20 movies like Missile, ordered by similarity : They Shall Not Grow Old(2018), High Fidelity: The Guarneri String Quartet(1989), Taxi to the Dark Side(2007), This Is Congo(2017), Countdown to Zero(2010), The Man Who Saved the World(2014), Last Train Home(2009), National Bird(2016), The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg(1999), Microcosmos(1996), The Fog of War(2003), The Eagle Huntress(2016) ...
Documentary
USA
1988
120 Minutes
instructor trainee soldier officer chilling intricate solemn air force base california training camp baseball field nuclear weapons air force military life cold war training responsibility rivalry transformation 1980s
Follows the 4315th Training Squadron of the Strategic Air Command at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, where Air Force officers are trained to man the Launch Control Centers for the ... See full summary »
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.
Documentary
USA
1989
85 Minutes
violinist cellist musician rival coworker engaging fascinating amusing stage recording studio united states university music performance rehearsal rivalry relationships guarneri string quartet rivalry transformation
Relationships, rehearsals, performances, hobbies, family life of the members of the Guarneri string quartet
Documentary, War, Crime, Drama
2007
106 Minutes
Brian Keith Allen Jack Cloonan Greg D'Agostino Carl Levin Moazzam Begg
taxi driver soldier narrator detainee chilling intense brutal powerful army base bagram air force base afghanistan guatemala torture politics civil rights government secrets war mystery discovery 2000s
Documentary, War, Drama, History
USA|Congo
2017
93 Minutes
Mamadou Ndala
merchant poor person villager government official military officer bleak brutal uneasy tense intricate disheartening congo village plains office road market political corruption political unrest military occupation
An unfiltered look in to the lives of 3 characters surviving amongst the most recent cycle of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, otherwise known as the M23 rebellion.
Documentary
USA
2010
90 Minutes
nuclear physicist military officer terrorist security expert bleak chilling powerful somber pentagon united states russia middle east times square new york city nuclear weapons catastrophe accident war nuclear safety atomic bomb
A documentary about how the likelihood of nuclear weapons (or fissile materials) usage has increased due to the rise of terrorism and lack of safeguards and verification.
Documentary
Denmark|Latvia|Russia|USA
2014
110 Minutes
Sergey Shnyryov
officer military officer soldier fascinating intricate intense suspenseful soviet union saving the day saving the world nuclear war war rescue quest
Retired Soviet Lt. Col. Stanislav Petrov, who saved the world from WW3, talks about his life as retiree and shares his opinions on the Cold War with actor Kevin Costner in this melancholic mixture of documentary and reenacted footage.
Documentary
2009
85 Minutes
factory worker mother father daughter son seamstress fascinating emotional striking solemn china factory train train station village family worker's rights tradition work vs. family work-life balance
Forced to live far away, two Chinese factory workers make an arduous journey once a year to visit their children, who barely know them.
Documentary
USA
2016
92 Minutes
Jesselyn Radack
veteran pilot government official terrorist soldier narrator somber emotional intense house office middle east military base street car war terrorism bombing guilt whistle-blowing
Drone whistleblower interviewed about borderless information gathering by the government.
Biography, Documentary
USA
1999
89 Minutes
baseball fan baseball player jew friend rival inspiring emotional detroit michigan new york city baseball field baseball fame judaism anti-semitism family hank greenberg discovery rise rivalry
The life and career of Hank Greenberg, the first major Jewish baseball star in the Major Leagues.
Documentary
France|Switzerland|Italy
1996
77 Minutes
Marie Pérennou
bee caterpillar spider beetle frog confident frightening spectacular field pond bee hive earth ecology mating ritual food insects beauty rain adventure metamorphosis
A documentary on insect life in meadows and ponds.
Documentary
USA
2003
105 Minutes
secretary of defense president viet cong soldiers gen. william westmoreland vietnam vet chilling patriotic somber emotional vietnam washington, d.c. pentagon military base vietnam war politics communism government controversy war
The story of America as seen through the eyes of the former Secretary of Defense under President John F. Kennedy and President Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert McNamara.
Documentary
UK|Mongolia|USA
2016
87 Minutes
Aisholpan Nurgaiv Rys Nurgaiv
teen girl hunter trainer family member rival villager inspiring fascinating cool village training area mongolia mountain hut stream hunting training gender equality determination family
Thirteen-year-old Aisholpan trains to become the first female in twelve generations of her nomad family to become an eagle huntress.
Documentary, War
Denmark|Sweden
2010
100 Minutes
soldier peasant afghan stripper officer militant brutal disturbing intense disheartening denmark afghanistan base camp afghan village war in afghanistan military life horrors of war civilian deaths boredom wretched excess
Danish soldiers are sent to Afghanistan in 2009 for 6 months, to help stabilize the country against the Taliban. They're stationed on Armadillo military base in Helman province. Unlike other war movies, this is the real deal - no actors.
Documentary
USA
2007
81 Minutes
interviewee historian professor soldier marine military officer inspiring somber office movie set iraq afghanistan military base battlefield literature horrors of war iraq war afghanistan war history transformation
A unique documentary about troops' experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan, based on writings by soldiers, Marines, and air men. Some writings were published in the New Yorker in summer 2006. A... See full summary »
Documentary
2020
92 Minutes
Blake J. Harris
engineer designer computer computer expert computer programmer intricate offbeat quirky japan office computer program computer software competition rivalry quest rivalry 1990s
A look back to 1990 when Sega, then a fledgling arcade company, assembled a team of underdogs to take on the greatest video game company in the world, Nintendo.
Documentary
USA
2013
106 Minutes
major engaging field training preparation competition rivalry 1970s
A documentary that follows top bodybuilders as they train to compete in the Mr. Olympia competition.
Documentary
Switzerland
2002
96 Minutes
photographer journalist news reporter soldier solemn bleak emotional gory fascinating nicaragua south africa rwanda kosovo battlefield photography war military art sacrifice 21st century
Documentary about war photographer James Nachtwey, considered by many the greatest war photographer ever.
Documentary
Palestine|Israel
2003
84 Minutes
taxi driver palestinian military officer political candidate passenger saeed rajai chilling somber engaging taxi road jerusalem palestine roadblock political repression political unrest foreign relations arab-israeli conflict military discovery
The movie follows Rajai, a Ford Transit driver which is the most popular transportation in the Palestinian occupied territories (occupied by Israel). While taking a ride with Rajai, we ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1963
115 Minutes
Rock Hudson Rod Taylor Mary Peach Leif Erickson Barry Sullivan Kevin McCarthy Henry Silva Leora Dana Robert Lansing Richard Anderson Richard LePore
commander colonel wife alcoholic best friend replacement tense melodramatic moving air force base california hospital training air force military life marital problems duty career vs. family quest discovery
During the Cold War, Air Force Colonel Jim Caldwell shapes up his Strategic Air Command B-52 wing to pass a nuclear war readiness test.