Best tv shows like The Road We Have Taken
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Plot Summary:
Nation affairs, family affairs and outstanding soldiers In 1925, two brothers Yang Liren and Yang Chanqing successively left their home for Guangzhou to make a living. With the help of his elder sister Chanhua and CPC members Qu En and Qu Xia, Liqing passed the exam to Huangpu Military College. Influenced by communist thoughts and experiencing East Expedition and Northern Expedition, Liqing became an outstanding soldier.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 36
Genere: War
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Wolf (2018)
Plot Summary:
Tasked with risky missions across Turkey, members of a special-operations police unit confront danger and tragedy both on the field and at home.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Thriller, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: disturbing, tense, suspenseful, suspense, captivating
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Krepkaya Bronya (2019)
Plot Summary:
Young soldier Vasya Rusakov graduates from the Saratov Tank School and is assigned to the front. Vasily is an ordinary guy with a fiery gaze, ready to defend his homeland to the last drop of blood. At the same time, he is also a young man in love, whose heart beats fast at the thought of a woman dear to him.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 28
Genere: War
Country: Russia
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, tense, suspense
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Break-through (2006)
Plot Summary:
Russian paratroopers company meets superior forces of Chechen separatists during raid in mountains and accept uphill battle with no chance to survive. Based on Battle for Height 776.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 79
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, disturbing
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Fog (2010)
Plot Summary:
Present time. A squad of young soldiers of the Russian army during the march-throw splits from the main group. In order to save time, they decide to cut the path, but get into the strange fog, which transfers them to the past, right into the World War the Second. Boys, who saw fight only in the movies, and imagined it on the training field, get into the heart of the real WAR. Real courage, real fear, real love and hate, and real DEATH. No time to ask questions. Survive and fight for your country!.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 219
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, War
Country: Russia
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Amar es para siempre (2005)
Plot Summary:
The series is set in the Spanish Civil War and the first years of the Franco regime and tells the stories of characters who lived the aftermath of the war.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 350
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Spain
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Cross the Yalu River (2020)
Plot Summary:
TV mini-series telling the PRC's official narrative of its involvement in the Korean War (1950-1953). It's one of several films produced in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) (founded in July 1921).
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 25
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Hanagatami (2017)
Plot Summary:
Spring, 1941. Sixteen-year-old Toshihiko attends school in the coastal town of Karatsu, where his aunt cares for his ailing cousin. Immersed in the seaside's nature and culture, Toshihiko soon befriends the town's other extraordinary adolescents as they all contend with the war's gravitational pull.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 749
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 169 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, surreal, disturbing
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Our Time Will Come (2017)
Plot Summary:
In Japanese-occupied Hong Kong, a school teacher and her would-be-fiancé link up with Chinese guerrilla fighters, forging their own path to freedom.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 995
Genere: Drama, War
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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A Melody to Remember (2016)
Plot Summary:
Second Lieutenant Han Sang-yeol leads his platoon during the Korean War in the early 1950s. He carries emotional scars and pain within. So when he meets some children from a choir, who have lost everything in the war, Sang-yeol is deeply moved and tries to protect to them.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 372
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Designation Forever (2011)
Plot Summary:
Li Chishui is a Militia Captain. In an unexpected delaying action, he goes to the front line and becomes the captain of the battalion in his county. In order to be a good captain, Li Chishui tries everything from enhancing trainings to recruiting new members. Thanks to his efforts, his battalion gradually develops. When Japanese army sweeps the Northern China area, Li Chishui's battalion is assigned to delay an elite troop of over 30,000 Japanese soldiers at all costs so that the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army will have time to transfer. Before he accepts this essential task, Li Chishui makes a request: he wants an official designation for his battalion. After making this request, Li Chishui leads his battalion to the front, devoting their lives to this task. The battalion sticks to the battlefield for several days until they all have nothing to fight with and die in the battle. One month later, the CPC cadre who assigns this task to Li Chishui's battalion returns to this battlefield. Facing the tombs of all the soldiers, he fulfills his promise to Li Chishui and grants Li Chishui's battalion a designation. He says, "They defend the dignity of The Eighth Route Army with their lives. Today, I award them this designation which will last forever! For China, we will fight any enemy until we drain every drop of our blood.".
