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Movies like I'll Take Your Pain (1981)

The best movies like I'll Take Your Pain (1981) are Mission «Sky» (2021), Waiting for Anya (2020) and Infiltration (2022). If I'll Take Your Pain hooked you with its drama and war, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Mission «Sky» (2021)

    In the center of the story are three main characters - Lieutenant Colonel Soshnikov, Captain Muravyov and Major Zakharov. Three ages, three different characters, three different destinies, which are destined to meet at the Khmeimim military base.

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

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  2. Waiting for Anya (2020)

    During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain.

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

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  3. Infiltration (2022)

    Ivan sets off on a dangerous mission into Syria to save his ex-commander Grey after his capture by ISIS. With the help of U.S. military patrols, he succeeds in freeing Grey and attempts to escape the country while being hunted by terrorists.

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

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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 · both drama & war

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  5. Behold a Pale Horse (1964)

    Manuel Artiguez, a famous bandit during the Spanish civil war, has lived in French exile for 20 years. When his mother is dying he considers visiting her secretly in his Spanish home town. But his biggest enemy, the Spanish police officer Vinolas, prepared a trap at the hospital as a chance to finally catch Artiguez.

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

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  6. The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)

    A dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about High Command's dismissal and neglect of the aerial fighting forces.

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

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  7. Bastards (2006)

    A "Hitlerjugend" kind of story, set in the Soviet Union during the Second World War, based on a fictitious story from the eponymous book by Vladimir Kunin.

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

  8. 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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  9. Siberiade (1979)

    The story about a very small god-forgotten village in Siberia reflects the history of Russia from the beginning of the century till the early 1980s. Three generations try to find the land of happiness and to give it to the people. One builds the road through taiga to the star over horizon, the second 'build communism' and the third searches for oil.

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

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  10. In the Fog (2012)

    Western frontiers of the USSR, 1942. The region is under German occupation. A man is wrongly accused of collaboration. Desperate to save his dignity, he faces an impossible moral choice.

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

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  11. 9th Company (2005)

    Russian army recruits complete training and take their posting in late 1980s Afghanistan, where the insurgents are slowly gaining the upper hand.

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

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  12. Fate of a Man (1959)

    The story of a man whose life was ruthlessly crippled by World War II. His wife and daughters were killed during the bombing of his village, he spent some time as a prisoner, and his only son was killed in action only a few days before the victory...

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

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  13. The Scarlet and the Black (1983)

    Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His activities become so large that the Nazis decide to assassinate him the next time he leaves the Vatican.

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

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  14. 1942: Unknown Battle (2019)

    WWII 1942: Rzhev, USSR. Stuck in a crucial strategical position, a small company from the Red Army does whatever it takes to fend off the Nazis.

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

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  15. The Best in Hell (2022)

    Movie about units of the "whites" (PMC "Wagner") who perform an assault operation to capture buildings. They are opposed by the "yellow" units, which have dug in these buildings and are also ready to fight to the end.

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

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  16. Adam Resurrected (2008)

    After again attempting to commit murder, a Jewish man with a mysterious past and extraordinary intelligence, charisma, and body control returns to an insane asylum, where he makes a startling discovery.

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

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  17. 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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  18. Kalashnikov AK-47 (2020)

    A Russian military propaganda film about the tank commander Kalashnikov, severely injured in battle in 1941. The accident leaves him incapacitated and unable to return to the front line. While recovering in the hospital, he begins creating the initial sketches of what will become one of the world’s most legendary weapons. A self-taught inventor is only 29 when he develops the now iconic assault riffle — the AK-47. Shot in occupied Crimea.

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

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  19. The Boy in the Woods (2023)

    The remarkable true-life survival story of a Jewish boy hiding and being hunted in the forests of Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, based on Maxwell Smart's memoir.

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

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  20. 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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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like I'll Take Your Pain?

The closest matches to I'll Take Your Pain are Mission «Sky» (2021), Waiting for Anya (2020) and Infiltration (2022). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after I'll Take Your Pain?

Start with Mission «Sky» (2021), the closest match to I'll Take Your Pain.

What is the highest-rated movie like I'll Take Your Pain?

Kalashnikov AK-47 (2020), rated 7.6/10 by 420 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like I'll Take Your Pain?

The Boy in the Woods (2023) is the most recent release on this list.

How are movies similar to I'll Take Your Pain chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside I'll Take Your Pain, 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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