Movies Like Red Tails

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

The Tuskegee Airmen

1995·1h 46m·★ 7.1·Robert Markowitz

Themes: tuskegee airmen, african american history, fighter pilotFans also likedWar & History & Drama

The Right Stuff

1983·3h 13m·★ 7.8·Philip Kaufman

Themes: u.s. air force, 1940sFans also likedDrama & History

Braveheart

1995·2h 58m·★ 8.3·Mel Gibson

TMDB recommendsDrama & History & War

Hotel Rwanda

2004·2h 2m·★ 8.1·Terry George

TMDB recommendsDrama & History & War

The Killing Fields

1984·2h 22m·★ 7.8·Roland Joffé

TMDB recommendsDrama & History & War

The Tin Drum

1979·2h 42m·★ 7.4·Volker Schlöndorff

TMDB recommendsDrama & History & War

Betrayed

2020·2h 6m·★ 7.1·Eirik Svensson

TMDB recommendsDrama & History & War

303 Squadron

2018·1h 35m·★ 5.5·Denis Delić

TMDB recommendsWar & Drama & History

Emperor

2020·1h 39m·★ 6.0·Mark Amin

Fans also likedHistory & War & Drama

Glory

1989·2h 2m·★ 7.8·Edward Zwick

Fans also likedDrama & History & War

The Six Triple Eight

2024·2h 10m·★ 6.7·Tyler Perry

Fans also likedDrama & War & History

Gettysburg

1993·4h 14m·★ 7.6·Ronald F. Maxwell

Fans also likedDrama & History & War

The Dam Busters

1955·2h 4m·★ 7.4·Michael Anderson

Fans also likedDrama & History & War

Flyboys

2006·2h 18m·★ 6.5·Tony Bill

Fans also likedDrama & History & War

Tobruk

1967·1h 47m·★ 6.4·Arthur Hiller

Fans also likedDrama & History & War

City of God

2002·2h 9m·★ 8.6·Fernando Meirelles

TMDB recommends

Dead Poets Society

1989·2h 9m·★ 8.1·Peter Weir

TMDB recommends

To Be or Not to Be

1942·1h 39m·★ 8.1·Ernst Lubitsch

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Manhattan

1979·1h 36m·★ 7.8·Woody Allen

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Walk the Line

2005·2h 16m·★ 7.8·James Mangold

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