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: War
Country: China
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Breitner Commando (2019)
Plot Summary:
1959, France. Colonel Breitner is given a secret mission : find the body of his former aide, Colonel Delignières, who is reported missing in French Algeria, before the French army burns the whole place to the ground. Breitner puts together a team of five outlaws, who are promised freedom if the mission succeeds.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 415
Genere: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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The Saboteur 2: The End of the War (2007)
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 522
Genere: War
Country: Russia
Duration: 500 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, captivating, suspense
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Valley of Tears (2020)
Plot Summary:
On October 6th 1973, the Middle East was shaken by the biggest war it had ever seen. A war that should have been the last one, and that forever changed the region.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Israel
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Grozovye vorota (2006)
Plot Summary:
War mini series in style of 9th company. Four episodes are focused on the company of 1st Lt. Alexander Doronin, that is detached to Northern Caucasus in 1990s. Group, which partly consist of young, unexperienced soldiers, is ordered to defend the Storm Gate. It is the target location of large armed group of Chechen warriors, that is preparing a devastating strike.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 208 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, rough
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Battle Scars (2015)
Plot Summary:
Every Marine has a story, some they're proud of, other they'd rather forget. After coming home from his tour of duty in Afghanistan suffering from PTSD, Luke Stephens wants nothing more than to forget. What happens when our soldiers come back to Another Stateside?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 239
Genere: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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New World (2020)
Plot Summary:
Set in the city of Beiping during the 22 days before the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949 is a story about the drastic changes in the lives of three brothers Jin Hai, Tie Lin, and Xu Tian as well as a romance between Xu Tian and Tian Dan. In investigating the murder that claimed the life of his fiancee, policeman Xu Tian starts on a trail that will eventually lead to his involvement in the liberation of Beiping. Jin Hai, Tie Lin, and Xu Tian are three friends who are as close as brothers. In the face of historic changes and conflicting beliefs, they make choices that take them on diverging paths. Xu Tian and communist member Tian Dan meet during their lowest moments and find a common goal that brings them together.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Long Way Home (2015)
Plot Summary:
Nam-bok, a middle-aged South Korean farmer is conscripted and assigned a mission to deliver a classified military document that may decide the fate of the war. After losing it while under attack from the enemy, he then faces a teenage North Korean soldier named Yeong-gwang who happens to acquire the secret document on his way to the North.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 390
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: tense, humorous, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Iron Cross: The Road to Normandy (2022)
Plot Summary:
Captain Muller struggles to survive fighting overwhelming Russian forces. Wounded, he is sent to Normandy as Americans Lee and Trey prepare for D-Day. Soon, scores are settled and battle brings our GIs and Germans on the same path.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 164
Genere: War
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, epic, period piece
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Foxhole (2021)
Plot Summary:
Unfolding over the span of 36 hours in three separate wars – The American Civil War, World War I, and Iraq – FOXHOLE follows five soldiers confined in a foxhole as they grapple with morality, futility, and an increasingly volatile combat situation. Casting the same five actors in each episode, the film depicts the shifting roles of race and gender over time against the backdrop of the seemingly endless human struggle for power and domination. (Olivia Belluck).
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 199
Genere: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Convoy PQ-17 (2004)
Plot Summary:
"PQ-17 was the code name for an Allied Second World War convoy in the Arctic Ocean. In July 1942, the Arctic convoys suffered a significant defeat when Convoy PQ-17 lost 24 of its 35 merchant ships during a series of heavy enemy daylight attacks which lasted a week.".
