Movies like Saving Private Ryan
Discover a curated list of captivating movies similar to Saving Private Ryan. Explore films such as Fury, Captain America: The First Avenger, and Midway, around the themes of rescue mission, world war two, army. Other notable keywords include france and unsubtitled foreign language.
#1
Fury
Synopsis:
In the last months of World War II, as the Allies make their final push in the European theatre, a battle-hardened U.S. Army sergeant named 'Wardaddy' commands a Sherman tank called 'Fury' and its five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Outnumbered and outgunned, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.
Starring:
Michael Peña,
Jason Isaacs,
Brad Pitt
Plot:
battle,
tank,
battlefield,
world war two,
combat,
year 1945,
1940s,
nazi,
behind enemy lines,
american soldier
...
#2
Captain America: The First Avenger
Synopsis:
During World War II, Steve Rogers is a sickly man from Brooklyn who's transformed into super-soldier Captain America to aid in the war effort. Rogers must stop the Red Skull – Adolf Hitler's ruthless head of weaponry, and the leader of an organization that intends to use a mysterious device of untold powers for world domination.
Starring:
Dominic Cooper,
Tommy Lee Jones,
Neal McDonough
Plot:
superhero,
based on comic book,
nazi,
marvel comics,
scientist,
soldier,
patriotism,
frozen alive,
tesseract,
courage
...
#3
Midway
Synopsis:
The story of the Battle of Midway, and the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude and bravery to overcome massive odds.
Starring:
Woody Harrelson,
Dennis Quaid,
Ed Skrein
Plot:
world war two,
explosion,
fire,
warplane,
naval uniform,
u.s. military,
dying young,
pacific ocean,
automatic gunfire,
bomb
...
#4
Enemy at the Gates
Synopsis:
A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.
Starring:
Bob Hoskins,
Rachel Weisz,
Jude Law
#5
Dunkirk
Synopsis:
The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.
Starring:
Fionn Whitehead,
Damien Bonnard,
Aneurin Barnard
Plot:
world war two,
1940s,
soldier,
beach,
evacuation,
military,
army,
yacht,
sinking ship,
survival
...
#6
Hellboy
Synopsis:
Hellboy comes to England, where he must defeat Nimue, Merlin's consort and the Blood Queen. But their battle will bring about the end of the world, a fate he desperately tries to turn away.
Starring:
Sophie Okonedo,
Daniel Dae Kim,
David Harbour
Plot:
demon,
based on comic,
superhero,
magic,
sorceress,
death,
wizard,
reboot,
based on graphic novel,
violence
...
#7
1917
Synopsis:
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.
Starring:
George MacKay,
Dean-Charles Chapman,
Mark Strong
Plot:
world war one,
long take,
death,
rat,
race against time,
british soldier,
trench,
mud,
tunnel,
cherry blossom
...
#8
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Synopsis:
An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.
Starring:
John Krasinski,
James Badge Dale,
Dominic Fumusa
Plot:
mercenary,
heroism,
shot in the back,
machine gun,
militia,
soldier,
cia agent,
pentagon,
rpg,
roadblock
...
#9
Wonder Woman
Synopsis:
An Amazon princess comes to the world of Man in the grips of the First World War to confront the forces of evil and bring an end to human conflict.
Starring:
Robin Wright,
Ewen Bremner,
Danny Huston
Plot:
anti war,
world war one,
matriarchy,
superhero,
princess,
1910s,
invulnerability,
airplane chase,
wartime,
superhuman speed
...
#10
Overlord
Synopsis:
France, June 1944. On the eve of D-Day, some American paratroopers fall behind enemy lines after their aircraft crashes while on a mission to destroy a radio tower in a small village near the beaches of Normandy. After reaching their target, the surviving paratroopers realise that, in addition to fighting the Nazi troops that patrol the village, they also must fight against something else.
Starring:
Wyatt Russell,
Pilou Asbæk,
Mathilde Ollivier
Plot:
world war two,
nazi,
supernatural power,
secret laboratory,
year 1944,
1940s,
zombie,
soldier,
american soldier,
german soldier
...
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#11
Battle of Britain
Synopsis:
In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the Nazi invasion of Britain.
Starring:
Christopher Plummer,
Michael Caine,
Ian McShane
#12
12 Strong
Synopsis:
A team of CIA agents and special forces head into Afghanistan in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks in an attempt to dismantle the Taliban.
Starring:
Chris Hemsworth,
Michael Shannon,
Michael Peña
Movie in categories
#13
The Monuments Men
Synopsis:
Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on seven over-the-hill, out-of-shape museum directors, artists, architects, curators, and art historians who went to the front lines of WWII to rescue the world’s artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their rightful owners. With the art hidden behind enemy lines, h…
Starring:
John Goodman,
Cate Blanchett,
Matt Damon
Plot:
art,
1940s,
world war two,
1970s,
year 1945,
year 1943,
year 1944,
mine,
map,
cigarette smoking
...
#14
Dawn of the Dead
Synopsis:
During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
Starring:
David Emge,
Ken Foree,
Scott H. Reiniger
With the same actors
#15
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Synopsis:
Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis’s most revered, modern-day savior, while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs. And with Batman and Superman at war with one another, a new threat quickly arises, putting mankind in greater danger than it’s ever known before.
Starring:
Callan Mulvey,
Jesse Eisenberg,
Ben Affleck
#16
The Predator
Synopsis:
When a young child accidentally triggers extraterrestrial hunters to return to Earth, a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and scientists join forces to prevent the end of the human race.
Starring:
Trevante Rhodes,
Keegan-Michael Key,
Olivia Munn
Plot:
the predator character,
hunter,
alien,
gore,
prequel,
violence,
soldier,
final showdown,
prequel and sequel,
chase
...
#17
Platoon
Synopsis:
As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.
Starring:
Keith David,
Johnny Depp,
Willem Dafoe
#18
Extraction
Synopsis:
Tyler Rake, a fearless mercenary who offers his services on the black market, embarks on a dangerous mission when he is hired to rescue the kidnapped son of a Mumbai crime lord.
Starring:
Chris Hemsworth,
David Harbour,
Rudhraksh Jaiswal
#19
American Sniper
Synopsis:
U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle takes his sole mission—protect his comrades—to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers in American history. His pinpoint accuracy not only saves countless lives but also makes him a prime target of insurgents. Despite grave danger and his struggle to be a good husband and father to his family back in the States, Kyle serves four tours of duty in Iraq. However, w…
Starring:
Sienna Miller,
Bradley Cooper,
Kyle Gallner
Plot:
assassin,
iraq,
sniper,
mercenary,
violence,
american soldier,
exploitation,
racial slur,
infidelity,
gay slur
...
#20
The Magnificent Seven
Synopsis:
Looking to mine for gold, greedy industrialist Bartholomew Bogue seizes control of the Old West town of Rose Creek. With their lives in jeopardy, Emma Cullen and other desperate residents turn to bounty hunter Sam Chisolm for help. Chisolm recruits an eclectic group of gunslingers to take on Bogue and his ruthless henchmen. With a deadly showdown on the horizon, the seven mercenaries soon find th…
Starring:
Denzel Washington,
Manuel Garcia-Rulfo,
Lee Byung-hun
Plot:
showdown,
remake,
industrialist,
bounty hunter,
gunfighter,
good versus evil,
die hard scenario,
church,
army,
mercenary
...