Movies Like Midway

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Damnation Alley

1977·1h 31m·★ 5.3·Jack Smight

2 shared crewDir. Jack SmightDP: Harry Stradling Jr.

The Thin Red Line

1998·2h 51m·★ 7.6·Terrence Malick

5 shared themes: pacific theater, pacific war, soldier...Fans also likedDrama & History & War

Midway

2019·2h 18m·★ 6.7·Roland Emmerich

7 shared themes: battle of midway, pacific theater, u.s. navy...Fans also likedAction & War & History

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

2003·2h 18m·★ 7.5·Peter Weir

Themes: sea battle, naval battle, naval warfareFans also likedDrama & War

In Which We Serve

1942·1h 55m·★ 7.2·Noël Coward

4 shared themes: sea battle, naval battle, naval warfare...Fans also likedDrama & War

They Were Expendable

1945·2h 15m·★ 7.2·John Ford

4 shared themes: pacific theater, pacific war, 1940s...Fans also likedDrama & War

The Great Raid

2005·2h 12m·★ 6.6·John Dahl

Themes: soldier, 1940s, world war iiFans also likedAction & History & War

Sink the Bismarck!

1960·1h 37m·★ 7.2·Lewis Gilbert

Themes: naval warfare, dramatic, world war iiFans also likedWar & Drama

Operation Pacific

1951·1h 51m·★ 6.6·George Waggner

Themes: pacific war, world war iiFans also likedWar & Drama & Action

Battle of Britain

1969·2h 12m·★ 7.0·Guy Hamilton

TMDB recommendsThemes: 1940s, world war iiWar & History & Action

The Cruel Sea

1953·2h 6m·★ 7.4·Charles Frend

Themes: naval warfare, world war iiFans also likedDrama & History & War

The Eagle Has Landed

1976·2h 15m·★ 6.9·John Sturges

TMDB recommendsThemes: 1940s, world war iiDrama & Action & War

From Here to Eternity

1953·1h 58m·★ 7.6·Fred Zinnemann

TMDB recommendsThemes: 1940s, world war iiWar & Drama

Ben-Hur

1959·3h 32m·★ 8.1·William Wyler

Themes: sea battle, dramaticStarring Charlton HestonHistory & Drama

The Silence

1963·1h 35m·★ 7.7·Ingmar Bergman

TMDB recommendsThemes: dramatic, suspenseful

Harper

1966·2h 1m·★ 6.8·Jack Smight

Both star Robert Wagner & Robert WebberDir. Jack Smight

USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage

2016·2h 8m·★ 5.3·Mario Van Peebles

Themes: 1940s, world war iiFans also likedAction & War

The Sea Wolves

1980·2h·★ 6.3·Andrew V. McLaglen

Themes: 1940s, world war iiFans also likedWar & Action

Godzilla Minus One

2023·2h 5m·★ 7.6·Takashi Yamazaki

Themes: naval battle, 1940s

Fury

2014·2h 15m·★ 7.6·David Ayer

Themes: 1940s, world war iiWar & Drama & Action

How Good Is Midway?

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