Movies Like To Hell and Back

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

Rails Into Laramie

1954·1h 21m·★ 6.1·Jesse Hibbs

2 shared crewDir. Jesse HibbsDP: Maury Gertsman

Gunsmoke

1953·1h 19m·★ 6.6·Nathan Juran

3 shared cast incl. Audie Murphy & Charles Drake

Walk the Proud Land

1956·1h 28m·★ 6.6·Jesse Hibbs

Both star Audie Murphy & Charles DrakeDir. Jesse Hibbs

Ride Clear of Diablo

1954·1h 20m·★ 6.8·Jesse Hibbs

Both star Audie Murphy & Denver PyleDir. Jesse Hibbs

Battleground

1949·1h 58m·★ 7.4·William A. Wellman

Fans also likedAction & Drama & WarStarring Marshall Thompson

The Last Samurai

2003·2h 34m·★ 7.8·Edward Zwick

TMDB recommendsDrama & Action & 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

Pearl Harbor

2001·3h 3m·★ 6.3·Michael Bay

TMDB recommendsWar & Romance & History & Action

Edge of Tomorrow

2014·1h 54m·★ 7.9·Doug Liman

Themes: soldiers, soldier

Full Metal Jacket

1987·1h 57m·★ 8.2·Stanley Kubrick

TMDB recommendsDrama & War

To Be or Not to Be

1942·1h 39m·★ 8.1·Ernst Lubitsch

TMDB recommendsWar & Romance

All Quiet on the Western Front

1930·2h 13m·★ 8.1·Lewis Milestone

TMDB recommendsDrama & War

Soldier of Orange

1977·2h 28m·★ 7.6·Paul Verhoeven

TMDB recommendsDrama & War

Six Black Horses

1962·1h 20m·★ 6.4·Harry Keller

DP: Maury GertsmanStarring Audie Murphy

Savior

1998·1h 43m·★ 7.2·Predrag Antonijević

Fans also likedHistory & Drama & War

Sergeant York

1941·2h 14m·★ 7.7·Howard Hawks

Fans also likedWar & Drama & History

A Time to Love and a Time to Die

1958·2h 12m·★ 7.6·Douglas Sirk

Fans also likedDrama & War & Romance

Cross of Iron

1977·2h 13m·★ 7.4·Sam Peckinpah

Fans also likedDrama & Action & History & War

Defiance

2008·2h 17m·★ 7.1·Edward Zwick

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How Good Is To Hell and Back?

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