Movies like Darwin and the Tank (1990)
The best movies like Darwin and the Tank (1990) are The Beast of War (1988), All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) and 1917 (2019). If Darwin and the Tank hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Darwin and the Tank
Quick picks
- Highest ratedPaths of Glory (1957)8.3/10 from 3,438 votes
- NewestThe Tank (2025)Released 2025
- In GermanAll Quiet on the Western Front (2022)Also in German
The Beast of War (1988)
During the war in Afghanistan a Soviet tank crew commanded by a tyrannical officer find themselves lost and in a struggle against a band of Mujahadeen guerrillas in the mountains.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAll Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
Paul Baumer and his friends Albert and Muller, egged on by romantic dreams of heroism, voluntarily enlist in the German army. Full of excitement and patriotic fervour, the boys enthusiastically march into a war they believe in. But once on the Western Front, they discover the soul-destroying horror of World War I.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like this1917 (2019)
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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisThe Tank (2025)
A German Tiger tank crew is sent on a dangerous mission to rescue the missing officer Paul von Hardenburg from a top-secret bunker behind enemy lines. As they make their way through the lethal no-man's land, they must confront not only the enemy, but also their own fears and inner demons. Fueled by the Wehrmacht's methamphetamine, their mission increasingly becomes a journey into the heart of darkness.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPatton (1970)
"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with Patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's numerous faults such his temper and habit towards insubordination.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWestfront 1918 (1930)
A group of German infantrymen of the First World War live out their lives in the trenches of France. They find brief entertainment and relief in a village behind the lines, but primarily terror fills their lives as the attacks on and from the French army ebb and flow. One of the men, Karl, goes home on leave only to discover the degradation forced on his family by wartime poverty. He returns to the lines in time to face an enormous attack by French tanks.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSahara (1943)
In Libya, an American tank commander, along with a handful of Allied soldiers, tries to defend an isolated well with a limited supply of water from a German Afrika Korps battalion during the Western Desert Campaign of World War II.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJourney's End (2017)
Set in a dugout in Aisne in 1918, a group of British officers, led by the mentally disintegrating young officer Stanhope, variously await their fate.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Lost Battalion (2001)
Fact-based war drama about an American battalion of over 500 men which gets trapped behind enemy lines in the Argonne Forest in October 1918 France during the closing weeks of World War I.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThree Coins in the Fountain (1954)
Three American roommates working in Italy wish for the man of their dreams after throwing coins into Rome's magnificent Trevi Fountain. Frances, a secretary at a government agency, sets out to win the heart of her smooth-talking novelist employer; Anita, her coworker, defies office regulations by romancing an Italian who works at the agency; and office newcomer Maria meets a real Italian Prince Charming and falls madly in love. The only thing the three hopeful ladies need to do is seal their fate.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisFury (2014)
April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theater, a battle-hardened army sergeant commands a Sherman tank with a five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBeneath Hill 60 (2010)
The true story of Australia's cat-and-mouse underground mine warfare—one of the most misunderstood, misrepresented and mystifying conflicts of WW I. It was secret struggle BENEATH the Western Front that combined daring engineering, technology and science. Few on the surface knew of the brave, claustrophobic and sometimes barbaric work of these tunnellers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAll Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
At the start of World War I, Paul Baumer is a young German patriot, eager to fight. Indoctrinated with propaganda at school, he and his friends eagerly sign up for the army soon after graduation. But when the horrors of war soon become too much to bear, and as his friends die or become gravely wounded, Paul questions the sanity of fighting over a few hundreds yards of war-torn countryside.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Lighthorsemen (1987)
In 1917 when the British forces are bogged down in front of the Turkish and German lines in Palestine they rely on the Australian light horse regiment to break the deadlock.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisShoulder Arms (1918)
An American doughboy, stationed in France during the Great War, goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines and becomes a hero.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPaths of Glory (1957)
A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisKelly's Heroes (1970)
A misfit group of World War II American soldiers goes AWOL to rob a bank behind German lines.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Devil's Disciple (1959)
In a small New England town during the American War of Independence, Dick Dudgeon, a revolutionary American Puritan, is mistaken for local minister Rev. Anthony Anderson and arrested by the British. Dick discovers himself incapable of accusing another human to suffer and continues to masquerade as the reverend.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Pentagon Wars (1998)
From the director of “Made In America” and “The Money Pit” comes a hilarious look at one of the most expensive blunders in military history. Over 17 years and almost as many billion dollars have gone into devising the BFV (Bradley Fighting Vehicle). There's only one problem. . . it doesn't work. (Spoiler alert: 25 years later ... it does work.)
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStripes (1981)
Hard-luck cabbie John Winger, directionless after being fired from his job and dumped by his girlfriend, enlists in the U.S. Army with his close pal, Russell Ziskey. After his barely satisfactory performance in basic training, the irreverent Winger emerges as the figurehead for a ragtag band of misfits. However, his hijinks threaten to cause an international scandal when he inadvertently commandeers a military assault vehicle behind enemy lines.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like this
Like Darwin and the Tank and something else?
Blend two favourites and we’ll find the films in between.
Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Darwin and the Tank?
The closest matches to Darwin and the Tank are The Beast of War (1988), All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) and 1917 (2019). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Darwin and the Tank?
Start with The Beast of War (1988), the closest match to Darwin and the Tank.
What is the highest-rated movie like Darwin and the Tank?
Paths of Glory (1957), rated 8.3/10 by 3,438 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Darwin and the Tank?
The Tank (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there German movies like Darwin and the Tank?
Yes: All Quiet on the Western Front (2022), The Tank (2025) and Westfront 1918 (1930).
How are movies similar to Darwin and the Tank chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Darwin and the Tank, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.