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Movies like Fallen Comrade (2012)

The best movies like Fallen Comrade (2012) are Dear John (2010), Thank You for Your Service (2017) and The Messenger (2009). If Fallen Comrade hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Dear John (2010)

    While Sergeant John Tyree is home on two weeks leave from Germany, he meets Savannah after he dives into the ocean to retrieve Savannah's purse that had fallen off a pier. John eventually falls in love with Savannah, who promises to write to him until he returns from overseas.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  2. Thank You for Your Service (2017)

    A group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they've left the battlefield.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  3. The Messenger (2009)

    Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant who has returned home from Iraq, is assigned to the Army’s Casualty Notification service. Montgomery is partnered with Captain Tony Stone, to give notice to the families of fallen soldiers. The Sergeant is drawn to Olivia Pitterson, to whom he has delivered news of her husband’s death.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  4. 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

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  5. The Yellow Birds (2018)

    Two young soldiers, Bartle and Murph, navigate the terrors of the Iraq war under the command of the older, troubled Sergeant Sterling. All the while, Bartle is tortured by a promise he made to Murph's mother before their deployment.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  6. Restrepo (2010)

    Directors Hetherington and Junger spend a year with the 2nd Battalion of the United States Army located in one of Afghanistan's most dangerous valleys. The documentary provides insight and empathy on how to win the battle through hard work, deadly gunfights and mutual friendships while the unit must push back the Taliban.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  7. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

    The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  8. The Marine 3: Homefront (2013)

    A Marine must do whatever it takes to save his kidnapped sister and stop a terrorist attack masterminded by a radical militia group.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  9. I Was a Male War Bride (1949)

    After marrying an American lieutenant with whom he was assigned to work in post-war Germany, a French captain attempts to find a way to accompany her back to the States under the terms of the War Bride Act.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  10. Lone Survivor (2013)

    Four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level Taliban operative must make an impossible moral decision in the mountains of Afghanistan that leads them into an enemy ambush. As they confront unthinkable odds, the SEALs must find reserves of strength and resilience to fight to the finish.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  11. The Last Full Measure (2020)

    The incredible true story of Vietnam War hero William H. Pitsenbarger, a U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen medic who personally saved over sixty men. Thirty-two years later, Pentagon staffer Scott Huffman investigates a Congressional Medal of Honor request for Pitsenbarger and uncovers a high-level conspiracy behind the decades-long denial of the medal, prompting Huffman to put his own career on the line to seek justice for the fallen airman.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  12. The Lucky One (2012)

    A Marine travels to Louisiana after serving three tours in Iraq and searches for the unknown woman he believes was his good luck charm during the war.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  13. Every Time We Say Goodbye (1986)

    A Protestant World War II pilot and a Jewish girl fall in love in Jerusalem, even though their diverse backgrounds threaten to pull them apart.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  14. Tolkien (2019)

    England, early 20th century. The future writer and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) and three of his schoolmates create a strong bond between them as they share the same passion for literature and art, a true fellowship that strengthens as they grow up, but the outbreak of World War I threatens to shatter it.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  15. Hounds of War (2024)

    After a mission goes wrong, only one of a group of mercenaries is left alive to avenge his fallen brothers.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  16. Private Peaceful (2012)

    Set in the fields of Devon and the WW1 battlefields of Flanders, two brothers fall for the same girl while contending with the pressures of their feudal family life, the war, and the price of courage and cowardice.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  17. Taras Bulba (1962)

    Ukraine, 16th century. While the Poles dominate the Cossack steppes, Andrei, son of Taras Bulba, a Cossack leader, must choose between his love for his family and his folk and his passion for a Polish woman.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  18. 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

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  19. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

    When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  20. Taking Chance (2009)

    Lt. Col. Michael Strobl, a volunteer military escort accompanies the body of Lance Cpl. Chance Phelps to his hometown in Wyoming.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Fallen Comrade?

The closest matches to Fallen Comrade are Dear John (2010), Thank You for Your Service (2017) and The Messenger (2009). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Fallen Comrade?

Start with Dear John (2010), the closest match to Fallen Comrade.

What is the highest-rated movie like Fallen Comrade?

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), rated 7.8/10 by 998 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Fallen Comrade?

Hounds of War (2024) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Fallen Comrade?

Yes: Dear John (2010), Thank You for Your Service (2017) and The Messenger (2009).

How are movies similar to Fallen Comrade chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Fallen 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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