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Movies like Comrade (2024)

The best movies like Comrade (2024) are The Guns of Navarone (1961), Passage to Marseille (1944) and Play Dirty (1969). If Comrade hooked you with its war and drama, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. The Guns of Navarone (1961)

    A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & drama

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  2. Passage to Marseille (1944)

    A freedom-loving French journalist sacrifices his happiness and security to battle Nazi tyranny.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & drama

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  3. Play Dirty (1969)

    During World War II in North Africa, a group of British commandos disguised as Italian soldiers must travel behind enemy lines and destroy a vital Nazi oil depot.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both war & adventure

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  4. Dark of the Sun (1968)

    A band of mercenaries led by Captain Curry travel through war-torn Congo across deadly terrain, battling rival armies, to steal $50 million in uncut diamonds. But infighting, sadistic rebels and a time lock jeopardize everything.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both war & adventure

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  5. Seal Team Eight: Behind Enemy Lines (2014)

    Seal Team Eight must fight their way deep into Africa's Congo, decommission a secret uranium mine, and stop our most dangerous enemy from smuggling weapon's grade yellow-cake out of the country.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both war & drama

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  6. Walking with the Enemy (2014)

    Regent Horthy is the leader of Hungary and a German ally, but his favorable standing with Hitler changes as the war comes to an end. Forced to cede Hungary’s power or else witness the execution of his son, Regent Horthy gives up control of his country to the Nazis, who quickly move Hungarians to ghettos and death camps, with no hope in sight. But the despair changes when a young man named Elek emerges. Separated from his family during the relocations and aided by the woman he loves , Elek defies the enemy by becoming one of them. In a race against time, disguised as a Nazi Officer he embarks on a mission to save his family and thousands of his countrymen.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & war

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  7. The Kill Team (2019)

    When Andrew Briggman — a young soldier in the US Army during the invasion of Afghanistan — witnesses the murderous behavior of fellow soldiers, under the direction of a malevolent Sergeant, he faces a moral dilemma. His increasingly-violent platoon becomes suspicious that someone in their ranks has turned on them, and Andrew begins to fear for his safety. A fictionalized dramatization based on a true story.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both war & drama

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  8. Battleground (1949)

    Members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Holley and his American compatriots have already seen one of their own, Roderigues, perish under enemy fire. The men try to rebuff another series of Nazi attacks, but what they really need is a change in the weather. Without clear skies, they'll never get the air support they need.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & war

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  9. Walking Tall (2004)

    A former U.S. soldier returns to his hometown to find it overrun by crime and corruption, which prompts him to clean house.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & drama

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  10. Outlaws - For Greater Glory (2012)

    A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & war

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  11. Field of Lost Shoes (2015)

    A group of teenage cadets sheltered from war at the Virginia Military Institute must confront the horrors of an adult world when they are called upon to defend the Shenandoah Valley.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both war & drama

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  12. Sahara (1995)

    After the fall of Tobruk in June 1942, U.S. Army sergeant Joe Gunn leads his tank into the Sahara desert, in order to evade advancing Rommel's forces and reach Allied lines. Along the way he picks up few Allied soldiers, but soon they are running out of water. They find water at the ancient well, but the well is a goal of an entire German battalion. Despite the impossible odds, Sergeant Gunn decides to defend the well.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & war

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  13. Black Gold (2011)

    On the Arabian Peninsula in the 1930s, two warring leaders come face to face. The victorious Nesib, Emir of Hobeika, lays down his peace terms to rival Amar, Sultan of Salmaah. The two men agree that neither can lay claim to the area of no man’s land between them called The Yellow Belt. In return, Nesib adopts Amar’s two boys Saleeh and Auda as a guarantee against invasion. Twelve years later, Saleeh and Auda have grown into young men. Saleeh, the warrior, itches to escape his gilded cage and return to his father’s land. Auda cares only for books and the pursuit of knowledge. One day, their adopted father Nesib is visited by an American from Texas. He tells the Emir that his land is blessed with oil and promises him riches beyond his wildest imagination. Nesib imagines a realm of infinite possibility, a kingdom with roads, schools and hospitals all paid for by the black gold beneath the barren sand. There is only one problem. The precious oil is located in the Yellow Belt.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & drama

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  14. Bat★21 (1988)

    Lt. Col. Iceal "Ham" Hambleton is a weapons countermeasures expert and when his aircraft is shot over enemy territory the Air Force very much wants to get him back. Hambleton knows the area he's in is going to be carpet-bombed but a temporary shortage of helicopters causes a delay. Working with an Air Force reconnaissance pilot, Capt. Bartholomew Clark, he maps out an escape route.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both war & drama

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  15. The One That Got Away (1957)

    Based on the true story of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the only German prisoner of war captured in Britain to escape back to Germany during the Second World War.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both war & drama

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  16. Blood on the Sun (1945)

    Nick Condon, an American journalist in 20s Tokyo, publishes the Japanese master plan for world domination. Reaction from the understandably upset Japanese provides the action, but this is overshadowed by the propaganda of the time.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & war

  17. Operation Pacific (1951)

    During WWII, Duke E. Gifford is second in command of the USS Thunderfish, a submarine which is firing off torpedoes that either explode too early or never explode at all. It's a dilemma that he'll eventually take up personally. Even more personal is his quest to win back his ex-wife, a nurse; but he'll have to win her back from a navy flier who also happens to be his commander's little brother.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both war & drama

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  18. Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant (1998)

    Acting Lieutenant Hornblower attempts to study for his promotion examination, but becomes distracted by the serious supply problems that face his crew.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both war & adventure

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  19. Jacknife (1989)

    A conflict develops between a troubled Vietnam veteran and the sister he lives with when she becomes involved romantically with the army buddy who reminds him of the tragic battle they both survived.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & war

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  20. The Postman (1997)

    In 2013, there are no highways, no I-ways, no dreams of a better tomorrow, only scattered survivors across what was once the United States. Into this apocalyptic wasteland comes an enigmatic drifter with a mule, a knack for Shakespeare, and something yet undiscovered: the power to inspire hope.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & drama

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Comrade?

The closest matches to Comrade are The Guns of Navarone (1961), Passage to Marseille (1944) and Play Dirty (1969). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Comrade?

Start with The Guns of Navarone (1961), the closest match to Comrade.

What is the highest-rated movie like Comrade?

The Guns of Navarone (1961), rated 7.3/10 by 926 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Comrade?

The Kill Team (2019) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Comrade?

Yes: The Guns of Navarone (1961), Passage to Marseille (1944) and Play Dirty (1969).

How are movies similar to Comrade chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Comrade, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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