20 movies like Hell Boats, ordered by similarity : Midway(2019), War and Peace(1966), They Shall Not Grow Old(2018), Bitter Victory(1958), We Were Soldiers(2002), Rangoon(2017), Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero(2018), The Camp Followers(1965), Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?(1959), Wunderland(2018), The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp(1943), In Enemy Hands(2004) ...
War
USA
1970
95 Minutes
James Franciscus Elizabeth Shepherd Ronald Allen Reuven Bar-Yotam Mark Hawkins Magda Konopka Drewe Henley Inigo Jackson
naval officer wife enemy first mate american soldier tense gripping emotional boat italy sicily love triangle world war ii naval warfare bravery forbidden love pursuit rivalry 1940s
An American commander, serving under the British Royal Navy in 1942, is assigned to blockade the island of Malta and told to formulate a plan to destroy the Nazi arsenal in Sicily.
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.
Romance, War, Drama, History
1966
373 Minutes
Lyudmila Saveleva Sergei Bondarchuk Vyacheslav Tikhonov Oleg Tabakov Boris Zakhava Anatoliy Ktorov Anastasiya Vertinskaya Antonina Shuranova Viktor Stanitsyn
count countess military officer soldier wife socialite creative gripping passionate russia royal palace family home battlefield countryside war love marriage infidelity horrors of war love
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
1958
102 Minutes
Richard Burton Curt Jurgens Ruth Roman Raymond Pellegrin Anthony Bushell Alfred Burke Christopher Lee Sean Kelly Nigel Green Harry Landis
captain major guide wife soldier general tense emotional fiery gutsy libyan desert military base london airplane nightclub camp journey power struggle cowardice love triangle
A British captain (Richard Burton) goes on a raid in World War II Libya with a major (Curt Jurgens) he knows his wife (Ruth Roman) has slept with.
War, Drama
USA|Germany|France
2002
137 Minutes
Mel Gibson Madeleine Stowe Greg Kinnear Sam Elliott Chris Klein Keri Russell Barry Pepper Don Duong Ryan Hurst Robert Bagnell Marc Blucas
soldier journalist wife dark emotional intense vietnam jungle united states household war loyalty love family survival heroism love quest sacrifice 1960s
The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War, and the soldiers on both sides that fought it, while their wives wait nervously and anxiously at home for the good news or the bad news.
War, Romance
India
2017
156 Minutes
Saif Ali Khan Shahid Kapoor Kangana Ranaut Richard McCabe Satoru Kawaguchi
actress actor soldier mentor war hero passionate confident endearing moving powerful intense india burma train war zone airplane love triangle bullying forced labor war
A love triangle forms against the backdrop of the Second World War.
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
Italy|France|West Germany|Yugoslavia
1965
136 Minutes
Mario Adorf Anna Karina Marie Laforêt Léa Massari Tomas Milian Rosanna Di Rocco Milena Dravic Guido Alberti Valeria Moriconi Mila Stanic
prostitute lieutenant fascist soldier love interest sergeant engaging gripping tense athens, greece albania truck world war ii military survival journey love prostitution love quest
In WWII, Lieut. Martino and his men are assigned to lead a group of prostitutes through the mountainous ways to serve in brothels for Italian soldiers in Albania.
Drama, War
West Germany
1959
93 Minutes
Joachim Hansen Wilhelm Borchert Wolfgang Preiss Carl Lange Horst Frank Peter Carsten Richard Münch Günter Pfitzmann Sonja Ziemann Gunnar Möller
german officer nationalist german soldier enemy soldier engaging suspenseful fascinating gripping melodramatic heartwarming germany stalingrad stalingrad, russia war zone war world war ii ideologies nationalism national identity
In the winter of 1943, against the background of battle scenes, a young German Lieutenant who increasingly distrusts the inhuman Nazi ideology struggles with the concept of war.
War, Drama
USA
2018
85 Minutes
Tom Berenger Steven Luke Wade Dienert Andrew Stecker Cody Fleury Aaron Courteau Casey Sill Jeremy Michael Pereira Zach Hardin Billy Zane Luke Steinborn
soldier enemy medic lieutenant commander civilian bleak brutal intense gritty gripping patriotic battlefield woods road belgium france luxembourg battle of the bulge war
Christmas 1944, The Germans make one final push against the attacking allied armies in the West. Lt. Robert Cappa and his platoon of 2nd Infantry Division soldiers have been ordered to hold... See full summary »
Romance, War, Drama
1943
163 Minutes
Emeric Pressburger Roger Livesey Deborah Kerr Anton Walbrook John Laurie James McKechnie Neville Mapp
soldier major general teacher nurse nazi gripping melodramatic witty england pow camp south africa germany love friendship war aging military love transformation sacrifice
A Boer War subaltern (Roger Livesey) becomes a World War II colonel, with three lovers (Deborah Kerr) along the way.
