Movies like Farewell to the King

20 movies like Farewell to the King, ordered by similarity : The Great Escape(1963), They Shall Not Grow Old(2018), Instrument of War(2017), A Town Like Alice(1956), So Proudly We Hail(1943), Attack!(1956), Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison(1957), Air Strike(2018), Dunkirk(2017), Battle of Britain(1969), The Captain(2017), Fires on the Plain(1959) ...

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Farewell to the King

Borneo, 1942: An American soldier escapes WWII and becomes the king of the headhunters in the jungle. Two British soldiers are parachuted into the area to find local support for the battle against the Japanese.

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The Great Escape

Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.

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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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Instrument of War

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 »

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A Town Like Alice

A newly wealthy English woman returns to Malaya to build a well for the villagers who helped her during war. Thinking back, she recalls the Australian man who made a great sacrifice to aid her and her fellow prisoners of war.

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So Proudly We Hail

A group of nurses returning from the war in the Phillippines recall their experiences in combat and in love.

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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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Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

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.

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Air Strike

During World War II, five Chinese people fight their way through Japanese air attacks to protect a military machine.

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Dunkirk

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.

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Battle of Britain

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.

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The Captain

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 »

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Fires on the Plain

In the closing days of WWII remnants of the Japanese army in Leyte are abandoned by their command and face certain starvation.

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Come and See

After finding an old rifle, a young boy joins the Soviet resistance movement against ruthless German forces and experiences the horrors of World War II.

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Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?

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.

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The Philly Kid

A former NCAA champion wrestler, paroled after ten years in prison, agrees to a series of cage fights to save a friend's life and is asked to do the impossible - lose.

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King Rat

Fast-talking wheeler-dealer Corporal King is stuck in a Malaysian P.O.W. camp during World War II and uses bribery and larceny to take de-facto control of the camp.

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The Inglorious Bastards

Two officers (Bo Svenson, Ian Bannen) lead military misfits on a mission to steal a Nazi V-2 rocket gyroscope.

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Hostiles

In 1892, a legendary Army Captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory.

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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

A Boer War subaltern (Roger Livesey) becomes a World War II colonel, with three lovers (Deborah Kerr) along the way.

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Fanny's Journey

Fanny and her sisters attempt to escape Nazi occupied France but many dangers are ahead of them.

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