20 movies like Dien Bien Phu, ordered by similarity : Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan(2019), The Last Full Measure(2020), Full Metal Jacket(1987), Only the Brave(2006), Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?(1959), Guns at Batasi(1964), They Shall Not Grow Old(2018), The Bridge on the River Kwai(1957), Operation Chromite(2016), The Siege of Firebase Gloria(1988), This Is Congo(2017), We Were Soldiers(2002) ...
Drama, War
France
1992
140 Minutes
Donald Pleasence Patrick Catalifo Jean-François Balmer Ludmila Mikaël François Négret Maxime Leroux Raoul Billerey Thé Anh
soldier frenchman journalist american vietnamese man french officer gritty intricate engaging hanoi, vietnam airport bar city military life colonialism civil wars journalism censorship siege rivalry
An American reporter finds himself in the middle of the 57-day battle of Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam between the French army and the Vietminh, which finally resulted in the defeat and ... See full summary »
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
USA
2020
110 Minutes
Sebastian Stan Christopher Plummer William Hurt Ed Harris Samuel L. Jackson Bradley Whitford Jeremy Irvine Alison Sudol Michael Imperioli Linus Roache Peter Fonda
soldier son government official friend mother father wild disturbing emotional gripping intense incredible vietnam war zone pentagon america city war military vietnam war
Thirty-four years after his death, Airman William H. Pitsenbarger, Jr. ("Pits") is awarded the nation's highest military honor, for his actions on the battlefield.
War, Drama, History
UK|USA
1987
116 Minutes
Matthew Modine Adam Baldwin Vincent D'Onofrio R. Lee Ermey Dorian Harewood Arliss Howard Kevyn Major Howard Ed O'Ross
marine journalist drill instructor sergeant photographer prostitute dark disturbing raw gripping frightening sad barracks parris island, s.c. vietnam city boot camp war zone war violence
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
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
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.
Drama, War
UK
1964
103 Minutes
Richard Attenborough Jack Hawkins Flora Robson John Leyton Mia Farrow Cecil Parker
rebel soldier sergeant british soldier african tense frenetic melodramatic africa barracks military base colony colonialism coup d'état british empire political unrest military life mutiny rescue rivalry
Anachronistic strict Regimental Sergeant Major Lauderdale (Sir Richard Attenborough), on a remote colonial African army caught in a local coup d'etat, must use his experience to defend those in his care.
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
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, History
Canada|USA
2016
115 Minutes
Liam Neeson Sean Dulake Jung-jae Lee Justin Rupple Dean Dawson Beom-su Lee Se-Yeon Jin Cheol-min Park Jun-ho Jeong Kim Byeong-ok Seon-a Kim
american soldier squadron leader north korean spy general brooding disturbing engaging frenetic gripping intense south korea war zone inchon, south korea military base north korea secret mission helping others military opposing ideals
In 1967, four undercover CIA agents were sent to NASA posing as a documentary film crew. What they discovered led to one of the biggest conspiracies in American history.
Drama, War
Australia|USA|Philippines
1988
100 Minutes
Wings Hauser R. Lee Ermey Albert Popwell Robert Arevalo Mark Neely Gary Hershberger Clyde Jones Margi Gerard Richard Kuhlman
sargeant military officer soldier viet cong bleak brutal crafty confident fiery gutsy gory intense raw wild vietnam vietnam war battle military survival survival skills
A tough sergeant and his sidekick roll into a demoralized firebase and proceed to rebuild morale and fortifications in advance of the climactic battle with the VietCong.
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.
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.
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.
Drama, History, Western
USA
2017
133 Minutes
Christian Bale Rosamund Pike Wes Studi Jesse Plemons Adam Beach Rory Cochrane Peter Mullan Scott Wilson Paul Anderson Timothée Chalamet Ben Foster
native american chief soldier commanding officer widow native american traveler brutal tense gritty raw emotional gory new mexico montana desert plains fort town american indian wars native americans
In 1892, a legendary Army Captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory.
War, Drama, History
UK
2017
107 Minutes
Paul Bettany Sam Claflin Asa Butterfield Toby Jones Stephen Graham Tom Sturridge Robert Glenister Theo Barklem-Biggs Miles Jupp Jake Curran Oliver Dimsdale
officer emotional engaging tense war zone war life death discovery 1910s
Set in a dugout in Aisne in 1918, it is the story of a group of British officers, led by the mentally disintegrating young officer Stanhope, as they await their fate.
Crime, Drama
USA
1950
89 Minutes
Dan Duryea Herbert Marshall Gale Storm Howard da Silva Michael O'Shea Mary Anderson Gar Moore Melville Cooper Frieda Inescort
journalist publisher newspaper owner gangster daughter-in-law murderer brooding intense uneasy intricate small town new england office suburbia city city hall journalism ethics gangsters murder
The story of the fight of a small-town newspaper to free an innocent girl of a murder charge, with the publisher of a metropolitan city newspaper heading, by forced circumstances, the opposing forces.
Romance, War, Drama
USA
2009
112 Minutes
Ben Foster Woody Harrelson Samantha Morton Jena Malone Steve Buscemi Michael Chernus Halley Feiffer Peter Friedman Kevin Hagan Jenny Kirlin Sam Kitchin
soldier officer veteran girlfriend mentor widow engaging melodramatic sad hospital office house gym suburb dining room military life returning home post-traumatic stress disorder new life unlikely romance
An American soldier struggles with an ethical dilemma when he becomes involved with a widow of a fallen officer.
War, Drama
Ireland|UK|France|Germany|USA
2001
131 Minutes
Joseph Fiennes Jude Law Rachel Weisz Bob Hoskins Ed Harris Ron Perlman Gabriel Marshall-Thomson Eva Mattes Matthias Habich Sophie Rois Mikhail Matveev
russian soldier german soldier double agent beautiful woman intense powerful passionate russia battlefield military base war battle of stalingrad rivalry romance betrayal rivalry quest 1940s
A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad.
Crime, Biography, Drama
Spain|Bulgaria
2017
128 Minutes
Javier Bardem Penélope Cruz Peter Sarsgaard Julieth Restrepo Lillian Blankenship David Valencia David Ojalvo Óscar Jaenada Ricardo Niño Pedro Calvo
pablo escobar drug lord journalist woman cia agent american police captain police officer brutal charming confident crafty engaging fiery incredible intense intricate powerful raw uneasy
A journalist strikes up a romantic relationship with notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar.
Drama, War
USA
2018
119 Minutes
Justin Bruening Sarah Drew Jason George Tia Mowry Skye P. Marshall Tanner Stine Madeline Carroll Eric Close Michael O'Neill Eddie Kaulukukui Samara Lee
soldier wife child veteran husband chaplain brooding emotional uneasy tense iraq office house base camp school marriage war life during wartime life after wartime relationships
The extraordinary true story of Army Chaplain Darren Turner and his wife Heather. When war etches battle scars on their hearts, they face one more battle: the fight to save their marriage. One marriage, one family, under God.