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 91
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 416 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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1971: Beyond Borders (2017)
Plot Summary:
Set against the backdrop of 1971 Indo-Pak war, the movie is inspired by real incidents and the protagonists are inspired by Param Vir Chakra recipients. The movie shows what consequences of war are on the lives of soldiers on either side of the border.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, War
Country: India
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Sacrifice (2020)
Plot Summary:
In 1953, the Korean War is entering the final stage. The People's Volunteer Army of China has launched the last major battle in Kumsong. In order to arrive at the battleground on time and deliver enough force to the Kumsong front line, the soldiers have to defend themselves against the never ending bombing of enemy bombers and race with time to repair bridges, all under the circumstance of supply shortages and inferior equipment. The rarely told history slowly unfolds.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: China
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, philosophical, political
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Alyosha (2020)
Plot Summary:
Summer 1944. The Second World War rages. On one side, elite German soldiers serving in the most dangerous and cruel army the world has ever seen. On the other, Russian partisans-fatigued, wounded and hungry, they have almost forgotten the warmth of home. But they do remember one thing: their country is behind them, and they cannot give up. The story is about machine gunner Yefrem Zhavoronok and Alyosha, a young boy. Alyosha is only sixteen, and Yefrem knows that he must look after him like his own. In war, everyone's children, mothers, wives and brothers are your family.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Life and Fate (2012)
Plot Summary:
This Russian series is based on the book of the same name, once considered a serious danger to the future of the Soviet Union. "Life and Fate" is an epic tale of World War II and a reckoning with dark forces emerging. It juxtaposes bedrooms and sniper's nests, science labs and the Gulag, taking us deep into the hearts and minds of citizens and soldiers struggling to cope with the ravages of war.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Last Post (2017)
Plot Summary:
Drama series set in the mid-sixties, in which a unit of Royal Military Police officers and their families deal with the challenges of politics, love and war in British-controlled Aden.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, period piece, period drama
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A Touch of Green (2015)
Plot Summary:
The drama tells the story of air force pilots and their families from 1945 to 1971. As the husbands embarked on patriotic missions to fight against the enemies, their families must content with horror of wars, mass emigration to distant land, and death of love ones. Their shared experience brought the military families together to support one another.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 428
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Taiwan
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Island at War (2004)
Plot Summary:
Island at War is a British television series that tells the story of the German Occupation of the Channel Islands. It primarily focuses on three local families: the upper class Dorrs, the middle class Mahys and the working class Jonases, and four German officers. The fictional island of St. Gregory serves as a stand-in for the real-life islands Jersey and Guernsey, and the story is compiled from the events on both islands. Produced by Granada Television in Manchester, Island at War had an estimated budget of £9,000,000 and was filmed on location in the Isle of Man from August 2003 to October 2003. When the series was shown in the UK, it appeared in six 70-minute episodes.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 540 min
Plot tags: tense, atmospheric, captivating, suspenseful, historical drama, bleak, serious, realistic, stylized, period drama
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Legend of the Patriots (2010)
Plot Summary:
Legend of the Patriots is a remake of the 1975 South Korean drama Comrades. Its production was spawned to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Korean War. The story centers around the lives of eleven Korean soldiers fighting in the Korean War. Director Kim Sang-hwi remarked that the series is not about the ideologies of South and North Korea, but rather focuses on the struggles of ordinary people who lived through the war.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 58
Genere: History, War
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Misja Afganistan (2012)
Plot Summary:
Story about soldiers of the II platoon of the first company of the mechanized infantry from Wedrzyn, under the command of a junior officer - lieutenant Pawel Konaszewicz.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Action, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: captivating
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World on Fire (2019)
Plot Summary:
The story of World War II told through the intertwining fates of ordinary people from all sides of this global conflict as they grapple with the effect of the war on their everyday lives.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 57 min
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, captivating, suspense, disturbing, retro, period piece, costume drama, historical drama, period drama