Movies Like The Great Escaper

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

Dad's Army

2016·1h 40m·★ 5.2·Oliver Parker

2 shared crewDir. Oliver ParkerDP: Christopher Ross

Saving Private Ryan

1998·2h 49m·★ 8.6·Steven Spielberg

TMDB recommendsThemes: d-day, normandy, franceWar & Drama & History

Patton

1970·2h 52m·★ 7.9·Franklin J. Schaffner

TMDB recommendsThemes: d-day, normandy, franceWar & Drama & History

The Longest Day

1962·2h 58m·★ 7.7·Ken Annakin

TMDB recommendsThemes: d-day, normandy, franceWar & Drama

Overlord

2018·1h 50m·★ 6.6·Julius Avery

TMDB recommendsThemes: d-day, normandy, france

Ike: Countdown to D-Day

2004·1h 29m·★ 7.1·Robert Harmon

TMDB recommendsDrama & War & History

Breakthrough

1979·1h 33m·★ 5.0·Andrew V. McLaglen

TMDB recommendsDrama & History & War

The Big Red One

1980·1h 53m·★ 7.1·Samuel Fuller

TMDB recommendsDrama & War

Female Agents

2008·1h 57m·★ 6.7·Jean-Paul Salomé

Themes: d-day, normandy, franceWar & History

Overlord

1975·1h 23m·★ 7.1·Stuart Cooper

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To Hell and Back

1955·1h 46m·★ 7.1·Jesse Hibbs

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The Last Rifleman

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The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

1999·2h 38m·★ 6.4·Luc Besson

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The War Lord

1965·2h 3m·★ 6.6·Franklin J. Schaffner

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Charlotte Gray

2001·2h 1m·★ 6.4·Gillian Armstrong

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The Monuments Men

2014·1h 58m·★ 6.1·George Clooney

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Field of Lost Shoes

2015·1h 36m·★ 5.8·Sean McNamara

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The Best Years of Our Lives

1946·2h 51m·★ 8.1·William Wyler

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Nuremberg

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Dunkirk

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