Drama, War
USA
2004
94 Minutes
William H. Macy Til Schweiger Scott Caan Thomas Kretschmann Lauren Holly Rene Heger Matt Lindquist Jeremy Sisto Ian Somerhalder A.J. Buckley Clark Gregg
german soldier husband captor survivor american soldier wife thrilling gripping intense family home atlantic ocean submarine military life naval warfare perseverance life at sea life during wartime survival escape rescue
When American submarine Swordfish is torpedoed the survivors are picked up by a passing German U-boat but an outbreak of meningitis threatens all aboard.
Drama, War
USA|Bulgaria
2020
123 Minutes
Scott Eastwood Caleb Landry Jones Orlando Bloom Jack Kesy Cory Hardrict Milo Gibson Jacob Scipio Taylor John Smith Jonathan Yunger Celina Sinden Alexander Arnold
american soldier terrorist army officer enemy intense suspenseful engaging unrestrained confident afghanistan valley battlefield afghanistan war taliban war fight to the death rivalry sacrifice pursuit 2000s
A small team of U.S. soldiers battle against hundreds of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan.
War, Drama, History
UK|Netherlands|France|USA
2017
107 Minutes
Fionn Whitehead Tom Glynn-Carney Jack Lowden Harry Styles Aneurin Barnard James D'Arcy Barry Keoghan Kenneth Branagh Cillian Murphy Mark Rylance Tom Hardy
soldier enemy captain pilot chilling emotional gripping inspiring intense beach europe boat world war ii invasion escape battle rescue survival escape rescue
Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.
War
USA
1961
83 Minutes
Audie Murphy Gary Crosby Dolores Michaels Alejandro Rey Marjorie Stapp Barry Atwater E.J. Andre Dale Ishimoto Lillian Bronson Miriam Colon Pilar Seurat
civilian naval officer guerrilla fighter wife gutsy tense patriotic philippines jungle love triangle world war ii resistance fighters rescue marriage betrayal pursuit rescue love 1940s
In 1941, after the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, American civilian Craig Benson helps organizing the Philippine guerrilla fighters, delivering supplies and evacuating stranded civilians.
War, Drama, History
India
2018
164 Minutes
Deepika Padukone Shahid Kapoor Ranveer Singh Aditi Rao Hydari Anupriya Goenka Raza Murad Jim Sarbh
king queen tyrant wife uncle eunuch brutal bleak disheartening emotional gripping intense kingdom castle mansion forest temple battlefield love at first sight jealousy
Set in medieval Rajasthan, Queen Padmavati is married to a noble king and they live in a prosperous fortress with their subjects until an ambitious Sultan hears of Padmavati's beauty and forms an obsessive love for the Queen of Mewar.
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
Australia
2019
118 Minutes
Travis Fimmel Luke Bracey Daniel Webber Richard Roxburgh Nicholas Hamilton Matt Doran Stephen Peacocke Myles Pollard Uli Latukefu Anthony Hayes Sam Parsonson
soldier friend enemy officer vietnamese man brooding engaging gripping intense vietnam war zone barracks war death power uncertainty hope strength discovery escape
In August 1966, in a Vietnamese rubber plantation called Long Tan, 108 young and inexperienced Australian and New Zealand soldiers are fighting for their lives against 2500 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong soldiers.
War, Drama, Action
UK
1969
132 Minutes
Laurence Olivier Michael Caine Christopher Plummer Robert Shaw Susannah York Trevor Howard Curt Jurgens Ian McShane
soldier pilot prime minister dictator nazi british soldiers tense gripping london england war air raids battle bravery underdog adventure sacrifice 1940s
In 1940, the British Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle to prevent the Luftwaffe from gaining air superiority over the English Channel as a prelude to a possible Axis invasion of the U.K.
War, Drama, History
UK
2020
103 Minutes
Mhairi Calvey Chris Wilson Laura Jean Marsh Justin Hayward Jennifer Martin Megan Tremethick Neal Ward Luke Junior
soldier resistance fighter love interest military officer bleak dark emotional gripping gritty intense raw sad suspenseful thrilling russia world war ii invasion military occupation love stranded
A dwindling group of German soldiers battle to return to their lines on the harsh Eastern Front.