swap_horiz The Dam Busters Alternatives

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Kanal

Kanal is Andrzej Wajda's 1957 Polish war film, notable as an early Warsaw Uprising drama and a Cannes Special Jury Prize...

Classic Poland Wwii Warsaw Uprising

8.2 Great

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King and Country

King and Country is Joseph Losey's 1964 British World War I courtroom drama, with Tom Courtenay as a soldier tried for d...

British Wwi Court Martial Antiwar

8.1 Great

3

Katyn

Katyn is Andrzej Wajda's 2007 Polish historical drama, notable for portraying the 1940 Soviet massacre of Polish officer...

Poland Wwii Historical Massacre

7.5 Good

4

The 12th Man

The 12th Man is a 2017 Norwegian war drama by Harald Zwart, notable for depicting Jan Baalsrud's escape to Sweden in 194...

Wwii Survival Resistance Norway

7.4 Good

5

Fortress of War

Fortress of War is a 2010 Russian-Belarusian war film by Alexander Kott, notable for depicting the June 1941 defense of...

Siege Wwii Soviet Brest Fortress

7.4 Good

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When Trumpets Fade

When Trumpets Fade is a 1998 HBO war film by John Irvin, notable for its Battle of Hurtgen Forest setting in late World...

American Wwii Infantry Hurtgen Forest

7.4 Good

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Their Finest

Their Finest is a 2016 British war comedy-drama by Lone Scherfig, notable for depicting a woman writing propaganda films...

Wwii Britain Film Making Home Front

7.3 Good

8

Liberation

Liberation is Yuri Ozerov's 1970-1971 Soviet-led five-part World War II epic, notable for its 70 mm scale and Eastern Fr...

Epic Wwii Soviet Eastern Front

7.3 Good

9

Oh! What a Lovely War

Oh! What a Lovely War is Richard Attenborough's 1969 directorial debut, a British musical satire adapted from Joan Littl...

Satire British Musical Wwi

7.2 Good

10

Journey's End

Journey's End is Saul Dibb's 2017 British World War I film, adapted from R. C. Sherriff's 1928 play about officers in a...

Drama British Wwi Trenches

7.2 Good

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Kajaki

Kajaki is Paul Katis's 2014 British war docudrama about the Kajaki Dam minefield incident involving British soldiers in...

Survival British Afghanistan Minefield

7.1 Good

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The Conference

The Conference is a 2022 German docudrama by Matti Geschonneck, notable for reenacting the 1942 Wannsee Conference on te...

German Wwii Holocaust Wannsee

7.1 Good

13

Command Decision

Command Decision is a 1949 MGM war drama by Sam Wood, notable for focusing on the command costs of bombing Nazi Germany.

American Wwii Aviation Command

7.1 Good

14

Operation Daybreak

Operation Daybreak is a 1975 war film by Lewis Gilbert, notable for dramatizing Operation Anthropoid, the assassination...

Wwii Resistance Czechoslovakia Assassination

7.0 Good

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The Tuskegee Airmen

The Tuskegee Airmen is a 1995 HBO film by Robert Markowitz, notable for portraying the first Black U.S. Army Air Corps c...

Wwii Biographical Aviation Tuskegee

7.0 Good

16

The Eagle and the Hawk

The Eagle and the Hawk is a 1933 American Pre-Code World War I aviation film by Stuart Walker, starring Fredric March an...

Classic Aviation Wwi Antiwar

6.9 Fair

17

Bat*21

Bat*21 is Peter Markle's 1988 Vietnam War drama, based on the rescue of U.S. Air Force navigator Iceal Hambleton behind...

American Rescue Aviation Vietnam

6.7 Fair

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Suite Francaise

Suite Francaise is a 2015 war romance by Saul Dibb, notable for adapting Irene Nemirovsky's posthumously published occup...

France Wwii Romance Occupation

6.7 Fair

19

The Exception

The Exception is a 2016 romantic war film by David Leveaux, notable for fictionalizing Kaiser Wilhelm II's Dutch exile u...

Germany Drama Wwii Espionage

6.6 Fair

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Narvik

Narvik is a 2022 Norwegian historical war film by Erik Skjoldbjaerg, notable for dramatizing the 1940 Battles of Narvik.

Drama Wwii Norway Occupation

6.5 Fair