beatty William Squire Derren Nesbitt Anton Diffring
commando soldier spy traitor nazi impostor suspenseful rousing gripping castle alps military base germany world war ii prison break rescue betrayal mission disguise rescue
Allied agents stage a daring raid on a castle where the Nazis are holding American brigadier general George Carnaby prisoner, but that's not all that's really going on.
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.
War, Drama, History
USA
1969
115 Minutes
George Segal Robert Vaughn Ben Gazzara Bradford Dillman E.G. Marshall Peter Van Eyck Hans Christian Blech Heinz Reincke Joachim Hansen Sonja Ziemann
army officer military officer soldier nazi gripping suspenseful germany battlefield river bridge recording studio remagen, germany war world war ii battle honor adventure rivalry quest 1940s
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?
Mystery & Thriller, War
USA
1955
117 Minutes
John Wayne Lana Turner David Farrar Lyle Bettger Tab Hunter James Arness Wilton Graff Richard Davalos John Qualen Paul Fix Luis Van Rooten
sea captain german spy nazi british officer commander suspenseful rousing australia ship south pacific port dangerous assignment world war ii espionage military nazism moral dilemma pursuit escape
As World War II begins, German freighter Captain Karl Ehrlich tries to get his ship back to Germany through a gauntlet of Allied warships.
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.
War, Drama, Action
USA
2017
90 Minutes
Jack Ashton Elliot James Langridge Daniel Betts Rupert Simonian Urs Rechn Andrea Deck Andreas Wisniewski Callum McGowan Barney White Ethan Vincent
bomber pilot prisoner of war british soldier nazi german soldier tense suspenseful gripping dark engaging nazi germany world war ii prisoners of war survival captivity oppression escape pursuit quest rescue
When U.S. B-24 bomber pilot Clair Cline is shot down and captured in northern Germany, one war ends and another begins -- to keep hope alive. Now behind German barbed wire and oppression, ... See full summary »
War
USA
1953
88 Minutes
Richard Burton James Mason Robert Newton Robert Douglas Torin Thatcher Chips Rafferty Charles Davis Ben Wright
general captain australian soldier british soldier nazi rousing gritty north africa battlefield fort port city tobruk, libya siege of tobruk world war ii field marshal erwin rommel armed conflict camaraderie underdog quest 1940s
Richard Burton plays a Scottish Army officer put in charge of a disparate band of ANZAC troops on the perimeter of Tobruk with the German Army doing their best to dislodge them.
History, War, Documentary, Drama
USA
1943
83 Minutes
american soldier russian soldier nazi adolf hitler mussolini joseph stalin patriotic rousing inspiring thrilling stalingrad, russia battlefield military base battle of stalingrad world war ii russian history allied forces siege heroism quest
Documentary revealing the nature and process of the fight between the Soviet Union and Germany in the Second World War.
War
USA
1943
96 Minutes
Franchot Tone Anne Baxter Erich von Stroheim Akim Tamiroff Peter Van Eyck Fortunio Bonanova Konstantin Shayne Fred Nurney Miles Mander Leslie Denison Ian Keith
soldier innkeeper clerk field marshal erwin rommel tense thrilling engaging hotel desert cairo war espionage dangerous assignment world war ii adventure sacrifice pursuit 1940s
In the North African campaign a British straggler manages to pass himself off as a waiter at the hotel commandeered as Rommel's headquarters. He has thoughts of assassinating Rommel but his cover may have an even better use.
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
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.
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.
War, Drama
West Germany
1981
150 Minutes
Jürgen Prochnow Herbert Grönemeyer Klaus Wennemann Hubertus Bengsch Martin Semmelrogge Bernd Tauber Erwin Leder Martin May Heinz Hoenig Uwe Ochsenknecht
captain reporter sailor soldier tense somber thrilling submarine underwater germany battle fatigue world war ii disillusionment military quest pursuit 1940s
The claustrophobic world of a WWII German U-boat; boredom, filth and sheer terror.
War
UK
1958
93 Minutes
Dirk Bogarde Emeric Pressburger Marius Goring David Oxley Cyril Cusack Laurence Payne Michael Gough Brian Worth John Cairney
major british soldier german soldier nazi hostage guerrilla fighter tense spirited crete cairo countryside world war ii capture dangerous assignment nazis military quest sacrifice 1940s
Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo, Egypt to embarrass the occupiers.
War, Drama, History
UK
1948
96 Minutes
Robert Beatty Jack Warner Simone Signoret Gordon Jackson Paul Dupuis James Robertson Justice Gisèle Préville John Slater Peter Illing
priest pretty woman secret agent spy engaging suspenseful belgium england dangerous assignment espionage deception nazism betrayal world war ii discovery adventure quest 1940s
British agents engage in hazardous duty behind German lines.
War
USA
1967
110 Minutes
Rock Hudson George Peppard Nigel Green Guy Stockwell Jack Watson Leo Gordon Norman Rossington Percy Herbert Liam Redmond
soldier officer marshal prisoner major captain fascinating tense libya egypt desert war zone world war ii kidnapping negotiation mission battle pursuit rivalry 1940s
A Canadian POW major is rescued by a special British military unit made up of Germans to help lead an attack on a major Nazi fuel depot in Tobruk, Libya.
Drama, Action, History, War
Switzerland|UK|USA
1980
120 Minutes
Gregory Peck Roger Moore David Niven Trevor Howard Barbara Kellerman Patrick Macnee Kenneth Griffith Patrick Allen Wolf Kahler
spy colonel captain femme fatale ex-soldier german spy calm cool suspenseful gutsy goa, india hotel military base boat casino world war ii espionage english intelligence dangerous mission old age
During World War II, the British must attack a German ship, but it's safe in neutral Goa. As a result, they send civilians: former soldiers who are about sixty years old.
War, Animation, Kids & Family, Adventure
Ireland|France|USA|Canada|Belgium|UK
2018
84 Minutes
army recruit dog soldier enemy french officer army officer cheeky heartwarming emotional touching uplifting boot camp france village battlefield cafeteria dog war soldiers world war i
The true story of a stray dog who joins his new master on the battlefields of the First World War. For his valorous actions, Sgt. Stubby is still recognized as the most decorated dog in American history.
War
USA
1964
95 Minutes
Stewart Granger Raf Vallone Mickey Rooney Edd Byrnes Henry Silva Spela Rozin William Campbell Enzo Fiermonte
major soldier criminal nazi resistance fighter gritty engaging yugoslavia military base dangerous assignment world war ii teamwork secret plans redemption quest rescue 1940s
In 1943, a group of hardened criminals is pardoned on the condition it accepts a mission to free a captive Italian general from the clutches of the Nazis.